jaamil olawale kosoko
Jul 7 & 9
Various Venues
The Nigerian American author, performance artist, and curator of Yoruba and Natchez descent originally from Detroit, MI, comes to NYC.   On July 7, they will be included within the The Museum of Arts and Design’s exhibition, "Garmenting: Costume as Contemporary Art" to accompany their film Chameleon: A Visual Album, Garmenting kosoko will perform an excerpt from their new living artwork, Black Body Amnesia. Find out more here
On July 9, kosoko will perform Black Body Amnesia again at BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance.  Find out more here

​Christopher Williams
Jun 28 - Jul 3
Joyce Theater
Williams makes his Joyce debut with the New York premiere of his own queer versions of Ballet Russes works. York City Ballet principal dancer Taylor Stanley leads a cast of contemporary dancers, both as “Queen of the Sylphs” in Williams’s reimagining of Les Sylphides, as well as performing the title role in his new version of Nijinsky’s The Afternoon of a Faun. Find out more here

Milka Djordjevich
Jun 30 - Jul 1
NYLA
Djordjevich, as part of the NYLA Live Feed creative residency and commissioning  program will present CORPS which "...explores how labor and gender are addressed under the lens of regimented movement," notes the release.  Find out more here

Miro Magloire's New Chamber
Jul 1
Mark Morris Dance Center
The Company returns with a revival of Magloire's The Night, premiered in 2019, and revived as a tribute to composer Wolfgang Rihm on this year of his 70th birthday.  Find out more here

​Tap City, The New York City Tap Festival
Jul 4 - 10
Various Venues
Returning to live events since 2019, included will be: Tap it Out, a free tap dance extravaganza in the middle of Times Square; Tap into Your Story, with choreography based on the pandemic experience; Rhythm in Motion, showing fresh and innovative new tap choreography; The ATDF Tap Dance Awards, plus a Copasetic Boat Ride and more.  Find out more here

Momix
Jul 6 - 24
Joyce Theater
The company’s latest creation, ALICE, an evening-length work created by founder and Artistic Director Moses Pendleton, is based in "...the curious and absurd world set forth in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland," according to the release.  Find out more here 

Congratulations are in order!

The inaugural season of the dance film festival “Past, Present, Future” was recognized for the films “One + One Make Three,” from Katherine Helen Fisher and the artists of Kinetic Light, and “If We Were a Love Song,” from Kyle Abraham and Dehanza Rogers. The ALL ARTS original series “The First Twenty,” which surveyed the first 20 years of the 21st century through art, was nominated for its debut episode “Michael Mwenso Honors George Floyd” and its promotional campaign.

Read more here

Christopher Williams
Jun 28 - Jul 3
Joyce Theater
Williams makes his Joyce debut with the New York premiere of his own queer versions of Ballet Russes works. York City Ballet principal dancer Taylor Stanley leads a cast of contemporary dancers, both as “Queen of the Sylphs” in Williams’s reimagining of Les Sylphides, as well as performing the title role in his new version of Nijinsky’s The Afternoon of a Faun. Find out more here

American Ballet Theatre
Jun 13 - Jul 16
MET
Premieres for this summer season includes  Alonzo King's Single Eye, Alexei Ratmansky’s Of Love and Rage, Jessica Lang’s ZigZag, classic works by George Balanchine and more.  Find out more here

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
Jun 21- 26
Joyce Theater
See the Company in FRONTERAS created by flamenco artists José Maldonado and Karen Lugo, with live accompaniment and an original score by Jose Luis de la Paz.  Find out more here  

Various Artists/Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center
Jun 22- 25
Mark O'Donnell Theater
For their 46th season, the Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center will present their PEEKS Works-In-Development program featuring works by Dance Theatre of Harlem's Dylan Santos, plus works by Winston Dynamite Brown, Courtney Renee Cochran, Tommie-Waheed Evans, Davalois Fearon and Francesca Harper.  Find out more here  

Larissa Velez-Jackson
Jun 22-25
The Chocolate Factory Theater
See the world premiere of Protecting Complexity with the Star Pû Method, a new evening-length performance by Velez-Jackson.  Find out more here 

