Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company

September Troy Night Out Performance
2022-09-23 17:30 - 20:00 UTC | NY
ESDC announces the return of our popular summer concert series at various venues throughout downtown Troy!
As part of Troy Night Out, a city-wide celebration held the last Friday of each month, ESDC will perform a site-specific dance at each TNO in the months of July, August, and September.
September’s TNO performance will take place on the patio beside No Fun at 275 River St, and will feature live music by Elizabeth Woodbury Kasius.
Performances will take place every hour on the half-hour (5:30, 6:30, and 7:30 pm) and last approximately 15 minutes.
We are thrilled to again be part of Troy’s vibrant downtown arts scene!

Fall Gala 2022 - A Sunday Soirée
2022-10-02 16:00 - 20:00 | Loft 433, Hedley Building, 433 River St, Troy, NY, 12180, United States
As we begin our 2022-2023 season, we are delighted to invite you to join us for The Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company’s Fall Gala on Sunday, October 2nd in a celebration of modern dance in the Capital Region. This year’s gala event, entitled A Sunday Soirée, will again take place at the magnificent Loft 433 that features both indoor and outdoor patio space on the top floor of the Hedley Building in Troy, NY.
In celebration of the collaborating artists who have been part of Ellen Sinopoli’s many artistic projects over the past 32 years, the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company 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 unique sampling of their many talents as well as a fascinating look into our past and future collaborative projects with them.
You are invited to join us for an evening of delectable and innovative gourmet food offered by Mazzone Hospitality and an open bar with a broad selection of wine, beer and cocktails. It will be an evening noted for its fun-filled energy, fine food, stunning décor and, of course, for a dance party like no other.
We thank you for your ongoing support and look forward to having you gather with us October 2nd!
Presenting Event Sponsors: Karen & Chet Opalka
Silver Sponsors: Nancy & David Rosenblum

A Sunday Soiree Gala Tickets

Honorary Committee – single $225.00 USDHonorary Committee – couple $400.00 USDGeneral Admission $150.00 USDGeneral Admission under age 35 $100.00 USDChampion of Dance Table for 8 $1,000.00 USDFriend of Dance Table for 6 $750.00 USD

A Sunday Soiree Gala Sponsorship Levels

Presenting Event Sponsor $3,500.00 USDSilent Auction Sponsor $2,500.00 USDGold Sponsor $1,500.00 USDSilver Sponsor $1,200.00 USDFull Page Ad $200.00 USDHalf Page Ad $125.00 USDQuarter 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!)

Table for 10 plus promotion at event as PRESENTING EVENT SPONSOR
Company logo with billing above other sponsors on event invitation* and all digital/print advertising and all onsite event signage
Company logo and web link on ESDC 2022 Gala website and Facebook event page
Full-page cover ad in event program book*

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

Table for 8 plus promotion as SILENT AUCTION SPONSOR
Company logo on Gala invitation*, event signage, table card and Silent Auction signage
Company logo and web link on ESDC 2022 Fall Gala website and Facebook event page
Full-page ad in event program book*

$1,500 GOLD SPONSOR

Table for 8 plus promotion at event
Listing on Gala invitation*, event signage, and logo on table card
Listing and web link on ESDC 2022 Fall Gala website and Facebook event page
Half-page ad in event program book*

$1,200 SILVER SPONSOR

Table for 6 plus promotion at event
Listing on Gala invitation*, event signage and table card
Listing on ESDC 2022 Fall Gala website and Facebook event page
Quarter-page ad in event program book*

$1,000 Champion of Dance Table

Table for 8 at the event
1 Honorary Committee Listing

$750 Friend of Dance Table

Table for 6 at the event
1 Honorary Committee Listing

*print deadlines apply, please contact us for specifications

Kingsborough and Park Terrace Residencies 2023
2022-10-03 08:00 - 2023-06-14 17:00 | NY
ESDC’s annual residency in the Gloversville Schools continues!
The Kingsborough and Park Terrace communities will get to see performances of “Science in Motion”, one of ESDC’s many Arts-in-Education oriented programs, focusing on 2nd grade science curriculum: cloud formations, the food chain, animal movements and more!
2nd graders experience in-person workshops where they will explore creative movement related to science concepts. The culminating event will be an informal performance in front of their families and classmates!

