Lyon Opera Ballet
New York City Center
Oct. 19-21
Childs’s 1979 Dance layered with Philip Glass' score, projections by Sol LeWitt projections,
"... remains as fresh and exhilarating as it was four decades ago," notes the release. Dance is restaged for the dancers of the Lyon Opera Ballet and presented as part of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival. Find out more here
HopeBoykinDance
The Joyce
Oct. 17-22
In their Joyce debut, HopeBoykinDance will premiere States Of Hope, an evening-length work where Boykin shares experiences and insights of self-discovery, reshaping, and renewal – a dance memoir of sorts. Find out more here
Gregory Maqoma & Thuthuka Sibisi
BAM
Oct. 19-21
South African collaborators, choreographer Maqoma and composer Sibisi’s Broken Chord makes its US premiere as part of BAM’s Next Wave. Broken Chord reimagines the 19th-century South African choir's journey through North America and England using traditional Xhosa and contemporary dance. This production marks Maqoma's farewell as a dancer and delves into complex themes of colonialism and racism, creating a unique blend of movement and storytelling. Find out more here
Antonio Ramos
Abrons Arts Center
Oct. 19-21
Ramos and the Gangbangers brings CEREMONIA, “a mixtape extravaganza of cultural misappropriation and reappropriation,” according to the release, to the Playhouse at Abrons Arts Center. Find out more here
Thistle Dance
Jefferson Market Library
Oct 20 & 27
Thistle Dance, in partnership with the New York Public Library, presents The Art of Sin, an immersive dance experience that explores the entwined relationships between the seven deadly sins and featuring 11 dancers, spanning three floors. Find out more here
(LA)HORDE and Ballet National de Marseille
NYU Skirball
Oct. 20-21
The North American premiere of Room with a View, a collaboration between the electronic music producer Rone, the dance collective (LA)HORDE and the Ballet National de Marseille, is a large-scale, multidisciplinary performance featuring 20 dancers. Find out more here
chameckilerner
The Chocolate Factory Theater.
Oct. 20-28
chamecklerner's premiere Aging Prelude, marks the “return to the stage” of the duo and delves "...into their shared experiences with their aging bodies and their shifting relationship to a visual landscape that idealizes the “perpetuation of youthfulness,” notes the release. Find out more here
Ragas in Motion, ft. Barkha Patel & Malini Srinivasan
Chelsea Factory
Oct. 21
Brooklyn Raga Massive presents an evening of dance and classical Raga music, featuring Bharatanatyam dancer Malini Srinivasan and Kathak dancer Barkha Patel. Find out more here
Gillian Walsh
Danspace Project
October 19-21
Walsh's new work Wilderness is informed by her studies in theology. Summarizing the work, Walsh writes, "I was led into the wilderness. I was alone but longing and celestial love stayed. I waited. After a long period of stillness movement emerged from the groundswell. God spoke through my body.” Find out more here
Sankai Juku
The Joyce
Oct. 24-Nov. 5
The Tokyo-based company Sankai Juku that offers contemporary Butoh creations, returns with KŌSAr, a compilation of reimagined excerpts from the company’s repertoire. Find out more here
mayfield brooks
Performance Space
Oct. 26–28
brooks brings Wail•Fall•Whale•Fall their interdisciplinary dance methodology Improvising While Black (IWB), which explores the decomposed matter of Black life and engages in dance improvisation, disorientation, dissent, and ancestral healing. Wail Room, an installation is also part of the brooks’ events. Find out more here