Welcome and Mission

DanceBoissiere is an ensemble of women-identifying dance artists performing the choreography of Jenny Boissiere. We actively center our stories, in all of their joy and complexities. Through movement, text, and everyday technology, we create dances that invite audience participation and feedback so that we can make contemporary dance more accessible and understandable.

This work is extremely relational, beginning with improvisation and brainstorming with dancers. It then expands into lush, specific movements rooted in jazz and modern dance, and American-Southern line dances. Jenny’s choreography explores themes of power, interdependence, the search for kinetic joy, and cultural empathy.

We also disrupt the dance ecosystem to prioritize pay for dancers and choreographers. We want to create loud, expressive, and innovative dance works. Find out more about DanceBoissiere.

Upcoming Performances

About the show:

Join us for a night of big dance moves and delicious jazz tunes. Red Brass Dream is a 45-minute exploration of collective liberation.

Collective liberation means we need each other: To build the world we want, express ourselves, live embodied (and in control of our bodies) and stay free. We all deserve rest, play, and dignity free from exploitation. We are intimately and intricately connected to each other’s struggles and we have to build together.

Red Brass Dream

When: Friday, November 3rd and Saturday, November 4th at 7:30 pm

Where: The Riverside Theater, 91 Claremont Ave, New York, NY 10027

Choreography by: Jenny Boissiere in collaboration with dancers.

Music composed by: JD Sky

Performers: Sara Crayne-Dedrick, Molly Gorin, Sarah Hillmon, Genna Mattana, Jacquelyn Batten, Jessica Robling, Madelyne Clark, Rebecca Hutt

Music performed by: Kelton Norris (drums), Malik McLaurine (bass), Andrew McGowan (piano), JD Sky (trumpet)

Masks Strongly Encouraged.

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Red Brass Dream is made possible in part with funding from the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Development Corporation and administered by LMCC, and with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by LMCC.

Music composition and live performance commissioned by the Omomuki Foundation.