Dorrance Dance
The Joyce Theater
December 17-January 5
Dorrance Dance brings a holiday program that runs into the New Year “…with a jazz-infused program of enchanting tap dance works. Rounding out the first week’s program, Dorrance and her collaborators—Hannah Heller, Melinda Sullivan, and Josette Wiggan-Freund—pay tribute to another jazz great with the New York premiere of All Good Things Come to an End. The iconic music catalogue of Fats Waller sets the mood for a journey through tableaux, from “Cane and Able” to “The Myth of the American Dream,” showcasing the rich, layered sound for which the quartet is known. Other highlights of this engagement include Elastic Times, an excerpt from the 2018 sensation Elemental, co-created by Dorrance and Nicholas Van Young, featuring original live music by Donovan Dorrance, Gregory Richardson, and Aaron Marcellus; Harlequin & Pantalone (2019), choreographed by guest artist Bill Irwin and danced by Irwin and Warren Craft; and Basses Loaded, a glorious piece for four dancers and four basses,” according to the release. Find out more here
 ZVIDANCE
New York Live Arts
December 18-21
ZVIDANCE presents the world premiere of MAIM (Water in Hebrew) which “…sets out to raise awareness to issues related to the global diminishing water resources due to global warming,” according to the release.  Find out more here
 
“DoublePlus”-Various Artists
Gibney
December 19-21
Week three of the three-week series, “DoublePlus” where veteran artists are brought in to curate split-bill evenings continues with Laurel Atwell + Hyung Seok Jeon, curated by Tei Blow. Find out more here
 
ray ferreira
Performance Space New York
December 19-21
Continuing The Stages Series, ferreira premieres to spiral seems to be the only option where she “…immerses her own body and person within the histories of the spirited many who leapt, sometimes together, from the slave-ships that were heading to Northern America and the Caribbean, and the underwater communities they formed,” according to the release.  Find out more here 
 
“Hip Hop Nutcracker” – Various Artists
New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC)
December 20-21
A contemporary version of the timeless holiday classic, The Hip Hop Nutcracker returns with performances by MC Kurtis Blow and many more. Find out more here
 
Forces of Nature Dance Company
The Apollo
December 28
Under artistic director and choreographer Abdel R. Salaam, brings the annual Kwanzaa Celebration to the Apollo with host Imotep Gary Byrd.  Find out more here

“DoublePlus”
Alexander Diaz + Jennifer Harrison Newman
(click on names above to see a preview video of each artist)
Gibney - 280 Broadway
December 12-14
Week two of the three-week series, “DoublePlus” where veteran artists are brought in to curate split-bill evenings continues.  Alexander Diaz + Jennifer Harrison Newman, curated by Charmaine Warren.

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Pam Tanowitz + Simone Dinnerstein
The Joyce Theater
December 9-15
The choreographer, Tanowitz, and pianist Dinnerstein celebrate their union between music and dance in New Work for Goldberg Variations. “Widely considered one of the foremost Bach interpreters of her generation, Dinnerstein plays her award-winning, Billboard chart-topping take on the demanding score live on stage alongside the seven dancers of Pam Tanowitz Dance. The company’s namesake choreographer lends her trademark unflinching abstractions of classical and popular dance to create a delightful evening full of interplay of rhythm and style. Together, Tanowitz and Dinnerstein translate the intricate score into movement in a way that New Work for Goldberg Variations radically redefines how a dance and music collaboration comes to be,” according to the release.  Find out more here
 
 “DoublePlus”-Various Artists
Gibney
December 12-14
Week two of the three-week series, “DoublePlus” where veteran artists are brought in to curate split-bill evenings continues.  Alexander Diaz + Jennifer Harrison Newman, curated by Charmaine Warren (December 12–14); and Laurel Atwell + Hyung Seok Jeon, curated by Tei Blow (December 19–21).  Find out more here
 
Gandini Juggline and Alexander Whitley
Peak Performances
December 12 – 15
The avant-garde virtuosos of Gandini Juggling returns and collaborates with British choreographer Alexander Whitley in Spring “…a refreshing and entertaining production at the vanguard of contemporary circus,” notes the release. Find out more here
 
“Fresh Tracks” – Various Artists
New York Live Arts
December 13-14
The annual and legendary Fresh Tracks Performance and Residency Program at New York Live Arts returns and will showcase five selected emerging choreographers: Anh Vo, Annie Heath, Jordan Lloyd, Kayla Hamilton and Stuart B Meyers. Find out more here
 
