IN THE STUDIO: DANIEL GWIRTZMAN DANCE COMPANY AT NEW YORK CITY CENTER

IN THE STUDIO at NEW YORK CITY CENTER

For decades, Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company has pulled back the curtain on how dance is made. This June, we open the studio doors wider than ever — inviting you in for an intimate conversation about the creative process behind our newest work. Hear directly from the dancers about what drives and challenges them, and from choreographer Daniel Gwirtzman about the ideas shaping the work. Then it's your turn: ask questions, share your thoughts, and become part of the conversation. No stage. No distance. Just dance, up close. A rare chance to meet the art before it meets the stage. Free and open to all. Seats are limited. Two days only at New York City Center Studios.

ABOUT DANIEL GWIRTZMAN DANCE COMPANY

Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company, known for its optimistic ethos, was formed in 1998. Since its inception it has demonstrated a commitment to education operating with the philosophy and programming that everyone can join the dance. Incorporating dance and story into the film medium has been a consistent practice along with creating original programming for the stage. His repertory has earned praise for its humor, musicality, stylistic diversity, and accessibility. The Company’s acclaimed recent creation, Dance With Us, a free online educational resource received leadership support from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund and is designed to demystify choreography and increase comfort viewing and speaking about dance. The digital resource showcases the Company’s decade-long practice working in the dance for camera genre. Lincoln Center and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts presented the Company in 2023 during its 25th Anniversary season in a stand-alone program called Everybody Can Dance. In the summer of 2024 DGDC was in residence at the American Dance Festival where it developed its newest evening-length dance Flashpoint. Highlights include performances at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, The Kennedy Center, Battery Dance Festival, Fire Island Dance Festival, Bryant Park, Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and Jazz at Lincoln Center. The Company’s AI-themed theater/dance work e-Motion, a collaboration with playwright Saviana Stanescu, was presented April 18-20, 2025 during the La MaMa Moves Festival.

ABOUT DANIEL GWIRTZMAN

Daniel Gwirtzman celebrates thirty years as a NYC company director and choreographer. Since co-founding Artichoke Dance Company in 1995, “a welcome addition to the New York Dance scene” (The New York Times), he has choreographed and performed without pause. Reviews from Artichoke’s debut concert earned him comparisons to Mark Morris, by Elizabeth ZImmer in The Village Voice, whose company he toured internationally with over several years as a guest. A busy artist/scholar, Daniel Gwirtzman is deeply immersed in multiple arenas: as aproducer, dancer, educator, and filmmaker known for his blend of innovative and charismatic work. Collaborations blend genres and disciplines, take risks, involve communities, promote optimism, and celebrate individuality and humanity. The New Yorker and The Village Voice describe him as “a choreographer of high spirits and skill,” and “an abundantly inventive artist with a subtle defiance of gender roles.” The New York Times writes “Mr. Gwirtzman does know that in dance less can be more. He can evoke strong feelings with a few gestures.” He has been awarded commissions, residencies and fellowships nationally and abroad. He is a professor at Ithaca College’s School of Music, Theatre and Dance and contributes nationally to the dance education field through his service as a Board Member of the National Dance Education Organization and as Chair of the University of Michigan’s School of Music, Theatre and Dance Alumni Board, his alma mater. His dance-theater production e-Motion, delving into the concerns of AI, premiered in 2023. Spring 2024 he was in residence at the Dora Maar Cultural Center in Provence, France where he produced the dance film Framing Ménerbes, premiering in France and NYC June, 2025.

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