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Caleb Teicher

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Location
New York, NY
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Project Title
Swing Out
Fiscal Year Awarded
2020
Grant or Program
National Dance Project Production Grant
Grant Amount
$45,000

Swing Out will celebrate the history and tradition of America’s indigenous partnered dance form: the Lindy Hop. Directed and choreographed by Caleb Teicher in collaboration with Evita Arce, LaTasha Barnes, and Nathan Bugh, the 70-minute production will bring the best of swing dance to the concert dance stage with a cast of 12 of the finest Lindy Hop dancers in the world, and the live music of Eyal Vilner’s 10-piece big band. A 30-minute post-show band set will invite an intergenerational audience on stage to participate in a swing dance jam. 

Estimated Artist Fee: $50,000/performance; $75,000 - $95,000/week.

Presenter Partners

  • Cyrus Northrop Memorial Auditorium, University of Minnesota (Minneapolis, MN)
  • George Mason University (Fairfax, VA)
  • The Joyce Theater (New York, NY)

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Christine Tschida, Agent, Joyce Theater Productions
The Joyce Theater Foundation
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