Live From Lincoln Center - School of American Ballet
PBS (*check local listings)
December 12

For the first time Live From Lincoln Center will air the School of American Ballet’s  50th Annual Workshop Performance. Taped during a live event in May 2014, this coming broadcast will feature performances and rare behind-the-scenes footage, demonstrating the legacy and continuing tradition of the excellence fostered at this prestigious academy and showcasing the talented dancers of the future. The event will be hosted by Audra McDonald.


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binbinFactory / Satoshi Haga & Rie Fukuzawa
@iBeam
December 10
Haga will join Jen Shyu (compositions, vocals), Mat Maneri (viola) and Randy Peterson for this one-night-only event.  Find out more here

Anna Azrieli + Stuart Shugg
Gibney Dance
December 10-13
Curated by Jon Kinzel, the series, Double Bill: A Series of Artists Curating Artists will feature Azrieli and Shugg.  Find out more here 

Keely Garfield
Danspace Project
December 11
In a return trip to Danspace Project, Garfield presents the premiere of WOW, by Garfield and performed by Garfiel, with Brandin Steffensen, Paul Hamilton, Jordan Morley, Leslie Kraus, and musician Matthew Brookshire, with music inspired by Kate Bush.  Find out more here 

Pilar/Ensemble Dance + Ni'Ja Whitson Adebanjo
Dixon Place
December 11
In a split bill, Pilar Castro Kiltz will present  And Then It Wasn’t , and Ni’Ja Whitson Adebanjo will present When Water Dries the Mouth.  Find out more here 

AUNTS
Abrons Art Center
December 14
AUNTS, nieces, nephews, and grandparents is about everybody dancing.  For this performance party event seniors from the Lower East Side, teen dance students from Abrons Art Center, and the internationally-acclaimed artist group AUNTS come together in a pop-up fashion, during a free public party in the Abrons Experimental Theater.  Find out more here

Artistic Director/Choreographer, Nancy Turano, whose Nutcracker opens this Sunday, December 14 at Kean University in New Jersey, talks about working with her teacher Alfred Corvino. Students from her school and company, New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble (NJDTE) will be featured. Find out more about the performance here.  See a promo from 2013 here 

Dance Teacher Magazine article - click here

America's leading Latino dance company returns to the Apollo stage on November 22 to premiere its first evening-length narrative work. Hailed as a “masterpiece” by the Chicago Sun-Times, Gustavo Ramírez Sansano’s "CARMEN.maquia" is, like Georges Bizet’s iconic opera about a passionate gypsy, riveting from start to finish. The physically charged and sensual choreography fuses contemporary dance with nods to the Spanish paso doble and flamenco. A stunning set design by Luis Crespo and minimalist black-and-white costumes by fashion designer David Delfin evoke the paintings of Pablo Picasso. Highly original and full of elaborate partnering, "CARMEN.maquia" is a bold and electrifying reimagining of this tragic tale. For tickets, visit ballethispanico.org/performances/Apollo.

Vimeo - "Creating Carmen"

Video by Kendra Brisco.

Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca
Joyce Theater
October 29-November 9

For their return trip since 2011, Spain’s Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca, under the direction of Martín Santangelo, will present an evening entitled Noche Flamenca y Antigona to live music. Authentic flamenco is promised in “…excerpts from Sophocles’ tragic tale that brings the fiery nature of flamenco to one of the world’s great tragedies, [in]…Antigona," notes the release.  Other works slated for the season are Alegrías, Le Plaza and Solea.  Find out more here 

2014 WAVE RISING SERIES
John Ryan Theater
October 22-November 9
Featuring 20 companies / choreographers, Artistic Director Young Soon Kim and a panel of artists select rising and established companies from New York City and around the world.   Find out more here 

Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch
October 23-November 2
BAM
“The word was out, the place was mobbed,” wrote Anna Kisselgoff in The New York Times. “Pina Bausch, from West Germany, is the most talked-about choreographer in Europe and it was obvious that her reputation had preceded her….” Celebrating 30 years since New York knew about the incomparable Bausch, Tanztheater Wuppertal returns with the work that put them on the New York map, Kontakthof.  Find out more here 

BalletCollective
NYU Skirball Center
October 29-30
Director/choreographer Troy Schumacher will premiere All That We See, and Dear and Blackbirds and brings back the 2013 work, The Impulse Wants Company.  All pieces will be accompanied by live music.  Find out more here

