Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company

Fall Gala 2023 - A Sunday Soirée
2023-11-12 16:00 - 20:00 UTC | Opalka Gallery, 140 New Scotland Ave, Albany, NY, 12208, United States
We are delighted to invite you to join us for The Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company’s Fall Gala on Sunday, November 12th in a celebration of modern dance in the Capital Region. This year’s gala event, entitled A Sunday Soirée, will take place at the Opalka Gallery on the Albany Campus of Russell Sage College.
In celebration of the collaborating artists who have been part of our many artistic projects over the past 33 years, ESDC invites you to a very special evening as we celebrate the notable talents of sculptors CAROLINE RAMERSDORFER and JOHN VAN ALSTINE and musicians BRIAN MELICK and MARIA ZEMANTAUSKI. The evening will feature a special performance by Melick and Zemantauski as well as a fascinating look into our past and future collaborative projects with them. AND…we invite you to meet the filmmaker BAT-SHEVA GUEZ of AdventurePants, Inc. who will be taking ESDC’s The Wells Project/Slipping Into One to the next critical stage of its development.
You are invited to join us for an evening of delectable and innovative gourmet food offered by Chef Humble, Brandon Schatko, plus a selection of fine wine and beer. We thank you for your ongoing support and look forward to having you gather with us!
Presenting Event Sponsors: Karen & Chet Opalka

A Sunday Soirée Gala Tickets

General Admission $150.00 USD

General Admission under age 35 $100.00 USD

Friend of Dance Table for 6 $750.00 USD

Champion of Dance Table for 8 $1,000.00 USD

Honorary Committee (single) $225.00 USD

Honorary Committee (couple) $400.00 USD

A Sunday Soirée Gala Sponsorship Levels

Presenting Event Sponsor $3,500.00 USD

Silent Auction Sponsor $2,500.00 USD

Gold Sponsor $1,500.00 USD

Silver Sponsor $1,200.00 USD

Full Page Ad $200.00 USD

Half Page Ad $125.00 USD

Quarter Page Ad $75.00 USD

$3,500 PRESENTING EVENT SPONSOR
(only one available-Thank you to Karen & Chet Opalka, this year’s Presenting Event Sponsors!)

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$2,500 SILENT AUCTION SPONSOR (only one available)

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$1,500 GOLD SPONSOR

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$1,200 SILVER SPONSOR

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Quarter-page ad in event program book*

$1,000 Champion of Dance Table

Table for 8 at the event
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$750 Friend of Dance Table

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Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company at Opalka Gallery
2023-12-08 19:00 - 20:00 | Opalka Gallery, 140 New Scotland Ave, Albany, NY, 12208, United States
The Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company will perform new work inspired by the Opalka Gallery’s exhibition “Séance: Photographs by Shannon Taggart.”

For the past twenty years American artist Shannon Taggart (born 1975) has documented Spiritualist practices and communities in the United States, England and Europe. The resulting body of work, Séance, examines Spiritualism’s relationship with human celebrity, its connections to art, science, and technology, and its intrinsic bond with the medium of photography. This exhibition presents forty-seven haunting images from the series, revealing the emotional, psychological, and physical dimensions of Spiritualism in the 21st century.

Capital Trio & Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company
2024-01-27 19:30 - 22:00 | UAlbany Performing Arts Center, 1400 Washington Ave, Albany, NY, 12222, United States
Pianist Duncan Cumming, violinist Hilary Cumming and cellist Şölen Dikener team up with the revered regional modern dance company in a program of live music and dynamic dance. The evening will feature a new ESDC premiere with the music of David Walther from his CD, Distance. In 2018, the artists collaborated in honor of the 25th anniversary of UAlbany’s College of Arts and Sciences and created “As Seen from Above” to music selections from William Matthews’ A Book of Hours. The work will be expanded to its full length for this performance.

Troy School District 21st Century After School Program 2024
2024-03-01 - 2024-04-30 | NY
For the 4th year, ESDC offers creative movement workshops to students in the Troy NY School District for its 21st Century After School Program.

