Jessica Amber Pinkett and Adrien Picaut in Moultrie's "Road to One" Photo: Kyle Froman Ailey II
The Ailey Citigroup Theater
March 14 – 25
Back home at the Citigroup Theater for their 2018 season, and in two programs, the Company will premiere Darrell Grand Moultrie's Road to One by, Juel D. Lane's Touch & Agree and Renee I. McDonald's Breaking Point in the "All New" program. For the "Contemporary Favorites" program, repertory works will include Jae Man Joo' Circular, Bridget L. Moore's Sketches of Flames, and former Ailey dancer Marcus Willis' Stream of Consciousness. Find out more here
Platform 2018 - Various Artists
Danspace Project
February 28 - March 24
The series, “Dancing Platform Praying Grounds: Blackness, Churches, and Downtown Dance” by guest curator Reggie Wilson for the Danspace Project’s Platform 2018, continues with participating dance artists: Same As Sister/Briana Brown-Tipley and Hilary Brown, Keely Garfield, Beth Gill, Jonathan Gonzalez, Miguel Gutierrez, Angie Pittman, Edisa Weeks and Ni’Ja Whitson. The Platform will conclude with the world premiere of Wilson’s …they stood shaking while others began to shout, commissioned by Danspace. Find out more here
Work Up 4.0 – Various Artists
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
March 9 – 17
The fast growing series “Work Up 4.0,” a platform for emerging artists at divided into three sections and three shared weekends, concludes with- Melanie Greene, Summer Minerva and EmmaGrace Skove-Epes (Work Up 4.3 – March 16 – 17). The series also incorporates a gallery exhibition by the artists and post-performance receptions each Friday, and post-performance discussions with the artists each Saturday. Each artist also receives residency, professional development and administrative support. Find out more here
Wendy Osserman
Theater for the New City
March 14 – 17
Veteran choreographer since the 60s, Osserman will premiere Undermine featuring Osserman with Cori Kresge, Gary Champi, Lauren Ferguson, Joshua Tuason and Emily Vetsch to live music. Also on the program is Osserman’s Udjat for Ferguson, Kresge and Vetsch from 1985. Find out more here
cullen + them
New York Live Arts
March 14 – 17
These two performing ensembles, cullen+them come together for an inter-generational performance under direction Hannah Cullen in Mark it in Pencil. Find out more here
“From the Horse’s Mouth”
The Theater at the 14th Street Y
March 15 – 18
This annual event which celebrates dance and dancers in many forms, returns to begin its 20th anniversary year with “A Footnote in Ballet History?” a special program honoring Magda Saleh, Prima Ballerina of Egypt. Over 30 dancers, musicians, historians and choreographers will share stories, memories, anecdotes, and dance in celebration of Saleh’s service to the field. Performance and events will take place at. Find out more here
Laura Pawel Dance Company
March 16 - 17
Chen Dance Center
Pawel and dance and music colleagues will premiere Sunset Beach, “…named after a section of Vancouver's waterside park where people gather to enjoy the beautiful scenery,” notes the release. Find out more here
Megan Sipe/Chocolatier
Nuyorican Poets Cafe
March 16 – 17
Sipe and artists will present 19twelve, “…a multi media performance project featuring original music by Moira Lo Bianco, dance by choreographer and performer Megan Sipe, video animation by Aaron Gonzales and sound design by Quentin Chiappetta,” according to the release. Find out more here
Peridance Contemporary Dance Company
Salvatore Capezio Center
March 17 - 25
The Company will offer two programs: Program A - Gran Partita (World Premiere) a full-evening work by artistic director Igal Perry; and Program B – a mixed repertory of works by Norbert De La Cruz III, Adam Barruch, and Perry. Find out more here
Cathy Weis
“Sundays on Broadway”
March 18
Cathy Weis Projects continues the spring 2018 lineup for "Sundays on Broadway," an ongoing series of performances, film screenings, and discussions. This Sunday will be an evening of experiments by Simone Forti and Cathy Weis on their Maiden Voyage as collaborators in a space that is so familiar to them both. Forti lived and worked at 537 Broadway for decades. Weis now resides and creates there. They will show early video work and share some of the discoveries made during one week of moving together in the studio. Find out more here
Various Artists
Movement Research at the Judson Church
March 19
Don’t miss this free, ongoing, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress. This week’s featured artists are Erick Montes/Danceable Projects, Tori Lawrence and LICO Dance. Find out more here
"Fast Forward" - Various Artists
Dixon Place
March 20
Curated by Sangeeta Yesley, the split evening will include works by Joe Monteleone/Monteleone Dance, As Arts NY Dance & Xiang XU Theater Dance. Find out more here
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