Performances by ZEST Collective, JP Dance Group, S.M.A Dance Academy and more.  Find out more here

Kaneza Schall
Governor’s Island
June 16 – 18
Schall’s Go Forth Performance “Draw[s] inspiration from the Egyptian Book of the Dead, GO FORTH is a performance and photo installation that considers how we create space in our lives for the presence of the absent. Burial is proposed not as erasure but as offering restitution and performing rites.  The 3,000-year-old funerary text is approached as an ancient performance score: excavating the spells and incantations to create a series of burial vignettes, fragments of translation, memory and imagination. Photographic funerary murals usher the audience into a mythological underground landscape. Galvanized by the intimate relationship between black people and death around the world, GO FORTH paves way for its audience to reflect on their individual and collective mourning processes,” according to the release.   RSVP required.    Find out more and RSVP here 
 
OUT LIKE THAT! FESTIVAL
BAAD!
June 2 -22
The OUT LIKE THAT! Festival at BAAD! brings "...a fierce line-up of dance, theatre, literature, documentary film and wonderful performances featuring queer artists from the Bronx and beyond," notes the release.  Featured will be Kharis Collins, Michael Bishop, Alexandra Bodnarchuk, Jessica Danser, Davi, Shiloh Hodges, Matthew Perez and Randy Reyes and more.  Find out more here
 
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater
June 8 – 19
The Company returns for their two-week spring engagement which includes the world premiere of Deep by Mauro Bigonzetti and Untitled America: Second Movement by Kyle Abraham.  The season will also include Ronald K. Brown’s Open Door, new productions of Robert Battle’s The Hunt and Ulysses Dove’s Vespers and more.  Find out more here

American Dance Institute Festival – Various Artists
The Kitchen
June 9 - 25
The American Dance Institute (ADI) Festival’s inaugural New York season continues at The Kitchen with Jane Comfort & Company’s You Are Here, June 16-18; 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  
 
Monte/Molissa/Margo/Muller - LIVE!
New York Live Arts
June 14 - 18
Be there when Elisa Monte, Molissa Fenley, Margo Sappington and Jennifer Muller join forces in Monte/Molissa/Margo/Muller - LIVE! with a cast of 25 dancers for shared performances featuring five works each evening, including three premieres. “The Four M’s,” as they call themselves, “…are all at the height of their careers, each offering a powerful and original voice,” according to the release.  Elisa Monte Dance will premiere DEXTRA DEI,  Molissa Fenley and Company will premiere THE THIRD COAST, plus  MALI –The Third Coast (parts 1 and 2) and Mali (part 8) of Water Table.  Sappington brings ENTWINED (to wind or twist together), and Jennifer Muller/The Works will premiere WORKING TITLE.  Find out more here
 
Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks
Roulette
June 14 – 16
Chuma’s Dead End – Don’t Let me Down π=3.14… continues "…uses dance and musical improvisation to relay the true story of Faati, a refugee smuggled from Damascus to Berlin,” notes the release. Find out more here 
 
Jessica Lang Dance
June 14 – 19
The Joyce Theater
In honor of the 400th Anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, Jessica Lang Dance will present the NY premiere of Sweet Silent Thought, plus other works by Artistic Director Jessica Lang.  Find out more here 
 
Teresa Fellion Dance and Bryn Cohn + Artists (BC+A)
Gibney Dance Center
June 16- 18
Fellion and Cohn will present HOME in a collaborative evening  drawing “…upon ritualistic and traditional processes to elucidate the concept of home through interpersonal encounters, environments and the pursuit of self and collective understanding,” according to the release.  Find out more here 
 
WHITE WAVE Dance – Various Artists
92nd Street Y
June 17 – 19 & 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: Alia Kache/Kachal Dance, BARKIN SELISSEN PROJECT and LaneCoArts (June 17); 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 
 
Rakia Seaborn
June 19 and July 23
The Garden + The Roof at Wulff House + Secret Locale, Details Forthcoming, Password: glitter!
Seaborn documented 2015 in movement, text and sound, compiling a year’s worth of material into a digital catalogue and created a dance work in three chapters.  Find out more here

BUILDING A BETTER FISHTRAP/PHASE 2 
Choreographed and Performed by Paloma McGregor 
 
In collaboration with visual artist Sara Jimenez, installation designer Vassi Spanos and sound designer Everett Saunders
 
Friday-Saturday, June 17-18, 2016 @ 8:00pm

Tickets: $16 General, $10 Low-Income [Buy] Limited seating
 
Building a Better Fishtrap/Phase 2 is a solo meditation on the practice of remembering: What do we take with us? Leave behind? Return to reclaim? Choreographer and performer Paloma McGregor navigates and transforms a world crafted in collaboration with visual artist Sara Jimenez, installation designer Vassi Spanos and sound designer Everett Saunders. Through  this process she encourages us to consider how memory inhabits us and what we can reclaim in the witnessing.
​Find out more here

​Jersey (New) Moves! Emerging Choreographers
Friday, June 17
Doors 7:30pm / Performance 8pm
Victoria Theater
Presented in Association with Dance New Jersey
Part of Jersey Moves! Festival of Dance

The second annual program showcasing New Jersey's best up-and-coming dancemakers! Accomplished mentors partner with four young choreographers from the Garden State to develop works that will be premiered at NJPAC.

