Saúl Ulerio Saúl Ulerio
New York Live Arts
April 4-5
Ulerio, as part of the Studio Series, will premiere transcendental preparatory exercise no. 6 “while in a vigil through pastoral antiquity, so the forest trembles,” a work about “…rhythm, harmony and destruction, transcendental preparatory…represents a return to the history of theater, revisiting its dramaturgical evolution from Greek Drama to Wagner’s operas,” according to the release. Find out more here
Ailey II
Ailey Citigroup Theater
April 2-6 & 9-13
For his second season as artistic director, Troy Powell and Ailey II returns with two programs of premieres and returning works. Premieres are: Alchemies by Adam Barruch, Cuore Sott’olio (“heart submerged in oil”) by Katarzyna Skarpetowska, and Wings by Jennifer Archibald. Returning works are: Alvin Ailey’s Streams (1970), artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Robert Battle’s We (2010), Benoit Swan Pouffer’s Rusty (2012) and Amy Hall Garner’s Virtues (2012). Find out more here
PENTACLE GALLERY SHOWCASE
Dixon Place
April 2-3
Members of the Pentacle Gallery BARKIN/SELISSEN PROJECT, Jessica Gaynor Dance, LCTC/Lorraine Chapman The Company, Helen Simoneau Danse, white road Dance Media, and Bill Young/ Colleen Thomas & Co will present current works. Find out more here
luciana achugar
New York Live Arts
April 2-5
achugar will perform her latest evening-length solo work OTRO TEATRO “…exploring the concept of ritual [as part of her]…current search for another kind of theater; a ritual of becoming; an occasion for communion,” according to the release. Find out more here
EMoves 15
Harlem Stage
April 4-5 & 11-12
EMoves returns for the 15th year premiere works by E-merging choreographers (Maria Bauman, Rashida Bumbray, Rie Fukuzawa, Desiree Godsell, Damani Pompey and Christopher Rudd) and E-volving choreographers (David Fernandez and Stefanie Batten Bland). Find out more here
EDWARD HENKEL’S MovementTalks
92nd Street Y
April 4
HENKEL’S MovementTalks: Growing Into Plot Engine: Opera Dance Takes On A New Role will bring together guests David Kneuss, executive stage director at the Metropolitan Opera and prominent (opera), choreographers Doug Varone and Carolyn Choa to talk about the significant role that dance can play in amplifying the universal themes of grand opera. Find out more here
Food for Thought
Danspace Project
April 3-5
Curators Catherine Galasso (Thursday), Benjamin Kimitch (Friday), and Caleb Hammons (Saturday) bring artists together for Danspace Project's semi-annual benefit series- Food for Thought. All food proceeds support St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery's food distribution programs. Find out more here
Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet
City Center Studio 5
April 4-5
See new works by Constantine Baecher and Magloire. The evening will feature dancers, pianist, violinist, and sopranos. Find out more here
Conversations Without Walls: Prelude to an Image: diagrams of the sonic
The Parish Hall at St. Mark's Church - Danspace Project
April 5
This conversation will be moderated by Jenn Joy with panelists Miguel Gutierrez, Fionn Meade and Mika Tajima. Guests will respond to questions such as How do the invisible strains of sound, of noise, of music, inhabit the spaces and compositions of dance? Or What other apparitions haunt these many sonic terrains? The conversation will be livestreamed at www.danspaceproject.org/live RSVP recommended. Find out more here
Performing Medicine
The New York Academy of Medicine
April 5
Take part in exploring the interrelationships of medicine, health, and the performing arts with a day-long festival of actors, dancers, doctors, and musicians headed by Pamela Quinn and David Leventhal Find out more here
Various Artists
Movement Research at the Judson Church
April 7
Don’t miss this free, ongoing, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress with Ivy Baldwin, Marina Colomina, LEIMAY: Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya, Ni'Ja Whitson Find out more here
SOME MUSIC THIS WEEK?
