CONDITIONING |
with Sean Scantlebury Explore |
In response to the pandemic and the need for social distancing, Battery Dance TV was launched on March 26, 2020 to provide regularly scheduled online dance programming for all. Over 1,000 original dance classes for adults and kids, short performances, and artist talks can be found below.
BALLET TECHNIQUE |
with Bethany Mitchell Explore |
CONTEMPORARY |
with Sean Scantlebury Explore |
JAZZ FUSION |
with Jillian Linkowski Explore |
LATIN & BALLROOM |
with Razvan Stoian and Jillian Linkowski Explore |
MUSICAL THEATER & IMPROV |
with Bethany Mitchell Explore |
WORLD DANCE |
with guests artists from 13 countries Explore |
SOLO PERFORMANCES |
INDIGENOUS VOICES PART 3 |
with Rulan Tangen and Lumhe “Micco” Sampson of Dancing Earth WATCH |
INDIGENOUS VOICES PART 2 |
with Rulan Tangen of Dancing Earth and Rosalie Daystar of Daystar: Contempoary Dance WATCH |
INDIGENOUS VOICES PART 1 |
with Rulan Tangen of Dancing Earth and Raoul Trujillo WATCH |
CANADIAN VOICES PART 3 |
with Alysa Pires and Christopher Gerty of The National Ballet of Canada & Allen and Karen Kaeja of Kaeja d’Dance WATCH |
CANADIAN VOICES PART 2 |
with Victor Quijada of RUBBERBAND WATCH |
CANADIAN VOICES PART 1 |
with Laurence Lemieux of Citadel + Compagnie & Tanveer Alam WATCH |
IDENTITY & ARTISTIC EXPLORATION IN THE ASIAN-AMERICAN DANCE COMMUNITY |
with Vivake Khamsingsavath (Battery Dance) and Thang Dao (Thang Dao Dance Company) WATCH |
BUILDING AN EFFECTIVE BOARD FOR SUSTAINABILITY |
with Mimi Shih (Battery Dance Board Treasurer / Macquarie) and Rob Acton (Cause Strategy Partners) WATCH |
INTROSPECTION, SELF-REFLECTION, AND FINDING INSPIRATION DURING COVID |
with Liss Fain (Liss Fain Dance) WATCH |
BOARD LEADERSHIP IN INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCMENT AND RESILIENCE |
with Dr. Helena K. Finn (Battery Dance Board Chair / Columbia University) and Judi Kilachand (Board Vice Chair / Kilachand & Karp) WATCH |
BRINGING YOUTH TOGETHER IN CREATION AND PERFORMANCE VIRTUALLY |
with Sarah Housepian (Battery Dance) and Antony Franz WATCH |
LEADERSHIP DURING CRISES AND CREATIVE SOLUTIONS THAT PUT ARTISTS AND EMPLOYEES FIRST |
with Melissa M. Young (Dallas Black Dance Theatre) WATCH |
BRIDGING CULTURAL BIAS THROUGH THE ARTS IN THE CHINESE-AMERICAN COMMUNITY |
with Amy Chin (Think!Chinatown) WATCH |
THE INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE DURING COVID |
with Battery Dance interns Gabrielle Niederhoffer (Yale University student) and Zoe Novelle (Barnard College student) WATCH |
DANCE DIPLOMACY PARAGUAY (IN SPANISH) |
w/ Graciela Meza (Paraguayan American Cultural Cntr), Sergio Nuñez (Alas Abiertas), Carmiña Martinez Vierci, Carlos Vera (Ballet Mimbipa) & Francisco “Tachi” Cazal WATCH |
AMPLIFYING LATIN ARTISTS |
with Mariana Suarez (Plaza Bolivar / Tornasol) and Natalia Mesa (Ballet Hispanico) WATCH |
EXPANDING INTEREST IN TANGO |
with Dardo Galletto WATCH |
CANADIAN CULTURAL DIPLOMACY AND MULTICULTURALISM |
with Acting Consul General Khawar Nasim (Consulate General of Canada in New York) and Allen Kaeja (Kaeja d’Dance) WATCH |
INSIDE BATTERY DANCE |
with Pia Catton & Jonathan Hollander WATCH |
TRANSITIONING DANCE DURING COVID IN MUMBAI, INDIA |
with Niloufer Sagar (Terence Lewis Company) and Piyush Raj (Natanam Studio for Performing Arts) WATCH |
FESTIVAL SPOTLIGHT: STRENGTH & RESILIENCE OF WOMEN IN DANCE |
with Lori Belilove and Dorchel Haqq WATCH |
BEHIND THE SCENES OF INDIAN CLASSICAL DANCE: THEYYAM |
with Pradeesh K. Thiruthiya WATCH |
THE DANCE CRITIC EXPERIENCE |
with Alastair Macaulay (Former Chief Dance Critic for The New York Times) WATCH |
BRIDGING CULTURAL & RELIGIOUS DIFFERENCES THROUGH ART |
with Philip Breeden (Institute of American Universities) WATCH |
HIP-HOP DIPLOMACY, RACE, AND GROWING UP BLACK |
with Junious “House” Brickhouse (Urban Artistry / Next Level) WATCH |
THEORY & POLICY IN CULTURAL DIPLOMACY |
with Rachel Cooper (Asia Society) and Cynthia Schneider (Georgetown University) WATCH |
LIVING THROUGH COVID AS A REFUGEE DANCER IN GERMANY |
with Medhat Aldaabal, Saeed Hani, and Amr Karkout WATCH |
THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AND CULTURE IN STRENGTHENING THE TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONSHIP |
with Andy Halus (U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt) and Consul General David Gill (Consulate General of Germany in New York) WATCH |
COVID IN GERMANY |
with Inka Thunecke (Rohkunstbau), Christiana Pyka (James F. Byrnes Institute e.V.), and Charlene Hackley (City of Kassel) WATCH |
NAVIGATING THE USE OF THE ARTS FOR DIPLOMACY IN IRAQ |
with Sue Harville (U.S. Department of State), Helen Pattou, and Robin Cantrell WATCH |
TRANSITIONING DANCE IN THE TIME OF COVID |
with Catherine Tharin and Nancy Steele WATCH |
GOVERNMENT AND THE ARTS IN EASTERN AND SOUTHERN AFRICA |
with Patricia Ehrnman (U.S. Dept of State), Maanka Chipindi (Natl Arts Council Zambia), Abdul Kinyeya (Batalo East) & Kealeboga Motsumi (Mophato Dance) WATCH |
THE IMPACT OF COVID ON THE ARTS IN HONG KONG AND MALAYSIA |
with Ramli Ibrahim (Sutra Dance Theatre) and Joseph Gonzales (ASK Dance Company) WATCH |
BUILDING INCLUSION THROUGH THE ARTS IN HUNGARY & POLAND |
with Cesar Beltran (Eastern Connecticut State Univ.), Gerzon Peter Kovacs (TranzDanz) & Tobiasz Berg (Jazdaa Polska Foundation) WATCH |
YOUTH RESILIENCY IN CANADA |
with Mary Rowe (Canadian Urban Institute), Anaya Bobst (Canada’s National Ballet School), and Lizzie Kurtz (Toronto District School Board) WATCH |
CHANNELING THE LESSONS OF TAGORE IN CONFRONTING CRISES |
with Ambassador Sandeep Chakravorty (Consulate General of India in New York), Pallavi Krishnan, and Samiul Islam Poluck WATCH |