This year's featured emerging choreographers are Ariel Grossman from Jersey City (mentored by Douglas Martin, Artistic Director of American Repertory Ballet); Kamille King from East Orange (mentored by Karen Love, Artistic Director of Umoja Dance Company); Kyle Marshall from Jersey City (mentored by Sylvia Waters, Artistic Director Emerita of Ailey II); and, Scott Willits of Jersey City (mentored by choreographer and tap dancer Maurice Chestnut). For performance details, click here.

Presented in Partnership with Harlem Stage, Harlem Arts Alliance and the NYS State Office of General Services

Black Joy in the Hour of Chaos is a cycle of musical, dance and spoken word poetry performances that evoke "black joy." Marc Bamuthi Joseph has composed a vibrant and participatory performance that activates and engages community, congregating regularly under a parachute-turned-revival-tent for moments of intimate performance and celebration.
Black Joy in the Hour of Chaos activations are complemented by live performances by Javier Madrid Ninja of the Legendary House of Ninja, afrobeat/house/hip hop band Ayoinmotion, neo soul/jazz/fusion band Freelance, poets from Urban Word NYC, blues/funk/soul band Keith "The Captain" Gamble and Brooklyn United Marching Band with music spun by DJ Raydar Ellis including a special Prince DJ tribute! 
The Studio Museum in Harlem will also provide Black Joy attendees with free admission to the museum from 2-5pm offering a mix of tours, vogue tutorials and art-making workshops.

CLICK HERE FOR A PREVIEW: https://vimeo.com/131173548.

For a complete list of BLACK JOY events (including a listening session and after party at Harlem Stage), visit WWW.HARLEMSTAGE.ORG

Movement Research bids farewell to our beloved Director of Artists Programs,
Levi Gonzalez. We will miss him dearly!

Upon Levi's departure, Movement Research is hiring a Managing Director. Please spread the word to anyone you think may be interested in and qualified for the position outlined below. Training for the position will start July 18, with a start date of September 6.

Sincerely,

Barbara Bryan, Executive Director

​Description: 

The Managing Director role at Movement Research oversees program implementation and administrative operations of the organization. The Managing Director reports to the Executive Director. The position manages a team of Movement Research staff to ensure effective administration of programs and clear interdepartmental communications; and to troubleshoot day-to-day administrative and programmatic needs. 

To Apply
Please send resume and cover letter to [email protected]. Please address cover letter to Movement Research Executive Director Barbara Bryan. Please include a list of 2-3 references.

Interviews will begin on June 13, 2016, and we will make our decision as quickly as possible. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

• Training starts July 18, 2016.
• Start date is September 6, 2016.

Movement Research is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, gender identification, national origin, disability, or any other aspect of diversity. 

Position Information:

• 52 week/year, 30 hour/week position
• Compensation is $39,000/year
• Employee contribution 403(b) plan is available
• Employee receives free classes and workshops
• Schedule is anticipated to be 6 hours per day, 5 days per week
• Some work on weekends and evenings is required

Qualifications Include:

• Minimum 5 years experience in Nonprofit Arts Administration
• Experience in managing personnel
• Ability to work productively in a collaborative team environment
• Exceptional communication and organizational skills
• Reliable and self-motivated
• An acute attention to detail
• Ability to manage a high volume of projects
• Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, Outlook)
• Experience with database programs (FileMaker Pro ideal)

Responsibilities of the position include:

Management of staff
- Oversees non-director staff of 4 part-time employees and 3 events coordinators

Management of Internship Program
- oversees internship program of 12-16 interns
- manages intern search and hiring process
- manages partnerships with universities and colleges that participate in the internship program
 
Oversight of interdepartmental communications- manages interdepartmental communications between programming staff, marketing staff, facilities staff
- oversees integration of programming and marketing
- creates and oversees schedules, timelines and deadlines
 
Oversight of Facilities Management
- oversees facilities usage in relationship to programs
- maintains relationships with current facilities partners
- develops relationships with new facilities partners

Oversight of program implementation- manages program budgets
- oversees preparation of artists contracts
- oversees programming staff
- oversees application processes including MR at Judson Church performances, MR - Artist-in-Residence program, Open Performance

Additional responsibilities include:- assisting ED on planning and preparation of annual Spring gala
- supporting ED in design of new programs and evaluation of existing programs

Specific responsibilities by program include:

Classes & Workshops & MELT Intensives- prepares reports and assesses class attendance/workshop registration
- communicates with faculty including organizing faculty meetings, performing one-on-one faculty check-ins,
- overseeing communications with faculty around payment and opportunities beyond MR.

Artists-in-Residence program- reports to ED on AIR activities with support from Programs Manager
- manages organizational partnerships and coordinates with local, national and international partners on AIR activities

 Performances/Events (MR at Judson Church, Studies Project, Open Performance)
- manages partnerships with event venues
- oversees coordinators for Judson, OP and Studies Projects

 Fall & Spring Festivals
- works with curators and Program Manager in festival implementation
- oversees festival budgets

Subsidized Rehearsal Space Program- oversees program implementation
- analyzes reports on studio usage and capacity
- manages partnerships with spaces

MR Publishing- oversees integration of publishing with administrative staff including programming and marketing.