above photo: Alexander Rivero | dancer above: Medea Exogiinos
upcoming performances
NYC Aerial Dance Festival 2024
Friday, March 8 @ 7:30 pm
Saturday, March 9 @ 7:00 pm
Featuring Fly-by-Night Dance Theater & Invited Aerial Guests
Five Angels Theater
789 Tenth Avenue, NYC @ 52nd Street
Tickets:
Adults $25 (advance) ● $40 at the door
Students $15 (advance) ● $40 at the door
note: advance sales end 4 hours before each performance.
Featuring choreography by:
Akim Funk Buddha
Cherie Carson/Upswing Aerial Dance
Julie Ludwick/Fly-by-Night Dance Theater
Maia Ramnath & Medea Exogiinos
New York Cat
With Performances by:
Akim Funk Buddha/Special Musical Guest
Cecilia Fontanesi
Dorian Maffei
Helium Valentine
Julie Ludwick
KC Hyland
Maia Ramnath
Medea Exogiinos
New York Cat
Paris Kylil
This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
upcoming residency
September 2024
Where Shall I Send My Joys?
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Deming Theater, Geneva, NY
recent / past performances
Somatic Dance Conference and Performance Festival 2022
Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Deming Theater
Saturday, July 9th @ 8 pm
excerpts of Where Shall I Send My Joys?
The World Premiere of Where Shall I Send My Joys?
Presented by the CUNY Dance Initiative and the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College Friday, April 1, 2022 @ 7:30 pm
Featuring dancers Maia Ramnath, Cecilia Fontanesi, and Artistic Director Julie Ludwick. The project explores loss and grief and how it can be balanced by cultivating and sharing the joys of everyday life. More info on how the project began can be seen HERE
Live Music by Composer Paul Uhry Newman
Cinematography by Cristobal Vivar
Dramaturgy by James Bosley
Costumes by Jane Catherine Shaw
Lighting Design by Miriam Crowe
The Joy Project was developed with the support of a 2021-22 CUNY Dance Initiative Residency at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College. Additional funding provided by the John Jay College Student Activities Association, Inc.
works-in-process showing of
Where Shall I Send My Joys?
Preview of new material and our creative process at our informal studio sharing
Saturday, October 30th
at 5:30 pm
Soundance Studio
281 N. 7th Street, 2nd Flr
Brooklyn, NY 11211
What is this dance all about? Read about it on our blog HERE
Julie Ludwick was one of 500 New York City-based artists to receive $5,000 through the City Artists Corps Grants program, presented byThe New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs (DCLA), with support from the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) as well as Queens Theatre. Work on The Joy Project started with this support.
Fly-by-Night’s Anniversary Season
Return to Form
Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020 @ 8 pm
Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020 @ 7 pm
5 Angels Theater, 789 Tenth Avenue, NYC @ 52nd Street
Return To Form was made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. LMCC.net
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
New York State Council on the Arts
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council
Airborne Festival – Honoring the Legacy of Robert Davidson
Saturday, September 15, 2018 @ 8:00 PM
Sunday, September 16, 2018 @ 2:30 PM
Manhattan Movement Arts Center
248 West 60th Street, New York, NY 10023
Robert Davidson introduced expressive Aerial Dance to hundreds of artists in his lifetime. Fly-by-Night will honor his legacy by featuring performances by Guest Aerial Artists from around the country who were deeply influenced by Robert Davidson.
These artists include:
- Jayne Bernasconi
- Nathan Dryden
- Melissa Noble
- Nancy Smith, Frequent Flyers® Aerial Dance
- Eileen Little & Dan Loeser / Fight or Flight Theater
- Anne Bunker / O-T-O Dance
As well as:
- Fly-by-Night dancers Janet Aisawa, Martin Borromeo, Elise Knudson, Julie Ludwick
- Live Music by Paul Uhry Newman
- Films of Robert Davidson’s Dancing
AIRBORNE FESTIVAL – Honoring the Legacy of Robert Davidson was made possible in part with public funds from Creative Engagement, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. LMCC.net
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
New York State Council on the Arts
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council
Fly-by-Night Dance in Residence
Coastal Carolina University
Somatics Conference Presentation
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Somatic Conference Presentation / Performance
Williams College
Passges premiere
Manhattan Movement Arts Center
NYC Aerial Dance Festival
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center and
Manhattan Movement Arts Center
Aerial Opera “Apollo & Dafne”
Manhattan Movement Arts Center
2010 NYC Aerial Dance Festival
Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Family Auditorium/The JCC Manhattan
10th Anniversary Performance
Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Family Auditorium/The JCC Manhattan
2009 NYC Aerial Dance Festival
Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Family Auditorium/The JCC Manhattan
The Amelia Project/Phase II
The Flea Theater, Manhattan
Fly-by-Night Dance in Residence
Salem College