Ardsley Dance Residency - October 11 - 12, 2024
Livingston Manor, NY – Catskill Art Space is proud to present the Ardsley Dance Residency now in its seventh year. Co-presented with the Dance Gallery Festival, the residency will give emerging choreographer, Madison Hicks time to workshop and present to our audience.
Audiences are invited to open rehearsals on Friday, October 11 from 11am – 5pm. The culminating performance, which is free and open to all, will take place on Saturday, October 12 at 4pm in the second floor River Gallery of Catskill Art Space (CAS), 48 Main Street, Livingston Manor, NY. This event will be followed by a talk-back with Hicks and her collaborators
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The Ardsley Dance Residency Presentation, October 12 at 4pm
Together with the Dance Gallery Festival (DGF), CAS is thrilled to welcome emerging choreographic and dance talent for a week-long residency in Livingston Manor. The residency brings together choreographer Madison Hicks and collaborators for an immersive creative experience intended to enhance the deliberation and depth of the work that is created. The annual residency has been fruitful for choreographers workshopping new dances, giving space and inspiration to create in the picturesque Catskill mountains. Audiences are invited to view the dance workshopped over the residency and participate in a talk-back with the choreographer and dancers.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Madison Hicks holds a BFA in Dance from The Juilliard School and an MFA in Choreography from California Institute of the Arts. She is the Director and Founder of The Moving Forward Collective where she presents original work by herself and her collaborators. She has received choreographic residencies at Orsolina28, 14StreetY, Chez Bushwick, DanceLabNY, and was a Jacob’s Pillow Ann and Weston Hicks Choreographic Fellow. Madison has been commissioned by universities such as Loyola Marymount, The Fordham Ailey BFA program, Peabody University, University of Texas, and Wayne State University. She has also been commissioned by companies such as Vitacca Ballet, Ballet Arkansas, Avant Chamber Ballet, Mash-Up Contemporary Dance company, Ballet Project OC, and Water Street Dance Milwaukee. Most recently, she worked alongside Tony Yazbeck and Chip Abbott as Associate Choreographer for Manhattan Concert Production’s Children of Eden at Lincoln Center. Learn more at madisonhicks.com.
About Catskill Art Space
Catskill Art Space (CAS) explores contemporary art practices of emerging and established artists. Through exhibitions, performances, classes, lectures, and screenings, CAS fosters creative community in the Catskills.
Established as Catskill Art Society in 1971, CAS reopened in October 2022 as Catskill Art Space following a major renovation and expansion of its multi-arts center, located in the picturesque hamlet of Livingston Manor in the Western Catskills. CAS presents a rotating slate of exhibitions, performances and other events featuring national and regional talents, alongside long-term installations of works by James Turrell, Sol LeWitt, Francis Cape, and Ellen Brooks. Learn more at catskillartspace.org.
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Notes to Editor
Long-term installations on view through 2027: James Turrell’s light installation Avaar (1976) and two site-specific wall drawings from Sol LeWitt, exhibited alongside solo presentations of established artists from the Catskills area, Francis Cape (through 2027) and Ellen Brooks (through 2027).
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Sally Wright, Executive Director
sally@catskillartspace.org 646-696-1044