Africa Now! Festival
The Apollo Theater & World Music Institute
April 2-6
This four–day music festival spotlights some of today’s best musicians in the African music scene including Malian songstress Fatoumata Diawara; Senegalese trio Les Frères Guissé; and reggae/Afrobeat collective Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars and more. Find out more here
New York Live Arts
April 4-5
Ulerio, as part of the Studio Series, will premiere transcendental preparatory exercise no. 6 “while in a vigil through pastoral antiquity, so the forest trembles,” a work about “…rhythm, harmony and destruction, transcendental preparatory…represents a return to the history of theater, revisiting its dramaturgical evolution from Greek Drama to Wagner’s operas,” according to the release. Find out more here
Ailey II
Ailey Citigroup Theater
April 2-6 & 9-13
For his second season as artistic director, Troy Powell and Ailey II returns with two programs of premieres and returning works. Premieres are: Alchemies by Adam Barruch, Cuore Sott’olio (“heart submerged in oil”) by Katarzyna Skarpetowska, and Wings by Jennifer Archibald. Returning works are: Alvin Ailey’s Streams (1970), artistic director of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Robert Battle’s We (2010), Benoit Swan Pouffer’s Rusty (2012) and Amy Hall Garner’s Virtues (2012). Find out more here
PENTACLE GALLERY SHOWCASE
Dixon Place
April 2-3
Members of the Pentacle Gallery BARKIN/SELISSEN PROJECT, Jessica Gaynor Dance, LCTC/Lorraine Chapman The Company, Helen Simoneau Danse, white road Dance Media, and Bill Young/ Colleen Thomas & Co will present current works. Find out more here
luciana achugar
New York Live Arts
April 2-5
achugar will perform her latest evening-length solo work OTRO TEATRO “…exploring the concept of ritual [as part of her]…current search for another kind of theater; a ritual of becoming; an occasion for communion,” according to the release. Find out more here
EMoves 15
Harlem Stage
April 4-5 & 11-12
EMoves returns for the 15th year premiere works by E-merging choreographers (Maria Bauman, Rashida Bumbray, Rie Fukuzawa, Desiree Godsell, Damani Pompey and Christopher Rudd) and E-volving choreographers (David Fernandez and Stefanie Batten Bland). Find out more here
EDWARD HENKEL’S MovementTalks
92nd Street Y
April 4
HENKEL’S MovementTalks: Growing Into Plot Engine: Opera Dance Takes On A New Role will bring together guests David Kneuss, executive stage director at the Metropolitan Opera and prominent (opera), choreographers Doug Varone and Carolyn Choa to talk about the significant role that dance can play in amplifying the universal themes of grand opera. Find out more here
Food for Thought
Danspace Project
April 3-5
Curators Catherine Galasso (Thursday), Benjamin Kimitch (Friday), and Caleb Hammons (Saturday) bring artists together for Danspace Project's semi-annual benefit series- Food for Thought. All food proceeds support St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery's food distribution programs. Find out more here
Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet
City Center Studio 5
April 4-5
See new works by Constantine Baecher and Magloire. The evening will feature dancers, pianist, violinist, and sopranos. Find out more here
Conversations Without Walls: Prelude to an Image: diagrams of the sonic
The Parish Hall at St. Mark's Church - Danspace Project
April 5
This conversation will be moderated by Jenn Joy with panelists Miguel Gutierrez, Fionn Meade and Mika Tajima. Guests will respond to questions such as How do the invisible strains of sound, of noise, of music, inhabit the spaces and compositions of dance? Or What other apparitions haunt these many sonic terrains? The conversation will be livestreamed at www.danspaceproject.org/live RSVP recommended. Find out more here
Performing Medicine
The New York Academy of Medicine
April 5
Take part in exploring the interrelationships of medicine, health, and the performing arts with a day-long festival of actors, dancers, doctors, and musicians headed by Pamela Quinn and David Leventhal Find out more here
Various Artists
Movement Research at the Judson Church
April 7
Don’t miss this free, ongoing, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress with Ivy Baldwin, Marina Colomina, LEIMAY: Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya, Ni'Ja Whitson Find out more here
SOME MUSIC THIS WEEK?
Africa Now! Festival
The Apollo Theater & World Music Institute
April 2-6
This four–day music festival spotlights some of today’s best musicians in the African music scene including Malian songstress Fatoumata Diawara; Senegalese trio Les Frères Guissé; and reggae/Afrobeat collective Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars and more. Find out more here
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