ESDC's Annual Homebase Concert at The Egg 2024
2024-05-18 20:00 - 22:00 | The Egg Hart Theater, 1 Empire State Plaza, S Mall Arterial, Albany, NY, 12203, United States
ESDC performs in The Egg’s Hart Theater!
The ever creative, collaborative choreography of ESDC, resident dance company of The Egg, returns to the stage to perform its annual showcase of imaginative and inspiring works. The company will be joined on stage by musicians Brian Melick and Maria Zemantauski who will play live for Falling (2003). Bob Buckley will join the pair in performing live music for Compas (2008), and for a musical interlude. Melick and Zemantauski’s stunning musical compositions are fused with an array of jazz and funk that takes the dancers and audience on a most enticing ride.
Also on the program is the company’s newest work, Boundary Behavior (2024) set to the music of David Walther, Jr., which premiered at the University at Albany Performing Arts Center in January. The dance will be performed with the addition of a projected image created by Willie Marlowe. The choreography explores how boundaries control and curtail movement and yet enable it when they segment, shatter, reshape and become living malleable entities.
The fourth and final work on the program is inspired by the Opalka Gallery’s exhibition “Séance: Photographs by Shannon Taggart.” This is the premiere of the dance at The Egg. Hilary Tann, a fellow artist, friend, and colleague, was taken from us much too soon and quite suddenly. It is an honor to work with and develop a dance to this very beautiful composition of Hilary’s, “And the Snow Did Lie.”
A true talent who delves deeply into the souls of her partnering artists, Ellen Sinopoli’s “varied program and the exuberant, polished dancing reminded us once again how lucky we are to have this homegrown treasure right in our own backyards.” (TIMES UNION)
For tickets, please visit the event page on The Egg’s website or call The Egg Box Office, 518-473-1845, Monday-Friday, 11 AM – 3 PM.

Eureka Summer Program/Girls Inc. 2024
2024-07-15 - 2024-07-18 | NY
Through its four-year partnership with UAlbany’s Physics Department for Girl’s Inc.’s Eureka Summer Program, ESDC examines science through dance workshops drawing from the company’s collaboration with UAlbany Physics professor Keith Earle to develop Choreophysics, an examination of the communion of the arts/dance and sciences/physics.

Slipping Into One
2024-09-01 08:00 - 2025-06-01 17:00 | NY
Slipping Into One
ELLEN SINOPOLI DANCE COMPANY, choreography/dancers
CAROLINE RAMERSDORFER, sculptor
JOHN VAN ALSTINE, sculptor
MARIA ZEMANTAUSKI, musician
BRIAN MELICK, musician
BAT-SHEVA GUEZ, filmmaker/director
To view a short video about the project, please follow this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bLqExEuAPc
To view a short video of behind-the-scenes from the fall film shoot, please follow this link: https://youtu.be/0NOhi3rhPVw
The concept of Slipping Into One is to create a site specific multifaceted filmed work that encompasses the sculpture opus of John Van Alstine and Caroline Ramersdorfer, the musicianship of guitarist Maria Zemantauski and percussionist Brian Melick and the modern dance choreography of the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company. We have now entered the next critical stage in our development of the project. The award winning director, Bat-Sheva Guez, has joined us. She is the director of over 20 short films who commands a remarkable sensitivity for all the arts, but especially dance. With Bat-Sheva on our team and with the success of our initial fundraising efforts, we are now ready to push forward.
The setting is in Wells, NY at the compound of sculptors Van Alstine and Ramersdorfer. Historically this is the original Old Adirondack Lumber Company on the Sacandaga River. There are multiple components to this site with its many buildings and surrounding grounds that will be engaged in the development of this project.
The project is anchored by multiple sculptures in the context of two seasons. How will the changes in the climate, weather, temperature and the actual look of the landscape affect and influence the creative process of both dancers and musicians? Running alongside the Wells compound, the Sacandaga River inevitably plays a major role in what the artists see, feel, hear and touch. What is the power of the river to inform the artists?
The sculptors’ creative work flow will be the source of inspiration for the dancers and musicians. Ramersdorfer’s artistry delves deeply into the perception of internal cellular aspects of the material. Van Alstine’s artistry allows a simultaneous sense of weight and floating to occur when natural stone and man-made objects are combined.
Photos and footage of the sculptors, musicians and dancers at their work and within their individual creative processes begin the film. What follows is a captivating layering and meshing that becomes an intertwined tapestry. The film itself is an artistic statement as it captures and reveals the collaborative artistry of all involved.
Each artist has different tools with which to work, different processes to discover and refine their ideas, different methods to form and further develop their germinating seeds of ideas. Ramersdorfer and Van Alstine utilize design and structure. Zemantauski and Melick begin with rhythm and sound. Ellen Sinopoli and her dancers explore movement and its possibilities. Each art form continually informs the others in the creative process of the artists.
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ARTISTS’ STATEMENTS
SCULPTURE
Portals and Passages (Sisyphean Holiday) by John Van Alstine
(www.johnvanalstine.com)
“The dancers are invited to physically interact with the sculpture, to literally pass in and out of its openings. Its location in a grassy meadow near and above the river, allows the dancers ample room to move around it. It also sets up important sight lines where the large circular element frames the mountain landscape and moving water, incorporating the changing seasons and sounds of the river and introducing elements of passing time. All of this, when combined with dancers and music, will create an immersive experience engaging all the senses that goes beyond the static nature of stone and steel and underlines the unique nature and power of our performance project, Slipping Into One.”

