Central Park at the Summit Rock
July 19
The fourth annual ChEck Us OuT Dance Festival: A Celebration of Female Choreographers will present an evening of works by 10 female choreographers “…at various stages in their careers,” according to the release.
Featured artists are:
Cathy Allen/Red Desert Dance Ensemble
Allison Berger
Allison Brzezinski/ChEckiT!Dance
Meredith Cabaniss/Selah Dance Collective
Alyssa Derling/Derling Dance Arts
Melissa Jackson/Innovate Dance Company
Alia Kache
Lauren Lasorda and Tali Custer
AlexJo Natale/Gestalt Dance
Joya Powell/Movement of the People Dance Company
Jessie Sector
Sophie Sotsky/TYKE Dance
Jessica Taylor/DAMAGEDANCE
Meredith Testa
Find out more here
Pilobolus
The Joyce Theater
July 15 - August 10
Pilobolus will present its annual four-week season in two different programs each containing a NY premiere: Program A: ON THE NATURE OF THINGS and on Program B THE INCONSISTENT PEDALER. Other works for this season are Transformation, Rushes, [esc], Licks, All Is Not Lost, Korokoro, Masters of Ceremony and Megawatt. Find out more here
Keigwin + Company
Full Circle Souljahs
Ronald K. Brown/Evidence
The New Victory Theater
July 17
Three companies come together to launch the Victory Dance, “…a series specifically curated to introduce younger audiences to the incredible artistry and diversity of dance in New York City,” according to the release. Find out more here
Balasole Dance Company
Ailey Citigroup Theater
July 18 - 19
Founder/director Roberto Villanueva presents the fourth year and 13th season of BalaSole with works by Sara Braun, Chloe Cappo, Misei Daimaru, Alvaro Gonzalez, Steven Jeudy, Katie Kilbourn, Roberto Lara, Courtney Liu, Kendra Ross, and Villanueva. Find out more here
OUI Danse
Jacob’s Pillow
July 18
Founder/artistic director, Brice Mousset “…fuse [his] commercial expertise with technical virtuosity and expressive theatricality in [the new work] Travailler, an engaging, propulsive work,” according to the release. Find out more here
Aaron Atkins' Ballet Inc
Ailey Citigroup Theater
July 20
Atkins presents his Ballet Inc.'s second season with the premiere of 667 Miles Away “…a reference to the distance from his home in South Carolina to New York City, where he has lived since 2010,” according to the release. Find out more here
FOLKCOLOMBIA en el PARQUE 2014
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
July 20
FolkCOLOMBIA Música y Danza and the Center for Traditional Music and Dance present this annual celebration of Colombian Independence. This year's event recognizes Colombia, Pais de Carnavales (Country of Carnivals), with a Homenaje a Riosucio (Homage to Riosucio). Find out more by emailing here
Anna Myer And Dancers
Harlem Stage Gatehouse
July 21
Boston’s Anna Myer brings the NY premiere of her newest Hip-Hop Opera In the Paint “…a mixed genre performance that tells the remarkable and true stories of young people and the positive changes that have taken place in their lives,” according to the release. Find out more here