"Sundays on Broadway" - Various Artists
537 Broadway
December 15
As part of Cathy Weis’ “Sundays on Broadway” series, this one co-curated by Weis and Emily Climer, will feature Ellen Fisher, Carolyn Hall, Shorties on a shared evening.  Find out more here
 
Patricia Hoffbauer
Dixon Place
December 17
See and in-progress showing of Hoffbauer’s Getting Away With Murder which explores the concept of violence in relationship to bodies and art, and looking at it still "through the glass darkly" of Ana Mendieta's history.  The evening curated by Marcia Monroe and the performers are: Peggy Gould, Ananda Gonzalez, India Gonzalez, Jonathan Gonzalez, Vincent McCloskey, Malcom Low and Hoffbauer. Also on the program are choreographers Michelle Chan, and Elise Knudson. Find out more here

“DoublePlus”-Various Artists
Gibney
December 5-7
The series brings in veteran artists to curate split-bill evenings over three weekends.  Dana Davenport + Samita Sinha, curated by Alexis Convento (December 5–7); Alexander Diaz + Jennifer Harrison Newman, curated by Charmaine Warren (December 12–14); and Laurel Atwell + Hyung Seok Jeon, curated by Tei Blow (December 19–21).  Find out more here
 
Dormeshia, Derick K. Grant, Jason Samuels Smith and Camille A. Brown
The Joyce Theater
December 3–8
Tap dancers Dormeshia, Grant, Samuels Smith and a special guest, performer, choreographer and contemporary dancer Brown join forces for a celebration of tap dance, And Still You Must Swing. This team of tappers and contemporary guest artist promise to honor the heart and legacy of the art form.  Find out more here
 
Tess Dworman
The Chocolate Factory
December 4-7
In Dworman’s A Child Retires, the work “…emboldens artifact and artifice to reference the collapse of my own maturation as an artist. The work includes my mom’s old t-shirt (costume), a tote bag (prop), and a soundtrack of the Beach Boys rehearsing Good Vibrations,” according to the release.  Find out more here
 
Kyle Marshall Choreography
December 4-7
BAM/Fisher
For this BAM debut, Marshall and his company brings Colored (2017) and the world premiere of A.D., as part of Next Wave 2019—the first season by artistic director David Binder.  Marshall has been investigating race and religion and in Colored he “…navigates the twisted spectrum of blackness that dancers Oluwadamilare Ayorinde, Myssi Robinson, and Marshall regularly embody. [Further] As three black dancers from varied backgrounds, their work together in the studio led to conversations on tokenism, appropriation, stereotype, and representation.”  And in the newer work, A.D., where dancers Bria Bacon and Miriam Gabriel are added to the cast, Marshall and Company delved into “…conversations surrounding Christianity and its influence on the body,” according to the release.  Find out more here

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
New York City Center
December 4-January 5
Under artistic director Robert Battle, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns for their annual New York City Center five week season.  Included on this season’s program are world premieres: Greenwood by Donald Byrd and Ode by Ailey dancer and newly announced Resident Choreographer Jamar Roberts; company premieres of BUSK by Aszure Barton and City of Rain by Camille A. Brown; new productions of Divining (1984) by Judith Jamison and Fandango (1995) Lar Lubovitch; plus repertory favorites including Ailey’s Memoria and Revelations. Find out more here

George Emilio Sanchez
Abrons Arts Center
December 5-6
After successful runs since 2017, Sanchez’s Bang, Bang, Gun Amok, a 24-hour performance marathon that addresses how gun culture is embedded in the history of the United States, is back at Abrons Arts Center and will again feature a large cast of artists, survivors of gun violence, activists, and scholars who have come together through music, dance, theater and more.  Find out more here

The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
New York Live Arts
December 5-7
Under artistic director Nai-Ni Chen, the Company brings the retrospective production “CrossCurrent,” and will showcase Chen's Callligraphy II, Whirlwind, Breaking News and Bamboo Rap. Find out more here

'newsteps'
Chen Dance Center
December 5-7
For this year’s newsteps choreographer’s series, the young dancemakers featured are: Alice Halter, Caitlin Javech, Susanne McHugh, Jessica Alexander & Madison Doyle, Catherine Eng, and Amanda Spilinga. Find out more here

BAX "Space Grant Showcase" - Various Artists
BAX
December 6-7
The 2019 "Space Grant Showcase" will feature Catie Leasca, Kayla Farrish and Ogemdi Ude.  Find out more here

The Construction Company & The Performance Project
Speyer Hall at University Settlement
December 6-7
Both companies will present new works by Alan Good, Kenneth King and Sally Silvers and more.  Find out more here

