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NM announces production of new collaborative ballet!

This October, Norte Maar will present "Martha (The Searchers)" a new full-length ballet featuring the collaboration of choreographer Julia K Gleich and artist Elana Herzog. The production coincides with the 25th anniversary celebration of Gleich Dances, the contemporary ballet company founded by Julia K Gleich in 1992.

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The Return of the Brooklyn Performance Combine!

We are psyched to announce the return of our ambitious collaborative event The Brooklyn Performance Combine, a mashup of poets, painters, performers and this time includes aerialists and a meteorologist! The two-hour durational performance will take place at The MUSE on Saturday, June 3, 7-9pm. Check out whose performing!

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NM's co-founder Julia K. Gleich invited by Kaleidoscopic Arts Platform to talk
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NM's co-founder Julia K. Gleich invited by Kaleidoscopic Arts Platform to talk

London, UK - Kaleidoscope Arts Platform in London invites Norte Maar Co-Founder Julia K. Gleich to talk about choreographic success for women. Gleich, who founded her own dance company Gleich Dances in 1994 and is currently Head of Choreography at London Studio Centre and technique faculty at Trinity Laban, will talk about her experiences as a choreographer, teacher and producer of dance.

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NM's CounterPointe returns: new choreography by women for pointe
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NM's CounterPointe returns: new choreography by women for pointe

Coming this April, Norte Maar in collaboration with Brooklyn Ballet presents CounterPointe, the annual curated performance series featuring women choreographers making new work on pointe. CounterPointe is an annual performance series dedicated to presenting the latest experimental, innovative, risk-taking choreography that shows a depth of investment in ballet by women dance makers working with the pointe shoe. Investigating new and old territory the series highlights new work, opening up discussion, and creating a forum for women, young or old, emerging or established, to take risks.

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It was EPIC !!! NM's Brooklyn Performance Combine storms the Brooklyn Museum
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It was EPIC !!! NM's Brooklyn Performance Combine storms the Brooklyn Museum

The Brooklyn Performance Combine will easily go down as Norte Maar's most ambitious event to date. We know we use the word a lot, but this time we can certainly call the event E P I C as the two-hour durational event at the Brooklyn Museum included 2 DJ's, 5 poets, 10 visual artists, 11 performing artists and William Powhida! The Brooklyn Performance Combine was “certainly one of our most successful programs ever in that Beaux-Arts Court," said the Brooklyn Museum.

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NM's Fête de Danse returns to the North Country
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NM's Fête de Danse returns to the North Country

Norte Maar is pleased to announce the return of Fête de Danse, one of the North Country’s signature dance events! From 2004-2009 Fête de Danse ran in succession at the Civic Center in Rouses Point and was presented in collaboration with the Rouses Point Historical Society. The event brought renowned local, regional, and international dance companies together in a converted ice rink for a night celebrating dance and the Rouses Point community. This August, Fête de Danse returns full steam as Norte Maar collaborates with the Strand Center for the Arts to bring back this summer event.

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Karole Armitage talks Pointe Shoe with 6 rising choreographers.
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Karole Armitage talks Pointe Shoe with 6 rising choreographers.

Read the excerpts from transcript a riveting post performance discussion following the November 2, 2013, Counterpointe program at The Actors Fund Arts Center. Moderated by Karole Armitage of Armitage GONE! Dance the discussion featured Lynn Parkerson (Brooklyn Ballet), Julia Gleich (Gleich Dances), Nikki Hefko, Eryn Renee Young (XAOC Contemporary Ballet), Morgan McEwen (MorDance) and Sam Grymont (Arch Contemporary Ballet).

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