Ariel Rivka Dance, 
Carolyn Dorfman Dance, 
Sean Curran, and…
New York Live Arts
May 28-30
Rivka and Dorfman bring together Curran, Carrie Ellmore-Tallitsch and Paul Dennis for the first time.  Slated for the program is Ori by Ariel Grossman to original music by David Homan; two by Curran: Trio (world premiere) and Desert Dance (U.S. premiere); Carolyn Dorfman Dance  will premiere Dorfman’s WAVES a real-time collaboration between live music and dance; and Carrie Ellmore-Tallitsch (Martha Graham Dance Company) and Paul Dennis (formerly of Jose Limón Dance Company) will both dance solos. Find out more here 

Various Artists
BAAD!
April 30-May30
The annual BAAD! spring dance festival The Boogie Down Dance Series returns with a mix of home grown dance from the Bronx and around the city featuring works by Brother(hood) Dance!, Raja Feather Kelly, Niv Acosta, Antonio Ramos, Miguel Anaya, Maria Bauman, Jumatatu Poe and many more.  Find out more here

La MaMa Moves!
Ellen Stewart Theatre, The Club, The First Floor Theatre at La MaMa, and La Galleria
May 21-June 21
La MaMa Moves! celebrates its 10th anniversary season, featuring work by Alexandra Beller, Yoshiko Chuma, Anya Cloud & Eric Geiger, Brandon Collwes, Jane Comfort and Company, Junk Ensemble, Jon Kinzel, Stanley Love Performance Group, John Scott, Ani Taj, Thierry Micouin and Gwen Welliver.  Find out more here 

Wendy Whelan
The Joyce Theater
May 26 – 31
Former New York City Ballet prima ballerina Whelan brings her acclaimed Restless Creature, a suite of four duets created and performed with Kyle Abraham (The Serpent and the Smoke), Josh Beamish (Conditional Sentences), Brian Brook (First Fall) and Alejandro Cerrudo’s (Ego Et Tu).  Find out more here  

Tamara LaDonna Moving Spirits, Inc.
Heckscher Playground in Bushwick
May 30
LaDonna and her modern dance company “…dedicated to evolving social change through dance performances and community engagement,” join local artists, students, and neighbors for  Dancing in the Parks:A Bushwick Community Festival.  Find out more here 

"NEW YORKERS FOR DANCE" Campaign Spotlights Local Vibrancy

New York City, NY (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) --- Dance/NYC, dedicated to promoting the knowledge, appreciation, practice, and performance of dance in the metropolitan area, today announced the release of its new NEW YORKERS FOR DANCE campaign spotlighting local residents, community leaders, and artists in Upper Manhattan. This is the latest in a video series by Dance/NYC that celebrates dance's role in advancing local vibrancy.

"I am a New Yorker for Dance," says Darren Walker, president of the Ford Foundation. "Because as I learned in Harlem, dance is about beauty. Dance is about grace. Dance is our gift to the world."

"Our community uptown is a dance community," says Sandra Garcia-Betancourt, director of Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance. "I am a New Yorker for Dance because dance is good for our soul, for our culture, and for everybody."

"I am a New Yorker for Dance," says Linda Walton, executive director of Harlem Arts Alliance. "I have the extraordinary privilege of watching and participating with dancers, choreographers, and arts organizations in Harlem that serve dance."

According to Lane Harwell, Dance/NYC Executive Director, "Dance/NYC is connecting faces and names to the powerful contributions of dance and culture to the people of Upper Manhattan, and generating visibility and participation."

49 Upper Manhattan residents are featured in Dance/NYC's NEW YORKERS FOR DANCE video campaign each providing a personal statement on why dance matters to them and to their community. Local Upper Manhattan participants include choreographer Nia Love, Yuien Chin of Harlem One Stop, Mikki Shephard of the Apollo Theater, Darren Walker of the Ford Foundation, to name a few. Videos are now live on the all-new DanceNYC.org website and YouTube channel. A robust social media campaign is also helping promote dance in Upper Manhattan. @DanceNYC #newyorkersfordance

Leadership support provided by the Arnhold Foundation and Mertz Gilmore Foundation. Video by Nel Shelby Productions. Music by Andy Kautz. Graphic design by Monroe&Co.

About Dance/NYC
Dance/NYC's mission is to promote the knowledge, appreciation, practice, and performance of dance in the metropolitan New York City area. It embeds values of equity and inclusion into all aspects of the organization. It works in alliance with Dance/USA, the national service organization for professional dance. DanceNYC.org

Honoring Jen Delos Reyes, Founder of Open Engagement Conference

JOIN US FOR
- Celebration of the opening of our 2015 Exhibition Deep End
- Tombola Raffle with amazing art prizes
- Guest Speaker Jen Delos Reyes, creative laborer, educator, writer, radical community arts organizer, and founder of Open Engagement Conference
- FOOD + DRINK: featuring Lantern Pizza and specialty cocktails

In addition to enjoying fabulous food, wine and music, guests have the opportunity to celebrate the opening of our Summer Exhibition by previewing the show! This event is our most important fundraiser of the year, and the money we raise goes directly to funding our education program and keeping our summer festival free to the public.

