FLEXN Evolution
Park Avenue Armory
May 18 – 21
Flex dancer Reggie (Regg Roc) Gray and director Peter Sellars come together again for another FLEXN Evolution. According to the release, this time around, “Re-envisioned with newly created scenes since the Armory’s premiere of FLEXN in 2015, FLEXN Evolution is newly intimate, emotionally focused, personal, virtuosic, and transcendent, while embodying the next steps in a form that breaks news from the artistic and political front lines. The work epitomizes the Brooklyn-born street dance flex, transformed from its individual, combative style into a collaborative work of bone-breaking and boundary-breaking social activism, human exchange, and sheer artistic daring.” Find out more here
Flamenco Vivo Carlota
BAM Fisher
May 16 - 21
Three contemporary Spanish works will be presented: El Pintor, by associate artistic director Antonio Hidalgo, Pa’ Triana Voy by José Maldonado, and A Solos (working title) by Angel Muñoz. Find out more here
Michelle Boulé
The Chocolate Factory
May 17 – 27
Boulé’s The Monomyth “…illuminates the emotional and choreographic transformation of the feminine/feminist hero, reimagining Joseph Campbell’s concept of myth-making as a “challengingly persistent suggestion of more remaining to be experienced than will ever be known or told,” notes the release. Find out more here
Gibney Dance Company Curated – Various Artists
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
May 18 - 20
ColemanCollective, MADBOOTS and Manuel Vignoulle shares an evening of works including ColemanCollective’s Retrograde: The American story through the eyes of... (Excerpts), MADBOOTS’ ALL FOURS (Excerpt) and Manuel Vignoulle’s Black & White. Find out more here
“FOOTPRINTS: A Modern Dance Festival” – Various Artists
May 18 – 20
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
Presented by Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre and The West Side YMCA Community Arts Department, the third annual festival will include works and performances by Danielle Kipnis, Nazmo Dance Collective, Caitlin Parish, Cecly Placneti, Amanda Selwyn, Alana Urda, and many more. Find out more here
“Soaking WET” – Various Artists
West End Theatre
May 18 – 21
The Soaking WET dance series, curated by David Parker and Jeff Kazin, returns to West End Theater with two different programs and two performances daily. Program A features Cornfield Dance and Program B is a shared bill with Boink!, Lorraine Chapman & Bronwen MacArthur, Ben Munisteri, and Deirdre Towers. Find out more here
Various Artists
92nd Street Y
May 19 - 21
To celebrate three decades of the series “Fridays at Noon,” 60 choreographers will present original dances, excerpts and improvisations from 1997 - 2006. The lineup includes: Heidi Latsky, Jim May, Errol Simpson, David Parker, Mark DeGarmo, Jessica Nicoll, Ellen Cornfield, Keely Garfield, Amber Sloan, Sasha Spielvogel, , Douglas Dunn, Kate Digby, Ursula Eagly, Alice Teirstein, Julia Gleich, Barbara Mahler, Clark Center, and more. Former Dance Center Director Jane Kosminsky (1986-1988), who started the Fridays at Noon series, will make introductory remarks. Find out more here
Elizabeth Rodriguez
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
May 20
In Violeta (Fragmentos), Rodriguez will pay homage and “… explore the art of the great Chilean artist Violeta Parra…In honor of the 100 year celebration of Parra's birth,” according to the release. Young Chilean and American dancers are part of the cast. Find out more here
Cathy Weis
“Sundays on Broadway”
May 21
Cathy Weis Projects continues the spring 2017 lineup for "Sundays on Broadway," an ongoing series of performances, film screenings, and discussions. This Sunday there will be a video screening of “The Work of Bill Viola.” Find out more here
American Tap Dance Foundation (ATDF)’s Tap Attack
Hudson River Park
May 21
This annual, free, public, outdoor event returns in celebration of the 28th anniversary of National Tap Dance Day. Tappers of all ages will join special guests from the tap dance community. The Master of ceremonies will be ATDF artistic director, Tony Waag. Find out more here
Park Avenue Armory
