Monson's iLAND Jennifer Monson & Other Artists
Danspaceproject
September 23-October 1
Don’t miss the second week of iLAND: in tow (premiere) where every night is a different experience for audiences and performers. Begun in 2013 by Jennifer Monson, “…in tow is an ongoing performance research project bringing together 10 artists from 4 different decades. in tow straddles location, discipline, and aesthetic to create an evolving working process driven by what each artist brings to it. The performance itself is a site for destabilizing the familiar, testing new ground, defining difference, and creating a shared practice that resonates with layers of experience, points of view, and perspective,” notes the release. Monson writes, "I was curious about how revisiting how the long-term creative partnerships I formed in the mid '80s in NYC with DD Dorvillier, Zeena Parkins, and David Zambrano could activate and reimagine experimental relationships with new artists from other geographies and generations." Choreographer Monson and musician Susan Becker created this collaborative evening with DD Dorvillier, Niall Jones, Alice MacDonald, Carol Mullings (lights), Valerie Oliveiro, Zeena Parkins, nibia pastrana Santiago, Angie Pittman, Rose Kaczmarowski and David Zambrano. Find out more here
Bruno Isaković
LaMama
September 29–October 2
La MaMa, in association with the 2016 Queer New York International Arts Festival, will present the U.S. premiere of Croatian choreographer Isaković’s Denuded an “…exploration of the relationship between the breath and physical tension, and the ways in which they permeate the body in each moment,” according to the release. Find out more here
DanceNow’s Encore Performance
Joe’s Pub
September 29
Dance NOW’s one-night-only encore performance “…will feature twelve choreographers/companies selected by the DANCE NOW producers and staff for having most successfully met the DANCE NOW Challenge: to create a clear and complete artistic statement in five minutes or less for the specifics of the stage at Joe’s Pub. One Challenge winner will be selected to receive a $1,500 development stipend and a weeklong creative residency at DANCE NOW Silo on Kirkland Farm in Bucks County, PA.,” notes the release. Featured will be: binbin Factory, Boomerang, Jane Comfort and Company, raja feather kelly / the feath3r theory, Jordan Isadore and Edward Sturgis, Heidi Latsky Dance , Cori Marquis + the Nines [IX] , Amber Sloan – Yma Dream, Gus Solomons Jr., Megan Williams, Nicole Wolcott and Wallie Wolfgruber. Find out more here
par Terre/Anne Nguyen Dance Company
Gibney Dance
September 29 - October 1
Autarcie (….) features “…four jumpsuit-clad dancers facing off in a frantic, ritual warrior dance. Hypnotic beats underscore a game of strategy as each uses her specialty—breakdance, popping, and waacking—in pursuit of territory, power, and possible points of harmony,” according to the release. Find out more here
Caleb Teicher & Company
Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College
September 29
As part of the CUNY Dance Initiative (CDI), a City University of New York-wide residency, tap dancer,
Caleb Teicher will premiere of his full-length Variations, set to Glenn Gould’s 1955 recording of Bach’s “Goldberg Variations, the duet Small & Tall. Find out more here
Chloe Arnold + Artists
Aaron Davis Hall – Marian Anderson Theater
September 30
Another CDI awardee, founder and artistic director Arnold premieres Apartment 33 “…a sanctuary for tap dancers from around the world that have moved to NYC to pursue their dreams,” notes the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
92nd Street Y
September 30
As part of the “Fridays at Noon” series, Trebian Pollard curates “ Words and Images explor[ing] works…” by Johnnie Cruise Mercer, Aimee Rials, Pollard and Ricarrdo Valentine. Find out more here
Pentacle’s Fall Further V
Dixon Place
October 2
Pentacle’s annual fall showcase “Fall Further V “ will feature Gallery and guests: Alison Cook Beatty Dance, Ariel Rivka Dance, General Mischief Dance Theatre, Mariah Maloney Dance, Obika Dance and The Moving Architects. Find out more here
