Sidra Bell Dance - Photo: David Flores Sidra Bell Dance
Baruch Performing Arts Center
May 8-18
For the New York premiere of “…material world .... Bell’s latest evening length events attempt to rescue the individual by constructing two new worlds that navigate popular zeitgeists. Conceived through materials, K I N G D O M and garment use small performance ceremonies to observe antiquation, literacy, transfiguration, and reformation,” according to the release. The performers are: Jonathan Campbell, Austin Diaz, Alexandra Johnson, Rebecca Margolick, & Mikey Morado. Find out more here
See Vimeo clips below:
K I N G D O M
garment
STILL RUNNING:
DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance and Ideas
New York City-Wide
May 1-18
The three-week series centered on contemporary dance continues with the U.S. premieres by Cédric Andrieux and Christophe Ives, Cecilia Bengolea and François Chaignaud, the late Alain Buffard, Ashley Chen, Emmanuelle Huynh, Latifa Laâbissi, Maud Le Pladec (NY premiere), Lyon Opera Ballet, Frédéric Nauczyciel, Thierry Thieû Niang, Pierre Rigal, Christian Rizzo, Edmond Russo and Shlomi Tuizer (Affari Esteri), Claudia Triozzi, Annie Vigier and Franck Apertet (les gens d’Uterpan), and David Wampach. The series is presented by The Cultural Services of the French Embassy. Find out more here
Francesca Harper
Susan Batson Studio Theater
May 2-18
Harper celebrates the life of her mother Denise Jefferson (1944–2010) in The Look of Feeling true stories told through dance and song. Find out more here
NEW THIS WEEK:
THE BOOGIE DOWN DANCE SERIES
The Bronx Academy of Art & Dance
May 3-31
This annual festival features “home grown” dances from the Bronx including works by Esteban Arana & Leticia Pliego, Renardo Domeico-Grays VISIONS Contemporary Ballet, Sage Rivera, Awilda Rodríguez-Lora, and many more. Find out more here
binbinFactory / Satoshi Haga & Rie Fukuzawa,
La MaMa
May 7
Miki Orihara curates and hosts an evening of dance – La MaMa Moves: Dancing for Japan 2014 - Earthquake / Tsunami Relief Benefit Concert, in support of those in need. Others on the program are: TAKE Dance, Megumi Eda, Abarukas, Masumi Kishimoto, Daisuke Omiya, Kensaku Shinohara, Haruka Tamura. Find out more here
Lyon Opera Ballet
BAM
May 7-9
For their return trip to BAM, and as part of DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance and Ideas, Lyon Opera Ballet brings the US premiere of Christian Rizzo’s ni fleurs and ni ford-mustang. Find out more here
newsteps
Chen Dance Center
May 8-10
Emerging artists: Sheena Annalise, Magic Distefano, Mishi Castroverde, Siobhan Lawless, Caitlyn Johansen will present works as part of Chen Dance Center’s newsteps choreographers series. Find out more here
Melinda Ring
The Kitchen
May 8-17
“A triptych composed of two durational performances and an evening-length dance, [Ring’s] Forgetful Snow investigates the transcendent possibilities of body and mind,” according to the release. Find out more here
JOYCE UNLEASHED: A COLLECTION OF THREE ARTISTS THROUGHOUT NYC
zoe|juniper at 3-Legged Dog Art & Technology Center
SuperGroup and Laurie Berg at Invisible Dog Art Center
MAY 8 – 17
The Joyce Theater’ Joyce Unleashed presents Seattle-based zoe | juniper performing BEGINAGAIN at 3-Legged Dog Art & Technology Center; NYC-based Laurie Berg’s The Afterlife and Minneapolis-based SuperGroup’s The Tent Has Been Pulled Down at Brooklyn’s Invisible Dog Art Center. Find out more here
Rashaun Mitchell
New York Live Arts
May 9-10
As part of the Studio Series Mitchell’s newest work (shown as a work in progress of a piece scheduled to premiere in spring 2015) “…is an exploration of the invisible, lost memories and entanglements of culture through four distinct solos,” according to the release. Find our more here
David Appel
Emily Harvey Foundation
May 9-10
Appel premieres The World is Spinning (and so are we), a new collection of short small group pieces, “…which in the past have ranged from 38 seconds to 8-1/2 minutes long are most immediately “about” how the dancers—individually and collectively—wield their abilities to manifest, play through fluidly, and enliven the progression of each one,” according to the release. Find out more here
JP Dance Group
The Riverside Theater
May 9-10
The JP (Julie Petrusak) Dance Group offers the world premiere of Petrusak’s 99 for their season. Joining JP Dance Group with special performances are Germaul Barnes/Viewsic Expressions Dance and ACB Dance Company. Find out more here
Peter Kyle Dance
Triskelion Arts
May 9-11
In the premiere of Move-Remove Kyle explores “…the simple act of adding and subtracting elements …[bringing]…new awareness to what is both seen and unseen,” according to the release. Find out more here
David Bolger - Coiscéim Dance Theatre
The Kasser Theater – Peak Performances - Montclair State University
May 10-11
From Ireland’s Coiscéim Dance Theatre, Bolger brings Swimming With My Mother a duet for himself and his 80 year-old mother Madge which “…tells the story of a boy who learns life-long lessons from his mother, a swimming coach…” according to the release. Find out more here
May 10-11
Ailey
NJPAC
The company returns with programs that include some of its newest works as well as classics including Ailey’s Revelations. Find out more here
