About GDT
Gotham Dance Theater (GDT), founded in 2015 by Marc Nuñez, is dedicated to producing art with social purpose and truly representing the diverse cultures that reside in New York City. GDT is a contemporary and street dance company that creates performance art through devised dance theatre.
Themes covered include the challenges of language barrier for immigrants, the socio-economic inequities of experiencing death, and the societal struggles in a white-heterosexual-male dominated world. The GDT aesthetic is a blend of Nuñez's professional dance career from concert dance (Donald McKayle's Etude Ensemble, BARE Dance Company, Entity Contemporary Dance Company) to musical theatre (Peter Pan, Newsies) to commercial dance (Rihanna, Todrick Hall, Common Ground). Storytelling is at the forefront. Street to contemporary dance is the medium, as we maintain our mission. GDT is based in Queens, NYC.
Grants, Residencies, and Achievements
GO Queens Grant - Howard Gilman Foundation, Flushing Town Hall (2024)
Artists in Queens Grant - New York State Council on the Arts, Flushing Town Hall (2024)
CUNY Dance Initiative Residency at Queens College Kupferberg Center for the Arts (2023-24)
Queens Arts Fund - New York Foundation for the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs (2023)
Arts Fund Grant - Queens Council on the Arts (2022, 2021)
City Artists Corps Grant - New York Foundation for the Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs, NYC Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment, and Queens Theatre (2021)
Queensboro Dance Festival (2015-2024)
Artist-in-Residence at The Performance Project at The University Settlement (2016-17)
Associate Artists at The Tank NYC (2015-2021)
Dance Film Achievements
Official Selection Extraordinary Cinema: 10,000 Dreams at The Kennedy Center (2024)
Official Selection Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Official Selection (2022)
"22" (Feature Length Dance Film) Artist Residency at The Center at West Park (2021)
Official Selection Cine Corps Dance Film Festival (Paris, France 2018)
Boundless in Brooklyn 48-Hour Film Contest Winner and Audience Favorite (2017)
Gotham Dance Theater has also been presented by Queens Theatre, Triskelion Arts, Queens Night Market, Kaufman Astoria Studios, Culture Lab LIC, Sunnyside Shines BID, Little Manila Queens, Queens District Attorney, Drye Marinaro Dance Company, and SOLE Defined.
Please visit our repertory page for previous work.
Marc Nuñez, Gotham Dance Theater is a sponsored artist with Performance Zone Inc (dba The Field), a not-for-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization serving the performing arts community. Contributions to The Field earmarked for Marc Nuñez, Gotham Dance Theater are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. For more information about The Field contact: The Field, 75 Maiden Lane, Suite 906 New York, NY 10038, phone: 212-691-6969; or for our national charities registration, see details. A copy of our latest financial report may be obtained from The Field or from the Office of Attorney General, Charities Bureau, 120 Broadway, New York, NY 10271.
