About four/four
four/four presents is a NYC-based curatorial platform that commissions collaborations between musicians and choreographers. four/four works to bridge the gap between dance and music audiences, and develop a new network to align artists. We champion emerging artists as well as established talent, and aim to create space for artists to grow and for audiences to grow with them.
2021 Open Air Series in Jackie Robinson Park, Photo by Ryan Muir
four/four was developed by choreographer Loni Landon and producer Rachael Pazdan in April 2020. Emerging during the COVID-19 pandemic as a response to dark stages, four/four created the digital collaborative series TETHERED which united musicians and dancers across the globe to collaborate via video. TETHERED has presented over 75 dancers and choreographers and over 25 musicians to date, partnering with organizations such as Central Park SummerStage and Brooklyn-venue Public Records to present this work on their channels. Watch TETHERED pieces and learn more about the series here.
In summer 2021, four/four produced Open Air, a live and outdoor series of music and dance collaborations throughout New York City.
2023 The Agenda Grant Showcase at National Sawdust, Photo by Ryan Muir
Collaborators
TETHERED for SummerStage featuring La Force & Axelle Ebony
Music from Jon Batiste • Rachael Price & Akie Bermiss of Lake Street Dive• Madison McFerrin • Charlotte Dos Santos • Xenia Rubinos • Rafiq Bhatia & Ian Chang• L’Rain • Arthur Moon • Kassa Overall • OHMME • La Force • Moor Mother • Mary Lattimore • Melanie Charles •LEYA
Dancers from Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater • Batsheva • Complexions •House of Nina Oricci • Dance Theater of Harlem • English National Ballet • Sleep No More•Nederlands Dans Theater • Hubbard Street Dance Chicago • Ballet British Columbia • Abraham in Motion • Bill T. Jones • Martha Graham • MarCatDance •The Dragon Sisters +more
Founders
Loni Landon
Photo by Mark Mann
Landon is a dancer, choreographer, and movement consultant based in New York City. In addition to creating dances for her own collective Loni Landon Dance Project, her work is commissioned by Dance Companies and Film Director’s across the country. Born and raised in New York City, Landon received her BFA in Dance from The Juilliard School. While a student at the NYC High School of Performing Arts, Landon was a NFAA Young Arts Modern Dance Winner. After Juilliard, Landon performed with Aszure Barton and Artists, Ballet Theater Munich, Tanz Munich Theater, and The Metropolitan Opera. Landon is a Princess Grace Choreography Fellowship winner awarded with BODYTRAFFIC. As a sought after choreographer, her work has been commissioned by The Joyce Theater, Keigwin and Company, James Sewell Ballet, Whim Whim, LEVY DANCE, The Juilliard School, BODYTRAFFIC, American Dance Institute, Northwest Dance Project, Hubbard Street II, Ballet X, Ballet Austin, SUNY Purchase, NYU, Boston Conservatory, and Marymount Manhattan College. Her company has performed at The Joyce Theater, Pulse Art Fair, Jacob's Pillow, Insitu Dance Fesitval, Bryant Park, Beach Sessions in Rockaway Beach and Guggenheim Works and Process Series. Landon has won numerous awards including 1st Prize Winner of Ballet Austin’s New American Talent Competition, Northwest Dance Project’s “Pretty Creatives’” Choreography Competition, Next Commission from CityDance Ensemble, Finalist in the International Solo Tanz Theater Competition in Stuttgart, Germany, Finalist in the Hannover International Choreography Competition and an Emerging Choreographer at Springboard Danse Montreal. Landon choreographed the feature film “Saturday Church,” Directed by Damon Cardasis, which premiered at The Tribeca Film Festival. Landon was a participant in the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation New Directions Choreography Lab made possible through the generous support of the Ford Foundation and the Rockefeller Brothers Fund. Other residencies include ITE, NYU, CUNY Dance Initiative and most recently Stephen Petronio’s new residency center, Crow’s Nest, in collaboration with Dance Lab NY and Dancers Responding to Aids. She has been adjunct faculty at NYU, Barnard, SUNY Purchase and Princeton University. Alongside Gregory Dolbashian, Landon co-founded THE PLAYGROUND, an initiative designed to give emerging choreographers a place to experiment, while allowing professional dancers to participate affordably. The Playground was recognized by Dance Magazine as a 25 To Watch.
Rachael Pazdan
Pazdan is an arts presenter and event producer based in Brooklyn, NY. She has been featured for her work championing artists and producing concerts in Brooklyn Magazine's Top 100 Influencers in Brooklyn Culture and Amy Poehler's Smart Girls, and has booked a handful of prominent New York City venues including Le Poisson Rouge & LPR Presents, City Farm Presents Summer Series at Industry City, The Bell House, and The Manhattan Inn.
On a whim in 2015 she founded what would become a critically acclaimed music series and linchpin in her career: The Hum. For the past five years, The Hum has crafted a platform and network for the diverse community of womxn and gender non conforming musicians in NYC, celebrating, instigating, and nourishing their work and connecting over 300 musicians to date for special one-off collaborations.
Pazdan is as comfortable with the creative and curatorial process as she is with managing large scale event operations, budgets, and logistics. As an independent event producer, she has created thought leader summits for Global Citizen in New York City and South Africa, managed talent for Rihanna’s SavagexFenty runway show at Barclay’s Center, executed major brand activations at SXSW, and beyond.
Early in her career, she cut her teeth at organizations like Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival and BRIC, Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM), and Columbia Artist Management (CAMI), where she managed local and international tour logistics for classical and jazz ensembles.
She has appeared as a guest lecturer at NYU, Syracuse University, and her alma mater, SUNY Purchase College, where she received a BA in Arts Management. Pazdan is originally from the suburbs of Chicago and desperately misses deep dish pizza.
More at rachaelpazdan.com