2010 Wave Rising Series October 20, 2010

WHITE WAVE announces its 5th annual WAVE RISING SERIES featuring 19 dance companies showcased in the acclaimed three week festival. Six or more rising contemporary dance companies will appear in each week of the SERIES. The companies will present new choreography and established repertoire three times within a festival week. Each week commences with an exclusive Opening Night Gala Benefit and Performance, featuring presentations by that week’s participating Festival companies.

WHITE WAVE’s Artistic Director Young Soon Kim founded the WAVE RISING SERIES in 2006 as a platform for companies who may not have the resources to stage full productions of new dance works. Tightly curated by Ms. Kim and an eight-person panel of prominent dance figures, this is one of the only series of its kind in New York City, offering rising choreographers the opportunity to present their work on a large scale, often for the first time, alongside a group of invited companies from among the most visionary names in contemporary dance. The WAVE RISING SERIES, which started by presenting local companies, now features innovative dancemakers from around the world. The New York Times wrote in 2008, “(The WAVE RISING SERIES presents) a broad variety of work. Tickets are cheap and dancing plentiful; it’s a good mix.”

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