Project History:
Your Move - Dance Festval
November 11 at 8PM
Art House Productions
One McWilliams Place
Jersey City, NJ www.arthouseproductions.org
Steffi Nossen Choreography Showcase
November 20 at 2PM
Dance Theater Lab
Purchase College
375 Anderson Hill Rd.
Purchase, NY www.steffinossen.org
RDT Tours to Hardwick, MA. The company will be in residence at the Cultural Center at Eagle Hill for four days performing a public lecture demonstration on Saturday, October 29 at 11:30 AM in preparation for a full performance of Ukrainian Eggs on Sunday, October 30 at 2PM. On Monday, October 31, the company will hold a workshop for the school's students on transforming visual art through the body to the stage and back. www.centerateaglehill.org
OCTOBER 22, 2011:
We invite you to see Riedel Dance Theater up close, in the studio, with an informal showing of Ukrainian Eggs: Terrible Tales of Tragedy and AlleGorey (inspired by the works of Edward Gorey) before we leave for tour! Don't miss the chance to see this piece in NYC. Then walk two blocks and join us for our annual Halloween Party - complete with food, booze, music, dancing, costume contests and raffle prizes. Yes, RDT's latest line dances will be featured!
RDT NYC Summer Intensive
June 20-24, 2011
Peridance Capezio Center
Technique class: 10 - 11:30 AM
Repertory class: 11:30 - 1:00 PM
Monday – Friday.
RDT at the ASSOCIATION OF PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTERS 2011 CONFERENCE
Rhinelander Gallery Booth 208
Construction Company Dance Gallery Showcase
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Begins at 9:30 am and repeats at 10:50 am and 12:10 pm
Admission any time
City Center Studio 5
130 West 56th Street, 5th Floor (between 6th and 7th Avenues)
Refreshments will be served.
Fall Choreography Showcase at Purchase College Presented by the Steffi Nossen School of Dance
The "Verdant Fire" Quartet
choreography by Jonathan Riedel
music by W.A. Mozart
dancers: James Brenneman III, Julia Kelly, Hana Ginsburg, and Lisa Iannacito
Lemon Grove (work in progress)
choreography by Jonathan Riedel
music by J.S. Bach
dancer: Lisa Iannacito
November 21st @ 2pm followed by abrief Q&A Purchase College Dance Theater Lab reservations recommended (914) 328-1900
Your Move at Art House Productions
Jersey City’s first-ever showcase of emerging choreographers.
The "Verdant Fire" Quartet
choreography by Jonathan Riedel
music by W.A. Mozart
dancers: James Brenneman III, Julia Kelly, Hana Ginsburg or Andrea Brown, and Lisa Iannacito
Friday, Nov. 12 @ 8pm and Saturday, Nov. 13 @ 8pm Tickets are $15 at the door, $10 in advance (online) www.brownpapertickets.com/event/130712.
Art House Productions is located at Hamilton Square, 1 McWilliams Place, 6th Floor, Jersey City NJ, on the southeast corner of Hamilton Park.
DanceNOW festival at DTW.
RDT will premiere an excerpt of their current work-in-progress Verdant Fire. This new quartet is fast and ferocious. Don't miss it.
Dance Theater Workshop. NYC.
Friday, September 10, 2010. 8PM
Westchester Conservatory of Music's Summer Theater Workshop
Jonathan will return to WCoM this summer to teach and choreograph this six week program for young artists ages 11-18. Also returning will be Director, Sarah Knapp and Musical Director, Steven Alper. This year the shows will be The Music Man and Beauty and the Beast. There is still time to enroll so contact WCoM right away!
http://www.musicconservatory.org/index.php?sub=5
Choreographer's Canvas 2010
RDT will perform The Unsightful Nanny in the 3rd Annual Choreographer's Canvas dance festival, NYC.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 5TH @ 8PM
Manhattan Movement & Arts Center
248 West 60th Street New York, NY 10023
TICKETS: $20 Pre-purchased; $22 At the door
Call GTT Box Office To Reserve: 212-567-1535 (9am to 1pm, Mon. - Fri.) Visa/Mastercard Accepted
The Group Theatre Too presents The Choreographer's Canvas, an annual event featuring the works of over fifteen cutting-edge New York choreographers. See new and traditional styles of choreography including, tap, ballet, theatre dance, jazz, hip-hop, Broadway, contemporary and even aerial dance. Experience New York's established and emerging choreographers in this uplifting mosaic evening of music and movement.
