Andre Zachery’s Renegade
Performance Group
Irondale Center
November 4-7
RPG presents a new activation of identity and living art in The AFROFUTURISM Series! “…a performance project that investigates the presence of Blackness into and beyond 21st Century techno-culture, art and society through contemporary dance in a digital landscape! With dance and new media innovation, RPG is poised to lead a critique of the evolving identity and present-day circumstances of people of color using dance and performance art as the framework for the next phase of the AFROFUTURISM movement,” according to the release. Find out more here
Special 10% discount code for tickets!
WATCH VIDEO:
Henning Rübsam's SENSEDANCE
The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College
November 2- 4
Rübsam and his company SENSEDANCE present two programs titled “AND THERE WAS MORNING” with three world premieres to new music by contemporary composers. Find out more here
Garth Fagan Dance
The Joyce Theater
November 3-8
Celebrating 45 years, Garth Fagan Dance returns to The Joyce with Geoffrey Holder Life Fete...Bacchanal, a revamped version of this summer’s premiere, dedicated to the late Geoffrey Holder, plus So You See (premiere) by long-time company member Norwood Pennewell. Find out more here
Ralph Lemon
The Kitchen
November 3-10
Choreographer, director and conceptual artist, Lemon insists that his new work, Scaffold Room is not a work of dance, brings together installation, performance and a series of readings of “…seminal, subversive texts [that] refracts ideas and images of the female artist in American pop and contemporary art,” notes the release. Find out more here
Niall Jones and Nico Brown
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
November 4-7
Jones and Brown come together in “DoublePlus: A Split-Bill Evening” curated by Tere O’Connor. This Gibney Dance series “…embraces the artist-as-curator format to present split-bill evenings featuring emerging and under-exposed artists,” notes the release. Find out more here
Martin Lofnes’ 360° Dance Company
92nd Street Y
November 6-8
Lofnes’ 360° Dance Company presents huMAN, an evening of works including the premiere of The Other Room and Half Moon Hanging in the Clear Blue Sky as part of the 92Y “Dig Dance” series. Find out more here
Richard Rivera/Physual
BAAD!
November 7
As part of BAAD!’s Fall Festival, Rivera will premiere Bach 2 The Red Zone, which “draws from his club dancing days and…inspired by House and Vogueing that deeply informed his body…before professional dance training,” according to the release. Find out more here
Fadi Khoury
Manhattan Movement Center
November 8
Khoury and his company FJK Dance presents “Work in Progress,” with two new works, one for his upcoming season, and the other for February’s “Fusion of Culture and Dance,” produced by CUNY’S Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center, Hunter College and the Consulate General of Lebanon in New York.” Find out more here
BalletCollective
NYU Skirball Center
November 4-5
The company premieres two works by Troy Schumacher, each inspired by separate series of commissioned photographs by Paul Maffi and Dafy Hagai. All pieces will be accompanied by live music performed by the ensemble Hotel Elefant. Find out more here
Ballet Next
New York Live Arts
November 3-7
Artistic Director, Michele Wiles completes the second of a two-week run bringing dance and music together in premieres and repertory works. Find out more here
Neil Greenberg, Yvonne Meier and Jennifer Monson
JACK
November 5-7
Greenberg, Meier and Monson “…three leading experimental dancemakers” come together, and separately for one weekend curated by Stacy Grossfield. Find out more here
Charles Reinhart in Conversation and Dance
92nd Street Y
November 6
Reinhart, former director of the American dance festival, brings Martha Clarke and Shen Wei together for a discussion and live showing of their work by their respective companies in Fridays at Noon. Find out more here
Peter Kyle Dance
Muriel Schulman Theater at Triskelion Arts
November 6-8
The company will present Kyle’s Vigilance, described as “an intimate visually compelling choreographic installation,” in the release. Find out more here
Volmir Cordeiro
Danspace Project
November 6-7
Brazilian-born, Paris-based Cordeiro collaborates with Danspace Project and Performa to present the U.S. premiere of his solo work, Inês. Find out more here
REVERBdance FESTIVAL
Baruch Performing Arts Center
November 6-8
Curated by Artistic Director Kate Griffler & Co-Producer Bradley Shelver, in two programs, 21 artists from the US, South Africa, London and Japan help celebrate the 10th year of REVERBdance Festival. Find out more here
Charles Moore Dance Theatre
Kumble Theater
November 7-8
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Charles Moore Dance Theatre (CMDT), directed by Ella Thompson Moore will present African, Afro Caribbean and American works by founding artistic director Charles Moore, dance pioneers Asadata Dafora and Katherine Dunham, Professor Albert Opoku of University of Ghana, longtime CMDT choreographer, Madu Niasse and Alfred Gallman. On Saturday there will be a film screening of Mr. Moore dancing in the iconic 1932 work Awassa Astrige (the Ostrich). Find out more here
10 Hairy Legs
The Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College
November 8
Randy James’ all male dance company, 10 Hairy Legs, returns to the Major Artist Series with repertory works. Find out more here
Performance Group
Irondale Center
November 4-7
RPG presents a new activation of identity and living art in The AFROFUTURISM Series! “…a performance project that investigates the presence of Blackness into and beyond 21st Century techno-culture, art and society through contemporary dance in a digital landscape! With dance and new media innovation, RPG is poised to lead a critique of the evolving identity and present-day circumstances of people of color using dance and performance art as the framework for the next phase of the AFROFUTURISM movement,” according to the release. Find out more here
Special 10% discount code for tickets!
