MADE BY WOMEN
PROGRAM B
PROGRAM
Stuff Your Eyes (excerpt)
Choreographed by: Dual Rivet | Chelsea Ainsworth & Jess Smith
Performers: Chelsea Ainsworth & Jess Smith
Lighting Designer: Beau Banks
Composer: Jess Smith
Original Collaborators: Chelsea Ainsworth, Codelia King, Maggie Joy, Jess Smith
** Stuff Your Eyes was commissioned by Gibney Dance as a part of the DoublePLUS Program - Director: Nigel Campbell - Curator: Kyle Abraham. **
Against/With
Choreographer & Performer: Shoshana Sklar
Music: My Heart is in the Highlands by Arvo Part, Gunter Herbig
A Thousand Words Left Unsaid
Choreographer: Nia Davis
Performers: Sidney Durand, Minylan Echols, Kaliana Medlock
Music: “Rahima’s flood” by AGF, “Emptiness” by Trio Elf, “Seems I’m Never Tired Lovin’ You” by Nina Simone and Peace Piece by Bill Evans
SANCTUARY
Director: Heather Dutton
Company: Middle Child Dance Theatre
Dancers: Emory McAlpine, Heather Dutton, Madeline Mellinger
Musicians: Julia Finegan, Martha Finegan, Sylvia Fisher
Music Credit:
"The Hymn" written and performed by Julia Finegan, Martha Finegan, and Sylvia Fisher
"Father Abraham" written by Pierre Kartner
"Angel Gabriel" written and performed by Julia Finegan
"Amazing Grace" written by John Newton
SPECIAL THANKS TO
LIGHTING: Anisa Hodzic
SOUND: Samantha Callens
VOLUNTEERS: Grady Shea, Bryaunna Kostelnik, Claire Schiffer
- MEET THE ARTISTS -
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NIA DAVIS
SHOSHANA SKLAR
HEATHER DUTTON
| MIDDLE CHILD DANCE THEATRE
DUAL RIVET
-MEET THE CURATORS-
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JESS SMITH
CHELSA AINSWORTH
MONICA NYENKAN
KE’RON WILSON
JOYBOY
LAUREN FLACK
MITSUKO
CLARKE-VERDERY
ANYA
CLARKE-VERDERY
-MEET THE PRODUCERS-
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JESS SMITH
CHELSA AINSWORTH
CHING-I CHANG
BRYN BRIDGEN
LAUREN FLACK
MONICA NYENKAN
SARAH NICHOLS
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This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
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Support levels start at $10 and go to $1,500.
Regardless of your support level, we would be so grateful and honored to have you be a part of this amazing community as a Sponsor.
MADE BY WOMEN 2026 EVENTS
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MARCH 12 & 13 | 6:30PM & 8:30PM
Dual Rivet is excited to host their 6th annual MADE BY WOMEN Festival highlighting women choreographers, filmmakers, and creators. The 3-day festival includes FILM NIGHT, 4 LIVE PERFORMANCES, and a WORKSHOP! 6 Festival Choreographers will be selected for the LIVE PERFORMANCES.
2026 CHOREOGRAPHERS
MARCH 12 | PROG A
Evelyn Tejeda
Ally Ng
Hannah GroveMARCH 13 | PROG B
Nia Davis
Shoshana Sklar
Heather Dutton | Middle Child Dance Theatre -
MARCH 14 | 10AM - 5PM
MADE BY WOMEN is excited to host this high intensity, 7-hour workshop in honor of our Festivals 5th year! The workshop will dive deep into floorwork, partnering, movement exploration and theatrical exploration/character development at the Joyce Studios. Dual Rivet is excited to bring on guest teachers Chantelle Good & Ingrid Kapteyn for this year’s workshop!
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MARCH 14 | Doors open at 7PM
This year features a new experiential FILM NIGHT (7pm doors - Ticketed), where audiences move through multiple transformed rooms, each inspired by the selected artists through color, texture, and environment. The films will run three times, with audience groups rotating through each room on a timed schedule. We will wrap the night and the entire festival weekend with a celebratory CLOSING PARTY (8:30pm - FREE)!
2026 FILMMAKERS
Noelle Kayser x Open Space Dance
Ashtar Muallem
Eva Julliere
Hannah Straney
Francesca Arri -
MARCH 14 | 8:30PM
JOIN US in celebrating the 2026 MADE BY WOMEN Festival Artists and the closing of our 2026 Festival weekend! The incredible DJ FLWRSHRK will lead us into a party with donation based drinks, incredible giveaways, and a celebration of women in the arts.