FJK Dance GALA

Thursday, December 5, 2024. New York.

FJK Dance celebrates ten years of performance and community outreach with an evening of captivating dance and visual art, dedicated to fostering cross-cultural dialogue. This event is dedicated to support FJK non profit community and performance outreach of season 2025.

Choreography: Fadi Khoury

Dancers: Elisa Toro Franky, Manatsu Aminaga and Fadi Khoury

Location: St. Paul's German Evangelical Lutheran Church. 315 West 22nd Street, New York.

Leonel Linares Arts Foundation presents Nutcracker

December 1, 2024. New York.

Elisa Toro Franky dances the “Dew Drop” in Act II Opening.

Location: Queens Theatre, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, 14 United Nations Ave S, Corona, New York

Roshini and Elisa: A Cultural Crosswalk presenting  The Inner Voice

November 9, 2024. New York.

Roshini and Elisa go beyond two quintessential dance traditions, Bharatanatyam and Ballet, by creating their own palette of movement in an authentic encounter that is enlivened by sitarist and composer Galen Passen playing live.

Galen Passen is a Brooklyn-based sitarist, composer, and visual artist whose knowledge of Hindustani Music leads him to create intimate human narratives that weave together diverse forms and approaches.

Co-producer Alan George.

Location: The Ailey Studios, 405 West 55th Street New York.

Accent Dance NYC: A Place for Us

September 6, 2024. Open Jar Studios. New York

A "Place for Us" blends ballet, contemporary dance, and theatrical elements to tell the powerful story of three immigrants seeking a new life in America. 

Choreography by Danielle Diniz.

Dancers: Kaylan Bradford, Elisa Toro Franky,  Justin Bowen,  Damontae Hack,  Evy Vaughan, Emily Masia,  Shizu Higa and  Katarina Smith.

Accent Dance NYC: La Bella Cubana

September 6, 2024. Open Jar Studios. New York

A lyrical contemporary ballet duet, by acclaimed Cuban choreographer Pedro Ruíz.  

Daisy Jopling  and her band

July 13, 2024. Hudson Highlands State Park, Cold Spring, NY.

The Northgate Story – the story of the Stern/Cornish Estate at Northgate.  

I feel honored to have been invited to perform alongside Belle Torres @boriquabelle at this exquisite concert by the world-class violinist Daisy Jopling and her band Daisy Jopling Music Mentorship Foundation beautifully activated the space at the Ruins of North Gate. 

ALKφRA Performance TEATRO MAYOR Julio Mario Santo Domingo

May 10 & 11, 2024. Teatro Estudio - Avenida Calle 170 No. 67-51. Bogotá (Colombia)

Alkφra' is a multimedia performance that integrates dance from aerial, terrestrial and aquatic spaces, against a backdrop of video art and musical landscapes specifically arranged for this production. It designs a choreographic universe defined by the golden number (φ) and sacred geometry, connecting dance to the logic of nature. The work resignifies the expression of mathematics and builds an educational tool through dance.

Direction:  Carolina Ramirez

Performers: Carolina Ramírez, Elisa Toro Franky, Johnatan Hernández, and Iván Hernández.

FJK Dance 10TH Anniversary Celebration

April 11, 2024. Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College, 524 West 59th Street, New York.

FJK Dance proudly celebrates its 10th Anniversary performance, a testament to the resilience and triumph of cultural exchange through movement and visual art.  This program will feature Fadi J Khoury’s cross-cultural dialogue in choreography and visual art, a special guest performance by Sevin Ceviker – Cofounder and founding member of FJK Dance, and the world premiere of project Ayah; a multimedia piece combining live painting and dance.