NANCY BRIER - Choreographer / Dance Educator Synergy Dance Collective NY

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Thursday, October 30th 7:30pm
​at Dixon Place
​ Synergy Dance Collective NY / Nancy Brier
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2025  7:30pm
DANCE BLOC NYC at DIXON PLACE

161A Chrystie Street, NYC


Three of Me
​Choreography by 
Nancy Brier in collaboration
​with Dance Artists 

Katie Kennedy, Willy Rory Nelson & Zavie 

​TICKETS AND INFO: 
dixonplace.org/performances/danceblocnyc-2025/
$25/28 advance or $28/32 at door





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​Synergy Dance Collective NY
performing Drought/Flood at
Queens Outdoor Dance Festival 2025
Sunday, October 5th  5pm 
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​Wednesday, June 11th 7:30pm
​at Dixon Place

Water Like This ... Water Like That
photos by Alexanna Brier & Rafael X​
       Synergy Dance Collective NY / Nancy Brier
WEDNESDAY JUNE 11 2025  7:30pm
FAST FORWARD at DIXON PLACE

161A Chrystie Street, NYC


​TICKETS AND INFO: 
 dixonplace.org/performances/fast-forward-6-11-25/
$17/19 advance or $20/22 at door

WATER LIKE THIS ... WATER LIKE THAT
CHOREOGRAPHY:  
Nancy Brier in collaboration with the dance artists performing this work
past & present
 

 

​MUSIC/SPOKEN WORD:  
Amanda Gorman, Paul Horn,
Edgar Paterson Mills, Nils Frahm,
​Evvol, Ex-Terrestrial,
Amampondo & Baka Forest People


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DANCE ARTISTS: 
 Brandon Guzman, Lauren Hiraldo,
Katie Kennedy, Willy Rory Nelson
 & Zavie 

LIVE MUSIC & VOICE:  
Steve Finkelstein, Arta Jekabsone,
​William Nelson & Zavie

VIDEO: Nancy Brier & Richard Ginsberg
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Sunday, June 1st  4pm & 7pm
at Dixon Place
Motivational Poem for a Snake Year
in Threat to Democracy
       Synergy Dance Collective NY / Nancy Brier
SUNDAY JUNE 1 2025  4pm & 7pm
THREAT TO DEMOCRACY at DIXON PLACE

161A Chrystie Street, NYC


​TICKETS AND INFO: 

https://dixonplace.org/performances/threat-to-democracy-6-1-25/

MOTIVATIONAL POEM FOR A SNAKE YEAR

CHOREOGRAPHY:  
Nancy Brier in collaboration with the dance artists 

 

LITERARY ARTIST:  
​Alexa Wilson


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DANCE ARTISTS: 
 Willy Rory Nelson & Zavie 

VIDEO: Nancy Brier, Alexa Wilson & Sangeeta Yesley


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Saturday, June 7th 5:30pm
(rain date June 14th)
4th Annual Summer Celebration of the Arts:
CLIMATE OF HOPE
at Cedarmere Estate
INFO AND TICKETS:
www.friendsofcedarmere.org/event-details/4th-annual-summer-celebration-of-the-arts-climate-of-hope


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​​Friday, April 18th 8pm
at Ailey Citigroup Theater
Drought/Flood
in New Wave Dance Festival
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Nancy Brier / Synergy Dance Collective NY
FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 2025  8pm 
NEW WAVE DANCE FESTIVAL

Ailey Citigroup Theater
405 West 55th Street
New York, NY  10019
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TICKETS:​

https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/L4ADGTTLJF3JN
https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/L4ADGTTLJF3JN​
CHOREOGRAPHY:  Nancy Brier in collaboration with the dance artists  
​​DANCE ARTISTS:  Brandon Guzman, Lauren Hiraldo, Willy Rory Nelson & Zavie 
MUSIC/SPOKEN WORD:  Steven Finkelstein, Nils Frahm, Amanda Gorman & Arta Jēkabsone
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​Synergy Dance Collective NY / Nancy Brier 
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 18 & 
​SUNDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2024  8pm 
TAKE ROOT at GREEN SPACE

