EMERGE125 Company members will be teaching dance classes at The Stars of Tomorrow Program! Students will take in-person dance classes that will focus on contemporary, hip hop, modern, and choreography. Classes will be held at Ripley Grier Studios, located in Midtown Manhattan.
EMERGE125 Company members will be teaching dance classes at The Stars of Tomorrow Program! Students will take in-person dance classes that will focus on contemporary, hip hop, modern, and choreography. Classes will be held at Ripley Grier Studios, located in Midtown Manhattan.
SUNDAY PERFORMANCE! Tune into Dance Theatre of Harlem’s YouTube channel at 3:00pm for their first Sunday Matinée of the season. This special, live program will feature performances by the Dance Theatre of Harlem Company and School, Julliard’s Dance Division, EMERGE125, and Stephen Haley.
Hosted by Virginia Johnson, you won’t want to miss this performance!
The Wild Center Presents:
EMERGE125 will be performing at the Wild Center in Tupper Lake, NY. Plug In is a full day of electrified fun mashed up with Wild Center experiences. The dancers will be performing onsite at “Stickwork” an installation created by artist, Patrick Dougherty.
The performances will be held at “Stickwork” at 12:00pm, 12:30pm, and 1:00pm. We hope to see you there!
Friday, October 7th @ 8:00PM
Saturday, October 8th @ 2:00PM & 8:00PM
Located at Sidney Harman Hall
Commissioned by Washington Performing Arts, the dynamic new work Sounds of Hazel honors the remarkable life and legacy of mid-20th Century Trinidadian-American piano recording artist, bandleader, and stage and screen star, Hazel Scott. The creative team includes DTH founding member and Artistic Director, Virginia Johnson, choreographer, Tiffany Rea-Fisher, and composer Erica Lewis-Blunt.
In Rea-Fisher’s words: “Hazel Scott was a diva with a capital ‘D,’ but she was also super-grounded. She was not afraid to be raw and rough while also being glamorous. Her erasure from history was intentional because she was so audacious. People actively tried to erase her…so to be able to not only not erase her but celebrate her for all that she is and was is really super-super exciting.”
EMERGE125 Company members will be teaching dance classes at The Stars of Tomorrow Program! Students will take in-person dance classes that will focus on contemporary, hip hop, modern, and choreography. Classes will be held at Ripley Grier Studios, located in Midtown Manhattan.
EMERGE125 Company members will be teaching dance classes at The Stars of Tomorrow Program! Students will take in-person dance classes that will focus on contemporary, hip hop, modern, and choreography. Classes will be held at Ripley Grier Studios, located in Midtown Manhattan.
Join Executive Artistic Director, Tiffany Rea-Fisher on Instagram Live as she joins @JustCuriousPoe for #WeWerkinWednesdays!
October 5th @ 2:15pm via INSTAGRAM @JustCuriousPoe
Tiffany will be discussing the worldwide premiere of her new work Sounds of Hazel on October 7 and 8 at Sidney Harman Hall, in addition to her appearance at the Library of Congress discussing Ms. Scott's work on September 28.
See you there!
Don’t miss this first look at excerpts from The Sounds of Hazel: The Hazel Scott Ballet. Choreographed by our very own Executive Artistic Director, Tiffany Rea-Fisher, this ballet is inspired by the life of virtuoso classical and jazz pianist, singer, and civil rights activist Hazel Scott. Dance Theatre of Harlem company dancers will perform highlights and Rea-Fisher will discuss her creative process.
The Sounds of Hazel: The Hazel Scott Ballet will have its world premiere with Washington Performing Arts in fall 2022 and a New York premiere at New York City Center spring 2023.
General ticketing will open online on Tuesday, August 23 at 11 am.
EMERGE125 will be performing at the Adirondack Experience FallFest! Admission is FREE to ADKX and Fallfest for Adirondack Park residents. This family-friendly day is packed with activities, games, and much, much more.
EMERGE125 will be kicking off the 2022/2023 Season with another company residency this September at our second home in Lake Placid, NY! We cannot wait to get into the studio with Executive Artistic Director, Tiffany Rea-Fisher to create some magic for the upcoming year!
EMERGE125 has had the great honor of meeting leading, inspiring, and talented individuals over the past five years. This summer EMERGE125 will be hosting an invitation-only Ambassador Season designed to launch professional careers and offer huge growth within E125. We are so excited to see so many familiar and inspiring faces all in one room this summer!
