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The company has successfully presented four seasons of circus-infused dance: "Dreamscapes and Other Imaginings" (2014) at The Muse Brooklyn; "RAW" (2011) at Manhattan Movement & Arts Center; "Ascendance" (2009) at The Flea Theater; and "Seeking" (2008) at Kumble Theater for the Performing Arts. Group works have also been presented in the New York area at venues including: Dixon Place; The Muse, B
rooklyn; Streb Lab for Action Mechanics; Output Club (Raw Artists Showcase, Brooklyn); NYC Aerial Dance Festival 2011 (MMAC and LaGuardia Performing Arts Center); NYC Aerial Dance Festival 2010 (JCC Theater); Brooklyn Arts eXchange; La Mama Moves Festival 2009; Spoke the Hub; WaxWorks; and The Zipper Theater. Solo aerial dance work has been presented at Dzul International Dance Festival (Campeche, Mexico) in 2019; Detroit Dance City Festival in (2017 and 2018); Harbourfront Centre (Toronto); Inwood Art Works' Culture Hub; The Deep End (Cat's Eye Cabaret); The Muse, Brooklyn; Dixon Place; Streb Lab for Action Mechanics; Galapagos ArtSpace; The House of Yes; and The Belt Theater. Artistic Director, Chriselle Tidrick was a Spring 2014 Guest Artist in Dance at George Washington University where she set two sections of the company's aerial dance work RAW on student dancers. Above and Beyond Dance company members and choreography were also featured in BMC Films' short film, Eastern Winds. The company's most recent film project is "The Limits of Escape" (2020) created by Chriselle Tidrick in collaboration with filmmaker/director Roy Szuper and featuring music by composer/violinist Daniel Roumain.
Operating as usual
Dance Rising featured an image of Chriselle performing "The Limits of Escape" in their email announcing a month of screenings of videos from the two years of dance work produced under their auspices. The piece appears briefly in one of their videos. If you'd like to check it out here's the info:
Dance Rising on the Walls
Anita's Way
137 W 42nd St.
Saturday & Sunday for the next 3 weeks
11am - 4pm
Delighted to be sharing the aerial silks solo "More Windows, Less Darkness" as part of 8 in Show at Dixon Place on Wed. June 29 at 7:30pm. Hope you can come! Ticket link in comments.
Please forgive these blurry rehearsal screenshots, but I hope you will venture out for an upcoming performance. The premiere of my new piece, "For Public Consumption," is this coming Friday, June 10 at 7:30pm at Streb Lab for Acton Mechanics as part of their Fridays at SLAM series. 51 N. 1st St. in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Tickets are $15. Link to purchase in comments.
This piece is stylistically different from much of my other work. It's simultaneously a cabaret-style piece and a piece that pokes fun at that style of entertainment in the wake of COVID-19. It's the last in my series of pandemic-themed pieces. You can look forward to hearing Nirvana: "I feel stupid and contagious. Here we are now. Entertain us."
It was a pleasure to finally perform "More Windows, Less Darkness" under stage lights! Grateful thanks to composer William Catanzaro who was in attendance. Thanks to The Muse Brooklyn for the opportunity and to Christa Maxwell for the lovely photos.
More blurry screenshots from rehearsal of "More Windows, Less Darkness" this week. It would be great to see you at The Muse Brooklyn this Sunday 3/20 at 8pm for Open Stages. Link in commtents.
Blurry screenshots from a recent rehearsal of "More Windows, Less Darkness," in preparation for The Muse Brooklyn's Open Stages performance next Sunday, March 20. Hope to see you there!
Doors open at 7:30, and the show begins at 8:00 PM. $15 pre-sale tickets are sold until March 19. Performance day tickets are $20. Link in comments.
Happy to be reemerging following the omicron surge. Excited to be performing "More, Windows, Less Darkness" at The Muse Brooklyn on Sunday, March 20 at 7:30pm.
Grateful thanks to William Catanzaro and Jerome Morris for generously granting permission to use their gorgeous music for this piece.
Save the date!