The Company will return to the studio this spring to create new work.
RDT is continuing work on Jonathan Riedel's Verdant Fire. They've been tackling the physically rigorous third movement...Jonathan calls it "The Whip"...to completment the first movement he set on students at Purchase College. They hope to finish the piece this summer or early fall. Catch a video of the Purchase performance of Movement I in the Riedel Dance Theater Group on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=24631252991&ref=ts
Riedel Dance Theater will present at the APAP (Association of Performing Arts Presenters) conferance.
Saturday, January 9th, 2010 @ 5PM.
Baryshnikov Arts Center
See the Promo clip:
Ukrainian Eggs: Terrible Tales of Tragedy and AlleGorey packed the house at the Foothills Performing Arts Center in Oneonta, NY.
Riding high our SOLD OUT run at the New York International Fringe Festival and at Joyce SoHo, RDT filled the house at the Foothills Performing Arts Center in Oneonta, NY on Friday, November 6th. The crowd laughed and cheered throughout the hour-long performance. The tour was an artistic and financial success.
Joyce SoHo shows all sold out!
RDT does it again, selling out their three performances of Ukrainian Eggs at Joyce SoHo this past Halloween Weekend.
DanceNOW, another sold out performance!
Riedel Dance Theater performed the final movement of The Four Loves as part of the DanceNOW festival in New York City to a packed house on Saturday, September 26th. Sadly, some RDT fans had to be turned away but those who made it inside were delighted by this repertory favorite and the charm of the Duo Multicultural Arts Center's gilded theater.
FringeNYC All Shows SOLD OUT!!!!
Waiting list only for Ukrainian Eggs at the New York International Fringe Festival this week! A limited number of seats may be released by FringeNYC to the public at each performance. You must line up, in person, at the box office the day of the performance for a chance to get one. There are no guarantees. Good Luck! Hope to see you!
RDT in The Unsightful Nanny, part of Ukrainian Eggs. Photo by Julie Lemberger, 2002.
Jonathan Riedel's "Ukrainian Eggs: Terrible Tales of Tragedy and AlleGorey" will premiere at FringeNYC. This production is part of FringeJR and recommended for all ages.
Tue 8/25 @ 6:15 (Opening Night Party)
Thur 8/27 @ 7:00
Fri 8/28 @ 2:15
Sat 8/29 @ 6:45
Sun 8/30 @ 4:45
The Robert Moss Theater
440 Studios, 440 Lafayette St., 3rd. Floor
(between Astor Place and East 4th St.)
Call for tickets: 866 468-7619
Only $15. Child prices also available.
They're going fast so CALL NOW!
Opening Night Party.
as a thank you for coming opening night please adjourn with us to:
Arte Restaurant
21 E 9th St., #1 (corner of 9th and University)
Present your ticket stub for a drink on us! That's a show, a party, and a drink for $15. RDT knows how to have a good time. Get your tickets NOW!
Go to the Ukrainian Eggs page for program information.
Link to FringeNYC here.
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--September '09
RDT will perform the final movement of The Four Loves in the DanceNOW festival in NYC at the DUO Multicultural Arts Center. September 26th at 4PM. www.dancenow.org
--August '09
Ukrainian Eggs: Terrible Tales of Tragedy and AlleGorey will premiere this at The New York International Fringe Festival. August 25-30. www.fringenyc.org
--August '09
Jonathan and Lisa will stage excerpts from Paradise on the talented students of the New York State Summer School of the Arts (NYSSSA.)
--June/July/August '09
Jonathan will choreograph Guys & Dolls and High School Musical for the Music Conservatory of Westchester's Summer Theatre Workshop.
--April/May, '09
The Divine Comedy comes Grace Church Van Vorst, Jersey City, NJ.
--March, '09 Jonathan will create a new work for Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA.
--March, '09
Riedel Dance Theater, Lucy York, and Lane & Co.
Together in one program!