Baruch Performing Arts Center
May 8-18
For the New York premiere of “…material world .... Bell’s latest evening length events attempt to rescue the individual by constructing two new worlds that navigate popular zeitgeists. Conceived through materials, K I N G D O M and garment use small performance ceremonies to observe antiquation, literacy, transfiguration, and reformation,” according to the release. The performers are: Jonathan Campbell, Austin Diaz, Alexandra Johnson, Rebecca Margolick, & Mikey Morado. Find out more here
See Vimeo clips below:
K I N G D O M
garment
STILL RUNNING:
DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance and Ideas
New York City-Wide
May 1-18
The three-week series centered on contemporary dance continues with the U.S. premieres by Cédric Andrieux and Christophe Ives, Cecilia Bengolea and François Chaignaud, the late Alain Buffard, Ashley Chen, Emmanuelle Huynh, Latifa Laâbissi, Maud Le Pladec (NY premiere), Lyon Opera Ballet, Frédéric Nauczyciel, Thierry Thieû Niang, Pierre Rigal, Christian Rizzo, Edmond Russo and Shlomi Tuizer (Affari Esteri), Claudia Triozzi, Annie Vigier and Franck Apertet (les gens d’Uterpan), and David Wampach. The series is presented by The Cultural Services of the French Embassy. Find out more here
Francesca Harper
Susan Batson Studio Theater
May 2-18
Harper celebrates the life of her mother Denise Jefferson (1944–2010) in The Look of Feeling true stories told through dance and song. Find out more here
NEW THIS WEEK:
THE BOOGIE DOWN DANCE SERIES
The Bronx Academy of Art & Dance
May 3-31
This annual festival features “home grown” dances from the Bronx including works by Esteban Arana & Leticia Pliego, Renardo Domeico-Grays VISIONS Contemporary Ballet, Sage Rivera, Awilda Rodríguez-Lora, and many more. Find out more here
binbinFactory / Satoshi Haga & Rie Fukuzawa,
La MaMa
May 7
Miki Orihara curates and hosts an evening of dance – La MaMa Moves: Dancing for Japan 2014 - Earthquake / Tsunami Relief Benefit Concert, in support of those in need. Others on the program are: TAKE Dance, Megumi Eda, Abarukas, Masumi Kishimoto, Daisuke Omiya, Kensaku Shinohara, Haruka Tamura. Find out more here
Lyon Opera Ballet
BAM
May 7-9
For their return trip to BAM, and as part of DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance and Ideas, Lyon Opera Ballet brings the US premiere of Christian Rizzo’s ni fleurs and ni ford-mustang. Find out more here
newsteps
Chen Dance Center
May 8-10
Emerging artists: Sheena Annalise, Magic Distefano, Mishi Castroverde, Siobhan Lawless, Caitlyn Johansen will present works as part of Chen Dance Center’s newsteps choreographers series. Find out more here
Melinda Ring
The Kitchen
May 8-17
“A triptych composed of two durational performances and an evening-length dance, [Ring’s] Forgetful Snow investigates the transcendent possibilities of body and mind,” according to the release. Find out more here
JOYCE UNLEASHED: A COLLECTION OF THREE ARTISTS THROUGHOUT NYC
zoe|juniper at 3-Legged Dog Art & Technology Center
SuperGroup and Laurie Berg at Invisible Dog Art Center
MAY 8 – 17
The Joyce Theater’ Joyce Unleashed presents Seattle-based zoe | juniper performing BEGINAGAIN at 3-Legged Dog Art & Technology Center; NYC-based Laurie Berg’s The Afterlife and Minneapolis-based SuperGroup’s The Tent Has Been Pulled Down at Brooklyn’s Invisible Dog Art Center. Find out more here
Rashaun Mitchell
New York Live Arts
May 9-10
As part of the Studio Series Mitchell’s newest work (shown as a work in progress of a piece scheduled to premiere in spring 2015) “…is an exploration of the invisible, lost memories and entanglements of culture through four distinct solos,” according to the release. Find our more here
David Appel
Emily Harvey Foundation
May 9-10
Appel premieres The World is Spinning (and so are we), a new collection of short small group pieces, “…which in the past have ranged from 38 seconds to 8-1/2 minutes long are most immediately “about” how the dancers—individually and collectively—wield their abilities to manifest, play through fluidly, and enliven the progression of each one,” according to the release. Find out more here
JP Dance Group
The Riverside Theater
May 9-10
The JP (Julie Petrusak) Dance Group offers the world premiere of Petrusak’s 99 for their season. Joining JP Dance Group with special performances are Germaul Barnes/Viewsic Expressions Dance and ACB Dance Company. Find out more here
Peter Kyle Dance
Triskelion Arts
May 9-11
In the premiere of Move-Remove Kyle explores “…the simple act of adding and subtracting elements …[bringing]…new awareness to what is both seen and unseen,” according to the release. Find out more here
David Bolger - Coiscéim Dance Theatre
The Kasser Theater – Peak Performances - Montclair State University
May 10-11
From Ireland’s Coiscéim Dance Theatre, Bolger brings Swimming With My Mother a duet for himself and his 80 year-old mother Madge which “…tells the story of a boy who learns life-long lessons from his mother, a swimming coach…” according to the release. Find out more here
May 10-11
Ailey
NJPAC
The company returns with programs that include some of its newest works as well as classics including Ailey’s Revelations. Find out more here
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