Various Artists
Jun 22-26
(Virtual)
WHITE WAVE Dance presents the 21st Annual Virtual Dumbo Dance Festival featuring 60 national and international companies including Buglisi Dance Theatre, A.L.A.H., Limón2, Hyonok Kim Dance Arts and two of the most eclectic companies from South Korea: chagmu center|KIM / MEA JA, UBIN Dance|Na-Hyun Lee, WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company and more.  Find out more here 

ANIKAYA/Wendy Jehlen
Jun 23-25
Gibney Center
The movement-based performance project "The Women Gather," under the direction of Founder/Artistic Director Wendy Jehlen, weaves together music, dance, storytelling, and ritual. "Performed by eight women from five countries, the work centers women’s experience, with a conscious awareness of the diversity of gender presentation within women," notes the release.  Find out more here
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Jonathan Fredrickson
Jun 23-26
The 92nd Street Y
The Harkness Dance Center’s Mainstage Series closes with Fredrickson’s GOODBYE MONTANA, an evening-length world premiere dance theater piece with music by Oleg Stepanov. Find out more here

Various Artists
Jun 24 - 26
Cumbe
Cumbe presents “Dunham: Legends & Legacy” in honor of dance pioneer and humanitarian Katherine Dunham in workshops, conversations, and a performance to expand awareness of Katherine Dunham’s life and work and the Dunham dance technique. Special events include Dunham Technique classes with master instructors Godboldo, Rachel Tavernier and Keith Williams. The event culminates with “Legends & Legacy,” a day of talks and performances centered in Dunham Technique and featuring Dr. Halifu Osumare.  Find out more here

Mariana Valencia
Jun 24 – 26
Abrons Arts Center
See Heera, a duet created and performed by choreographer Valencia and Abrons Arts Center Urban Youth Theater student Heera Gandu. According to the release, Heera “uses dance and dialogue to share stories about the role of public space in coming of age.” Find out more here 

Parijat Desai
Jun 27
Gibney Dance Center
Choreographer Desai with her Company, parijatadancecompany will offer an in process showing of How Do I Become WE at Gibney Dance Center. Find out more here 

Despina Stamos and Regina Nejman
Jun 28 - 29
Anita's Way
Stamos and Nejman have created a series of concise duets inspired by their own shared proximity and distance. These are lunchtime performances, and audience members are invited to bring their lunch.  Find out more here 

Milka Djordjevich
Jun 30 - Jul 1
NYLA
Djordjevich, as part of the NYLA Live Feed creative residency and commissioning  program will present CORPS which "...explores how labor and gender are addressed under the lens of regimented movement," notes the release.  Find out more here

​2022 CHITA RIVERA AWARD WINNERS
  
BROADWAY
 
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY IN A BROADWAY SHOW                  
**Bill T. Jones, Garrett Coleman, Jason Oremus, Paradise Square    
     
OUTSTANDING MALE DANCER IN A BROADWAY SHOW (tie)
**Myles Frost, MJ the Musical
**Jared Grimes, Funny Girl                                         
 
OUTSTANDING FEMALE DANCER IN A BROADWAY SHOW
**Tendayi Kuumba, for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
                                                           
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A BROADWAY SHOW
**for colored girls who have considered suicide/ when the rainbow is enuf
 
OFF BROADWAY SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS
The 2022 Chita Rivera Awards celebrated excellence in Off-Broadway musical theater by presenting two special awards.
 
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY IN AN OFF BROADWAY SHOW
**Josh Prince, Trevor 
 
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN AN OFF BROADWAY SHOW
**The Wrong Man
  
CHOREOGRAPHY IN FILM
 
OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY FOR A THEATRICAL RELEASE
 
**tick… tick… Boom!
Choreographer: Ryan Heffington; (Associate Choreographer: Ryan Spencer)
  
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF A DOCUMENTARY RELEASE (tie)
**First Try
Director: Josh Prince
 
**Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back
Director: John Carluccio

​Read more here

​Hsueh-Tung CHEN
June 23, 1947 - June 12, 2022

From Audrey Ross: 
It is with great sadness that I report that on Sunday, June 12, 2022, Hsueh-Tung Chen passed away at the age of 74. H.T. Chen was a loving husband, father and well-known NYC based choreographer.

