Alice Sheppard Photo: Lisa Niedermeyer Various Artists
Performance Space
April 11 – 14
Arika, Performance Space New York and the Whitney Museum invited artists Alice Sheppard, Amalle Dublon, Jerron Herman, Carolyn Lazard, Park McArthur, and Constantina Zavitsanos to imagine together what a festival organized by and for disability communities would look like, composed through friendship and solidarity, one that could be simultaneously social and art-based - the result is I wanna be with you everywhere, described as “a gathering of, by, and for disabled artists and writers and anyone who wants to join in a series of programs that refuse policies of individuation and inclusion in favor of (and in the flavor of) whatever disability aesthetics has in bodymind.” I wanna be with you everywhere honors disability aesthetics and disability justice while extending the theme of Performance Space New York’s “No Series.” The festival celebrates the world-making and experimentation that comes from refusing both exclusion and inclusion. At the same time, this gathering is propelled by a refusal of the separation that ableism imposes, starting from the belief and desire that access is a shared commitment to each other.
Alice Sheppard says of the process and the program that process created, “These artists are leaders in their fields and their thinking, pushing new boundaries—and people you felt like you could sit and talk and share your heart with; that was critical, both to the experience we were having and for that experience to guide the festival itself.” Find out more here
Stephen Petronio Company
NYU Skirball
April 11 – 13
For the fifth season of "Bloodlines," Stephen Petronio Company will debut Merce Cunningham’s Tread (1970) as part of the Merce Cunningham Centennial. Also on the program is Coverage (1970) by Rudy Perez, one of the singular artists of color of the Judson Dance Theatre. Petronio’s American Landscapes, a new work for the entire company, with “…a series of shifting pastoral, emotional, and social “kinetic canvases” that reflect the complicated beauty and roiling histories of the United States of America,” according to the release, rounds out the program. Find out more here
Davalois Fearon Dance
Rubin museum
April 10
Davalois Fearon Dance is featured this week as part of the Rubin Museum of Art's partnership with Pentacle, the site-specific series with works that reflect the theme of “Power – Within and Between Us”, which the Rubin will explore through exhibitions and programs all year long. Find out more here
Dance Theatre of Harlem
New York City Center
April 10 – 13 (no performance on 4/11)
In celebration of their 50th anniversary, Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) returns to New York City Center (April 10 - 13) offering a mixed bill of classics and repertory favorites. The lineup pays homage to the classics and highlights works by the co-founder, Arthur Mitchell: The Greatest, Creole Giselle (Mr. Mitchell’s interpretations of the classic ballet, set in Louisiana), Bach Passacaglia (danced by students of the Dance Theatre of Harlem School), and Tones II, which Mr. Mitchell was setting on the company at the time of his passing. Also included in the lineup is resident choreographer Robert Garland’s Return, and Nyman String Quartet #2; plus Geoffrey Holder’s masterwork Dougla, revived last season by the DTH Company. A special opening night performance and “Vision Gala” will honor the legacy of Mitchell with revivals of timeless works by revered choreographers including Louis Johnson’s Forces of Rhythm, George Balanchine’s Agon, and John Taras’ Firebird, Mitchell’s The Greatest and others. Several special guests have been invited to dance some of these works are including Ashley Murphy, former DTH company member currently with The Washington Ballet, former DTH Principal dancer Paunika Jones, and Brooklyn Mack. Post-performance conversations with artistic director Virginia Johnson and founding Dance Theatre of Harlem company members are also scheduled. Find out more here
Faye Driscoll
Peak Performances
April 11-14
Choreographer, performer, and director Driscoll brings the final installment in her three-part work, Thank You For Coming: Space “…both an intimate shared performance (audience capacity is set at approximately 60) and a liberatory ritual that confronts life’s most notable transition,” according to the release. Here, Driscoll is alone with the audience and constructs a temporary world—upheld by pulleys, ropes, and the weightiness of others—to invoke the sensations of absence. Find out more here
Newsteps: a choreographers Series – Various Artists
Chen Dance Center
April 11 – 13
The semi-annual emerging choreographer’s series returns with six choreographers selected through an open audition by a panel of dance leaders. Featured are: Annie Heath, Mat Elder, Spencer Weidie, Erin Bryce Holmes and Tanner Ryan. Find out more here
Ursula Eagly
Danspace Project
April 11 – 13
In the premiere of her latest work, Our Epithelium, Eagly builds on years of research using psycho-social material through Group Dynamics and Visual Sensitivity. “I know most people will have to look up the word ‘epithelium,’ and I like that,” says Eagly. “It requires engagement, like the work itself. Our Epithelium is a piece for a large cast and a small audience, with two performances per evening at 8pm & 9pm. Find out more here
The People Movers
Brooklyn Studios for Dance
April 11 - 13
The People Movers’ choreographer and artistic director Kate Ladenheim and performer–designer Cecilia Lynn-Jacobs collaborates on OH, CELINE MAGNUM OPUS: A Desert Reflowering – a multidisciplinary evening of solo performance combining theater, dance, and scenic installation and an on-depth look at their heroine’s journey. Find out more here
New Chamber Ballet
German Academy
April 11 – 12
Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet will present works by Magloire, Rebecca Walden and Mara Driscoll in Stray Bird, a site-specific evening of dances to music by Ursula Mamlok, and a tribute to the late composer, featuring live music by the Momenta String Quartet. This is a FREE event, but RSVP required. Find out more here
Kelly Bartnik
Gibney Dance
April 11-13
Bartnik will premiere Fuck/Love: The Poetics of Adoration “an exploration of the emotional disconnect between physicality and language” as part of Gibney's Spotlight Artist programming, notes the release. Find out more here
It’s Showtime NYC!
