Katrina Reid Marguerite Hemmings + Katrina Reid
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
December 2 – 5
To close the ongoing series “DoublePlus,” Jawole Willa Jo Zollar curates Marguerite Hemmings + Katrina Reid in A Split-Bill Evening. “…Hemmings explores an aggressive practice of freedom and Katrina Reid embodies the tenacious spirit,” according to the release. Find out more here
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
December 2 – 5
To close the ongoing series “DoublePlus,” Jawole Willa Jo Zollar curates Marguerite Hemmings + Katrina Reid in A Split-Bill Evening. “…Hemmings explores an aggressive practice of freedom and Katrina Reid embodies the tenacious spirit,” according to the release. Find out more here
Marguerite Hemmings Marguerite Hemmings @ Vimeo
Katrina Reid @ Vimeo
Pilobolus
November 20-December 6
NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
Pilobolus’ Shadowland, described as “…a theatrical experience…a euphoric mix of shadow-theater, dance, circus, and rock concert,” in the release, continues for one more week. Shadowland tells a story of a girl’s “…coming of age…[and includes]…a world-premiere finale that plays tribute to New York City,” adds the release. Find out more here
Souleymane Badolo
BAM Fisher
December 2-5
The Burkina Faso-born, Brooklyn-based choreographer and dancer Badolo closes out the 2015 Next Wave Festival with the world premiere of Yimbégré, which in the Mooré language means beginning. Badolo is joined by dancer Sylvestre Koffitse Akakapo-Adzaku and live accompaniment by Burkinabé master drummer Mamoudou Konat. Find out more here
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
New York City Center
December 2 – January 3
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns for their annual month-long season at New York City Center for the 45th consecutive year under artistic director Robert Battle with premieres, new productions and repertory favorites. Find out more here
Pavel Zuštiak and Palissimo Company
New York Live Arts
December 2-5
Choreographer/director Zuštiak presents Custodians of Beauty which “…Merg[e] dance, live music and visual arts, [and] examines the multiplicity of concepts of beauty and its permanence …” notes the release. Find out more here
Anneke Hansen Dance
The Irondale Center
December 2−5
Hansen will present the world premiere of 2hymn vb which “…examines devotional acts of physical labor, the unifying commonality of the human form…and the ways in which committed effort can amount to the raising of praise,” notes the release. Find out more here
Tere O’Connor
The Kitchen
December 2 – 12
O’Connor’s world premiere of The Goodbye Studies, continues to explore his “…on-going affinity for complex dances that embrace tangent and anomalous structural conceits,” according to the release.
Find out more here
Gallim Dance
Joyce Theater
December 3-6
Founder and artistic director Andrea Miller premieres W H A L E. Set to music mixed and performed live by composer and sound designer Jared Chiolis, W H A L E “…trails the human pursuit to love and be loved … and navigates the expectations, anxiety and forgiveness surrounding this struggle,” notes the release. Find out more here
American Dance Guild Festival
Ailey Citicorp Theatre
December 3-6
This year’s Festival celebrate three living legends of modern dance: Liz Lerman, founder of the Dance Exchange, Doug Varone, Artistic Director of Doug Varone Dance Company and Alice Teirstein, founder of Young Dancemakers. Thirty-five artists/companies will present works. Find out more here
Movement Research Festival -Various Artists
Danspace Project
December 3, 4 and 5
Co-curated by Beth Gill and Cori Olinghouse, the Movement Research Festival Fall 2015 titled “Vanishing Points,” will present three evenings of “…acclaimed experimentalists, highlighting and juxtaposing their varied investigations…” according to the release. Nelisiwe Xaba in an evening of solo works (12/3), Gwen Welliver’s What a Horse! and Abby Zbikowski’s double nickels on a dime (12/4) and Melinda Ring in Impossible Dances: Past and Future (12/5). Find out more here
Sasha Waltz & Guests
BAM
December 4 - 5
German dance-theater choreographer Sasha Waltz returns to BAM with Continu, "derived from two acclaimed choreographic projects created in 2009 as site-specific works to inaugurate museum spaces—David Chipperfield's Neues Museum Berlin and Zaha Hadid’sMAXXI in Rome," notes the release. Find out more here
Sonya Tayeh
New York Live Arts
December 4-5
For the “Live Feed Program,” Tayeh presents her work-in-progress You'll Still Call Me By Name described as “…a dance-symphony…of her complex, mystifying and, at times, jagged relationship with her mother…” Find out more here
Davalois Fearon
Berkeley Arts Festival
December 6
New York based dancer/choreographer Fearon will present Consider Water some collaborative pieces with multi-instrumentalist Mike McGinnis. Find out more here
Dance Magazine Awards
The Ailey Citigroup Theater
December 7
