Jaamil Olawale Kosoko
New York Live Arts
March 1
As part of the Live Feed In-Process residency program, Kosoko offers a work-in-progress showing of his latest piece, Chameleon (The Chelsea Installments). “Through a sequence of fabric and sound manipulations designed to obscure and reorganize how the Black body is witnessed and expressed in confined environments, Chameleon examines the shapeshifting, illegible, and fugitive realities of Black diasporan people.  The work explores how minoritarian communities record & affirm their existence through actions and protests that archive personal freedom narratives as a way to subvert culturally charged fields of systemic oppression, loss, and erasure,” according to the release.  Find out more here 
 
Complexions Contemporary Ballet
The Joyce
February 19 – March 3
Under artistic direction of Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, Complexions celebrates its 25th anniversary season with three programs, this is the final of two-weeks. The programs are: Program A - the NYC premiere of BACH 25 and Star Dust (2016); Program B - the world premiere of Woke and From Then To Now; and Program C - a matinee program, with BACH 25 and From Then To Now.  Find out more here
 
Angie Pittman & Johnnie Cruise Mercer
Danspace Project
February 28 – March 2
Pittman shares an evening with Cruise Mercer’s TheREDprojectNYC. For this commission, Pittman will present Came Up in a Lonely Castle and Cruise Mercer, process memoir 4: The word, the spirit, and Little Rock.  Find out more here
 
Farruquito
Quick Center for the Arts at Fairfield University
March 1
The flamenco dancer Farruquito, described as the “…heir to one of the most renowned Gypsy flamenco dynasties in Spain,” will present and evening of cante (singing), toque (guitar), baile (dance), jaleo (vocalizations), palmas (hand clapping), and pitos (snapping) all requisite parts of the form.  Find out more here  
 
Various Artists
Gibney
March 1 – 2
To kick off the three-week series, “Work-Up,” the artists for the first weekend in “Work-Up 5.1” are Catie Leasca, Hollis Bartlett And Nattie Trogdon, and Proteo Media + Performance.  Find out more here 
 
Rennie Harris/Puremovement
March 2
NJPAC
For one-night-only, Rennie Harris/Puremovement will present, Lifted, Harris’ latest, evening-length work, set to house and gospel music. Find out more here
 
DeGarmo Dance – Salon Performance Series – Various Artists 
March 7
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center
For this 9th season of DeGarmo’s Salon Performance Series, where works-in-progress and original songs-in-progress are presented, on the roster are: Gina Bonati, Hannah DeGarmo, Ara Fitzgerald, Callie Hatchett, Kiran Rajagopalan, Antonio Ramos, and Can Wang.  Find out more here​

My AmNews 2019 March Calendar

Featured:  BAAD! Ass Women Festival.    Find out more here

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SOMETHING'S AFOOT!

New Tap Choreography Showcase
Saturday, April 20, 2019
 (8:30pm)
Creative Cultural Center, 149 Christopher Street
(between Washington & Greenwich Streets) 
 
How to Apply:
Please submit your application by March 1st, 2019.
Please submit the following:

• Bio (100 words or less) 
   
• A YouTube or similar link or reel of your work, or footage from a recent piece you created and presented.
   
• A YouTube or similar link or file of your "NEW" Tap Choreography (work in process).
   
• Please answer the following 2 questions: (please keep your responses brief)

1) Tell us about your philosophy and approach to Tap dance as a choreographer and who/what are your choreographic influences? 

2) Describe the piece you would like to submit for consideration. (type of music, length, number of dancers, costumes, lights, etc.)

Send submissions to Tony Waag at: twaag@atdf.org

If Accepted:
You will be notified shortly after March 1st. You will be invited to present your work on April 20th, 2019 and you will be given approximately (8) hours of free studio space to complete and refine your choreography. There will be a final dress/tech in the afternoon of the show. If selected there is a $50 entrance fee.

 FROM THE FOLKS AT JACK: After ending its seven-year lease at its original space, performance venue JACK will be moving to a new, larger home at 18 Putnam Ave., also located in the Clinton Hill neighborhood in Brooklyn.  JACK has signed a 10-year lease at the storefront space, which is a five-minute walk from the current space. This move affords JACK, for the first time, space for a backstage area, audience lobby and an administrative office, with an increase in audience capacity as well.  Located next to the Putnam Triangle Plaza, the new JACK will have a central spot in the community.
 
At the same time, JACK is thrilled to announce the appointment of theater director and arts administrator Jordana De La Cruz to join founder Alec Duffy as Co-Director.  De La Cruz comes to JACK from the Park Avenue Armory, where she worked since 2015, most recently as Program Manager.  As an independent director, she helmed, among other projects, Cristina Pitter’sDecolonizing My Vagina, which premiered at JACK in January 2018.
 
From Jordana De La Cruz:  "I am ecstatic to join Alec Duffy in his unyielding mission to present unique artistic works for the benefit of the entire community. JACK exists as a gathering space to innovate and expand all fields of performance and civic engagement. As a longtime admirer, it is an honor to join the leadership team as we continue to build a rising arts center with limitless potential."
 
From JACK founder/Co-Director Alec Duffy:
 
“Over the last few years, I have admired Jordana’s role in creating transcendent experiences at Park Avenue Armory, involving some of our nation’s most prized, revolutionary artistic voices. I then got to know her as an extraordinary theater artist when she directed in our space last year. When thinking about a partner at JACK who would be an eager co-conspirator in fueling experiments in art and activism and help take JACK to the next level, I realized Jordana was a perfect fit.  I look forward to working with her to build a shared vision of what JACK can be, and how JACK can grow.”
 