Born in Shanghai, China and raised in Taipei, Taiwan with his 5 siblings, H.T. moved to New York City to study modern dance. In 1976 he graduated from the Juilliard School, and in 1978 he received an MA in Dance Education from NYU.

At Juilliard, he met his wife, muse and collaborator, Dian Dong. Martha Hill, the director of the Juilliard Dance Division, insisted that Dian be H.T.’s translator, which began many years of working side by side. Together they created Chen Dance Center, a vibrant cultural center in Chinatown, NY which housed a dance company, theater space and dance school: H.T. Chen & Dancers, Arts Gate Center and Mulberry St. Theater, respectively. Plans for restoring the building are underway after a devastating fire, and classes and rehearsals have been relocated. H.T and Dian’s daughters continue the family tradition in the arts with Evelyn performing with Sleep No More and Yeeli working in arts administration.

As a choreographer, H.T. created contemporary dances through the lens of social justice as well as on traditional or personal themes. Laura Molzan of Broadway World wrote of Chen’s recent work South of Gold Mountain, that it “shed a light on the untold stories of immigrants that are far more common than foreign, and that light shone brilliantly.” Jennifer Dunning of The New York Times spoke more broadly: “Mr. Chen has long been one of New York dance's most persuasive storytellers, addressing issues of acculturation well before they become fashionable in dance.”

In addition to choreography, H.T. was an advocate for the performing arts - serving on numerous arts panels. He believed in the transformative power of the arts to lift the human spirit. His company conducted extensive educational programming and outreach in communities nationwide as well as in Europe and Asia. He received numerous awards and recognition for his work, including a BESSIE Special Citation, a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Organization of Chinese Americans, and Mid-Career Award from the Martha Hill Dance Fund. 

H.T. was passionate about gardening, coin collecting and befriending every dog in sight. He possessed a childlike wonder and approach to life which led him to see beauty and art in everything and everyone he crossed paths with. He planted seeds of art wherever he was so that the arts will continue to thrive in the next generations.

H.T. Chen is survived by his wife Dian, two daughters, three siblings, as well as numerous nieces & nephews, friends & family.

A celebration of his life is being planned for the Fall. 

​Read more here

Gibney Company
Jun 14 – 18
NYLA
Gibney Company will have their season titled Up Close with three world premieres - Re | Build | Construct by Rena Butler, Dance Me to the End of Love by Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, and A Measurable Existence by Yin Yue. Find out more here 

Paul Taylor Dance Company
Jun 14 - 19
Joyce Theater
The Company offers programs with early works choreographed by Taylor including Tracer, Fibers and Aureole, along with the world premiere of Hope is the Thing With Feathers by Michelle Manzanales, plus the New York premiere of A Call for Softer Landings by Peter Chu.  Find out more here

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT)
Jun 15 – 19
Lincoln Center
AAADT returns to Lincoln Center after a three-year absence and celebrates a decade of Artistic Director Robert Battle’s leadership. Featured works for the season is Ailey Resident Choreographer Jamar Roberts’ In a Sentimental Mood, Paul Taylor’s DUET, Aszure Barton’s BUSK, plus the Ailey Spirit Gala which brings together dancers from Ailey II, The Ailey School, and students from AileyCamp, and so much more.  Find out more here 

Soles of Duende
Jun 16-18
Gibney
As part of the “Spotlight Series,” Soles of Duende artists Amanda Castro (Tap), Arielle Rosales (Flamenco) and Brinda Guha (Kathak) will present the evening titled Can We Dance Here?  Find out more here 

Various Artists
Jun 18
Bryant Park
As part of Bryant Park Picnic Performances, Tiffany Rea-Fisher curates the Contemporary Dance series and will close with performances by Josh Johnson, Music From The Sole, Earl Mosley’s Diversity of Dance and More.  Find out more here 

