Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company - "Analogy/Dora: Tramontane" Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
Peak Performances' Alexander Kasser Theater
June 18-21
Analogy/Dora: Tramontane, based on an oral history Jones conducted with 94-year-old Dora Amelan, a French Jewish nurse and social worker during World War II, is Jones’ first new work since 2013. “Analogy began twelve years ago, simply, as a gift Jones created for his longtime partner and collaborator, Bjorn Amelan and his family. Dora Amelan's harrowing, touching and inspirational story is broken into 25 episodes that become the basis for choreography, narrative and music. These episodes chronicle her early family life, her mother's death as the Germans were marching into Belgium, her journey onwards to France and the loss of further family members during the war. Arriving in Vichy France she encounters the internment camps of Gurs and Rivesaltes, where she devotes herself to working for a Jewish underground organization. Dora currently lives in Paris and will attend the premiere,” notes the release. Find out more here
Elisa Monte, Jacqulyn Buglisi and Jennifer Muller
New York Live Arts
June 16-20
Together Monte, Buglisi and Muller join forces in a shared evening of works titled Reflections on Water which will include: Alchemy (Jennifer Muller/The Works), Hurricane Deck (Elisa Monte Dance), Sand and Sacred Landscapes 1 (Buglisi Dance Theatre). Find out more here
Polish National Ballet
Joyce Theater
June 16-21
For their New York debut, Poland’s Polish National Ballet, under the artistic direction of Krzysztof Pastor, will present a program of three works: Pastor's Adagio & Scherzo (US Premiere) and Moving Rooms (New York Premiere), plus Emanuel Gat’s Rite of Spring. Find out more here
Hudson River Dance Festival
Hudson River Park
June 17-18
For the inaugural Hudson River Park Festival on one of the nation's longest waterfront (Pier 63) featured companies include Ballet Hispanico, Paul Taylor Dance Company, and Parsons Dance. Find out more here
New York Theatre Ballet
Dancespace Project
June 18-20
New York Theatre Ballet will perform Legends & Visionaries 2015 at Danspace Project. On the program is Richard Alston's Such Longing, Frederick Ashton's Capriol Suite, the World Premiere of Gemma Bond's Cat's Cradle, a new, as-yet-untitled work by David Parker, and Antony Tudor's Dark Elegies. Find out more here
River To River Festival – Various Artists
Various Downtown Manhattan Venues
June 18-28
See Lower Manhattan’s waterfronts, parks, plazas and history during Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's 14th annual "River To River Festival" in and around downtown NYC. This free summer arts festival will feature: Souleymane Badolo (June 19, 21, 22 - Pier 15) in a new solo Dance My Life; A Canary Torsi (June 19 – 20 - Federal Hall) in Court/Garden a dance and live music performance; Twyla Tharp and 100 “community members” (June 20 - Nelson A. Rockefeller Park - Battery Park City) in The One Hundreds; Rachel Tess (June 21- St. Cornelius Chapel, Governors Island) in These Are Bodies, These Are Motions, This Is The Place; and Trisha Brown Dance Company (June 21 - Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park - Battery Park City) in Trisha Brown: In Plain Site. Find out more here
American Dance Guild
Eden’s Expressway
June 19 – 20
The American Dance Guild's “Bare Bones 2015 Choreography Showcase” will feature new works in tribute to independent dance artist Frances Alenikoff in the space she created, Eden’s Expressway. Find out more here
Richard Rivera & Ni'Ja Whitson
BAAD!