TICKETS
Buy your tickets ONLINE HERE!

• $200 General Admission Ticket – single ticket
• $375 – General Admission Couples Ticket – 2 tickets
• $225 – Day of Ticket – single ticket purchased at the door
• $1,000  Sponsor Tickets – 2 tickets and listed as sponsors on invitation
• $700 Friend Package – 4 tickets, best deal!!!
• $2,000 Invisible Table – 8 tickets and a champagne welcome for you and guests

Click HERE if you are unable to attend, but would like to make a donation

Checks can be mailed to:
The Wassaic Project
Bowie Zunino
PO Box 220
Wassaic, NY 12592

*all tickets above the general admission price receive a Wassaic commemorative print made in the Wassaic Project Printshop.
**Your donation is a charitable contribution equal to the price of your ticket less its fair market value. We estimate the fair market value of this ticket to be $25

Some thoughts on Stephen Petronio Company for AmNews

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
May 19 - 24
BAM Fisher

For the Company’s BAM debut, and the first time Flamenco is celebrated at BAM Fisher, Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana presents two programs and three world premieres.  Choreographer and performer Ángel Muñoz’s Angeles, “…an inspired study of angels in myth, music and motion,” and a yet-to-be-named commissioned work by Málaga-based choreographers Enrique Vicent and Antonio López are the premieres.  The two-time winner of Madrid’s Certamen de Coreografía competition, Guadalupe Torres, in a new solo work developed especially for her first-ever appearance in New York in Ausencia, rounds out the season.  Find out more here 

Hubbard Street Dance Company
The Joyce Theater
May 13-24
For a two-week long season, in two programs, Hubbard Street Dance Company will present works by Alejandro Cerrudo, Crystal Pite, Robyn Mineko Williams, Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, Jiří Kylián and Nacho Duato.  Find out more here 

IDaCo nyc
Sheen Center
May 20-23
This is the introductory season for IDaCo nyc “…a platform and a container for the works of Italian artists or with an Italian component that succeed in creating unique and original scenic paths through body awareness, movement and contemporary visual arts, “ according to the release. Find out more here 

La MaMa Moves!
Ellen Stewart Theatre, The Club, The First Floor Theatre at La MaMa, and La Galleria
May 21-June 21
La MaMa Moves! celebrates its 10th anniversary season, featuring work by Alexandra Beller, Yoshiko Chuma, Anya Cloud & Eric Geiger, Brandon Collwes, Jane Comfort and Company, Junk Ensemble, Jon Kinzel, Stanley Love Performance Group, John Scott, Ani Taj, Thierry Micouin and Gwen Welliver.  Find out more here 

The Deborah Zall Project
Martha Graham Studio Theatre
May 21-22
The Deborah Zall Project presents both current and former members of the Martha Graham Dance Company in  "In the Company of Women, and Guests," an evening of dances by Zall, along with the solo Robot Man choreographed by guest Kenneth Topping, former principal dancer and director of the Graham Dance Ensemble. Find out more here 
 
The Soaking WET Series
West End Theater
May 21-24
Maura Nguyen Donohue, Garnet Henderson, Deborah Lohse,  Zoe Rabinowitz and Catherine Tharin will present works as part of "The innovative Women in Motion (WiM)" series curated by David Parker.  Find out more here

Homage To Tango
Symphony Space/Nimoy Thalia
May 22
Tango specialists, pianist Polly Ferman, classical concert accordionist Sir N. Antonio Peruch, and the Vaughan String Quartet perform a program of tangos by Astor Piazzolla and Daniel Binelli.   Find out more here 

“TAP ATTACK” To Celebrate the 26th Anniversary of National Tap Dance Day
Hudson River Park, Pier 45
May 24
This outdoor celebration in honor of National Tap Dance Day offers up 100+ tappers, Jam Sessions, and special appearances by the winners of “Tap Treasures,” part of The American Tap Dance Foundation’s celebration.  Find out more here 

DanceAfrica, returns to BAM for the 38th year with its traditional Memorial Day weekend with  dance, music, film, and community events. Brazil’s folk dance company Balé Folclórico da Bahia leads this year’s program with the theme Brazilian rhythms. African roots. 

DanceAfrica 2015 also pays tribute to its beloved founder Charles “Chuck” Davis, who steps down as artistic director after this year’s festival. Find out more here