Come see "More Windows, Less Darkness" this Saturday, July 17 at 11:30 AM in Downtown Brooklyn on the ground floor of the City Point shopping mall. Developed as part of the Aerialist and Acrobats residency at City Point, the piece will be shared as part of a series of family friendly showcases that are running all summer. Your only chance to catch Above and Beyond Dance is this Saturday, so if you haven't yet seen this new aerial dance piece, you had better not miss it! Masks and advance reservations are required. Tickets are by donation. Link in comments. Hope to see you there!
Catch "More Windows, Less Darkness" in an Anver Entertainment family-friendly show on Saturday, July 17 on the ground floor of the City Point shopping center. (Q/R to DeKalb Ave.)
Tickets are by donation. Masks and reservations required. [email protected]
Photo by Jay Ballasteros.
Above and Beyond Dance updated their information in their About section.
Photos from Above and Beyond Dance's post
If you missed the Fridays @ 5 event broadcast by the GWU music department last Friday, you can now watch the recording. The interview with Chriselle Tidrick begins at 41:35, the film "The Limits of Escape" begins streaming at 47:40, and there's another short speaking bit at 56:35.
Be sure to also check out GW music professor Millicent Scarlett who speaks and performs between 2:05 and 18:30. She's a gorgeous soprano! Three student cellists also perform on the program. It was a wonderful event!
Go to: https://corcoran.gwu.edu/past-events
Select: Live streamed: Friday, February 19, 2021 5 p.m.
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Chriselle Tidrick and her film, "The Limits of Escape," will be featured as part of George Washington University's FRIDAYS @ 5 event today. It's very short notice, but if you'd like to attend, here's the link for tickets. Tickets are free. You just have to sign up to receive the Zoom link.
Fridays @ 5! Join the GW Program of Music for a fun and laidback evening of Music and Community--BYOP (Bring your own Pizza!)
"The Limits of Escape," the dance film collaboration between Chriselle Tidrick and Roy Szuper, is featured as part of the Dance Enthusiast's social distance dance video series. The feature also includes an interview about Chriselle's experience creating the choreography. The music by the incomparable Daniel Roumain is essential to the piece, and the interview shares how his generosity helped make the choreography what it is. Check it out!
SOCIAL DISTANCE DANCE VIDEO: Chriselle Tidrick's "The Limits of Escape" : "The Limits of Escape is an outlet for my own feelings of frustration, grief, and isolation in response to the events of spring 2020-both the effects of the pandemic and the multiple manifestations of racial inequity in the U....
The Limits of Escape created and performed by Chriselle Tidrick. Photo by Andrew T. Foster.
The Limits of Escape (2020). Created and performed by Chriselle Tidrick. Photos by Andrew T. Foster.
It's happening today! Dance Rising NYC. I'll perform "The Limits of Escape" at 5:00 and 5:15. Find me and/or other performances near you using the Dance Map. https://www.dancerising.org/
The event was even written up in the NY Times. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/01/arts/things-to-do-weekend-coronavirus.html
Photos by the amazing Andrew T. Foster
Above and Beyond Dance artistic director Chriselle Tidrick is now officially listed for live performances tomorrow (Thursday 10/1) and Saturday 10/3 in conjunction with Dance Rising: NYC. https://www.dancerising.org You can use the dance map's search option to search for Chriselle, and the performance shows up.
The site specific piece, "The Limits of Escape," runs 8 minutes, 45 seconds. Performances will take place at 5:00 and again at 5:15 on both days, weather permitting. (Music by the brilliant Daniel Bernard Roumain.)
These beautiful photos were taken by the incomparable Andrew T. Foster.
We are pleased to announce the completion of The Limits of Escape, a site-specific dance piece choreographed by Artistic Director, Chriselle Tidrick for her Brooklyn fire escape. You can look forward to photos and a dance film in the weeks ahead. Live performances will be offered in conjunction with Dance Rising: NYC on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 5:00 PM and Saturday, Oct. 3 at 5:00 PM, assuming the weather cooperates. https://www.dancerising.org/
Looking forward to bringing "Veiled
Unvelings" to Dzul International Dance Festival in Campeche, Mexico.
Performance Wednesday, Nov. 27 at 8:00pm at Teatro
Francisco Paula Toro.
Tickets here:
https://www.eticket.mx/eventos.aspx?idartista=3012
Photos by Andrew T. Foster.
