Christopher Williams
NYLA
October 28 - 30
New York Live Arts’ (Live Arts) Live Feed creative residency and commissioning program presents the world premiere of Narcissus, the original evening-length ballet by choreographer, dancer, and puppeteer Christopher Williams, with an ensemble that includes: Cemiyon Barber, Taylor Stanley and many more. The piece is set to Nikolai Tcherepnin’s score “Narcisse et Echo” composed in 1911 for the Ballets Russes incorporating themes of the eponymous Greek myth on which it is based to re-envision the original ballet through a contemporary queer lens. Find out more here

Various Artists
Various Venues
October 20 - November 6
“Crossing The Line Festival" which spotlights Africa’s cultural renaissance through interdisciplinary artists will feature: Before the whisper becomes the word, the room-sized video installation by Igbo-American artist Okwui Okpokwasili, in collaboration with Peter Born; Nehanda the audio work by nora chipaumire a native of Zimbabwe and central Mozambique; and On the way, undone by Okpokwasili and Born. Also on the lineup is singer Somi, plus works by Chirstopher Myers and Kneza Schaal.  These performances and events are both virtual and in-person.  Find out more here

New York Botanical Gardens
April - October 2021
The Contemporary Dance Series offers up "...A series of spontaneous outdoor performances celebrate the infinite possibilities of our connection with nature and each other," notes the release.  Find out more here

Rourou Ye
Virtual
October 1 - December 31
Ye presents May I Dance on Your Screen?, a movement-centered online exhibit of video works created specifically for the digital platform.  Find out more here 

American Ballet Theater
David H. Koch Theater
October 20 - 31
The 2021 Fall season returns with the first of six performances of the full-length production of Giselle (1841) staged by Kevin McKenzie with choreography after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa, Christopher Rudd’s Touché, Jessica
Lang’s ZigZag, of Lauren Lovette’s La Follia Variations, Darrell Grand Moultrie’s Indestructible Light and more.  Find out more here

Martha Graham Dance Company
The Joyce
October 26 - 31
The Company returns to the Joyce with two program:Program A - Graham's Diversion of Angels, Appalachian Spring, Immediate Tragedy and the premiere of Andrea Miller's Scavengers. Program B - Graham's Steps in the Street and Diversion of Angels, Jacob by Sir Robert Cohan, Untitled (Souvenir) by Pam Tanowitz, and Treading by Elisa Monte. Find out more here

Vangeline Theater 
Triskelion Arts
October 27 - 30
Vangeline Theater presents Eternity 123, live and in -person as part of the Women Defining Butoh Festival at Triskelion Arts.  Find out more here 

BREAKTIME
Arts On Site
October 29 - 30
The Company will present we currently are dead which "...centers on the choreographic possibilities of the projector. From shadow puppetry to live animation, Jonathan and Holly alternate roles of operating, performing before, and performing with it in a disjointed dreamscape of futile desires to program our surroundings and circumstances," notes the release.  Find out more here

Various Artists
Bethesda Fountain, DUMBO Archway
October 30
White Wave Dance presents iyouuswe II (I-You-Us-We-Two), a multi-year collaboration with choreographer Young Soon Kim and composer Marco Cappelli, in collaboration with their performers. Find out more here

Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama.
Virtual
October 30
The online evening will highlight four dance film works and an interview with Celia Ipiotis.  Find out more and rsvp here

binibnFactory + Various Artists
Fort Greene Park (The West Wing)
October 23 - 24
binibnFactory presents“Quiet Wave” a site-specific performance work choreographed by Satoshi Haga and Rie Fukuzawa in collaboration with dancers and musicians in NYC. Satoshi and Rie connects with dancers and musicians from across the city including Deborah Jackson, Yoshiko Furuse, Shoko Nagai and Satoshi Takeishi.