Inner View Trilogy and Hauch – Breathing by Caroline Ramersdorfer
(www.carolineramersdorfer.at)
“Inner View Trilogy is a composition of three hanging marble fragments suspended within a steel structure and is bolted to an architectural structure, acquiring a new significance while interplaying with it. It represents a space of perceiving an innermost core in which to explore, apprehend, traverse it and discover to become part of the sculpture by being within it. Movement, Music and Rhythm through the interaction of Dance with Sculpture will complement each other in Nature, transforming a space into a habitat of the environment. “Hauch – Breathing” appears to be reaching out site specific and as a sensible organic living form of wavy earth lines. While it appears to inhale and exhale, a crystalline translucence within the nature of stone unveils its essence. Light becomes part of it and its movement.”
Excerpt by Federica Anichini in her essay for the ‘Gravity & Light: Caroline Ramersdorfer / Sculptures 1985-2016’ catalog documenting her 2016/2017 solo exhibition at the Opalka Gallery, Russell Sage College in Albany, NY: “By creating a distinct visual experience in her sculptures, the viewer is invited to look at them, into them and through them thus enabling different modes of vision. The pieces use light as an instrument of change while her artistry allows the organic qualities hidden in the inorganic matter to emerge. Her work generates in us an attitude to observe intently.”

MUSIC
Brian Melick (www.uduboy.com)
Maria Zemantauski (www.mariazemantauski.com)
The sculpture park and studios of John Van Alstine and Caroline Ramersdorfer in Wells, New York offer a multi-layered soundscape that will inform the music composition for this collaboration. Fieldwork will include several site visits to curate sounds from the natural environment, the sound of the raw materials that the artists use in their work, and the sounds that emanate from their studios as they manipulate these raw materials into works of art. Some of the sound recordings will be sampled and enhanced to conform to the voices within the overall composition, while others will be replicated with both traditional and non-traditional musical instruments. Rhythmic elements will be inspired by the striking, scraping, cutting or chiseling of stone or steel, while melodic and harmonic elements will be informed by a broad range of literal and figurative interpretations of the environment, materials and activity. The project will be anchored by the sculptures in the context of four seasons: Van Alstine’s Portals and Passages (Sisyphean Holiday), and Ramersdorfer’s Inner View Trilogy and Hauch – Breathing.

DANCE
Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company (www.sinopolidances.org)
Ellen Sinopoli, Artistic Director
As the artists who comprise the skeletal structure of “Slipping Into One”, we examine, explore and create while stepping deeply into each other’s aesthetic worlds of sculpture, sound and movement. The separate and raw pieces that constitute the sculptures in their initial embodiment inform our creative process. The outdoor environments for the completed sculptures surround our experience and allow for a unique and arresting synesthesia. We capture and reveal a collaborative artistry as each moves beyond exploration, experimentation and a series of studies to reveal an intertwined revelatory work of art.

