Ate9 dANCE cOMPANY Photo: Scott Simock "American Dance Platform"/Various Artists
The Joyce Theater
January 12 – 17
The Joyce launches its first “American Dance Platform” series designed to “…feature companies representing different regions throughout America and pairs emerging companies with those that are more established,” nots the release. Curated by Paul King and Walter Jaffe, founders and directors of White Bird, a dance series based in Portland, Oregon, the roster includes: Reggie Wilson/Fist And Heel Performance Group (1/12 & 1/17), Martha Graham Dance Company (1/12 & 1/17), Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (1/13 & 1/17), TU Dance (1/13 & 17), Spectrum Dance Theater + Donald Byrd (1/14 & 1/16), Northwest Dance Project (1/14 & 1/16), Alonso King LINES Ballet (1/15 & 1/16), and Ate9 dANCE cOMPANY (1/15 & 1/16). Find out more here
COIL 2016 Festival
Various Venues
January 5 - 17
For “COIL 2016” the lineup includes: Norway-based Findlay//Sandsmark + Pettersen’s o’ death (1/12-1/17); Melbourne-based choreographer Helen Herbertson and designer Ben Cobham’s Morphia Series (1/12 -1/16); David Neumann’s I Understand Everything Better (1/10-1/16); Austrian choreographer and artist Michael Kliën’s Excavation Site: Martha Graham U.S.A. (1/16) and so much more. Find out more here
American Realness/Various Artists
Various Venues
January 7 – 17
For this last week in the series featured artists are: Jillian Peña’s Panopticon (1/ 9 – 1/17), Larissa Velez-Jackson’s, Star Crap Method (1/9-1/17), Antonio Ramos and the Gang Banger’s MIRA EL! (1/12-1/15), Jack Ferver’s Mon, Ma, Mes (Revisité) and much more. Find out more here
Big Dance Theater
The Kitchen
January 13-16
Big Dance: Short Form is Big Dance Theater return to their “…dance roots for its 25th anniversary celebration, theatrically re-imagining the conventions of a repertory program...[in] the company’s unique blend of dance-theater on an intimate scale,” notes the release. Find out more here
“newsteps”
Chen Dance Center
January 14 – 16
The semi-annual emerging choreographer’s series returns, featuring: Hannah Garner, Gina Montalto, Takeshi Ohashi, Laura Henry, Ayaka Kamei. Find out more here
André M. Zachery/Renegade Performance Group
The Wild Project
January 15 – 16
RPG will perform The Inscription Project as part of the Special Effects Festival curated by Eli Steffen where audiences will see The AFROFUTURISM Series. Find out more here
Various Artists
New York Live Arts
January 16-18
The “Live Artery Series” includes Love|Forté’s (Marjani Forté & Nia Love) The View From Here (1/16), by invitation only - “Camille A. Brown’s: The Gathering” (1/17) Molly Poerstel’s Fossil (2015), a work-in-progress (1/18), Preeti Vasudevan/Thresh: Stories By Hand (1/18), Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born’s Poor People’s T.V. Room (1/18), Sonya Tayeh’s work-in-progress You'll Still Call Me By Name (1/18) and more. Find out more here
Maurice Hines
New World Stages
December 23 – March
Hines is joined by tap dancing Manzari brothers and the all-female Diva Jazz Orchestra in Maurice Hines:
Tappin' Thru “…a swinging, song and dance musical that celebrates the astonishing showmanship of one of the last great tap dancers of a by-gone era,” notes the release. The show is directed by Jeff Calhoun. Find out more here
Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca
West Park Presbyterian Church (165 W 86th Street)
December 11 - January 23
Barrio’s critically acclaimed production of the Greek tragedy “Antigone” by Sophocles, adapted and renamed Antigona, continues. Merging text, music and flamenco, “The company…reignit[es] the theatrical potential of the Greek chorus as the lyrical and rhythmic heart of the drama,” notes the release. Find out more here
