Trajal Harrell
The Kitchen
September 14-20
In the works for five years since posing the question “What would have happened in 1963 if someone from the voguing ballroom scene in Harlem had come downtown to perform alongside the early postmoderns at Judson Church?” Harrell premieres his, Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at the Judson Church: THE SERIES in the span of one week.  Performances left are: Wednesday, September 17 (jr) Antigone Jr. at 8pm and (Plus) Antigone Jr. ++ at 9:30pm, Friday, September 19 (L) Antigone Sr. at 8pm and Saturday, September 20 (M2M) Judson Church is Ringing in Harlem at 8pm.  This work is co-presented with The Kitchen.  The eighth and final section of Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at the Judson Church will emerge in the form of a publication in 2016. Find out more here

Queer New York International Arts Festival 
Abrons Arts Center and other venues
September 17-27 
“The festival was created to expand the parameters of reading all that queer performance can be and mean. The concept 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. Artists rein from Croatia, Bulgaria, The Netherlands, Spain, India and the US. Some of the artists who will present U.S. premieres at Abrons Arts Center are Ivo Dimchev, Jan Martens, Mark Tompkins and Jeremy Wade.  Find out more here

Dances For A Variable Population
Washington Square Park
September 19
For yet another free public multigenerational dance performance, this time celebrating the fourth annual event initiated with the renovation of Washington Square Park, guests include Sandra Genter, Gus Solomons jr., Walter Rutledge, Margaret Yuen and the Red Silk Dancers, plus others.  Find out more here

Miro  Magloire's  New  Chamber Ballet
City Center Studio 5 
September 19-20
For their 2014-15 season the Company will premiere works by Constantine Baecher, the Company's choreographer-in-residence and Magloire.  Music is always performed live on piano and violin at New Chamber Ballet performances.  Find out more here

ELSCO Dance
Bridge For Dance
September 20
Titled, ELSCO Exposed, this one-night-only performance features premiere works by company members Amelia Lowe, Jeffrey Gugliotti, Karina Roytman and Timmy Wasserman.  Find out more here

'The  Table  Of  Silence  Project 9/11' -  100+ Dancers Commemorate Peace 
Josie Robertson Plaza, Lincoln Center
September  11

Conceived and choreographed by Jacqulyn Buglisi, in collaboration with visual artist Rossella Vasta, over 100 Dancers, led by the Buglisi Dance Theatre, will appear in this 9/11 prayer for peace for the fourth year. 

The performance ritual starts at 8:15am and concludes at 8:46am.  Buglisi notes, "The Table of Silence Project represents the common threads of humanity which unite all mankind into a single force with common goals and aspirations regardless of race, culture, or religion.  Through this event, we wish to achieve the dual purpose of celebrating and honoring peace, through listening, a united moment of silence - a call for Peace in our world."  Admission is free!  Find out more here

Brother(hood) Dance! & Ob!ka Dance
FiveMyles
September 11
Two Brooklyn-based choreographers, and one from Miami come together,  Brother(hood) Dance & Ob!ka Dance in SUN/SON sharing “…personal experiences, historical and current references and accounts, the organization seeks to better understand how freedom has been an unattainable right due to governmental restrictions,” according to the release.  Find out more here

New York City Center’s FALL FOR DANCE FESTIVAL - Kick Off
Central Park’s Delacorte Theater
September 12-13
In association with The Public Theater, the Fall for Dance Festival brings dance to Central Park for the second time.  Featured are: Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Lil Buck and New York City Ballet.  Free tickets will be distributed, two per person, at The Public’s Delacorte Theater on the day of the show and through virtual ticketing.  The Festival will continue at City Center from October 8 – October 19.  Find out more here

Dances Patrelle
The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College
September 11-14
Dances Patrelle presents Romeo & Juliet as part of their 25th anniversary celebration.  Further, "...in celebration of [William] Shakespeare's 450th birthday,this evening-length revival of Romeo & Juliet  will feature Francis Patrelle's choreography, based on Shakespeare's play and [Sergei] Prokofiev's Score," according to the release. Find out more here

National Ballet of Canada
The David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
September 9-14
The Joyce comes to Lincoln Center with another fall season opener, the National Ballet of Canada’s performance of Christopher Wheeldon’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. This work combines “…a “scenic spectacle of unprecedented extravagance” with “the extraordinary skill, versatility and spirit of the Canadian dancers” (Los Angeles Times), Wheeldon’s interpretation of Lewis Carroll’s immortal story is a true fantasia of dance,” according to the release.  Find out more here

Maré Hieronimus, Nicole Nigro, Cory Neale and Jeremy Frindel
Anita's Way-Bryant Park
August 27-29