The 58th Annual Dance Magazine Awards will honor flamenco artist Soledad Barrio, American Ballet Theatre principal Marcelo Gomes, former ballerina and current artistic director of National Ballet of Canada Karen Kain, dance archivist, writer and historian David Vaughan and founding artistic director of Urban Bush Women Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. Find out more here
Katrina Reid @ Vimeo
Pilobolus
November 20-December 6
NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
Pilobolus’ Shadowland, described as “…a theatrical experience…a euphoric mix of shadow-theater, dance, circus, and rock concert,” in the release, continues for one more week. Shadowland tells a story of a girl’s “…coming of age…[and includes]…a world-premiere finale that plays tribute to New York City,” adds the release. Find out more here
Souleymane Badolo
BAM Fisher
December 2-5
The Burkina Faso-born, Brooklyn-based choreographer and dancer Badolo closes out the 2015 Next Wave Festival with the world premiere of Yimbégré, which in the Mooré language means beginning. Badolo is joined by dancer Sylvestre Koffitse Akakapo-Adzaku and live accompaniment by Burkinabé master drummer Mamoudou Konat. Find out more here
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
New York City Center
December 2 – January 3
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns for their annual month-long season at New York City Center for the 45th consecutive year under artistic director Robert Battle with premieres, new productions and repertory favorites. Find out more here
Pavel Zuštiak and Palissimo Company
New York Live Arts
December 2-5
Choreographer/director Zuštiak presents Custodians of Beauty which “…Merg[e] dance, live music and visual arts, [and] examines the multiplicity of concepts of beauty and its permanence …” notes the release. Find out more here
Anneke Hansen Dance
The Irondale Center
December 2−5
Hansen will present the world premiere of 2hymn vb which “…examines devotional acts of physical labor, the unifying commonality of the human form…and the ways in which committed effort can amount to the raising of praise,” notes the release. Find out more here
Tere O’Connor
The Kitchen
December 2 – 12
O’Connor’s world premiere of The Goodbye Studies, continues to explore his “…on-going affinity for complex dances that embrace tangent and anomalous structural conceits,” according to the release.
Find out more here
Gallim Dance
Joyce Theater
December 3-6
Founder and artistic director Andrea Miller premieres W H A L E. Set to music mixed and performed live by composer and sound designer Jared Chiolis, W H A L E “…trails the human pursuit to love and be loved … and navigates the expectations, anxiety and forgiveness surrounding this struggle,” notes the release. Find out more here
American Dance Guild Festival
Ailey Citicorp Theatre
December 3-6
This year’s Festival celebrate three living legends of modern dance: Liz Lerman, founder of the Dance Exchange, Doug Varone, Artistic Director of Doug Varone Dance Company and Alice Teirstein, founder of Young Dancemakers. Thirty-five artists/companies will present works. Find out more here
Movement Research Festival -Various Artists
Danspace Project
December 3, 4 and 5
Co-curated by Beth Gill and Cori Olinghouse, the Movement Research Festival Fall 2015 titled “Vanishing Points,” will present three evenings of “…acclaimed experimentalists, highlighting and juxtaposing their varied investigations…” according to the release. Nelisiwe Xaba in an evening of solo works (12/3), Gwen Welliver’s What a Horse! and Abby Zbikowski’s double nickels on a dime (12/4) and Melinda Ring in Impossible Dances: Past and Future (12/5). Find out more here
Sasha Waltz & Guests
BAM
December 4 - 5
German dance-theater choreographer Sasha Waltz returns to BAM with Continu, "derived from two acclaimed choreographic projects created in 2009 as site-specific works to inaugurate museum spaces—David Chipperfield's Neues Museum Berlin and Zaha Hadid’sMAXXI in Rome," notes the release. Find out more here
Sonya Tayeh
New York Live Arts
December 4-5
For the “Live Feed Program,” Tayeh presents her work-in-progress You'll Still Call Me By Name described as “…a dance-symphony…of her complex, mystifying and, at times, jagged relationship with her mother…” Find out more here
Davalois Fearon
Berkeley Arts Festival
December 6
New York based dancer/choreographer Fearon will present Consider Water some collaborative pieces with multi-instrumentalist Mike McGinnis. Find out more here
Dance Magazine Awards
The Ailey Citigroup Theater
December 7
The 58th Annual Dance Magazine Awards will honor flamenco artist Soledad Barrio, American Ballet Theatre principal Marcelo Gomes, former ballerina and current artistic director of National Ballet of Canada Karen Kain, dance archivist, writer and historian David Vaughan and founding artistic director of Urban Bush Women Jawole Willa Jo Zollar. Find out more here
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