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!

Personal invitation to after parties
2 Custom Company T-Shirts
Invitation to select rehearsals (in-person) and live stream rehearsals (long-distance)
Two tickets for all season performances
Name listed in performance programs
Name listed on company website

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE

VISIONARIES

$5,000 + per annum

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR'S CIRCLE

VISIONARIES

$5,000 + per annum

1 Custom Company T-Shirts
Invitation to select rehearsals (in-person) and live stream rehearsals (long-distance)
Two tickets for all season performances
Name listed in performance programs
Name listed on company website

DANCER'S CIRCLE

INVESTORS

$2,500 + per annum

DANCERS' CIRCLE

INVESTORS

$2,500 + per annum

Two tickets for one performance
Name listed in performance programs
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.

GRASS IS GREEN

COMING SOON

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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:

chuckwilt@una.productions

CONTRIBUTE

INDIVIDUAL GIVING

CHOREOGRAPHER

COMING SOON

ALLIE TSUBOTA

PHOTOGRAPHER

(NYC)

ALLIE TSUBOTA PHOTOGRAPHY

ALLIE TSUBOTA

ROY ASSAF

CHOREOGRAPHER

(ISRAEL)

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

ROY ASSAF DANCE

ROY ASSAF

MELANIE CHARLES

SINGER-SONGWRITER

FLUTIST

(NYC)

D'FLOWER

MELANIE CHARLES

MANGE HELLBERG

VISUAL ARTIST, SINGER, POET

(SWEDEN)

MANGE HELLBERG

CATHERINE KIRK

PERFORMER

PHOTOGRAPHER

(NYC)

GUEST WITH UNA

DANCER WITH A.I.M

CATHERINE KIRK

EMMA WHITELEY

PERFORMER

TATTOO ARTIST

GRAPHIC DESIGNER

(SEATTLE)

GUEST WITH UNA

YARD N GNOME TATTOO

EMMA WHITELEY

JENNIFER REISER

LIGHTING DESIGNER

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR

(VERMONT/NYC)

JENNIFER REISER

JAKE SANER

CINEMATOGRAPHER

DIRECTOR

(NYC/LA)

JAKE SANER

CHOREOGRAPHER

COMING SOON

ALLIE TSUBOTA

PHOTOGRAPHER

(NYC)

ALLIE TSUBOTA PHOTOGRAPHY

ROY ASSAF

CHOREOGRAPHER

(ISRAEL)

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

ROY ASSAF DANCE

DERVLA CAREY-JONES

MATTHEW PEREZ

DANIEL ALWELL

EXTENDED FAMILY : PERFORMERS

CHOREOGRAPHER

COMING SOON

ALLIE TSUBOTA

PHOTOGRAPHER

(NYC)

ALLIE TSUBOTA PHOTOGRAPHY

ROY ASSAF

CHOREOGRAPHER

(ISRAEL)

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

ROY ASSAF DANCE

SHERAH SHIPMAN

MITCHELL CHRISTIE

SARAH ESSER

CHOREOGRAPHER

COMING SOON

ALLIE TSUBOTA

PHOTOGRAPHER

(NYC)

ALLIE TSUBOTA PHOTOGRAPHY

ROY ASSAF

CHOREOGRAPHER

(ISRAEL)

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

ROY ASSAF DANCE

WILL NOLING

HOLLY SASS

LAUREN KRAVITZ

A GIRL

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

MORE INFO

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.