Gibney Company

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RESPONSIBLE AGENT

Barbara Frum - bfrum@outermostagency.com

BIO

GIBNEY COMPANY is a commission based, repertory company that works with renowned and rising international choreographers representing a broad range of aesthetics and techniques. In January 2020, Gibney received a $2 million gift from Andrew A. Davis, a Trustee of the Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund, to support the transformation of its resident dance troupe.

In this new phase of expansion, the Company is exploring new possibilities for commissioning original works while retaining its longstanding spirit of experimentation. In the 2020-2021 season, the Company doubled in size to 12 dancers and commissioned five new works. Gibney Company will make its debut at The Joyce Theater in New York in November 2021.

With the aim of redefining a 21st-century contemporary dance company, the Gibney organization is creating a new model for supportive and sustainable careers for dancers and healthy working relationships for artists and collaborators. The Company, led by Artistic Director Gina Gibney with Director Gilbert T Small II, has already expanded the role of its dancers, known as Artistic Associates, to play a vital role as both artists and activists. Artistic Associates advance the quality of the organization’s artistry through performance and deepen its community engagement through advocacy for issues in the dance field such as diversity, mental health, and economic empowerment.

Gibney Company members have 52-week contracts, health insurance, access to free physical therapy, an annual artistic sabbatical, and paid vacation.

PRESS

“If not quite an empire, Gibney Company is an enterprise. The dancers are referred to as artistic associates and, in addition to performing, they also contribute as community activists in the dance field.” - New York Times