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Meet the choreographers and artists of CounterPointe8!
Meet the six exceptional choreographers and their collaborating artists.
Announcing the choreographers and artists of CounterPointe8!
This February, Norte Maar brings forth CounterPointe 8, a collaboration between six female dance makers and six visual artists. The performances will take place at downtown Brooklyn’s Mark O'Donnell Theater at the Actors Fund Arts Center from Feb 28 + 29, Mar 1.
Meet the artists and choreographers for CounterPointe 2019!
Norte Maar is pleased to announce the collaborating women choreographers and artist for CounterPointe7!
Meet the artists and choreographers for CounterPointe 2018
This Spring, Norte Maar brings forth CounterPointe 6, a collaboration between seven female dance makers and seven female visual artists. Meet the artists involved.
NM Announces CounterPointe lineup for 2018!
Norte Maar celebrates collaboration this spring with CounterPointe6! Seven Dance Makers Pair with Seven Visual Artists to Create New Works En Pointe: All Made by Women
Watch Ashley Bouder, principal dancer with NYCB, deliver inspiring statement about women in the dance world.
It was our distinct pleasure to have Ashley Bouder, principal dancer of New York City Ballet, join our growing list of dance luminaries that have included Karole Armitage, Antonia Franceschi, Claudia Jeschke, Kat Wildish, Gabrielle Lamb, and Kathryn Posin, lead a talk back with choreographers and their collaborating artists following the Saturday, April 8 performance of CounterPointe. Watch her introductory statement here!
Ashley Bouder of NYCB to lead CounterPointe post performance talk
Joining the growing list of dance luminaries that have included Karole Armitage, Antonia Franceschi, Claudia Jeschke, Kat Wildish, Gabrielle Lamb, and Kathryn Posin, Ashely Bouder of New York City Ballet will lead a talk back with choreographers and their collaborating artist following the Saturday, April 8 performance of CounterPointe.
Join the Bus to the Ballet! Sun, Mar 19
Norte Maar teams up with the Visual Arts Center of New Jersey to bring ballet to the gallery! Join the bus to see the performance of choreography by Julia K. Gleich in the gallery with art work by sculptor Rachel Beach!
NM announces the CounterPointe 2017 Line Up!
This Spring, Norte Maar brings forth CounterPointe 5; a collaboration between 6 female dance makers and 6 visual artists. The performances will take place at downtown Brooklyn's Actors Fund Arts Center from April 7-9.
Winter / Spring Exhibitions and Events Announced!
From exciting new exhibitions of art to riveting performances, Norte Maar is pleased to announce our 2017 Winter / Spring Public Programs!
Call for Women Choreographers: The 5th Annual CounterPointe, April 7-9, 2017
Norte Maar announces a call for choreographers for its 5th Season of CounterPointe: new work by women choreographers and their collaborations with artists, April 7-9, 2017 at the Actor’s Fund Arts Center, Brooklyn.
Kathryn Posin to lead CounterPointe 2016 post performance talk back
Joining the growing list of dance luminaries that have included Karole Armitage, Antonia Franceschi, Claudia Jeschke, Kat Wildish and Gabrielle Lamb, Kathryn Posin will lead a talk back with choreographers presenting at CounterPointe 2016 following the Saturday, April 9 performance.
NM Announces the collaborative ballet line up for CounterPointe 2016
This Spring Norte Maar's 4th Annual CounterPointe Series is all about collaboration with the work of seven female dance makers paired with seven visual artists on stage April 8-10 in downtown Brooklyn's Actors Fund Arts Center.
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CounterPointe Shorts: London Edition - Meet the Choreographers
London, UK – Norte Maar's co-founder Julia Gleich, together with Briar Adams and the Conway Collective bring CounterPointe Shorts to London, England on Thursday 7 of May 2015 in London’s Conway Hall, Camden. CounterPointe Shorts will present works by series curator Julia K. Gleich (Gleich Dances), and Briar Adams (Hack Ballet) as well as new works by Sophie Adams and Aisling Cook (Ballet Ensemble London), Genevieve Grady, Deborah Kate Norris from Manchester and Elisabeth Schilling from Germany. There will be a post-performance discussion led by Antonia Franceschi who is well known for her master teaching, choreography and her career as a dancer with New York City Ballet and other companies, as well as her role in the movie "Fame."
Composer/Pianist Elizabeth Myers: A CounterPointe Collaboration Interview
On April 9, 2015, Journalist David Levesley interviewed composer/pianist Elizabeth Myers in advance of the premiere of her new music/dance collaboration with choreographer Julia K. Gleich. Their collaboration a featured performance in Norte Maar's CounterPointe3.
NM's CounterPointe returns: new choreography by women for pointe
Coming this April, Norte Maar in collaboration with Brooklyn Ballet presents CounterPointe, the annual curated performance series featuring women choreographers making new work on pointe. CounterPointe is an annual performance series dedicated to presenting the latest experimental, innovative, risk-taking choreography that shows a depth of investment in ballet by women dance makers working with the pointe shoe. Investigating new and old territory the series highlights new work, opening up discussion, and creating a forum for women, young or old, emerging or established, to take risks.
NM announces call for CounterPointe3!
Norte Maar in collaboration with Brooklyn Ballet opens a call for CounterPointe3 the returning performing series featuring emerging and established women choreographers making new work for pointe.