Garet&Co
Presenting “i kinda wish the apocalypse would just happen already“
Choreography by Garet Wierdsma in collaboration with the dancers

Garet Wierdsma is a dance artist from CT, and is the creator and director of the beloved contemporary dance company Garet&Co. Garet graduated with high honors from NYU Tisch with a BFA in Dance and a minor in Business in 2021. Garet’s work has been invited to perform at a multitude of festivals and shows across the Northeast, including: Jacob’s Pillow, Symphony Space, Ailey Citigroup Theatre, The Warner Theatre, Dixon Place, Chesterwood, and TADA Emerging Artist Theatre. Garet’s goal through Garet&Co is to give back to her community and her home state through cultivating a sustainable and strong dance community, offering valuable and positive opportunities for the dancers and audiences of her local region.

Website: garetwierdsma.com Instagram: @garet.co 
Photographer: Elias Olsen

Synergy Dance Collective NY / Nancy Brier
Presenting “Water Like This … Water Like That“
Choreography by Nancy Brier in collaboration with dance artists performing this work, both past and present

Nancy Brier, M.A. (NYU), B.F.A. (Arizona State), C.M.A. (Laban/Bartenieff Institute, NYC), Professeur Agrégé (honorary–Paris, France), is an Arizona-born, NY-based choreographer, teacher, filmmaker and founder/artistic director of Synergy Dance Collective NY. Works performed in NYC (Duke on 42nd, Dixon Place, DUMBO Dance Festival, St. Marks Church-in-the-Bowery, P.S.122, Ailey Citigroup Theater, Queens Theater and more), France, Czech Republic, Italy and on MetroArts13/MetroStories TV networks. Films screened in Amsterdam, Berlin, L.A., London, NYC, Paris, Vienna festivals. Recent grants received: 2024 Statewide Community Regrant; 2022 NYS Choreographers’ Initiative; 2022 Individual Artist Restart NY Regrant. Brier’s current focus is on choreographing collaborative multidisciplinary works exploring social/environmental themes.

Website: nancybrierdance.com; Instagram: @nancybrierdance &  @synergydancecollectiveny
Photographer: Rafael X

Fast Forward is made possible, in part, with private funds from the Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Jerome Robbins Foundation, The Mertz Gilmore Foundation, and public funds from the NY State Council on the Arts with the support of Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the NY State Legislature.