WATCH VIDEO:
Henning Rübsam's SENSEDANCE
The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College
November 2- 4
Rübsam and his company SENSEDANCE present two programs titled “AND THERE WAS MORNING” with three world premieres to new music by contemporary composers. Find out more here
Garth Fagan Dance
The Joyce Theater
November 3-8
Celebrating 45 years, Garth Fagan Dance returns to The Joyce with Geoffrey Holder Life Fete...Bacchanal, a revamped version of this summer’s premiere, dedicated to the late Geoffrey Holder, plus So You See (premiere) by long-time company member Norwood Pennewell. Find out more here
Ralph Lemon
The Kitchen
November 3-10
Choreographer, director and conceptual artist, Lemon insists that his new work, Scaffold Room is not a work of dance, brings together installation, performance and a series of readings of “…seminal, subversive texts [that] refracts ideas and images of the female artist in American pop and contemporary art,” notes the release. Find out more here
Niall Jones and Nico Brown
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
November 4-7
Jones and Brown come together in “DoublePlus: A Split-Bill Evening” curated by Tere O’Connor. This Gibney Dance series “…embraces the artist-as-curator format to present split-bill evenings featuring emerging and under-exposed artists,” notes the release. Find out more here
Martin Lofnes’ 360° Dance Company
92nd Street Y
November 6-8
Lofnes’ 360° Dance Company presents huMAN, an evening of works including the premiere of The Other Room and Half Moon Hanging in the Clear Blue Sky as part of the 92Y “Dig Dance” series. Find out more here
Richard Rivera/Physual
BAAD!
November 7
As part of BAAD!’s Fall Festival, Rivera will premiere Bach 2 The Red Zone, which “draws from his club dancing days and…inspired by House and Vogueing that deeply informed his body…before professional dance training,” according to the release. Find out more here
Fadi Khoury
Manhattan Movement Center
November 8
Khoury and his company FJK Dance presents “Work in Progress,” with two new works, one for his upcoming season, and the other for February’s “Fusion of Culture and Dance,” produced by CUNY’S Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center, Hunter College and the Consulate General of Lebanon in New York.” Find out more here
BalletCollective
NYU Skirball Center
November 4-5
The company premieres two works by Troy Schumacher, each inspired by separate series of commissioned photographs by Paul Maffi and Dafy Hagai. All pieces will be accompanied by live music performed by the ensemble Hotel Elefant. Find out more here
Ballet Next
New York Live Arts
November 3-7
Artistic Director, Michele Wiles completes the second of a two-week run bringing dance and music together in premieres and repertory works. Find out more here
Neil Greenberg, Yvonne Meier and Jennifer Monson
JACK
November 5-7
Greenberg, Meier and Monson “…three leading experimental dancemakers” come together, and separately for one weekend curated by Stacy Grossfield. Find out more here
Charles Reinhart in Conversation and Dance
92nd Street Y
November 6
Reinhart, former director of the American dance festival, brings Martha Clarke and Shen Wei together for a discussion and live showing of their work by their respective companies in Fridays at Noon. Find out more here
Peter Kyle Dance
Muriel Schulman Theater at Triskelion Arts
November 6-8
The company will present Kyle’s Vigilance, described as “an intimate visually compelling choreographic installation,” in the release. Find out more here
Volmir Cordeiro
Danspace Project
November 6-7
Brazilian-born, Paris-based Cordeiro collaborates with Danspace Project and Performa to present the U.S. premiere of his solo work, Inês. Find out more here
REVERBdance FESTIVAL
Baruch Performing Arts Center
November 6-8
Curated by Artistic Director Kate Griffler & Co-Producer Bradley Shelver, in two programs, 21 artists from the US, South Africa, London and Japan help celebrate the 10th year of REVERBdance Festival. Find out more here
Charles Moore Dance Theatre
Kumble Theater
November 7-8
Celebrating the 40th anniversary of Charles Moore Dance Theatre (CMDT), directed by Ella Thompson Moore will present African, Afro Caribbean and American works by founding artistic director Charles Moore, dance pioneers Asadata Dafora and Katherine Dunham, Professor Albert Opoku of University of Ghana, longtime CMDT choreographer, Madu Niasse and Alfred Gallman. On Saturday there will be a film screening of Mr. Moore dancing in the iconic 1932 work Awassa Astrige (the Ostrich). Find out more here
10 Hairy Legs
The Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College
November 8
Randy James’ all male dance company, 10 Hairy Legs, returns to the Major Artist Series with repertory works. Find out more here
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