Nia Love & Artists Ursula Eagly, Patricia Hoffbauer, and Nia Love
Gibney Dance Center
May 5-8
“Dance Colleagues” Eagly, Hoffbauer and Love were invited by Gibney Dance “…to ponder the past and future of the form, particularly as it relates to women in the field…for three nights of performance-panels that take wildly different approaches to the question of what it takes to make dances as a female-identifying person,” according to the release. Lucy Sexton, Gina Gibney, Elena Rose Light, Melanie Greene, and Alexeya Eyma- Manderson will join Eagly, Malcom Low, Peggy Gould, Charmaine Warren and Yvonne Rainer will join Hoffbauer, and Islah Alexander, Healing Facilitator Coni Lewis-Lopez, and second Veleda Roehl will join Love. Find out more here
Happy Hour with Monica Bill Barnes & Company
Gibney Dance
April 20 - May 25 (Wednesdays)
Gibney Dance joins Monica Bill Barnes & Company to co-present an encore run of "Happy Hour" in partnership with The Women's Project and The Joyce Theater. Have a free drink, and enjoy an evening of raucous laughter. Find out more here
The Boogie Down Bronx – Various Artists
BAAD!
April 24 – May 31
BAAD’s annual spring dance festival “…a powerful mix of dance that vibrates with Bronx energy and a diversity of dance from around the city,” continues through May 31 with special evenings and events: “Deliciously Daring Men,” “Dancin’ In The Bronx,” “A Look Inside,” “Bronx Dance Magazine Launch – The Bronx Dance Diaspora Issue,” “Dancing While Black,“ and so much more. Find out more here
The La MaMa Moves Festival – Various Artists
La MaMa
April 29-May 29
There will be nine world premieres and three American premieres provoked by “…contemporary issues of gender, current ideas about the environment, questions about politics and culture are threaded through the works of the 17 artists,” notes the release. The international lineup includes: Suk Soon Jung (Korea); Amanda Loulaki (Greek-born); Yvonne Meier (Swiss-born); Afshin Varjavandi (Italy); Sonia Olla (Spanish-born); Silvana Cardell (Argentinian-born); Jeremy Nelson (British-born); Luis Lara-Malvacias (Venezuelan-born); Poorna Swami (Indian-born); Bruno Isakovic (Croatian); Ori Flomin (Israeli-born) and Helena Franzen (Swedish). Find out more here
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
BAM Fisher
May 3 – 5
Celebrating “…the fundamental power and diversity of flamenco…” the company presents Voces De Andalucia, “…a suite of contemporary flamenco dance and music inspired by the cultural richness of Andalucia, the region of Spain known as ‘the cradle of flamenco,’" according to the release. Find out more here
Compagnia Finzi Pasca
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
May 4-7
Theater and circus artist Daniele Finzi Pasca and his Compagnia Finzi Pasca return to BAM with a homage to artist Salvador Dalí. “Inspired by the artist’s visionary oeuvre, La Verità is a dizzying display of acrobatics, physical theater, music, and dance. The production’s stunning centerpiece is a replica of a long-forgotten, hand-painted backdrop that Dalí created for the Metropolitan Opera’s 1944 ballet Mad Tristan, based on Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde,” according to the release. Find out more here
Ni’Ja Whitson
Brooklyn Arts Exchange
May 6 - 7
Whitson brings A Meditation on Tongues, “…a live interdisciplinary adaptation of Marlon T. Riggs’ iconic documentary film, "Tongues Untied." Part abstract, part performance ritual, part live and historical document, this rigorously layered interdisciplinary project (re)images Black and Queer masculinities,” notes the release. Find out more here
Dance and Process – Various Artists
The Kitchen
May 6 - 7
For this installment of The Kitchen’s “longest ongoing series,” the program of new works features Karen Bernard, Benjamin Van Buren, Niall Jones, and Ander Mikalson. These performances are the culmination of a ten-week group process of sharing work and feedback. Find out more here
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT)
NJPAC
May 6 - 8
AAADT returns to NJPAC for their annual Mother’s Day Weekend celebration world premieres: Robert Battle’s Awakening, Ronald K. Brown’s Open Door and Rennie Harris’ Exodus. Also on the program is Paul Taylor’s Piazzola Caldera (company premiere), Ailey’s signature Revelations and Cry, a new production of Judith Jamison’s A Case of You, plus a great deal of pre-show workshops and performances in the lobby. Find out more here
Rosario Toledo
92nd Street Y
May 6
Toledo and master singer Ismael Fernández will present contemporary flamenco with traditional forms. Find out more here
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko and Kate Watson-Wallace
JACK
May 7-8
Kosoko and Watson-Wallace, co-directors of the interdisciplinary company anonymous bodies (Philadelphia/Brooklyn),share and evening at JACK. Kosoko will lead off with an excerpt from The Jigaboo King and Watson-Wallace will be joined by Jasmine Hearn and Ann-Marie Gover inside a large pile of fur, part of her performance installation. Find out more here
Various Artists
Movement Research at Judson Church
May 9
Don’t miss this free, ongoing, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress. This week’s featured artists are: Germaul Barnes, Lily Gold, Renegade Performance Group/André M. Zachery and sound artist Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste. Find out more here
Gibney Dance Center
May 5-8
“Dance Colleagues” Eagly, Hoffbauer and Love were invited by Gibney Dance “…to ponder the past and future of the form, particularly as it relates to women in the field…for three nights of performance-panels that take wildly different approaches to the question of what it takes to make dances as a female-identifying person,” according to the release. Lucy Sexton, Gina Gibney, Elena Rose Light, Melanie Greene, and Alexeya Eyma- Manderson will join Eagly, Malcom Low, Peggy Gould, Charmaine Warren and Yvonne Rainer will join Hoffbauer, and Islah Alexander, Healing Facilitator Coni Lewis-Lopez, and second Veleda Roehl will join Love. Find out more here
Happy Hour with Monica Bill Barnes & Company
Gibney Dance
April 20 - May 25 (Wednesdays)
Gibney Dance joins Monica Bill Barnes & Company to co-present an encore run of "Happy Hour" in partnership with The Women's Project and The Joyce Theater. Have a free drink, and enjoy an evening of raucous laughter. Find out more here
The Boogie Down Bronx – Various Artists
BAAD!