ChoreoPhysics 2022
2022-11-09 10:00 - 11:30 | UAlbany Performing Arts Center, 1400 Washington Ave, Albany, NY, 12222, United States
Dance and physics collide in extraordinary ways!
Professor Keith Earle of the University at Albany Physics Department and choreographer Ellen Sinopoli focused on a communion of the arts and sciences, studying side by side the principles of physics and modern dance. Equal parts lecture, demonstration, performance and discussion, this program is a result of their efforts and includes Texture of the Whole, a choreographic work for the Ellen Sinopoli Dance Company that they collaborated to create and which utilizes more than a dozen laws of physics deeply intertwining the science with the dance.
For booking or more information about this program, please contact ChoreoPhysics coordinator Kim Engel at kengel@albany.edu

Guest Artists at Russell Sage Student/Faculty Dance Concert 2022
2022-11-12 19:00 - 20:30 | 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 dancer 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.
Tickets are available through the RSC box office by calling (518) 244-2248.

Boulevard Elementary School Residency 2023
2023-01-02 08:00 - 2023-01-31 17:00 | NY
ESDC’s annual residency in the Gloversville Schools continues!
The entire Boulevard Elementary School community will get to see performances of “See the Dance!”, one of ESDC’s many Arts-in-Education oriented programs, focusing on how creativity and movement can capture thoughts, ideas, emotions, and imagery!
5th graders experience in-person workshops where they will explore creative movement related to dance as a communicative art. The culminating event will be an informal performance in front of their families and classmates!

See the Dance! Arts in Education Performance 2023
2023-01-11 10:00 - 11:00 | NY
ESDC heads out to Gloversville to perform for the students of Boulevard Elementary School! During our performance of “See the Dance!” students will experience our most high-flying repertory, and even get a chance to come on stage and try some moves for themselves.

Creative movement workshops for 5th graders commence the next day, and culminates in a performance by the eight 5th grade classes!

ESDC's Annual Homebase Concert at The Egg 2022
2023-05-13 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 premiere a collaboration with visual artist Calvin Grimm which journeys through initial descent to a revealing of new manifestation and new possibility. Also on the program is Brink to music by two-time Grammy nominated jazz musician Dave Douglas and a newly commissioned work by long-time company member Sara Senecal for her fellow dancers.
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)
Support provided by Executive Park, 4 Tower Place, Albany, NY

June Troy Night Out Performance 2023
2023-06-30 17:30 - 20:00 | NY
ESDC announces the return of our popular summer concert series at various venues throughout downtown Troy!
As part of Troy Night Out, a city-wide celebration held the last Friday of each month, ESDC will perform a site-specific dance at each TNO in the months of June and July, 2023.
June’s TNO performance will take place in Franklin Alley between Broadway and River streets. Our guest musician for the evening will be Carolyn Shapiro on the banjo!
Performances will take place every hour on the half-hour (5:30, 6:30, and 7:30 pm) and last approximately 15 minutes.
We are thrilled to again be part of Troy’s vibrant downtown arts scene!

ESDC Performance at Barker Park 2023
2023-07-20 11:00 - 12:00 | Barker Park, 64 3rd Street, Troy, NY, 12180, United States
ESDC will perform 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.

July Troy Night Out Performance 2023
2023-07-28 17:30 - 20:00 | NY
ESDC announces the return of our popular summer concert series at various venues throughout downtown Troy!
As part of Troy Night Out, a city-wide celebration held the last Friday of each month, ESDC will perform a site-specific dance at each TNO in the months of June and July, 2023.
July’s TNO performance will take place in the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall courtyard. Guest musicians will be Elizabeth Woodbury Kasius on keyboard, melodica, and percussion, with Adam Siegel on saxophone!
Performances will take place every hour on the half-hour (5:30, 6:30, and 7:30 pm) and last approximately 15 minutes.
We are thrilled to again be part of Troy’s vibrant downtown arts scene!

