With music by Jill Scott and costumes sponsored by Flagpole.
Girls Educational & Mentoring Services (GEMS) is the only organization in New York State specifically designed to serve girls and young women who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking. Find out more at: http://www.gems-girls.org/
Kristin Sudeikis Dance Company is thrilled to be performing at The Brooklyn Dance Festival this Spring, Saturday, May 4th at 8pm & Sunday May, 5th at 2pm & 6pm. The company will be presenting brand new work, "MomentOHM".
Find out more about Hub Seventeen here: http://www.hubseventeennyc.com/
Find out more: https://amysmartgirls.com/tagged/dance-move-of-the-day
Read the brand new article on Kristin here: http://www.wellandgood.com/good-sweat/kristin-sudeikis-dance-fitness-star-instructor/
Saturday Night Live alumns Amy Poehler and Ana Gasteyer are hosting a comedy benefit for the Hilary Clinton presidential campaign called “Laugh Your Pantsuit Off: Women Stand-Up for Hillary.” It happens September 25 in NYC, and promises “a raucous night of comedy with the funniest, most awesome, greatest comediennes you’ve always wanted to see! Plus a token male or two.” Samantha Ronson will be spinning tunes plus “super special surprise VIPS! Truly. Really.” Tickets are on sale now. Find out more here: https://www.hillaryclinton.com/events/tickets/nc5vgyawwjpzd7z4/?raiser=25709
The Women In Dance festival's mission is to investigate, explore, and reflect on women’s leadership by representing innovative and multicultural dance work to celebrate, develop, and promote women’s leadership in dance making, dance related fields, and other male dominated professions.
Inspired by the unique circumstances of having women in leadership in the dance community in Baton Rouge, LA, this biennial festival will investigate, explore, and reflect on women’s leadership by inviting world-renowned dance makers/ artists /scholars /directors to Baton Rouge for a 4-day conference, as part of a mentorship program for up and coming creators and choreographers. Through keynote speaks, discussion panels, master classes, creative process sessions, film screening, and performances, this festival will identify Baton Rouge as a viable location for national conferences in women’s leadership development, serve to promote women’s leadership development, and as a catalyst for cultivation of an ongoing dialogue within all performing arts communities in the U.S. Find out more here: https://womenindance.com/
This is an evening of dance, live music and spoken word benefitting the GEMS Organization at Bric Arts in Brooklyn.
Find out more here: https://www.facebook.com/events/752971084780692/
Kristin Sudeikis has developed a following for her contemporary dance classes that borders on the devout. Studio owner Christy Curtis calls her class “soul Sunday, like church for dance.” Broadway Dance Center student Rachel Warren says, “I call her a missionary of movement.”
Indeed Sudeikis’ devotion to the craft percolates throughout our conversation on a fall weekday. She can’t wait for her afternoon class at Broadway Dance Center. She also teaches at Peridance in NYC, and she’s in demand as a guest artist at studios across the country and internationally. “I brought her in three times this year,” says Curtis of CC & Co Dance Complex in North Carolina, whose competition dancers routinely earn honors with New York City Dance Alliance and The PULSE on Tour. “I’ve never in my life seen someone who could teach a class and everybody walked out thinking they were the best person in that class. She was so motivating, it was incredible.”
In a genre that tends to emphasize choreography, Sudeikis’ classes are uniquely steeped in a solid base of technique. “On a physical level, it’s a demanding class,” says Warren. “Kristin calls technique our grammar. Once you have that foundation, you can dance from your soul.” Throughout class, Sudeikis gives students opportunities to make artistic choices, providing both structure and freedom. “She gives you the steps, which then you can interpret in different ways,” says student Adriana Recchia. “She shows it to you, but it’s up to you to make something out of it.”
A fountain of positive energy, Sudeikis finds unique ways to encourage dancers to develop their artistic voices. “Sometimes I have them close their eyes. It taps back into why we started dancing, which is because of how it felt,” she explains. “A tendu, how does it feel? Am I doing it robotically? Does that extend to my life—am I just doing what I’m told or what I actually want to do?”
