Welcome to Present Tense Dance!
For two decades, Anne Harris Wilcox and Present Tense Dance have performed entertaining, challenging contemporary dance for audience throughout the Northeast. Learn more about our history, director, perfomers and collaborators by exploring our new Web site.
Busy Times for Anne and the Company
PTD Director Anne Harris Wilcox has recently been named President-elect of the New York State Dance Education Association at their annual board meeting. She's been on the board of directors for NYSDEA since 2006, and is using 2012 to prepare for her role as President staring in 2013.
Meanwhile...
Anne just finished a very successful residency with School of the Arts, setting two excerpts from When the Souls Rise on SOTA students for their beloved annual Dance Concert March 9-11. Anne was honored to be one of the Guest Artists for the 2011-12 season (along with Steve Humphrey of Garth Fagan Dance). She loved working with these incredibly talented young artists.
And...
Anne also recent finished setting her energetic and witty piece, Ten Pin Alley, on Pleien Dance Company of Buffalo, NY. Directed by Deborah Lippa-Ciotta, this company of 8-17 year old dancers is thrilled to have the opportunity to work on this hysterical piece. Performance date for this event will be May 20th, at the Nichols School for Performing Arts in Buffalo.
And in April, Anne travels to Washington DC for Arts Advocacy Day, getting a chance to let our elected officials know how important it is to continue to fund arts education! Anne will be on Capital Hill April 16 & 17 doing just that. As a representative of NYSDEA, the state affiliate of the National Dance Education Organization, Anne will attend this vital advocacy event with Kevin Warner, Advocacy Director of NYSDEA, in efforts to keep arts alive in NYS and in the USA.
Drumcliffe Irish Arts
Catch PTD in collaboration with Edward Murphy's Drumcliffe on June 9. Watch for more details.
PTD with Syracuse Contemporary Dance
On May 19 & 20, Present Tense Dance performs with Syracuse Contemporary Dance at the Civic Center in Syracuse, NY
PTD will perform Anne Harris Wilcox's most recent piece, Magnum Opus, an original and comical treatment of the creative process. It's got big props.