$40 General Admission ($50 @ Door)
$150 VIP (Includes cafe table seat & a drink ticket)
Dance. Connect. Make a Difference.
For one unforgettable night, LTV Studios transforms into the Hamptons’ ultimate dance floor as A&G Dance Company brings the energy, joy, and nostalgia of 2000s hip-hop to life. From the first beat to the last song, this isn’t just another party—it’s an immersive celebration where great music, incredible people, and community come together. Whether you’re reliving the soundtrack of your twenties or discovering it for the first time, you’ll leave smiling, dancing, and wanting one more song. A&G Dance Company has spent more than two decades inspiring audiences across the East End through original performance, choreography, and arts education, making them the perfect partner for an unforgettable evening.
Every Ticket Helps Create Opportunity.
Your night out has a purpose. Proceeds from this special event directly support dance scholarships to A&G Dance company, LTV Studios and The East End Special Players, an extraordinary nonprofit that empowers adults with diverse abilities through theater, movement, creativity, and performance. Under the artistic leadership of Adam Baranello, the organization continues its decades-long mission of building confidence, friendships, and self-expression through the arts. Every ticket purchased helps ensure these life-changing creative opportunities continue to grow across the East End.
Experience the New LTV Studios.
Known as the Hamptons’ creative home for community media, live events, music, film, and the arts, LTV Studios is opening its doors for a party unlike anything else on the East End. Expect an elevated atmosphere with a live DJ, state-of-the-art lighting and sound, cocktails, dancing, and a crowd of people who love music, creativity, and giving back. Come for the throwback beats. Stay for the energy. Leave knowing you helped strengthen one of the Hamptons’ most inspiring creative communities while supporting artists of every ability.
ABOUT A&G Dance Company
Alternative Dance Company specializing in Performance, Choreography, Education and Wellness using original music, movement and art to ensure a unique experience.
the community join the Players on stage.
Live Performances
A&G have performed extensively in NYC, Long Island, Chicago, Connecticut, Orlando, Miami and more!
Repertoire:
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From Scratch 2006
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A Simple Form of Expression 2009
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The Underground Method 2011
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Raise the Flag 2012
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Independent Matters 2013
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Grunge Pop 2014
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Esoteric Hearts 2015
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Classical Music from the Future 2016
Film
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Odd (2019) Dance/Choreography
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The Weird Ones (2018) Dance/Choreography
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Beautifully Strange (2017) Dance/Choreography
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Exit-Dance/Choreography (2016)
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Dead End- Dance/Choreography (2015)
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AJB Art Film: Independent Matters Dance/Choreography (2014)
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AJB Productions Music Videos and Projects- Dance/Choreographey 2005-Present
Education
We currently have an artist residencies at the following locations:
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Southampton Cultural Center
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The Children’s Museum of the East End
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The Country School
Summer camps at prime locations in the Hamptons.
Private classes and PODS available.
The A&G Dance Company is NYS Registered Artists in Schools for Nassau and Suffolk county and can visit your school!
Wellness
Adaptive Dance: Gail created a dance class for children and adults with special needs in inclusion and self contained settings.
Moving Through: Gail is the Founder of Moving Through- A Movement Healing Experience Workshop/Workbook
ABOUT THE EAST END SPECIAL PLAYERS
A BRIEF HISTORY
The East End Special Players have been creating theater since 1985. Started as a Saturday program for adults with varied needs and abilities by the Towns of East Hampton and Southampton, their first director, Helen Rudman, chose theater as the emphasis of the program. The Players have performed at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor, at Guild Hall in East Hampton, LTV, Dowling College, Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center, Southampton College, in Albany at the Governor’s Mansion, at Camp Venture in Westchester, and at the Alliance Francaise in New York City. In recent years, their performances in local high schools have garnered standing ovations as students experience valuable awareness of the Players. The EESP are available for school performances and have appeared at Southampton High School, East Hampton High School and The Ross School. The plays are taped and aired on LTV, Cable Channel 20 and are highlighted on You Tube.
THE PLAYERS
There are over 30 actors who comprise the troupe. Some speak, others do not. Some can memorize their lines, others are prompted. Some are natural actors, others have to be coaxed on stage but what they can do, what they have accomplished is astounding. Twenty years ago the Players performed only in mime; today they are not only acting with words and music, they create the plays themselves. Their first original play, "You Are A Petunia In My Garden", was a series of vignettes in exploration of their lives: what they do and feel and wish for as adults with varied needs, abilities and skills.