Helping to wind down the chashama Summer Performance Series is AUGUR, co-conceived and directed by dance artists Maré Hieronimus and Nicole Nigro, sound artist Cory Neale with guest video artist Jeremy Frindel.  AUGUR is described as “…a multi-media, collaborative, migrating performance work investigating the essential search for meaning through the framework of contemporary oracle, concepts of divination, altered states of consciousness, and ritual performance. Defined as the official in the classical world who was responsible for portending events through reading the flight patterns of birds, AUGUR combines dance installation, sound, projected image, imbued object, and migration pathways to shift and transform the experience of the mundane in the bustling 42nd street district of NYC,” according to the release.  The event begins with an open dress rehearsal on Wednesday, August 27 and is followed by performances on Thursday, August 28 and Friday, August 29.  This “site situated” event starts at Anita's Way, (133 West 42nd Street - the through block connecting 42nd and 43rd streets, between 6th Ave. and Broadway), and ends at The Urban Garden Room/ One Bryant Park (on the corner of 42nd Street and 6th Avenue).   Other collaborating performers are Maurizio Campani, Rebecca Lloyd-Jones, Brianna MacLellan, Anne Marion-Gallois and vocalist Susan Myhr Fritz.  Find out more here 

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Sculpture Garden, James A Michener Art Museum - PA 
August 27
In their “…response to the James A, Michener Arts Museum's Exhibit,” notes the release, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company will present new works developed for Steve Tobin’s sculptures.  Find out more here 

Free Screening - "Afternoon of a Faun: Tanaquil Le Clercq"
National Archives - William G. McGowan Theater, Washington, DC
August 28
Filmmaker Nancy Buirski will be in person to introduce the film, which tells the story of prima ballerina Tanaquil Le Clercq - the final program in the two-part film series Master Class: Pina and Tanaquil.  Find out more here 

Hearts of Men 
Benefit Performance

"intimate Exchanges: Sharing Dance"

Saturday, August 16 
Sunday, August 17

at 

The Martha Graham Studio 
55 Bethune Street
New York, NY
11th Floor

Reservations: [email protected]

Founder & Artistic director - Fredrick Earl Mosley

Dancers to date:- 
Dudley Williams, Clifton Brown, Brian Harlan Brooks, Alenka Cizmesija, Juan Carlos Penuela, Leonides Arpon, 
Deborah Wingert, Solomon Dumas, Fana Tesfagiorgis, Kristina Zaidner, Ryan Houston, Randall Riley, Jeffrey Sousa 
Keon Thoulouis, Lara Spencer, Manuela Sanchez...

...Nathaniel Hunt, Edwin Rodriguez, Anna Noble, Yusaku Komori, Coral Dolphin, Michelle Smith, Lisa Johnson Willingham
Djassi Johnson, Terrence Poplar, Chawnta Van, Julia Discenza, Lauren MacAllister, Sharrod Williams, Ariel Trzaskos
Natalia Cordero, Jennifer Sroka, Brilynn Rakes, Maleek Joseph
Scott Willis
Braian Salinas
Bryan Rodriguez Montoya
Tania Palomeque Guirao
Sara Colomino Guimenez

Edisa Weeks’ DELIRIOUS Dances
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
August 13
Described as “…a special, mid-summer dance performance,” Weeks’ Enchanted “…is inspired by the textures, patterns and beauty of plants and flowers native to New York, that are being threatened by invasive species and over development,” according to the release.  Find out more here






Naomi Goldberg Haas’ Dances For A Variable Population
West Harlem Piers Park​
August 15
Be part of this free interactive dance workshop and share in the fun!  Find out more here 

Gabriel Misse & Analia Centurion
Dardo Galletto Studios
August 8-17
Buenos Aires tango dancers Gabriel Misse and Analia Centurion will teach seminars, perform share in a Meet & Talk.  Find out more here 

Navatman’s Drive East
La MaMa
August 11- 17
"…accurately subtitled a Journey Through South Asian Music and Dance — is an extraordinary feat, covering more ground than many other festivals. In seven days, it presents 26 performances, none repeated, of music and dance. Six of India’s classical dance forms — Bharata Natyam, Odissi, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Mohiniattam and Kathakali — will be represented. The music includes Carnatic and Hindustani vocals and individual performances devoted to the tabla, sitar, flute and other instruments. Few of us in the West know nearly enough about these rich and compelling genres; I hope this festival recurs in years to come," writes The New York Times writer Alastair Macaulay.  Find out more here 

David Dorfman Dance & Korhan Başaran Company
BAM Fisher (Fishman Space)
Aug 14—16
DanceMotion USA’s David Dorfman Dance and Turkey’s Korhan Başaran Company come together for a residency performance.  Find out more here 

