Some Dance This Week ~

James Brown

James Brown: Get On The Good Foot- A Celebration In Dance
The Apollo Theater
October 22 – 26

Conceived by choreographer/artistic director, Otis Sallid, this program will present PHILADANCO, the Philadelphia Dance Company and pay homage to Brown’s music through dance featuring new works by Camille Brown (United States), Ronald K. Brown (United States), Souleymane Badolo (Burkina Faso), Thang Dao (Vietnam), Aakash Odedra (United Kingdom), and Abdel Salaam (United States), among others.  Find out more -  http://www.apollotheater.org/



Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty
New York City Center
October 23 – November 3

For Sleeping Beauty, Bourne return to the music of Tchaikovsky to complete the trio of the composer’s ballet masterworks begun in 1992 with Nutcracker! and in 1995 Swan Lake. Find out more - www.NYCityCenter.org 

Theater for the New City
Butoh artist SU-EN
October 25 - 26

Swedish choreographer and butoh artist SU-EN presents SOOT, …a new solo butoh performance on the theme of blackness.”  Find out more - www.theaterforthenewcity.net



Houston Ballet 
The Joyce Theater
October 22-27

Houston Ballet will feature works by Stanton Welch (the company’s acclaimed artistic director), Mark Morris, Ben Stevenson and Hans van Manen.  Find out more www.joyce.org


The Pearl Special Invitational
The Actors Fund Arts Center
October 26

The Pearl invitational presented by the Actors Fund as part of its Community Arts Festival will include works by Satoshi Haga and Rie Fukuzawa, Maya Johnson, Arthur Prysock, Sekou McMiller, UFO Movement and Kairi Bautista plus more.  Find out more - https://www.store.actorsfund.org/

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