JAN 13-15
10AM-2PM
$125 NewYears admission through Jan 1
$150 after Jan 1
$50 Drop-in admission
Join UNA in NYC this winter for three days of improvisation, repertory and creative process with Chuck Wilt, Rebecca Margolick and Courtney Mazeika!
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Personal invitation to after parties
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2 Custom Company T-Shirts
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Invitation to select rehearsals (in-person) and live stream rehearsals (long-distance)
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Two tickets for all season performances
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Name listed in performance programs
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Name listed on company website
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE
VISIONARIES
$5,000 + per annum
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE
VISIONARIES
$5,000 + per annum
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1 Custom Company T-Shirts
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Invitation to select rehearsals (in-person) and live stream rehearsals (long-distance)
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Two tickets for all season performances
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Name listed in performance programs
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Name listed on company website
DANCER'S CIRCLE
INVESTORS
$2,500 + per annum
DANCERS' CIRCLE
INVESTORS
$2,500 + per annum
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Two tickets for one performance
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Name listed in performance programs
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Name listed on company website
LEADERS
$500 + per annum
LEADERS
$500 + per annum
Chuck has choreographed and produced two music videos for band Figs Vision one of which is an official selection for the 40 North Dance Film Festival and one dance film which was an official selection for the Festival Of Recorded Movement in Vancouver.
Wilt has taught technique, improvisation and set repertory for the NYU Tisch Summer High School Program for two years. Along with UNA company members, Wilt has taught at Velocity Dance Center, Gibney Dance Center, Lowell High School, ODC Dance Commons, SF Arts Institute, LAB Sessions/IATI Studios and Booker T. Washington High School for Performing and Visual Arts. Additionally, the company has done outreach in NYC including lec-dems and workshops with Williamsburg Charter, Brooklyn International, Beacon High Schools and the Professional Performing Arts School.
Additionally, Chuck has performed with Jérôme Bel's The Show Must Go On at the Joyce, Martin Løfsnes/360° Dance Company, Rebecca Margolick/Maxx Berkowitz's birds sing a pretty song in NYC, Vancouver, Sofia, Jerusalem and San Diego, From the Horse's Mouth, MADBOOTS DANCE at the Jacob's Pillow Festival and in Vancouver, Zoe|Juniper, Katharine Hawthorne, Danaka Dance, GroundWorks DanceTheater performing the work of Noa Zuk, as well as Chihiro Shimizu and Artists among others. Chuck has trained at the San Francisco Ballet School, ODC, LINES Ballet, SEAD in Austria, American Dance Festival, Jacob's Pillow Contemporary Program and Springboard Danse Montreal. He has also studied Ohad Naharin's movement language, Gaga, in San Francisco, NYC, Montreal and Israel and attended Hofesh Shechter's Professional Intensive in London. He is the recipient of the Homer Avila Award and the Jacob’s Pillow School Professional Advancement Award.
COMING SOON
UNA's mission is to discover and communicate deeply rooted embodiments of human existence through physically powerful dancing and imagery that are evocative and colorful. UNA cultivates a rich creative environment both for the company and community in addition to creating more opportunity for performers, choreographers and other artists.
Founded by Artistic Director & Choreographer Chuck Wilt, UNA is a 501c3 non-profit organization. All donations to the company are 100% tax-deductible.
UNA's patrons are an integral part of the dance company's impact. Up until 2017, the company was solely funded by the generosity and vision of our individual donors.
As we expand, our funding sources have diversified to include earned income, grants from foundations including the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation, the Kenneth & Kyona Zak Foundation, the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, sponsorships and in-kind support from small businesses, and corporate-matching including from Bank of America and F'Real Foods.
UNA has multiple tiers of giving, each with unique benefits and meaningful ways to engage with the company - See below to learn how you can give at the level that is right for you.
Please don't hesitate to reach out with any questions you may have:
INDIVIDUAL GIVING
CHOREOGRAPHER
COMING SOON
CATHERINE KIRK
PERFORMER
PHOTOGRAPHER
(NYC)
GUEST WITH UNA
DANCER WITH A.I.M
EMMA WHITELEY
PERFORMER
TATTOO ARTIST
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
(SEATTLE)
GUEST WITH UNA
YARD N GNOME TATTOO
CHOREOGRAPHER
COMING SOON
DERVLA CAREY-JONES
MATTHEW PEREZ
DANIEL ALWELL
EXTENDED FAMILY : PERFORMERS
CHOREOGRAPHER
COMING SOON
SHERAH SHIPMAN
MITCHELL CHRISTIE
SARAH ESSER
CHOREOGRAPHER
COMING SOON
WILL NOLING
HOLLY SASS
LAUREN KRAVITZ
NOW MORE THAN EVER, WE ARE CALLING UPON PATRONS OF THE ARTS TO HELP US CONTINUE DANCING, CREATING AND PERFORMING.
