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"A festive disply by terrifcally vibrant dancers, attuned to all the African, Indian, Latino, and Middle Eastern flavors that Leichter stirs into his brew... fluent-bodied, get-down dancing a dynamic richness and sensuous elegane that just about stops by heart.."

Deborah Jowitt,The Village Voice
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"Killa is a dance phenomenon... a celebration of the virtuosity and ingenuity of club dancing.."

Quinn Batson,offoffoff.com
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"Leichter overlays funky, elbow-flapping, crotch-grabbing moves- an infectious mix of hip hop, West African, and disco-drag-- with references to money, politics, and fashion.."

Gus Solomons Jr.,Gay City News
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Description

Slow and sensual, insistent and intertwined, athletic and aware, Leichter's dance pieces are filled with provocative pairings. Whether exploring race and gender, the relationship between dancers, or between street and traditional dance styles, the movement evokes a cultivated culture clash.
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Nicholas Leichter Biography

Nicholas Leichter (Artistic Director) received a BA in Dance from Connecticut College where he studied with Jacylnn Villamil and Martha Myers. He was a member of Ralph Lemon Company from 1993-1995, has performed with the companies of Jennifer Muller, Ronald K. Brown, and Gus Solomons jr, and regularly appears in the work of Clare Byrne.

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10/11 NDP Production Grant For "The Whiz"
nicholas leichter dance teams up with the ultra-glam-fab singer-songwriter Monstah Black to reinvent the reinvented Black Wizard of Oz for the Obama generation. Celebrating the worlds of the movie musical The Wiz,...>more info

 


Killa (35 Minutes)
Leichter's latest kinetic work Killa, is a bold collage reflecting the underground dance and music scenes, with live performance and music by Monstah Black and some of the most fierce and fabulous dancers.

The RIte of Spring (33 minutes)
Leichter’s vision for this second commission for the company from the Brooklyn Philharmonic follows the structures of the Stravinsky ballet but imagines a collective of workers instead of a virgin as the central theme. Support for the Rite of Spring was provided, in part, with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts.

 

Sweetwash (30 minutes)
Marking Nicholas Leichter’s first collaboration with African American composer, writer, and performer Eisa Davis, Sweetwash honors the work and ideas of African American civil rights activists and literary figures.

 

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Photo Gallery

  'KILLA'; Andrew Smrz photographer     'KILLA'; Monstah Black and Dawn Robinson   'KILLA'; Monstah Black; Andrew Smrz photographer   'KILLA'; Aaron Draper; Andrew Smrz Photographer  

  'KILLA'; Nicholas Leichter; Andrew Smrz photographer   KILLA; Stephanie Liapis, Lauren Basco, Dawn Robinson; Andrew Smrz photographer   Spanish Wells – Quinn Batson photographer   Spanish Wells – Quinn Batson photographer  

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2009/2010 Tour Dates

Sat & Mon, Jan 9 &11, 2010 APAP 2010, Showcase   New York, NY
Wed, Feb 24, 2010 Elon University
KILLA
Elon, NC
Fri & Sat, Feb 26 &27 Diana Wortham Theatre
KILLA 
Asheville, NC
TBA, March Joe's Pub
The Whiz(Preview) 
New York, NY
Th-Sat, June 17-19 Abrons Art Center
Premier of The Whiz 
New York, NY
 
   
       
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