Ni’Ja Whitson
Jun 21
Weeksville Heritage Center
Whitson will present The Unarrival Experiments "a constellation of art/works that centers the mysteries of dark matter and dark energy through a Black, Queer, and Transembodied lens. Dark Dive will be an experiment for audiences and performers in near complete darkness in a performance that challenges pursuits of the “blackest black," notes the release.  Find out more here

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
Jun 21- 26
Joyce Theater
See the Company in FRONTERAS created by flamenco artists José Maldonado and Karen Lugo, with live accompaniment and an original score by Jose Luis de la Paz.  Find out more here  

Buglisi Dance Theatre
Jun 22-23
The Chelsea Factory
The Company will present the world premiere of The Threads Project #1 “Universal Dialogues” a collaboration with eight  choreographers—Alexander Anderson, Jennifer Archibald, Sidra Bell, PeiJu Chien-Pott, Daniel Fetecua, Loni Landon, Jesse Obremski, and Blakeley White-McGuire.  Find out more here 

Various Artists/Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center
Jun 22- 25
Mark O'Donnell Theater
For their 46th season, the Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center will present their PEEKS Works-In-Development program featuring works by Dance Theatre of Harlem's Dylan Santos, plus works by Winston Dynamite Brown, Courtney Renee Cochran, Tommie-Waheed Evans, Davalois Fearon and Francesca Harper.  Find out more here  

Larissa Velez-Jackson
Jun 22-25
The Chocolate Factory Theater
See the world premiere of Protecting Complexity with the Star Pû Method, a new evening-length performance by Velez-Jackson.  Find out more here 

Various Artists
Jun 22-26
(Virtual)
WHITE WAVE Dance presents the 21st Annual Virtual Dumbo Dance Festival featuring 60 national and international companies including Buglisi Dance Theatre, A.L.A.H., Limón2, Hyonok Kim Dance Arts and two of the most eclectic companies from South Korea: chagmu center|KIM / MEA JA, UBIN Dance|Na-Hyun Lee, WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company and more.  Find out more here 

ANIKAYA/Wendy Jehlen
Jun 23-25
Gibney Center
The movement-based performance project "The Women Gather," under the direction of Founder/Artistic Director Wendy Jehlen, weaves together music, dance, storytelling, and ritual. "Performed by eight women from five countries, the work centers women’s experience, with a conscious awareness of the diversity of gender presentation within women," notes the release.  Find out more here
. 
Jonathan Fredrickson
Jun 23-26
The 92nd Street Y
The Harkness Dance Center’s Mainstage Series closes with Fredrickson’s GOODBYE MONTANA, an evening-length world premiere dance theater piece with music by Oleg Stepanov. Find out more here 

​Bill T. Jones / Arnie Zane Company
June 9-12
PEAK Performances 
The Company brings the world premiere of Curriculum II.  Conceived and directed by artistic director, Jones, choreographed by Jones with associate artistic director Janet Wong and the Company, Curriculum II described in the release as “A poetic quilt of text, narration as philosophical lecture, live singing, and soundscore, Curriculum II features the rich archive of Jones’s movement phrases, which are mostly non-theatrical, non-psychological, non-narrative, and made with the intention of clarity and form.” Jones adds, “I have oscillated between two or more polarities my entire career: love, mortality, and what it means to be human.” Curriculum II is also a highlight of the Company’s 40th Anniversary Season. Find out more here 

Various Artists
Jun 7-16
National Stardust
National Stardust’s The Future Is…Festival which supports work by composers and choreographers developing new work through residencies co-produced with the Center for Ballet and the Arts at NYU will feature composer Molly Joyce and choreographer/dancer Jerron Herman (6/9), plus conversations and inventive brainstorming with Miriam Parker, Brianna Mims, Alice Sheppard, Nona Hendryx, and many others (6/14 and 6/15). Find out more here 

