NEFA at APAP 2024

NEFA staff will be out in full force at this year’s Association of Performing Arts Professionals (APAP) annual conference, January 6-12 in New York City. 

Connect with NEFA 

The best way to connect with staff is via the event app, Swapcard, as NEFA is not hosting a booth this year. Among the staff present will be:

• Adrienne Petrillo, Senior Program Director, New England Presenting & Touring, Center Stage
• Audrey Seraphin, Program Manager, Regional Grants & Initiatives
• Cheri Opperman, Senior Grants Manager, Dance
• Harold Steward, Executive Director
• Indira Goodwine-Josias, Senior Program Director, Dance
• Kristin Gregory, Program Manager, Dance

Session Highlights

January 12

9:30-11:00am: The Under the Radar symposium features multiple National Theater Project connections: two former NTP grantees (Taylor Mac and Kanezaa Schaal), a current finalist (Sunny Jain), and a former NTP Advisor (Edgar Miramontes). 

10:15am – 11:15am | Drom, 85 Avenue A: Adrienne Petrillo, Senior Program Director, New England Presenting and Touring & Center Stage, will participate in a panel with fellow U.S. regional arts organizations to share about funding opportunities available for presenters and artists working in global music. This session takes place during the globalFEST Wavelengths Conference. Registration is required. 

January 13 

9:30-11:00am, Hilton: The APAP Honors Award Ceremony will include an award to Lisa Booth Management, Inc. (LBMI), a longtime NEFA colleague and partner who serves as general manager for NEFA’s Center Stage program.

January 14 

8:30am – 9:30am: New England Presenters consortium meeting. New England-based presenters are welcome to join colleagues in discussing potential projects for block booking and applications to NEFA’s NEST 3 program. NEFA staff will be available to answer questions. You do not need to be a member of New England Presenters, but only representatives from presenting organizations should attend. This meeting is not open to agents, managers, or artists.

4pm–5pm |  Concourse A: Join Senior Program Director, Dance, Indira Goodwine-Josias along with Alejandra Duque Cifuentes, ADC Consulting for Presenting Dance: Findings of the 2023 Jacob’s Pillow National Dance Presenters Forum. Over the course of 2023, National Dance Presenters Forum partners and eighteen dance presenters from across the country gathered and discussed the shifting nature of dance presenting, touring and the needs of artists post-pandemic; the role they play as curators/programmers/advocates; and the lessons they have learned.  Join us to learn about some of their findings and plans for the 2024 National Dance Presenters Forum. The National Dance Presenters Forum is a partnership between Jacob’s Pillow, New England Foundation for the Arts, Dance/USA, and the Association of Performing Arts Professionals.

6:30pm, Lincoln Center: Deirdre Valent, Lisa Booth, and Adrienne Petrillo will receive the Impact Award from globalFEST. This award is presented to a professional (artist, group, organization, theater/venue/festival, or any member of the performing arts community) living or working substantially in the USA, at any stage in their career, who has earned respect and praise from the global music community for their outstanding commitment to the field. Congratulations to all this year’s awardees – Martha Redbone & Aaron Whitby, Claudia Norman, and Bob Boilen. 

Artist Showcase Highlights

This year’s APAP showcases include several past and current NEFA-supported artists through the National Dance Project and National Theater Project; many have touring support currently available. View the full list of NDP and NTP projects with touring support available. This is not an exhaustive list and may be updated.

January 10

• 7:00pm: Kayla Farrish – Peter B. Lewis Theater* 
• 7:30pm: Lauren Horn – Judson Memorial Church

*Works and Process Underground Festival at the Guggenheim

January 11

• 11:30am – 3:00pm: STREB (Open Rehearsal) – STREB Lab for Action Mechanics (SLAM) 
• 6:00pm – 7:00pm: slowdanger – The Flea Theater**
• 7:30pm: Urban Bush Woman – Harlem Stage

**KST X NYC, a special initiative to share new works commissioned and developed in Pittsburgh by Kelly Strayhorn Theater in collaboration with national partners

January 12

• 11:30am – 3:00pm: STREB (Open Rehearsal) – STREB Lab for Action Mechanics (SLAM) 
• 12:30pm – 1:30pm: Pioneer Winter Collective – The Ailey Studios (Studio 6B)
• 2:00pm – 3:00pm: slowdanger – The Flea Theater**
• 6:00pm – 7:00pm: STAYCEE PEARL dance project & Soy Sos – The Flea Theater**
• 7:15pm – 7:45pm: Pioneer Winter Collective – Ailey Citigroup Theater
• 7:20pm – 8:00pm: Ephrat Asherie with Club Legends – Alice Tully Hall***
• 7:30pm: Urban Bush Woman – Harlem Stage
• 7:45pm – 8:15pm: DANCE IQUAIL! – Ailey Citigroup Theater
• 8:00pm – 8:40pm: Ladies of Hip-Hop – Alice Tully Hall***
• 9:00pm – 9:30pm: Jody Sperling / Time Lapse Dance – Ailey Citigroup Theater
• 9:20pm – 10:00pm: Les Ballet Afrik – Alice Tully Hall***

**KST X NYC, a special initiative to share new works commissioned and developed in Pittsburgh by Kelly Strayhorn Theater in collaboration with national partners