Breezes stir and leaves rustle as moonlight shimmers across an isolated lake. Chriselle Tidrick captures the quality of shifting light over rippling waters in "Moon Pool," her new modern dance solo incorporating fan veils. The piece will be premiered as part of the Bindlestiff Open Stage Variety Show-- a shared showcase that celebrates works in progress, emerging artists, and professionals trying something new.
Monday, September 9, 2019 at 7:30pm
at Dixon Place
161A Chrystie St.
New York, (btw. Rivington and Delancey), NYC
(F to 2nd Ave; J/Z to Bowery; 6 to Spring;
M to Essex; B/D to Grand)
Tickets: $12 (suggested donation)
Event link in comments.
Chriselle Tidrick/Above and Beyond Dance has been selected to participate in the Dzul International Dance Festival in Campeche, Mexico in November 2019. We will be presenting the aerial dance solo, "Veiled Unveilings."
"Ascension," aerial sling solo created and performed by Chriselle Tidrick.
Costume: Juanita Cardenas.
Music: Tomaso Albinoni "Adagio in G Minor for Organ and Strings."
Photos: Pamela Macintyre and Brendon Kirouac (noted on each image).
You have one last chance to catch "Ascension." An excerpt will be performed on the No Holds Barred Variety Show at Dixon Place on Thursday, Oct 18 at 7:30pm. Tickets available here: http://dixonplace.org/performances/no-holds-barred-10-18/
All rigged and ready for Detroit Dance City Festival. Grateful to the amazing tech crew for their professionalism.
If you're in the area, you can catch "Ascension" at the Detroit Institute of Arts film theater Saturday 8/11 at 4pm as part of the festival's Choreographers Showcase.
Come out to The Deep End tomorrow night (Saturday 7/21) for the July edition of Cat's Eye Cabaret. You'll get to see an excerpt of the new Above and Beyond Dance aerial dance solo, "Ascension" and some other great artists. Doors at 7, show at 7:30. L train to Halsey. $15 tickets available online: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3509940
Photo by: Yechiel Michael Husarsky.
"Ascension" premiered on Friday, June 15 as part of Inwood Art Works' Surround Circus.
"Ascension" was created and performed by Chriselle Tidrick.
Costume by Juanita Cardenas.
Photography by Yechiel Michael Husarsky.
Apologies for the late notice, but we only just heard from the organizer. Unfortunately, the Dance Parade aerial performances are canceled due to bad weather. There will be another NYC opportunity to see some of the new piece, in July. More details to come.
Weather permitting, you can come see a free performance of an excerpt of our brand new aerial sling piece, Ascension. Tomorrow (Saturday) in Tompkins Square Park as part of Dance Parade, approximately 4-4:45pm.
Above and Beyond Dance will appear as part of NYC Dance Parade's DanceFest in Tompkins Square Park on Saturday, May 19. You can come see the aerial portion of Chriselle Tidrick's new aerial dance creation for aerial sling which will premiere in its entirety at Detroit Dance City Festival this summer. More details to follow.
Above and Beyond Dance will be returning to Detroit this August for Detroit City Dance Festival. Artistic Director, Chriselle Tidrick will be performing a brand new aerial dance solo for aerial sling. Stay tuned for details.
Continuing our YouTube channel update! Check out newly posted excerpts from "Between." This aerial hoop piece was created and performed by Artistic Director, Chriselle Tidrick and is an aerial dance exploration of the liminal space.
“Between the idea
And the reality
Between the motion
And the act
Falls the Shadow”
-- T.S. Eliot “The Hollow Men”
"Between" (2016). Choreographed and performed by Chriselle Tidrick at Dixon Place (NYC) as part of "No Holds Barred" showcase curated by Cody Schreger. Music...
At long last, we are updating our YouTube videos. Check out excerpts from "In, Out, Through," posted today. The piece was created and performed by Artistic Director, Chriselle Tidrick and is an aerial dance meditation on the experience of searching for one's way.
"In, Out, Through" (2015). Choreographed and performed by Chriselle Tidrick at Dixon Place as part of "No Holds Barred" showcase curated by Cody Schreger. Mu...
Veiled Unveilings created and performed by Chriselle Tidrick. Performance as part of Detroit Dance City Festival at Detroit Institute of Arts, August 19, 2017. Photos by Pamela MacIntyre and Scott Lipiec.
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