ARTISTIC VISION
Director, Jacqui Leader challenges the troupe to reach to the uppermost levels of their abilities and beyond. She teaches them to enunciate, memorize and improvise searching inside themselves for emotion and inspiration. It takes more than a year to develop the plays, but with each subsequent production the actors have stretched their abilities with unique theatrical challenges. Below is a list of productions:
Original Comedy- "All Ghosts On Deck"
Original Comedy - "Whimsey World"
Original Comedy - "Trouble in Jamaica"
Original Play - "Gigi"
Tableaux vivant - “The Fish Juggler”
African folktales and dance - “Kokrobite Junction”
Ancient Irish myth - “The Legend of Deirdre”
Original play - "You are a Petunia in My Garden"
Romance - “Cyrano de Bergerac”
Commedia de l’Arte - Moliere’s “Scams of Scapin”
The plays are fully realized theater presentations and in many productions artists, dancers and musicians from the community join the Players on stage.
OUR MISSION
The Mission of The East End Special Players (EESP) is to enhance the lives of adults with diverse abilities and special [health care] needs by providing opportunities for self-expression through theater performance and artistic experiences. EESP fosters a growing sense of self-confidence by mentoring and teaching skills that can be showcased to the community.
EESP provides unique and quality encounters featuring joyous social gatherings, creative learning projects for people who have few such opportunities, and, for the public, a window into the lives, personalities and talents of all participants.
Adam Baranello
Adam Baranello is a multi- media artist who has been making music and art professionally since 2005 under his own label, AJB Productions which has produced 10 albums, 1 Art Film and 7 Feature Films. His film “Exit” was an official selection is 3 festivals in 2016 and was screened in NYC at the International Film Festival of Manhattan. His film, Beautifully Strange was also selected to 4 festivals and was nominated for Best Feature Film at the International Film Festival of Manhattan. “The Weird Ones”, his 3rd feature film, was premiered at the Southampton Movie Theater in Southampton, NY in June of 2018 and has been accepted into many festivals thus far as well was screened at the 2018 Miami Art Week during Art Basel and Wynwood Art Walk. “Odd” was an official selection at the IFFM in 2019 and culminates his art film trilogy in addition to being the 4th feature film.
Through the Polaris Art Gallery, his artwork has been shown at the Park Ave Armory, the Wallace show and the Manhattan Vintage show and most recently had his first solo show on Main Street Southampton, NY.
All of this music has a live component with choreography, by the A&G Dance Company, which is performed preferably in alternative spaces where he can also display his art. He curates an annual AJB Art Show which incorporates all things AJB: Music, Movement & Art.
Adam also co-owns the A&G Dance Company with his wife Gail Baranello.
Most recently Adam has taken on the role of Artistic Director of the East End Special Players (EESP). The EESP is a theater group of adults with various abilities and they meet every Saturday to workshop ideas and eventually create a play which will be performed about every 2 years for the community. Adam is thrilled to have taken this position as he feels his talent and skills translates beautifully.
The brand of AJB has spread worldwide reaching fans in over 30 countries, but he thrives on his own community’s support. He is looking forward to many more years of creating and giving back by teaching.
Come check out Artist Adam Baranello’s Summer Pop Up Exhibit of his painting, custom hand painted LTV Step and Repeat & custom up-cycled LTV MERCH / Club Local
Gail Baranello
Gail Baranello is a teaching artist, choreographer and performer. She has trained in many styles of dance since she was 3. In high school, she traveled the east coast on a competition team winning high score medals in jazz, tap and contemporary. While studying Early Childhood ed and working toward her AA degree in Early Childhood and Psychology, she continued her dance education, training and performing in NY at Elite and Variations Dance school. Gail then transferred to SUNY Stony Brook and received her BA. There, she studied Psychology and Dance and was also a student teacher for her dance professor and belonged to the universities internationally traveling dance company. In college is also where she traveled a lot and implemented yoga as a daily practice. Gail then started her masters degree in dance therapy, but soon dropped out to start the A&G Dance Company with her now husband, Adam Baranello.
Her company repertoire since 2005 includes choreographing and performing for AJB Productions’ full length stage shows, feature films, 1 short film and many smaller video and stage projects which brought her all around the country and mainly NYC. Her acting, dancing and choreography were highlighted as many of the films were official selections in International/National Film Festivals and won awards such as “Best Film”.
In addition to teaching in schools and community outreach, she has most recently developed a movement workshop for children with disabilities working in inclusion and self contained settings. She has worked with private clients, The Springs school, AHRC, Flying Point for Autism and LUV Michael. She also created a movement workshop series called “Moving Through…” to help people become more self aware while dealing with various levels of trauma and other issues and held workshops at Stony Brook Southampton hospital, The Dunes rehabilitation center and Artful HomeCare. She has most recently took the position of Associate Director of the East End Special Players where she assists in scheduling, planning and executing ideas and plans for the Players to develop, grow and perform through the art of performance.
Gail believes she has a lot to offer her community through all of her experiences. Her mission is to lead people to use the arts as a tool of self expression rather than molding themselves into a box of what others expect art or dance to be.
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