Various Artists
Dixon Place
October 28, 29 & 30
The Crossing Boundaries series curated by Marcia Monroe will show new work by choreographers who cross cultural, geographic & disciplinary boundaries. The evening will feature works by  Barbara Mahler, Christina Noel & The Creature, Juri Nishio, Pamela Herron.  Zullo/RawMovement, in this Exquisite diversion/mysterious Skin uses Scott Heim’s novel “Mysterious Skin” for their work.  The CarouSel Sisters: Rosabelle Selavy and Carolyn Chiu plus Special Guests will present an aerial dance work.  Find out more here 

Gisèle Vienne
New York Live Arts
October29-November 1
In Vienne’s U.S. premiere of Kindertotenlieder, the work provides “The perfect breeding ground for the birth of the uncanny in our imagination, of the eerie blend of something that is equally familiar and strange,”  according to the release.  Find out more here

Various Artists
BAX
October 31-November 1
Melanie Jones (2013/15 BAX Artist In Residence), featuring Cagey Productions, Theatre Conspiracy, and Danielle Marleau, curates CANADIANS ARE MEAN which “…confronts stereotype and the (in)visibility of Canadian artists in NYC,” according to the release.   Find out more here

October 30-November 2
Richard Alston Dance Company
Peak Performances
The London-based company returns to Peak Performances with the American premieres of Rejoice in the Lamb and Holderlin Fragments, along with the reprise of Unfinished Business and 1994’s Illuminations.  Find out more here

Eva Dean Dance
The 14th Street Y
October 30-November 2
As part of The Dance Series at The 14th Street Y, Eva Dean Dance celebrates 30 years of repertory including Pumped, Welcome Back, Melba and Pearl Diving, choreographed by Artistic Director Eva Dean.  Find out  more here 

Maya Dance Theatre
92Y
October 31
As part of the 92Y "Fridays at Noon" Series, the Maya Dance Theatre from Singapore will perform works by Janis Brenner and others.  Find out more here 

Cynthia Oliver
New York Live Arts
October 23 – 25

Oliver is joined by Leslie Cuyjet in the premiere of BOOM! “A duet based on Oliver and Cuyjet as individuals, friends, strangers, family and younger/older versions of themselves, negotiating relations that are persistently in flux. Building upon a non-linear sequence of narratives around a life and a relationship—of a woman to herself, her history, her present and her future—BOOM! is a choreography of shifting realities. It is a looping, fractured unfolding, examining notions of destiny, when life happens and when “fairness” and cause and effect do not necessarily align,” according to the release.  Oliver work has been described as “Uneasy, unsettling, and…[with] a narrative cohesion that makes for effective dance theater” (Dance Magazine). Find out more here

Here’s what I wrote about a preview of BOOM! in May 2013 

Mark Dendy Projects
Abrons Arts Center
October 9–26
Dendy presents Labyrinth, a new dance-play, described as “…a tragicomic, autobiographically inspired retelling of the Theseus myth…set in present-day New York City and performed by a cast of four in multiple roles,” notes the release. Find out more here 

Julian Barnett
Danspace Project
October 23-25
Barnett premieres Bluemarble described as “part science-fiction, part archetype…[and]…paints a voyage where two people tap into a field of persistence that examines the phenomena of the 'overview affect.”    Find out more here 

Jonah Bokaer
Lightbox
October 23-26
Bokaer will present three New York City premieres:  Study for Occupant, Future Tense and The Explorer, each featuring sculptural décor by Bokaer’s long-time collaborator Daniel Arsham.   Find out more here 

Xan Burley + Alex Springer
Median Movement
October 23-25
Burley and Springer presents JACK Rally, their newest evening-length dance work where a cast of 25 interrogates and honors unity and revels in rhythm and revving.  Find out more here 

Ntozake Shange 
Kumble Theater
October 24
651 ARTS presents Shange’s new project, Lost in Language and Sound during a work-in-progress performance directed by Rhodessa Jones and choreographed by Dianne McIntyre for an ensemble of twelve, including poets, actors, musicians, and dancers.  Find out more here 

Faustin Linyekula/October 24
Panaibra Gabriel Canda/October 25
BRIC House Ballroom
651 ARTS presents Look Back, Dance Forward: TALES OF HOME, a two-evening program with works by Linyekula (Congo) and Canda (Mozambique).  Find out more here 

Laura Ward/Octavia Cup Dance Theatre
Manhattan Movement and Arts Center
October 24-26
Ward premieres MAPS,  a multi-generational project  which looks at “…past, present and future by imagining and questioning the reality of borders, history, and boundaries,” according to the release.  Find out more here

