Cemiyon Barber as “Narcissus’s Reflection”, Photo: Andrew Jordan Christopher Williams
NYLA
October 28 - 30
New York Live Arts’ (Live Arts) Live Feed creative residency and commissioning program presents the world premiere of Narcissus, the original evening-length ballet by choreographer, dancer, and puppeteer Christopher Williams, with an ensemble that includes: Cemiyon Barber, Taylor Stanley and many more. The piece is set to Nikolai Tcherepnin’s score “Narcisse et Echo” composed in 1911 for the Ballets Russes incorporating themes of the eponymous Greek myth on which it is based to re-envision the original ballet through a contemporary queer lens. Find out more here
Various Artists
Various Venues
October 20 - November 6
“Crossing The Line Festival" which spotlights Africa’s cultural renaissance through interdisciplinary artists will feature: Before the whisper becomes the word, the room-sized video installation by Igbo-American artist Okwui Okpokwasili, in collaboration with Peter Born; Nehanda the audio work by nora chipaumire a native of Zimbabwe and central Mozambique; and On the way, undone by Okpokwasili and Born. Also on the lineup is singer Somi, plus works by Chirstopher Myers and Kneza Schaal. These performances and events are both virtual and in-person. Find out more here
New York Botanical Gardens
April - October 2021
The Contemporary Dance Series offers up "...A series of spontaneous outdoor performances celebrate the infinite possibilities of our connection with nature and each other," notes the release. Find out more here
Rourou Ye
Virtual
October 1 - December 31
Ye presents May I Dance on Your Screen?, a movement-centered online exhibit of video works created specifically for the digital platform. Find out more here
American Ballet Theater
David H. Koch Theater
October 20 - 31
The 2021 Fall season returns with the first of six performances of the full-length production of Giselle (1841) staged by Kevin McKenzie with choreography after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa, Christopher Rudd’s Touché, Jessica
Lang’s ZigZag, of Lauren Lovette’s La Follia Variations, Darrell Grand Moultrie’s Indestructible Light and more. Find out more here
Martha Graham Dance Company
The Joyce
October 26 - 31
The Company returns to the Joyce with two program:Program A - Graham's Diversion of Angels, Appalachian Spring, Immediate Tragedy and the premiere of Andrea Miller's Scavengers. Program B - Graham's Steps in the Street and Diversion of Angels, Jacob by Sir Robert Cohan, Untitled (Souvenir) by Pam Tanowitz, and Treading by Elisa Monte. Find out more here
Vangeline Theater
Triskelion Arts
October 27 - 30
Vangeline Theater presents Eternity 123, live and in -person as part of the Women Defining Butoh Festival at Triskelion Arts. Find out more here
BREAKTIME
Arts On Site
October 29 - 30
The Company will present we currently are dead which "...centers on the choreographic possibilities of the projector. From shadow puppetry to live animation, Jonathan and Holly alternate roles of operating, performing before, and performing with it in a disjointed dreamscape of futile desires to program our surroundings and circumstances," notes the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
Bethesda Fountain, DUMBO Archway
October 30
White Wave Dance presents iyouuswe II (I-You-Us-We-Two), a multi-year collaboration with choreographer Young Soon Kim and composer Marco Cappelli, in collaboration with their performers. Find out more here
Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama.
Virtual
October 30
The online evening will highlight four dance film works and an interview with Celia Ipiotis. Find out more and rsvp here
NYLA
October 28 - 30
New York Live Arts’ (Live Arts) Live Feed creative residency and commissioning program presents the world premiere of Narcissus, the original evening-length ballet by choreographer, dancer, and puppeteer Christopher Williams, with an ensemble that includes: Cemiyon Barber, Taylor Stanley and many more. The piece is set to Nikolai Tcherepnin’s score “Narcisse et Echo” composed in 1911 for the Ballets Russes incorporating themes of the eponymous Greek myth on which it is based to re-envision the original ballet through a contemporary queer lens. Find out more here
Various Artists
Various Venues
October 20 - November 6
“Crossing The Line Festival" which spotlights Africa’s cultural renaissance through interdisciplinary artists will feature: Before the whisper becomes the word, the room-sized video installation by Igbo-American artist Okwui Okpokwasili, in collaboration with Peter Born; Nehanda the audio work by nora chipaumire a native of Zimbabwe and central Mozambique; and On the way, undone by Okpokwasili and Born. Also on the lineup is singer Somi, plus works by Chirstopher Myers and Kneza Schaal. These performances and events are both virtual and in-person. Find out more here
New York Botanical Gardens
April - October 2021
The Contemporary Dance Series offers up "...A series of spontaneous outdoor performances celebrate the infinite possibilities of our connection with nature and each other," notes the release. Find out more here
Rourou Ye
Virtual
October 1 - December 31
Ye presents May I Dance on Your Screen?, a movement-centered online exhibit of video works created specifically for the digital platform. Find out more here
American Ballet Theater
David H. Koch Theater
October 20 - 31
The 2021 Fall season returns with the first of six performances of the full-length production of Giselle (1841) staged by Kevin McKenzie with choreography after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa, Christopher Rudd’s Touché, Jessica
Lang’s ZigZag, of Lauren Lovette’s La Follia Variations, Darrell Grand Moultrie’s Indestructible Light and more. Find out more here
Martha Graham Dance Company
The Joyce
October 26 - 31
The Company returns to the Joyce with two program:Program A - Graham's Diversion of Angels, Appalachian Spring, Immediate Tragedy and the premiere of Andrea Miller's Scavengers. Program B - Graham's Steps in the Street and Diversion of Angels, Jacob by Sir Robert Cohan, Untitled (Souvenir) by Pam Tanowitz, and Treading by Elisa Monte. Find out more here
Vangeline Theater
Triskelion Arts
October 27 - 30
Vangeline Theater presents Eternity 123, live and in -person as part of the Women Defining Butoh Festival at Triskelion Arts. Find out more here
BREAKTIME
Arts On Site
October 29 - 30
The Company will present we currently are dead which "...centers on the choreographic possibilities of the projector. From shadow puppetry to live animation, Jonathan and Holly alternate roles of operating, performing before, and performing with it in a disjointed dreamscape of futile desires to program our surroundings and circumstances," notes the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
Bethesda Fountain, DUMBO Archway
October 30
White Wave Dance presents iyouuswe II (I-You-Us-We-Two), a multi-year collaboration with choreographer Young Soon Kim and composer Marco Cappelli, in collaboration with their performers. Find out more here
Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama.
Virtual
October 30
The online evening will highlight four dance film works and an interview with Celia Ipiotis. Find out more and rsvp here
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