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Fly-by-Night
dance theater
116 Seaman Avenue #4E
New York, NY 10034
(212) 304-3791
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Board of Directors
Andrew Quinn
President
Jayne Mielo
Treasurer
Sharon Connelly
Janet Aisawa
Julie Ludwick
 

The Amelia Project / Phase II June 19-22 @ The Flea Theater

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Fly-by-Night Dance Theater, is a non-profit Modern Dance company dedicated to producing dance with a fresh perspective.  The company features the aerial dance repertory of Artistic Director Julie Ludwick and commissions composers to perform their scores live whenever financially possible.  Ludwick, has produced seven Free-for-Kids Projects that have brought families and community groups together for performances and workshops that are free for anyone 18 and under.  The company has also produced three New York Aerial Dance Festivals featuring the works of New York City aerialists.  Last year the company produced their first Mother’s Day Showcase.  This showcase offers mothers who choreograph the opportunity to show their work in a professional venue at no cost to them. 

Choreographer and Artistic Director, Julie Ludwick's choreography has been shown in numerous venues including PS 122, Dixon Place, Dance Theater Workshop, The Kitchen, and Mabou Mines Theater (Residence Artist Suite 1997). Fly-by-Night has received support from The Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York Foundation for the Arts, The Puffin Foundation, Meet the Composer, and Fleet Bank. The Jerome Foundation also provided funds as part of the Mabou Mines Artist-in-Residence Suite 1997.

Julie Ludwick has taught trapeze-dance in New York to numerous dancers, actors, gymnasts and aerial enthusiasts for many years.  In an effort to expand the community of those taking her class, the company has recently begun to offer scholarships for her class to women of color.  These scholarships are part of the company’s effort to make sure that Fly-by-Night’s future pool of dancers is ethnically diverse since most of the company’s dancers come from the students of her trapeze class. 


PERFORMANCE QUOTES:

Julie Ludwick is

compelling performer...a creature of the air....
A thoughtful, intelligent choreographer..."
Jennifer Dunning of the New York Times
April 19, 1993

Ludwick uses the trapeze to organically extend the drama of her dancers movements
spins become more dazzling, spatial statements more pronounced,
comedy broader, and relationships riskier.... 
Ludwick has married modern-dance sensibilities
to a conventionally trick-oriented entertainment form
and created an affecting new dance genre.
Lisa Jo Sagolla of Backstage
March 24, 2000


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