May 2017

Tami Stronach creates imaginative, interdisciplinary works to uncover the many contradictions of the human condition. Heralded as a “choreographic doctor of the human condition” (Dance Insider) she creates “wickedly observant” (New York Times) dances about the search for connection, control, power, intimacy and meaning from a distinctly feminine perspective. Since the formation of her company in 2000, Tami Stronach Dance (TSD) has been commissioned and presented by more than 20 venues in NYC including Danspace Project at St. Marks Church, Dance Theater Workshop, Joyce Soho, PS122, Here Art Center, Dance New Amsterdam, La MaMa Etc., The Flea, and Movement Research at Judson Church, among others. TSD has toured to venues throughout the US and internationally to England, Australia, and Mexico with an upcoming project slated for fall 2017 in the Czech Republic. She also choreographs for musical theater, plays, fight choreography and will venture into stop motion choreography for an upcoming music video next month. Stronach recently co-founded Paper Canoe Company to create family programming that utilizes movement, theater, puppetry, and object manipulation.

Hilary Easton established her company in 1992, which has since performed at venues including The Danspace Project at St. Mark’s Church (6 seasons), American Dance Festival, Dance Theater Workshop (4 seasons), Carnegie Hall, PS 122, The University of Texas/Austin, Central Park Summerstage, CCA-Santa Fe, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Roger Williams University, The Yard, Mount Tremper Arts, Bard College at Simon’s Rock, Bennington College, and the 92Y Harkness Dance Festival. They have been honored with grants from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Jerome Foundation, The Manhattan Community Arts Fund, The Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Bossak-Heilbron Foundation, Meet the Composer, and the Maxine Greene Foundation for Social Imagination, the Arts and Education. Upcoming performances include the premiere of “Radiator” at the Gibney Dance Center, May, 2017.

Hilary Easton has additionally choreographed for artists/companies including The Talking Band, Joffrey II, Headwaters Dance Company, and the Mettawee River Theater Company. She has choreographed for college and university students at Connecticut College, Princeton University, the University at Buffalo, Roger Williams University and the University of Montana/Missoula. Back in the day, she performed with companies including Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company and Kinematic.

Ms. Easton is on the faculty of the Juilliard School, where she teaches dance composition, and is the director of global K-12 dance programs for Juilliard Global Ventures. She is the education consultant for New York Philharmonic Schools and also consults with cultural organizations including the Houston Symphony and the Austin Symphony, VSA arts, Lincoln Center Education, and Carnegie Hall.