​Roderick George and Seth Parker Woods
92NY Tish Music
November 19

Parker Woods (cellist/narrator/ movement) and George (choreographer/dancer) will present the world premiere or Difficult Grace.
The multimedia work centered on the Great Migration will feature film, visual art, the poetry of Amiri Baraka and Dudley Randall, and music written for and with Woods by Freida Abtan, Monty Adkins, Fredrick Gifford, Michael Gordon, Nathalie Joachim, and Pierre Alexandre Tremblay. This production also includes newly commissioned music by Ted Hearne and Devonté Hynes, a.k.a. Blood Orange.  There is also an virtual version on November 22.  Find out more here 

​Garth Fagan Dance
The Joyce
November 15 – 20
Garth Fagan Dance is back at The Joyce for the company’s 52nd anniversary season.  Slated for this season’s program world premieres by Fagan and Norwood Pennewell and works from the repertory.  Find out more here 

LayeRhythm (On The Move) with The Hood Lockers
Gibney
November 17
Presented with Works & Process and 92NY with community partner Hi-ARTS, LayeRhythm,,led by Mai Lê Hô offers up their mix of freestyle dance, live music, and audience interaction, from the street and club dance cultures. Find out more here 

Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez
Danspace
November 17 – 19
Núñez, a visually impaired choreographer and disability advocate is expanding audio description as an art form in his latest work, The Circle or Prophetic Dream “…anthropological research on how the body and sound inhabit social space as new forms of nomadism, in the midst of the current international migration crisis caused by displacement, climate change and land appropriation,” according to the release.  Find out more here  

Zoe Rabinowitz and Galen Bremer
The Trisk
November 17 - 18 
Rabinowitz and Brenner's premiere of This Is How We Remember is a meditation on loss and wonder - both personal and collective - and looks at our responsibility to remember ourselves to one another in the face of grief. Find out more here 

Alpha-Omega
LaMama
November 18 – 20
Alpha-Omega will celebrate their 50th anniversary season with the premiere of Once Upon El Barrio, conceived and choreographed by artistic director, Enrique Cruz DeJesus.  Find out more here 

Daniel Fetecua Soto and Blakeley White-McGuire
Westbeth Studio Theater
November 18 - 19 
Soto and White-McGuire will present The Tongue of the Flame a dance/theater duet and a project of C.A.V.E.S, danced to original music by Colombian composer Pablo Mayor.  Find out more here 

Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet
Mark Morris Dance Center
November 18 – 19
Maglorie will present the world premiere of yet-to-be-named ballet.  Find out more here 

Complexions Contemporary Ballet
The Joyce
November 22 - Dec 4
The Company celebrates their 28th anniversary season with two programs under co-founding artistic directors, Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson. On the programs will be the world premiere of Rhoden's Endgame, and William Forsythe’s Slingerland, plus from repertory works. Find out more here  

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2nd Best Dance Company
November 11-12
TRISK
The choreographer Hannah Garner and her company, 2nd Best Dance Company will present RED, "...a piece that walks the fuzzy, shag-carpet line between dance performance and narrative play, leaning into both text and movement to tell an abstracted version of a well known fictional story of survival: Little Red Riding Hood. By cycling through distinct characters, both true to the original story and entirely new, 2nd Best Dance Company explores how we confront the many-faced “big bads” that lurk on our personal wooded paths," according to the release.  Find out more here
Ayodele Casel
November 2 – 13
The Joyce
Returning for an in-person presentation of Chasing Magic, her 2019 digital Joyce debut, the tap dancer Ayodele Casel will again be joined by jazz musician and composer Arturo O’Farrill. Directed by frequent collaborator Torya Beard—who also served as creative director for Casel’s Joyce debut—“…the piece is an ode to craft and community, a celebratory display of artistic encounters that endure no matter when and where you leave them,” according to the release. Find out more here ​

Various Artists
November 9–12
Gibney
Emerging choreographers Alexander Anderson and Jie-Hung Connie Shiau (Gibney Company artistic associates) and Chuck Wilt (UNA Productions artistic director) will present new works at Gibney.  Find out more here 

Serge Aimé Coulibaly
November 11 – 12
NYU Skirball
The Burkina Faso choreographer, Coulibaly and his Faso Danse Théâtre will premiere Wakatt, with live music by Magic Malik Orchestra at NYU Skirball. Wakatt which means "our times" in the Mooré language of Burkina Faso, features 10 dancers and three musicians.  Find out more here 

Dee Dee Bridgewater and Savion Glover
November 12
NJPAC
Tapa dancer Savion Glover and vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater come together in  “Interpretations” for an evening of jazz in solo sets of dance and improvisation.  Find out m ore here 

Edisa Weeks
November 12 - 13
Kupferberg Center for the Arts
Weeks' ’world premiere of Action Songs/Protest Dances, a live music and dance event will feature five original songs commissioned by composers/musicians Taina Asili, Spirit McIntyre, and Martha Redbone. Three of the songs are inspired by the life, speeches, and writings of civil rights activist James Forman (1928-2005), whose personal archives are housed at the Queens College Rosenthal Library; and two are about social justice issues in America today. Find out more here 

Neil Greenberg
November 12 - 20
LaMama
Greenberg will present the world premiere of Betsy a new dance exploring the phenomenon of performance itself. Find out  more here 

Ephrat Asherie Dance and NYC Club Legends
November 13-14
The Guggenheim
Commissioned by Works & Process, UNDERSCORED is a multi-faceted project that acts as a living archive of five generations of NYC club dancers such as Archie Burnett, Michele Saunders, and Brahms “Bravo” LaFortune and Ephrat Asherie Dance company.  Find out more here

Garth Fagan Dance
November 15-20
The Joyce
for the company’s 52nd anniversary season.  Slated for this season’s program world premieres by Fagan and Norwood Pennewell and works from the repertory.  Find out more here

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Performance Mix Festival #37

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Due: December 1st at 11:59pm

INTRODUCING THE 2023 MENTORS
 
The accomplished women that comprise Women of Color in the Arts (WOCA)'s mentor cohort for our 2023 Leadership through Mentorship (LTM) Program bring a wealth of experience and expertise to the WOCA community from the WOCA community. It is our privilege to collaborate and learn with and from these dynamic leaders. 

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UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON FACULTY SEARCH:

We are looking to fill TWO Assistant Professor, tenure-track positions in Dance.  A summary of the positions and a link to the full descriptions can be found below.  Please circulate this to whomever you know that might be interested. 

First considerations will go to applications submitted by November 15, 2022.  The start date is August 2023.

Position 1: The successful candidate will teach studio practice/technique courses and dance theory courses related to their creative work/research.  We welcome candidates from a broad spectrum of dance practices.  Desirable teaching interests include dance composition/choreography and related studies, site-performance dance studies, writing and critical analysis in the arts, dance aesthetics and philosophy, and community-based/socially engaged dance practices. The Dance Program seeks a candidate with strong organizational and leadership skills, combined with a keen ability to foster collegiality and collaborative initiatives both within our dance program and the city.

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Position 2: The successful candidate will teach studio practice/technique courses and dance theory courses related to choreography and research.  We welcome candidates from a broad spectrum of contemporary dance practices. Desirable teaching interests include community-based/socially engaged dance practices, hip-hop practices and history, dance technology & digital media, dance business skills, and creative dance practices.  The Dance Program maintains a unique focus on both the artistry and business of dance; and seeks a candidate with strong organizational and leadership skills, combined with a keen ability to foster collegiality and collaborative initiatives both within our dance program and city.

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