Our nine-year partnership with Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater has encouraged hundreds of dance innovators to challenge their craft by exploring new and unprecedented creative paths, often pursuing the most audacious of their artistic dreams, to design work for the intimacy of New York City’s ‘best tiny stage.’ Unveiling a treasure trove of critically acclaimed works, including Doug Elkins’ Fraulein Maria, David Parker’s ShowDown, Nicholas Leichter’s The Whiz, Kyle Abraham’s Heartbreaks and Homies, Nicole Wolcott and Vanessa Walter’s Alley of the Dolls and most recently Parker’s new, Misters and Sisters, Joe’s Pub has become an unparalleled resource for the development of new work, and DanceNOW’s new home base. Despite the 9- by 11-foot stage, audiences can expect risk-taking and surprise, as well as extraordinary dancing and magical experiences.

DANCENOW JOE'S PUB FESTIVAL

Each fall, right after Labor Day, the DANCENOW JOE'S PUB FESTIVAL features bite-size choreographic gems from 40 of today’s most innovative dance makers to reveal the vast terrain of artistic voices – diverse, passionate and highly innovative - that make up the New York City dance community.

Continuing our signature format of presenting generations of artists side-by-side, ranging from young innovators to maturing performers, the DANCENOW JOE'S PUB FESTIVAL has become a testing ground for new ideas, directions and work to be developed in our DANCENOW JOE'S PUB Featured Artist series throughout the year. 

2012 DANCENOW JOE'S PUB FESTIVAL

September 5 through September 8 at 7pm

2012 ENCORE

TOP TIER FESTIVAL ARTISTS, INCLUDING THE CHALLENGE WINNERS

Saturday, September 15 at 7pm

DANCENOW JOE'S PUB FESTIVAL CHALLENGE

The DANCENOW JOE'S PUB FESTIVAL offers a ‘challenge initiative’, asking festival participants to take the DANCENOW ‘less is more’ mantra to heart and create a five-minute choreographic gem specific to the intimacy and limitations of Joe’s Pub.  Each fall, during the FESTIVAL the artist and work that best meets the DANCENOW Challenge to create a concise, clear and complete artistic statement in five minutes or less receives a $1,000 development fee, a free week-long residency at DANCENOW Silo on Kirkland Farm in Pennsylvania and a 20-hour space grant from the Gibney Dance Center.

AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION

Festival audiences will have a chance to partcipate in the creative process. Each evening, audience members will select the artist that best meets the DANCENOW Challenge. Five artists will each receive a free and week-long creative development residency at Silo in 2012.

All work presented in the DANCENOW Joe’s Pub 2011 Festival will be considered for future development in DanceNOW Joe’s Pub’s Dancemopolitan Series.