2024-09-14T10:14:54-07:00 2024-06-30 113387220 CHARLES A KERNER CPA PC 78 GATEWAY ROCKVILLE CENTRE NY 11570 990 2023-07-01 133307859 THE ARMITAGE FOUNDATION LTD ARMI 9178858177 159-34 Riverside Dr W 1C-90 NEW YORK NY 10032 DAVID SALLE Chairman 2024-09-14 true true CHARLES A KERNER CPA P00724299 2126754030 X 2023 2024-08-08 14:25:15Z X 159-34 Riverside Dr W 1C-90 NEW YORK NY 100321051 43310 false X www.armitagegonedance.org X NY New York based Armitage Foundation and the Armitage Gone! Dance Company encourage, foster and cultivate appreciation of the performing arts through dance; with a focus on increasing collaborative efforts among dancers, choreographers, musicians, filmmakers, artists and scientists in order to produce and present works; to recreate dance pieces and to create new works for presentation; and offer dance classes and workshops for company members and others interested in the art of dance. 7 7 1 0 270 938 21400 9607 21640 0 10545 43310 0 0 133975 118136 0 0 60071 16606 194046 134742 -183501 -91432 1032969 941921 3327 3711 1029642 938210 New York based Armitage Foundation and the Armitage Gone! Dance Company encourage, foster and cultivate appreciation of the performing arts through dance; with a focus on increasing collaborative efforts among dancers, choreographers, musicians, filmmakers, artists and scientists in order to produce and present works; to recreate dance pieces and to create new works for presentation; and offer dance classes and workshops for company members and others interested in the art of dance. false false 113462 270 19400 OVER THE PAST 30 YEARS, KAROLE ARMITAGE AND HER DANCERS HAVE SHAPED THE EVOLUTION OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE THROUGH THE CREATION AND PERFORMANCE OF NEW WORKS. THE MOST RECENT INCARNATION OF THE COMPANY, ARMITAGE GONE! DANCE, WAS LAUNCHED IN 2004 WHEN KAROLE ARMITAGE RETURNED TO THE U.S. AFTER 15 YEARS OF WORKING ABROAD. DEDICATED TO REDEFINING THE BOUNDARIES AND PERCEPTION OF CONTEMPORARY DANCE, THE COMPANY EXTENDS THE MANDATE OF INNOVATION THAT CHARACTERIZES BOTH HER EARLIER ARMITAGE BALLET, FOUNDED IN 1985, AND HER FIRST FULL TIME COMPANY, ARMITAGE GONE!, FOUNDED IN 1979.DUBBED THE 'PUNK BALLERINA' IN THE 1980S AND TONY-NOMINATED FOR HERCHOREOGRAPHY OF THE BROADWAY MUSICAL HAIR, ARMITAGE DISTINGUISHES HER COMPANY FROM ITS CONTEMPORARIES THROUGH HER EXTREME VERSATILITY AND ORIGINALITY. BUILDING ON CLASSICAL AND MODERN IDIOMS FROM THE BALANCHINE TO THE CUNNINGHAM TRADITIONS, ARMITAGE INFUSES EXPERIMENTAL THINKING IN THE GEOMETRIC BALANCE, SPEED, RHYTHM AND BEAUTY OF DANCE STEPS. JENNIFER DUNNING, DANCE CRITIC FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES, WROTE OF TIME IS THE ECHO OF AN AXE WITHIN A WOOD WHICH PREMIERED IN 2004, "ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL DANCES TO BE SEEN IN NEW YORK IN A VERY LONG TIME." SHE DERIVES INSPIRATION FROM SOURCES SUCH AS PHYSICS, JAPANESE AESTHETICS, FASHION, POP CULTURE, NEW MEDIA, AND FROM HER DANCERS, OF DIVERSE CULTURAL AND DANCE BACKGROUNDS.ARMITAGE GONE! DANCE IS WELL KNOWN FOR ITS COLLABORATIONS WITH INNOVATORS IN MUSIC, SCIENCE, AND THE VISUAL ARTS, INCLUDING ARTISTS DAVID SALLE AND JEFF KOONS, STRING-THEORY PHYSICIST BRIAN GREENE AND BIOLOGIST DR. PAUL EHRLICH. THE COMPANY REGULARLY PERFORMS TO LIVE MUSIC AND HAS COMMISSIONED MANY SCORES SINCE ITS 2004 DEBUT. KNOWN FOR THEIR FREE SPIRITED PANACHE, ARMITAGE GONE! DANCERS BRING UNIQUE FLAVORS AND STRONG PERSONALITY TO THE STAGE. THE COMPANY'S WIDE RANGING PROJECTS INCLUDE POETIC BALLETS SET TO 20TH AND 21ST CENTURY SCORES, WORK WITH THE AFRICAN POP BAND BURKINA ELECTRIC (ITUTU 2009), OPERA, (NOTABLY TWO PRPODUCTIONS FO OPERA SARATOGA AND THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIC PRODUCTION OF