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ABOUT USMADBOOTS DANCE WAS CO-FOUNDED IN AUGUST 2011 BY JONATHAN CAMPBELL (THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL 10) & AUSTIN DIAZ (NYU TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS 11). THE COMPANY HAS BEEN PRESENTED INTERNATIONALLY BY THE DUO MULTICULTURAL ARTS CENTER, THE 92ND STREET Y, TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, TOES FOR DANCE, AND NORTE MAAR. MADBOOTS HAS ALSO BEEN GENEROUSLY AWARDED SPACE GRANTS FROM GIBNEY DANCE CENTER, INCEPTION TO EXHIBITION, DUO MULTICULTURAL ARTS CENTER, AND JACOB'S PILLOW. ADDITIONALLY, THE COMPANY HAS PRESENTED WORKS AT THE ALTO JONIO DANCE FESTIVAL (ITALY), SPRINGBOARD DANSE MONTREAL, DAVID PARKERS SOAKING WET, AND DANCENOW JOE'S PUB DANCE FESTIVAL (2012 CHALLENGE WINNER). IN 2013, MADBOOTS DANCE CO. WAS FEATURED IN DANCE MAGAZINE'S VITAL SIGNS SEGMENT AND THE NEW YORK TIMES NOTED THE COMPANY'S "SHARP, ELEGANT MOVEMENTS, DARK THEATRICALITY AND UNASHAMED INTIMACY"

ASIDE FROM PERFORMING, CAMPBELL & DIAZ HAVE TAUGHT MASTER CLASSES AT BROADWAY DANCE CENTER, DANCE NEW AMSTERDAM, POINT PARK UNIVERSITY, VELOCITY DANCE CENTER, LAFAYETTE COLLEGE, MUHLENBERG COLLEGE AND DESALES UNIVERSITY. MADBOOTS WAS COMMISSIONED TO CREATE A NEW WORK FOR THE JUNIOR CLASS AT SUNY PURCHASE CONSERVATORY OF DANCE IN FALL 2014. MOST RECENTLY, JACOB'S PILLOW ANNOUNCED MADBOOTS' 6 SHOW RUN IN THEIR 2015 DANCE FESTIVAL.

IT IS OUR MISSION TO QUESTION THE PHYSICALITY OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION AND PUSH THE ENVELOPE OF MOVEMENT INVENTION. BY CREATING COMPLEX AND THEATRICAL ENVIRONMENTS STEEPED IN ATHLETICISM, HUMOR AND SUBTLETY, THE WORK REVELS IN ANTITHETICAL AESTHETICS AND UNCOMFORTABLE REALITIES, OFTEN EXPLORING THE MANY FACETS OF THE MASCULINE IDENTITY. AS QUEER ARTISTS, WE FEEL THE TOPIC IS EVER-PRESENT IN OUR WORK, BUT IT IS NOT THE SOLE AGENDA. REGARDLESS OF GENDER AND SEXUALITY, A THROUGH LINE OF HUMANITY IS INTEGRAL TO THE WORK.

ARTISTIC STATEMENT

JONATHAN CAMPBELLCO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

ORIGINALLY FROM DALLAS, TX, JONATHAN RECEIVED HIS B.F.A. FROM THE JUILLIARD SCHOOL IN 2010. HE HAS PERFORMED THE WORKS OF ASZURE BARTON, WILLIAM FORSYTHE, LARRY KEIGWIN, OHAD NAHARIN, PAUL TAYLOR & JOHANNES WIELAND. POST-GRADUATION, JONATHAN HAS DANCED AND TOURED WITH THE LAR LUBOVITCH DANCE COMPANY, SIDRA BELL DANCE NEW YORK & GALLIM DANCE.

AUSTINDIAZCO-ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

A NATIVE OF NEW JERSEY, AUSTIN ATTAINED HIS B.F.A. FROM NEW YORK UNIVERSITYS TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS IN 2011. HE HAS PERFORMED THE WORKS OF LUCINDA CHILDS, SHANNON GILLEN, OHAD NAHARIN & BENOIT-SWAN POUFFER. AUSTIN CURRENTLY DANCES FOR SIDRA BELL DANCE NEW YORK.

DIRECTORS

2015JACOBS PILLOW CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT RESIDENCYINCEPTION TO EXHIBITION DANCE FESTIVALNYU TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS SUMMER DANCE FESTIVALJACOBS PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL 2015 |PREMIERETOES FOR DANCE|CANADIAN TOUR

HIGHLIGHTS

201392Y DIG DANCE: WEEKEND SERIES|ACADEMYTOES FOR DANCE|CANADIAN TOURJACOBS PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL|INSIDE/OUT SERIESDMAC PRESENTS BLUENYUS PAST/FORWARD 2013BROADWAY DANCE CENTERS CONTEMPORARY/MODERN INTENSIVE

2012KNEES AND TOES/ NYS & TOS|TORONTOINCEPTION TO EXHIBITION 2012 SHOWCASEDUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL|OPENING NIGHT GALADANCENOW JOES PUB DANCE FESTIVAL [2012 CHALLENGE WINNER]ALTO JONIO DANCE FESTIVAL|ITALYDAVID PARKERS SOAKING WET SERIES

2014JACOBS PILLOW CREATIVE DEVELOPMENT RESIDENCYINCEPTION TO EXHIBITION DANCE FESTIVALNYU TISCH SCHOOL OF THE ARTS SUMMER DANCE FESTIVAL PRESENTS BEAU.SPRINGBOARD DANSE MONTREALIGNITE|TORONTODANCE AT SOCRATESSUNY PURCHASE CONSERVATORY OF DANCE COMMISSIONCHOREOGRAPHERS ON CAMPUS|LAFAYETTE COLLEGETOES FOR DANCE|CANADIAN TOURACADEMY|BAM FISHER HILLMAN STUDIO

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