The 3rd Annual ITE Contemporary Dance Festival
Theater 54 at Shelter Studios
March 23 - 26
Back for the third year, ITE’s annual festival aimed at presenting emerging and established choreographers, boasts a lineup that includes: LaneCoArts, Steps Ensemble, Bryn Cohn & Artists, Danielle Russo Performance Project & 277 Dance Project, SHAWNBIBLEdanceco., Alrick Thomas, LoudHoundMovement, Monteleon Dance, Sidra Bell Dance NY, The Francesca Harper Project, Nelly van Bommel / NØA Dance, BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance, Company SBB Stefanie Batten Bland, and Bryn Cohn & Artists – Solo Show. Find out more here
Kim Brandt
Pioneer Works
March 20 – 27
In Clear Night, a new collaborative performance by Brandt, as part of ISSUE Project Room and Pioneer Works’ Artist-In-Residence programs, she will present “… a series of related but distinct performances in which dancers deploy a variety of movement systems to proliferate tones, surfaces, and landscapes,” notes the release. Find out more here
Juan Siddi Flamenco Santa Fe
The Joyce Theater
March 22 – 27
Making their New York and Joyce debuts, the company “…melds European based flamenco with the Southwestern influence of the company’s New Mexico home to create a vibrant, new and unexpected approach,” according to the release. Find out more here
Gibney Dance Company
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performance Lab
March 23 – 26
Gibney invites audiences “…into an intimate reflection on her past work in Duet, a sequence of restaged and reimagined works… drawn from evening-length works beginning with 1992’s Landings and extending to Gibney’s present-day work-in-process,” notes the release. Find out more here
Marie Al Fajr, Mona Gamil, Leyya Mona Tawil and Amira Chjebli
New York Live Arts
March 25 – 26
As part of New York Live Arts’ Live Ideas festival, these women from Egypt, Syria/Palestine and Tunis bring solo dance works to New York: Shagarat Mussafira (Traveling Trees) by Al Fajr (Egypt), SAP: Safe Art Practice by Gamil (Egypt), ‘Atlas’ by Tawil (Syria/Palestine) and ‘In-Situ’ by Chebli (Tunis). Find out more here
DD Dorvillier, Thomas Dunn, Sébastien Roux, Katerina Andreou, and Walter Dundervill
The Kitchen
March 25 – 29
human future dance corps’, Extra Shapes , an interdisciplinary performance work created by DD Dorvillier, Thomas Dunn, Sébastien Roux, Katerina Andreou, and Walter Dundervill, is described "... a dance event, a musical concert, and a light show – laid out like a giant slice of Neapolitan ice cream on The Kitchen's floor,” according to the release. Find out more here
Brooklyn Dance Festival – Various Artists
BAM Fisher
March 26
For their 5th annual festival, the roster includes: SynthesisDANCE, Brooklyn Dance Festival Company – Choreographer, Sidra Bell, Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards, Kristin Sudeikis Dance, 10 Hairy Legs, Earl Mosley, The Bang Group, Rebecca Stenn, Peridance Youth Ensemble, Steps Repertory Ensemble, Freespace Dance and BARE Dance Company. Find out more here
10 Hairy Legs
Crossroads Theatre
March 26
Randy James’ all male repertory dance company, 10 Hairy Legs, returns to Crossroads Theatre, New Brunswick and will “…showcase the company’s diverse repertory that explores the range of the male dancer,” notes the release. Find out more here
Ellis Wood Dance
Snug Harbor
March 26
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden will present Ellis Wood Dance’s work in progress The Juggler of Our Ladies as part of the Performing Arts Salon Saturday (PASS) series at the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art. Find out more here
Various Artists
Movement Research at the Judson Church
March 28
Don’t miss this free, ongoing, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress. This week’s featured artists are Liana Conyers; LICO Dance Performance Projects: Donna Costello, Georgia Wall and Itamar Segev; Clarinde Wesselink. Find out more here
Panel: Dancemakers on Diversity
Rutgers University - Newark
March 28
As part of Women’s History Month a panel of dance thinkers gather for a discussion on diversity. Panelists include Nai-Ni Chen, Choreographer and Artistic Director of the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company; Carolyn Dorfman, Artistic Director of Carolyn Dorfman Dance; Virginia Johnson, Artistic Director of Dance Theatre of Harlem; Karen Love, Founder and Artistic Director of Umoja Dance Company; Nasha Thomas, National Director of AileyCamp (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater); and Jennifer Weber, Artistic Director of Decadancetheatre. Find out more here