April 24 – May 31
BAAD’s annual spring dance festival “…a powerful mix of dance that vibrates with Bronx energy and a diversity of dance from around the city,” continues through May 31 with special evenings and events: “Deliciously Daring Men,” “Dancin’ In The Bronx,” “A Look Inside,” “Bronx Dance Magazine Launch – The Bronx Dance Diaspora Issue,” “Dancing While Black,“ and so much more. Find out more here
The La MaMa Moves Festival – Various Artists
La MaMa
April 29-May 29
There will be nine world premieres and three American premieres provoked by “…contemporary issues of gender, current ideas about the environment, questions about politics and culture are threaded through the works of the 17 artists,” notes the release. The international lineup includes: Suk Soon Jung (Korea); Amanda Loulaki (Greek-born); Yvonne Meier (Swiss-born); Afshin Varjavandi (Italy); Sonia Olla (Spanish-born); Silvana Cardell (Argentinian-born); Jeremy Nelson (British-born); Luis Lara-Malvacias (Venezuelan-born); Poorna Swami (Indian-born); Bruno Isakovic (Croatian); Ori Flomin (Israeli-born) and Helena Franzen (Swedish). Find out more here
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
BAM Fisher
May 3 – 5
Celebrating “…the fundamental power and diversity of flamenco…” the company presents Voces De Andalucia, “…a suite of contemporary flamenco dance and music inspired by the cultural richness of Andalucia, the region of Spain known as ‘the cradle of flamenco,’" according to the release. Find out more here
Compagnia Finzi Pasca
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House
May 4-7
Theater and circus artist Daniele Finzi Pasca and his Compagnia Finzi Pasca return to BAM with a homage to artist Salvador Dalí. “Inspired by the artist’s visionary oeuvre, La Verità is a dizzying display of acrobatics, physical theater, music, and dance. The production’s stunning centerpiece is a replica of a long-forgotten, hand-painted backdrop that Dalí created for the Metropolitan Opera’s 1944 ballet Mad Tristan, based on Wagner’s Tristan and Isolde,” according to the release. Find out more here
Ni’Ja Whitson
Brooklyn Arts Exchange
May 6 - 7
Whitson brings A Meditation on Tongues, “…a live interdisciplinary adaptation of Marlon T. Riggs’ iconic documentary film, "Tongues Untied." Part abstract, part performance ritual, part live and historical document, this rigorously layered interdisciplinary project (re)images Black and Queer masculinities,” notes the release. Find out more here
Dance and Process – Various Artists
The Kitchen
May 6 - 7
For this installment of The Kitchen’s “longest ongoing series,” the program of new works features Karen Bernard, Benjamin Van Buren, Niall Jones, and Ander Mikalson. These performances are the culmination of a ten-week group process of sharing work and feedback. Find out more here
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT)
NJPAC
May 6 - 8
AAADT returns to NJPAC for their annual Mother’s Day Weekend celebration world premieres: Robert Battle’s Awakening, Ronald K. Brown’s Open Door and Rennie Harris’ Exodus. Also on the program is Paul Taylor’s Piazzola Caldera (company premiere), Ailey’s signature Revelations and Cry, a new production of Judith Jamison’s A Case of You, plus a great deal of pre-show workshops and performances in the lobby. Find out more here
Rosario Toledo
92nd Street Y
May 6
Toledo and master singer Ismael Fernández will present contemporary flamenco with traditional forms. Find out more here
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko and Kate Watson-Wallace
JACK
May 7-8
Kosoko and Watson-Wallace, co-directors of the interdisciplinary company anonymous bodies (Philadelphia/Brooklyn),share and evening at JACK. Kosoko will lead off with an excerpt from The Jigaboo King and Watson-Wallace will be joined by Jasmine Hearn and Ann-Marie Gover inside a large pile of fur, part of her performance installation. Find out more here
Various Artists
Movement Research at Judson Church
May 9
Don’t miss this free, ongoing, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress. This week’s featured artists are: Germaul Barnes, Lily Gold, Renegade Performance Group/André M. Zachery and sound artist Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste. Find out more here
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