SYREN was formed by Kate Mehan and Lynn Peterson in 2003 and has since produced six New York Seasons. The company has also been presented at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Symphony Space, Dance Theater Workshop, 92nd Street Y, DUMBO Arts Festival, Queens Theatre in the Park, White Plains Performing Arts Center, and numerous schools and performing centers around the region. In 2004, ‘06 and ’07 it received Harkness Space Grants from the 92nd Street Y; the past two years the company has been in residence at DanceNOW/NYC’s Silo, in 2008 Dance Theater Workshop awarded SYREN a competitive Outer/Space Creative Residency; and this March WNYC, New York Public Radio awarded the company participation in its *STAR* Initiative. SYREN is a member of Pentacle and Dance Theater Workshop.

Outreach and education are central to SYREN’s mission, and the company has led workshops or set pieces on students at Purchase College, Yale University, Nutmeg Conservatory for the Arts and many other high schools and colleges around the Northeast and Midwest. It has a longstanding relationship with the Drama Desk nominated theater company, Waterwell, and has collaborated on their last four productions including The Persians... (IT Award nomination, Outstanding Choreography).

SYREN was proud to launch its second year of "Dance on Canvas" in January ‘09. This Partnership withThe Art Students League of New York is a series of gallery-based rehearsals where visual artists portray the company’s dynamic motion on canvas. SYREN invites the students into rehearsals held in the Phyllis Harriman Mason Gallery at The Art Students League to observe the dancers in motion and convey that inspiration in their own mediums.

MISSION STATEMENT

SYREN Modern Dance is vigorously powerful elegance in motion. In order for dance to be a strong, supported presence in society, SYREN is dedicated to producing high caliber, accessible work to spark a continued interest of the public in modern dance. The directors believe all who choose to witness it can understand modern dance. SYREN dares to create compellingly, commits to teaching thoughtfully, perseveres to perform dynamically, and unites to generously share dance with the next generation.

SYREN Modern Dance was founded in 2002 by Kate Mehan and Lynn Peterson, and is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization. All donations to the organization are tax deductible under the fullest extent of the law.

Board of Directors
President - Kate Dalton
Vice President - Jessica Hubbard
Members
Christopher Duggan
Lisa Feldman
Kate Mehan St. Amand
Michael Noer
Lynn Peterson
Sue Spiner
Megan Sprenger
Tom Ridgely

Photography: Header:Jackson Lynch/ Inset:Jackson Lynch
Lighting Design: Tony Marques