The Yard
Summer 2023
Contents
Welcome Letter
About The Yard: 50 Years of Dance
About Residencies
About Programming
About the Summer 2023 Lineup
About Tickets and Class Passes
About Health and Safety
About Our Artists-in-Residence
About Education
About Our “Off-Season”
About Support for The Yard
About Our Supporters
About Our Team
Our Team
Cover Photo: Sean Dorsey Dance, The Lost Art of Dreaming, by Kegan Marling
Music From The Sole, by Titus Ogilvie Laing/ Works & Process at the Guggenheim
Welcome Letter
This summer we are officially celebrating The Yard’s 50th anniversary, and we’re commemorating this momentous year with yet another cohort of world-class artists, companies, and dance educators.
Our 2023 artists-in-residence are pushing boundaries and confronting big questions. They are a dynamic group of creators and storytellers, movers, and magic makers — together they form an eclectic season built on a wide range of dance disciplines. From tap and samba to puppetry and a multimedia, black-lighton-paint installation and creation story, this season promises to inspire everyone!
Whether through a summer residency or a winter program, The Yard has been working to engage, expand, and explore.
During our ‘22-’23 “off-season,” we enjoyed great successes throughout our island community with a slew of programming that served year-round residents. We reestablished pre-pandemic favorites like Godfrey Muwulya’s Dance Showcase in the elementary schools; forged a new multi-discipline tango program via an exciting partnership with the Martha’s Vineyard Chamber Music Society; hosted a series of effervescent rhythm workshops in schools, led by Leo Sandoval; and with the help of island dance teacher, Claire Page, brought our popular Kids Do Dance program to The Martha’s Vineyard Museum during spring break for the island schools.
Those successes will extend into this summer with residencies, workshops, and community conversations. We have created opportunities to engage with this year’s artists–to watch them in action; to dance side-by-side with them; to witness
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the human truths they explore in their works; and to experience their energy and joy through the gifts of movement, multimedia installations, and shared space. As always, some are presenting completed works, while others invite us into their creative process. But all are engaging with the pressing issues of our time.
Events will be held on our campus in Chilmark and at locations across Martha’s Vineyard. Whether you live in Aquinnah or Oak Bluffs (or somewhere other than the Island), this is your Yard. Please come and make yourself at home. We are anticipating the delight of seeing you again and celebrating with you!
Acting Executive Director / Program Director
The Yard Studio, photo courtesy of The Yard
The Yard: 50 Years of Dance!
Patricia Nanon, photo courtesy of The Nanon Family
Perhaps you’ve heard this tale before, but the origin story of The Yard is a good one! And we want to share it again.
In the summer of 1973, The Yard’s late founder and choreographer, Patricia Nanon, rented a barn on Tabor House Road in Chilmark to put on performances. The dancers got dressed in a gutted school bus, which served as the “backstage” area. The audience sat on hay bales in front of a makeshift stage. At intermission, the generator that powered the shows had to be refueled.
Ten years later, Ms. Nanon purchased a few wooded acres near Beetlebung Corner in Chilmark, a home for The Yard, where we have been growing roots ever since.
This campus with its charming theater, open-air studio, and three houses allowed The Yard to grow and flourish. For five decades, The Yard has supported dancemakers and created opportunities for people on Martha’s Vineyard to experience live performance. Our footprint has always been larger than our Chilmark campus— some of our earliest performances took place at the Field Gallery in West Tisbury and the breakwater rocks at Menemsha, in schools and on beaches across the Island.
Now celebrating our 50th Anniversary, we reflect on Patricia’s visionary leadership and an abundance of stories about people, performances, and precious moments that comprise The Yard’s history. We look forward to celebrating this rich history throughout the summer. And we are equally excited about imagining the next five decades of magical performances, artworks, and experiences The Yard will create.
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Residencies
The Yard has two primary goals that we hold in a generative relationship to one another: to bring groundbreaking performers into meaningful engagements with our local communities and to support the creation of new artistic works, which we achieve through our creation residency program.
Residencies at The Yard provide artists necessary time to conduct research, experiment with new ideas, and revise existing material. The residency is their lab–a space to play, investigate, and be in community. Certain settings also stimulate creativity, and our campus on Martha’s Vineyard is no exception. It is a generative space and retreat that fuels the creative process.
The pandemic highlighted the value and scarcity of shared space, that is dedicated to artistic collaboration. With such opportunities even harder to access over the last 3 years, The Yard’s creation residency program and its central purpose have become even more impactful.