Various Artists
Jun 9- 12
Abrons Arts Center
New Dance Alliance (NDA) returns with the 36th annual Performance Mix Festival bringing together 30 artists curated by NDA founder and director Karen Bernard and artist panel Martita Abril, Leslie Cuyjet, Camilo Godoy, Johnnie Cruise Mercer, and Marion Spencer. Find out more here 

devynn emory
Jun 9
Gibney Center
As part of the "Spotlight Series," emory will present Cindy Sessions, a three-night virtual performance series featuring emory, Elisa Harkins and Joseph M. Pierce, with cinematography, sound, and video editing by Jorge Cousineau. Find out more here 

mayfield brooks
Jun 9-11
Danspace Project
Danspace’s Platform 2022: The Dream of the Audience (Part II) concludes with the premiere of Sensoria: An Opera Strange, a new work by brooks.  Audiences are encouraged to arrive at sunset, by 7:30pm.  The series is curated by Judy Hussie-Taylor, the Platform marked Danspace’s return to live performance after 2 years. Find out more here 

Various Artists
Jun 10 – 11
Bryant Park
As part of Bryant Park Picnic Performances, Tiffany Rea-Fisher curates the Contemporary Dance series with contemporary dance from EMERGE125 under artistic director, Rea-Fisher and tap from Ayodele Casel (6/10), then Ballet Hispánico's social Latin dance class, tap from Music From the Sole and ’ contemporary dance from Dance Heginbotham (6/11).  Find out more here 

Various Artists
Jun 11
Riverside Park
The Irish Arts Center Dance and Music Festival's annual event returns with artists from the Ivory Coast and Indian Kuchipudi traditions alongside performers from Irish troupes. Find out more here 

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Jun 12
Hostos Center for the Arts
The Company will celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival and more in an afternoon performance.  Find out more here 

Nami Yamamoto
Jun 14 – 16
Roulette
Yamamoto will present Trooper’s Brother a work that began in 2018 and encouraged by one of Yamamoto’s dancers, Anna Vomacka.  The dancers will explore movements by manipulating objects from body parts with Takemi Kitamura and Leah Ogawa.  Find out more here 

Gibney Company
Jun 14 – 18
NYLA
Gibney Company will have their season titled Up Close with three world premieres - Re | Build | Construct by Rena Butler, Dance Me to the End of Love by Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, and A Measurable Existence by Yin Yue. For more information visit https://newyorklivearts.org/event/up-close/

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT)
\Jun 15 – 19
Lincoln Center
AAADT returns to Lincoln Center after a three-year absence that caps a decade of Artistic Director Robert Battle’s leadership. Featured works for the season is Ailey Resident Choreographer Jamar Roberts’ In a Sentimental Mood, Paul Taylor’s DUET, Aszure Barton’s BUSK, plus the Ailey Spirit Gala which brings together dancers from Ailey II, The Ailey School, and students from AileyCamp, and so much more.  Find out more here 

Soles of Duende
Jun 16-18
Gibney
As part of the “Spotlight Series,” Soles of Duende artists Amanda Castro (Tap), Arielle Rosales (Flamenco) and Brinda Guha (Kathak) will present the evening titled Can We Dance Here?  Find out more here 

Arts On Site (AOS) announces a call for submissions for We Belong Here: AAPI Festival, a fully-presented opportunity for choreographers that identify with the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities, on August 19, 20, 26 & 27, 2022.

The Festival is part of the AOS Arts In Site performance series bringing underrepresented artists into view.



​To submit, fill out the application form by July 1, 2022. 

​Find out more and submit here

​Mabou Mines’ performance initiative SUITE/Space, now in its fifth year provides artistic advisement, a stipend, rehearsal space, and public performances in Mabou Mines 99-seat theater to three artists that share Mabou Mines’ commitment to breaking new ground in form and content.

Who is eligible: SUITE/Space is open to artists of color from historically underrepresented communities who show a commitment to experimentation and a collaborative creative process. Multimedia, music, dance, theater, and cross-disciplinary projects are accepted. Proposed projects should be either previously produced or performance ready.
 
When: The 2022 applicants will be notified in early August. The program will run from September through December, with final performances taking place early December in a festival-like setting.

​Read more and apply here