Kyle Abraham and NYCB's Taylor Stanley Photo: Erin Baiano. Kyle Abraham @ New York City Ballet + A.I.M.
September 27 – 28 & October 4 & 6 (NYCB) – David H. Koch Theater
September 29 – October 1 (A.I.M.) The Joyce Theater
For NYCB, Abraham, the only African American choreographer to create a work on the ballet company in over a decade will premiere The Runaway. The work, writes Terry Trucco for Playbill, “…began with a playlist he created after watching Company class. A classically trained musician, he selected “music that would shake things up,” including jazz standards, hip hop, contemporary compositions, and obscure electronica. In the studio, his pulsating playlist often served as a mood backdrop as he choreographed. He didn’t finalize his score until he could see how different pieces spoke to the way the dancers were moving.” Almost overlapping engagements, Abraham’s company A.I.M will be a part of NY Quadrille with the very intimate Dearest Home (2017). Find out more here & here
Satellite Collective
BAM Fischer space
September 14 – October 7
Satellite Collective continues their run of Echo & Narcissus “…a vocal and hand projected performance - an aria to illuminate the unrest and discord of our moment,” with original music for a seven piece chamber and jazz orchestra and live performance by vocalists,” notes the release. Find out more here
NY Quadrille/Various Artists
The Joyce Theater
September 24 – October 13
For this season’s NY Quadrille, curated choreographer Lar Lubovitch, the three-week engagement features works by John Jasperse Projects, Kyle Abraham’s A.I.M, former Merce Cunningham dancers Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener, Donna Uchizono Company, and Beth Gill. Find out more here
Claudia Rankine, Will Rawls and John Lucas
Danspace Project
September 25 – 29
This trio have come together in What Remains “…through movement, language, and video…inviting us across the threshold of a historical void, creating an immersive environment from the idea of an entombed imagination, and responding to violence and disappearance with a resonant, ghostly chorus,” according to the release. What Remains is performed by Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste, Leslie Cuyjet, Jessica Pretty, and Tara Aisha Willis. Find out more here
DanceNow Festival Encore
Joe’s Pub
September 27
For the 2018 DanceNow Festival ENCORE!, the one-night-only performance where 10 choreographers/companies were selected by the DANCE NOW producers for having most successfully met the DANCE NOW Challenge: to create a clear and complete artistic statement in five minutes or less for the specifics of the stage at Joe’s Pub, the lineup includes: Chelsea Ainsworth + Doron Perk, Tsiambwom M. Akuchu, Satoshi Haga and Rie Fukuzawa, Jamal Jackson Dance Company, Loni Landon Dance Project, Kate Weare Company, Nicole Wolcott and more. This year’s Challenge winner is Brendan Drake. As the Challenge winner, Drake will receive a $1,500 stipend and a weeklong creative residency at DANCE NOW Silo on Kirkland Farm in Bucks County, PA. Find out more here
Eryc Taylor Dance
Howl! Happening
September 27
Eryc Taylor Dance will present two repertory works Song for Cello and Piano (2016) and Grand Duo (2016 - excerpt), the artist Chris Tanner’s “Here’s Looking at You,” an exhibition of paintings and drawings created over the last decade is on view through September 30, also at Howl!. Find out more here
Boris Charmatz
NYU Skirball
September 27 – 28
NYU Skirball and the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)’s Crossing The Line Festival 2018 presents Charmatz’s “…24-strong ensemble of dancers perform, in succession, 10000 gestures, each is unique, not to be repeated, and evaporates as soon as it is completed. Alluding to the ephemeral nature of dance, Charmatz’s work—which is set to Mozart’s Requiem,” according to the release. Find out more here
Soaking Wet – Various Artists
West End Theater
September 27 – 30
The Soaking WET dance series, curated by Jeff Kazin and David Parker, opens its 2018-19 season with two programs: Program A features Deborah Lohse in Star Crossed, Dances for Lovers,” and Program B, which will be shared by Beyond the Bang Group, members past and present of The Bang Group. Find out more here
