Ensemble Dance was founded in the Summer of 2011, and since its inaugural performance the company has been performing its pieces of brand new dance theater that synthesize movement, theater and music throughout New York City at a variety of festivals, venues and theaters. During the summer of 2011 Pilar brought together a group of dancers, musicians and actors to create Ensemble Dance. In collabor
ation with the artists, Pilar choreographed and produced Ensemble Dance's first choreography showing, with original music by Max Mamon, at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, The Joan Weill Center for Dance in July of that year. An original, 45-minute production delighted audience members for the nearly sold-out run. In addition to dance pieces presented at NYU Tisch, Pilar’s choreography has been performed by Ensemble Dance at the DUMBO Dance Festival, the FAB! Festival, the CoolNY2012 Dance Festival, Fertile Grounds at Greenspacee, WaxWorks at Triskelion Arts Center, the NACHMO Gala Performance, The Outlet Dance Project and TedMed Live. Ensemble Dance has also been presented by the DanceNOW RAW Studio, DanceNOW Joe's Pub Festival Challenge and been a part of the NYU Tisch Choreographic Mentorship Workshop with Stephen Petronio as well as The Field's Emerging Artist Residency. Dixon Place has presented Ensemble Dance annually for three years including “Wayside” by Ensemble Dance in April 2012 with Choreography by Pilar, original music by Dan Jeffries and poetry by Pulitzer-Prize winning Paul Muldoon. In February 2013, Dixon Place presented "The Women of Bone" by Ensemble Dance, a sold-out performance with original choreography and text by Pilar Castro Kiltz, and live music coordinated by Theo Popov, and in March 2014 Dixon Place presented "Story Weavers" (excerpt) a new play with music and movement, written, directed, and choreographed by Pilar with new music by Theo Popov. The evening was sold out with standing-room-only and proved another successful night for Ensemble Dance. Ensemble Dance is fiscally sponsored by Fractured Atlas, and recently created new work thanks to The Field's Artist Subsidized Block Rental Program.
