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Some Dance This Week [end]~

11/16/2017

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PictureForté-Saunders Photo: Baranova
Marjani Forté-Saunders
Collapsable Hole
November 15 – 19

Together with media designer Meena Murugesan, sound designer Everett Saunders, set designer Mimi Lien, lighting designer Tuce Yasak, and her father as set builder, Forté-Saunders will present the world premiere of her new solo Memoirs of a... Unicorn. “…Spurred by stories of her Arkansas-born father’s life, interviews of self-identifying black men, and writings by Carlos Castanedas and Virginia Hamilton, Forté-Saunders’ new work has landed as a non-linear performance installation describing (in part) the celestial ecliptic narrative of people identifying and building legacy within the spectrum of blackness, maleness and “womb-ness.” The work's opening Gallery Walk invites audiences to traverse various installations that include visual projections by media designer Murugesan and a compelling sound environment by composer Saunders. In her provocative new solo Forté-Saunders weaves historic, fantastical, and personal narratives into an embodied tale of fragmented histories, unabated love, and warriorship,” according to the release. Find out more here

Step Afrika!
The New Victory Theater
November 10 - 26

For their long season at The New Victory Theater, Step Afrika! "...brings to life Jacob Lawrence's The Migration Series, the landmark collection of paintings about the exodus of millions of African Americans from the rural South to the urban North," notes the release.  Find out more here

Complexions Contemporary Ballet
The Joyce Theater
November 14 -26
Under the artistic direction of Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, the season will feature four world premieres plus repertory. Slated for this season, is the return of associate artistic director and resident choreographer, Jae Man Joo with the premiere of Goodnight, which “…delves into and investigates a different element of the signature Complexions style.” Other premieres are Rhoden’s Duo, Dee Caspary’s Summertime, Ido Tadmor’s Postponed Conversations to live music played by Israeli concert pianist, Daniel Gortler. Returning this season are full company works Gutter Glitter, part of Complexion’s “The Collage Series,” Star Dust set to the music of David Bowie. Find out more here
 
Big Dance Theater                                                                            
BAM/Harvey Theater
November 14 – 18
“Built around the 17th-century writings of Samuel Pepys, Big Dance Theater’s …new ensemble work…17c… considers the diarist as a startling precursor to our own social media culture,” notes the release.  Find out more here 

AXIS Dance Company
Gibney Dance
November 16 - 18
Celebrating their 30th anniversary season (and the company's first New York season) featuring dancers with and without physical disabilities performing works by artistic director Marc Brew, plus Amy Seiwert, Maurya Kerr, Alex Ketley and Bobbi Jene Smith.  Find out more here
 
Beatrice Capote and Miguel Aparicio
BAAD!
November 17
In their evening-length work, Infinity and Beyond, Capote and Aparicio will, through storytelling and historical Latin contemporary movements, take “…a closer look into the power of the spiritual realm versus the power of the system controlling humanity,” according to the release. This presentation comes as part of Pepatian/BAAD!'s Dance Your Future residency funded by the Jerome Foundation.  Find out more here
 
Latin Ballet of Virginia
BAAD!
November 18
For its Outreach & Cultural Exchange Tour, the Company comes to New York City to pay tribute to New York City’s Puerto Rican community and victims of Hurricane Maria. Founder and artistic director, Ana Ines King offers, “Dance can help people express their emotions. It can bring people closer together. That’s the vision of our dance company in bringing ‘NuYoRican’ to New York City, especially as a proud recipient of a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts.” she said. Find out more here

Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company
Ailey Citigroup Theater
November 18 - 19
Celebrating its 45th anniversary, featured will be works by Eleo Pomare and artistic director Enrique Cruz DeJesus. Slated for this season is Pomare’s Narcissus Rising,  Las Desenamoradas, (company premiere) and Radeau (Raft).  Also on the program is DeJesus’ - Mending Minds (premiere),  and Evolution. Find out more here
 
Panel: Kendra J. Ross & Emily Smith
Brooklyn Studios
November 18
“Silver Linings: A Community Conversation” with Kendra J. Ross & Emily Smith, artists in residence focusing on loss.  They ask participants to share “…stories and experiences and get some new methods for turning lemons, and sometimes, coal, into lemonade.” Register and find out more here  
 
Sundays on Broadway - Shared evening: John Jesurun and David Thomson
Cathy Weis Projects/WeisAcres
November 19
Sundays on Broadway, a free and intimate, ongoing series featuring performances, film screenings and discussions, presented by the Cathy Weis Projects at WeisAcres, continues in a “Shared Evening” with Playwright/director Jesurun and performer/createrThomson.  Find out more here
 
YourMove Festival – Various Artists
Lowe’s Jersey Theater
November 17 & 19
This New Jersey's modern dance festival, in its 8th season, in a new home, the historic Landmark Loew’s Jersey Theater in Journal Square. Presented by Art House Productions, features are NY-based Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company, plus Winnie Berger, Ali Kenner Brodsky, Robert Mark Burke, Annamaria Diamant, Daniel Flores, Sarah Weber Gallo, Joe Monteleone, Sarah Nagle, Nick Neagle, Patrick O'Brien, Cristen Pennello, and more.  Find out more here   

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    I am a performer, historian, consultant and dance writer. I am a Empire State College's online program Center for Distance Learning.  I am also a former faculty member at The Ailey School and the Alvin Ailey/Fordham University dance major program, Hunter College, Sarah Lawrence College (Guest), Kean University and The Joffrey Ballet School's Jazz and Contemporary Trainee Program.  I write on dance for The Amsterdam News, Dance Magazine and various publications.  Click below to read more about me at my home page - "About Me."

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