Create and Educate
Our goal is to create and educate through outreach and education programs that support inclusion, and equality, and increasing access to the arts by celebrating the diversity of our community.
Training, Research and Performance Projects
CUNY DANCE INITIATIVE
the heroinez journey
The Heroinez Journey, investigates the classical ballet lexicon in a nonbinary or gender-inclusive exploration of Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey that involves reinterpreting and expanding upon Campbell's framework to accommodate a broader spectrum of gender identities and experiences.
Summer
Winter Workshops
Working with experienced professionals to investigate movement quality and performance presence, participants explore approaches to choreography, unleashing a mature and powerful performer. The daily schedule includes classical ballet technique and pointe, historic classical solo ballet variations, and contemporary and theater dance disciplines. BMDT's unique weekly summer dance workshops are Centrally located at New York Live Arts. BNYP Summer 2024 is designed to develop dedicated dancers' artistic personalities.
Ballet Neo Young Professionals
Announcing the launch of BALLET NEO YOUNG PROFESSIONALS for skilled dancers seeking advanced training. Working closely with experienced professionals, these young dancers delve deeply into their technique to investigate movement quality and performance presence while mastering Ballet Neo's challenging repertory.
New Works on Pointe
Work begins on Swan Street, a ballet memoir, and Mrs Dalloway a quartet ballet, Mrs Dalloway. This continues Thomas' investigation of time and memory.