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SOME DANCE THIS WEEK ~

6/9/2014

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Dancing in the Street’s Block Party
Mott Haven
June 14

Dancing in the Streets brings their signature Block Party to Mott Haven curated by Kwikstep, Buddha Stretch and Dancing in the Streets’ Aviva Davidson.  Titled “THE SOUTH BRONX IGNITES,” this six-hour block party celebrates the roots of Bronx culture. The block party will open with Latin music performed by Orlando Marin The Last Mambo King and his orchestra, and end with performances by Living Legends of Hip Hop Stick-E & The Hoods, Melle Mel, Kurtis Blow, Soul Sonic Force & Afrika Bambaataa, and DJ GrandWizzard Theodore, and feature dance performances and a cross-cultural drum circle in between. the hosts are Rokafella and Majesty. Dj: Doc the Blendfreq.  In between performances by legendary Hip Hop and Latin artists, audience members are invited to dance to classic Funk, R&B, Hip Hop, House, Salsa, and more in a rousing Behind the Groove dance party featuring DJs KS360 and DP One and the elite dancers who are Behind the Groove All Stars. Find out more here 

28th Annual Performance Mix Festival
HERE
June 10-14
The festival opens (Tuesday, June 10) with artists Sasha Amaya, Wendell Cooper/Complex Stability, Paloma Ayala, Nicole Bindler, Curt Hayworth and many more.  Discussions, parties and more performances are also a part of the five-day event.  Find out more here 

Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
BAM
June 11-14
Celebrating their 10th anniversary, the company makes its BAM debut under the newly appointed artistic director Alexandra Damiani and associate choreographer Crystal Pite.  Three programs are scheduled and will include works by Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui, Hofesh Shechter, Pite and more.  Find out more here  

ZviDance
New York Live Arts
June 11-14
Israeli-born artistic director Zvi Gotheiner will premiere Surveillance, "...a contemporary dance and multimedia piece that explores the realities behind the surveillance camera,” according to the release.  Find out more here 

Ballet Tech’s Kids Dance
The Joyce Theater
June 12-15      
Eliot Feld’s Kids Dance presents 40+ young performers ages 9 to 14 - in three ballets by Feld; the premiere of Kydzny, set to music by the Raya Brass Band, plus Apple Pie and A Stair Dance.   Find out more here 

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center
June 11- 22
Opening Night celebration includes a free outdoor event where anyone can learn choreography from Ailey’s Revelations, led by former Ailey company members—Nasha Thomas-Schmitt and Renee Robinson.  An inaugural “Ailey Spirit Gala,” which also happens on June 11, will feature performances by students of the school, ancillary programs, plus Ailey II and AAADT.  The honorary chair is Vanessa Williams.  The season includes a yet-to-be titled work and the first collaboration with Robert Moses, Asadata Dafora’s 1932 solo Awassa Astrige/Ostrich, Hans van Manen’s Polish Pieces, David Parsons’ Caught, Wayne McGregor’s Chroma, Ronald K. Brown’s Grace, Bill T. Jones’ D-Man in the Waters (Part 1), Ohad Naharin’s Minus 16, Aszure Barton’s LIFT, and an “Ailey/Ellington” program (Night Creatures, Pas de Duke, The River and Revelations).  Find out more here

Bryn Cohn + Artists
Center for Performance Research (CPR)
June 14-15
Cohn + Artists will present Into the Dark, “…an evening-length exploration into the unknown where fear meets rescue,” according to the release.  Find out more here 

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    I am a performer, historian, consultant and dance writer. I am a Empire State College's online program Center for Distance Learning.  I am also a former faculty member at The Ailey School and the Alvin Ailey/Fordham University dance major program, Hunter College, Sarah Lawrence College (Guest), Kean University and The Joffrey Ballet School's Jazz and Contemporary Trainee Program.  I write on dance for The Amsterdam News, Dance Magazine and various publications.  Click below to read more about me at my home page - "About Me."

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