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Troy , NY 12181

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Albany community neighbors, this one’s for you 🍂

Albany community neighbors, this one’s for you 🍂

We’ll be Putting Out the Welcome Mat to celebrate with you at the Fall Community Block Party today at 3:00pm, and there will even be a chance for children to explore their most creative movement with us. See you there!

📅 Sunday, September 13th at 3:00pm
📍 South End Children’s Cafe
33 Rensselaer Street
Albany, NY

Every performance in this Putting Out the Welcome Mat series is FREE OF CHARGE, thanks to our generous sponsors!

📸: Gary Gold
(Image from “Filament”)

#AroundAlbany #Dance #FreeEvent #PuttingOuttheWelcomeMatAgain #ForAllAges

#FORIMMEDIATERELEASE // Emily Gunter Named Associa

#FORIMMEDIATERELEASE // Emily Gunter Named Associate Director of the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company

In her new role, Emily will work alongside Artistic Director Ellen Sinopoli in both the artistic and administrative aspects of the company. She will create new work for ESDC’s repertory, co-manage Arts-in-Education initiatives, direct The Egg Kids Project, and continue performing with the company.

“Having been my assistant since 2023, Emily has a solid understanding of the administrative elements of running an arts organization,” states Artistic Director Ellen Sinopoli. “She has a true passion for creating dance and has choreographed work that demonstrates sophistication, aesthetic depth and a singular creativity. Her choreography complements ESDC’s existing opus of works, and I fully anticipate all of our future dances will continue to do the same.”

Since joining the company in 2020, Gunter has held the positions of Co-Coordinator for Arts-in-Education programming, Assistant to the Artistic Director, and choreographer for the Egg Kids. This past April, ESDC premiered “Dactylic Bounds,” a work choreographed by Gunter as an extension of her 2025 NYS Choreographers Initiative award, which will remain in the company’s repertoire.

We’re excited to see Emily step into this new role and continue shaping the future of ESDC 💫

Read the full press release on our website. Click “Emily Gunter Named Associate Director” linked in bio.

#EllenSinopoliDanceCompany #CapitalRegion #AssociateDirector #Dance

Your farmers market run just got a little more exc

Your farmers market run just got a little more exciting 💃Tomorrow, we’re Putting Out the Welcome Mat at the Empire State Plaza Farmers Market! Grab some local groceries, stay for lunch, and catch a little dance while you’re there 🌻🥕

📅 Wednesday, September 9th at 12:15pm
📍 Empire State Plaza Farmers Market - Outdoors
North End of the Empire State Plaza
Albany, NY

Every performance in this Putting Out the Welcome Mat series is FREE OF CHARGE, thanks to our generous sponsors!

📸: Gary Gold
(Image from “Filament”)

#AroundAlbany #Dance #FreeEvent #PuttingOuttheWelcomeMatAgain #ForAllAges

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND 🎉 You all loved last seaso

BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND 🎉
You all loved last season’s anniversary series “Putting Out the Welcome Mat” so much, we’re bringing it back for another round!

Find us in more unconventional locations this season, expanding into Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie and Washington counties!

If you’re unfamiliar with our series “Putting Out the Welcome Mat”, it’s an up-close and personal experience with dance. Performing on a large mat of interlocking squares around which the audience gathers, the dancers perform works from the company’s repertoire along with new ones specifically created for this series. There’s no admission charge, no lighting, no frills…but lots of movement invention, excitement and fun for all ages!

September 2026 - June 2027

Visit our “Putting Out the Welcome Mat, Again!” page linked in our bio to view upcoming performance dates & locations.

As always, thank you to our sponsors for making this series possible a second time ❤️
NYS Danceforce
NYS Council on the Arts
Dance Alliance, Inc.
Stewart’s Shops
Upstate Theater Coalition for a Fairgame Grant Program
Ed Swyer

#PuttingOuttheWelcomeMat #Dance #AccessibleArt #CapitalRegion #FreeEvents

Trio excerpt from Emily Gunter’s “Dactylic Bounds”

Trio excerpt from Emily Gunter’s “Dactylic Bounds”

Dancers: @livylalaz @kite.line.kaitie @lydiasoueidan
Choreography: @emilygunter_ in collaboration with dancers from NYS Choreographers Initiative process
🎵: Music for Pieces of Wood by Steve Reich, Matthew Duvall, Third Coast Percussion
💡: Katherine MacLellan
🎥: Sean Junda

*Initial development for this piece began through the NYS Choreographers Initiative 2025 (a funding opportunity administered by The New York State DanceForce in partnership with The New York State Council on the Arts) with the support of mentor Jason Ohlberg and dancers Erin Dooley, Grace Foley, Liv Butowsky, Kyra Paulsen, and Laura Teeter.*

#dactylicbounds #performingarts #theegg #dance #art

Excerpt from Sinopoli’s “Filament” Dancers: @livy

Excerpt from Sinopoli’s “Filament”

Dancers: @livylalaz @kite.line.kaitie @emilygunter_ @kyraapaulsen @francie_teppner
Choreography: Ellen Sinopoli
🎵: Created and performed by Don Knaack
💡: Katherine MacLellan
🎥: Sean Junda

#filament #performingarts #theegg #dance #livemusic

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