Noh-Now Series (Part 1) – Luca Veggetti
Japan Society
October 13 - 14
Italian director/choreographer Veggetti’s Left-Right-Left “…explores the point of intersection between Japan’s 14th-century noh tradition and today’s efforts in dance…” featuring Japanese butoh and contemporary dancers, noh musicians and a child noh actor. Find out more here 
 
Roy Asaf
BAC
October 12 – 13
Israeli company Roy Assaf Dance makes its New York debut at Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) with Six Years Later (2011) a duet dance by Assaf with Madison Hoke and, and the all-male The Hill inspired by experiences of war veterans. Find out more here 
 
Martha Graham Dance Company - LamVar10: A Festival for New Work
Martha Graham Studio Theater
September 20–October 18
This multiweek program celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Lamentation Variations, through short commissioned works inspired by Martha Graham’s iconic solo Lamentation.  Audiences will get to see variations by choreographers ranging from Yvonne Rainer to Aszure Barton via live-streamed performances and rehearsals and limited-release digital links.  Find out more here
 
Fall for Dance Festival – Various Artists
New York City Center
October 2 – 14
The annual two-week festival which brings dance to many for just $15, closes this weekend after a run that boasts five diverse programs including performances by Abraham.In.Motion, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Danza Contemporanea de Cuba, Sanjukta Sinha, Vincent Mantsoe and more. Find out more here
 
Joshua Beamish
BAC/Fisher
October 11 – 14
For his BAM debut, Vancouver and New York-based choreographer Beamish with his MOVETHECOMPANY will present the New York premiere of Saudade which “…investigates loss and longing for something unattainable,” notes the release.  Find out more here 
 
Ballet West
The Joyce Theater
October 11 – 14
Ballet West returns to NYC with two New York premieres: Fox on the Doorstep by resident choreographer Nicolo Fonte and Dances for Lou by Val Caniparoli.  Also on the program is Gerald Arpino’s final work Ruth, Ricordi per Due, and more.  Find out more here
 
Jasmine Hearn & Mariana Valencia
Danspace Project
October 12 - 14
Hearn and Valencia share an evening of new works: Hearn’s shook and Valencia’s Yugoslavia.  Find out more here 
 
Nicole Bindler
JACK
October 13 - 14
Bindler will present The Case for Invagination “…a feminist reimagining of space … an exploration of being “invaginated” by space as opposed to penetrating space,” notes the release.  Find out more here
 
Eryc Taylor Dance
Martha Graham Studio Theater
October 13 – 15
For this season the Company will premiere of Taylor’s Cycles, the return of Chaise Lung, plus repertory works: Song for Cello and Piano, The Box and The Missing.  Find out more here
 
Yossie Berg & Oded Graf
NYLA
October 13 – 14
Berg and Graf’s Come Jump With Me, “…examines the relevancy and significance of creating art in the urgent political reality of Israel,” according to the release. Find out more here 
 
Souls of Our Feet: Dance Concert – Various Artists
BAAD!
October 13 -14
This year, BAAD!’s signature compilation dance concert which mixes dance styles from the Bronx and beyond will feature J. Bouey, Beverly Lopez, Houiea LOVE, Titilayo Mayogdbe, Rokafella, Edgard Toro, Ea Torrado, and Miki Tuesday.  Find out more here
 
Kulu Mele African Dance & Drum Ensemble
Kurtz Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia, PA.
October 15
The Malian composer Moussa Traore was commissioned to compose new and original music for the Company, the result is "From Mali to America."
Find out more here 

Invocation Proclamation Manifesto – Various Artists
Gibney Dance Center
September 21 – October 7
In the intimate ground floor performance space, the new Gibney Dance series of “Invocation Proclamation Manifesto” a mixed bill programs featuring short works from choreographers and performance-makers “…wrestling with the urgency of being a body at risk in 45’s America,” according to the release, closes with Angie Pittman, Kristopher K.Q. Pourzal & Ashley R.T. Yergens (10/5 – 7).  This series also features performances in a fully installed environment by visual artist and designer Diego Montoya.  Find out more here 

Twyla Tharp Dance
The Joyce Theater
September 19 – October 8
This three-week engagement closes repertory and a world premiere DYLAN LOVE SONGS from Tharp, plus former Tharp dancers Sara Rudner and Rose Marie Wright return for a revival of the 1972 quintet, The Raggedy Dances, and more.  Find out more here
 
