Topaz Arts

Fireside chat with U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders at Topaz Arts and at a dance audition! #berniesMittens #flashdance #topazarts #queens #saveourstages #savethearts #keepdancing

We're almost there! Happy New Year everyone! https://www.facebook.com/donate/383651252839254/

Thanks for being part of Topaz Arts' 20 years! Until we can safely gather, enjoy highlights of artists who have come to create and events that have happened over 20 Years at Topaz, and there's many more that 3-minutes can capture (sound ON! music is by Todd Richmond) Many thanks for the generosity of so many during #GivingTuesday - there's only few days left in this challenging year to join us in this "celebration"! https://www.facebook.com/donate/383651252839254/3651999938180064/

Overwhelmed by the generosity of so many who have contributed to Topaz Arts' 20th Year! We are filled with gratitude to have the support and appreciation from our community of artists, friends, family, and neighbors. Thank you all for helping to get through this most difficult year together! In this crucial time, we will keep the fundraiser going through December 31, 2020 at https://bit.ly/3lgkKB7

Capturing 20 years of Topaz Arts in 40 frames! There are so many more images of artists, projects, exhibitions, community events that have happened since Todd Richmond and Paz Tanjuaquio started Topaz Arts in 2000. If you are able to at this time, please donate today on #GivingTuesday - all amounts are greatly appreciated and will help #keepTOPAZrunning! https://bit.ly/3lgkKB7 Thank you all for being part of Topaz Arts' 20 Years!

Now showing! Our dance film SILENCE selected for FIFTH WALL FEST, streaming free now through Oct 11th only (ends Sunday 12noon) Link to view: https://www.fifthwallfest.com/silence SILENCE (2006/16MM/20min) directed & composed by Todd B. Richmond, choreographed by Paz Tanjuaquio, with dancers Lynn Huang, Chia-Ying Kao, Uta Takemura and Paz Tanjuaquio SILENCE is the movement within, the shift not heard but felt in the body the dance is in finding balance within uncertainty and making sense of a distorted world.

Please join us in supporting Topaz Arts' 20 years! 2020 has been a thorny year - with your help we can keep blooming. Thank you for your support and for being part of Topaz Arts' 20 years. Your contribution will make a huge impact, whether you donate $20 or $200. Donate on #GivingTuesday Dec 1, and Facebook will match your donation! Thank you for your support - all amounts are greatly appreciated and are fully tax-deductible.

Now showing! Our film SILENCE is among 50 dance films selected for Fifth Wall Fest - an impressive program of international films available online for free, along with talks and workshops led by members of the dance film community worldwide. FIFTH WALL FEST 2020 A Celebration of Dance on Camera opens today online - October 7 to 11 #fifthwallfest https://www.fifthwallfest.com/silence SILENCE (2006/16MM/BW/20min) directed & composed by Todd B. Richmond, choreographed by Pa...z Tanjuaquio, with dancers Lynn Huang, Chia-Ying Kao, Uta Takemura and Paz Tanjuaquio SILENCE is the movement within, the shift not heard but felt in the body the dance is in finding balance within uncertainty and making sense of a distorted world.

Today we joined @dancerisingnyc and NYC professional dancers as we took to the windows, streets and rooftops to dance. Paz Tanjuaquio performed on the rooftop of Topaz Arts, filmmed by Todd Richmond. After months of social isolation, economic shutdown, and pause for our industry, professional dancers are rising up. We are dancing to be seen, counted, and spark crucial conversations about the future of dance in NYC. Details at https://www.dancerising.org/ .... . . #dancerising #dancecounts #nycdance #dancersofny #danceeverywhere #artistsarenecessaryworkers #dancenyc #newyorkersfordance #artistsmatter #performingarts #dancenthusiast #hyperlocaldanceout #queens See more

Thrilled to announce that our dance film "SILENCE" directed & composed by Todd Richmond, choreographed by Paz Tanjuaquio, has been selected for Fifth Wall Fest, Oct 7-11, 2020.

Last chance! ends 9/30 - Fill out the 2020 Census now. No unique code neededall you need is your address - go to: my2020census.gov #GetCountedNYC https://t.co/ijdzMvDCE4

Rainbow over Topaz and #Queens and the sunset over NYC! Feels healing stay safe everyone! #nytough @ Topaz Arts

The garden runneth over at Topaz Arts! garden by: Todd Richmond photo by: Paz Tanjuaquio

Dance/NYC hosts "Studio Practice Redefined" Tues, 6/9 at 5:30-7pm online #ArtistsAreNecessaryWorkers

Tune in today, June 5th at 7:30 PM, for the premiere of Monstah Black's film "Cotton" on Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning Facebook along with a live performance.

We join the dance industry in observance of #blackouttuesday #insolidarity Black Lives Matter #theshowmustbepaused

Missing TOPAZ! 1 year ago with Okwui Okpokwasili rehearsing and Nic Arbatsky exhibition.

We agree with Dance/NYC - #ArtistsAreNecessaryWorkers! For reimagining our world . . . For rebuilding New York City As a dignified workforce #ArtistsAreNecessaryWorkers.... @DanceNYC #ArtistsAreNecessaryWorkers #DanceIsDignifiedLabor #DanceWorkforceResilience #dancenyc #nycdance

Kevin Tarrant for awardee Louis Mofsie, Director of Thunderbird American Indian Dancers performed a traditional indigenous song at the 2019 The New York Dance and Performance Awards/ The Bessies received what seemed like a very very long standing ovation to which he stated "I must have done something right". Kevin Tarrant did a lot right in his life as he could warmly guide a theater full of indigenous and non indigenous people and in a very inclusive way bring everyone together, 2020 RIP.

Tune in today at 7pm EST/ 4pm PST for a livestream performance at Café LaMaMa: "Sheltering in NickyLand" Hosted by Nicky Paraiso with Pearse Redmond featuring Yoshiko Chuma, Dael Orlandersmith, John Scott, Justin Hicks, and Paz Tanjuaquio of Topaz Arts. Hope everyone is staying in and staying strong!