Kyle Abraham Kyle Abraham's COUNTERCULTURE
Harlem Stage
May 23
For one-night-only, choreographer, dancer and recipient of the MacArthur Foundation's Genius Grant award, Kyle Abraham will present his Counterculture, a night of music and dancing celebrating street, club and LGBTQ cultures. The evening is billed as “An Exhilarating Night Of Music, Performances, A Dance Battle, And Dance Party Celebrating LGBTQ Cultures.” Counterculture is part of Harlem Stage's "Uptown Nights" series that recalls the time when Harlem served as the location for adventurous music and arts lovers to see and hear cutting-edge artists. In curating this event, Abraham “…channeled the various subcultures that have inspired him throughout his life as a black, gay, hip-hop-loving male who grew up working in record stores and spent much of his nightlife in dance clubs,” notes the release.
Evening’s lineup:
7:00PM MIXER
7:30PM PERFORMANCES
9:30PM DANCE PARTY
Find out more here
STILL RUNNING:
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
NEW THIS WEEK:
PLATFORM 2014: Diary of an Image by DD Dorvillier
Danspace Project
May 21-June 14
New York City and Paris-based choreographer Dorvillier’s month of performances and events accompanied by a Danspace Project publication focuses on her work and practices. Dorvillier has also invited artists closely associated with her work and history: Katerina Andreou, Oren Barnoy, Walter Dundervill, Heather Kravas, Jennifer Lacey, Jennifer Monson, Nibia Pastrana, Sébastien Roux, and Elizabeth Ward to perform solo works of their own in one-night-only performances. Find out more here
Wendell Cooper
LaMama Moves! Festival
May 22, 24, 25
As part of a larger project interrogatimg the performer/audience relationship through an evolving mindfulness methodology, Cooper will lead a pre-show mediation before the shared program with Chase Brock and Chris Masters. Find out more here
Sita Frederick
163rd Street @ Simpson & Southern Blvd and continue in the Casita Maria Theater
May 23
Areytos and Casita Maria presents Frederick’s Why Did the Pollo Cross the Calle? To Get to the Otro Lado... "A new site specific work exploring the limits we internalize, the borders we traverse, and the significance of el pollo, the chicken,” according to the release. Find out more here
DanceAfrica 2014
BAM
May 23-24
DanceAfrica returns to BAM for the 37th year with its traditional Memorial Day weekend of dance, music, film, visual arts, and community events. Under the artistic direction of Baba “Chuck” Davis, DanceAfrica shines a spotlight on Madagascar for the first time. Also included this season is Buffalo-based AACC Dance & Drum Performance Company, Brooklyn’s Asase Yaa African-American Dance Theatre, plus the BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Dance Ensemble. Find out more here
William Isaac’s Kymera Dance
Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Family Auditorium/JCC
May 25-26
Kymera Dance will premiere Isaac's Aperture of Time plus Changes by guest choreographer Amy Hall Garner Find out more here
Tap Attack
Hudson River Park
May 25
The American Tap Dance Foundation’s annual celebration commemorating the birth date of Bill “Bojangles” Robinson (1878-1949), Tap Attack, a free, public, outdoor event will feature open jam sessions plus special appearances by tappers Chloe Arnold (and her company Apt 33), Japan’s Kazu Kumagai, Michela Marino Lerman, Max Pollak, Jason Samuels Smith and ATDF’s Tap City Youth Ensemble. This year marks the 25th anniversary of National Tap Dance Day. Find out more here
Harlem Stage
May 23
For one-night-only, choreographer, dancer and recipient of the MacArthur Foundation's Genius Grant award, Kyle Abraham will present his Counterculture, a night of music and dancing celebrating street, club and LGBTQ cultures. The evening is billed as “An Exhilarating Night Of Music, Performances, A Dance Battle, And Dance Party Celebrating LGBTQ Cultures.” Counterculture is part of Harlem Stage's "Uptown Nights" series that recalls the time when Harlem served as the location for adventurous music and arts lovers to see and hear cutting-edge artists. In curating this event, Abraham “…channeled the various subcultures that have inspired him throughout his life as a black, gay, hip-hop-loving male who grew up working in record stores and spent much of his nightlife in dance clubs,” notes the release.
Evening’s lineup:
7:00PM MIXER
7:30PM PERFORMANCES
9:30PM DANCE PARTY
Find out more here
STILL RUNNING:
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
NEW THIS WEEK:
PLATFORM 2014: Diary of an Image by DD Dorvillier
Danspace Project
May 21-June 14
New York City and Paris-based choreographer Dorvillier’s month of performances and events accompanied by a Danspace Project publication focuses on her work and practices. Dorvillier has also invited artists closely associated with her work and history: Katerina Andreou, Oren Barnoy, Walter Dundervill, Heather Kravas, Jennifer Lacey, Jennifer Monson, Nibia Pastrana, Sébastien Roux, and Elizabeth Ward to perform solo works of their own in one-night-only performances. Find out more here
Wendell Cooper
LaMama Moves! Festival
May 22, 24, 25
As part of a larger project interrogatimg the performer/audience relationship through an evolving mindfulness methodology, Cooper will lead a pre-show mediation before the shared program with Chase Brock and Chris Masters. Find out more here
Sita Frederick
163rd Street @ Simpson & Southern Blvd and continue in the Casita Maria Theater
May 23
Areytos and Casita Maria presents Frederick’s Why Did the Pollo Cross the Calle? To Get to the Otro Lado... "A new site specific work exploring the limits we internalize, the borders we traverse, and the significance of el pollo, the chicken,” according to the release. Find out more here
DanceAfrica 2014
BAM
May 23-24
DanceAfrica returns to BAM for the 37th year with its traditional Memorial Day weekend of dance, music, film, visual arts, and community events. Under the artistic direction of Baba “Chuck” Davis, DanceAfrica shines a spotlight on Madagascar for the first time. Also included this season is Buffalo-based AACC Dance & Drum Performance Company, Brooklyn’s Asase Yaa African-American Dance Theatre, plus the BAM/Restoration DanceAfrica Dance Ensemble. Find out more here
William Isaac’s Kymera Dance
Goldman-Sonnenfeldt Family Auditorium/JCC
May 25-26
Kymera Dance will premiere Isaac's Aperture of Time plus Changes by guest choreographer Amy Hall Garner Find out more here
Tap Attack
Hudson River Park
May 25
The American Tap Dance Foundation’s annual celebration commemorating the birth date of Bill “Bojangles” Robinson (1878-1949), Tap Attack, a free, public, outdoor event will feature open jam sessions plus special appearances by tappers Chloe Arnold (and her company Apt 33), Japan’s Kazu Kumagai, Michela Marino Lerman, Max Pollak, Jason Samuels Smith and ATDF’s Tap City Youth Ensemble. This year marks the 25th anniversary of National Tap Dance Day. Find out more here
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