Stephen Petronio - Photo: Hugo Glendinning Stephen Petronio Company
Joyce Theater
April 8-13
Stephen Petronio Company kicks off its 30th anniversary with two world premieres: Locomotor a full company work with an original score by hip-hop experimentalist Michael Volpe (aka Clams Casino), and Stripped, a solo performed by Petronio set to Philip Glass’s “Étude no. 5” for piano with a visual element by Janine Antoni. Also on the program Strange Attractors (Part I) from 1999, with an original score by Michael Nyman. Guest dancer Melissa Toogood joins the company in Locomotor. Lighting design is by Petronio’s longtime collaborator Ken Tabachnick. Find out more here
American Tap Dance “Rhythm in Motion”
Theater at the 14th Street Y
April 8-12
Rhythm in Motion will feature ten performances over five days, showcasing a combination of young and emerging tap dancers including performances of new works by Michelle Dorrance, Brenda Bufalino, Derick K Grant, Cartier Williams and more. Find out more here
Amanda Loulaki
The Chocolate Factory
April 9-12
Loulaki’s FORESTED, “…flirts with fragmented time, imagery, empty space, non-linear narrative and the extremities of a movement’s physicality,” according to the release. Find out more here
Ailey II
Ailey Citigroup Theater
April 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
Anna Azrieli and Rebecca Brooks
Danspace Project
April 10-12
Three evenings of all new work by New York-based emerging choreographers Azrieli and Brooks. Both Azrieli and Brooks offer trios for their first Danspace commissions. Find out more here
TAKE Dance
Galapagos Art Space
April 10
Artistic Director Takehiro Ueyama will premiere SOMEWHERE FAMILIAR MELODIES, plus there are two more premieres by company Kile Hotchkiss and Brynt Beitman. Find out more here
LeeSaar The Company
Baryshnikov Arts Center’s Howard Gilman Performance Space
Apr 10-11
Choreographers Lee Sher and Saar Harari present the premiere of Princess Crocodile made during their residency at BAC. Find out more here
EMoves 15
Harlem Stage
April 11-12
EMoves returns for the 15th year with 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
boomerang dance
Center for Performance Research Spring Movement Festival
April 12
Gut check, choreographedby Kora Radella in collaboration with performers Matty Davis and Adrian Galvin and text by Will Arbery, “…progresses, stalls, rewinds, and changes directions through a series of ritual-like preparations, verbal miscommunications, and demanding, intimate challenges. The performers' relationship alternately fortifies and corrodes as they pursue their collective and individual journeys,” notes the release. Find out more here
Brinae Ali's Birthday Jam
The Faison Firehouse Theater
April 14
Celebrate with Brinae Ali with performances and a jam session with poets, dancers, vocalists, and musicians. Special guest performance by the Last Poets, Maurice Chestnut, Lloyd Alexander, and more are also slated for this evening of fun and fundraising! Find our more here
SOME MUSIC THIS WEEK ~
Carolina Chocolate Drops with Twyla Tharp
BAM
April 10
Catch the one-night-only event featuring the duet Cornbread Duet by Tharp danced by Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild of New York City Ballet. Find out more here
Joyce Theater
April 8-13
Stephen Petronio Company kicks off its 30th anniversary with two world premieres: Locomotor a full company work with an original score by hip-hop experimentalist Michael Volpe (aka Clams Casino), and Stripped, a solo performed by Petronio set to Philip Glass’s “Étude no. 5” for piano with a visual element by Janine Antoni. Also on the program Strange Attractors (Part I) from 1999, with an original score by Michael Nyman. Guest dancer Melissa Toogood joins the company in Locomotor. Lighting design is by Petronio’s longtime collaborator Ken Tabachnick. Find out more here
American Tap Dance “Rhythm in Motion”
Theater at the 14th Street Y
April 8-12
Rhythm in Motion will feature ten performances over five days, showcasing a combination of young and emerging tap dancers including performances of new works by Michelle Dorrance, Brenda Bufalino, Derick K Grant, Cartier Williams and more. Find out more here
Amanda Loulaki
The Chocolate Factory
April 9-12
Loulaki’s FORESTED, “…flirts with fragmented time, imagery, empty space, non-linear narrative and the extremities of a movement’s physicality,” according to the release. Find out more here
Ailey II
Ailey Citigroup Theater
April 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
Anna Azrieli and Rebecca Brooks
Danspace Project
April 10-12
Three evenings of all new work by New York-based emerging choreographers Azrieli and Brooks. Both Azrieli and Brooks offer trios for their first Danspace commissions. Find out more here
TAKE Dance
Galapagos Art Space
April 10
Artistic Director Takehiro Ueyama will premiere SOMEWHERE FAMILIAR MELODIES, plus there are two more premieres by company Kile Hotchkiss and Brynt Beitman. Find out more here
LeeSaar The Company
Baryshnikov Arts Center’s Howard Gilman Performance Space
Apr 10-11
Choreographers Lee Sher and Saar Harari present the premiere of Princess Crocodile made during their residency at BAC. Find out more here
EMoves 15
Harlem Stage
April 11-12
EMoves returns for the 15th year with 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
boomerang dance
Center for Performance Research Spring Movement Festival
April 12
Gut check, choreographedby Kora Radella in collaboration with performers Matty Davis and Adrian Galvin and text by Will Arbery, “…progresses, stalls, rewinds, and changes directions through a series of ritual-like preparations, verbal miscommunications, and demanding, intimate challenges. The performers' relationship alternately fortifies and corrodes as they pursue their collective and individual journeys,” notes the release. Find out more here
Brinae Ali's Birthday Jam
The Faison Firehouse Theater
April 14
Celebrate with Brinae Ali with performances and a jam session with poets, dancers, vocalists, and musicians. Special guest performance by the Last Poets, Maurice Chestnut, Lloyd Alexander, and more are also slated for this evening of fun and fundraising! Find our more here
SOME MUSIC THIS WEEK ~
Carolina Chocolate Drops with Twyla Tharp
BAM
April 10
Catch the one-night-only event featuring the duet Cornbread Duet by Tharp danced by Tiler Peck and Robert Fairchild of New York City Ballet. Find out more here
Carolina Chocolate Drops - Photo: Michael Wilson
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