Our artists’ work is intrinsically valuable to society, and The Yard endeavors to make certain our Artists-in-Residence program reflects that value. While in residence, artists have nearly unlimited access to our studio and theater, and they receive direct support from our staff in technical production, videography, and marketing. With each residency, we strive to meet the choreographer’s unique needs and to become collaborators in their creative process. All of our residencies are paid. We stock kitchens with food staples to supplement the artist’s weekly food stipend. We cover travel, housing, production supplies, and—last but most certainly not least— beach passes to Lucy Vincent. We offer visiting artists a chance to experience the best of the Island while they create. Clearly, each artist folds the uniqueness of the Island into their new work.
“…I always refer to The Yard as an Artist’s Paradise… Our artistry and humanity are valued and celebrated equally. At the end of our 2022 residency... an idea for my next work began to spark…I felt refreshed, revitalized, clear-headed, and valued as an artist. I was reminded that what we do matters…That we are necessary in imagining a better future…I began to dream again.” ~Adele Myers, Adele Myers and Dancers, Artistic Director.
Adele Myers and Dancers, T.W.I.S.T, by Juan Cabrera
Godfrey Muwulya, photo courtesy of Yard Staff
Programming
Now in our 50th year, The Yard continues to present innovative and invigorating programming that excites, inspires, and encourages growth and movement! A creation and performance platform for artists from around the globe, The Yard offers exhilarating, wide-ranging, and educational arts experiences through performances, residencies, and community activities. We present international, national, and local artists; provide paid residencies; offer intergenerational programs and classes for our island community; and bring movement-centered education programs into our schools.
Our community programs run year-round at The Yard’s campus and in partner locations across Martha’s Vineyard.
Please visit www.dancetheyard.org for more information.
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Summer Lineup
We’re excited to present our 2023 Artists-in-Residence and to reintroduce classes at the Yard! Experience live performances and the joy of movement all summer long. And yes, Kids Do Dance is back!
Below is a quick preview of what to expect this summer. Full details, show times, and artists’ bios start on page 18. For specific information on each class head to page 34. Additional education & engagement programs will be announced throughout the summer. Please note that events are subject to change.
Residencies and Performances
Launch Pad: A Choreographers’ Showcase
In Residence
May 31 - June
Performance
June 10
Sandglass Theater
In Residence
June 14 - 26
Performance
June 24
Rainbow Serpent Collective
In Residence
July 19 - 31
Performance
July 29
Caleb Teicher and Nic Gareiss
In Residence
August 16 - 21
Pop-ups
August 17 - 19
Performances
August 18 + 19
Sean Dorsey Dance
In Residence
July 3 - 1 0
Performances
July 7 + 8
Music From The Sole
In Residence
July 12 - 17
Performance
July 15
Urban Bush Women
In Residence
August 1 - 14
Performances
August 9-12
Pop-ups
August 5
Dinner and a Show
By popular demand, we are exploring ways to bring caterers and food trucks to specific shows this summer. Details for Dinner and Show nights will emerge throughout the season, stay tuned with our newsletter or by visiting, dancetheyard. org.
A call for caterers and food trucks:
If you own a mobile food business or would like to make suggestions, please be in touch with us at info@dancetheyard.org.
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Urban Bush Women, by Larry Glick
Summer Lineup
Classes and Programs
Kids Do Dance East African Dance & Drumming with Godfrey
Weeklong artistic dance program for kids!
Monday - Friday | 9:30am - 12pm
Session 1
Jun 26 - 30
Session 2 Jul 10 - 14
Session 3 Aug 14 - 18
Workshops With The Artists
Workshop series with Artists-inResidence. Ongoing throughout the summer.
Visit dancetheyard.org for details.
Morning Yoga with Mollie Doyle
A sequential yoga series bringing consciousness and ease to the body and mind.
Email Mollie for registration at molliemdoyle@gmail.com.
July 1st - End of August |
Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7am
A high-energy workshop in East African drumming and traditional dance.
July 19 + 22 | 10:30 am - 12 pm
Modern Dance for Life with Naomi Goldberg-
Created for the dancer coming back to the studio.
June 26 - 30 | 10:30 - 11:30 am
Caleb Teicher and Nic Gareiss, by Hillary Rees
Tickets and Class Passes
Tickets are on sale now. Visit dancetheyard.org or call (508) 645-9662.
