Yebel Gallegos Awarded New York State Choreographers Initiative 2025 Award

Yebel Gallegos, assistant professor of dance at Bard, has been awarded a New York State Choreographers Initiative 2025 Award of $11,500 through the New York State’s DanceForce, a network of dance activists working to increase the quality and quantity of dance, in partnership with the New York State Council on the Arts. The award, which is designed to help awardees develop their choreographic skills by providing resources to advance their creative practice, will fund Yebel with a $2,500 stipend and paid support for both a mentor and creative time spent with dancers and other collaborators of his choice. Yebel’s choreography project will become a mini-residency designed to fit his specific artistic needs, and he has invited Dante Puleio, artistic director of the Limón Dance Company, to serve as his mentor. Puleio’s insight into how experienced dancers navigate inherited choreographic traditions makes him an ideal guide as Yebel explores new methods of movement generation with professionals in the field.

Post Date: 06-02-2025