A Cultural COnversation in los angeles With the support of the National Endowment for the Arts, “Two Black Voices” A Scholarly Comparative Analysis Project that asks “Are there Black-created dance techniques?” was hosted by the iconic company of Lula Washington Dance Theatre in Los Angeles. The project’s scholar subjects, Executive Producer Sean McLeod and intellect…
Unique Cultural Collaboration Fuses Taiwanese and African American, Music, Dance, and Heritage! Grammy Nominated Taiwanese Composer Chihsuan Yang and Jefferson Award for Public Service to America, celebrated African American Composer, Director, and Choreographer Sean McLeod; collaborate on a cross cultural work fusing their cultural music and heritage. Made possible by New Music USA and supported by the…
Two Black Voices – Lincoln Center Two Black Voices is a collaborative intellectual vehicle to present, teach, and study the exceptional and under treasured Black Dance Vocabularies of Fagan Technique and McLeod Technique. This research, cross analysis, and data driven study taken from in-studio sessions was presented in an in-studio showing. The intersection and individual…
34th “A Day in Dance” Concert Showing The 34th “A Day in Dance” Concert Showing was a Special Fundraising event of the New York Dance Festival! The concert featured participants of the Festival and special guests. The offering includes: new work from the esteemed Festival Faculty, works in progress from the Choreographic Residency and Choreographic…
2024 Black Ballerina Summit With the collaboration of Ballet legend Karen Brown, and Co-Host Devon McLeod, Associate Producer of the New York Dance Festival and former Coordinator of Major Gifts and the Young Patrons Circle at the New York City Ballet; the Black Ballerina Summit is a celebration and acknowledgement for women of color-and those…
2024 De Lavallade Awards for Dance The Carmen DeLavallade Award for Dance is named after the incomparable Carmen DeLavallade, and was created as an international acknowledgment, to honor her immeasurable contribution to dance and to the personal development of dancers and people of color. Her artistry and humanity, like the recipients, has inspired generations of…
61st World Congress of Dance Research Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre was invited to return to the World Congress of Dance Research in Athens, Greece to perform, present scholarly lecture, and lead master classes. Scholarly Lectures Sean McLeod presented the lecture “Coloring Classical Ballet: McLeod Technique”. Kierstyn Zaykoski presented “Ballet, Modern, and Contemporary: MT Reinforced Motor…
33rd New York Dance Festival After beginning a partnership with Jonathan Stafford, Artistic Director of New York City Ballet and School of American Ballet in 2022, the New York Dance Festival (hosted by Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre and New York Institute of Dance & Education) moved fully to Lincoln Center the summer of 2023. With access…
60th World Congress of Dance research Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre’s European Tour to Athen’s Greece and Florence, Italy! Kierstyn Zaykoski and Sean McLeod premiered 2 new choreographic works in the Dora Stratou Theatre: Oublié: Le Don de la Pandémie Solitude of the Lonely It was hosted by the Conseil International De La Danse and dear friend Dr.…
A Soundtrack for Harriet: Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church Stuyvesant Heights Christian Church was founded in 1928, a time where Black people in Brooklyn were powerless in regards to occupations, where they could live, and how to educate their children. Unemployment for blacks was much higher than for whites, federal housing was given to white people…
