Dayton Contemporary Dance Company
The Kumble Theater
March 5
After nearly a decade away from New York City, and to open 651 ARTS’ Classically Black Spring season at The Kumble Theater, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company brings the New York City premiere of Donald Byrd’s The Geography of the Cotton Field plus a selection of works under the title Tapestries. Read my 651ARTS Blog post here. Find out more about the performance here
Juliana F. May
The Chocolate Factory
March 1-12
In May’s Adult Documentary, “…five performers share their real and imagined histories. The distortion of text and body is about looking at the form of trauma or conversely the trauma of form,” notes the release. Find out more here
Elisa Monte Dance
City College Center for the Arts’ Aaron Davis Hall
March 2 – 5
Elisa Monte Dance celebrate 35 years and welcome new Artistic Director, Tiffany Rea-Fisher. Rea-Fisher will premiere Newton’s Cradle and Current, and in a return to the stage after 16 years will dance Monte’s signature work, Run to the Rock (1998). Among the many varied programs scheduled, included is the twenty-member alumni reunion in a special reprise of Monte’s Shattered (2000). Find out more here
The Flamenco Festival
Various venues
March 2 – 19
For a bit more than two full weeks, The Flamenco Festival returns to New York with performances at BAM, Town Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City Center and Joe’s Pub featuring Farruquito, Compañía Manuel Liñán, Compañía Rocío Molina, Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía and Nélida Tirado, to name only a few. Find out more here
Alessandra Ferri and Herman Cornejo
The Joyce Theater
March 2 – 6
The dancers, Alessandra Ferri and Herman Cornejo join forces with pianist Bruce Levingston for TRIO ConcertDance and will present works by Russell Maliphant, Demis Volpi, Fang-Yi Sheu and Angelin Preljocaj. Find out more here
Fana Fraser
TADA! Theater
March 3
Fraser will introduce Rosie a work-in-process as part of the Emerging Artists Theatre's "Best of the New Works Series" curated by Paul Adams, Derek Jamison, Scott Klavan, Scott Raker and Vanessa Shealy Younger at the TADA! Theater. Find out more here
Aakash Odedra Company
NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
March 4
For one-night-only, Odedra brings the New York premiere of Rising, four solo dance works created by Akram Khan, Russell Maliphant, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Odera. Find out more here
The Moving Architects
The Muriel Schulman Theater at Triskelion Arts
March 5-6
Artistic Director Erin Carlisle Norton's The Moving Architects brings Americana, to Triskelion Arts continuing her “…focus of embodying past and distant spaces in the heightened present of live performance,” notes the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
Movement Research at the Judson Church
March 7
Don’t miss this free, ongoing, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress. This week’s featured artists are: AmeriSHOWZ, Amanda Hunt, Elena Rose Light and Ana Miranda. Find out more here
The Kumble Theater
March 5
After nearly a decade away from New York City, and to open 651 ARTS’ Classically Black Spring season at The Kumble Theater, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company brings the New York City premiere of Donald Byrd’s The Geography of the Cotton Field plus a selection of works under the title Tapestries. Read my 651ARTS Blog post here. Find out more about the performance here
Juliana F. May
The Chocolate Factory
March 1-12
In May’s Adult Documentary, “…five performers share their real and imagined histories. The distortion of text and body is about looking at the form of trauma or conversely the trauma of form,” notes the release. Find out more here
Elisa Monte Dance
City College Center for the Arts’ Aaron Davis Hall
March 2 – 5
Elisa Monte Dance celebrate 35 years and welcome new Artistic Director, Tiffany Rea-Fisher. Rea-Fisher will premiere Newton’s Cradle and Current, and in a return to the stage after 16 years will dance Monte’s signature work, Run to the Rock (1998). Among the many varied programs scheduled, included is the twenty-member alumni reunion in a special reprise of Monte’s Shattered (2000). Find out more here
The Flamenco Festival
Various venues
March 2 – 19
For a bit more than two full weeks, The Flamenco Festival returns to New York with performances at BAM, Town Hall, Carnegie Hall, New York City Center and Joe’s Pub featuring Farruquito, Compañía Manuel Liñán, Compañía Rocío Molina, Ballet Flamenco de Andalucía and Nélida Tirado, to name only a few. Find out more here
Alessandra Ferri and Herman Cornejo
The Joyce Theater
March 2 – 6
The dancers, Alessandra Ferri and Herman Cornejo join forces with pianist Bruce Levingston for TRIO ConcertDance and will present works by Russell Maliphant, Demis Volpi, Fang-Yi Sheu and Angelin Preljocaj. Find out more here
Fana Fraser
TADA! Theater
March 3
Fraser will introduce Rosie a work-in-process as part of the Emerging Artists Theatre's "Best of the New Works Series" curated by Paul Adams, Derek Jamison, Scott Klavan, Scott Raker and Vanessa Shealy Younger at the TADA! Theater. Find out more here
Aakash Odedra Company
NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
March 4
For one-night-only, Odedra brings the New York premiere of Rising, four solo dance works created by Akram Khan, Russell Maliphant, Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and Odera. Find out more here
The Moving Architects
The Muriel Schulman Theater at Triskelion Arts
March 5-6
Artistic Director Erin Carlisle Norton's The Moving Architects brings Americana, to Triskelion Arts continuing her “…focus of embodying past and distant spaces in the heightened present of live performance,” notes the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
Movement Research at the Judson Church
March 7
Don’t miss this free, ongoing, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress. This week’s featured artists are: AmeriSHOWZ, Amanda Hunt, Elena Rose Light and Ana Miranda. Find out more here
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