Danspaceproject
September 23-October 1
Don’t miss the second week of iLAND: in tow (premiere) where every night is a different experience for audiences and performers. Begun in 2013 by Jennifer Monson, “…in tow is an ongoing performance research project bringing together 10 artists from 4 different decades. in tow straddles location, discipline, and aesthetic to create an evolving working process driven by what each artist brings to it. The performance itself is a site for destabilizing the familiar, testing new ground, defining difference, and creating a shared practice that resonates with layers of experience, points of view, and perspective,” notes the release. Monson writes, "I was curious about how revisiting how the long-term creative partnerships I formed in the mid '80s in NYC with DD Dorvillier, Zeena Parkins, and David Zambrano could activate and reimagine experimental relationships with new artists from other geographies and generations." Choreographer Monson and musician Susan Becker created this collaborative evening with DD Dorvillier, Niall Jones, Alice MacDonald, Carol Mullings (lights), Valerie Oliveiro, Zeena Parkins, nibia pastrana Santiago, Angie Pittman, Rose Kaczmarowski and David Zambrano. Find out more here
Bruno Isaković
LaMama
September 29–October 2
La MaMa, in association with the 2016 Queer New York International Arts Festival, will present the U.S. premiere of Croatian choreographer Isaković’s Denuded an “…exploration of the relationship between the breath and physical tension, and the ways in which they permeate the body in each moment,” according to the release. Find out more here
DanceNow’s Encore Performance
Joe’s Pub
September 29
Dance NOW’s one-night-only encore performance “…will feature twelve choreographers/companies selected by the DANCE NOW producers and staff for having most successfully met the DANCE NOW Challenge: to create a clear and complete artistic statement in five minutes or less for the specifics of the stage at Joe’s Pub. One Challenge winner will be selected to receive a $1,500 development stipend and a weeklong creative residency at DANCE NOW Silo on Kirkland Farm in Bucks County, PA.,” notes the release. Featured will be: binbin Factory, Boomerang, Jane Comfort and Company, raja feather kelly / the feath3r theory, Jordan Isadore and Edward Sturgis, Heidi Latsky Dance , Cori Marquis + the Nines [IX] , Amber Sloan – Yma Dream, Gus Solomons Jr., Megan Williams, Nicole Wolcott and Wallie Wolfgruber. Find out more here
par Terre/Anne Nguyen Dance Company
Gibney Dance
September 29 - October 1
Autarcie (….) features “…four jumpsuit-clad dancers facing off in a frantic, ritual warrior dance. Hypnotic beats underscore a game of strategy as each uses her specialty—breakdance, popping, and waacking—in pursuit of territory, power, and possible points of harmony,” according to the release. Find out more here
Caleb Teicher & Company
Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College
September 29
As part of the CUNY Dance Initiative (CDI), a City University of New York-wide residency, tap dancer,
Caleb Teicher will premiere of his full-length Variations, set to Glenn Gould’s 1955 recording of Bach’s “Goldberg Variations, the duet Small & Tall. Find out more here
Chloe Arnold + Artists
Aaron Davis Hall – Marian Anderson Theater
September 30
Another CDI awardee, founder and artistic director Arnold premieres Apartment 33 “…a sanctuary for tap dancers from around the world that have moved to NYC to pursue their dreams,” notes the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
92nd Street Y
September 30
As part of the “Fridays at Noon” series, Trebian Pollard curates “ Words and Images explor[ing] works…” by Johnnie Cruise Mercer, Aimee Rials, Pollard and Ricarrdo Valentine. Find out more here
Pentacle’s Fall Further V
Dixon Place
October 2
Pentacle’s annual fall showcase “Fall Further V “ will feature Gallery and guests: Alison Cook Beatty Dance, Ariel Rivka Dance, General Mischief Dance Theatre, Mariah Maloney Dance, Obika Dance and The Moving Architects. Find out more here
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