Theater 54 at Shelter Studios
March 23 - 26
Back for the third year, ITE’s annual festival aimed at presenting emerging and established choreographers, boasts a lineup that includes: LaneCoArts, Steps Ensemble, Bryn Cohn & Artists, Danielle Russo Performance Project & 277 Dance Project, SHAWNBIBLEdanceco., Alrick Thomas, LoudHoundMovement, Monteleon Dance, Sidra Bell Dance NY, The Francesca Harper Project, Nelly van Bommel / NØA Dance, BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance, Company SBB Stefanie Batten Bland, and Bryn Cohn & Artists – Solo Show. Find out more here
Kim Brandt
Pioneer Works
March 20 – 27
In Clear Night, a new collaborative performance by Brandt, as part of ISSUE Project Room and Pioneer Works’ Artist-In-Residence programs, she will present “… a series of related but distinct performances in which dancers deploy a variety of movement systems to proliferate tones, surfaces, and landscapes,” notes the release. Find out more here
Juan Siddi Flamenco Santa Fe
The Joyce Theater
March 22 – 27
Making their New York and Joyce debuts, the company “…melds European based flamenco with the Southwestern influence of the company’s New Mexico home to create a vibrant, new and unexpected approach,” according to the release. Find out more here
Gibney Dance Company
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performance Lab
March 23 – 26
Gibney invites audiences “…into an intimate reflection on her past work in Duet, a sequence of restaged and reimagined works… drawn from evening-length works beginning with 1992’s Landings and extending to Gibney’s present-day work-in-process,” notes the release. Find out more here
Marie Al Fajr, Mona Gamil, Leyya Mona Tawil and Amira Chjebli
New York Live Arts
March 25 – 26
As part of New York Live Arts’ Live Ideas festival, these women from Egypt, Syria/Palestine and Tunis bring solo dance works to New York: Shagarat Mussafira (Traveling Trees) by Al Fajr (Egypt), SAP: Safe Art Practice by Gamil (Egypt), ‘Atlas’ by Tawil (Syria/Palestine) and ‘In-Situ’ by Chebli (Tunis). Find out more here
DD Dorvillier, Thomas Dunn, Sébastien Roux, Katerina Andreou, and Walter Dundervill
The Kitchen
March 25 – 29
human future dance corps’, Extra Shapes , an interdisciplinary performance work created by DD Dorvillier, Thomas Dunn, Sébastien Roux, Katerina Andreou, and Walter Dundervill, is described "... a dance event, a musical concert, and a light show – laid out like a giant slice of Neapolitan ice cream on The Kitchen's floor,” according to the release. Find out more here
Brooklyn Dance Festival – Various Artists
BAM Fisher
March 26
For their 5th annual festival, the roster includes: SynthesisDANCE, Brooklyn Dance Festival Company – Choreographer, Sidra Bell, Dormeshia Sumbry Edwards, Kristin Sudeikis Dance, 10 Hairy Legs, Earl Mosley, The Bang Group, Rebecca Stenn, Peridance Youth Ensemble, Steps Repertory Ensemble, Freespace Dance and BARE Dance Company. Find out more here
10 Hairy Legs
Crossroads Theatre
March 26
Randy James’ all male repertory dance company, 10 Hairy Legs, returns to Crossroads Theatre, New Brunswick and will “…showcase the company’s diverse repertory that explores the range of the male dancer,” notes the release. Find out more here
Ellis Wood Dance
Snug Harbor
March 26
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden will present Ellis Wood Dance’s work in progress The Juggler of Our Ladies as part of the Performing Arts Salon Saturday (PASS) series at the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art. Find out more here
Various Artists
Movement Research at the Judson Church
March 28
Don’t miss this free, ongoing, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress. This week’s featured artists are Liana Conyers; LICO Dance Performance Projects: Donna Costello, Georgia Wall and Itamar Segev; Clarinde Wesselink. Find out more here
Panel: Dancemakers on Diversity
Rutgers University - Newark
March 28
As part of Women’s History Month a panel of dance thinkers gather for a discussion on diversity. Panelists include Nai-Ni Chen, Choreographer and Artistic Director of the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company; Carolyn Dorfman, Artistic Director of Carolyn Dorfman Dance; Virginia Johnson, Artistic Director of Dance Theatre of Harlem; Karen Love, Founder and Artistic Director of Umoja Dance Company; Nasha Thomas, National Director of AileyCamp (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater); and Jennifer Weber, Artistic Director of Decadancetheatre. Find out more here
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