Donna Uchizono and the Professionals Donna Uchizono and the Professionals
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
January 6-9 & 13 – 16
Uchizono’s “Sticky Majesty was conceived from the uneasy intimacy of one-on-one, invited tea-time conversations between Donna Uchizono and a spectrum of individuals with diverging socio-political views. Uchizono and her collaborators meld the construct of resolute belief with the sensorial world of the body, revealing a visual-temporal framework where personal truths coexist and collide,” according to the release. Find out more here
Big Dance Theater
The Kitchen
January 6-9 & 13-16
Big Dance: Short Form is Big Dance Theater return to their “…dance roots for its 25th anniversary celebration, theatrically re-imagining the conventions of a repertory program...[in] the company’s unique blend of dance-theater on an intimate scale,” notes the release. Find out more here
American Realness/Various Artists
Abrons Arts Center/Various Venues
January 7 – 17
Jennifer Lacey and Antonija Livingston’s Culture Administration & Trembling, co-created and performed with Montréal-based visual artist Dominique Pétrin, Stephen Thompson, guest artist Dana Michel, and Berlin-based sound artist Brendan Dougherty (1/7 – 1/8); Heather Kravas’ dead, disappears (1/7 – 1/11); Ligia Lewis’ Sorrow Swag, performed by Brian Getnick (1/7 – 1/10); Fernando Belfiore’s AL13FB<3 (1/9 -1/12); Jaamil Olawale Kosoko’s #negrophobia (1/8 – 1/17); keyon gaskin’s its not a thing (1/8 – 1/11); Jillian Peña’s Panopticon (1/ 9 – 1/17) and so much more. Find out more here
Netta Yerushalmy & Michelle Boulé
Danspace Project
January 8 & 9
Yerushalmy’s Helga And The Three Sailors and Boulé’s White return as part of Danspace Project Commission Reprisals. Find out more here and here
STILL RUNNING:
Maurice Hines
New World Stages
December 23 – March
Hines is joined by tap dancing Manzari brothers and the all-female Diva Jazz Orchestra in Maurice Hines:
Tappin' Thru “…a swinging, song and dance musical that celebrates the astonishing showmanship of one of the last great tap dancers of a by-gone era,” notes the release. The show is directed by Jeff Calhoun. Find out more here
Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca
West Park Presbyterian Church (165 W 86th Street)
December 11 - January 23
Barrio’s critically acclaimed production of the Greek tragedy “Antigone” by Sophocles, adapted and renamed Antigona, continues. Merging text, music and flamenco, “The company…reignit[es] the theatrical potential of the Greek chorus as the lyrical and rhythmic heart of the drama,” notes the release. Find out more here
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
January 6-9 & 13 – 16
Uchizono’s “Sticky Majesty was conceived from the uneasy intimacy of one-on-one, invited tea-time conversations between Donna Uchizono and a spectrum of individuals with diverging socio-political views. Uchizono and her collaborators meld the construct of resolute belief with the sensorial world of the body, revealing a visual-temporal framework where personal truths coexist and collide,” according to the release. Find out more here
Big Dance Theater
The Kitchen
January 6-9 & 13-16
Big Dance: Short Form is Big Dance Theater return to their “…dance roots for its 25th anniversary celebration, theatrically re-imagining the conventions of a repertory program...[in] the company’s unique blend of dance-theater on an intimate scale,” notes the release. Find out more here
American Realness/Various Artists
Abrons Arts Center/Various Venues
January 7 – 17
Jennifer Lacey and Antonija Livingston’s Culture Administration & Trembling, co-created and performed with Montréal-based visual artist Dominique Pétrin, Stephen Thompson, guest artist Dana Michel, and Berlin-based sound artist Brendan Dougherty (1/7 – 1/8); Heather Kravas’ dead, disappears (1/7 – 1/11); Ligia Lewis’ Sorrow Swag, performed by Brian Getnick (1/7 – 1/10); Fernando Belfiore’s AL13FB<3 (1/9 -1/12); Jaamil Olawale Kosoko’s #negrophobia (1/8 – 1/17); keyon gaskin’s its not a thing (1/8 – 1/11); Jillian Peña’s Panopticon (1/ 9 – 1/17) and so much more. Find out more here
Netta Yerushalmy & Michelle Boulé
Danspace Project
January 8 & 9
Yerushalmy’s Helga And The Three Sailors and Boulé’s White return as part of Danspace Project Commission Reprisals. Find out more here and here
STILL RUNNING:
Maurice Hines
New World Stages
December 23 – March
Hines is joined by tap dancing Manzari brothers and the all-female Diva Jazz Orchestra in Maurice Hines:
Tappin' Thru “…a swinging, song and dance musical that celebrates the astonishing showmanship of one of the last great tap dancers of a by-gone era,” notes the release. The show is directed by Jeff Calhoun. Find out more here
Soledad Barrio and Noche Flamenca
West Park Presbyterian Church (165 W 86th Street)
December 11 - January 23
Barrio’s critically acclaimed production of the Greek tragedy “Antigone” by Sophocles, adapted and renamed Antigona, continues. Merging text, music and flamenco, “The company…reignit[es] the theatrical potential of the Greek chorus as the lyrical and rhythmic heart of the drama,” notes the release. Find out more here
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