Ballet de Lorraine Ballet de Lorraine
The Joyce
February 7 – 12
Under the artistic direction of Peter Jacobsson, Centre Chorégraphique National’s Ballet de Lorraine, well noted in their home base, France, makes their Joyce debut. There will be two program: A and B. In Program A, featured will be the New York premieres of choreographic duo Cecilia Bengolea and François Chaignaud’s Devoted, and Alban Richard’s HOK solo pour ensemble, and Merce Cunningham’s Sounddance. On Program B will be Unknown Pleasures, the sole work for the evening, created by five anonymous international choreographers – four women and one man ranging in age from their 30’s to their 70’s. Find out more here
Felice Lesser Dance Theater
The Duke
February 8-11
Lesser’s Dance Theater will feature the world premiere of Lightning, “…a multi-media dance that combines drama and humor to reflect on today’s complex political and social issues, (with a little comic relief to relieve all the gloom,” notes the release. Find out more here
Andrea Kleine
New York Live Arts (NYLA)
February 9 – 11
The world premiere of Kleine’s latest dance project, My Dinner with Andrea: the piece formerly known as Torture Playlist, which takes its cue from the 1981 Wallace Shawn and André Gregory movie, My Dinner With André comes to NYLA. The work “…began as a dance about the music deployed in the CIA’s torture program. In despair, Kleine abandoned that idea and channeled theater shaman André Gregory from his performance in My Dinner with André, creating a new version of the famed dinner conversation…” notes the release. Find out more here
Matthew Rogers
JACK
February 9 – 12
Rogers returns from his current home base in Slovakia with a fragile son, “…a performance event constructed from movements, words and objects that Rogers collected throughout Slovakia and the Czech Republic during a process of contextualizing his dancing body in a new foreign home,” according to the release. This work is part of the series Images//Landscapes, curated by Stacy Grossfield Find out more here
Miro Magloire’s New Chamber Ballet
City Center Studio 5
February 10 – 11
Magloire’s New Chamber Ballet will present works by Magloire to music by Michel Galante, Friedrich Cerha, Rebecca Saunders, Beethoven, and a world premiere to music by Ryan Brown. Find out more here
Srinidhi Raghavan
Dixon Place
February 12
Raghavan will present a Bharatanatyam solo and promises to explore “… whispers in the wind…cries from the heart, screaming the truth...[and those that]…call out to us and lead us down a path, often determining the course of our lives,” according to the release. Find out more here
The Joyce
February 7 – 12
Under the artistic direction of Peter Jacobsson, Centre Chorégraphique National’s Ballet de Lorraine, well noted in their home base, France, makes their Joyce debut. There will be two program: A and B. In Program A, featured will be the New York premieres of choreographic duo Cecilia Bengolea and François Chaignaud’s Devoted, and Alban Richard’s HOK solo pour ensemble, and Merce Cunningham’s Sounddance. On Program B will be Unknown Pleasures, the sole work for the evening, created by five anonymous international choreographers – four women and one man ranging in age from their 30’s to their 70’s. Find out more here
Felice Lesser Dance Theater
The Duke
February 8-11
Lesser’s Dance Theater will feature the world premiere of Lightning, “…a multi-media dance that combines drama and humor to reflect on today’s complex political and social issues, (with a little comic relief to relieve all the gloom,” notes the release. Find out more here
Andrea Kleine
New York Live Arts (NYLA)
February 9 – 11
The world premiere of Kleine’s latest dance project, My Dinner with Andrea: the piece formerly known as Torture Playlist, which takes its cue from the 1981 Wallace Shawn and André Gregory movie, My Dinner With André comes to NYLA. The work “…began as a dance about the music deployed in the CIA’s torture program. In despair, Kleine abandoned that idea and channeled theater shaman André Gregory from his performance in My Dinner with André, creating a new version of the famed dinner conversation…” notes the release. Find out more here
Matthew Rogers
JACK
February 9 – 12
Rogers returns from his current home base in Slovakia with a fragile son, “…a performance event constructed from movements, words and objects that Rogers collected throughout Slovakia and the Czech Republic during a process of contextualizing his dancing body in a new foreign home,” according to the release. This work is part of the series Images//Landscapes, curated by Stacy Grossfield Find out more here
Miro Magloire’s New Chamber Ballet
City Center Studio 5
February 10 – 11
Magloire’s New Chamber Ballet will present works by Magloire to music by Michel Galante, Friedrich Cerha, Rebecca Saunders, Beethoven, and a world premiere to music by Ryan Brown. Find out more here
Srinidhi Raghavan
Dixon Place
February 12
Raghavan will present a Bharatanatyam solo and promises to explore “… whispers in the wind…cries from the heart, screaming the truth...[and those that]…call out to us and lead us down a path, often determining the course of our lives,” according to the release. Find out more here
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