About This Show

The purpose of ModArts Dance Collective’s (MADC) Collective Thread is to provide a voice and a platform to those women of underrepresented ethnic groups within the medium of dance.

The 2017 Collective Thread participating artists and dance companies for the matinee concert are Audrey Hubbard Madison/ MoJazz Dance (Brooklyn, NY), Anuradha Naimpally (Austin, TX), Chatiera Ray/The CRayProject (Long Beach, CA), Alyssa M. Parnell (Birmingham, AL), Kaoru Ikeda/MoustacheCat Dance (New York City, NY), Cyrian Reed/ Creative Discipline (Riverside, CA), Angel Chinn/NonaLee Dance Theatre (Brooklyn, NY), Melissa Escano (Bronx, NY), Leah Moriarty (Brooklyn, NY), SunAe Hwang/SUNPROJECT (Astoria, NY), Sadé M. Jones/Ashé Arts (Austin, TX), and Leah Tubbs/ModArts Dance Collective (New York City, NY).

The participating artists for the evening concert are Natasha Natraj (New York City, NY), Chien-Ying Wang/OcampoWang Dance (Monmouth Junction, NJ), Beverly Lopez/REDi Dance (Bronx, NY), Courtni Poe (Hermitage, TN), Allyson Ross/ Southern Belle Stories (New York City, NY), Robyn Ayers (New York City, NY), Jessica T Pearson (Providence, RI), Lauren C. Smith (Jacksonville, FL), Courtney J. Cook (Brooklyn, NY), Francine E. Ott (Brooklyn, NY), Clarice C. Young (Brooklyn, NY), and Leah Tubbs/ModArts Dance Collective (New York City, NY).