This is a Networking Event for all creatives at Dixon Place Cocktail Lounge!
Calling everyone Creative of all background, all discipline – artists, dancers, choreographers, designers, musicians, actors, writers, comedians, photographers, and everyone in-between and beyond….to come and network, explore ideas, connect, share your events/projects, learn about other projects and learn how to be involved, and have fun!
This is a great opportunity for creative people to come together to find ways to collaborate, cross-pollinate. And may be you will go back home with renewed enthusiasm about a project or come up with new ideas for a new work/production or may be you will find that collaborator to work with that you did not know how to meet. You just never know!
Starting the evening with “MAX4” Performance Segment. MAX4 presents 4 live performances of maximum 4 minutes each.
* Free entry.
* $2 off drink coupon for one drink.
* Light snacks.
MAX4 Performers:
Max 4 performers
* Leanne Gioia: Choreographer/Dancer
@leann_joy
* Ms. Black A.K.A. Black The Scientist: Rapper, Singer, & Songwriter
@black_the_scientist_
* Niusha Karkehabadi: Poet
@niush.k
* PianoMike: Pianist, Composer
@pianomikeofficial
Leann Gioia has been a dance performer, educator, and poet in NYC for the past 11 years. She has notably performed her poetry here at Dixon Place and at the Triad Theater. Leann’s work draws from personal experiences and passions and simply aims to make her audience feel.
Photo by Raquel Beauchamp.
Pianomikeofficial is a pianist known for playing in public spaces, especially at the World Trade Center’s Oculus, also works as a special education paraprofessional. He is active on social media where he shares videos of his public piano performances and can be booked for events.
Ms. Black A.K.A Black The Scientist, is a dynamic rapper, singer, and songwriter from New York. Blending hip-hop, soul, and experimental sounds, she creates bold alternative music driven by creativity, innovation, and authenticity—pushing boundaries while inspiring listeners to think, feel, and evolve through her art.
Niusha Karkehabadi (she/they), LMSW is an Iranian American experiential dynamic psychotherapist, author of erotic poetry book—Lick My Rainbow, multidisciplinary performance artist, pleasure activist, and yoga instructor with over a decade of teaching experience. Additionally, she holds a BFA in dance, a background in wellness with an array of somatic based certifications (yoga, NASM, Reiki, etc.) and experience working with a range of populations from those in detention centers, intensive outpatient treatment centers, and assisted living centers. Their work is relational and exemplifies liberation represented through sensation as a means to allow our range of emotions to exist as they come. She aims to create space to shift how micro and macro collectives permit us to exist safely as ourselves.
About the Organizer
Originally from Calcutta, West Bengal, India. Sangeeta Yesley lives in New York City and produces art shows comprising of dance, fashion, art, focusing on multi-disciplinary work and site specific performances. Sangeeta is the Founder/Director of Creative Performances and produces creative works in NY, supporting the emerging artists. She is a mother of 3 children, a passionate dancer and a dance enthusiast with many talents under her belt. She is a producer and an entrepreneur. She is the founder, curator and former producer of NYC10 Dance Initiative. It was launched in 2012 and Sangeeta produced it and curated it until 2014. In September 2015, she started producing a hybrid Fashion show, StylePointe, a collaboration of Fashion and Dance during New York Fashion Week (NYFW). In 2016, she became the dance curator of two dance series at Dixon Place, Fast Forward and 8 in Show. Sangeeta is a former board member at Dixon Place Theater, served since March 2016. She also served on the board of White Wave for 2 years. Sangeeta is organizing a workshop called NYC Drawing the Dance Workshop since August 2016 bringing together dancers and artists. There are roughly about 6 or 7 workshops in a year and culminates with an ART SHOW in December. She curates a special year-end dance event 30-30-30 in Dixon Place on December 30th since 2016. An evening of dance benefit for Dixon Place with 30 choreographers/dance companies showcasing 3 min of work, celebrating the end of the year. She is the organizer of “NY Artists Networking” – a networking event for everyone creative, creating a space/a hub to facilitate conversations and possible collaborations for multi-disciplinary works. She is the curator of the Dance Festival “Dance Bloc NYC” at Dixon Place, NYC since 2021. Sangeeta serves on the selection committee of The Bessies Awards. The Bessies have saluted outstanding and groundbreaking creative work by independent dance artists in NYC for 35 years. Known as “The Bessie” in honor of revered dance teacher Bessie Schönberg, the awards were established in 1984 by David White at Dance Theater Workshop. They recognize exceptional work in choreography, performance, music composition and visual design.
FREE – Please Register!