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Are you familiar with Carmen DeLavallade?? This

Are you familiar with Carmen DeLavallade??

This work La Resiliente Carmen, or affectionately “Carmen”, was created in her honor in 2021 by American Director and Choreograper Sean McLeod @seanmcleodofficial . Carmen is a dear friend, mentor, and contributor of Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre. The work was a collaboration with brillant and celebrated Spanish composer Octavio Vasquez @octaviocomposer , commissioned by The Society for New Music, and featured five multicultural women of KDT. Directed, choreographed, filmed and edited during COVID, this dance on film explored the resilience that is Carmen DeLavallade, and presented five different yet exceptional women who embrace the differences between one another, highlighted in the personna that is Carmen. See if you can recognize the classic Carmen qualities and characteristics of this excerpt performed by the wonderful Kierstyn Zaykoski @kierstyn.zaykoski !

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The Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre would like to join

The Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre would like to join the incredible Ariel Rivka Dance Company @arielrivkadance in wishing Hana Ginsburg Tirosh @hana.g.tirosh the grandest of birthdays! Mrs Ginsburg Tirosh is truly one of the most expressive and accomplished dancers over the past few decades. Her down to earth quality is only matched by her personal need to convey a choreographers work and connect intimately with the audience, and through them, to humanity. In this excerpt of Sean McLeod’s “Mother Black Child” Ginsburg Tirosh unfurls an intension that speaks to the origin of possibility for all who watch. It’s special to behold in person, and we’re glad to have footage to share with you.

Happy Birthday Hana, we are better because you continue to pass through.

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A tribute to our love for Roberta Flack, a woman w

A tribute to our love for Roberta Flack, a woman whose music helped Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre spread messages of importance for decades. In our 35th year, and on this marked day, we share an excerpt of “Return to Eden” from our 2017 tour to Valdagno, Italy. “You always made us feel exactly what we should feel, and forced our hearts to never look away”. Thank you.

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Celebrating the release of “Formosa”! We are

Celebrating the release of “Formosa”!

We are happy to share an excerpt. Supported by the wonderful New Music USA @newmusicusa , the National Parks Arts Foundation @nationalparksarts , Asian Cultural Council ACC @asianculturalcouncil , which took its first breath during the 34th New York Dance Festival @newyorkdancefestival at Lincoln Center, School of American Ballet.

This excerpt from celebrated African American Composer, Director, and Choreographer Sean McLeod @seanmcleodofficial and Grammy Nominated Taiwanese Composer Chihsuan Yang @chihsuanmusic is special. The clip offers a look at Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre’s collaborative work “A Tale of Two Lands: from Formosa to New York”!

This work is able to tour in a variety of ways to you, and we’d love to share! So give Chihsuan a follow. Hopefully we’ll record and release Chihsuan’s entrancing duet version with Sean McLeod’s ethereal voicing!

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Highlighting a single moment in 35 Years is a joy,

Highlighting a single moment in 35 Years is a joy, and in 2025 we will share the KDT archives! McLeod Technique helps you fly, here in a fierce MT Afro Hip Hop class, Lorienne Beals, Jerami Kipp, Annie Hubben, Claire Fefer, and Sean McLeod go at it.

Featuring:
@seanmcleodofficial
@jeramikipp
@loriennebeals
@ahubben

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Celebrating 35 Years in 2025, from the KDT archive

Celebrating 35 Years in 2025, from the KDT archives! Devon McLeod, Kierstyn Zaykoski, and Hana Ginsburg Tirosh dance Jerami Kipp’s McLeod Technique Modern choreography at Gibney Downtown, NYC circa 2016.

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Love is a funny thing, so this Valentine’s Day,

Love is a funny thing, so this Valentine’s Day, let your heart beat for hope, and may peace find a new home void of chaos. Here is an excerpt from the piece “Love” from “Othello: Requiem for Desdemona”; staged and choreographed by @seanmcleodofficial , and performed by he and the incredible @loriennebeals . Happy Valentine’s Day from the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre ❤️

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“Two Black Voices”, scholars comparative analy

“Two Black Voices”, scholars comparative analysis at the International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference in Pittsburgh! Supported by the NEA, this year long scholarly process asks the question, do Black-created dance techniques exist? The Research Leads, Sean McLeod-President & CEO of the New York Instiute of Dance & Education, and former Garth Fagan Dance Executive Director William J Ferguson II, compare and analyze the two under-treasured Black-created dance techniques; McLeod Technique and Fagan Technique, through in-studio workshops, scholarly discussions, and performance. The study started at the 2024 New York Dance Festival at School of American Ballet, Lincoln Center.

@neaarts @iabdinc @seanmcleodofficial @blivvago @kierstyn.zaykoski @newyorkinstitutedanceedu

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At Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre, we subscribe to the

At Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre, we subscribe to the McLeod Technique philosophy that Dance Is Not Our Goal, It Is Our Vehicle. As important as high quality performance is, it pales in comparison to the importance of the emotional and mental health of everyone who comes into contact with KDT. Here, founder and President Sean McLeod leads KDT performers in a meditative flow at the end of rehearsal, sealed with the most powerful form of communication in human interaction: a hug. Embrace the mission of the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre today and donate in support of our Giving Tuesday campaign #blackdance #mcleodtechnique #dance #givingtuesday

