"intelligently conceived, image-filled dance" - The New York Times

TOPAZ ARTS Dance Productions explores the work of composer Todd Richmondand choreographer Paz Tanjuaquio whose collaborations integrate dance and new music with film, visual arts and technology. A seamless collaboration of movement and images, dances by TOPAZ ARTS immerse the audience in a visceral world, creating kinetic environments that transport the viewer to an imaginative place.

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past works

Thunder Against 1.2.3. (2005)
solo, a three-part dance manifesto
choreographed & performed by: Paz Tanjuaquio
music & film by: Todd Richmond
lighting: Carol Mullins
premiered: Oct 28, 2005 at Danspace Project, NY

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> Part I: video clip


> Part II: video clip


> Part III: video clip

UPCOMING EVENTS
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Audition for Male and Female Dancers

Choreographer Paz Tanjuaquio/TOPAZ ARTS Dance Productions seeks 1-2 male and female dancers with strong modern technique. Experienced performers in contemporary dance and improvisation for 2008-2009 Season. Performance pay. To audition, please make an appointment by email at dance@topazarts.org or call 718-505-0440. Please email photo and bio/resume.

Auditions are being held at TOPAZ ARTS on:
Monday, June 30, 2008, 1-4pm
Call-backs on Wed, July 2, 1-4pm
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TOPAZ ARTS' current production is a new evening-length work based on a 1952 manuscript “The Soundless Music by Yoko Ono”. Scheduled to premiere in 2008, please watch for announcements.
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Evening-length dance works by TOPAZ ARTS include:
ascendance (2007) at the TOPAZ ARTS Space, NY
Thunder/Silence (2006) Joyce SoHo, NY
Thunder Against 1.2.3. (2005) Danspace Project, NY TWELVE (2001) Performance Space 122, NY
Strange Fruit and Other Secrets (1999),
Merce Cunningham Studio, NY

Dance films by TOPAZ ARTS include:
SILENCE (2007) 16mm/ BW/ 20 minutes
Dancing to Cambodia (2005) 16mm/ color/ 12 minutes
Displaced Garden (1997) 16mm/ color/ 6 minutes
Rooftop (1996) 16mm/ BW /6 minutes

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Collaborators since 1993, the work of composer Todd Richmondand choreographer Paz Tanjuaquio have been presented in New York at such venues as the Danspace Project, Performance Space 122, La MaMa, Dance Theater Workshop’s Fresh Tracks Series, Movement Research at Judson Church, Thelma Hill Performing Arts, Aaron Davis Hall, Symphony Space, Dixon Place, Joyce SoHo Presents; and nationally at Godt-Cleary Projects in Las Vegas, Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Ohio University, and The Yard at Martha's Vineyard. Recent awards include the National Endowment for the Arts, Meet the Composer Commissioning/USA, NYC Dept. of Cultural Affairs, Asian American Arts Alliance and New York Foundation for the Arts BUILD/Homer Avila Memorial Award.