37-24 24th Street, Suite 211
Long Island City, NY  11101

  


​TICKETS AND INFO:  https://www.greenspacestudio.org/october-2024  
$20 advance / $25 at door

Water Like This ... Water Like That
CHOREOGRAPHY:  Nancy Brier in collaboration with the dance artists  
​MUSIC:  Paul Horn, Edgar Paterson Mills, Nils Frahm, Evvol, Ex-Terrestrial,
Amampondo & Baka Forest People

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DANCE ARTISTS:  Brandon Guzman, Lauren Hiraldo, William Nelson, 
Melissa Norman & Zavie (understudies Katie Kennedy, Seth Remington & Lola Volkmar)
LIVE MUSIC & VOICE:  Steve Finkelstein, Arta Jekabsone, William Nelson & Zavie
VIDEO: Nancy Brier & Richard Ginsberg
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Synergy Dance Collective NY performing ​SUNDAY, JUNE 30, 2024 4pm at DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL  presented by WHITE WAVE Dance

Duffy Performance Space at Mark Morris Dance Center
3 Lafayette Ave
Brooklyn, NY  11217


​TICKETS:   www.whitewavedance.org
$25 / $30

Now Complete
CHOREOGRAPHY:  Nancy Brier 
​MUSIC:  Vladimir Cosma
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DANCE ARTISTS:  Lauren Hiraldo, Melissa Norman
​& 
Seth Remington






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DIXON PLACE:  8-IN-SHOW                                      

Wednesday March 27th at 7:30pm
​161A Chrystie Street on the Lower East Side of NYC

Synergy Dance Collective NY is performing
Water Like This ... Water Like That (excerpt)

PROMO CODE for $3 discount on General advance tickets:  "8inshow24"
TICKETS: 
 https://dixonplace.org/performances/8-in-show-3-27-2024/
GENERAL: $17 in advance / $20 at the door  
STUDENTS, SENIORS, idNYC: $15 in advance / $17 at the door
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​Choreography by: Nancy Brier in collaboration with the dancers
​Dance Artists: Lauren Hiraldo, Delilah Gamson Levy,
Melissa Norman, Steven Orrego Upegui, Summer Warwick & Oren Yaari
Recorded Music by: Paul Horn, Amampondo & Baka Forest People
Music Mix: Nancy Brier
Costume Design: Summer Warwick & Nancy Brier
Live Musicians: Steve Finkelstein (percussion), Arta Jēkabsone (vocals/violin) & Premik Russell Tubbs (woodwinds/EWI)







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Synergy Dance Collective NY 
​in
 Flight, Illusion, Solid Ground 
presented by Chr
​is Ferris & Dancers

at THE AILEY STUDIOS
405 W. 55th St., Studio 6D
New York, NY  10019
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​SATURDAY, DECEMBER  9th at 8pm
​SUNDAY, DECEMBER 10th at 2pm

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​TICKETS:  www.ticketsource.us/chris-ferris-dancers
​$20 advance / $25 at the door 

Deux Trios
CHOREOGRAPHY:  Nancy Brier in collaboration with the dancers
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MUSIC:  ​Manuel Wandji & Vladimir Cosma
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DANCE ARTISTS:  Tiffany Canner, José Flores, Lauren Hiraldo, Melissa Norman
​&
Summer Warwick​










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FALL 2023 QUEENS OUTDOOR DANCE FESTIVAL
OCTOBER 8th at 5pm

FREE ADMISSION

LARUSSA STUDIO
66-85 73rd PLACE
MIDDLE VILLAGE, NY  11379

Traveling 2023
Choreography: Nancy Brier in collaboration with the dance artists
Music: Manuel Wandji
Dance Artists: Tiffany Canner, Lauren Hiraldo and Summer Warwick
Understudy: Melissa Norman





