Seán Curran Company Photo: David Samuel Stern Seán Curran Company
BAM Harvey Theater
October 7-10
Dream’d in a Dream, the new work by Seán Curran Company began when in 2012 the company toured Central Asia as part of DanceMotion USA, an ongoing, international cultural exchange initiative of the US Department of State, produced by BAM. In Bishkek, the Kyrgyz Republic,
“…the company attended a performance by the traditional music ensemble Ustatshakirt Plus, led by Musical Director/Composer Nurlanbek Nyshanov…[and] inspired by their music, Curran approached Nyshanov about creating an evening-length work of American contemporary dance, with movement informed by Kyrgyz culture and featuring Kyrgyz mountain music—a project Curran envisioned as “contemporary urban folkdance,” notes the release, Dream’d in a Dream is the result. The work, co-commission by BAM and University of Notre Dame, features nine dancers and six members of Ustatshakirt Plus performing live on-stage. Dream’d in a Dream is named after Walt Whitman’s poem, a favorite of Nurlanbek Nyshanov. The engagement serves as the BAM debut for Seán Curran Company and the US debut for Ustatshakirt Plus. Find out more here
Voices & Visions Contemporary Performance Workshops
Ailey Citigroup Theater
October 4-November 1
For the fourth consecutive year, the Ailey Extension welcomes Voices & Visions Contemporary Performance Workshops designed for advanced beginner students who want to develop their technique and versatility. Find out more here
Aparna Ramaswamy
The Joyce Theater
October 6-8
Bharatanatyam dancer-choreographer Ramaswamy makes her Joyce Theater debut with They Rose at Dawn, a solo where “women are depicted as carriers of ritual who navigate inner and outer worlds as they invoke a sense of reverence, of unfolding mystery, of imagination,” according to the release. Find out more here
Jumatatu Poe and Jesse Zaritt
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
October 7- 10
Poe and Zaritt new duet More Mutable Than You, "...create[s] a performance world that juxtaposes images of the conqueror, the valiant, and the superhero with notions of failure, the victimized, and the fallen," according to the release. Find out more here.
The 2015 DUMBO Arts Festival
Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center
October 8-11
This annual festival features a wide range of artists. This year’s lineup includes Thomas/Ortiz Dance, Kyle Marshall Choreography, Sun ae Hwang/SUNPROJECT, Yuka Kawazu/Danse En L’Air, Company SBB, Alenka Cizmesija, Birds of a Feather: Aerial Duo, Ju Hwan Hwang, Joori Jung/ARTLAB J DANCE, Emily Bufferd, Buglisi Dance Theatre, WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company and more. Find out more here
Fall for Dance Festival
New York City Center
September 30-October 11
In the last week of this annual two-week festival, for just $15 per seat, there are five diverse programs including performances by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Bill Irwin and Tiler Peck, Che Malambo; La Compagnie Hervé KOUBI; Companhia Urbana de Dança; Dorrance Dance, doug elkins choreography, Houston Ballet, Jesús Carmona & Cía; L-E-V; Miami City Ballet; Nrityagram, San Francisco Ballet, Stephen Petronio Company and many more. Find out more here
“Lincoln Center at the Movies – Great American Dance”
A Theatre Near You
September 24-December 5
Lincoln Center’s inaugural venture into the movies continues with works by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (10/22), Ballet Hispanico (11/12) and New York City Ballet (12/5). Find out more here
BAM Harvey Theater
October 7-10
Dream’d in a Dream, the new work by Seán Curran Company began when in 2012 the company toured Central Asia as part of DanceMotion USA, an ongoing, international cultural exchange initiative of the US Department of State, produced by BAM. In Bishkek, the Kyrgyz Republic,
“…the company attended a performance by the traditional music ensemble Ustatshakirt Plus, led by Musical Director/Composer Nurlanbek Nyshanov…[and] inspired by their music, Curran approached Nyshanov about creating an evening-length work of American contemporary dance, with movement informed by Kyrgyz culture and featuring Kyrgyz mountain music—a project Curran envisioned as “contemporary urban folkdance,” notes the release, Dream’d in a Dream is the result. The work, co-commission by BAM and University of Notre Dame, features nine dancers and six members of Ustatshakirt Plus performing live on-stage. Dream’d in a Dream is named after Walt Whitman’s poem, a favorite of Nurlanbek Nyshanov. The engagement serves as the BAM debut for Seán Curran Company and the US debut for Ustatshakirt Plus. Find out more here
Voices & Visions Contemporary Performance Workshops
Ailey Citigroup Theater
October 4-November 1
For the fourth consecutive year, the Ailey Extension welcomes Voices & Visions Contemporary Performance Workshops designed for advanced beginner students who want to develop their technique and versatility. Find out more here
Aparna Ramaswamy
The Joyce Theater
October 6-8
Bharatanatyam dancer-choreographer Ramaswamy makes her Joyce Theater debut with They Rose at Dawn, a solo where “women are depicted as carriers of ritual who navigate inner and outer worlds as they invoke a sense of reverence, of unfolding mystery, of imagination,” according to the release. Find out more here
Jumatatu Poe and Jesse Zaritt
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
October 7- 10
Poe and Zaritt new duet More Mutable Than You, "...create[s] a performance world that juxtaposes images of the conqueror, the valiant, and the superhero with notions of failure, the victimized, and the fallen," according to the release. Find out more here.
The 2015 DUMBO Arts Festival
Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center
October 8-11
This annual festival features a wide range of artists. This year’s lineup includes Thomas/Ortiz Dance, Kyle Marshall Choreography, Sun ae Hwang/SUNPROJECT, Yuka Kawazu/Danse En L’Air, Company SBB, Alenka Cizmesija, Birds of a Feather: Aerial Duo, Ju Hwan Hwang, Joori Jung/ARTLAB J DANCE, Emily Bufferd, Buglisi Dance Theatre, WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company and more. Find out more here
Fall for Dance Festival
New York City Center
September 30-October 11
In the last week of this annual two-week festival, for just $15 per seat, there are five diverse programs including performances by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Bill Irwin and Tiler Peck, Che Malambo; La Compagnie Hervé KOUBI; Companhia Urbana de Dança; Dorrance Dance, doug elkins choreography, Houston Ballet, Jesús Carmona & Cía; L-E-V; Miami City Ballet; Nrityagram, San Francisco Ballet, Stephen Petronio Company and many more. Find out more here
“Lincoln Center at the Movies – Great American Dance”
A Theatre Near You
September 24-December 5
Lincoln Center’s inaugural venture into the movies continues with works by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (10/22), Ballet Hispanico (11/12) and New York City Ballet (12/5). Find out more here
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