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Updated 6/25/2024

RHODE ISLAND WOMENS CHOREOGRAPHY PROJECT

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    RI

Institution/Business Type: Cultural Series Organization

The Rhode Island Women’s Choreography Project (RIWCP) has a core mission to nurture, elevate, and empower artists whose voices are not traditionally heard. The Project serves any choreographer who feels underrepresented regardless of their gender identity.

 

In 2018, dancers Hannah Klinkman and Louisa Mejeur started the Rhode Island Women’s Choreography Project (RIWCP) with the help of an anonymous donor and studio sponsorship from Festival Ballet Providence. The first year gave eight women from around the state the chance to choreograph a dance work. For some of them, it was the first time they had ever had the chance to choreograph. 

In its second year, RIWCP served twelve female-identifying choreographers and over thirty dancers under Kristy DuBois, Melissa Wong, and Eugenia Zinovieva. The event included dancers from Festival Ballet, Island Moving Company, North Atlantic Dance Theatre, and multiple local freelance artists, selling out a weekend of performances at the AS220 Blackbox.

The COVID-19 pandemic stopped plans for a 2020 project short. RIWCP took a year to evaluate its goals and build a plan for the future. In 2021, we presented a virtual program, in which six women choreographers from all over the country presented new works as dance films. This was also the inaugural year of the RIWCP mentorship program, providing the dance creators with an additional resource to deepen their creative process.

RIWCP 2022 marked the organization's first season as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, with live works presented at the Festival Ballet Providence Black Box Theatre (now Ballet RI) to enthusiastic audiences. Now in it's 6th year, RIWCP continues to champion underrepresented voices in the dance community.

Find Me

Kristy DuBois (she/her)
Job Title: Executive Director
Address:
PROVIDENCE, RI 02906

About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Cultural Series Organization

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Independent

Year Founded:

2022

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Cultural Series Organization

Legal Status:

Nonprofit - Independent

Year Founded:

2022

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Dance - General

Additional Disciplines:

  • Dance - Ballet
  • Dance - Jazz
  • Dance - Modern / Contemporary

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Creation of a Work of Art (Including Commissions)
  • Performance / Concert / Reading
  • Residency - Community
  • Residency - Other
Seasons Active: summer
Events Per Year: 3

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Artists
  • LGBTQ Populations

Languages Available:

  • English

Geographic Reach:

  • State

Accessibility of Services

Accessibility of Services:

  • Access accommodations for people who use a wheelchair and have limited mobility