Martha Graham Dance Company - LamVar10: A Festival for New Work
Martha Graham Studio Theater
September 20–October 18
This multiweek program celebrates the tenth anniversary of the Lamentation Variations, through short commissioned works inspired by Martha Graham’s iconic solo Lamentation.  Audiences will get to see variations by choreographers ranging from Yvonne Rainer to Aszure Barton via live-streamed performances and rehearsals and limited-release digital links.  Find out more here 
 
Fall for Dance Festival – Various Artists
New York City Center
October 2 – 14
The annual two-week festival which brings dance to many for just $15, returns for year 14 with five diverse programs including performances by Abraham.In.Motion, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, Danza Contemporanea de Cuba, Sanjukta Sinha, Vincent Mantsoe and more. Find out more here  

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company
BAM/Harvey
October 3 – 7
Jones’ latest work, A Letter to My Nephew; a meditation on a troubled life, “…an intimate and impressionistic collage…setting a portrait of Jones’ beloved nephew Lance T. Briggs,” the notes the release is part of BAM’s “Next Wave Festival.” There is live music by composer Nick Hallett, performed by baritone Matthew Gamble and Hallett, set design by Bjorn Amelan, imagery from video designer Janet Wong, and Jones’ words to his nephew.  Find out more here 
 
Germaine Acogny
BAM/Fisher
October 4 – 7
Known as “the mother of contemporary African dance,” Acogny collaborates with choreographer and director of Ballet du Nord, Olivier Dubois as part of his “…ongoing exploration of all truths and myths surrounding the legendary premiere of Stravinsky’s “Rite of Spring.”  This “…reimagined solo dance by a mature and strong black woman…enclosed in a rectangular box for the entirety of the dance, dives deep into her 70-plus years of experience, delivers a laser-focused performance, and renders expressive every tiny muscle movement. In the process, she questions western (mis)conceptions of Africa and black bodies,” according to the release. Find out more here
 
Miro Magloire’s New Chamber Ballet
German Academy
October 5 – 6
Magloire will presents Stray Bird, a site-specific evening of dances to music by Ursula Mamlok, in tribute to the late composer, featuring live music by the Momenta String Quartet and works by Rebecca Walden and Mara Driscoll.  Free admission, but advance reservations are required.  Find out more here 
 
American Repertory Ballet
Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College
October 5
The company will present Kirk Peterson’s The Eyes that Gently Touch (1999) and Carmen (premiere), plus Mary Barton’s Straight Up with a Twist (2011).  Find out more here  
 
Dumbo Dance Festival – Various Artists
Gelsey Kirkland ArtsCenter
October 5 – 8
White Wave Dance celebrates the 17th anniversary season of the DUMBO Dance Festival (DDF) featuring 70 contemporary dance companies nationally and internationally.  Find out more here
 
Various Artists
Ailey Citigroup Theater
October 7
Dancing Wheels Company  --- Works by David Dorfman, Daniel Jobe, Heidi Latsky, Dianne McIntyre, Catherine Meredith, James Morrow and Sara Swenson.  Find out more here
 
“Works & Process at the Guggenheim” - American Ballet Theatre
Guggenheim Museum
October 8 - 9
In an evening of discussion and dance about the fall 2017 season, Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky will discuss his new ballet, and Benjamin Millepied will present highlights from his season premiere.  Both panels will include excerpts danced by ABT dancers.  Both panels are moderated by John Meehan, Professor of Dance at Vassar College.  Find out more here 

Stefanie Batten Bland (SBB)
Martha’s Vineyard
September 29 – 30
Opening The Yard’s winter series, choreographer and performer Stefanie Batten Bland with music by Leah Crosby will present Embarked, a”…site-specific work that combines the influences of sand, wind, water, time, and history, Stefanie Batten Bland begins her research into the physical and emotional residue created from the fabrication and destruction of landmarks, whether forced or due to decay. When she first visited Martha’s Vineyard, Batten Bland was drawn to the African American Heritage Trail. Embarked is the first of several studies in progress to celebrate these sacred spaces on the island that affirm culture and define community,” according to the release.  This is a free event!  Find out more here
 
