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Andary Dance
In 2001, Nathan Andary established Andary Dance and has performed nationwide including: Chicago, New York City, Boston, Providence, Connecticut, Kentucky and many other places. Artistic Director Nathan Andary builds multimedia dance performances utilizing all forms of both fine and performance arts. Since its inception, Andary Dance has performed the striking and complex choreography of Nathan Andary. The remarkable dancers who comprise Andary Dance have an extensive and impressive dance history that support Nathan Andary's choreography and vision. Nathan’s work has received support from: NG Systems, The Berwick Research Institute, The Movement Laboratory, AS220, World Music/CRASHARTS, ZeroPlan, Green Street Studio, Fusionworks Dance, Island Moving Company, Groundwerx Dance Theater, Rhode Island College, Providence College, Rhode Island School of Design, Salve Regina University, University of Rhode Island, Ashland Youth Ballet Company, Ohio State University and Ohio University.

 

Mission

Andary Dance is dedicated to the creative and innovative advancement of post modern dance and the arts by building interdisciplinary dance performances accessing all forms of both fine and performance arts. The Company's mission is to seek new ways to broaden the definition of dance through exploration of movement and its beginnings.


 

Artistic Director: Nathan Andary; CMA
Andary Dance is under the artistic direction of award winning choreographer, Nathan Andary. Andary is a 2 time recipient of the prestigious Merit Award for Choreography from the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCA). Andary has also received funding from Toyota, Massachusetts Cultural Council, NG Systems, and other sponsors for his collaborative work in making dance accessible while maintaining high artistic and teaching standards. Nathan was born in Kentucky and received his BFA/Dance from Ohio University, his certification as a movement analyst, and is currently pursuing his MFA in Dance at the University of Maryland. Nathan danced for the Salt Creek Ballet Company in Chicago, Fusionworks Repertory Dance of Rhode Island, KitsuneBUTOH of Boston, and the world renowned Salt/Imbaguines of Katsura Kan. His performance credits include choreographers/works by: Katsura Kan, David Parsons, David Dorfman, Gladys Bailin (Alwin Nikolais), Michelle Geller, Deborah Butler and Ellen Godena. Andary’s work explores the spatial connections to movement in/through/with the body and its environment. His work is a symbiotic fusion of Laban, Body-mind-centering, Yoga, theater and Release techniques riding the support of breath and the spiral of the spine. Nathan has taught for the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence College, Rhode Island College, University of Rhode Island, Ohio University and his teachings and choreographic works have taken him throughout the country most notably in New England.