Alumni

Alumni – share your news!  We’d like to post information about your careers and links to your upcoming events here on the website.  Keep us posted . We also want to stay in touch with you. Please make sure we have all of your up to date contact info – especially if you were with us in the days before e-mail!

Artists acknowledge The Yard’s influence on their creative lives

“The Yard experience was one of the best I had in my early years. The people I worked with there have been very influential in my career. The piece I made was my first real breakthrough in dance, so it was a really big summer for me.” Susan Marshall, choreographer, MacArthur Award recipient

“The Yard for a choreographer is essentially what Virginia Woolf refers to as ‘a room of one’s own.’”Doug Elkins, choreographer, Paul Taylor Fellow

“I think of The Yard as being my artistic nurturing ground. Having spent three summers as a dancer and two as a choreographer I can state with authority that the environment of The Yard is a truly exhilarating one. The design of the residency is perfect for the full utilization of an artist’s creative talent.”David Dorfman, choreographer, Guggenheim recipient

“I still consider The Yard one of the most rewarding and inspiring experiences
of my career as a choreographer.”Roxane d'Orleans-Juste, soloist, The Jose Limón Dance Company, Bessie Award Recipient

“The existence of places like The Yard are a huge encouragement. By helping to aid artists like myself, you have provided a wonderfully unique resource. I and the children of Batoto Yetu have been deeply enriched by our time spent at your establishment.” Julio Leitao, Artistic Director Batoto Yetu

“I have never in my life been in a situation so simultaneously challenging and supportive. I am learning so fast but in a way that keeps me whole and centers me more.” Victoria Marks, choreographer, filmmaker, Fulbright Fellow

“And happily movement and inspiration did come, and the work did progress steadily, free of the distractions of life at home in New York. I came to welcome the time available to reflect on what I was making, to explore the organic evolution of the momentum in the movement, and to share philosophy with Pat Nanon and other colleagues.”Gus Solomons jr, Bessie recipient for Sustained Achievement in Choreography