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2nd Annual SUMMER CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS
CEDARMERE ESTATE in Roslyn Harbor, NY
JUNE 4, 2023 (rain date JUNE 11)

​Event info:
friendsofcedarmere.org/event-details/summer-celebration-of-the-arts-with-n-n-dance-collaborative
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World Premiere of
The Painted Cup
Choreography by Nancy Brier
in collaboration with Dance Artists Maxwell Ginsburg, Lauren Hiraldo & Summer Warwick
Danced by José Flores, Lauren Hiraldo & Summer Warwick
Music Composed by Edgar Paterson Mills a/k/a BASS MONK
​Live Musicians Steve Finkelstein (percussion) & Premik Russell Tubbs (woodwinds)
Rehearsal Assistants/Understudies Katie Kennedy & Tiffany Canner

Traveling 2023
Choreography by Nancy Brier
Music by Manuel Wandji
Danced by Tiffany Canner, Lauren Hiraldo & Summer Warwick
Rehearsal Assistants/Understudies Abigail Steinke & Katie Kennedy


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PATHETIC HAPPENING
CHOREOGRAPHY by Nancy Brier in collaboration with DANCE ARTIST Summer Warwick
LIVE PERCUSSION by Steve Finkelstein
TEXT by Carmen Boullosa
TEXT READ LIVE by Carmen Boullosa, Lydia Cortes & Cortez
CURATED by Ama Birch
DANCE CURATED by Sangeeta Yesley
www.poetryproject.org/events/pathetic-happening​


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DIXON PLACE:  8-IN-SHOW
CONTINUUM performance at Dixon Place on the Lower East Side of NYC on March 29, 2023 at 7pm
​Show info:

dixonplace.org/performances/8-in-show-3-29-2023/
​Choreography by: Nancy Brier in collaboration with 
​Dance Artists Gabriel Amato, Lauren Hiraldo, Melissa Norman & Summer Warwick
​Understudies: Katie Kennedy & Abigail Steinke
Music composed by: Edgar Paterson Mills "Bass Monk"
Sculptural Set created by: John Cino
Live Musicians: Steve Finkelstein (percussion) & Premik Russell Tubbs (woodwinds)


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NEW YORK STATE CHOREOGRAPHERS' INITIATIVE 2022 GRANT AWARDEE:
www.danceforce.org/nysci-2022-awardees/
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SESSION WITH MENTORS BRIDGMAN/PACKER
Nancy Brier, Alexanna Brier (cinematographer/photographer), Art Bridgman & Myrna Packer
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Lauren Hiraldo, Melissa Norman, Myrna Packer, Art Bridgman, Nancy Brier, Alexanna Brier, Gabriel Amato & Summer Warwick (not pictured Erin O'Leary)


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SUMMER SOLSTICE CELEBRATION OF THE ARTS 2022​
World Premieres of
CONTINUUM
Choreography by Nancy Brier in collaboration with
Dance Artists Gabriel Amato, Lauren Hiraldo, Melissa Norman & Summer Warwick (understudy Katie Kennedy)
Music by Edgar "Bass Monk" Paterson Mills
Sculptural Set by John Cino
Live Music Douglas Baldwin, Steve Finkelstein, Edgar Patterson Mill & Premik Russell Tubbs

MOTHER EARTH SINGS
Choreography by Nancy Brier in collaboration with
Dance Artists Gabriel Amato, Lauren Hiraldo, Melissa Norman & Summer Warwick (understudy Katie Kennedy)
Music by Steve Finkelstein

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FALL 2021 QUEENS OUTDOOR DANCE FESTIVAL
Now Complete
Choreography by Nancy Brier
Danced by José Flores, Lauren Hiraldo and Melissa Norman
​Music by Vladimir Cosma

Link to Choreography Reel:


​youtu.be/R0cNGmcWiXI
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