MODArts Dance Collective (MADC) is elated to announce its eighth annual dance festival, Collective Thread, on March 31 & April 1, 2023 7:30 PM at The Riverside Theater, 91 Claremont Avenue, New York, NY 10027 + Livestream & On Demand Option. The purpose of Collective Thread is to provide a voice and a platform for artistic self-impression to those women identifying artists of underrepresented ethnic groups within the medium of dance. ***PLEASE NOTE: MADC uses the term “women” to encompass all those that self-identify as women including cisgender, transgender, nonbinary, or gender non-conforming. We honor and respect all identities.*** The goal of Collective Thread is to instill artists with the necessary tools to take on leadership roles in an effort to increase diversity, inclusion, and gender equality in the dance field. 

The sixteen artists who will share their work in one or both of the live evening concerts are Andrea Vazquez-Aguirre | Cedar City, UT; Yu Fujiwara & Tsubasa Nishioka | Elmhurst, NY; Jalyn Gill & Tashae Udo | Brooklyn, NY; Sloka Iyengar/The Aseemkala Initiative | New York City, NY; Joan Liu/Axons Dance Theatre | Astoria, NY; Audrey Hubbard Madison/MoJazz Dance | Brooklyn, NY; Kiara Paige/CarNYval Dancers | Jamaica, NY; Shreya Ramanathan/The Aseemkala Initiative | Austin, TX; Carolina Rivera/SUR Dance | New York City, NY;  Allyson Ross/ SouthernBelleStories | New York City, NY; Aika Takeshima & Sara Pizzi/sarAika movement collective | Queens, NY; Leah Tubbs/MODArts Dance Collective (MADC) | Harlem, NY; and Kayla Yee | New York City, NY. This year's recipient of the CREATE | SHARE | INSPIRE Legacy Award is Mary Barnett. You can purchase the 2023 Collective Thread Dance Festival On Demand Access to view both concerts at your convenience until midnight EST on Sunday, April 16th for $20.