Lincoln Center at the Movies – San Francisco Ballet Movie Theatre near you September 24 The new cinema series Lincoln Center at the Movies: Great American Dance, in partnership with Fathom Events, begins Thursday, September 24 with a production of San Francisco Ballet’s Romeo & Juliet choreographed by company Artistic Director and Principal choreographer Helgi Tomasson. Jed Bernstein, President of Lincoln Center, said, “These four companies represent the height of artistic excellence and a wide range of American dance and we are proud to have them inaugurate Lincoln Center at the Movies: Great American Dance. Their programs offer something for everyone, committed dance fans and curious first-timers, many of whom rarely if ever have the opportunity to see dance performances in the theater.” The series runs until December 5. Other companies and dates are: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (10/22), Ballet Hispanico (11/12) and New York City Ballet (12/5). Find out more here See YouTube clip here | |
The Chocolate Factory
September 9-26
Durning and many named artists will present the premiere To Being, and the reprise of inging for her month-long season. Find out more here
Sam Falls with Hart of Gold and Oldd News
The Kitchen
September 10-October 10
"September Spring," is the first performance-based work by artist Sam Falls, known primarily for work that combines the durational processes of photography with natural phenomena, and is created in collaboration with dancers Hart of Gold (Jessie Gold and Elizabeth Hart). Find out more here
Miguel Gutiérrez
New York Live Arts
September 9-26
As part of NYLA/FIAF’s “Crossing the Line Festival,” Gutierrez brings the world premiere of Age & Beauty Parts 1-3 from his Age & Beauty series where “…Gutierrez meets mid-life head-on in this wild and ebullient triptych that celebrates queerness, art-making, and mortality. Gutierrez explores the nostalgic past, the prosaic present, and the imagined future of a life in art…” notes the release. Find out more here
The Queer New York International Arts Festival (QNYIA)
Abrons Arts Center
September 16-26
Curated and produced by Zvonimir Dobrović (artistic director, Queer Zagreb and Perforations festivals, Croatia), QNYIA presents contemporary performance and visual art that broadens the traditional concepts of queer (in) art. This last week’s lineup includes Bruno Isaković, Kaia Gilje / Lorene Bouboushian, Mehdi-Georges Lahlou, Michael Breslin and Joshua Monten. Find out more here
Various Artists
Movement Research at Judson
September 21
“A free, high visibility low-tech forum for experimentation, emerging ideas and works-in-progress,” according to the release, presents their Monday night series with Taja Lindley, Sari Nordman, Jen Rosenblit and David Thomson. Find out more here
Camille A. Brown & Dancers
The Joyce Theater
September 22-27
In the company’s first appearance at The Joyce, Brown premieres BLACK GIRL: Linguistic Play “…revealing the complexity of carving out a self-defined identity as a black female in urban America.” Find out more here
Colleen Thomas Dance
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
September 26
As part of Snug Harbor’s “Performing Arts Salon Saturdays (PASS),” Thomas will preview Her(e) Repetitive Blueprint a full length piece that will premiere at the 92nd Street Y in October. Find out more here
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko | anonymous bodies
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performance Lab
September 23-26
Olawale Kosoko and his company, anonymous bodies, premieres #negrophobia which “examines the erotic fear associated with the black male body,” according to the release, at. Find out more here
K. Kvarnström & Co/Kulturhuset City Theatre Stockholm
BAM Fisher
September 23-26
The Nordic choreographer, Kvarnström, in collaboration with hsi company makes a rare New York appearance with TAPE, where he mixes Baroque music, speech in different languages, dancers applying black duct tape on stage and much more. Find out more here
DANCE NOW’S ENCORE Performance
Joe’s Pub at The Public
September 24
Fifteen choreographers/dance companies, some from the season and others by invitation, will perform in the ENCORE performance of the 2015 Festival offering new works created for the 2015 festival and some from past seasons. Find out more here
Yasuko Yokoshi
Danspace Project
September 24-26
Yokoshi presents the New York premiere of Zero One at Dancespace Project after nearly a ten-year absence. Identical twin sisters, Manami and Sawami Fukuoka, brings Yokoshi’s blend of traditional Japanese and Western dance to life. Find out more here
Soaking WET – Various Artists
West End Theater
September 24-27
The Soaking WET series, curated by David Parker and Jeff Kazin, opens with different programs: Program A: comedy to Flamenco by Karen Bernard, Marsi Burns & Alice Teirstein, Rachel Cohen, Deirdre Towers (Thursday/Friday/Saturday) and Program B: short works by Janice Rosario and Company (Thursday/Friday/Saturday). Find out more here
The A.O. Movement Collective
Loft 172
September 25-October 10
The Collective will premiere ETLE and the Andres “…a ravenous foray into maximalism—hyper-saturated, queer future-psychedelia—featuring moving bodies, time-travel, possession, absence, presence, glitch theory, feminist revolution, and looping soundscapes (performed live by Idgy Dean, project of Brooklyn-based musician Lindsay Sanwald),” according to the release. Find out more here
STEPS PERFORMANCE LAB SERIES
Steps on Broadway Studio Theater
September 27
Geared at helping artists develop a voice, this evening’s program will feature works by Kate Griffler, Loni Landon, Emery LeCrone, Samuel Kunzman, Andrew Robinson, Laura Hydak, Vanessa Van Wormer, Mael Guivarc'h, Catarino Rago and guests The Steps Repertory Ensemble. The evening ends with networking and lite fare. Find out more here