This performance event is part of the CITY ARTISTS CORPS grant. This grant is from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) and The New York City Department of cultural affairs (DCLA). Find out more here

Various Artists
Various Venues
October 20 - November 6
“Crossing The Line Festival" which spotlights Africa’s cultural renaissance through interdisciplinary artists will feature: Before the whisper becomes the word, the room-sized video installation by Igbo-American artist Okwui Okpokwasili, in collaboration with Peter Born; Nehanda the audio work by nora chipaumire a native of Zimbabwe and central Mozambique; and On the way, undone by Okpokwasili and Born. Also on the lineup is singer Somi, plus works by Chirstopher Myers and Kneza Schaal.  These performances and events are both virtual and in-person.  Find out more here

Hope Boykin
92nd Street Y
October 21
Boykin's An Evening of Hope brings the New York City premiere of Redefine US, From The INside OUT, and more. Find out more here 

Various Artists
Various Venues
October 21 - 23
Dance Rising NYC's Hyper-Local Dance Out: SHARED SPACE happens throughout the five boroughs and the Tri-State area.  Find out more here

New York Botanical Gardens
April - October 2021
The Contemporary Dance Series offers up "...A series of spontaneous outdoor performances celebrate the infinite possibilities of our connection with nature and each other," notes the release.  Find out more here

Rourou Ye
Virtual
October 1 - December 31
Ye presents May I Dance on Your Screen?, a movement-centered online exhibit of video works created specifically for the digital platform.  Find out more here 

Lucinda Childs
The Joyce
October 19 - 24
Childs' 1979 work DANCE "...a moving monument to minimalism...An exploration of repetition and precise geometric patterns, the nine dancers move in perfect synchrony with projections of the original company, the only film work designed by prolific artist Sol LeWitt,"  according to the release.  Find out more here

Jamar Roberts
Virtual/Ailey All Access
October 6 - 19
See Roberts’ dance film Holding Space which focuses on “…confinement, healing and the quest for sustainable pathways towards wholeness,” according to the release.  Find out  more here

American Ballet Theater
David H. Koch Theater
October 20 - 31
The 2021 Fall season returns with the first of six performances of the full-length production of Giselle (1841) staged by Kevin McKenzie with choreography after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa, Christopher Rudd’s Touché, Jessica
Lang’s ZigZag, of Lauren Lovette’s La Follia Variations, Darrell Grand Moultrie’s Indestructible Light and more.  Find out more here

Loretta Thomas' Moving VIsions
Mark O'Donnell Theater at the Actors Fund Arts Center
October 22 - 23
Thomas will present a program rich in both new works and dance treasures, performed by her Moving Visions company, and guests Catherine Gallant, Amelia Dawe Sanders, and Dances We Dance, the new ensemble directed by Francesca Todesco.  Find out more rsvp here

Various Artists
Bethesda Fountain, DUMBO Archway
October 30
White Wave Dance presents iyouuswe II (I-You-Us-We-Two), a multi-year collaboration with choreographer Young Soon Kim and composer Marco Cappelli, in collaboration with their performers. Find out more here

Various Artists
City Center
October 13 - 24
The ten‐day Fall For Dance Festival, now in its 18th year, will again five programs featuring Ayodele Casel, Lar Lubovitch, Adrian Danchig‐Waring and Joseph Gordon, and The Verdon Fosse Legacy, Georgina Pazcoguin, Damian Woetzel’s Vail Dance Festival, Justin Peck, Tiler Peck, A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, BalletX, Ephrat Asherie Dance, Houston Ballet, Lil Buck, Micaela Taylor’s The TL Collective, Philadelphia Ballet, Roman Mejia, STEP AFRIKA!, Stephen Petronio Company, and STREB EXTREME ACTION. Find out more here

Various Artists
Arts on Site
October 21 & 23
Through CreateART, an artist led multidisciplinary performance and residency platform connecting artists and audiences in diverse venues in NYC, curator Tamrin Golberg will share the weekend space with Spencer Weidie/Clinton Edward.  Find out more here

Oyu Oro
Denny Farrell Riverbank State Park
October 24
Oyu Oro will present the world premiere of Esperanza a narrative melding the choreography and intercultural practices of Cuban traditions derived from Africa.  Find out more and rsvp here. 

BAC Open is a four-week residency offering performing artists time and space for creative investigation. The residency provides 120 studio hours, honorarium, documentation services, and more.

BAC Open Spring 2022 is June 6 - July 2, 2022.

Artists for the BAC Open Spring 2022 residency period will be selected through an open application process.

The deadline to apply is October 24, 2021.

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