VON USSAR danceworks
Ailey Citigroup Theater
October 24-26
For this 8th annual showcase, The Dance Gallery Festival will feature original works from emerging and renowned choreographers from around the country .  Find out more here

Various Artists
BAX
October 24 - 25
Erin Markey curates Memory Foam a collection of pieces made by performer and designer pairs where the body's look is deeply considered.  Find out more here 

Various Artists-REVIVE / REVEAL
New York Theater Workshop
October 25
Maura Nguyen Donohue/InMixedCompany, Deborah Lohse and Zoe Rabinowitz  are the featured choreographers presented by Women in Motion @ the 2014 Estrogenius Festival.  Find out more here 

Various Artists
Movement Research at the Judson Church
October 27
Don’t miss this free, ongoing, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress.  This week’s featured artists are:  Rebecca Davis, Jacob Slominski and David Zambrano.  Find out more here 

The Chocolate Factory Theater presents THROW, curated by Sarah Maxfield

Tuesday, October 21st at 7PM
THROW at The Chocolate Factory Theater
featuring: Lenora Champagne & David Thomson
FREE, with drinks for cheap

THROW is a work-in-progress series.  Find out more here

This weekend (October 17-19), Christal Brown’s four-movement evening-length work inspired by the life and legacy of Muhammad Ali, The Opulence of Integrity opens at The Kumble Theater.  Opulence is performed by an all-male cast and incorporates elements of boxing, hip-hop, martial arts, modern dance, text by Ali and an original score by Farai Malianga.  Michael Randazzo of The Brooklyn Eagle offers the following:

"The performance opens with Ali’s relationship with Malcolm X—whom the former Cassius Clay met while training for his 1964 title fight against reigning heavyweight champion Sonny Liston—depicting their relationship as a catalyst for the black power movement. Brown then explores Ali’s transformation from successful boxer into a world-renowned personality, the result of being sentenced to five years in prison and fined $10,000 for refusing to serve in the Vietnam War. The series’ final movement documents Ali’s comeback, when he recaptured the heavyweight title and the public’s imagination for his masterful victories over Joe Frazier, Ken Norton and George Foreman."

In an interview, Brown responded to some questions about the making of Opulence and more. 


Charmaine: Where did the idea to make this work “inspired” by Muhammad Ali come from?

Christal: I was originally approached by the late Fred Ho to create choreography for his album entitled “The Sweet Science Suite.”  After premiering a draft of that work at the Guggenheim Works in Process in November of 2011, Fred and I developed our own versions of the work.  In developing The Opulence of Integrity I began to look at Ali not as inspiration but as a lens.  I believe his life mirrors the struggle of so many men of color who have divine aspirations of greatness, but human shortcomings keep them from achieving their purpose.  Ali was driven by a force that he could not explain or harness.  That indomitable spirit is what the work is about.

Charmaine: What tools, if any, did you use in preparing your dancers during the process?

Christal: The process of creating Opulence began in 2011 with a solo called No Vietnamese Ever Called Me Nigger.  While working with Dante Brown at Bates Dance Festival to create this solo I often referenced my father who lost both his legs in the Vietnam War.  The stories I shared with Dante became part of the framework for the larger story.  My personal life had a direct connection to the causes Ali was fighting for.  I then began to ask Dante and subsequent artist who entered the process to find a personal connection to an aspect or experience in Ali's life and bring the connection into the work.  In addition, we watched documentaries on Ali, read through biographies, and talked at length about the commonalities we found within finding purpose in our own lives, striving for greatness, and falling victim to our own humanities.

Charmaine: There is an all-male cast, was this intentional because of the “boxer” Ali, or were there other parts of his life that may have included women that were not intended for this work?

Christal: When I was initially approached about the idea of Ali I was asked to use an all-male cast.  Having had an all-female company for 10 years the idea was intriguing.  But as I began looking at every aspect of Ali's life I began to see that women were his weakness.  I decided to bring this to light in movement two, "Larger than Life." In movement two the audience gets a brief glimpse into Ali's “kryptonite” and how his weakness has the power to change him from extraordinary to ordinary.

Charmaine: What about the “social activist,” “public martyr,” and “human being,” that you mention in other interviews, for example, where do these titles fit, or not in your work?

Christal:  All of these titles are relevant to the work.  Opulence looks at Ali as a parallel figure to Malcom X during the black power movement and a voice for the people.  His denouement of the Vietnam War caused him public humiliation and separation from his title, spiritual teachers, and colleagues. But throughout his life of triumphs, failures and illness he has remained true to himself as a vessel of opulence and integrity. In addition to the physicality of the work, Ali's words are given life by three speakers who use Ali's quotes to contextualize each movement.

