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ABOUT
RYDERDANCE

Founded in 2018 by Artistic Director Jordan Ryder, RyderDance is a contemporary dance collective that blends storytelling with movement to elevate traditional performance into a multi-dimensional experience. The company’s work encompasses every aspect of a narrative—from dialogue and setting to subtext—using movement that ebbs and flows between structure and fantasy, literal and figurative, text and context. This dynamic physicality guides the audience’s eye into a dance of its own, sparking the senses and leaving room for personal interpretation. For RyderDance, dance is expansive, exhilarating, and deeply personal—an experience to be shared and celebrated.

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The collective is committed to expanding the reach and accessibility of contemporary dance by exploring new audiences and mediums. RyderDance is actively experimenting with merging commercial and concert dance—two worlds that Ryder believes can enrich each other. By combining the literal with the abstract and the enticing with the elusive, the company aims to cultivate a more inclusive and diverse dance community. This relentless evolution drives the collective to continually innovate, adapt, and grow.

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RyderDance’s work has been presented at venues across the tri-state area, including Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Dixon Place, Loew's Jersey Theatre, Mark Morris Dance Center, and Martha Graham Studio Theater. Most recently, the company’s original production HOMECOMING had a sold-out run at The Tank Theater in Manhattan.

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The choreography of RyderDance explores the intersection of human emotion and the body’s physical capabilities. By contrasting raw movement with deep emotion, intellect with instinct, the company pushes the limits of both. In this collision of forces, RyderDance finds its core inspiration—driven by the desire to move, create, and evolve both as artists and as individuals.

THE COMPANY
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THE ARTISTS

ADDITIONAL PAST AND PRESENT DANCERS/COLLABORATORS

AYALA ABRAMS

RICARDO G. BARRETT

EMILY CATTAN

ZURI NOELLE FORD   

JULIA GOLD

SPENCER GROSSMAN

ISRAEL HARRIS

MEGUMI IWAMA

GABE KATZ

STONE MATHERS

LAURA MENDES

CHELEN MIDDLEBROOK

ALYSSA MYERS

ROB NEUBAUER

DANTE NORRIS 

  EMMA MASSARELLI

JERARD PALAZO

OSCAR ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ

MIRIAM ROSE

PHILIP STROM

ALEX TENREIRO THEIS

DEVON TRAVIS   

MIRANDA VIARS

ALEX WARE

LAWRENCE I WILDE

ELIZA WOITINNEK

LIANA ZHEN-AI

RyderDance

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