Camille A. Brown and Dancers
Martha’s Vineyard
August 16
For the second week of their residency at The Yard, Camille A. Brown and Dancers will show excerpts of a new work-in-progress, Black Girl.  Find out more here

The 33rd Annual Downtown Dance Festival
Battery Park City
August 17-21
Battery Dance Company, with Battery Park City Authority, presents performances by The Vanaver Caravan, Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company; Mazzini Dance Collective; Nimbus Dance Works; Dorrance Dance / New York; New York Theatre Ballet’s Elena Zahlmann and more.  The Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance, curated by the Indo-American Arts Council (IAAC), will be held Wednesday, August 20.  Find out more here

Keigwin + Company
The Pocantico Festival
August 19
Join KEIGWIN + COMPANY for a special, outdoor performance at The Pocantico Center. Find out more here

Aparna Ramaswamy
Martha’s Vineyard
August 21 & 23
Acclaimed Bharatanatyam soloist and choreographer Aparna Ramaswamy will perform Sannidhi (Sacred Space) with an ensemble of musicians. Find out more here 

Brown Girls Burlesque
Joe’s Pub
August 9
Brown Girls Burlesque presents Last Night A DJ Saved My Life Vol.3 LoveSexy, a “A stripping, shimmying stiletto filled fete celebrating His Royal Badness, Prince,” according to the release.  The event and performers are described as follows: “Lovely DJ Lady Natasha Diggs, of Mobile Mondays, is on the royal decks slinging sexy tracks dripping in paisley for all to keep the house quaking. Chicava HoneyChild, burlesque queen Perle Noire, BGB ALL-STARS Jazabel Jade and Sophie Sucre, lead a cast of Burlesque’s sexiest danseurs on a hot summer nights ride through Prince’s mighty musical court.  The BGB Lovelies want to Take U with them. Won’t U join them 4 the ride?”  Find out more here 

Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG)
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
August 7-9
For his 12th opera, director/choreographer Mark Morris returns to the Mostly Mozart Festival with the premiere Acis and Galatea, a new, fully-staged opera ballet to Mozart’s arrangement of Handel’s “Acis And Galatea.”  The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra and Chorale will perform under Nicholas McGegan, conductor.  Find out more here

Ragamala Dance with Rudresh Mahanthappa
Aparna Ramaswamy and Ranee Ramaswamy
Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers
Chinese American Arts Council Dancers
Lincoln Center out of Doors/Damrosch Park Bandshell
August 7
See contemporary and traditional works from three companies in one evening.   Find out  more here

Six Degrees Dance Company
Speyer Hall at University Settlement
August 8 – 9
Cecly Placenti's Six Degrees Dance presents six companies from New York, New Jersey, and Boston including: Inclined Dance Project, Crooked Mouth, the Kennedy Dancers, Angie Moon Dance Theatre, 1000 Virtues Dance, and Six Degrees Dance.  Find out more here 

Camille A. Brown and Dancers
Lincoln Center out of Doors/Damrosch Park Bandshell
August 2

Director/Choreographer Camille A. Brown and her company, Camille A. Brown and Dancers present the critically acclaimed Mr. TOL E. RAncE.  This work is “…inspired by Mel Watkins’ book, On the Real Side: From Slavery to Chris Rock, Spike Lee’s movie Bamboozled, and Dave Chappelle’s “dancing vs. shuffling” analogy.  The evening-length dance theater work celebrates African-American humor, examines “the mask” of survival and the “double consciousness” (W.E.B. DuBois) of the black performer throughout history and the stereotypical roles dominating current popular black culture,” according to the release. Music is by Brandon McCune, Kurt “KC” Clayton, Jonathan Melville Pratt, and Scott Patterson (piano).  There will be a Talkback session with Camille A. Brown following the performance.

NOTE: Performance time is scheduled for 8:15 pm***However, the time approximate as this performance follows an opening concert set for 7 pm by Stew & the Negro Problem.  Find out more here 







Pilobolus Dance Theater
The Joyce
July 15-August 10
For their annual season at The Joyce,Pilobolus Dance Theater brings two programs “…that exhibit the signature quirkiness and athleticism that leave audiences dazzled year after year,” according to the release. Premieres are The Inconsistent Pedaler and On the Nature of Things, plus other works.  Find out more here 

A Celebration of Jenneth Webster
Lincoln Center out of Doors/Hearst Plaza
August 1
This music, dance and spoken word event pays tribute to Lincoln Center Out of Door’s long-time Director of Public Programming and will  include dance performances by Taylor 2; Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks; Elaine Summers; Ologundê; Brooklyn Jumbies; and the Chinese American Arts Council Dancers.  Find out more here

Showing of the film "TEST" and talk with SIDRA BELL
Steps on Broadway
August 3
See the new film "TEST," a gay drama from writer/director Chris Mason Johnson, that features dance sequences choreographed by Sidra Bell.  The evening will end with a reception for more talk, meeting and mingling.  Find out more here

One of the must-see performances this weekend is Brice Mousset’s Oui Danse!  Artistic Director/Choreographer, Mousset premieres Travailler: Act 1 & 2, Saturday, July 26 at Ailey CitiGroup Theater.  Just one week after a successful run at Jacob’s Pillow Dance Inside/Out Series, New Yorkers will now get the chance to see what ignited audiences at The Pillow, as it is affectionately called. 