Virtual Symposium hosted by Fenimore Art Museum
2023-08-01 18:00 - 21:00 | NY
ESDC has been commissioned by the Fenimore Art Museum to create a site specific dance inspired by the museum’s M.C. Escher: Infinite Variations exhibit this summer. The dance will be filmed and subsequently presented at an August 1st virtual symposium sponsored by Fenimore Art Museum.

Performance at Tannery Pond Community Center
2023-08-24 19:30 - 21:30 | Tannery Pond Community Center, 228 Main St, North Creek, NY, 12853, United States
ESDC returns to the Tannery Pond Community Center’s stage, in North Creek NY, with a concert that highlights the company’s repertory of imaginative and inspiring works.

Abram Lansing Elementary School Residency 2023
2023-09-15 - 2024-06-25 | NY
For more than 25 years, ESDC has provided programming designed to offer ALES’ 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.

Fall Gala 2023 - A Sunday Soirée
2023-11-12 16:00 - 20:00 | 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!)

Table for 10 plus promotion at event as PRESENTING EVENT SPONSOR
Company logo with billing above other sponsors on event invitation* and all digital/print advertising and all onsite event signage
Company logo and web link on ESDC 2022 Gala website and Facebook event page
Full-page cover ad in event program book*

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

Table for 8 plus promotion as SILENT AUCTION SPONSOR
Company logo on Gala invitation*, event signage, table card and Silent Auction signage
Company logo and web link on ESDC 2022 Fall Gala website and Facebook event page
Full-page ad in event program book*

$1,500 GOLD SPONSOR

Table for 8 plus promotion at event
Listing on Gala invitation*, event signage, and logo on table card
Listing and web link on ESDC 2022 Fall Gala website and Facebook event page
Half-page ad in event program book*

$1,200 SILVER SPONSOR

Table for 6 plus promotion at event
Listing on Gala invitation*, event signage and table card
Listing on ESDC 2022 Fall Gala website and Facebook event page
Quarter-page ad in event program book*

$1,000 Champion of Dance Table

Table for 8 at the event
1 Honorary Committee Listing

$750 Friend of Dance Table

Table for 6 at the event
1 Honorary Committee Listing

*print deadlines apply, please contact us for specifications

Guest Artists at Russell Sage College Student/Faculty Dance Concert 2023
2023-11-18 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 dancer 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.
Tickets are available through the RSC box office by calling (518) 244-2248.
ESDC’s current repertory includes the full company in an exhilarating excerpt from “Brink” (2009); a quartet of women in the fierce “Compas” (2008) to music by flamenco guitarist Maria Zemantauski; plus, ESDC dancer Emily Gunter will perform the solo “Becoming” (2006). We hope you’ll join us!
There are two shows: Saturday, November 18 at 7pm and Sunday, November 19 at 2pm.

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.

ESDC Performance at Barker Park 2024
2024-08-29 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 Wells Project
2024-09-01 08:00 - 2025-06-01 17:00 | NY
THE WELLS PROJECT / 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 The Wells Project 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.

Guest Artists at Russell Sage College Student/Faculty Dance Concert 2024
2024-11-16 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 dancer 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.
ESDC’s repertory for these performances include the full company in an excerpt from “As Seen From Above” (2018), a piece that captures the dynamic and energy of our avian friends; “Falling” (2008), a quintet inspired by the contrasting images of an antebellum staircase, a cacophony of wild blue horses and the swirl of flame; the duet “Pierre’s Words” (1995) for which the depth and fantastical quality Pierre Joris’ voice is almost songlike and is the perfect partner to the movement of the dancers.
There are two shows: Saturday, November 16 at 7pm and Sunday, November 17 at 2pm.
Tickets are available through the RSC box office by calling (518) 244-2248.

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.