FILMMAKER/DIRECTOR
Bat-Sheva Guez (www.batshevaguez.com)
This is a dynamic film that seamlessly weaves dance with documentary scenes to illustrate the collaborative process of these transformational artists. Most of our film’s collaborators are also the characters in the film, and we will follow along with them as they create their work. Crafted like a visual poem, this film will honor, celebrate, laugh and cry along with the creators. As a dancer and musician myself, I am acutely aware of pace and timing within a film, so just as a good poem has its own inherent rhythm, so will this film. From a dramaturgical perspective, the film will have an emotional arc, so that the viewer is pulled through the piece. We will take our viewers on a journey in which the tone and tempo will shift through the course of the story, like movements in a symphony. I also plan to introduce creative ways to transition between scenes – incorporating the element of surprise, so that the film brings moments of delight.
With the dance in this film, I will choreograph the viewer’s gaze. What does a viewer see and when? And more importantly, what does a viewer not see? Sometimes what we do not show is more important than what we do. I tear down the fourth wall, and instead create a “fourth dancer”- the camera itself. This dancer can be playful, pensive, suspenseful. It can dance in tandem or in counterpoint to the others. Further, John and Caroline’s work inspire such compelling opportunities to create a “frame within a frame” where the sculptures create a space inside which we view the dancers’ movements.
One of the things I love about dance-for-camera is that it drops the barriers to experiencing modern dance. It allows audiences from wider socio-economic backgrounds to see what’s possible within this gorgeous artform. It opens the opportunity to share these artists’ work with audiences from around the world. And one of the things I love about documentary filmmaking is that it captures life. It shows you a moment in time, a moment that can’t be repeated.
A piece of dance is ephemeral. Creating this film will allow the work of these amazing artists to be captured for posterity, solidifying their legacy, and shared long after they are gone.

Abram Lansing Elementary School Residency 2024
2024-09-19 - 2025-05-16 | NY
For more than 25 years, ESDC has provided programming designed to offer ALES’ 2nd and 3rd graders the opportunity to experience the bravery of creativity and invention as they step into the realm of how one might learn differently and see themselves in the most positive way possible. By incorporating the art form of dance and creative movement workshops, ESDC’s Around the World project expands upon the students’ study of Egypt, Norway, Japan, and Brazil.

Movement Story Hour at Troy Public Library / Main Branch
2024-10-17 10:30 - 11:30 | NY
Pre-K – 3rd grades
ESDC returns to the Troy Public Library for a Movement Story Hour. The Artistic Director introduces literacy through movement. Reading from the ESDC’s extensive library of children’s books, she incorporates creative movement to enhance the reading experience. Children become a part of the story and find a love of reading.

Gloversville School District Residency 2024-2025
2024-10-23 - 2025-05-30 | NY
For more that 15 years, ESDC has provided programming designed to offer GSD 2nd and 5th graders the opportunity to experience the bravery of creativity and invention as they step into the realm of how one might learn differently and see themselves in the most positive way possible. Our current program brings “Dance by Chance” to the three schools: Park Terrace, Kingsborough, and Boulevard Elementary Schools. Fun and interactive creative movement workshops, student presentations and ESDC performances mix math with movement. We tease their brain power and enhance classroom learning.

Gloversville School District Residency 2025-2026
2025-09-26 - 2026-04-01 | NY

Fall Gala 2024 – A Sunday Soirée
2024-10-27 16:30 - 20:00 | The Hall, 1915 5th Ave, Troy, NY, 12180
The Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company invites you to join us for a special evening as we honor Michael A. Nofal and celebrate over three decades of ESDC’s extensive support of educational and outreach programming.

