PRIDE RESIDENCY

WADE, supported by the Department of Dance at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, presents the Pride Residency 2024.

The residency awards fifty (50) hours of rehearsal space to two (2) or three (3) emerging LGBTQ2+ choreographers to create a new work or finetune an existing one. The choreographers receive mentoring feedback from WADE collaborators, a formal studio showing with a Q&A talkback, professional photographs and videos for their portfolio, a fully-produced performance at The Tank as part of the International Human Rights Arts Festival, and a small stipend.

The residency responds to the need for underrepresented and historically marginalized artists for free rehearsal space and professional production opportunities to create work that amplifies their voices and experiences.

Photos by John Eng

ANNOUNCING OUR
2024 RESIDENT ARTISTS

John Trunfio graduated from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts in 2020 with a BFA in Dance and is a certified aerial hoop/lyra instructor. He recently completed JV2 in England where he refined his physical theatre skills.

John Trunfio
(he/him)

Lou Sydel is a choreographer whose work draws from the study of gesture as well as experiences of transness, imagining dance as a living journal for a body moving towards new directions.

Gesture Theater
Lou Sydel
(he/him)

Noel Olson is a dancer and choreographer from Omaha, Nebraska, based in New York City. They studied at The Ailey School, graduating from the certificate program in 2023, and they are currently training with GibneyPRO.

Noel Olson
(they/them)

Donald Lee’s naive expression and experimental practice center on his evolving body, narrative, and belonging. His methodology transforms the aesthetic of damage into a system of repair.