TAKE Dance is a NYC-based contemporary dance company that explores the integration of expressive and physical movement. Artistic Director Takehiro Ueyama graduated from the Juilliard School before joining the Paul Taylor Dance Company. After eight years touring with the Taylor Company, Take founded TAKE Dance. TAKE Dance has performed in New York at Central Park SummerStage, Joyce SoHo, Dance Theater Workshop, Columbia University’s Miller Theater, Judson Memorial Church, The Ailey Citigroup Theater, Cunningham Studio, Joe’s Pub and The Thalia Theater at Symphony Space; and, at PS/21 in Chatham, NY for four consecutive seasons. In November 2011, TAKE Dance performed in Italy as featured artists in the Festival Internazionale Nuova Danza of Calgari, Sarnidia. Other festival appearances have included Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Downtown Dance Festival, WestFest Dance Festival, DanceNOW [NYC], National Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC, SaratogaArtsFest, and San Francisco’s WestWave Dance Festival. Additional venues include Dance Place in Washington DC, The Lewis Center at Princeton University, New Noises Festival at Perry-Mansfield in Colorado, Kaatsbaan International Dance Festival, and Nort Maar Fete de Danse. TAKE Dance was recently company-in-residence at Skidmore College, University at Albany, and Randolph College.