Delight in The Hall’s exquisite and unique setting in Troy NY
Explore the exhibit of Latino artists curated by Laudelina Martinez of Martinez Gallery
Be entertained by special performance of flamenco guitarist Maria Zemantauski
Savor fine cuisine that features passed hors d’oeuvres, grazing stations and ending the evening with delectable desserts
Enjoy a selection of Joseph Carr fine wines, beer and non-alcoholic beverages
Tempt your pocketbook with our varied and delightful Silent Auction
Perhaps a surprise performance by ESDC’s wonderful dancers?

RSVP by October 15, 2024.
Checks can be made out to Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company and mailed to PO Box 775 Troy, NY 12181.

If you are unable to attend, please consider a tax-deductible contribution.

Celebrated Emblems with Musicians of Ma'alwyck at Capital Repertory Theatre
2025-01-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Capital Repertory Theatre, 251 N Pearl St, Albany, NY, 12207
Experience stirring movement and music as the two companies unite for the very first time to perform Celebrated Emblems, a captivating exploration of identity, history, and place. This distinctive program will be performed on January 24, 2025, at the Capital Repertory Theatre in Albany and January 25, 2025, at SUNY-Schenectady.

Celebrated Emblems features works by distinguished contemporary composers James Lee III, Missy Mazzoli, William Jay Sydeman, and George Walker, each delving into the stories and landscapes that shape America with powerful compositions.

The dance company will perform two new works inspired by James Lee III’s “Quintet for Clarinet and String Quartet” and Missy Mazzoli’s “Death Valley Junction”. In the first dance, “Telling”, the dancers reveal and share narratives both private and timeless. The dancers reveal and share these narratives through imagery that intrigues, stimulates, summons. For its second piece, “Dust Devils”, the dancers inhabit the desert with its sense of emptiness and deceptive stillness; the sounds of a constant wind that sweeps up “dust devils” and the singular humanity that chooses to cohabitate with that environment.

To reserve tickets, please visit Capital Repertory Theatre’s website:
https://attherep.org/event/celebrated-emblems/
The Company is also performing with Musicians of Ma’alwyck at SUNY-Schenectady on January 25 at 3pm. Click here for details & to reserve tickets.

Troy School District 21st Century After School Program 2025
2025-03-03 - 2025-04-30 | NY
For the 5th year, ESDC offers creative movement workshops to students in the Troy NY School District for its 21st Century After School Program.

ESDC's Annual Homebase Concert at The Egg 2025
2025-05-03 20:00 - 22:00 | The Egg Hart Theater, 1 Empire State Plaza, S Mall Arterial, Albany, NY, 12203, United States
Prelude Talk at 7:15 pm
The Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company concert will feature a reprise of Celebrated Emblems, a highly anticipated first-time collaboration with the Musicians of Ma’alwyck with Brett Wery on clarinet. Also on the program, ESDC will premiere Sometimes I Cascade to music by jazz violinist Leroy Jenkins, a performance of Fade to music by Henryk Gorecki and a return of ESDC’s The Egg Kids Project designed for teenage students of dance. The evening will begin with a 7:15 pm Prelude Talk given by Artistic Director Ellen Sinopoli with guest artist Ann-Marie Barker Schwartz, artistic director of the Musicians of Ma’alwyck.

Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) Classical Kids 2025
2025-05-19 - 2025-05-23 | NY
ESDC’s multi-year partnership with the SPAC, Classical Kids, features interactive performances for 10 middle schools annually that introduce students to different dance genres and teaches them about upcoming New York City Ballet summer performances at SPAC.
February 26 | Galway CSD
March 3 | Gloversville CSD
March 5 | Greenwich CSD
March 24 | Queensbury CSD
May 19-22 | Spa Little Theater

A note from one of the teachers after a performance in the Spa Little Theater:

“THANK YOU!!!!!!!! The performance was incredible today, my students were so into it and were talking about it all day! Looking forward to many more 🙂 You guys rock!”

ESDC Performance at Barker Park 2025
2025-07-10 11:00 - 12:00 | Barker Park, 64 3rd Street, Troy, NY, 12180, United States
ESDC will perform with percussionist Brian Melick as part of the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall’s Barker Park Kids’ Summer Series!
This interactive performance of ESDC’s popular family-friendly production Undercover Playground brings site-specific dance to the public, and encourages kids to think a little more creatively about the playgrounds they visit!
Free to the public. Barker Park is located near 3rd St and State St in downtown Troy.