Standard Ticket Prices for events at The Yard’s Patricia N. Nanon Theater
$30 Adult
$25 Senior 65+/Military $10 Youth under 18
Offsite Venue Ticket Prices for events at the MV Performing Arts Center (PAC) & MV Ice Arena
$40 Adult $35 Senior 65+/Military $10 Youth under 18
Photo by mvrhs.org
Photo by Beyond My Ken
The Yard Access Program is designed to make Yard programs available to a wider community. If ticket prices are a financial deterrent from participation in Yard events, classes, or workshops, Yard Access offers a flat rate of $10. If a class or workshop is not included in Yard Access, please call (508) 645-9662 to discuss.
In addition to Yard Access we will be piloting a pay-what-you-can program. You can call for details, 508-645-9662.
All tickets are subject to a $3 service fee.
For Pricing on Classes, Workshops, and Kids Do Dance please visit dancetheyard.org.
Health and Safety
Please visit dancetheyard.org for the most up to date information on our COVID-19 policies. Thank you in advance for your care and thoughtfulness!
For any accessibility requests, please call 508-645-9662 or email info@dancetheyard.org.
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Music From The Sole, by Sally Cohn
LAUNCH PAD: A CHOREOGRAPHERS’ SHOWCASE
Backstage, by Harrison Burke
Performance
June 10
Patricia N. Nanon TheaterIn Residence
May 31 - June 12
Launch Pad: A Choreographers’ Showcase is a springboard program for choreographers who are at a crossroads in their careers. This pilot program was engineered in partnership between The Yard and Headlong—a Philadelphiabased activator of performance research, cultural inquiry, and overlapping layers of communities. The Yard and Headlong are bringing three choreographers to residency and providing space, time, fellowship, mentorship, and compensation for their creative output and support in shaping new pathways in their choreographic careers. Headlong is an activator of performance research, cultural inquiry, and overlapping layers of communities. They incubate artist projects foster the creative eco-system by providing educational opportunities, financial advice, and strategic planning,
David Guzman is a cross-disciplinary performer who loves and honors lichens. His durational workshop installation “Treeing” invited passers by to greet urban ecologies through contemplative walks and paper-making from trash. For more about David, please visit dancetheyard.org/launchpad.
Marguerite Angelica Monique Hemmings is a performance artist/educator currently based in Philadelphia, USA. They focus on one’s own body, one’s own way of moving, and connecting to the unseen. They are a master of body ceremonies and a curator of vibes. For more about Marguerite please visit dancetheyard.org/launchpad.
Sophieann Mahalia Promotes body positivity and uses dance to tell dynamic stories. She explores dance through her own experiences of the black dancing body by using her fusion of African, hip hop, and waacking to promote the limitless and regal qualities of womanhood within the black dancing body.
For more please visit: headlong.org wefreeee.com sophiannmahalia.com
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SANDGLASS THEATER
Sandglass Theater, Feral, photo courtesy of Sandglass Theater
Performance
June 24
Patricia N. Nanon TheaterIn Residence
June 14 - 26
Sandglass Theater is dedicated to the arts of theater and puppetry as the means of exploring contemporary issues, inspiring dialogue, and sparking wonder. Since 1982, the company’s productions have toured internationally to nearly 30 countries, performing in theaters, festivals, and cultural institutions and winning numerous international prizes. Sandglass also performs and teaches in its own 60-seat renovated barn theater in Putney, Vermont.
Producing works for both adult and young audiences, the company’s newest project, Feral, invites audiences on a woman’s journey, as she experiences the tension between learned behaviors and intuitive knowledge. The piece uses visual imagery, puppetry, and music to investigate cultural gaslighting of original knowledge, while celebrating the transformational process that can lead to individual and cultural repair.
*It is recommended by Sandglass Theater that Feral is for ages 14 and older.
For more please visit: sandglasstheater.org
Funding Credits (For a full list of grantors and sponsors of Feral please visit our website.)
Feral is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation & Development Fund Project grant with co-commissioners The Yard (MA), Next Stage Arts Project (VT), Bunnell Street Arts Center (AK), Dancers Workshop (Wyoming), and NPN. More information: www.npnweb.org.
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SEAN DORSEY DANCE
Sean Dorsey Dance, The Lost Art of Dreaming, by Lydia Daniller
Performances
July 7 + 8
Patricia N. Nanon Theater Masks required at this performance.
