The Opening Night Benefit: (Wednesday, January 25th at 7pm) will launch the CoolNY 2012 Dance Festival with a dazzling evening of performance and celebration followed by a wine and cheese reception. This Benefit is a rare opportunity to mingle and converse with featured performers and choreographers. Tickets: $30 and available at SmartTix;
RSVP at coolny2012@gmail.com

Brooklyn, New York. Sixty dance companies/choreographers will convene in a luminous celebration of contemporary dance during the 9th Annual CoolNY 2012 Dance Festival. This two-week extravaganza will present the vast spectrum of facility by burgeoning ensembles led by inventive rising choreographers along with eminent dancemakers with a definitive national and international zeal. CoolNY will feature two Saturday matinees dedicated to kids and families to provide an entertaining and educational experience for all. All CoolNY programming is provided for FREE and contributions are greatly appreciated in order to continue festival presentations. WHITE WAVE cordially invites festivalgoer’s to attend our OPENING NIGHT BENEFIT to commemorate the commencement of another outstanding season of New York dance.

Featured companies include:

A Corps Perdu Dance Company, Aaron McGloin Dance, Aimee Rials Dance Project, ANAHATA Dance, Angelo Dance Project, Anne Burnidge Dance, Avir Dance Company/Enzo Celli Choreographer, BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance, Bryn Cohn and Artists, Christie Zimmerman/z3movement project, Claire Jacob- Zysman and Dancers, Daniel Ferrante/The Brooklyn Dance Ensemble, DOUBLE VISION, Einy Am/EyeKnee Coordination; Ekilibre Dance Company, Inclined Dance Project, Jessica DiMauro/DiMauro Dance, Joe Celej, Justin Tornow, Karen Harvey, KM & COMPANY, Laurie M. Taylor/Soul Movement, Les Femmes Plus, Liz Piccoli, LJ Boogie & Company, Luda Lee, MADboots Dance Co., Mari Meade Dance Collective, Mei Yamanaka, Nadine Martinez, Peggy Choy Dance Company, Perceptions Contemporary Dance Company, Sacred Space Dance, Raw Delivery/Carrie J. Brown, Rebecca Moore Dance, Renegade Performance Group, Sapphire Moon Dance Company, Sin Ae Park/Sin Ae Park Project, Sue Bernhard Danceworks, SukSoon Jung/Project S, Suttlar Martin/4thrightdance, The Nines, Theodora Boguszewski, Tiffany Spataro, Tomomi Imai, Vanessa Tamburi/FLUSSO Dance, Vangeline Theater, WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company and more.

Location: All performances will be held at WHITE WAVE's John Ryan Theater, located at 25 Jay Street in DUMBO. Subway directions: F to York Street, or A or C to High Street. For driving directions, please click here.

A Day For the Family: Saturdays, January 28th & February 4th, 2:00 - 3:15pm.

The Highlight of the COOL NEW YORK DANCE FESTIVAL is A Day for the Family in which WHITE WAVE offers FREE family friendly matinees featuring works of WHITE WAVE's youth-oriented programs, as well as selected companies whose work exemplifies an entertaining, educational experience for all ages!

WHITE WAVE’s programs are supported, in part, by public funds from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; Mertz Gilmore Foundation; New York Community Trust; the Puffin Foundation; Korean Cultural Service, NY; the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism Republic of Korea, the Consulate General of Israel in New York and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

We also thank the Emma A. Sheafer Charitable Trust for recently awarding WHITE WAVE a capacity-building grant, and express our deep gratitude to our principal philanthropic supporter, the John Ryan Company.
(Updated 01/23/2012)