Travailler takes its name from the French word for work and, according to Mousset, the work is inspired by the mentality of "survival of the fittest." Travailler is further described as “…showcas[ing] how the idea of success infiltrates and pollutes the mind, and portrays the circus of the business world, observing the compulsive behaviors of workers into their everyday routine with stress, repetition, competition and the desire for escape,” according to the release.   As such, the movement is terse and direct, yet it leaves room for audiences to question their place as “survivors.”  Mousset shares his thoughts on the performance at The Pillow and the upcoming performance at Ailey CitiGroup Theater.

Charmaine:  Your Company just received a standing ovation at Jacob’s Pillow, what was that like?

Brice: It brought tears to my eyes and warmth to my heart!  It is pure joy and also a relief!  When I create a work, it always comes from personal experiences; from my life and my entourage [circle of acquaintances]. Showing my work always gives me the feeling of getting naked in front of everybody; revealing an intimate part of myself. On top of this, there is the hard work spent in studios, plus my dancers who bring a lot of who they are on stage. So, the standing ovation felt like the audience understood us and gave us so much love. It's just an incredible feeling of connecting and sharing with our audience!

Charmaine:  Just one week after The Pillow, the New York premiere of Travailler will happen at Ailey CitiGroup Theater.  What are your thoughts?

Brice: It's amazing!!  What an experience to go from the prestigious Jacob's Pillow to Ailey CitiGroup in NEW YORK CITY!  It's also going to be very interesting to go from the gigantic open space of The Pillow, back to a black box theater which is also full of history. Ailey is a completely different venue, with a completely different crowd. This is a great challenge for us. I can't believe how fast it's going!

Charmaine: How did the idea for Travailler come about? 

Brice: Travailler came about in a dark place while observing my close entourage [circle of acquaintances] suffering.  It is about the corporate world and the insanity that the idea of success can bring. I had, and still have, way too many friends and family members who are miserable in their everyday life at work. They suffer from stress, anxiety, depression, boredom from doing a job they don't like, is too demanding, or consumes them. They suffer from their relationships with their co-workers and/or bosses.  It's a world still too often dominated by men, a world where differences are not easily accepted. The idea of success and profit kills the humanity in people. So, I wanted to make a sweet and sour satire that portrays this circus of the business world with exaggeration and a splash of humor. I am convinced that in the end it's all just an act that must be played, but we are all screaming for humanity and looking for love and compassion. Of course some people are very happy about their job, I just didn’t have much time to explore that side of the subject! 

Charmaine: It’s been about one year since you began making Travailler and now there are two Acts.  Is it complete?  Are there more “Acts” in store?

Brice: Travailler is still a work-in-progress. There are aspects of it that I didn't have time to explore, or that I want to develop more, like the acceptance of differences (homophobia, racism and many more). There are also some props and technical elements that I had to give up in the process because it was too expensive and complicated to deal with for now. So yes, there is at least an Act 3 in store.

Charmaine: What goes through your mind now during these last few days of rehearsal?

Brice: Way too much is going through my mind! The pressure is up; it's in NYC, at Ailey, after a standing ovation at Jacob's Pillow. We can't disappoint, we have to be better, stronger. I have to get the best out of my beautiful dancers, as I try to make adjustment in my work to improve it as well. I also think of the lights, the costumes, the ticket sales, the publicity, the press, the very critical New York audience. But I also try to stay calm and enjoy the process, trusting my team who works so hard to make it happen! 

Charmaine: What’s next?

Brice: On August 1st OUI DANSE is performing at Wassaic Dance Festival. I will also be working on a dance film with the Company. In September I will give workshops in Argentina, France, Romania and Italy. In October I will create an event for a fashion designer using OUI DANSE (but I can't say more yet), and in the fall I will be back in the studios with the Company to start a new work (we are still hoping to find a great residency to help the process). Then, in 2015, OUI DANSE will again perform French Amour, the 2nd work from the repertoire, and participate in different festivals. 

For the Ailey CitiGroup performance, works from special guest artists Matthew Powell and Mike Esperanza are added to the program.

Here is a teaser of Travailler from previous performances. 

Find out more here