Description
For over 20 years, Forklift Danceworks has created inclusive, one-of-a-kind performance projects that share stories, build understanding, and create community. With a mission to activate communities through a collaborative creative process, Forklift has reached over 50,000 people with free performances that typically feature the people whose work sustains our everyday lives. Additionally, Forklift Danceworks partners with different communities across the world to train local artists and government staff on the unique Forklift collaborative creative process. Through our artistic programming and coaching, Forklift builds capacity for more informed civic dialogue, greater collaboration between individuals, and stronger connections and leadership across communities. A national leader in community-based art making, the company has been recognized throughout its twenty+ year history for its artistic excellence and innovation. The company has been commissioned internationally and featured in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Dance Magazine, BBC Radio, PBS, and NPR. In recent years, Artistic Director Allison Orr was named a MacDowell Fellow, a Dance/USA Fellow in Social Change, and a Doris Duke US Artist Fellow, recognizing her as one of the most compelling artists working today. Orr’s book Dance Works: Stories of Creative Collaboration was published by Wesleyan University Press in 2022. Photo by Jonica Moore.
Additional information
| Discipline | Dance |
|---|---|
| Contact name | Shobie Partos |
| Contact address | 2023 East Cesar Chavez Austin TX 78702 |
| Phone 1 | 512-222-5287 |
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| Public Performance | $2, 000 – $50, 000 |
| School performance | $500 – $3, 500 |
| Workshop fees | $500 – $10, 000 |
| Travel per diem lodging | $300 – $3, 000 |
| City | Austin |
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| Special audiences | Festivals, Hands-on activities, Schools |
| School audiences | Elementary, High, Middle, Pre-K |
| Venue size | Larger, Medium, Smaller, Unplugged, Very Large |
