St. Mary's Episcopal Church
June 10, 13-18
Conceived, directed and choreographed by UBW Co-Artistic Directors Chanon Judson & Mame Diarra Speis, Haint Blu is an ensemble dance-theater work "seeped in memory and magic. Known as the color that Southern families paint their front porches to ward off bad spirits, Haint Blu uses performance as a center and source of healing, taking audiences from movement into stillness and rest. The production arose from the urgent concern for the wellness of Black Women+. With its focus on remembering, reclaiming, releasing, and restoring, the work explores what has been lost across generations and what can be recovered," according to the release. Find out more here
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
BAM
June 6-11
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to BAM for the first time since 2010 with two programs: Program A: Brooklyn Bond includes Ronald K. Brown’s Dancing Spirit, Twyla Tharp’s Roy’s Joys, and Kyle Abraham’s Are You in Your Feelings? And on Program B: All Ailey: Night Creature (1975), Cry (1971), Survivors (1986) by Alvin Ailey and Mary Barnett, and Ailey’s signature work Revelations (1960). Robert Battle has been the artistic director since 2011. Find out more here
Juliette Mapp and Vicky Shick
Arts on Site
June 8-10
Mapp and Shick share "an evening of days" in two works, Free Day (Mapp solo), and Any Other Day (Shick collaborative quartet with Athena Malloy, Marilyn Maywald-Yahel, Cherrie Yu). Find out more here
Ballet Tech
The Joyce Theater
June 8-11
Created by Ballet Tech artistic director Dionne D. Figgins, the production celebrates dance as a unifying force in American culture and features two new pieces by Figgins, one with Curtis Holland and the other with the Ballet Tech Class of 2023, plus others by Ballet Tech founder Eliot Feld, José Limón, Robert La Fosse and Brian Reeder, and Ballet Tech faculty member Men Ca. Ballet Tech alumnus Johnson Guo, who is now a member of the Limón Dance Company, will dance José Limón’s Chaconne. Find out more here
Falcon Dance
Gibney Dance
June 8-10
The company will present the world premiere of Beauty Happens which "explores intimacy, human resilience, adaptation, and physical empowerment. The work interrogates themes of instinct, chaos, control and the repercussions of touch," notes the release. Find out more here
Yue Yin
The Chelsea Factor
June 8-10
Yin will premiere NOWHERE, which “challenges us to embrace feelings of uncertainty and to explore new possibilities and new directions,” notes the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
Bryant Park
June 8-16
The Contemporary Dance series at Bryant Park curated by Tiffany Rea-Fisher will include Tarek Lewis + Kayla Farrish (June 15), and Soles of Duende + Josh Johnson (Jun 16). Find out more here
Various Artists
Various Venues
June 9-18
LMCC presents the 22nd annual "River To River Festival," marking their 50th anniversary in downtown New York. In honor of the milestone, the 2023 event will feature LMCC alumni working across dance, performance, public art installations, historic tours, and live music disciplines. The 2023 artists include: AUNTS, Marta Blair, Lotto Royale, Natu Camara, Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith, New York Arabic Orchestra, Nuevayorkinos, Antonio Ramos, Washington Street Historical Society, Amelia Winger-Bearskin, and Andros Zins-Browne. All events are free. Find out more here
Maleek Washington
92nd Street Y (In-person & Virtual)
June 9-12
The 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center closes their dance series with Washington and collaborators Waverly Fredericks, SaQuoiia Santiago and Babou Sanneh in Shades 2.0 D.A.P Diamonds of Principal. Find out more here
Various Artists
BAAD!
June 9-30
The OUT LIKE THAT Festival at BAAD! begins with Antonio Ramos & The Gangbangers (Jun. 3-10) and follows with Pepatián Presents Dancing Futures: Meet the Artists 2023 (June 15), plus Richard Rivera and PHYSUAL (Jun. 30 – July 1). Find out more here
Sydnie L. Mosley Dances
Clark Studio Theater
June 9-25
Mosley Dances’ PURPLE: A Ritual in Nine Spells, an evening-length choreopoem inspired by the late playwright, poet, and feminist Ntozake Shange will be presented as part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City series. Find out more here
Hilary Brown-Istrefi
The Trisk
June 10
Brown-Istrefi, the 2023 Resident Artist at The Trisk will present Horses full of steam which promises to deconstruct and reimagine visual and topical elements from the almost forgotten 1932 ballet-symphony. Find out more here
nora chipaumire
Alice Tully Hall
June 10
chipaumire’s five-hour epic, Nehanda “a juridical opera, taking up questions of jurisprudence in defense of the native freedom fighters murdered by the British South Africa Company (BSAC) on behalf of the British EMPIRE and QUEEN Victoria in 1898,” according to the release, is part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City series. Find out more here
Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya
Japan Society
June 9
Extinction Rituals, Garnica and Moriya's work-in-progress includes movement, light, live music and song for this dance opera inspired by acts of remembrance and celebrations of life and loss. Featured will be LEIMAY Ensemble. Find out more here
Various Artists
Danspace Project
June 10
Danspace Project will offer the inaugural Center for Dialogue and Exchange in the Arts (CDEA) |sēd-ē-ä|: a creative incubator experimenting at the intersection of artistic practice and expansive thinking. The event is organized and hosted by 2021-2023 Danspace Project Artist Research Fellows devynn emory, Okwui Okpokwasili, Samita Sinha, and David Thomson. Find out more here
Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre
NYU Studios
June 10
Selwyn will preview the developing work Habit Formed which explores how habits are created and broken in our lives.. Find out more here
Various Artists
Abrons Arts Center
June 11
For the 37th annual Performance Mix Festival, 30 experimental dance and film artists including Raúl Tamez, LayeRhythm and more will share a variety of works. Find out more here
Varioius Artists
Topaz Arts
June 11
FX Indépendance will feature Filipinx-American dance artists with current AAPI Resident Artist Nikaio Bulan Sahar, along with previous resident artists Leonard Cruz, Marie Lloyd Paspe, and Co-Founding Director Paz Tanjuaquio. Find out more here
Jacqulyn Buglisi Theatre
Ailey Citigroup Theater
June 13-15
Artistic Director/Founder of Buglisi Dance Theatre, will celebrate the Company’s 30th Anniversary and honor artistic collaborators – Composers Daniel Bernard Roumain and Jeff Beal, Photographer Paul B. Goode, and Lighting Designer Jack Mehler Find out more here
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santa
The Joyce
June 13-18
The Company will present El Cuadragésimo or ‘The Fortieth,” celebrating the company’s 40th anniversary and flamenco dance with original company works and the return of flamenco stars. Find out more here
Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance
The Jack Crystal Theater
June 14
The artistic director, Lavagnino will present Mythologies, inspired by the stories of ancient Greece, and sequential episodes of her newest theater-dance work in process, The Winter’s Tale, based on one of Shakespeare’s last great plays. Find out more here
Johnnie Cruise Mercer
Gibney Dance
June 15-17
Gibney presents the premiere of Mercer’s The Decade from Hell “a devised movement theater work and a live-studio audience recording…” according to the release. Find out more here