About the series:
The EMERGING Artist Summer Series (EASS) a unique retreat-style summer intensive held in Lake Placid, NY at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts. EASS is a true extension of our commitment to continuing to reach the communities that we serve. This program is just that, an experience, one that will not only hone the participants body but also develop the dancer's connection to their mind and soul. Attendees can continue to look forward to the company's unique emphasis on cross training, by way of Pilates and H.I.I.T classes, while simultaneously furthering their technical skill with dance classes of various genres taught by our diverse group of company dancers. We will dive into thought provoking conversations by continuing to conduct Town Halls, Q&A sessions, and 1 on 1's with EMERGE125 Artistic Director Tiffany Rea-Fisher. All participants will receive affordable dormitory options, free lunch, a photoshoot, performance opportunity, and consideration for a possible apprenticeship with the company. This program is designed to help college-level dancers transition into their professional careers! We hope that upon completion participants will leave this experience feeling as though they've developed themselves as whole beings and not just a moving vessel.
This Summer, Steps is shining a spotlight on the Black Voices in Dance, bringing a global dance community to you. Both In-Studio and Virtually.
EMERGE125 Executive Artistic Director, Tiffany Rea-Fisher will be teaching Advanced/Intermediate Contemporary at Steps on Broadway on:
Company members Kat Files, Madelyn LaLonde, Alisa Gregory, and Dennzyl Green are in the studio with choreographer, Tiffany Rea-Fisher and Director, Carl Cofield putting together a killer show. All the talent in the room is out of this world and we cannot wait for you to see it!
Click below for more information!
**UPDATE: THE JULY 5 PREVIEW HAS BEEN CANCELLED. The first preview for Twelfth Night will now begin on July 6.
EMERGE125 is extremely honored and proud to be a part of this impactful holiday. Registration is now open! The Juneteenth March 5K will be held this year in Central Park, and end with tours of Seneca Village. If you are unable to join us in person, there is also a virtual option, click below for more details!
All proceeds from the march will go towards the building fund of the Harlem Center; a 10-year effort started by a coalition of New York centered community based organizations.
“Major dance companies and rising stars perform at Contemporary Dance in June with curation by Tiffany Rea-Fisher, featuring Ayodele Casel, Dance Heginbotham, Aphrat Asherie, Ariel Rivka Dance, The Missing Element, Music From The Sole, EMERGE125, and a Social Latin Dance Class with Ballet Hispánico.”
We will be sharing the stage with award winning tap dancer and choreographer Ayodele Casel. Click below to read more about this summer’s Picnic Performances and hear from our very own Tiffany Rea-Fisher, Bryant Park’s dance Programming Curator.
EMERGE125 and Twelve45 Present - Hello Dear
This immersive audio-visual dance performance is brought to you by Choreographer/Artistic Director Tiffany Rea-Fisher (2022 Toulmin Fellow) and DJ/Composer Erica “Twelve45” Blunt. Featuring original compositions including music from Twelve45’s last project Hello Dear, this experience transports you to a world of movement and dance. Using footage from her Toulmin Fellowship project, Rea-Fisher wants all of the audience’s senses to be engaged by dance. With four dancers and a DJ manipulating visuals live, this is sure to be a performance to remember. Rea-Fisher's piece is premiering at National Sawdust through a collaboration with the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU made possible by the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.
EMERGE125 & Twelve45 will be the opening set for Molly Joyce, so get there early and enjoy a night full of fantastic art!
Join us for this year’s Lake Placid School of Dance 2022 Recital! After two years of virtual recitals through Zoom and pre-recorded, we are very excited and hopeful for an in-person performance at the Lake Placid Center for the Arts this year! Our students have been working extremely hard all year and we cannot wait to share their incredible artistry with you.
The performance will be held on Sunday, June 5th, 2022 at the LPCA Theater at 12:00pm.
Ticket Information:
$10 Adult
$5 (18 and under)
Call 518-523-2512 or click the link below to purchase!
Ongoing classes November 16th, 2021 - June 2nd, 2022
Company member Hannah Gross, Alisa Gregory, Kat Files, and staff member Anna Ticknor are currently teaching dance classes at the Repertory Company High School for Theater Arts. Students at this audition based high school in Midtown, New York are currently learning E125 rep “Things Past” and “Tilted Arc” choreographed by our Executive Artistic Director Tiffany Rea-Fisher. Students have been taking weekly classes in ballet and will be learning West African in the spring of 2022.