THE CUNNING LITTLE VIXEN ), ON THE NATURE OF THINGS PERFORMED AT THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY IN NEW YORK CITY ON THE THEME OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND NEW CHOREOGRAPHY FOR THE BALANCHINE STRAVINSKY MASTERPIECE, AGON AS WELL AS ARMITAGE "PUNK BALLET" CLASSICS DANCED TO LOUD, LIVE MUSIC. THE CORE OF THE COMPANY OUTPUT CENTERS ON A SERIES OF DANCE 'DREAMSCAPES' THAT TAKE THE VIEWER ON A POETIC JOURNEY TO EVOKE MYSTERIOUS LANDSCAPES OF REVERIE, DREAM AND ALTERED CONSCIOUSNESS. HAVING WORKED AS A CHOREOGRAPHER FOR THE NEW YORK PHILHARMONIA, THE LONDON PHILHARMONIA, CIRQUE DU SOLEIL, MADONNA, MICHAEL JACKSON AND ON BROADWAY, ARMITAGE'S INTERESTS ARE WIDE RANGING, MIXING THE POPULAR WITH THE MARGINAL AS WELL AS THE TECHNIQUE AND TRADITIONS OF BOTH BALLET AND MODERN DANCE. SINCE ITS LAUNCH IN 2004, ARMITAGE GONE! DANCE HAS PRESENTED SEVERAL NEW YORK SEASONS EACH YEAR AT VENUES THAT INCLUDE BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC, THE JOYCE THEATER, THE KITCHEN, THE MILLER THEATRE, NEW YORK CITY CENTER, THE SOLOMON R. GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM AND LINCOLN CENTER. THE COMPANY ALSO REGULARLY PERFORMS AT PREMIER FESTIVALS AND VENUES THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, EUROPE AND CENTRAL AMERICA, FROM JACOB'S PILLOW DANCE FESTIVAL TO THE RAVELLO FESTIVAL, WHICH ARMITAGE DIRECTED IN 2016. THE ARMITAGE FOUNDATION, DOING BUSINESS AS ARMITAGE GONE! DANCE, UNDERTOOK THE FOLLOWING ACTIVITIES DURING THE 2023-2024 FISCAL YEAR IN FULFILLMENT OF ITS TAX-EXEMPT PURPOSE: PUBLIC PERFORMANCES WERE GIVEN AT A NUMBER OF VENUES INCLUDING: NEW YORK CITY HOME SEASON, US TOURING,VIENNA & WASHINGTON DC 113462 true false false false false false false false false false true false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false false true 13 0 true 1 true false false false false false false false 0 false false false false false false false X 7 7 false false false false false false false true true false false true false false true true false false NY X X Karole Armitage 9178858177 159-34 Riverside Dr 1C-90 NEW YORK NY 100321051 X GIOVANNI SPINELLI ESQ Secretary 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DAVID SALLE Chairman 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 LORINDA ASH Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 DOMINIQUE LEVY Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 PETER SPELIOPOULOS Treasurer 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 RICHARD MASSEY Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 ROBERT L TURNER Director 1.00 0.00 X 0 0 0 0 false false false 0 270 270 ART SALES 273 273 BOX OFFICE COMMISSIONS & CHOREOGRAPH LECTURE FEE TOURING PERFORMANCE FEES 21127 21127 21400 21640 21640 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43310 21400 21640 0 0 0 0 0 0 97500 87750 9750 0 4932 4439 493 15704 14134 1570 0 0 2000 2000 0 0 0 1292 1292 0 483 483 59 59 0 0 1100 1100 0 0 0 0 1850 1850 0 ARTISTIC FEES 2500 2500 MARKETING & PUBLIC RELATIONS 1535 1535 BANK FEES 1445 1445 TELEPHONE/INTERNET 952 952 3390 1689 1701 134742 113462 21280 0 12283 9695 996710 912147 0 0 0 0 0 0 18131 16084 61079 57084 5845 3995 0 0 0 0 0 1032969 941921 3326 3711 1 3327 3711 X 1029642 938210 1029642 938210 1032969 941921 -91432 X false false false X 38036 46421 10000 270 94727 0 0 38036 46421 10000 270 94727 0 94727 26663 36641 2599 9607 75510 0 0 170237 0.55640 0.45180 X -54117 -10653 -43464 54117 10653 43464 42127 38132 3995 18952 18952 3995 Form 990, Part VI, Section B, Line 11b DRAFT OF 990 IS PROVIDED TO BOARD AND THE COMPANY BOOKKEEPER FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL PRIOR TO FILING. Form 990, Part VI, Section C, Line 19 Available upon request.