KDT Road to 35: Fortify the legacy of Black-create

KDT Road to 35: Fortify the legacy of Black-created choreography this Giving Tuesday. Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre is both an archive for over 100 works created by Black and women choreographers, as well as an engine that continues to put out new work year after year. Here at the New York Dance Festival at School of American Ballet, KDT founder and President Sean McLeod sets For Lost Mothers on First Company Soloist Devon McLeod. #choreography #blackdance #mcleodtechnique #givingtuesday

#givingtuesday2024 is here! This Giving Tuesday, w

#givingtuesday2024 is here! This Giving Tuesday, we invite you to support the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre, a Black and Women run organization celebrating its 35th Anniversary in 2025. Visit the link in our bio to donate $35, $350, or $3500 in support of this legacy and bright future 🌎 #givingtuesday #dance #blackdance

Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre: Road to 35 🌎 help u

Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre: Road to 35 🌎 help us continue to solidify the future of this Black founded organization this upcoming Giving Tuesday. With over 100 works in the repertory, most created by Black and female choreographers, you can help fortify this legacy with your support! Look back at the creation and 2001 premiere of Etude de Movement, choreographed by our founder and President Sean McLeod and performed by the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre.
#givingtuesday #blackdance #choreography #mcleodtechnique
Music: Ave Maria (Gounod), Andrea Bocelli

Road to 35: in 2025 the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre

Road to 35: in 2025 the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre will celebrate its 35th Anniversary! This Giving Tuesday, support this Black and Women run organization and it’s mission to illustrate through the arts the abundant resources and enrichment, which minority persons, women, and people of color bring to our lives and society 🌎 #givingtuesday #dance #blackdance

In a test for himself, here Sean McLeod is setting

In a test for himself, here Sean McLeod is setting a major piece 60 minutes before the house opens for the annual A Day In Dance Gala performance. He wanted to test himself in this extreme reality and prove to himself if his choreographic theory really worked. This clip was 10 minutes into the 60 minute process. Make sure to follow for more as we go into our 35th anniversary!

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With the support of the National Endowment for the

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 William J Ferguson II sat down with Lula and Erwin Washington, Co-founders of the LA Institution, to discuss how Black contributors in dance can be sincerely accepted as accomplished so that they continue to not only survive but thrive. Look for the next national tour site by you!

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As we approach our 35th Anniversary we open the ar

As we approach our 35th Anniversary we open the archives! A classroom demonstration of Sean McLeod teaching a solo side to his work “Cherchant Ma Voix” with Jerami Kipp.

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From the Archive: Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre rehea

From the Archive: Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre rehearsing Sean McLeod’s “Why the Hell Not” on tour in England circa 2009.

Choreography: @seanmcleodofficial
Company dancers: @jeramikipp @loriennebeals @jamiebeth0624 @eros_burgos

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Sound up to hear about how this incredible collabo

Sound up to hear about how this incredible collaboration between Grammy Nominated Taiwanese Composer Chihsuan Yang @chihsuanyang and celebrated African American Composer, Director, and Choreographer Sean McLeod @seanmcleodofficial came about. The first iteration of the work “A Tale of Two Lands: from Formosa to New York”, took its first breath at Lincoln Center, School of American Ballet, August 16th at 8:00 PM.

Thank you New Music USA and National Parks Arts Foundation for your support of this cultural fusion.

@newmusicusa
@nationalparksarts

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With support from the National Endowment for the A

With support from the National Endowment for the Arts, “It’s high time that Two voices, two Black voices, have an opportunity to speak in this space.” - William J Ferguson II

Two Black Voices is a collaborative intellectual vehicle supported by the National Endowment for the Arts to present, teach, and study the exceptional and under treasured Black Dance Vocabularies in America. This scholarly research, cross analysis, and data driven study taken from in-studio evaluative sessions at the School of American Ballet at Lincoln Center, was presented in its first iteration in an in-studio showing with choreography by William J. Ferguson II and Black dance technique founder Sean McLeod. The showing included a performance of the new work, author interviews, exchange, scholar feedback and audience talk-back.

@neaarts @seanmcleodofficial @bilvago @jonathanstafford_nycb

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Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre rehearsing for a new co

Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre rehearsing for a new collaborative work “A Tale of Two Lands: from Formosa to New York”, by Grammy Nominated Taiwanese Composer Chihsuan Yang @chihsuanyang and celebrated African American Composer, Director, and Choreographer Sean McLeod @seanmcleodofficial . The work is incredibly supported by New Music USA @newmusicusa and the National Parks Arts Foundation @nationalparksarts , and will take its first breath at Lincoln Center, School of American Ballet, August 16th at 8:00 PM.

Tickets for in person and the live stream are at: newyorkdancefestival.com/NYIDE/34th-a-day-in-dance/ (link in bio)

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Happy International Women's Day! #internationalw

Happy International Women's Day!

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Happy Holidays from the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre

Happy Holidays from the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre!

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Happy Birthday Month Carmen! #Womenshistorymonth

Happy Birthday Month Carmen!

#Womenshistorymonth with the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre work honoring Carmen De Lavallade. Featuring Music “Zeitgeist” for Violin, Clarinet and Piano Composed by Octavio Vazquez, in an excerpt from “La résiliente Carmen,” with film design, direction, choreography, and editing by Sean McLeod.

A work in two movements, “La résiliente Carmen” honors Carmen De Lavallade, her example of compassion and humanity, and the resilience she represents. A reminder that character and consistent appreciation for life is powerful. This excerpt features roles performed by Hana Ginsburg Tirosh and Lauren Farrugia.

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Happy International Women’s Day from the Kaleido

Happy International Women’s Day from the Kaleidoscope Dance Theatre!

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