EMERGE125 Company members will be teaching elementary/middle school students at the Newcomb Central School located in upstate New York. We are thrilled to be back again this year for another 3-day residency!
Ongoing classes April 1st - May 27th, 2022
E125 Company Members Kat Files and Alisa Gregory are back in the studio with our Police Athletic League students for the Spring Season! Classes are held each Friday for a 2 hour period from April 1st to May 26th. The students will be working on a variety of styles in dance and will finish off the semester by attending EMERGE125’s Season at The Flea Theater. PAL and E125 have successfully collaborated for six consecutive years to bring free classes in modern dance, contemporary, and ballet to NYC students.
EMERGE125 returns to The Flea Theater and presents its inaugural season as a Resident Company of The Flea.
The upcoming season will be the company’s first season after announcing its name change in June 2021.
For the EMERGE125’s May 26-29, 2022 NYC Season, Executive Artistic Director Tiffany Rea-Fisher will present the world premieres of Behavioral Synchrony and Poly String Theory as well as two works-in-progress and a revival with a new opening. Both Behavioral Synchrony and Poly String Theory began when the company was relocated to Lake Placid, NY during the 2020 pandemic so they could continue making work while the city was shut down. Rea-Fisher started creating with only two things in mind; no full company pieces and pairing dancers in her company together who typically do not share the stage. From that, two world premieres were born.
Thursday, May 26th at 7:30PM
Friday, May 27th at 7:30PM
Saturday, May 28th at 2:30PM & 7:30PM
Sunday, May 29th at 2:30PM
Tickets are on sale online only!!
Our very own Tiffany Rea-Fisher has received the 2022 Spirit of John Brown Freedom Award! There will be an award ceremony hosted by John Brown Lives!. We are so thrilled and excited for Tiffany to be recognized for all the amazing things she has done in partnership with the John Brown Farm!
This year will mark the 100th anniversary of the first “John Brown Day,” when Black leaders from Philadelphia made their first pilgrimage to lay a wreath on Brown’s grave. Let's celebrate!
EMERGE125 will be performing in Lake Placid, NY to celebrate and honor the American Abolitionist John Brown. Executive Artistic Director Tiffany Rea-Fisher will be creating a piece in collaboration with local artist Karen Davidson Seward and her Memorial Field for Black Lives Installation. The performance will be held on-site at the John Brown Farm State Historic Site on
The event is free and open to the public. We hope to see our Adirondack friends there!
651 ARTS presents the first in-person gathering for Black Dance Stories in a two-day presentation for both in-person and online audiences and featuring acclaimed choreographers Rena Butler, Reggie Wilson, Jamar Roberts, and our very own Executive Artistic Director Tiffany Rea-Fisher!
The artists will present solo work, engage in movement together, and take part in a lively discussion speaking to their experimental and investigatory practices. Conceived and co-created by Charmaine Warren, the Black Dance Stories series launched in June 2020 in response to Black dance artists’ need to talk about life during COVID-19 and support the Black Lives Matter movement. The series is consistent with Black artists’ tradition of finding a way to amplify their voices during turbulent times. When civil, moral, and social freedoms are challenged and stifled, Black artists find ways to use their talents as activism.
Click below for more information about Black Dance Stories and the upcoming event!
Executive Artistic Director Tiffany Rea-Fisher will be speaking at the 2022 Dance/NYC Symposium on Saturday, March 19th. Other featured speakers include Anne Huang, Executive Director, World Arts West and Sydnie Liggett-Dennis, Executive Director, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham.
More information from Dance/NYC below:
Legacies Track
Preparing for BIPOC Executive Directors: Evolution through Revolution
2:30 – 4:00 p.m.
This conversation unpacks the generative question: how can organizations set up first-time BIPOC executive directors for success? Anne Huang partners with Dance/NYC to curate and moderate an anti-racist dialogue that addresses recruitment, hiring, onboarding, board transformation and development, and has applicability across the entire non-profit field, which is so insidiously entrenched in white supremacy culture.
Steps on Broadway is shining a spotlight on the Black Voices in Dance, bringing a global dance community to dancers both in-studio and virtually!
Let’s dance!!
Executive Artistic Director Tiffany Rea-Fisher will be guest teaching a “Performance is Protest” class with students at New York University on February 1st, via Zoom. The class will be centered around Tiffany’s experience at the 2020 Juneteenth Freedom March on City Hall. The students will share their collective responses gathered from Tiffany’s Juneteenth speech and will participate in movement exercises to dive deeper into the overall embodiment of joy and its power.