***Works and Process Underground Festival at Lincoln Center

January 13

• 9:20am – 9:35am: Christal Brown / INSPIRT, a dance company – NY City Center (Studio 5)
• 9:40am – 10:00am: Ragamala Dance Company – NY City Center (Studio 5)
• 10:00am – 10:15am: Liars & Believers – Gibson suite, Hilton, 2nd Floor
• 10:15am – 10:45am: Bridgman | Packer Dance – Ailey Citigroup Theater
• 10:20am – 10:40am: Kayla Farrish – NY City Center (Studio 5)
• 10:40am – 11:00am: Ragamala Dance Company – NY City Center (Studio 5)
• 10:45am – 11:15am: Raphael Xavier – Ailey Citigroup Theater
• 11:00am – 11:30am: a canary torsi | Yanira Castro – NY City Center (Studio 5)
• 11:30am – 3:00pm: STREB (Open Rehearsal) – STREB Lab for Action Mechanics (SLAM) 
• 12:00pm – 12:45pm: A.I.M by Kyle Abrham (Invitation Only) – New York Live Arts
• 2:00pm – 2:45pm: Shamel Pitts / TRIBE – New York Live Arts
• 3:00pm and 7:00pm: Ladies of Hip-Hop - Peter B. Lewis Theater*
• 3:00pm – 3:20pm: Thomas/Ortiz Dance – NY City Center (Studio 5)
• 4:00pm – 5:00pm: Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCE, Caleb Teicher, and Hope Boykin – The Joyce Theater
• 5:00pm – 6:00pm: CONTRA-TIEMPO – Gibney 280 (Studio Y)
• 6:30pm: Mali Obomsawin – Joe’s Pub
• 7:30pm: Urban Bush Woman – Harlem Stage
• 7:40pm – 8:00pm: Sonia Plumb Dance Company – Ailey Citigroup Theater
• 8:00pm – 8:30pm: Janoah Bailin – NY City Center (Studio 5)
• 8:55pm – 9:15pm: ANIKAYA – Ailey Citigroup Theater

*Works and Process Underground Festival at the Guggenheim

January 14

• 10:45am – 11:15am: Kinetic Light – Ailey Citigroup Theater
• 11:00am: jaamil olawale kosko and Okwui Okpokwasili with other artists as part of an informal gathering to share recently premiered works with short presentations – New York Live Arts
• 11:30am – 3:00pm: STREB (Open Rehearsal) – STREB Lab for Action Mechanics (SLAM) 
• 11:15am – 11:45am: David Dorfman Dance – Ailey Citigroup Theater
• 11:45am – 12:15pm: RUBBERBAND – Ailey Citigroup Theater
• 12:00pm – 12:45pm: Brownbody as part of “Meet Four McKnight Choreography Fellows” – Gibney 280 (Studio H)
• 12:00pm – 1:00pm: A.I.M by Kyle Abraham – The Ailey Studios (Studio 6B)
• 12:10pm – 12:30pm: Boston Dance Theater – NY City Center (Studio 5)
• 12:30pm – 1:30pm: Pioneer Winter Collective – The Ailey Studios (Studio 6B)
• 1:00pm – 1:45pm: Jasmine Hearn – New York Live Arts
• 1:30pm – 1:50pm: Boston Dance Theater – NY City Center (Studio 5)
• 1:30pm – 2:00pm: Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCE – Ailey Citigroup Theater
• 2:00pm – 2:30pm: Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCE – Ailey Citigroup Theater
• 2:00pm – 2:30pm: STAYCEE PEARL dance project & Soy Sos – NY City Center (Studio 5)
• 3:00pm: Miguel Gutierrez (Invitation Only) – New York Live Arts
• 3:00pm – 3:30pm: Ephrat Asherie Dance – NY City Center (Studio 5)
• 3:30pm – 4:00pm: RUBBERBAND – NY City Center (Studio 5)
• 3:45pm – 4:45pm: Jody Sperling / Time Lapse Dance – The Ailey Studios (Studio 6B)
• 4:00pm – 5:00pm: A.I.M by Kyle Abraham – The Ailey Studios (Studio 6B)
• 4:00pm – 5:00pm: Doug Varone & Dancers – NY City Center (Studio 5)
• 5:00pm – 5:25pm: Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCE – The Ailey Studios (Studio 2A)
• 5:30pm – 5:55pm: Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCE – The Ailey Studios (Studio 2A)
• 6:00pm – 6:25pm: Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCE – The Ailey Studios (Studio 2A)
• 6:00pm – 7:00pm: STAYCEE PEARL dance project & Soy Sos – The Flea Theater**
• 6:00pm: Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Company (Invitation Only) – New York Live Arts
• 7:00pm: Company SBB // Stefanie Batten Bland - Peter B. Lewis Theater*
• 8:45pm – 9:05pm: Boston Dance Theater – Ailey Citigroup Theater
• 9:00pm: Raja Feather Kelly | the feath3r theory – New York Live Arts
• 9:05pm – 9:35pm: Jade Solomon Curtis – Ailey Citigroup Theater

*Works and Process Underground Festival at the Guggenheim

**KST X NYC, a special initiative to share new works commissioned and developed in Pittsburgh by Kelly Strayhorn Theater in collaboration with national partners

January 15

• 7:00pm: Kimberly Bartosik / daela – New York Live Arts

January 16

• 7:30pm – 9:30pm: Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCE – The Joyce Theater