Edisa Weeks/Delirious Dances Photo: Julie Lemberger Edisa Weeks/Delirious Dances
Mabou Mines
February 5-7
At Mabou Mines the multi-media artist, Edisa Weeks will present THREE RITES: Liberty, part of the trilogy titled Life, Liberty and Happiness, where “Connected like a puppet to objects that have informed the Black experience in America, Weeks alternates between black face, white face, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the foundations of Liberty in America. THREE RITES integrates live music, dance and two visual installations to examine how life, liberty and happiness are guaranteed and pursued in America; and how these rights manifest in the body,” according to the release. Weeks shares the evening with Cristina Pitter. Find out more here
Urban Bush Women
BRIC
January 31 – February 9
In Brooklyn at BRIC, choreographers and associate artistic directors Chanon Judson and Samantha Speis offer a new iteration of the 2001 work, HairStories. Now as Hair & Other Stories (New York premiere) this evening-length “…experience, blends dance-theater performance and conversation to explore disquieting perceptions of beauty, identity, and race through the lens of hair, primarily that of African-American women…a medley of personal narratives gathered from community, kitchen and living room conversations, social media, and YouTube,” notes the release. Find out more here
BalletBoyz
The Joyce
January 29 – February 3
With choreography by Iván Pérez, BalletBoyz offers the film and dance work, Young Men “a story of love, friendship, loss, and survival, chronicling the journeys of those sent to fight in the First World War,” according to the release. Find out more here
Groupo Corpo
BAM
January 30 – February 2
Brazil’s Groupo Corpo returns to BAM with two contrasting work, Bach and Gira. Dressed in gold, black, and blue, the dancers ascend, drop, and hang from giant steel tubes in Bach, a mix of contemporary and classical forms, while in Gira, in collaboration with São Paulo punk-jazz-rock band Metá Metá, the company honors Brazil’s diaspora by “…invoking ritualistic rhythms and movement rooted in the rites of Umbanda—one of the most widely practiced Brazilian religions which combines Candomblé with Catholicism and Kardecism—and serves as the primary source of inspiration for the Gira’s aesthetics,” according to the release. Find out more here
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas
BAC
January 30 – February 2
Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) first presented in 1995, draws inspiration from the 1899 poem by German Symbolist writer Richard Dehmel, in which a woman confesses to the man she loves that she is pregnant with another man's child. The New York premiere is performed by Rosas dancers Boštjan Antončič, Cynthia Loemij, and Igor Shyshko. Find out more here
Various Artists
This Issue Project
February 2
Benedict Nguyen, the Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow at The Issue Project curates revolutionary new moon in aquarius (rnma), with Ambika Raina, Katrina Reid, and lily bo shapiro. The evening is their first program “in soft bodies in hard places,” a series of trans-disciplinary events circling planetary events. Find out more here
ASASE YAA African American Dance Theater
Symphony Space
February 2
In Drum Love, a classic rites of passage and coming of age story by artistic director Yao Ababio Asase Yaa, the dancers and drummers are joined by a traditional Malian band. Find out more here
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
NJPAC
February 2 – 3
The Company returns for their annual Chinese New Year Celebration, this year, in a new Bamboo themed production to celebrate the Year of the Pig. Find out more here
Mabou Mines
February 5-7
At Mabou Mines the multi-media artist, Edisa Weeks will present THREE RITES: Liberty, part of the trilogy titled Life, Liberty and Happiness, where “Connected like a puppet to objects that have informed the Black experience in America, Weeks alternates between black face, white face, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the foundations of Liberty in America. THREE RITES integrates live music, dance and two visual installations to examine how life, liberty and happiness are guaranteed and pursued in America; and how these rights manifest in the body,” according to the release. Weeks shares the evening with Cristina Pitter. Find out more here
Urban Bush Women
BRIC
January 31 – February 9
In Brooklyn at BRIC, choreographers and associate artistic directors Chanon Judson and Samantha Speis offer a new iteration of the 2001 work, HairStories. Now as Hair & Other Stories (New York premiere) this evening-length “…experience, blends dance-theater performance and conversation to explore disquieting perceptions of beauty, identity, and race through the lens of hair, primarily that of African-American women…a medley of personal narratives gathered from community, kitchen and living room conversations, social media, and YouTube,” notes the release. Find out more here
BalletBoyz
The Joyce
January 29 – February 3
With choreography by Iván Pérez, BalletBoyz offers the film and dance work, Young Men “a story of love, friendship, loss, and survival, chronicling the journeys of those sent to fight in the First World War,” according to the release. Find out more here
Groupo Corpo
BAM
January 30 – February 2
Brazil’s Groupo Corpo returns to BAM with two contrasting work, Bach and Gira. Dressed in gold, black, and blue, the dancers ascend, drop, and hang from giant steel tubes in Bach, a mix of contemporary and classical forms, while in Gira, in collaboration with São Paulo punk-jazz-rock band Metá Metá, the company honors Brazil’s diaspora by “…invoking ritualistic rhythms and movement rooted in the rites of Umbanda—one of the most widely practiced Brazilian religions which combines Candomblé with Catholicism and Kardecism—and serves as the primary source of inspiration for the Gira’s aesthetics,” according to the release. Find out more here
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker/Rosas
BAC
January 30 – February 2
Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night) first presented in 1995, draws inspiration from the 1899 poem by German Symbolist writer Richard Dehmel, in which a woman confesses to the man she loves that she is pregnant with another man's child. The New York premiere is performed by Rosas dancers Boštjan Antončič, Cynthia Loemij, and Igor Shyshko. Find out more here
Various Artists
This Issue Project
February 2
Benedict Nguyen, the Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow at The Issue Project curates revolutionary new moon in aquarius (rnma), with Ambika Raina, Katrina Reid, and lily bo shapiro. The evening is their first program “in soft bodies in hard places,” a series of trans-disciplinary events circling planetary events. Find out more here
ASASE YAA African American Dance Theater
Symphony Space
February 2
In Drum Love, a classic rites of passage and coming of age story by artistic director Yao Ababio Asase Yaa, the dancers and drummers are joined by a traditional Malian band. Find out more here
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
NJPAC
February 2 – 3
The Company returns for their annual Chinese New Year Celebration, this year, in a new Bamboo themed production to celebrate the Year of the Pig. Find out more here
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