May 18 – 21
Flex dancer Reggie (Regg Roc) Gray and director Peter Sellars come together again for another FLEXN Evolution. According to the release, this time around, “Re-envisioned with newly created scenes since the Armory’s premiere of FLEXN in 2015, FLEXN Evolution is newly intimate, emotionally focused, personal, virtuosic, and transcendent, while embodying the next steps in a form that breaks news from the artistic and political front lines. The work epitomizes the Brooklyn-born street dance flex, transformed from its individual, combative style into a collaborative work of bone-breaking and boundary-breaking social activism, human exchange, and sheer artistic daring.” Find out more here
Flamenco Vivo Carlota
BAM Fisher
May 16 - 21
Three contemporary Spanish works will be presented: El Pintor, by associate artistic director Antonio Hidalgo, Pa’ Triana Voy by José Maldonado, and A Solos (working title) by Angel Muñoz. Find out more here
Michelle Boulé
The Chocolate Factory
May 17 – 27
Boulé’s The Monomyth “…illuminates the emotional and choreographic transformation of the feminine/feminist hero, reimagining Joseph Campbell’s concept of myth-making as a “challengingly persistent suggestion of more remaining to be experienced than will ever be known or told,” notes the release. Find out more here
Gibney Dance Company Curated – Various Artists
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
May 18 - 20
ColemanCollective, MADBOOTS and Manuel Vignoulle shares an evening of works including ColemanCollective’s Retrograde: The American story through the eyes of... (Excerpts), MADBOOTS’ ALL FOURS (Excerpt) and Manuel Vignoulle’s Black & White. Find out more here
“FOOTPRINTS: A Modern Dance Festival” – Various Artists
May 18 – 20
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
Presented by Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre and The West Side YMCA Community Arts Department, the third annual festival will include works and performances by Danielle Kipnis, Nazmo Dance Collective, Caitlin Parish, Cecly Placneti, Amanda Selwyn, Alana Urda, and many more. Find out more here
“Soaking WET” – Various Artists
West End Theatre
May 18 – 21
The Soaking WET dance series, curated by David Parker and Jeff Kazin, returns to West End Theater with two different programs and two performances daily. Program A features Cornfield Dance and Program B is a shared bill with Boink!, Lorraine Chapman & Bronwen MacArthur, Ben Munisteri, and Deirdre Towers. Find out more here
Various Artists
92nd Street Y
May 19 - 21
To celebrate three decades of the series “Fridays at Noon,” 60 choreographers will present original dances, excerpts and improvisations from 1997 - 2006. The lineup includes: Heidi Latsky, Jim May, Errol Simpson, David Parker, Mark DeGarmo, Jessica Nicoll, Ellen Cornfield, Keely Garfield, Amber Sloan, Sasha Spielvogel, , Douglas Dunn, Kate Digby, Ursula Eagly, Alice Teirstein, Julia Gleich, Barbara Mahler, Clark Center, and more. Former Dance Center Director Jane Kosminsky (1986-1988), who started the Fridays at Noon series, will make introductory remarks. Find out more here
Elizabeth Rodriguez
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
May 20
In Violeta (Fragmentos), Rodriguez will pay homage and “… explore the art of the great Chilean artist Violeta Parra…In honor of the 100 year celebration of Parra's birth,” according to the release. Young Chilean and American dancers are part of the cast. Find out more here
Cathy Weis
“Sundays on Broadway”
May 21
Cathy Weis Projects continues the spring 2017 lineup for "Sundays on Broadway," an ongoing series of performances, film screenings, and discussions. This Sunday there will be a video screening of “The Work of Bill Viola.” Find out more here
American Tap Dance Foundation (ATDF)’s Tap Attack
Hudson River Park
May 21
This annual, free, public, outdoor event returns in celebration of the 28th anniversary of National Tap Dance Day. Tappers of all ages will join special guests from the tap dance community. The Master of ceremonies will be ATDF artistic director, Tony Waag. Find out more here
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