​Edisa Weeks’ DELIRIOUS Dances
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
June 30 – July 2
Weeks premieres To Begin The World Over Again which “…explores the writings of Thomas Paine and his spirited advocacy for freedom and democracy. Fusing the visions of composer Joseph C. Phillips Jr. and … Weeks and their respective companies the music ensemble Numinous and DELIRIOUS Dances…[they]… explore: How are freedom and democracy packaged and promoted in America? What does it mean to be free in American? As America becomes more consumer driven, polarized and disenchanted, is America living up to its promise?  Find out more here
 



American Ballet Theatre
Metropolitan Opera House
Through July 2
This season will feature works by artist in residence, Alexei Ratmansky including Seven Sonatas (world premiere), The Golden Cockerel (American premiere) and repertory works,Firebird and The Sleeping Beauty.  Also featured will be Frederick Ashton’s La Fille mal gardée and Sylvia plus works by Kenneth MacMillan, Kevin McKenzie and others.  Find out more here
 
Ronald K. Brown and Evidence, A Dance Company
The Joyce Theater
June 28 – July 3
For two-weeks, and in two programs, highlights of their season include a special revival of Brown’s Better Days (1998) in honor of New York Pride Week, the world premiere of She is Here, danced by the women of Evidence, plus the company premiere of Four Corners (2014) originally commissioned by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, and more. Find out more here
 
Screening (A Ballerina’s Tale) + Jeremy McQueen's The Black Iris Project
SummerStage/Central Park-Rumsey Playfield
June 29
A Ballerina’s Tale tells the story of Misty Copeland’s journey with special behind-the-scenes footage.  McQueen and company will perform the entire Black Iris ballet, inspired by Georgia O’Keeffe’s “Black Iris III.” This is a FREE Show!  Find out more here
 
Astrid Bas
New York Live Arts
June 28 – 29
Parisian actress, dancer, and director Bas, debuts LET MY PEOPLE GO, the second piece in her series inspired by Charlotte Salomon's body of work "Life or Theatre?" Find out more here
 
Leyna Markia P. + Various Artists
HERE
June 29 – July 2
Created and directed by Leyna Markia P., the evening entitled SONG, “…is a movement-based opera that moves in and out of liminal spaces, taking place in a subconscious, dream-like space with temporary inhabitants,” notes the release.  SONG features works by Kamala Sankram, Chikako Bando, Christian Dautreseme, Leyna Marika P. and more.  Find our more here
 
American Dance Institute Festival – Various Artists
The Kitchen
June 23 –July 2
The American Dance Institute (ADI) Festival’s inaugural New York season at The Kitchen concludes with Jack Ferver’s I Want You to Want Me, June 30 – July 2.  Find out more here
 
Maria Bauman’s MBDance
Jack Crystal Theater at NYU
June 30
As part of the Tisch Summer Residency Festival!  Bauman premieres Attend Me, “…an ode to love of all kinds between Black women… inspired by love poems from feminist writer Audre Lorde,” according to the release.  Find out more here 
 
‘TRANSLATE (voices of dance)’ – Various Artists
Dixon Place
June 30 – July 1
‘TRANSLATE (voices of dance)’ is an annual choreographer’s festival for emerging and establish artists curated by J CHEN PROJECT’s Artistic Director, Jessica Chen. The roster includes: Andrea Ward John Beasant III, NOMAD Contemporary Ballet, Michaela McGowan, SHE MEE ZOO, Mook Dance Company and more.  Find out more here 
 
Maimouna Keita Dance Company
SummerStage/Herbert Von Kin Park in Brooklyn
July 1
As part of the SummerStage dance series, Marie Basse-Wiles and Olukose Wiles’ Maimouna Keita Dance Companywill present celebration dances from Mali and Senegal. A master class by members of the company will be offered.  This is a FREE event! Find out more here 
 
Bryant Park Presents Modern Dance – Various Artists
July 1 & 8
Bryant Park
Produced with Inception to Exhibition (ITE) and curated by ITE Artistic Director Tiffany Rea-Fisher, the Festival features 12 companies over four Fridays – final Wednesday features  WILLYLAURY&CO, BARE Dance Company and Seán Curran Company (July 1); Black Boys Dance Too, Adam Barruch / Anatomiae Occultii and Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance (July 8).  Find out more here

Dancers auditioning for Graham 2 must attend 
the Full Time Program Audition.  

Strong background in Graham and Ballet required.
 