In Residence
July 3 - July 10
Sean Dorsey Dance is a San Francisco-based company, led by choreographer, dancer, writer, teaching artist, and cultural activist Sean Dorsey.
As the first acclaimed transgender modern dance choreographer in the U.S., Dorsey has toured to more than 30 cities across the country and abroad and taught with his explicitly trans-positive pedagogy in more than 35 cities.
Sean Dorsey Dance’s multi-year project, titled The Lost Art of Dreaming, is an invitation to embrace expansive imagination; reconnect with longing; embrace joy and pleasure; and be propelled toward loving futures. The Lost Art Of Dreaming is performed by a powerhouse ensemble of five trans, queer, and gender-nonconforming dancers with a rich, layered soundscore featuring original and commissioned music.
For more please visit: seandorseydance.com
Funding Credits (For a full list of grantors and sponsors of The Lost Art of Dreaming please visit our website.)
The Lost Art of Dreaming was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Mellon Foundation. The Lost Art of Dreaming has also been awarded support from the California Arts Council, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, National Performance Network, and San Francisco Arts Commission.
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MUSIC FROM THE SOLE
Music From The Sole, by Titus Ogilvie Laing/ Works & Process at the Guggenheim
Performance
July 15
MV Performing Arts Center
In Residence
July 12 - 17
Music From The Sole is a tap dance and live music company that celebrates tap’s Afro-diasporic roots, particularly its connections to Afro-Brazilian dance and music. Founded by tap dancer and percussive artist Leonardo Sandovol and bassist and composer Gregory Richardson, the company draws from forms like house dance, passinho (Brazilian Funk), samba, Afro-Cuban, and Jazz to seamlessly bring dance and music together into electric onstage performances.
Developed during the pandemic, I Didn’t Come to Stay blends tap, percussive dance and live music in a celebration reminiscent of Brazil’s Carnaval.
Commissioned by Works & Process at The Guggenheim in New York, the piece was lauded by the New York Times for its “sense of togetherness and collective joy.” In the work, Sandovol and Richardson join eight dancers and a five piece band to embrace shared roots across the diaspora and reflect on racial and cultural identity, while also celebrating the joy, strength, depth, and virtuosity of Black dance and music.
For more please visit: musicfromthesole.com
Funding Credits (For a full list of grantors and sponsors of I Didn’t Come to Stay please visit our website.)
I Didn’t Come to Stay was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Mellon Foundation. Commissioned by Works & Process at the Guggenheim, I Didn’t Come to Stay was created with the support of a summer 2020 Works & Process bubble residency at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park. This culminated in preview performances that were among the first outdoor performances permitted by New York State. I Didn’t Come to Stay was featured in a Works & Process at Lincoln Center video performance and will receive a Works & Process LaunchPAD “Process as Destination” residency at Catskill Mountain Foundation, with additional residency support by The Yard, Jacob’s Pillow, the American Tap Dance Foundation, and Chelsea Factory.
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RAINBOW SERPENT COLLECTIVE
Rainbow Serpent Collective, The Four World Ages, photo courtesy of Rainbow Serpent Collective
Performance
July 29
Patricia N. Nanon TheaterIn Residence
July 19 - 31
Rainbow Serpent Collective is a Black, queer, and femme multidisciplinary art collaborative based in Pittsburgh. The collective creates multidisciplinary art, film, installations, and dance performances that probe the frontier between technology, art, Blackness, and African cosmologies. The foundation of the work is the reclamation, modernization, and extension of traditional African knowledge systems, particularly from ancient Egyptian and West African (Yoruba, Dogon, Dagara, and Igbo) contexts.
Rainbow Serpent Collective innovates through a process that fuses multimedia technology, storytelling, and movement. While at The Yard, they will present a new work-in-progress — The Four World Ages — which picks up after the end of their current film project, Obi Mbu (The Primordial House).
The Four World Ages depicts the history of humanity in four ages, from the perspective of Igbo tradition: the Age of Universal Oneness, the Age of SelfAwareness, the Age of Light, and the Age of Suffering. The piece will feature eight dancers whose bodies will be adorned with fluorescent paints and illuminated by ultraviolet light as they enact the saga of human development outlined by Igbo mythology.