The Met
April 12
The dancers of “It’s Showtime NYC!” continues their regular presentations at The Met combining hip-hop and the age of chivalry matching freestyle dance with knights in armor. This series is commissioned by MetLiveArts in collaboration with The Met's Arms and Armor department and the urban dance organization Dancing in the Streets of the South Bronx. Find out more here
Karole Armitage - Armitage Gone! Dance
Japan Society
April 12 - 13
Armitage’s You Took a Part of Me, “inspired by the 15th-century noh play “Nonomiya,” in which the ghost of one of Prince Genji’s jealous lovers from The Tale of Genji returns to the world of the living… explores erotic entanglement, unresolved attachments and the search for harmony, all of which are hallmarks of mugen noh, or a play that features a ghost or spirit” according to the release. Find out more
here
Dances Patrelle
New York Live Arts
April 12 – 14
For their spring 2019 season, on the program is the world premiere of Francis Patrelle's The American Dream: It's Only Business, Madame X (1999), featuring New York City Ballet principal dancers Abi Stafford and Ask la Cour: American Overture (2007), a solo piece set to a Leonard Bernstein score and performed by Reed Tankersley of the Twyla Tharp Company. Find out more here
Various Artists
Movement Research at Judson Church
April 15
Don’t miss this free, on-going, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress. This week’s featured artists are: Paul Singh / Singh & Dance , Sarah A.O. Rosner , Te Ao Mana and Cathy Weis. Find out more here
Performance Space
April 11 – 14
Arika, Performance Space New York and the Whitney Museum invited artists Alice Sheppard, Amalle Dublon, Jerron Herman, Carolyn Lazard, Park McArthur, and Constantina Zavitsanos to imagine together what a festival organized by and for disability communities would look like, composed through friendship and solidarity, one that could be simultaneously social and art-based - the result is I wanna be with you everywhere, described as “a gathering of, by, and for disabled artists and writers and anyone who wants to join in a series of programs that refuse policies of individuation and inclusion in favor of (and in the flavor of) whatever disability aesthetics has in bodymind.” I wanna be with you everywhere honors disability aesthetics and disability justice while extending the theme of Performance Space New York’s “No Series.” The festival celebrates the world-making and experimentation that comes from refusing both exclusion and inclusion. At the same time, this gathering is propelled by a refusal of the separation that ableism imposes, starting from the belief and desire that access is a shared commitment to each other.