One reason her classes resonate beyond the studio is that Sudeikis draws parallels between lessons in dance and in life. “When a dancer falls, I say, ‘It’s not about the fall, but how you get up,’” she explains. “Are you still worried that people saw you fall, or can you just get up and move again?” She leavens the emotional intensity with flashes of humor, asking the next group of dancers mischievously, “Will anyone mind if someone messes up? Will you tweet #theymessedup? My dad said, ‘Kristin, don’t worry about what other people think. They’re just worried about what everybody else is thinking about them.’”
Sudeikis, who started assisting at 11 and teaching at 13, is as emotionally generous as she is quick-witted and observant, and wise beyond her years. Students realize that they have her complete focus and respond in kind. “By being fully present in the room, it demands others to be present,” she says, noting that she can’t always explain the intense dynamics in her class. “Some of it’s a mystery. I notice people can get emotional. I get the chills when I’m talking about dance, too.” But one thing is clear. Dancers leave the studio feeling transformed. “When I’m in her class, she rocks my soul and rattles my cage in this incredible way,” says Warren. “When it’s over, I’m different.” —Caitlin Sims.
The TDEA All-State Dance Team is comprised of dancers representing schools from across the state of Texas. All-State dancers participate in an exciting convention experience that includes dance workshops, leadership training, master classes, and networking with other students. The All-State Dance Team experience culminates in a performance choreographed by a master choreographer. Find out more here: http://www.tdea.org/
Kristin will begin her work with the GEMS Organization this September in NYC where she will be moving with the girls & for the girls. Movement = Freedom!
Girls Educational and Mentoring Services’ (GEMS) mission is to empower girls and young women, ages 12–24, who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking to exit the commercial sex industry and develop to their full potential. GEMS is committed to ending commercial sexual exploitation and domestic trafficking of children by changing individual lives, transforming public perception, and revolutionizing the systems and policies that impact sexually exploited youth.
If you would like to get involved with this life-changing organization please visit: http://www.gems-girls.org/
Marygrove College’s Institute of Music & Dance
SASHA ( Sexual Assault Services for Holistic Healing & Awareness)
Area Performing Arts High Schools
"In conjunction with the Marygrove College strategic vision of Urban Leadership and Domestic Violence Awareness Month, the Institute of Music & Dance welcomes New York dancer/choreographer Kristin Sudeikis to the college campus Wednesday and Thursday, October 23 & 24, 2013. Ms. Sudeikis teaches internationally and directs her own company. She personifies the “artist as activist” as she also conducts movement workshops and fundraisers (most notably for GEMS) for girls and women who have been affected by sexual violence. Ms. Sudeikis will teach...." Read the full article here: https://campusnews.marygrove.edu/2013/10/21/institute-of-music-and-dance-welcomes-ms-kristin-sudeikis/
A21 works to eradicate human trafficking around the globe. Here's a little on A21's mission....
"When confronted with the horrific statistics surrounding human trafficking, it is easy to agree on the fact that "someone should do something.” In 2007, A21 recognized the need to be that "someone" and committed to combat the injustice of human trafficking through rescuing one life at a time. After extensive research, planning, fundraising, more research, and relationship building, we opened our first shelter for survivors of human trafficking at the end of 2008 in Thessaloniki, Greece.
Today, we have identified a global need for rescue, rehabilitation, and restoration. Because of the growing necessity, we have established 11 field offices, shelters, transition homes, and administrative bases in 10 countries.
Our strategy is based on the 4P Paradigm: Prevention, Protection, Prosecution, and Partnership.
Simply put, A21 exists to abolish injustice in the 21st century through a comprehensive system achieving preventative measures to help potential victims evade trafficking, victim protection through our shelters and aftercare program, prosecution of violators, and strategic partnerships.
We do not claim to be the “experts,” and recognize that our fight for justice is a great one. A21 rings true through the famous words of Margaret Mead, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."
A21 stands for abolishing injustice in the 21st century. Anyone can join; everyone can make a difference."
Find out more about A21 here: http://www.a21.org/