The Hyde: George Rickey Across Time
2025-07-17 18:00 - 19:00 | The Hyde Collection, 161 Warren St, Glens Falls, NY, 12801, United States
ESDC has a long-standing relationship with museums, including The Hyde, where they previously performed during the 2022 exhibition Transformations: The Art of John Van Alstine.
This year, ESDC returns to The Hyde with a brand-new performance inspired by the exhibition George Rickey Across Time. George Rickey (1907–2002) was a trailblazer in kinetic sculpture, crafting stainless steel works that gracefully respond to the air around them. His captivating pieces—ranging from elegant tabletop sculptures to larger wall, floor, and ceiling-mounted works—will be on display from June 7 – September 28 throughout the galleries, with three large-scale outdoor sculptures on view through spring 2026.
The dancers will interpret Rickey’s dynamic forms through movement, creating a poetic dialogue between dance and sculpture. This site-specific performance is designed for audiences of all ages, offering a unique opportunity to experience the intersection of visual and performing arts in an engaging and memorable way.

Eureka Summer Program/Girls Inc. 2025
2025-07-21 - 2025-07-24 | NY
Through its five-year partnership with UAlbany’s Physics Department for Girl’s Inc.’s Eureka Summer Program, ESDC examines science through dance workshops drawing from the company’s collaboration with UAlbany Physics professor Keith Earle to develop Choreophysics, an examination of the communion of the arts/dance and sciences/physics.

Putting Out The Welcome Mat: 35 Performances for 35 Years
2025-09-19 18:00 - 2026-06-29 20:00 | NY
From September 19, 2025 to July 1, 2026, this project engaged ESDC in thirty-five free performances in locations mostly beyond traditional performance venues such as libraries, community centers, campuses, parks, playgrounds, markets, museums, etc. where people were already gathered. The project served to increase dance activity in the region, celebrate a local resource, expose dance to a widespread population, develop new audiences for dance and ensure that dance is not an underrepresented art form in the region. Buoyed by all of the successes of this series, ESDC will continue during its 2026-2027 season with additional performances within the greater Capital Region while also expanding by also offering shows in the other four counties in the Capital Region (Fulton, Montgomery, Schoharie and Washington).
“ESDC’s mission is to build awareness of and appreciation for modern dance through ongoing commitment to creativity, artistic/civic collaboration, and education of new audiences. As we celebrated our 35th anniversary season, “Putting Out the Welcome Mat” provided a means to share our art with a large and diverse audience and to thank the greater Capital Region for being such a welcoming place to call our home.” ~Ellen Sinopoli, Artistic Director

View the program and donate.

Upcoming Performances:
TBA

Past Performances:

Friday, September 19, 2025 at 6:45 PM

Universal Preservation Hall
25 Washington Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 3:00 PM

Hon. Karen B. Johnson Central Library
99 Clinton Street #2, Schenectady, NY 12305

Friday, September 26, 2025 at 7:00 PM

Arts Center of the Capital Region
265 River Street, Troy, NY 12180

Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM

Vischer Ferry General Store
357 Riverview Road, Rexford, NY 12148

Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 1:00 PM

Proctors Theatre
432 State Street, Schenectady, NY 12305

Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 4:00 PM & 5:15 PM

UAlbany PAC
1400 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12222

*RAIN DATE* Wednesday, October 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM

Hudson Valley Community College – Siek Campus Center
80 Vandenburgh Ave, Troy, NY 12180

Saturday, November 1, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Collar Works – New Headquarters!
206 1st St, Troy, NY 12180

Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM

Troy Waterfront Farmers Market – Troy Atrium
4 3rd St, Troy, NY 12180

Saturday, November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM

Arts Letters & Numbers
1543 Burden Lake Rd, Averill Park, NY 12018

Saturday, November 15, 2025 at 11:00 AM

New York State Museum
222 Madison Ave, Albany, NY 12230

Thursday, November 20, 2025 at 5:00 PM

Tang Museum at Skidmore College
815 N Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 2:30 PM

