MODArts Dance Collective (MADC) is elated to announce its tenth annual dance festival, Collective Thread, on March 28-29, 2025 7:30 PM at The Riverside Theatre, 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 2025 presenting choreographers, collaborators, and dance companies are Saharla Vetsch | Oakland, CA; Andrea Vazquez Aguirre/Another River Interdisciplinary Ensemble | Missouri City, TX; Makayla Peterson/Monét Movement Productions: The Collective | Brooklyn, NY; Serene Puri/Kalaa Kendra Performing Arts | Glendale AZ; Li Chiao-Ping/Li Chiao-Ping Dance | Madison, WI; Quetzali Hart | New York City, NY; Maxine Montilus/MV Dance Project | Brooklyn, NY; Rathi Varma | Astoria, NY; Ashlyn Williams/Purpose Performing Arts Collective | Brooklyn, NY; Kaleigh Ogunniyi | Stony Point, NY; He Linli | Beijing, China; Audrey Madison/ MoJazz Dance | Brooklyn, NY;  Yarumi Gonzalez | West Roxbury, MA; Jacquelyn Batten | Brooklyn, NY; Samadrita Bhattacharyya and Meghma Banerjee/Souls of India | Whitman, MA; and Leah Tubbs/MODArts Dance Collective (MADC) | Harlem, NY.

 

The 2025 CREATE | SHARE | INSPIRE Legacy Award recipient is Dianne McIntyre, an artistic pioneer, with an impressive career spanning four decades with choreography for dance, theatre, television and film. The CREATE | SHARE | INSPIRE Legacy Award, established in 2021, celebrates an artist who exemplifies community and is a gatekeeper in the dance field.

 

Presale tickets are $17.50 (plus processing fees)/students & seniors 62+ and $22.50 (plus processing fees)/general admission. Presale tickets can be purchased Friday, February 28 - Monday, March 10. After presale, tickets are $20 (plus processing fees)/students & seniors 62+ and $25 (plus processing fees)/general admission. Tickets are free for children under the age of 10. Tickets can be purchased online and in person at the box office beginning at 6:30pm on the day of the performance.