The Joyce Theater
October 8–20
The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company celebrates its 45th anniversary withtwo premieres, Vez (working title), a reimagining of Fandango (1989), with a newly commissioned score by Randall Woolf plus selections from the company’s extensive repertoire. All programs will feature live music. Find out more – www.joyce.org.
DANCENOW Festival
Joe’s Pub
October 9–12
Encore Performance - October 19
DANCENOW returns to New York City’s “best tiny stage,” Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater with forty artists/companies including: binbinFactory/Satoshi Haga & Rie Fukuzawa, Mark Dendy, Jennifer Edwards/JenEd Productions, Heidi Latsky Dance, BIGMANARTS/Lawrence Goldhuber, Harlem Dance Club, WKcollective, 10 Hairy Legs, Steeledance, Pengelly: Projects and much more. Find out more - www.joespub.com
Talk:DanceMotion USAsm with members of Doug Varone and Dancers
and Brenda Angiel Aerial Dance Company
BAM Fisher (Fishman Space, 321 Ashland Pl)
Oct 10–12
Oct 11, post-show, moderated by Deborah Jowitt Oct 12. Find out more – www.bam.org
Fred Ho’s Sweet Science Suite featuring the Green Monster Big Band
BAM
Oct 11 - 12
The Sweet Science Suite: A Scientific Soul Music Honoring of Muhammad Ali includes choreography by Emmanuel Brown who combines hip-hop and martial arts elements in this musical homage to Muhammad Ali. Find out more – www.bam.org
VON USSAR danceworks
The Ailey Citigroup Theater
October 11-13
VON USSAR danceworks presents the 7th Annual Dance Gallery Festival featuring original works from emerging and established choreographers nationally and internationally including: Erin Cardinal (Florida), David Justin (Texas), Dante Brown (New York), Philippe Dury (France), Tori Duhaime (Colorado), Alenka Cizmesija (New York), Jamal Jackson Dance Company (New York), Alia Kache (New York), BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance (New York) and many more. Find out more - www.dancegalleryfestival.com.
Blink Your Eyes
Harlem Stage
October 12
Blink Your Eyes rounds out our citywide homage to Sekou Sundiata with Days of Art & Ideas - two days of reflection, discussion, and performance that culminate with WeDaPeoples Cabaret - a raucous night of socially engaged poetry, music and dance, as well as mixing, mingling and dancing. See choreographers/activists Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Liz Lerman and Urban Bush Women on October 12. Find out more - www.harlemstage.org
Dance Theatre Etcetera Presents
Dance on the Greenway
IKEA Brooklyn - Erie Basin Park
October 12
Dance Theatre Etcetera’s 2nd annual Dance on the Greenway, a festival of site-specific dance offers two shows at 1 PM and 4 PM featuring Rashaun Mitchell, Shannon Hummel, Suzanne Beahrs, Kandice Ross and Solomon Goodwin. There is so much more. Find out more - www.dtetc.org