Kingsway Manor Assisted Living and Memory Care Center
357 Kings Road, Schenectady, NY 12304

Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM

William K. Sanford Town Library
629 Albany Shaker Road, Loudonville, NY 12211

Friday, February 6, 2026 at 5:00 PM & 6:00 PM

Albany Institute of History & Art
125 Washington Ave, Albany, NY 12210

Saturday, February 7, 2026 at 12:00 PM

Saratoga Arts / Chowder Fest
320 Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Russell Sage College (Troy Campus) – Buchman Pavilion
65 1st St, Troy, NY 12180

Sunday, May 3, 2026 at 2:00 PM

East Greenbush Library
10 Community Way, East Greenbush, NY 12061

Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 5:00 PM

Oakwood Community Center
313 10th Street, Troy, NY 12180

Friday, May 15, 2026 at 6:15 PM

Opalka Gallery
140 New Scotland Ave, Albany, NY 12208

Saturday, May 16 at 12:30 PM

Art in the Park by Saratoga Arts
Congress Park / Broadway & Spring Streets, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Wednesday, May 20 at 4:30 PM

Troy Savings Bank Music Hall
30 2nd Street, Troy, NY 12180

Thursday, May 21 at 4:00 PM

Troy Hidden Garden Tour
2nd & Division Streets, Troy, NY 12180

Saturday, May 23, 2026 at 12:00 PM

The Children’s Museum at Saratoga
65 South Broadway Suite #105, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Sunday, May 31, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Sand Lake Center for the Arts
2880 NY Highway 43, Averill Park, NY 12018

Tuesday, June 2, 2026 at 6 PM

Albany Public Library – Bach Branch
455 New Scotland Ave, Albany, NY 12208

Thursday, June 4, 2026 at 1:45 PM

Jazz on Jay
104 Jay Street, Schenectady, NY 12305

Saturday, June 6, 2026 at 11:45 AM

Troy Waterfront Farmers Market
Monument Square, Troy, NY 12180

Friday, June 19, 2026 at 4:30 PM

Swinburne Park
Second St & N Manning Bvld, Albany, NY 12206

Friday, June 19, 2026 at 7:30 PM

Art Night Schenectady at the Armory
125 Washington Ave, Schenectady, NY 12305

Tuesday, June 23, 2026 at 3 PM

Schenectady County Public Library – Rotterdam Branch
1100 N Westcott Rd, Schenectady, NY 12306

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 4 PM

Saratoga Farmers Market at High Rock Park
112 High Rock Ave, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Wednesday, June 24, 2026 at 6:30 PM

Saratoga Public Library
49 Henry St, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Monday, June 29, 2026 at 5:30 PM

Albany Public Library – Arbor Hill/West Hill Branch
148 Henry Johnson Blvd, Albany, NY 12210

Wednesday, July 1, 2026 at 12:00 PM

Troy YWCA
21 1st Street, Troy, NY 12180

Thank you to our sponsors:
NYS DanceForce
Dance Alliance, Inc.
Howard & Bush Foundation
Upstate Theater Coalition for a Fairgame Grant Program
Stewart’s Shops
Ed Swyer

This project is made possible with funds from the NYS DanceForce, a partnership program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature.

Abram Lansing Elementary School Residency 2025
2025-09-25 - 2026-05-29 | NY

Fall Gala 2025 – It's A Celebration!
2025-10-19 16:00 - 20:00 | Loft 433, Hedley Building, 433 River St, Troy, NY, 12180, United States
“This year, we celebrate not only the artistry of dance, but also the remarkable anniversary of the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company, a milestone that honors the creative brilliance of Ellen Sinopoli’s choreography.” –Hollis Dorman, President of ESDC Board of Directors

Delight in 433 Loft’s exquisite and unique setting in Troy NY
Be entertained by special performance by ESDC dancers
Savor fine cuisine that features passed hors d’oeuvres, grazing stations and ending the evening with delectable desserts
Enjoy an open bar with a selection of Joe Carr fine wines, cocktails, draught beer and non-alcoholic beverages
Dance to the amazing musical selections of DJ Nate da Great
Tempt your pocketbook with our varied and delightful Silent Auction

RSVP by October 10, 2025.
Checks can be made out to Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company and mailed to PO Box 775 Troy, NY 12181.