Charmaine:  What, if anything, has changed since Opulence premiered?

Christal: Since the beginning the intention has changed from singular to multiple narratives.  The work is about Ali and everyone who lives a life of great purpose and does not feel the need to shirk or conform in order to reach their goals.

Charmaine: What do you hope audiences walk away with?

Christal: I want the audience to walk away knowing something about Ali that they didn't know before entering the theater and to be inspired to live a life of opulent integrity.

In the choreographer’s note from the program, Brown adds:  “For me, The Opulence of Integrity is an exploration of the homogeneous inner struggle for identity as it pertains to men of color in the United States.  Using the life and legacy of Muhhamad Ali as an archetype, I have been able to take an intimate look at the trappings that continually prohibit freedom.   This work is dedicated to my father, brother, and uncle who fought but did not win and to my son who's battle has yet begun.   Born branded by history, burdened by responsibility and inspired towards greatness requires a committed heart and an opulence of integrity.”  Find out more here 

Christal Brown (choreographer, educator, performer, writer and activist) is a native of Kinston, North Carolina, and received her BFA in dance and minor in business from the University of NC at Greensboro. Upon graduation, Brown went on to tour nationally with Chuck Davis' African-American Dance Ensemble and internationally with Andrea E. Woods/Souloworks. Immediately following those experiences, Brown performed with and managed Gesel Mason Performance Projects while apprenticing with the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange in Takoma Park, Maryland. Upon relocating to New York Brown, apprenticed with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company before finding a home with Urban Bush Women, where she spent three seasons as a principal performer, community specialist and apprentice program coordinator.

Aside from performing, Brown is the Founding Artistic Director of INSPIRIT, a performance ensemble and educational conglomerate dedicated to bringing female choreographers together to collaborate and show new work, expanding the views of women of all ages, and being a constant source of inspiration to its audience as well as members. Founded in 2000, INSPIRIT has been honored to show work at Aaron Davis Hall, St. Mark's Church, Joyce Soho, The Lincoln Theater of Washington, D.C., and various other venues across the country.

Combining her athleticism, creativity, love for people, and knack for teaching, Brown continues to teach and create works that redefine the art of dance and the structure of the field. 

Brown is currently Assistant Professor of Dance at ‎Middlebury College in Vermont, and has also been a resident artist of Dance New Amsterdam, Movement Research, and Tribeca Performing Arts Center.

www.christalbrown.com   www.projectbecoming.org

Dean Moss
The Kitchen
October 16-25

After three years in the making, the very engaging Dean Moss premieres johnbrown described as a “Wry Meditation on the Legacy of White Abolitionist John Brown…[which] coincides with 155th Anniversary of Brown’s Raid on Harpers Ferry,” [and] features live performances by Kacie Chang, Julia Cumming (from the bands Sunflower Bean and Supercute!), Cassie Mey, Sari Nordman, Asher Woodworth, and Moss, with video performances of an original script commissioned from Thomas Bradshaw by Tymberly Canale, Aaron Hodges, Okwui Okpokwasili, and Pete Simpson. Also featured is sound and music by Stephen Vitiello, an original song by Cumming, lighting by Vincent Vigilante, costumes by Roxana Ramseur and integrates a number of teenaged production assistants.  For jonbrown, Moss “…draws upon his own personal history as the son of civil rights activists to…” to tell this story.   The work is presented in seven semi-autonomous segments titled after individual articles of John Brown’s Provisional Constitution of 1858, and “…melds an immersive audio/visual design and rigorous physicality with a disruptive impressionistic performance structure. It excavates contentious birthrights born of “our peculiar institution,” while simultaneously exploring the gendered and generational processes at play in their perception,” according to the release.  Find out more here

Jonathan Royse Windham
Dixon Place
October 3-18
In Windham's Creatures of Habit, which “…draws its inspiration from slapstick comedy, children's stories, game shows and existential drama…seven dancers…find themselves in an absurd, yet strangely familiar universe,” notes the release.  Find out more here

Fall For Dance Festival
New York City Center
October 8-19
For their 11th annual season, City Center's Fall For Dance Festival boasts five programs with performances by Aakash Odedra Company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, The Australian Ballet, Black Grace, Sébastien Ramirez & Honji Wang, Rennie Harris Puremovement and so many more.  Find out more here  