Alice Sheppard says of the process and the program that process created, “These artists are leaders in their fields and their thinking, pushing new boundaries—and people you felt like you could sit and talk and share your heart with; that was critical, both to the experience we were having and for that experience to guide the festival itself.” Find out more here
Stephen Petronio Company
NYU Skirball
April 11 – 13
For the fifth season of "Bloodlines," Stephen Petronio Company will debut Merce Cunningham’s Tread (1970) as part of the Merce Cunningham Centennial. Also on the program is Coverage (1970) by Rudy Perez, one of the singular artists of color of the Judson Dance Theatre. Petronio’s American Landscapes, a new work for the entire company, with “…a series of shifting pastoral, emotional, and social “kinetic canvases” that reflect the complicated beauty and roiling histories of the United States of America,” according to the release, rounds out the program. Find out more here
Davalois Fearon Dance
Rubin museum
April 10
Davalois Fearon Dance is featured this week as part of the Rubin Museum of Art's partnership with Pentacle, the site-specific series with works that reflect the theme of “Power – Within and Between Us”, which the Rubin will explore through exhibitions and programs all year long. Find out more here
Dance Theatre of Harlem
New York City Center
April 10 – 13 (no performance on 4/11)
In celebration of their 50th anniversary, Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) returns to New York City Center (April 10 - 13) offering a mixed bill of classics and repertory favorites. The lineup pays homage to the classics and highlights works by the co-founder, Arthur Mitchell: The Greatest, Creole Giselle (Mr. Mitchell’s interpretations of the classic ballet, set in Louisiana), Bach Passacaglia (danced by students of the Dance Theatre of Harlem School), and Tones II, which Mr. Mitchell was setting on the company at the time of his passing. Also included in the lineup is resident choreographer Robert Garland’s Return, and Nyman String Quartet #2; plus Geoffrey Holder’s masterwork Dougla, revived last season by the DTH Company. A special opening night performance and “Vision Gala” will honor the legacy of Mitchell with revivals of timeless works by revered choreographers including Louis Johnson’s Forces of Rhythm, George Balanchine’s Agon, and John Taras’ Firebird, Mitchell’s The Greatest and others. Several special guests have been invited to dance some of these works are including Ashley Murphy, former DTH company member currently with The Washington Ballet, former DTH Principal dancer Paunika Jones, and Brooklyn Mack. Post-performance conversations with artistic director Virginia Johnson and founding Dance Theatre of Harlem company members are also scheduled. Find out more here
Faye Driscoll
Peak Performances
April 11-14
Choreographer, performer, and director Driscoll brings the final installment in her three-part work, Thank You For Coming: Space “…both an intimate shared performance (audience capacity is set at approximately 60) and a liberatory ritual that confronts life’s most notable transition,” according to the release. Here, Driscoll is alone with the audience and constructs a temporary world—upheld by pulleys, ropes, and the weightiness of others—to invoke the sensations of absence. Find out more here
Newsteps: a choreographers Series – Various Artists
Chen Dance Center
April 11 – 13
The semi-annual emerging choreographer’s series returns with six choreographers selected through an open audition by a panel of dance leaders. Featured are: Annie Heath, Mat Elder, Spencer Weidie, Erin Bryce Holmes and Tanner Ryan. Find out more here
Ursula Eagly
Danspace Project
April 11 – 13
In the premiere of her latest work, Our Epithelium, Eagly builds on years of research using psycho-social material through Group Dynamics and Visual Sensitivity. “I know most people will have to look up the word ‘epithelium,’ and I like that,” says Eagly. “It requires engagement, like the work itself. Our Epithelium is a piece for a large cast and a small audience, with two performances per evening at 8pm & 9pm. Find out more here
The People Movers
Brooklyn Studios for Dance
April 11 - 13
The People Movers’ choreographer and artistic director Kate Ladenheim and performer–designer Cecilia Lynn-Jacobs collaborates on OH, CELINE MAGNUM OPUS: A Desert Reflowering – a multidisciplinary evening of solo performance combining theater, dance, and scenic installation and an on-depth look at their heroine’s journey. Find out more here
New Chamber Ballet
German Academy
April 11 – 12
Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet will present works by Magloire, Rebecca Walden and Mara Driscoll in Stray Bird, a site-specific evening of dances to music by Ursula Mamlok, and a tribute to the late composer, featuring live music by the Momenta String Quartet. This is a FREE event, but RSVP required. Find out more here
Kelly Bartnik
Gibney Dance
April 11-13
Bartnik will premiere Fuck/Love: The Poetics of Adoration “an exploration of the emotional disconnect between physicality and language” as part of Gibney's Spotlight Artist programming, notes the release. Find out more here
It’s Showtime NYC!
The Met
April 12
The dancers of “It’s Showtime NYC!” continues their regular presentations at The Met combining hip-hop and the age of chivalry matching freestyle dance with knights in armor. This series is commissioned by MetLiveArts in collaboration with The Met's Arms and Armor department and the urban dance organization Dancing in the Streets of the South Bronx. Find out more here
Karole Armitage - Armitage Gone! Dance
Japan Society
April 12 - 13
Armitage’s You Took a Part of Me, “inspired by the 15th-century noh play “Nonomiya,” in which the ghost of one of Prince Genji’s jealous lovers from The Tale of Genji returns to the world of the living… explores erotic entanglement, unresolved attachments and the search for harmony, all of which are hallmarks of mugen noh, or a play that features a ghost or spirit” according to the release. Find out more
here
Dances Patrelle
New York Live Arts
April 12 – 14
For their spring 2019 season, on the program is the world premiere of Francis Patrelle's The American Dream: It's Only Business, Madame X (1999), featuring New York City Ballet principal dancers Abi Stafford and Ask la Cour: American Overture (2007), a solo piece set to a Leonard Bernstein score and performed by Reed Tankersley of the Twyla Tharp Company. Find out more here
Various Artists
Movement Research at Judson Church
April 15
Don’t miss this free, on-going, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress. This week’s featured artists are: Paul Singh / Singh & Dance , Sarah A.O. Rosner , Te Ao Mana and Cathy Weis. Find out more here
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