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| about the company | national touring history | international touring history |
| National
Touring History
The Margaret Jenkins Dance Company (MJDC) began touring extensively in the late 1970s. During the NEA’s National Dance Touring Program, the Company traveled throughout the United States on a regular basis. The Company has also traveled internationally in Western and Eastern Europe, as well as Asia. Dances have been commissioned by a long list of presenters, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco,CA, BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music), NY, Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland, College Park, MD, the Krannert Center in Urbana, IL, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Lee, MA, Cal Performances in Berkeley, CA, Arizona State University and University of Arizona, AZ, Peak Performances at Montclair University, NJ and on a number of occasions by Dance Center of Columbia College and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL. |
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| ARIZONA • Arizona State University, Tucson 1995, 1997, 1999 The MJDC has performed on three separate occasions at ASU, including a major commissioning project, Breathe Normally, in 1997-99. • University of Arizona, Tempe 1999 UA Presents was a commissioning partner in Breathe Normally. CALIFORNIA • Berkeley Arts Museum 1977 • Cal Performances, UC Berkeley 1986, 1989, 1996 The MJDC was commissioned and presented by Cal Performances on three separate occasions, including the premiere of a work with Yoko Ono, and a three-year residency for the creation and presentation of Fault in 1996. • California State University, Fresno 1979 • Herbst Pavillion, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco 2003 • Jewish Community Center, San Rafael 1976 • Julia Morgan Theater, Berkeley 1992 • Live Oak Park, Berkeley 1978 • Loyola Marymount, Los Angeles 1973 • Mills College, Oakland 1993 • New Performance Gallery, San Francisco 1985-1992 • Old First Church, San Francisco 1976 • Occidental College, Los Angeles 1992 • Project Artaud Theater, San Francisco 1984-2001, 2007 • Stanford Lively Arts, Palo Alto 1984 • UCLA 1986, 1989 • UC San Diego 1979 • UC Riverside 1995 and 2009 • UC Santa Barbara 1995 • Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), San Francisco 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2006 The MJDC opened YBCA in 1994 with a performance with the Kronos Quartet and has presented itself three additional times since the opening. COLORADO • Colorado Dance Festival, Boulder 1995 • Crested Butte Dance Festival, Crested Butte 1995 • Dance Aspen, Aspen 1995 • Telluride Institute, Telluride 1995 CONNECTICUT • Wesleyan College, Wesleyan 1990 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA • Washington Performing Arts, Washington, DC 1993 FLORIDA • Maggie Allesee National Center for Choreography, Tallahassee 2007 HAWAII • Kahilu Theater, Waimea 1994, 1998 • Leeward Community College, Honolulu 1994 ILLINOIS • Columbia College, Chicago 1987-2007 The MJDC has an extensive history with Columbia College. In the last 25 years, we have been presented over a dozen times and commissioned on two occasions. Once as part of the National Dance Residency Project and during the creation and presentation of Breathe Normally in 1999. • Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, Urbana 1989, 1992, 1999 The MJDC was commissioned by the Krannert Center for Breathe Normally and presented three times. • Museum of Modern Art (Chicago Institute of Art), Chicago 1999 INDIANA • Indiana State University, Terre Haute 1991 • Purdue University, West Lafayette 1991 IOWA • University of Iowa, Iowa City 1998 |
KANSAS • Lied Center, Lawrence 1999 MARYLAND • University of Maryland, College Park 1988, 2007 and 2009 MASSACHUSETTS • Harvard University/Harvard Summer Dance Festival, Boston 1990 • Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Lee 1992-96 The MJDC has performed on four separate occasions at the Pillow, one of which involved a residency for the development of The Gates (Far Away Near). • Joy of Movement Center, Boston 1979 MICHIGAN • Michigan State University, East Lansing 1987 MINNESOTA • Walker Art Center, Minneapolis 1993 MONTANA • Emerson Center for Arts and Culture, Bozeman 1986 NEW HAMPSHIRE • Dartmouth College, New Hampshire 1998 NEW JERSEY • Peak Performances@Montclair State University 2009 NEW MEXICO • Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe 1987, 1993 • Kimo Theater, Albuquerque 1985, 1987, 1992 • Shiprock Navajo Fair, Shiprock 1995 • University of New Mexico, Albuquerque 1992 NEW YORK • Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), Brooklyn 1985 • Danspace Project, New York 2007 • Joyce Theater, New York 1984, 1989, 1995, 1999 The MJDC has presented itself on four different occasions at The Joyce. • Lincoln Center Serious Fun Festival, New York 1993 • SUNY Brockport 1983 • Westbeth, New York 1979, 1981, 1983 • YMCA, New York 1982 OHIO • Ohio State University, Columbus 1985 • Ohio University, Athens 1985 • Denison University, Granville 1985 OREGON • Portland State University, Portland 1989, 1992 PENNSYLVANIA • Lafayette College, Easton 1998 • Painted Bride, Philadelphia 1992 • Pittsburgh Dance Council, Pittsburgh 1998 and 2009 SOUTH CAROLINA • Spoleto Festival USA, Charleston 1986 TEXAS • Arts San Antonio, San Antonio 1986 • Austin Festival of Dance, Austin 1997 • Contemporary Art Center, Austin 1980 • University of Texas, Austin 1999 • University of North Texas, Denton 1986 UTAH • Capitol Theater, Salt Lake City 1992 WASHINGTON • On the Boards, Seattle 1989 • Whitman College, Walla Walla 1979 |
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