September 27 – 28 & October 4 & 6 (NYCB) – David H. Koch Theater
September 29 – October 1 (A.I.M.) The Joyce Theater
For NYCB, Abraham, the only African American choreographer to create a work on the ballet company in over a decade will premiere The Runaway. The work, writes Terry Trucco for Playbill, “…began with a playlist he created after watching Company class. A classically trained musician, he selected “music that would shake things up,” including jazz standards, hip hop, contemporary compositions, and obscure electronica. In the studio, his pulsating playlist often served as a mood backdrop as he choreographed. He didn’t finalize his score until he could see how different pieces spoke to the way the dancers were moving.” Almost overlapping engagements, Abraham’s company A.I.M will be a part of NY Quadrille with the very intimate Dearest Home (2017). Find out more here & here
Satellite Collective
BAM Fischer space
September 14 – October 7
Satellite Collective continues their run of Echo & Narcissus “…a vocal and hand projected performance - an aria to illuminate the unrest and discord of our moment,” with original music for a seven piece chamber and jazz orchestra and live performance by vocalists,” notes the release. Find out more here
NY Quadrille/Various Artists
The Joyce Theater
September 24 – October 13
For this season’s NY Quadrille, curated choreographer Lar Lubovitch, the three-week engagement features works by John Jasperse Projects, Kyle Abraham’s A.I.M, former Merce Cunningham dancers Rashaun Mitchell + Silas Riener, Donna Uchizono Company, and Beth Gill. Find out more here
Claudia Rankine, Will Rawls and John Lucas
Danspace Project
September 25 – 29
This trio have come together in What Remains “…through movement, language, and video…inviting us across the threshold of a historical void, creating an immersive environment from the idea of an entombed imagination, and responding to violence and disappearance with a resonant, ghostly chorus,” according to the release. What Remains is performed by Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste, Leslie Cuyjet, Jessica Pretty, and Tara Aisha Willis. Find out more here
DanceNow Festival Encore
Joe’s Pub
September 27
For the 2018 DanceNow Festival ENCORE!, the one-night-only performance where 10 choreographers/companies were selected by the DANCE NOW producers for having most successfully met the DANCE NOW Challenge: to create a clear and complete artistic statement in five minutes or less for the specifics of the stage at Joe’s Pub, the lineup includes: Chelsea Ainsworth + Doron Perk, Tsiambwom M. Akuchu, Satoshi Haga and Rie Fukuzawa, Jamal Jackson Dance Company, Loni Landon Dance Project, Kate Weare Company, Nicole Wolcott and more. This year’s Challenge winner is Brendan Drake. As the Challenge winner, Drake will receive a $1,500 stipend and a weeklong creative residency at DANCE NOW Silo on Kirkland Farm in Bucks County, PA. Find out more here
Eryc Taylor Dance
Howl! Happening
September 27
Eryc Taylor Dance will present two repertory works Song for Cello and Piano (2016) and Grand Duo (2016 - excerpt), the artist Chris Tanner’s “Here’s Looking at You,” an exhibition of paintings and drawings created over the last decade is on view through September 30, also at Howl!. Find out more here
Boris Charmatz
NYU Skirball
September 27 – 28
NYU Skirball and the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)’s Crossing The Line Festival 2018 presents Charmatz’s “…24-strong ensemble of dancers perform, in succession, 10000 gestures, each is unique, not to be repeated, and evaporates as soon as it is completed. Alluding to the ephemeral nature of dance, Charmatz’s work—which is set to Mozart’s Requiem,” according to the release. Find out more here
Soaking Wet – Various Artists
West End Theater
September 27 – 30
The Soaking WET dance series, curated by Jeff Kazin and David Parker, opens its 2018-19 season with two programs: Program A features Deborah Lohse in Star Crossed, Dances for Lovers,” and Program B, which will be shared by Beyond the Bang Group, members past and present of The Bang Group. Find out more here
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