Mark Dendy Projects
Abrons Arts Center
October 9–26
Dendy presents Labyrinth, a new dance-play, described as “…a tragicomic, autobiographically inspired retelling of the Theseus myth…set in present-day New York City and performed by a cast of four in multiple roles,” notes the release. Find out more here 

Lar Lubovitch Dance Company (LLDC)
The Joyce Theater
October 15-19
LLDC will premiere two works based on ancient myths, on one program titled ANCIENT TALES: The Black Rose (world premiere) and Artemis in Athens (new production).  Find out more here 

Luis Lara Malvacias/3rd Class Citizen
Danspace Project
October 16-18
Danspace Project brings Venezuelan-born choreographer and multidisciplinary artist Malvacías’ latest work (T) under Malvacías/3RDClass Citizen, a constantly evolving collective.  Find out more here 

Jumatatu Poe with Saori Tsukada & Nikki Appino's Club Diamond
JACK
October 16-18
Poe premieres his new solo, Android Tears  on a double bill with Club Diamond, a brief new work-in-progress by Saori Tsukada and Nikki Appino.  Find out more here 
 
Beijing Dance Theater
BAM
October 15-18
Chinese choreographer Wang Yuanyuan and Beijing Dance Theater  return to BAM in Wild Grass, an evening-length work inspired by the poems of Lu Xun, one of the most iconic left-wing writers in Chinese literature. Find out more here 

The Symptoms
Peak Performances/The Alexander Kasser Theater
October 16-19
This performance collective from Hungary makes its U.S. debut with Apropos which “…ponders the critical questions of aging.  When will I lose my virginity?  Will I find work I love?  How do I balance work with parenthood? Do I have enough money to retire?  How long will I keep my looks?  Will I ever have sex again?...” according to the release.  Find out more here  

L.A. Dance Project
BAM
Oct 16-18
Benjamin Millepied, choreographer, dancer, and newly appointed director of the Paris Opera Ballet, makes the New York City debut of his company, L.A. Dance Project with works by Millepied, Justin Peck, and William Forsythe. Find out more here 

Nai-Ni Chen
Aljira
October 17
In Not Alone, the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company returns “…to expand on its collaboration with Aljira in a unique dialogue between the visual and performing arts…” according to the release.  Find out more here

Pablo Mayor-Folklore Urbano and Daniel Fetecua-Pajarillo Pinta’o Dance Company
Turtle Bay Music School
October 17
As part of the Amalgama Music and Dance Project, Colombian artists Mayor and Fetecua come together to “… explore the possibilities of contemporary choreography and original music based on the traditions of their native country…” according to the release.  Find out more here

Kathryn Posin Dance Company
92nd Street Y
October 17 -19 
The Kathryn Posin Dance Company will appear at the Harkness Dance Center in a series of performances titled "Voices of Bulgaria and America," with longtime collaborator Momchil Mladenov, bringing together American and Bulgarian artistry in a shared vision.   Find out more here

The EmergeLAB@BAX
BAX
October 17-18
Alums of the EmergeNYC program at the Hemispheric Institute for Performance and Politics will be presented in this “…non-curated, non-hierarchical space for artistic development, where the artists determine their own frameworks and processes for experimentation and growth,” according to BAX.  Find out more here 
  
Moving Men
Dixon Place
October 17-18
Raja Feather Kelly and Christopher Ralph will present works on this long-running dance series where male choreographers are given the space to explore.  Find out more here 

Heidi Latsky's GIMP Project 
The New York Academy of Medicine
October 18
Lisa Bufano—a visual artist who was a bilateral amputee, commissioned choreographer Latsky to create a solo dance work for her. Find out more here 

651ARTS – Panel: "Body Rock…"
October 18
Brooklyn Museum
The panel discussion - Body Rock: The Politics of Black Female Identity on “Stage” will include moderator, playwright and Medger Evers College professor Nina Angela Mercer, plus panelists Reverend Desiree Allen; theater director Charlotte Braithwaite; and Digital Advertising Creative Director, Shannon Washington.  Find out more here 