Mocow Ballet
Kings Theatre
December 7
For two performances on one-day- only, Moscow Ballet's Great Russian Nutcracker comes to Brooklyn as part of their 140 U.S. tour.  Find out more here

Leonardo Sandoval
Clark Studio Theater
December 7-8
Brazilian tap dancer and musician Leonardo Sandoval performs as part of Lincoln Center Kids series “Music from the Sole” melding tap with big-band. Find out more here

"Sundays on Broadway" - Various Artists
537 Broadway
December 8
As part of Cathy Weis’ “Sundays on Broadway” series, this one curated by Weis, will feature Jon Kinzel, Jimena Paz, Vicky Shick on a shared evening.  Find out more here

My December 2019 AmNews Calendar

Featured:
Kyle Marshall Choreography
December 4-7
BAM/Fisher & video

Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca
Joyce Theater
November 19–December 1
Under artistic director Martín Santangelo and dancer Barrio, Noche Flamenca returns with a new version of Entre Tú y Yo (Between You and Me), an evening-length program of duets, solos, and ensemble works.  Previously called La Ronde, and then Íntimo—Santangelo notes that she has found a technique to facilitate the performers performing to each other, together, rather than for the audience. Audience members are instead simply witnesses to what is occurring onstage. Find out more here
 
Martine Gutierrez
Performance Space New York
November 20 – 23
Gutierrez invites audiences to enter into a secret holding laboratory for what can only be assumed is a dangerous creature in Circle.  Find our more here
 
Peeping Tom (Belgian dance theater collective)
BAM/Harvey
November 20-23
Making its US and BAM debuts with 32 rue Vandenbranden, “…five dancers and a mezzo-soprano inhabit an unstable, surreal universe, governed by their own laws of time and space…” notes the release.  Find out more here
 
Elisa Monte Dance
The Flea Theater
November 21–24
Under artistic director Tiffany Rea-Fisher, Elisa Monte Dance returns to The Flea Theater as the company moves its 39th anniversary season with the world premiere of Emerged Nation, an evening-length work comprised of three movements inspired by the shifts in America’s civil and social mores. Find out more here
 
Hadar Ahuvia and Shira Eviatar
Gibney
November 21-23
Ahuvia and Eviatar comes to Gibney with Possessing, collaboratively questioning their shared, inherited trauma of the Israeli nation-state, asking, “How do we move together?” Find our more here 
 
The Chase Brock Experience
Theater Row
November 21-23
Brock will premiere The Four Seasons, a dance theater narrative set to Antonio Vivaldi’s Le quattro stagioni and “… imagines an American community in the not-too-distant future,” notes the release.  Find out more here
 
Live Arts Bard (LAB) – Various Artists
Fisher Center at Bard
November 21-24
For the third edition of LAB Biennial, the residency and commissioning program titled “Where No Wall Remains,” is co-curated by Lebanese live artist Tania El Khoury, and Gideon Lester the Fisher Center’s artistic director for Theater and Dance. "The entire program responds to the urgency of our political climates, not by merely advancing critique, but by also producing knowledge" with works from Jason de León, Mirna Bamieh/Palestine Hosting Society, Emilio Rojas and more, according to the release. Find out more here
 
Sidra Bell Dance New York
Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture
November 20
As part of the CUNY (City University of New York) Dance Initiative, the Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture presents Sidra Bell Dance New York for IN | REP, an evening of repertory. On the program is Grief Point, a section of a new work, and excerpts POOL, PRELUDE | IDENTITY, and Nudity.  Find out more here
 
Ballet Hispánico
The Apollo
November 22-23
On their return to the Apollo, following artistic director Eduardo Vilaro’s commitment to staging works by female, Latinx choreographers, on the program is the world premiere of Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Tiburones, plus Andrea Miller’s Nací (2009), and Michelle Manzanales’ Con Brazos Abiertos (2017).  Find out more here
 
Maurice Hines
NJPAC
November 23
With host Savion Glover, dance legend Maurice Hines brings his Tappin’ Thru Life the story of his career in song-and-dance which pays tribute to his brother, Gregory Hines. Hines will be backed by fellow hoofers (and siblings) John and Mary Manzari, and more.  Find out more here
 
10HL
Morris Museum
November 21-23
10 Hairy Legs, a company who celebrates the artistry of the male dancer joins forces with choreographer Doug Elkins for the new site-specific piece Trouble Will Find Me: Remixed. Find out more here 
 
Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet
City Center Studio 5
November 22 -23
The Company celebrates its 15th anniversary with world premieres by Magloire to music by Schubert and Dvorak.   Other ballets on the program are with music by Wolfgang Rihm and Karlheinz Stockhausen.  Find out more here
 
Nia & Ness
JACK
November 22-23
The duo, self-titled - black, lesbian couple living and loving in NYC will present home, a new dance-poetry piece,  that “… Ness make visible the impact of external violence and the love that drives them forward,” notes the release.  Find out more here
 
Beth Soll & Company
November 22-23
University Settlement
Soll will present an evening of all premieres titled "Dances of Passion and Peace - A Concert of Dance, Music, Poetry, and Translation."   Find out more here
 
Darrah Carr Dance
Irish Arts Center
November 23-24
Carr will premiere Dancing the Coral Suite, a second collaboration with traditional music duo Dana Lyn & Kyle Sanna.  Find out more here
 
Sundays on Broadway – Various Artists
537 Broadway
November 24
As part of Cathy Weis’ “Sundays on Broadway” series, this one curated by Weiss, Wally Cardona, John Jasperse, Athena Malloy & Connor Voss will share the evening’s program.  Find out more here
 
Various Artists
Movement Research at Judson Church
November 25
Don’t miss this free, on-going, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress.  This week’s featured artists are: Juli Brandano, Alice Heyward and Megan Payne, John Hoobyar, and Rourou Ye.  Find out more here

Martha Graham Dance Company
Alexander Kasser Theater
November 14-17
In celebrating of the 75th anniversary of the Graham classic Appalachian Spring, created in 1944 “…amidst a war that had torn many couples apart, follows a young 19th century frontier couple on their wedding day, imagining a dreamlike idyll of simplicity and togetherness,”  the Company is joined by The International Contemporary Ensemble, conducted by Vimbayi Kaziboni. Also on the program is The Auditions, by Troy Schumacher to an original score by composer Augusta Read Thomas, and performed by seven Martha Graham Dance Company.  The Auditions was commissioned by Peak Performances.  Find out more here
 
Dimitris Papaioannou
BAM
November 14-16
For his BAM debut, Papaioannou will present The Great Tamer, which “…references Greek mythology, proposing an omnipresent and restless underworld…” notes the release. Papaioannou was the first choreographer to create a new evening length work for Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch since Bausch’s death in 2009. Find out more here
 
Colin Dunne
Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC)
November 14-16
Irish Arts Center and BAC come together to present the U.S. premiere of Dunne’s Concert, choreographed and performed by Dunne, and created in collaboration with director Sinéad Rushe and composer and sound designer Mel Mercier.  Find out more here
 
Jerron Herman and Molly Joyce
Danspace Project
November 12, 15 & 16
Artists/performer Herman and composer/performer Joyce will premiere Breaking and Entering where they “…explore the creative potential of congenital and acquired physical immobility through their parallel weak left sides — Herman with cerebral palsy and Joyce an impaired hand from a car accident,” notes the release. Find out more here
 
Tiffany Mills Company
The Flea Theater
November 13-16
The Company will offer the premiere of Not then, not yet, an evening-length work that explores states of transition and transformation.  Find out more here
 
Gibney Dance Company
Gibney
November 14-16
Gibney Dance Company invites Stefanie Batten Bland and Peter Chu to create world premieres for their fall 2019 season. Find out more here
 
Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company
Capezio Theater at Peridance
November 17
Under artistic director Enrique Cruz DeJesus, the Company continues to bring works by Eleo Pomare to life.  On the program for this single event is Pomare's Las Desenamoradas (1967), based on Federico Garcia Lorca's play "The House of Bernarda Alba," and Tabernacle (1989) inspired by James Baldwin's “The Fire Next Time.”   Find out more here
 
Panel – “Africana Dance Dramaturgies…”
Martin Segal Theatre Center
November 18
Come listen to the panel of artist in a talk and roundtable discussion with choreographer Olivier Tarpaga, André M. Zachery, Rosamond S. King, Ph. D., Charmian Wells and Abdel R. Salaam. Curated, moderated, and hosted by Margit Edwards, Ph.D. Candidate.  Find out more here
 
“For The Moment” – Various Artists
Gibney
November 19
“For the Moment,” is a new program curated by Senior Curatorial Director Eva Yaa Asantewaa, and offers short, theme-based solo improvisations “…that celebrate creative response to the changing textures and energies of outer and inner worlds,” according to the release.  Featured will be Michiyaya Dance, Alethea Pace and Georgia Wall.  Find out more here