June 25: Power & Resilience
Audrey Madison & Sandra Rivera
“Even this pandemic that we’re having right now — we’re strong in it. Because we’re doing what we need to do to keep ourselves and our families safe. We’re doing what we need to do to make the world stronger and better on the other side of it.”
— AUDREY MADISON
Audrey Madison
Audrey Madison has been a teacher, dancer, and choreographer since she was a teenager. In addition to studying ballet and modern jazz, Audrey was an original member of the Charles Moore Dance Theater having studied Dunham technique, and various Caribbean and African styles. During her tenure as a school-based educator with the NYC Department of Education, she created extensive dance programs for elementary and middle school students and produced talent showcases for school communities. Audrey is also founder and artistic director of her own company, MoJazz Dance.
Sandra Rivera
Sandra Rivera has had an extensive career as a dancer, choreographer and educator. A founding member of Ballet Hispanico, she performed as a principal dancer creating a number of roles in the company’s repertory. Since 1990 she has choreographed and performed contemporary dances with thematic content that reflects the Latino experience in the United States. Artist-in-residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine with the Omega Dance Co., where she served as director. Her solo dance portraits and choreographies have been presented at El Museo del Barrio, the Caramoor International Music Festival and the Abrons Art Center,the Julia de Burgos Cultural Center, Aaron Davis Hall and the 92 Street Y. She is on the faculty of Ballet Hispanico School of Dance and performs and is a teaching artist for Dancers For A Variable Population. BA in Dance in the Latino Diaspora; CUNY’s Baccalaureate for Unique & Interdisciplinary Studies.
Behind the Scenes
Learn About Audrey
Watch Audrey’s “Gratitude for Every Step” - a dance history story of her movement lineage
Take a step into Audrey’s virtual rehearsal!
Join the DVP teaching artists and REVIVAL 4 production team as they demonstrate Audrey’s master class during a DVP phone class on the theme of “Inner Strength and Outer Power”.
Meet Sandra
Join Sandra in an invitation to her latest dance.
“You need to have the posture… there’s this emotional quality about it. You could bring more of the history, like in Spanish dance, Flamenco… there’s kind of like a defiance in the posture.”
Learn about the dance
Sandra shares her dance lineage and the history of Spanish Dance in America and the founding of Ballet Hispanico
Watch the Dances
“Keep On Dancing”
Featured dancers: Jackie Davis-Manigault, Theo Gilbert, Sheila Kennedy, Gail Lerner, Audrey Madison, Celeste Morris, Jeana Musacchio, Marie Rosenberg, Margaret Whitfield
Original music by Edward Gares
“In the Midst of Echoes of Spain”
Featured dancers: Sharon Flanagan, Theo Gildbert, Megan Haungs, Shelagh Krueger, Marisol Morales, Toes Tiranoff, Margaret Whitfield, Margaret Yuen
Music: Asturias by Isaac Albeniz
