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Some Dance This Week ~

12/6/2018

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David Roussève
/REALITY

BAM/Harvey
December 5 – 8

The choreographer David Roussève and his company REALITY returns to BAM with the dance theater work Halfway to Dawn, Roussève’s tribute to Billy Strayhorn which melds dance, music, projected text and video, illuminating “…Strayhorn’s multifaceted life as Duke Ellington’s prolific but long-neglected collaborator, as an out gay African-American man living in Harlem, and as an ardent supporter of Martin Luther King, Jr.  In Halfway to Dawn, Roussève “delves into this private and proud artist’s life by layering biographical information, historical images, and abstract video art to dance and music, putting Strayhorn’s story in its proper socio-political context. The performance contains two acts: the first set in a ‘50s jazz club and the second in an abstract dreamland. The piece addresses issues of fame, privacy, and creative authorship that are now more resonant than ever,” notes the release. Find out more here
 
Twyla Tharp Dance
The Joyce Theater
November 14 – December 9
A renowned and celebrated artist, Tharp completes her nearly four-week season which focused on her early dances from 1965 to 1971, including Tank Dive, The History Of Up And Down and Eight Jelly Rolls.  The dancers are Kara Chan, Matthew Dibble, Kellie Drobnick, Mary Beth Hansohn, Reed Tankersley, and Ron Todorowski.  Find out more here
 
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
City Center
November 28 – December 30
The Company’s month-long season continues with programs that offer world premieres: Lazarus by Rennie Harris, The Call by Ronald K. Brown, En by Jessica Lang, and Kairos by Wayne McGregor (Company premiere), plus new productions by Artistic Director Robert Battle (Juba - 2003), Jawole Willa Jo Zollar (Shelter - 1988), Talley Beatty (Stack Up - 1982), Twyla Tharp (The Golden Section – 1983) and Company member Jamar Roberts (Members Don’t Get Weary – 2017).  Other season highlights include the Family Matinee Series which runs every Saturday afternoon, plus the Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve performances. The artistic director is Robert Battle.  Find out more here
 
Various Artists
Gibney
November 29 - December 15
The specially curated, split-bill, DoublePlus series continues at Gibney Dance Center:  Two weekends of performances remain: Julian Barnett + Mina Nishimura, curated by Kota Yamazaki (12/6 – 8); and Fana Fraser + Burr Johnson, curated by Kimberly Bartosik (12/13 – 15).  Find out more here
 
Moriah Evans
The Kitchen
December 5 – 8
Evans’ new work, Configure, with “…a new score for five dancers…addresses the ways in which working from the unseen, yet felt, world of bodies and space might unfold into new social possibilities,” according to the release. Find out more here
 
Neil Greenberg
The Chocolate Factory
December 5 – 15
To The Things Themselves!, Greenberg’s new work, “…explores an engagement with the performance moment in and of itself, while also exposing the cultural situated-ness of the performance actions,” according to the release. With music by James Lo, the performers are:  Greenberg, Michael Ingle, Kyli Kleven and Omagbitse Omagbemi. Find out more here
 
Various Artists
Chen Dance Center
December 6 – 8
The annual “newsteps” series returns and will showcase works by six specially selected young choreographers - Allison Plamondon, Keith Comley, Lucas Klinge, Elisabeth Archer, Javier Padilla and Caitlin Javech. Find out more here
 
Skeleton Architecture
Danspace Project
December 6 – 8
For one-night-only see the award-winning womyn of The Skeleton Architecture Collective, made up of “…gender non-conforming artists rooted in the rigor and power of the collective in practice. [And who] commit to engaging embodied research to support the African Diasporic experiences,” according to the release. Members are: Maria Bauman, Davalois Fearon, Marjani Forté-Saunders, Melanie Greene, Kayla Hamilton, Jasmine Hearn, Marguerite Hemmings, Nia Love, Paloma McGregor, Sydnie L. Mosley, Grace Osborne, Leslie Parker, Angie Pittman, Samantha Speis, Charmaine Warren, Edisa Weeks, Marýa Wethers, and Tara Aisha Willis. Find our more here
 
Various Artists
New York Live Arts
December 7 – 8
The annual and legendary “Fresh Tracks” Performance and Residency Program at NYLA returns to showcase five selected emerging choreographers: Emma Rose Brown, J. Bouey, Liana Conyers, Collin Ranf, and Dolores (Lola) Sanchez. Find out more here 
 
Wendy Whelan
Lumberyard
December 7 - 8
Whelan and cellist Maya Beiser join forces with modern dance choreographer Lucinda Childs to create THE DAY – an evening-length work, with music by composer David Lang.  Find out more here
 
Ballet Hispánico
The Apollo
December 7 – 8
Ballet Hispánico returns to the Apollo with its celebrated CARMEN.maquia by Gustavo Ramírez Sansanoon, “A Picasso-inspired, contemporary take on Bizet's beloved classic, the physically charged and sensual choreography fuses contemporary dance with nods to the Spanish paso doble and flamenco," notes the release. Find out more here
 
Soles of Duende (Amanda Castro, Arielle Rosales & Brinda Guha)
Dixon Place
December 7 – 21
Commissioned by Dixon Place and created collaboratively by all three dancers, Can We Dance Here? is the culminating performance from a residency and showcases their respective percussive crafts, Tap, Flamenco, & Kathak, respectively.  Find out more here
 
Graham 2
Graham Studios
December 8 – 9
As part of the Martha Graham Dance Company’s Studio Series, the second company, Graham 2 under the direction of Virginie Mécène, will perform Graham’s Appalachian Spring (1944), plus repertory works.  Find out more here
 
Various Artists
Cathy Weis’ “Sundays on Broadway”
November 18
Weis’ "Sundays on Broadway," an ongoing series of performances, film screenings, and discussions continues with a “Shared evening” curated by Mina Nishimura and performances by Oren Barnoy, Sarah Lifson and Melanie Maar.  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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