For more please visit: therainbowserpent.org/fourworldages marquesredd.com mikaelowunna.com marquitasams.com
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URBAN BUSH WOMEN
Urban Bush Women, by Larry Glick
Performances
August 5 + 9-12
Multiple locations around the Island
In Residence
August 1 - 14
This season, Urban Bush Women returns to The Yard for their final residency. They will perform their finished work in both Aquinnah and Oak Bluffs. Island collaborators include The African American Heritage Trail, the Aquinnah Cultural Center, members of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe, the Baptist Temple Park Association, the Black Joy House (OB), Orange Peel Bakery, and Shearer Cottage.
Urban Bush Women, founded in 1984 by choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, is a Brooklyn-based performance ensemble and dance company under the artistic direction of Chanon Judson and Mame Diarra Speis. They seek to bring untold and under-told histories and stories to light through dance. They do this from a womancentered perspective and as members of the African Diaspora community.
Haint Blu is an ensemble dance-theater work steeped in memory and magic. As the color that Southern families paint their front porches to ward off bad spirits, Haint Blu uses performance as a center and source of healing. It is an embodied examination of familial lines and the movements, histories, and stories of elders and ancestors. It reflects on what has been lost across generations and what can be recovered.Haint Blu is inspired by SCAT!, Urban Bush Women’s musical theater work in development.
For more please visit: urbanbushwomen.org
Haint Blu is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by The Yard, Live Arts Miami, the Hopkins Center for the Arts, and Williams College. The Creation Fund is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency). For more information: www.npnweb.org
Funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.
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CALEB TEICHER AND NIC GAREISS
Caleb Teicher and Nic Gareiss, by Hillary Rees
Performances
August 18 + 19
Patricia N. Nanon TheaterPop-up preformances: August 17 - 19
In Residence
August 16 - 21
Caleb Teicher specializes in musically-driven dance traditions and interdisciplinary collaboration and has been featured by The New York Times, NPR, Forbes, Vogue, Interview Magazine, on the cover of Dance Magazine, and on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert alongside Regina Spektor.
Nic Gareiss is one of Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch.” A dancer, musician, and dance researcher, he draws from many percussive dance traditions, weaving together clog, flatfoot, and step dance footwork vocabulary, improvisation, and musical collaboration.
In this new 60-minute duo collaboration, Teicher and Gareiss explore improvisation, song, and percussive dance. Drawing on American tap dance, jazz, swing, lindy hop, Appalachian clogging, and Irish step dance, they create a breathtaking evening of dance rooted in time and place yet uniquely their own, creating a festive dialogue of sound, movement, and corporeal rapport.
Integral to this project, Caleb and Nic seek to connect dance and music traditions from urban and rural spaces with environments and communities that cultivate local connections, i.e., at island farms and farm stands. Gatherings around Caleb and Nic’s performances are centered on food and joyous movement and are designed to reunite. This series aims to increase the connection between agricultural and arts communities. To that end, Caleb and Nic will perform an abbreviated version of their work at the Agricultural Fair in West Tisbury, Morning Glory Farm, and Slough Farm.
For more please visit: calebteicher.net nicgareiss.com
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Education Move Your Body Series
Dedicated to expanding the power of dance and the arts on Martha’s Vineyard, The Yard crafts educational opportunities that serve the community. We offer dance classes, movement and music workshops, yoga, and community conversations. We invite our community to lean in — to engage, expand, and explore with visiting artists and local instructors.
Workshops with the Artists - Wednesdays & Saturdays
Artists-in-residence and teaching artists offer movement, education, and engagement workshops open to the whole Island community! Workshops at The Yard are varied and can encompass conversations, dance, movement, music, and more. A sample of our workshops and events include:
Launch Pad
A conversation on creativity and collaboration.
Sandglass Theater
A conversation on creating stories with choreography for lifesize puppets and people. Sean
Dorsey Dance
Movement and conversation workshops with Sean Dorsey that will include special sessions for the LGBTQIA+ communities.
Music From The Sole
A percussive Brazilian dance and music workshop with Music From The Sole.
Rainbow Serpent Collective
A discussion about Rainbow Serpent Collective’s process involving storytelling, film, media, fluorescent light, paint, and dance.
Caleb Teicher
A tap dance workshop with Caleb Teicher.