In 2021, UNA returned to the studio after one year apart. As a bi-coastal, project-based company, our operations were primarily shut down throughout the pandemic, without ability to restart because of the level of safety involved and financial stress on the organization. Through the support of UNA's donors as well as Foundation and Institutional support, we fortunately developed safe, concentrated periods of rehearsals. For five weeks in the spring, UNA built a bubble residency in San Diego, allowing the company to pick up where we left off a year prior with works-in-progress and beginning a new work. Additionally, the company rehearsed for one month in NYC this Fall, preparing for the premiere of our evening-length work Grass is Green (March 2022), as well as continuing the development of new work M. To close out 2021, we were in residence through RoundAntennae in San Francisco/Berkeley, where we created two new works with company members and guests. We shared excerpts of these new works during public showings in San Francisco/Berkeley, which were our first public showings since March 2020!
Although the company is having a slow return to being in the studio together, this year, UNA was commissioned by the most Universities and Training Programs to date. UNA created and set repertory on NYU Tisch, SALT Professional Training Program, University of Maryland, Ailey Fordham University, Mason Gross Rutgers University and the Alonzo King Lines Ballet Training Program.
For our 2022 Season, we are hopeful and excited for more opportunities to create new works, as well as our first in-person performances and tours since 2020.
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center in Maryland has co-commissioned the premiere of Grass is Green, which will involve eight company artists and Drag Queen/live musician Rose Nylons. Additionally, I will be a Resident Choreographer at renowned professional dance program, Springboard Danse Montreal- where UNA will perform and create new work for the company and program participants. We also plan to tour new work to Jerusalem for the Jaffa to Agripas Festival in October 2021 with support from the MidAtlantic Foundation's US Artists International grant. And more to come!
UNA’s continued work and involvement in the community is primarily made possible through the generosity and vision of our donors. In order to achieve our goals for our continued rehearsing and safe return to performing/touring, we are asking you to join UNA’s community and help us grow our impact through your charitable support.
Every gift matters and helps us reach our goal.
UNA has multiple tiers of giving, each with unique benefits and meaningful ways to engage with the company.
Thank you for your continued support and for being a part of UNA’s family!
Sincerely,
Chuck Wilt
& the Artists of UNA
CHOREOGRAPHER
COMING SOON
JAYNE HENDERSON
MEREDITH WEBSTER
ARIEL FREEDMAN
EXTENDED FAMILY : PERFORMERS
CHOREOGRAPHER
COMING SOON
MARLEY COUTO
ROSS KATEN
MOLLY MCSHERRY
CHOREOGRAPHER
COMING SOON
ASHLEY ROBICHEAUX
HOLLY SASS
LAUREN KRAVITZ
CHOREOGRAPHER
COMING SOON
EXTENDED FAMILY : CHOREOGRAPHERS
CATHERINE KIRK
PERFORMER
PHOTOGRAPHER
(NYC)
GUEST WITH UNA
DANCER WITH A.I.M
EMMA WHITELEY
PERFORMER
TATTOO ARTIST
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
(SEATTLE)
GUEST WITH UNA
YARD N GNOME TATTOO
CHOREOGRAPHER
COMING SOON
CHOREOGRAPHER
COMING SOON
EXTENDED FAMILY : PHOTOGRAPHERS
EMMA WHITELEY
PERFORMER
TATTOO ARTIST
GRAPHIC DESIGNER
(SEATTLE)
GUEST WITH UNA
YARD N GNOME TATTOO
CATHERINE KIRK
PERFORMER
PHOTOGRAPHER
(NYC)
GUEST WITH UNA
DANCER WITH A.I.M
CHOREOGRAPHER
COMING SOON
EXTENDED FAMILY : CINEMATOGRAPHERS
CHOREOGRAPHER
COMING SOON
CATHERINE KIRK
PERFORMER
PHOTOGRAPHER
(NYC)
GUEST WITH UNA
DANCER WITH A.I.M
CHOREOGRAPHER
COMING SOON
EXTENDED FAMILY :
CATHERINE KIRK
PERFORMER
PHOTOGRAPHER
(NYC)
GUEST WITH UNA
DANCER WITH A.I.M
MUSICIANS / COMPOSERS
EXTENDED FAMILY : LIGHTING DESIGNERS
CHOREOGRAPHER
COMING SOON
EXTENDED FAMILY : GALLERY ARTISTS
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DASOL KIM
PERFORMER
DASOL is a native of South Korea and is currently a movement artist based in Brooklyn, NY. While attending NYU Tisch School of the Arts, she performed with Kidd Pivot at New York City Center and was chosen to study abroad in Berlin, Germany where she worked with Johannes Wieland and Ayman Harper. Along with her training, she has worked with artists including Peter Chu, Emma Portner, and Bret Easterling. Upon graduating Tisch, she has enjoyed collaborating with other freelance artists and has been developing her artistic voice as a movement director for several films. Dasol joined UNA as a company member for the 2019/2020 Season.