MORE INFO ABOUT JORDANA DE LA CRUZ:
 
Jordana De La Cruz is an Afro-Latina director, curator, and creative producer. She collaborates with active participants across multiple generations to examine and dismantle the stigmas that hold society captive. She creates performances, gatherings, and public programs sparking cross-cultural dialogue, empowering individuality, and expanding the concept of community with theatrical responses, workshops, and interdisciplinary conversations. Her work continually questions what it means to be free and, more urgently, how we help each other achieve this freedom. In 2015, she was instrumental in the creation of Public Programs at Park Avenue Armory and has continued to cultivate affordable, community-focused art and dialogue through 2018. She has previously directed and produced with JACK, La Mama, The Flea Theater, IATI Theater, INTAR Theatre, The Story Pirates, and Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company, among others.
 
MORE INFO ABOUT JACK

Fadi J. Khoury - FJK Dance
John Jay College Black Box Theater
February 22 – August 23
For the premiere of a series of performances, FJK Dance's “Fusion of Culture and Dance” will provide an immersive, cross-cultural dance experience and include a “Talk Back” and reception with the company. The Fusion series will be theme-based; each evening will feature a different work from the company repertoire.  The Friday’s opening performance will feature UNTOLD, “FJK’s multimedia performance and art installation that layers ancient Middle Eastern aesthetics with contemporary ballet and ballroom movement. Additional company works will be shown on April 26, May 31, June 20, July 18 and August 23. Find out more here
 
Karen Bernard
ChaShaMa – West 23rd Street Space
February 7 – 23
“Wearing a vintage style bathing suit and sunglasses…Bernard creates a heightened performance from mundane activities and images as she grapples with memory, loss, acceptance and mortality,” according to the release.  Find out more here
 
Complexions Contemporary Ballet
The Joyce Theater
February 19 – March 3
Under artistic direction of Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, the Company celebrates its 25th anniversary season with three programs over two-weeks. The programs are: Program A - the NYC premiere of BACH 25 and Star Dust (2016); Program B - the world premiere of Woke and From Then To Now; and Program C - a matinee program, with BACH 25 and From Then To Now.  Find out more here
 
Zullo/RawMovement
City College Center for the Arts, Aaron Davis Hall
February 22 - 23
Under artistic director, John J Zullo, the conceptual work, Liable to Change "utilizes movement, architecture, sound, light and interactive technologies and filters it all through the Cynefin Framework to inform the piece by delving into states of simplicity, complicatedness," notes the release. The performers are Zachary Denison, Bong Dizon, Hana Goldstone, Katya Lazor and Rachael Oczkus. Darren Solomon is the composer, Kryssy Wright is the lighting designer and Kat Sullivan offers a mix of movement and technology. Find out more here

Freespace Dance
The Space at Yoga Mechanics
February 23
The Company will present an evening of dance and a cocktail reception following. Find out more here

Various Artists
Gallim Studio
February 23
The Gallim Studio’s “Create:ART” program will host another evening of dance…offering a platform for sharing of work in any stage of the creative process,” notes the website.  On the program will be Max Canion, Kizuna Dance/ Cameron McKinney, The Nash Conspiracy/ Rosie D'Angelo, and UNA Projects/ Chuck Wilt.  Find out more here
 
Various Artists
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
February 25 – 26
Christina Carminucci, Dolly Sfeir, Joe Monteleone, Thryn Saxon and Xianix Barrera will be presented as part of the 2019 Emerging Choreographer Series, produced by Mare Nostrum Elements. Find out more here

The 92nd Street Y presents
Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company
20th Anniversary Season
INTERSECTIONS
A Program-Length Dance Event
Directed & Choreographed By
Daniel Gwirtzman
@
The 92nd Street Y
February 22-23, 2019

"Intersections, Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company’s 20th Anniversary New York season and newest dance, marks a continuum of two decades of innovative dance production without pause," according to the release.
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Applications are now open for the 2019 Periapsis Open Series and Emerging Artist Residencies!

The Periapsis Open Series is a unique performance opportunity for choreographers who are working in collaboration with composers and/or performing with live music. Three choreographers will be selected to be presented on our season programs on May 10-11 at Kumble Theater at LIU Brooklyn.

The Emerging Artist Residencies program takes place over two weeks at the end of May. Two choreographers and two composers are selected to develop new work on members of our company, with a works-in-progress showing at the end. Guest teacher Janis Brenner will visit during the process to offer feedback and will also lead a talkback at the showing.

Visit our opportunities page for full info and to apply. The application period is a bit compressed this year, so don't delay! 

Applications for both programs are due March 10.

Stay tuned for more announcements of programs for artists . . .

Dancers and choreographers:We are thrilled to announce that from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2021, Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden received a generous grant that allows you to apply for subsidized dance rehearsal space here on our grounds.
Dance/NYC’s New York City Rehearsal Space Subsidy Program, made possible by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, is an exciting program which makes affordable rehearsal space available at discounted rates to dance makers whose previous dance work has been publicly presented.  In a city where artists are in critical need of affordable space for the creation and development of their work, this program also fosters a more inclusive and fair dance field, with a focus on accessibility, geography, and the demographics of artists served.
Dance makers interested in applying for use of subsidized space should fill out this form to be considered. Our staff will follow up with you within 1-3 business days of receipt. Please direct any questions to Jenny Kelly, Business Manager, at 718-425-3516 or jkelly@snug-harbor.org.

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