More workshops will be announced throughout the summer. For more information on upcoming workshops, visit dancetheyard.org or follow us on Instagram @dance_the_ yard
Leonardo Sandoval Class, by Mallory Butler
Modern Dance for Life with Naomi Goldberg Haas
Class Dates and Times:
June 26 - 30 | 10:30 - 11:30 am
East African Dance & Drumming with Godfrey Muwulya
Class Dates and Times:
July 19 + 22 | 10:30 - 12 pm
Yoga with Mollie Doyle
Class Dates and Times:
July 1st - End of August Tuesdays and Thursdays 7 am and Saturdays 8 am
Music at The Yard
Showtimes:
On-going Throughout Summer
This workshop was created for the dancer coming back to the studio. Barre work moves to standing center, opening the spine with a combination of contemporary and traditional techniques. Class also includes a floor work section informed by Pilates mat strengthening. The session is completed with adaptable large phrase movement across the floor.
Ugandan-born dancer, educator, and musician, Godfrey Muwulya returns to the Island with his high-energy workshops in East African traditional dances, drumming, and music. All ages enjoy and benefit from these classes.
Mollie’s teaching focuses on intelligent sequencing, linking breath to movement, and building a practice that brings consciousness and ease to the body and mind. Email Mollie for registration at molliemdoyle@gmail.com.
Enjoy free summer concerts in The Yard’s Shell Garden. BYO picnic and dance moves! Come celebrate summer and community!
June 3 - Shell Garden Open House and Season Welcoming | music, food, and more.
July 11 - Johnny Hoy and The Bluefish | Brought to you through a partnership with the Chilmark Library.
More events will be announced throughout the summer, and please visit dancetheyard.org for up-to-date information.
Kids Do Dance
Class Times:
Monday - Friday | 9:30am - 12pm
Session 1
June 26 - 30
Session 2
July 10 - 14
Session 3
August 14 - 18
Each weeklong program will challenge young students through fun, active dance classes that build skill and technique; nurture individual choreographic voice and artistic expression; develop connections to professional dancers in residency at The Yard; and strengthen relationships with Martha’s Vineyard community. The program is developed and directed by dance educators and choreographers Deborah Damast and Daria Fitzgerald. This summer, the program will be taught by Daria Fitzgerald, Claire Page, and Dionisia Rigby.
All events subject to change. For the most up to date ticketing information please visit dancetheyard.org or call our office at 508-645-9662.
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Kids Do Dance with Claire Page, by Tessa Permar
Our “Off-Season”
The Yard continues throughout the year with off-season performances, artist residencies, and community partnerships geared towards engaging the yearround residents of Martha’s Vineyard. We offer adult and youth programs in venues across-Island. Last year, Godfrey Muwulya returned to teach East African Dance, Drumming & Culture in elementary schools. This fall, we will welcome him again in the schools. Our multi-year project with Danza Orgánica and members of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe culminated in successful school and public performances on Indigenous Peoples Day 2022, which we are working to make an annual event.
In early 2023, we piloted exciting new off-season programs, including workshops for elementary and high school students. Leonardo Sandoval of Music From The Sole taught rhythm workshops. Local dance teacher Claire Page took the helm of Kids Do Dance. And Tango Week was born from a collaboration with the wonderful MV Chamber Music Society.
We continue expanding and experimenting with off-season programming to bring creativity and value to our vibrant and curious year-round community.
For more information visit www.dancetheyard.org or follow us on Instagram @dance_the_yard and Facebook @TheYardMV.
Our Supporters
The Yard extends our sincere thanks to the following institutions and government agencies for their support of our 2023 operations and programming. (This list is updated on a rolling basis and was last updated May 3, 2023 before this booklet went to print.)
Barr Foundation
Cape Cod 5
Farm Neck Foundation
Jerome A. and Estelle R. Newman Assistance Fund
Martha’s Vineyard Bank Charitable Foundation
Martha’s Vineyard Community Foundation
National Performance Network
New England Foundation for the Arts
Massachusetts Cultural Council
National Endowment for the Arts
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Support for The Yard
Join us in A Season to Celebrate: The Yard at 50! Since 1973, The Yard has fostered the creative process, bringing performing artists to Martha’s Vineyard and creating exciting, engaging, and enriching programs for Vineyard residents and visitors.
The 2023 summer season is our 50th. It is just a few weeks away, and your support will make this anniversary season a radical success. Over 45 percent of The Yard’s annual operating budget comes from individual donors, who believe in the power of the arts. Your gift d will help bring this season of celebration to fruition, propelling The Yard into its next 50 years and enabling us to continue dancing together.
Visit dancetheyard.org/donations to give.
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