MashUp Contemporary Dance Company
MashUp Contemporary Dance Company is dedicated to the movement of female bodies and feminist ideas. Prioritizing innovation, collaboration, and inclusion, MashUp uplifts female-identifying artists and builds community through contemporary dance.
Each year MashUp honors two Exemplary Women in our LA Dance industry working in commercial, concert, and/or non-profit sectors. This year our LA Community nominated Boróka Nagy and Vanessa Hernández Cruz!
Financials
Programs
International Women's Day Dance Festival
Through three days of performances, classes, and a film festival held at venues throughout Los Angeles and online, MashUp’s annual International Women’s Day Dance Festival (IWDDF) celebrates women’s achievements in dance and the arts and envisions a more equitable future. Purposefully aligned with the global International Women’s Day campaign theme, the festival provides a rare opportunity for 20-30 female-identifying and nonbinary dance professionals a chance to present and discuss their work; facilitates thoughtful, timely dialogue on gender issues; connects young artists with female artistic leaders; and inspires broad action towards greater gender equality
National Women's Equality Day
Historically for this National Holiday MashUp had joined forces with female-identifying creative teams, ideological partners, and/or social justice organizations for a public performance or event. Now merged with MashUp’s annual residency program, this event empowers a female-identifying, nonbinary, and/or trans choreographer to deepen their artistic practice, and includes a stipend, studio time with MashUp company dancers, a fully produced culminating work-in-progress performance, and professional documentation. An investment in the future of the dance field, this program is for early/mid-career artists who are historically not provided resources at this scale.
Choreography Open Mic Night
Launched in 2022, these quarterly events provide LA-based choreographers a platform to showcase work and solicit feedback, without the heavy price tag of producing their own showcase or renting space, while inviting audience members to experience a diverse array of artistry and an intimate glimpse of artistic process. Each evening allows 8 choreographers, first-to-sign-up, to present a work or excerpt 10 minutes or under, with the option to include an introduction and short post-Q&A. MashUp also provides concessions & refreshments to further encourage discussion, networking, and community-building amongst choreographers, dancers, and audience members.
Volunteering + Events
Volunteer
We’re a small team with big goals, and helping hands are always welcome to help us fundraise, plan or staff events, and more.
Sponsor MashUp
Corporate Partners of MashUp Contemporary Dance Company have the unique opportunity to support one of few dance companies in the United States intentionally dedicated to uplifting female voices, joining a community of female-identifying artists and allies who strive to exemplify powerful and inspirational leadership through the arts.
The generous support of corporate partners, sponsors, and donors enables MashUp to amplify the voices and work of female-identifying artists, provide rare support and opportunity for early and mid-career female artists, engage communities in dialogue around timely intersectional feminist issues, and to create spaces for connection - of people, sectors, dance styles, mediums and beyond - where all are welcomed to experience the richness of talent, thought, and creativity that female-identifying artists bring to the world.
Corporate Partners enjoy exclusive benefits and recognition, including tickets to MashUp events, invitations to exclusive receptions, and the opportunity to engage employees with specially tailored performances, classes, or events.