HALEY WILLIAMS
FEATURED ARTIST
THE COMPANY
VISIONARIES
$5,000 + per annum
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Personal invitation to after parties
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2 Company T-Shirts
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Invitation to select rehearsals
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Two tickets for all season performances
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Name listed in performance programs
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Name listed on company website
LEADERS
$500 + per annum
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Two tickets for one performance
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Name listed in performance programs
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Name listed on company website
INVESTORS
$2,500 + per annum
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Invitation to select rehearsals
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1 Company T-Shirt
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Two tickets for all season performances
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Name listed in performance programs
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Name listed on company website
FRIENDS
$100 + per annum
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Name listed on company website
5TH SEASON
Thank you to EVERYONE who has contributed to UNA since we formed in 2013! Your generous support has been pivotal in the tremendous growth and opportunities that we have experienced.
With your support we created over 30 projects. Our experiences teaching and performing
nationally/
internationally
have been amazing.
UNA is an
ever-expanding
organization and family,
and we thank you for being a part of our mission.
MEMBERS
Lynne Scheible
Gus Solomons Jr.
Mary-Louise Albert
Kim Whiteley
Lyn & Carl Roberts
Donna James-Harvey
Darlette Bass
Janiece Evans-Page
Joy Kellman
Seth Meisler
Linda Gruber
Peter Chance
Nicholas Croft
Mary-Louise Albert
Seán Curran Company
Sandra Halladey
An Marie Rodgers
Tiffanie Carson
Lyria Howland
Kate Ivins
Alex Kirk
Faye Kroh
Jennifer Lin
Ramona Logan
Nancy Cain Marcus
Michelle McSherry
Tracey Nash-Huntley
Stephanie & Abram Paley
Pamela Pietro
Ginger Reeder
Bobbie Robicheaux
Jennifer & Jerry Scheible
Lynne Scheible
Lisa Schweitzer
Christine Stead
Bradley G. Taylor
Meagan Thompson
Mary-Catherine Wilson
INVESTORS
Ken Zak
Ted & Kim Filley
Kim Whiteley
Curtis Tom
Kathleen Scheible
F'Real Foods
Matrice Ellis Kirk
Kurt Ahmann
Nancy and Mike Scheible
SUPPORTERS
Joe Reece
Tracey Huntley
Lisa Kravitz
Sandra Carino
Anonymous
Chad Woodard
Teri Dowling
Vivek Pathela
Joe Reese
Nancy Mininberg
PAST SUPPORTERS
2018 CALENDAR
San Francisco Creative Residency
December 11-20, 2017
Creation for new work with company members and guest artists with support from RoundAntennae
San Francisco Open Classes
December 11-15, 2017
Chuck Wilt and Company members will teach
open contemporary classes through ODC/Hot Spot
New Creation on ODC Dance Jam
December 18-22, 2017
The company will make a new piece for
ODC's youth company in SF
APAP Showings
January 14, 2018
Performing pieces from Deserts
Alvin Ailey Studios (NYC)
NYC Creative Residency
January 15-25, 2018
Creation for new work
with support from NYU Tisch
92nd St. Y Mixed Bill
January 26, 2018
Performing Cadet
12PM, 92nd st. Y (NYC)
Movement Research at The Judson Church
March 12, 2018
Performing New Work-In-Progress
8PM, Judson Church (NYC) -- MORE INFO
Israel Residency
April 27-May 5, 2018
The company will be in residence with Israeli based
choreographer Roy Assaf, for a new company initiative
--MORE DETAILS SOON!
Vermont Creative Residency
June 26-July 6, 2018
Creation for new work
with company members and guest artists
SWELL 4 + 5
June-July, 2018
Choreographers tba
7:30PM, Jack Crystal Theater (NYC)
& MORE!!
Photos by Scott Shaw