Troy School District 21st Century After School Program 2026
2026-03-03 - 2026-04-30 | NY
For the 6th year, ESDC offers creative movement workshops to students in the Troy NY School District for its 21st Century After School Program.

Guest Artists at Russell Sage College Student/Faculty Dance Concert 2026
2026-04-18 19:00 - 21:00 | Sage College Meader Little Theater, 65 1st St, Troy, NY, 12180, United States
The Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company is pleased to join the student dancers and choreographers of the Russell Sage dance division in this concert featuring solo and ensemble works by students, faculty, and ESDC!
This year’s concert is produced by ESDC alum and Sage professor Sara Senecal. The Russell Sage dancers will perform ensemble pieces created in class, as well as self-choreographed solo projects. ESDC will perform three selections from its current repertory.
There are two shows: Saturday, April 18 at 7pm and Sunday, April 19 at 2pm.
Tickets are available through the RSC box office by calling (518) 244-2248.

ESDC's Annual Homebase Concert at The Egg 2026
2026-04-25 20:00 - 22:00 | The Egg Hart Theater, 1 Empire State Plaza, S Mall Arterial, Albany, NY, 12203, United States
Saturday, April 25, 2026 | 8:00 PM Performance | 7:15 PM Prelude Talk
ESDC celebrated the culmination of its 35th season with a concert that included signature works from each decade along with premieres choreographed by guest artist & kathak dancer barkha patel and company member Emily Gunter. A third premiere by Sinopoli, Silken Threads, featured three selections from the opus of George Gershwin recorded by the pianist Kevin Cole, the foremost interpreter of the iconic American composer’s works and part of the Gershwin Legacy Project. The program also featured live music by Don Knaack and visual art by Thom O’Connor.
A true talent who delves deeply into the souls of her partnering artists, Ellen Sinopoli’s “varied program and the exuberant, polished dancing reminded us once again how lucky we are to have this homegrown treasure right in our own backyards.” (TIMES UNION)

ESDC Performance at Barker Park & Prospect Park 2026
2026-07-30 11:00 - 18:00 | NY
On July 30, 2026 ESDC will bring its popular family-friendly production, Undercover Playground, to Barker Park at 11 am and to Prospect Park at 5 pm. These site-specific and interactive performances bring dance to the public, and encourages kids to think a little more creatively about the playgrounds they visit! Percussionist Brian Melick joins ESDC for these fun filled events.
Free to the public. Barker Park is part of the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall’s Barker Park Kids’ Summer Series! and is located near 3rd St and State St in downtown Troy. The performance at Prospect Park is sponsored by the Friends of Prospect Park and is part of the park’s summer cultural events. The park is situated between Congress and Hill Street on top of Mount Ida.
*NEW LOCATIONS DUE TO WEATHER (Times of events remain the same.)*:
Barker Park at 11am is now moved to the Capital Region Music Hub (first floor of Troy Savings Bank Music Hall).
Prospect Park at 5pm is now moved to the Former St. Francis de Sales Church (right next to the entrance of Prospect Park).

UAlbany Concert with Capital Trio
2026-11-07 | UAlbany Performing Arts Center, 1400 Washington Ave, Albany, NY, 12222, United States
Saturday, November 7, 2026
ESDC will present a concert in collaboration with the Capital Trio, the chamber ensemble in residence at UAlbany. It will include Boundary Behavior, created in 2024 with the Capital Trio, Silken Threads, featuring 3 selections from the opus of George Gershwin as part of the Gershwin Legacy Project and a premier to music by Icelandic composer Maria Huld Markan Sigfusdottir.

Fall Gala 2026
2026-11-22 16:00 - 20:00 | NY
More details forthcoming.

RSVP by October 22, 2026.
Checks can be made out to Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company and mailed to PO Box 775 Troy, NY 12181.