Antonio Ramos and The Gangbangers
Dixon Place
September 15-30
Ramos and The Gangbangers, will present ALMODOVAR DYSTOPIA, a “…humorous celebration of queer culture, and part an outrageous political statement against the body-negative and repressed nature of the world we live in,” notes the release. Find out more here 
 
Invocation Proclamation Manifesto – Various Artists
Gibney Dance Center
September 21 – October 7
In the intimate ground floor performance space, the new Gibney Dance series of “Invocation Proclamation Manifesto” a mixed bill programs featuring short works from choreographers and performance-makers “…wrestling with the urgency of being a body at risk in 45’s America,” according to the release, continues with Kenya (Robinson), Alexandra Tatarsky & Eli Tamondong (9/28 – 30); and Angie Pittman, Kristopher K.Q. Pourzal & Ashley R.T. Yergens (10/5 – 7).  This series also features performances in a fully installed environment by visual artist and designer Diego Montoya.  Find out more here 
 
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
NYLA
September 27 – 30
Opening the NYLA season, Keersmaeker and her company Rosas brings A Love Supreme, a collaboration with Salva Sanchis an ode of sorts to John Coltrane’s seminal album of the same name.  Find out more here 
 
John Heginbotham and Maira Kalman
BAM Fisher 
September 27 – 30
Heginbotham choreographs and directs, The Principles of Uncertainty with Dance Heiginbotham, collaborating with author and illustrator Kalman bringing  “…Kalman’s intimate, detailed work to life in a series of vignettes that illustrate a journey through an ever-changing world,” notes the release.  Find out more here 
 
Renegade Performance Group
Danspace Project
September 28 – 30
Artistic director and choreographer André M. Zachery of Renegade Performance Group will premiere Untamed Space, “…an interdisciplinary performance about ‘marooning’ in the 21st Century,” notes the release. A half hour long pre-show discussions will take place each night. Find out more here 
 
Alessandro Sciarroni
LaMama
September 28 – 30
As part Crossing the Line Festival 2017, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) and La Mama join to present the New York Premiere of Sciarroni’s UNTITLED_I will be there when you die a “…visceral, visual, high-endurance work reimagines the physical variations and repetitive patterns of juggling as a unique language,” according to the release. Find out more here
 
Mette Ingvartsen
NYU Skirball
September 29 - 30
Danish choreographer and dancer Ingvartsen’s 7 Pleasures is “…a choreographed orgy that explores how we use pleasure to challenge cliché images attached to nudity and sexuality,” according to the release.  Find out more here 
 
Paz Tanjuaquio 
Fisher Landau Center for Art 
September 30
Choreographer and dancer will dance among the exhibition Hypothetical? by Lorna Simpson. Admission to the event is complimentary.  Find out more here 
 
Kiran Rajagopalan
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
September 30
Rajagopalan will present Twin Rivers “…a multidisciplinary work which explores the similarities between West African, West Indian, and Indian spirituality,” as part of Snug Harbor's monthly Performing Arts Salon Saturdays (PASS), notes the release.  Find out more here
 
Bouchra Ouizguen
Brooklyn Museum
September 30 – October 1
Also part of Crossing the Line Festival, with the Brooklyn Museum, Abrons Arts Center, and Movement Research comes the New York Premiere of Moroccan choreographer Ouizguen’s “…hypnotic, site-specific living sculpture,” Corbeaux (Crows).  Find out more here 

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André M. Zachery/Renegade Performance Group's ​ latest foray under the AFROFUTURISM series - Untamed Space the world premiere commissioned by Danspace Project covers the trajectory of "marooning" across time and space. 

St. Mark’s Church
September 28 - 30

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My October Dance Calendar for AmNews
Featured: Germaine Acogny with the U.S. premiere of “Mon élue noire (My Black Chosen One): Sacre #2” (Oct. 4-7) and Cynthia Oliver’s world-premiere “Virago-Man Dem” (Oct. 25-28), both at BAM Fisher. 

The Performance Garage, Philadelphia, PA
7:30 PM September 29-30, 2017
 
Join us at the 48th Annual 'Danco on 'Danco Concert, featuring the work of emerging choreographers from PHILADANCO's various training programs. See the beginning of new legacies as they test their hand at choreography.


A highly anticipated show you won't want to miss!