March 13th @ 9PM
March 14th @ 8PM
Cunningham Studio, 55 Bethune St., NYC
--Feb, '09
Riedel Dance Theater's 5th Anniversary Gala
Celebrating Five Years of Outrageous Elegance!
February 5th, 2009
--Jan, '09
APAP Conferance, Baryshnikov Arts Center, NYC
--November, '08
Reverb Dance Festival, NYC
Hallowed Bomb
November 14 @ 8PM
--October, '08
Baryshnikov Arts Center, NYC
The Divine Comedy, open rehearsal
October 3 @ 8PM
http://www.baryshnikovdancefoundation.org/
Westchester Community College, Valhalla, NY
The Divine Comedy
October 4 @ 8PM
http://www.sunywcc.edu/extension_sites/locations/valhalla/valhalla.htm
Fridays at Noon, 92nd St. Y
Purgatory
October 31 @ Noon
--September, '08
Dumbo Dance Festival, Brooklyn
"Two Divine Duets: excerpts from Inferno & The Four Loves"
Sept. 27 @ 3PM, Sept. 28 @ 11AM
http://www.whitewavedance.com/
--August, '08
Downtown Dance Festival, NYC
The Four Loves
August 20 @ Noon, Chase Plaza
August 23 @ 1PM, Battery Park
http://www.batterydanceco.com/action/dtowndance.asp
--June, '08 RDT will perform it's first full evening work, "The Divine Comedy" inspired by Dante Alighieri at the Church of the Mediator in Bronx, NY on Friday, June 14th. More details to come.
--January, '08 Jonathan is collaborating with Carolyn Adams to develop a dance curriculum for AHRC schools serving children with autism. One of the three pieces studied in the workshops is "The Angel" from Inferno.
--December, '07 RDT is annoucing their next performing season including dates in NYC at Joyce Soho Dec. 13-16 at 8PM. We hope to bring to you our latest works "Out of the Silent Planet" and "The Four Loves," along with a new look at "Inferno." If you are not already on our mailing list and would like more information on these performances, go to the "Contact" portion of this site.
--September, '07 Jonathan will be getting back to his roots choreographing the fall musical for Westchester Community College. The production of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a treasured opportunity for him to return to an artform he's missed for far too long.
--August, '07 Rehearsals have begun for our upcoming NYC season! We're currently bringing back "Inferno" and reinvestigating the "Four Loves" material for its world premiere this year.
--July, '07. Jonathan will be creating something new for the talented young artists of Dance Freemont in Seattle.
--June, '07. Jonathan will be creating a new piece this Summer for The Yard, a prestigious dance colony located in Martha's Vineyard, MA. He and eight beautiful dancers (including a couple RDT alumns) will spend six weeks making the work together with final performances June 28, 29, 30, and July 1.
Jonathan's third piece in row using music for string quartet, the piece plans to be set to Debussy and explore the chemestry, physicality and partnering work attained with same sex pairings of dancers. There may also be some more C. S. Lewis material thrown in, this time from "The Space Trilogy," but nothing is written in stone.
--May, '07. Jonathan created an impressive new work for RDT's Lisa Iannacito that was previewed in at The Yard in Matha's Vineyard during their first week of their residency. Made in just five short rehearsals this 7 minute solo was set to Stravinsky's Concertino for String Quartet. Jonathan looked to the documentary film Suicide Killers by Pierre Rehov for inspiration. He says, "If I can stir the audience for one moment the way I was chilled by that entire film I'll have done something important."
--March, '07. Jonathan performed two RDT solos with the American Dance Legacy Institute at Brown University. The program included "The Angel" from Inferno and "Earnest and the Universe" (formerly "Ultimate Devotion") from The Upcher's Warbler. You couldn't pick two more contrasting works and they fit just beautifully together.
-- December '06. RDT recently finished the creation of their latest piece "The Four Loves" based on the book by C. S. Lewis. Set to Dvorak's "American" String Quartet it depicts the four aspects of love (Affection, Eros, Friendship, and Charity) through searing movement, poignant musicality and RDT's signiture character work.
We are currently seeking venues and funding to premiere this work in the Fall. Please contact us with any support or information you may have.
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Riedel Dance Theater in Paradise, photo by Jordan Wills, 2008
APAP Con