9:00 - 10:00Registration and Warm-Up
10:00 - 1:30Full-Time Program Audition
3:00 - 4:00Registration and Warm-Up
4:15 - 6:30Graham 2 Audition

55 Bethune Street, 11th Floor

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June 30: New York premiere of MBDance's Attend Me, an ode to love of all kinds between Black women. Attend Me is inspired by love poems from feminist writer Audre Lorde. Special guest performance by Oxana Chi, lauded German-Nigerian performing artist from Berlin, and other works by MBDance round out the evening!  
TICKETS: MBDanceJune30.brownpapertickets.com
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Happy summer, dancers! From June 20 - 30 only, all of our studios are available for just $10 an hour. This deal applies to new bookings for non-profit dance rehearsals, and all reservations must be booked over the phone. Give us a call and get dancing!
Book now by calling (212) 677-8560.
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10 Hairy Legs
New York Live Arts
June 23 - 26
Celebrating men dancing, 10 Hairy Legs returns for another not-to-be-missed annual season and will feature works by Doug Varone, Tiffany Mills, Megan Williams, and David Parker. Noted Composer and Musician Peter Whitehead will perform his Commissioned Score for Mills’ work at all shows. Find out more here
 
American Dance Institute Festival – Various Artists
The Kitchen
June 23 –July 2
The American Dance Institute (ADI) Festival’s inaugural New York season continues at The Kitchen with CHROMATIC, from Susan Marshall, Composer Jason Treuting and Visual Artist Suzanne Bocanegra, June 23-25; and Jack Ferver’s I Want You to Want Me, June 30 – July 2.  Find out more here  
 
WHITE WAVE Dance – Various Artists
92nd Street Y
June 25 - 26
Led by choreographer Young Soon Kim, the 10thAnniversary Wave Rising Series will feature works by Rebecca Bryant Danceworks, Ariel Rivka Dance, Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company, Chien-Ying Wang & Paul C. Ocampo , WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company, Azul Dance Theatre, Carolyn Dorfman Dance  and more.  Find out more here 
 
Bryant Park Presents Modern Dance – Various Artists
June 17 – July 8
Bryant Park
Produced with Inception to Exhibition (ITE) and curated by ITE Artistic Director Tiffany Rea-Fisher, the Festival features 12 companies over four Fridays including: 277 Dance Project, Earl Mosley's Diversity of Dance and Amy Marshall Dance Company (June 24); WILLYLAURY&CO, BARE Dance Company and Seán Curran Company (July 1); Black Boys Dance Too, Adam Barruch / Anatomiae Occultii and Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance (July 8).  Find out more here 

Headlong Dance Theater
The Yard!
June 23 –
As part of their residency at The Yard, Headlong Dance Theater will present “…a dance called Island which will be the foundation of a multifaceted series of performances and participatory installations called The Quiet Circus, a meditation on the intrinsic nature of space, place and bodies,” according to the release.  Find out more here
 
GO! An Emerging Artists Commissioning Program
SLAM
June 24 – 25
This new program will feature works by binibinFactory, Marcela Duarte, Justina Grayman, Sophie Sotsky and Jamarious Stewart.  Find out more here

SummerStage
Betsy Head Park
June 25
For SummerStage 2016, The Brooklyn Dance Festival will be hosted by Brooklyn native, emcee, and dancer Shernita Anderson, feature tap dancer Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards, plus performances by the Bedford-Stuyvesant based Dwana Smallwood Dance School.  Find out more here
 
PHILADANCO – Philadelphia Dance Company
Prospect Park – Brooklyn
June 25
As part of the summer presenting series, BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!, PHILADANCO, under founded/artistic director, Joan Myers Brown, returns for the first time in more than a decade with works by Ray Mercer, three works originally performed for the project,James Brown: Get on the Good Foot, a Celebration in Dance (originally staged at Harlem’s Apollo Theater) by Thang Dao, Ronald K. Brown, Abdel Salaam, and Christopher Huggins plus the New York premiere of Between the Lines by Francisco Gella.  Find out more here
 
Helga Davis &  Jiří Bartovanec
JACK
June 25
Czech Center New York collaborates with JACK to present the premiere of a performance duet by New York-based singer/performer Davis and Bartovanec, a Czech dancer & choreographer best known for his work with the Sasha Waltz Dance Company. This transatlantic collaboration commissioned by Czech Center NY is the third in a series of four cross-cultural world premieres, called Prague-New York Effects, and will have performances also in Washington, D.C. and the Czech Republic.  Find out more here
 

Memory Withholdings
June 23 - 25

"Featuring long-time collaborators Marjani Forté-Saunders and Nia Love, Memory Withholdings examines how memory is held in the bodies and cultural traditions of African-descended peoples in the United States. Movement and installation elements are woven together to explore how shared histories are embodied and become rooted in communities." 

For More info: http://mocada.org/events/memory-withholdings/

Memory Withholdings is presented as part of being Here…in Memory, and is on view from May 7-July 10, 2016.