The Joyce Theater
October 29 – November 3
Celebrating their tenth anniversary KEIGWIN + COMPANY, under artistic director Larry Keigwin, returns to The Joyce Theater with the premieres of Canvas and Girls, and from the repertory, Mattress Suite (2003) and Natural Selection (2004). Four dancers from New York City Ballet: principals Tiler Peck, Robbie Fairchild, and Daniel Ulbricht, plus soloist Lauren Lovette will join seven dancers from Keigwin + Company in Canvas on opening night. Find out more – www.joyce.org
Bill T. Jones & Gregory Vuyani Maqoma
National Black Theatre
October 29
651 ARTS partners with Dr. Barbara Ann Teer's National Black Theatre (NBT) to present a conversation on history, memory, and the creative process with acclaimed dance artists Bill T. Jones and Gregory Vuyani Maqoma. The moderator is NBT’s CEO, Sade Lythcott. Find out more www.651arts.org
American Ballet Theater
David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center
October 30 – November 10
Misty Copeland returns to ABT in works by George Balanchine, Mark Morris and Twlya Tharp. For more information visit www.abt.org
Gregory Vuyani Maqoma
Kumble Theatre
November 1 – 2
651 ARTS presents Exit/Exist choreographed by South African artist Gregory Maqoma with South African vocal ensemble Complete and world-fusion guitarist Giuliano Modarelli. Find out more – www.651arts.org
Wendy Jehlen
Triskelion Arts
November 1 – 2
The Anikaya Dance Theater presents Wendy Jehlen in a solo performance of Lilith the story of the first woman who “…rebelled against Adam and fled Eden,” according to the press release. Find out more www.triskelionarts.org
Savion Glover
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College
November 2
Glover and an ensemble of dancers bring his newest work STePz to Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College. Find out more - www.BrooklynCenterOnline.org
boomerang
John Ryan Theater, Brooklyn
November 1 – 3
As part of the 2013 Wave Rising Series, the three who make up boomerang - Kora Radella, Matty Davis and Adrian Galvin - will present Gut check described in the press release as “…a journey...[that]...progresses, stalls, rewinds, and changes directions through a series of ritual-like preparations, verbal miscommunications, and demanding, intimate challenges.” Find out more - www.boomerangdance.com
Brice Mousset/OUI Danse, Emery LeCrone & Dancers, Celli Contemporary Ballet
Peridance
November 2 – 3
As part of the Peridance Presents series, these three companies share one weekend. Find out more – www.peridance.com
BAAD! The Bronx Academy of Arts & Dance
New Space in Westchester Square
November 2 – 22
The 2013 Blaktina Performance Series at BAAD! opens their fall season with a Dance Tribute to Whitney Houston and much more. Find out more - www.BronxAcademyofArtsAndDance.org.
MATTHEW BOURNE’S SLEEPING BEAUTY
New York City Center
October 23 – November 3
Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, in a limited engagement, premieres at City Center with a “…new scenario introduc[ing] several characters not seen in the fairy tale or in [Marius] Petipa’s famous ballet,” notes the press release. Find out more - www.NYCityCenter.org