Liz Lerman
Peak Performances – Montclair State University/The Kasser
September 25-27
Lerman’s Healing Wars, “…explores the brutalizing traumas of war, the eradicable effects it has on both the healer and the healed, and the many glorious and unexpected ways in which they compensate,” according to the release. For 90 minutes, the cast of dancers and actors in multiple roles, plus former Navy Gunners Mate Paul Hurley, who thought he lost a leg in an IED attack in Falluja and is able to dance, bring focus to “…a real and surreal panoramic consideration of the effect of war on bodies, the spirit and the emotional lives of everyone effected,” notes the release. Soundscape is by Tony Award-winning sound designer Darron L West; scenic environment is by David Israel Reynoso and the media projections are by Kate Freer. The choreography was created by Lerman and Keith Thompson, a member of the cast. Healing Wars is part of the National Civil War Project, a radical multi-city, multi-year collaboration among four universities and five performing arts organizations to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. Find out more here

Queer New York International Arts Festival
Abrons Arts Center and other venues
September 17-27
This Festival was created to expand the parameters of reading all that queer performance can be and mean, and shapes the “…concept that proposes a reinvented definition of queer that can serve as a wider platform for excellence in the arts, one that is capable of tracking, discovering, and interpreting new trends,” according to the release. Queer New York International will present artists from Croatia, Bulgaria, The Netherlands, Spain, India and the US. Some artists include, Ivo Dimchev, Jan Martens, Mark Tompkins and Jeremy Wade.  Find out  more here

luciana achugar
JACK
September 23–24
Two-time Bessie Award winner achugar presents a ritual dance experience made by everyone for everyone. This new work, “…made from the guts” of her 2014 piece OTRO TEATRO (which premiered in February at the Walker Art Center and was subsequently shown at NYLA) is an extension and a culmination of The Pleasure Project, in which achugar and her nine collaborators performed around city public spaces over the course of three months,”  according to the release. Find out more here

Cia. Unión Tanguera
The Joyce
September 23 – October 5
The French and Argentina-based ten-member tango company Cia. Unión Tanguera comes to The Joyce for a two-week engagement under the direction of Esteban Moreno and Claudia Codega. The Company brings the NYC premiere of the evening-length work, Nuit Blanche (Sleepless Night), accompanied by live musicians. Find out more here

Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion
New York Live Arts (NYLA)
September 23-27 & September 30-October 4
As the Resident Commissioned Artists at New York Live Arts (2012-2014) Abraham presents four works: one evening-length, two ensemble works and a trio, over two programs titled The Watershed and When the Wolves Came In.  Abraham “Explor[es] two totemic triumphs in the international history of the civil rights, the 150 year anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 20 year anniversary of the abolishment of apartheid in South Africa.  The works feature visual design by acclaimed conceptual artist Glenn Ligon and original music performed live by world renowned jazz artist Robert Glasper, accompanied by two musicians and a vocalist,” according to the release.  Find out more here

DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL                       
John Ryan Theater
September 25-28
WHITE WAVE presents the 14th annual Dumbo Dance Festival featuring over 75 companies with new works by over 350 contemporary performing artists and choreographers from the US and Mexico.  All Festival performances are presented FREE/pay-what-you-will. Seating will be prompt – on the hour.  Find out more here

Fernando Rubio
Hudson River Park
September 26-28
Co-presented with Performance Space 122 (PS 122) & Hudson River Park, in Rubio’s Everything by my side includes “…seven actresses in seven pristine white beds in a public space [who] whisper vivid childhood memories to individual audience members…[amongst]…the busyness of the city…” according to the release.  This event marks U.S. debut of Argentinean theater maker and visual artist Rubio.  Everything by my side runs in 15-minute cycles.  This presentation is part of French Institute Alliance’s Crossing The Line Fall Festival.  Find out more here

Suzanne Bocanegra
Danspace Project
September 27
Danspace Project’s 40th anniversary year opens with the New York premiere of Little Dot, a 12-hour sculptural dance installation created by visual artist Suzanne Bocanegra and performed en pointe by 14 ballet dancers from New York Theatre Ballet. Find out more here

STEPS/REVERBDANCE PERFORMANCE LAB
Steps
September 27
Works by nine choreographers including, Aaron Atkins, Jordan Daniels, Amber DeGaray, Aurelian Peillex and Julia Ehrstrand, Nikki Theroux and more will be featured.  The evening ends with an Artists Social.  Find out more here

Various Artists
Movement Research at the Judson Church
September 29
This round of artists will include Laurel Atwell & Tess Dworman, Marsi Burns and Alice Teirstein (aka Marsi & Alice), Kensaku Shinohara, Laurel Atwell & Tess Dworman.  Performances are free, high visibility low-tech weekly forum for the exploration of movement-based ideas.  “Throughout its 22 year history, the acclaimed Monday night series has provided a safe haven for experimentation and investigation for dance and performance artists from New York and beyond,” according to the release.  Find out more here