The Joyce Theater
January 12 – 17
The Joyce launches its first “American Dance Platform” series designed to “…feature companies representing different regions throughout America and pairs emerging companies with those that are more established,” nots the release. Curated by Paul King and Walter Jaffe, founders and directors of White Bird, a dance series based in Portland, Oregon, the roster includes: Reggie Wilson/Fist And Heel Performance Group (1/12 & 1/17), Martha Graham Dance Company (1/12 & 1/17), Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (1/13 & 1/17), TU Dance (1/13 & 17), Spectrum Dance Theater + Donald Byrd (1/14 & 1/16), Northwest Dance Project (1/14 & 1/16), Alonso King LINES Ballet (1/15 & 1/16), and Ate9 dANCE cOMPANY (1/15 & 1/16). Find out more here
COIL 2016 Festival
Various Venues
January 5 - 17
For “COIL 2016” the lineup includes: Norway-based Findlay//Sandsmark + Pettersen’s o’ death (1/12-1/17); Melbourne-based choreographer Helen Herbertson and designer Ben Cobham’s Morphia Series (1/12 -1/16); David Neumann’s I Understand Everything Better (1/10-1/16); Austrian choreographer and artist Michael Kliën’s Excavation Site: Martha Graham U.S.A. (1/16) and so much more. Find out more here
American Realness/Various Artists
Various Venues
January 7 – 17
For this last week in the series featured artists are: Jillian Peña’s Panopticon (1/ 9 – 1/17), Larissa Velez-Jackson’s, Star Crap Method (1/9-1/17), Antonio Ramos and the Gang Banger’s MIRA EL! (1/12-1/15), Jack Ferver’s Mon, Ma, Mes (Revisité) and much more. Find out more here
Big Dance Theater
The Kitchen
January 13-16
Big Dance: Short Form is Big Dance Theater return to their “…dance roots for its 25th anniversary celebration, theatrically re-imagining the conventions of a repertory program...[in] the company’s unique blend of dance-theater on an intimate scale,” notes the release. Find out more here
“newsteps”
Chen Dance Center
January 14 – 16
The semi-annual emerging choreographer’s series returns, featuring: Hannah Garner, Gina Montalto, Takeshi Ohashi, Laura Henry, Ayaka Kamei. Find out more here
André M. Zachery/Renegade Performance Group
The Wild Project
January 15 – 16
RPG will perform The Inscription Project as part of the Special Effects Festival curated by Eli Steffen where audiences will see The AFROFUTURISM Series. Find out more here
Various Artists
New York Live Arts
January 16-18
The “Live Artery Series” includes Love|Forté’s (Marjani Forté & Nia Love) The View From Here (1/16), by invitation only - “Camille A. Brown’s: The Gathering” (1/17) Molly Poerstel’s Fossil (2015), a work-in-progress (1/18), Preeti Vasudevan/Thresh: Stories By Hand (1/18), Okwui Okpokwasili and Peter Born’s Poor People’s T.V. Room (1/18), Sonya Tayeh’s work-in-progress You'll Still Call Me By Name (1/18) and more. Find out more here
Maurice Hines
New World Stages
December 23 – March
Hines is joined by tap dancing Manzari brothers and the all-female Diva Jazz Orchestra in Maurice Hines:
Tappin' Thru “…a swinging, song and dance musical that celebrates the astonishing showmanship of one of the last great tap dancers of a by-gone era,” notes the release. The show is directed by Jeff Calhoun. Find out more here
Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca
West Park Presbyterian Church (165 W 86th Street)
December 11 - January 23
Barrio’s critically acclaimed production of the Greek tragedy “Antigone” by Sophocles, adapted and renamed Antigona, continues. Merging text, music and flamenco, “The company…reignit[es] the theatrical potential of the Greek chorus as the lyrical and rhythmic heart of the drama,” notes the release. Find out more here
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