DTH's Ingrid Silva, Ashley Murphy, and Jenelle Figgins Photo: Rachel Neville Dance Theatre of Harlem
Jazz at Lincoln Center
April 23-24
Returning to Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall for their second season and celebrating their 45th anniversary, Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) brings the premiere of past-carry-forward by Thaddeus Davis and Tanya Wideman Davis, and Dancing On The Front Porch of Heaven (1993) by Ulysses Dove. The New York premiere is the classic Pas de Dix From Raymonda by Marius Petipa, originally staged for DTH by Frederick Franklin. Returning are Robert Garland’s New Bach, Gloria, and Return, plus Donald Byrd’s Contested Space, and the Black Swan Pas de Deux restaged by Anna-Marie Holmes after Marius Petipa and Nicholas Sergeyev. This second season is not to be missed! Find out more here
Levi Gonzalez
The Chocolate Factory
April 23-26
Gonzalez will present The Craft Of The Father a work that looks “…inward into the body and its internal structures – the nerves, the organs, the fluids, the bones – and uses those structures as a framework for creating the multi-layered components of performance," according to the release. Find our more here
Ballet Preljocaj
Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater
April 23-27
Preljocaj’s production of Snow White which "...draws upon the Brothers Grimm telling of the story, rather than the 1937 Disney animated film," according to the release, and is jam-packed with over the top costumes by Jean Paul Gaultier. Find out more here
Laure Prouvost
Danspace Project
April 24-25
The U.K.-based and French-born multimedia artist Prouvost brings From the Sky, the first U.S. performance guest-curated by Walker Art Center Senior Curator Fionn Meade. Find out more here
Panel: Arthur Aviles +
92nd Street Y
April 25
Aviles, James Waring and Aileen Passloff are guests for Dance Lineage: part of the 92nd Street Y’s Fridays at Noon series. They will share their histories and knowledge about passing on information on dance. Tickets to this event are free, and the event is now being streamed live. Find out more here
The American Tap Dance Foundation “Tap Talks/Tap Film series” – Tap and Vaudeville!
American Tap Dance Center in lower Manhattan
April 25
Join Hank Smith, Tony Waag and others to view some videos, share some personal stories and lead an open discussion around tap dance and the golden age of vaudeville (past AND present). Find out more here
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Peridance Capezio Theater
April 26-April 27
To celebrate their 25th Anniversary the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company will have live accompaniment from longtime collaborators Joan La Barbara, The Ahn Trio playing music by Kenji Bunch, world percussionist Glen Velez, and The Prism Saxophone Quartet playing music by Chen Yi for the World Premiere of Nai-Ni's Not Alone. Find out more here
Jazz at Lincoln Center
April 23-24
Returning to Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Frederick P. Rose Hall for their second season and celebrating their 45th anniversary, Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) brings the premiere of past-carry-forward by Thaddeus Davis and Tanya Wideman Davis, and Dancing On The Front Porch of Heaven (1993) by Ulysses Dove. The New York premiere is the classic Pas de Dix From Raymonda by Marius Petipa, originally staged for DTH by Frederick Franklin. Returning are Robert Garland’s New Bach, Gloria, and Return, plus Donald Byrd’s Contested Space, and the Black Swan Pas de Deux restaged by Anna-Marie Holmes after Marius Petipa and Nicholas Sergeyev. This second season is not to be missed! Find out more here
Levi Gonzalez
The Chocolate Factory
April 23-26
Gonzalez will present The Craft Of The Father a work that looks “…inward into the body and its internal structures – the nerves, the organs, the fluids, the bones – and uses those structures as a framework for creating the multi-layered components of performance," according to the release. Find our more here
Ballet Preljocaj
Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater
April 23-27
Preljocaj’s production of Snow White which "...draws upon the Brothers Grimm telling of the story, rather than the 1937 Disney animated film," according to the release, and is jam-packed with over the top costumes by Jean Paul Gaultier. Find out more here
Laure Prouvost
Danspace Project
April 24-25
The U.K.-based and French-born multimedia artist Prouvost brings From the Sky, the first U.S. performance guest-curated by Walker Art Center Senior Curator Fionn Meade. Find out more here
Panel: Arthur Aviles +
92nd Street Y
April 25
Aviles, James Waring and Aileen Passloff are guests for Dance Lineage: part of the 92nd Street Y’s Fridays at Noon series. They will share their histories and knowledge about passing on information on dance. Tickets to this event are free, and the event is now being streamed live. Find out more here
The American Tap Dance Foundation “Tap Talks/Tap Film series” – Tap and Vaudeville!
American Tap Dance Center in lower Manhattan
April 25
Join Hank Smith, Tony Waag and others to view some videos, share some personal stories and lead an open discussion around tap dance and the golden age of vaudeville (past AND present). Find out more here
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Peridance Capezio Theater
April 26-April 27
To celebrate their 25th Anniversary the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company will have live accompaniment from longtime collaborators Joan La Barbara, The Ahn Trio playing music by Kenji Bunch, world percussionist Glen Velez, and The Prism Saxophone Quartet playing music by Chen Yi for the World Premiere of Nai-Ni's Not Alone. Find out more here
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