MISSION

Sculpture & Photo by Benjamin Heller

The Committee for the Contemporary American Dance Museum 

presents its inaugural and historic exhibition 

CREATION IN MOTION 

to carry out its unique mission to educate the public 

about the creative process of making dance. 


CREATION IN MOTION documents Choreographer Stefanie Batten Bland as she creates a new work called A Place of Sun this spring, in residence at the Baryshnikov Arts Center. 


YOU ARE CORDIALLY INVITED 

Attend the Cast Party at the inaugural and historic CREATION IN MOTION exhibition and support American Contemporary modern dance. Enjoy wine and hors d’oeuvre with Choreographer Stefanie Batten Bland, 

her company of dancers, and featured artists: Benjamin Heller, Miguel Anaya, Carol Prud’homme Davis, Kristin Kunc, Jonathan Paul Wagner, Antonio Lai da Teulada, and Adam Miller. Raffle prizes include original artwork from the exhibition. 


Performances 

Baryshnikov Arts Center Jerome Robbins Theater
450 West 37th Street @ 10th Avenue
May 17 & 18, 2012 at 8:00 pm

Exhibition Events 

Eyebeam Art + Technology Center
540 West 21st Street between 10th & 11th Avenues
May 18, 2012 2 - 6 pm Exhibition open to the public
May 18, 2012 9:30 pm Cast Party (ticketed)
May 19, 2012 12 - 6 pm Exhibition open to the public
May 19, 2012 3 - 4 pm Panel Discussion (free)

The PANEL DISCUSSION is free and open to the public. 

Neuropsychologist and ccADaM Vice President Dr. Jay Seitz, Choreographer Stefanie Batten Bland, and participating artists discuss the creative process of making A Place of Sun.


Rsvp to alicestock@americandancemuseum.org for the Panel Discussion by Thur., May 17, 2012.
MISSION STATEMENT

Our mission is to generate, collect, preserve, and interpret fine art, photography, video/film, and manuscript collections, which document new American contemporary modern dances as they are being created. We educate the public by presenting exhibitions of our collections in conjunction with live performances of the new dances they document. Thus, we support contemporary modern dance in America, and widen its funding base by blending its audience with the audiences for the visual arts. 

 
The IRS has determined that we are exempt from Federal income tax under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code. Your gift is tax deductible under section 170 of the Code.
     

GOALS

The purpose of the Contemporary American Dance Museum is to accomplish three major goals: 

  • Provide a major residence and performance facility for American contemporary modern dancers and choreographers located in New York City at a historic site related to the arts  

  • Preserve creative/choreographic processes and performances of new American contemporary modern dances by documenting them through various fine arts media as well as video, film, photography and manuscript collections  

  • Educate choreographers, dancers, visual artists and the general public through onsite archives and exhibitions programs linked to the residency, performance, and professional/children's programs 


Subsequently, the Contemporary American Dance Museum also encourages creativity, initiates collaborations between visual artists and choreographers, and provides jobs for visual artists, arts administrators and theater personnel, thereby boosting the morale of the arts community in New York City in this time of little funding for the arts in America.  

In addition, since contemporary modern dance is used as subject material for fine art, dance audiences will blend with fine arts audiences, resulting in a wider audience for both art forms.

This new, broad audience, educated through the five linked programs offered by the Contemporary American Dance Museum (Dance Residency/Performance, Documentation, Archives, Exhibitions, Professional & Children's Programs), will be a potential source of advocacy for public and private funding for the arts. These will be donors, voters, corporate employees and managers, and others who affect decision-making about public and private funding for the arts. 

Contact alicestock@americandancemuseum.org