June 20
Rivera, as part of BADD!’s “Open Rehearsal,” and Whitson with When Water Dries the Mouth: Experiments & Suite Prayers present works as part of "The OUT LIKE THAT! Festival" at BAAD! Find more here
Paloma McGregor
BAX
June 21
McGregor develops “Phase Two” of her process based project Building a Better Fishtrap. For the past four years, Caribbean-born choreographer McGregor has been developing this performance project rooted in the vanishing fishing tradition of her 89-year-old father. Find out more here
Dance Brazil
June 20
Celebrate Brooklyn! Prospect Park Bandshell
Under artistic director Jelon Vieira, DanceBrazil the company that fuses contemporary movement with the dance/martial arts form of capoeira will perform repertory works. Find out more here
Peak Performances' Alexander Kasser Theater
June 18-21
Analogy/Dora: Tramontane, based on an oral history Jones conducted with 94-year-old Dora Amelan, a French Jewish nurse and social worker during World War II, is Jones’ first new work since 2013. “Analogy began twelve years ago, simply, as a gift Jones created for his longtime partner and collaborator, Bjorn Amelan and his family. Dora Amelan's harrowing, touching and inspirational story is broken into 25 episodes that become the basis for choreography, narrative and music. These episodes chronicle her early family life, her mother's death as the Germans were marching into Belgium, her journey onwards to France and the loss of further family members during the war. Arriving in Vichy France she encounters the internment camps of Gurs and Rivesaltes, where she devotes herself to working for a Jewish underground organization. Dora currently lives in Paris and will attend the premiere,” notes the release. Find out more here
Elisa Monte, Jacqulyn Buglisi and Jennifer Muller
New York Live Arts
June 16-20
Together Monte, Buglisi and Muller join forces in a shared evening of works titled Reflections on Water which will include: Alchemy (Jennifer Muller/The Works), Hurricane Deck (Elisa Monte Dance), Sand and Sacred Landscapes 1 (Buglisi Dance Theatre). Find out more here
Polish National Ballet
Joyce Theater
June 16-21
For their New York debut, Poland’s Polish National Ballet, under the artistic direction of Krzysztof Pastor, will present a program of three works: Pastor's Adagio & Scherzo (US Premiere) and Moving Rooms (New York Premiere), plus Emanuel Gat’s Rite of Spring. Find out more here
Hudson River Dance Festival
Hudson River Park
June 17-18
For the inaugural Hudson River Park Festival on one of the nation's longest waterfront (Pier 63) featured companies include Ballet Hispanico, Paul Taylor Dance Company, and Parsons Dance. Find out more here
New York Theatre Ballet
Dancespace Project
June 18-20
New York Theatre Ballet will perform Legends & Visionaries 2015 at Danspace Project. On the program is Richard Alston's Such Longing, Frederick Ashton's Capriol Suite, the World Premiere of Gemma Bond's Cat's Cradle, a new, as-yet-untitled work by David Parker, and Antony Tudor's Dark Elegies. Find out more here
River To River Festival – Various Artists
Various Downtown Manhattan Venues
June 18-28
See Lower Manhattan’s waterfronts, parks, plazas and history during Lower Manhattan Cultural Council's 14th annual "River To River Festival" in and around downtown NYC. This free summer arts festival will feature: Souleymane Badolo (June 19, 21, 22 - Pier 15) in a new solo Dance My Life; A Canary Torsi (June 19 – 20 - Federal Hall) in Court/Garden a dance and live music performance; Twyla Tharp and 100 “community members” (June 20 - Nelson A. Rockefeller Park - Battery Park City) in The One Hundreds; Rachel Tess (June 21- St. Cornelius Chapel, Governors Island) in These Are Bodies, These Are Motions, This Is The Place; and Trisha Brown Dance Company (June 21 - Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park - Battery Park City) in Trisha Brown: In Plain Site. Find out more here
American Dance Guild
Eden’s Expressway
June 19 – 20
The American Dance Guild's “Bare Bones 2015 Choreography Showcase” will feature new works in tribute to independent dance artist Frances Alenikoff in the space she created, Eden’s Expressway. Find out more here
Richard Rivera & Ni'Ja Whitson
BAAD!
June 20
Rivera, as part of BADD!’s “Open Rehearsal,” and Whitson with When Water Dries the Mouth: Experiments & Suite Prayers present works as part of "The OUT LIKE THAT! Festival" at BAAD! Find more here
Paloma McGregor
BAX
June 21
McGregor develops “Phase Two” of her process based project Building a Better Fishtrap. For the past four years, Caribbean-born choreographer McGregor has been developing this performance project rooted in the vanishing fishing tradition of her 89-year-old father. Find out more here
Dance Brazil
June 20
Celebrate Brooklyn! Prospect Park Bandshell
Under artistic director Jelon Vieira, DanceBrazil the company that fuses contemporary movement with the dance/martial arts form of capoeira will perform repertory works. Find out more here
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