Bronx Museum – First Fridays!
October 3
Curated by Bronx Museum Community Advisory Council member Park, this one-night-only, loft performance party welcomes contemporary dancers, hoofers, b-girls, and New York Hustlers, and will showcase a variety of dance styles. Featured performers are Michelle Dorrance + Ephrat Asherie, Darrin Wright, Cebo Terry Carr with James Cricket Colter, Hideki Takahashi and Hurricane, Nia Love with Kojo Odu Roney and Antoine Roney and Sal Rentas. Free admission and bar (donations suggested). Find out more here
Kyle Abraham/Abraham.In.Motion
New York Live Arts
September 23-October 4
Abraham will present two programs of four works in two evenings: The Watershed (evening-length), and an evening of three works which includes When the Wolves Came In, Hallowed and The Gettin’. The works feature visual design by Glenn Ligon and original music performed by the Robert Glasper Trio. Find out more here
Cia. Unión Tanguera
The Joyce Theater
September 23–October 5
The France and Argentina-based tango company will premiere Nuit Blanche (Sleepless Night) during their NYC debut under the direction of Esteban Moreno and Claudia Codega. Find out more here
Ivana Müller
New York Live Arts
September 30–October 5
As part of the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF)’s Crossing the Line Festival 2014, Müller’s We Are Still Watching and Partituur, will be presented in the Third Floor Studios. Find out more here
Michal Samama
The Chocolate Factory Theater
October 1-4
Samama’s Background Materials is a performance event that “…explor[es] the temporal and spatial aspects of bodily experience…” according to the release. Find out more here
Gilles Jobin Company, Gilles Jobin & Julius von Bismarck
BAM Fisher
October 2-4
Co-presented with BAM 2014 Next Wave Festival, FIAF’s Crossing the Line Festival 2014 and the Fondation d’entreprise Hermès’s New Settings program, six dancers in the Company’s U.S. premiere, Quantum “…vibrate, scatter, and whirl beneath a pendulous light installation programmed to swing in response to the slightest movements…” according to the release. Find out more here
Xavier Le Roy
MoMA PS1 - Long Island City
October 2-December 1
Presented by MoMA PS1 as part of Crossing the Line 2014 Festival, Retrospective is an exhibition of gesture and speech [that] highlights the canonical career of French choreographer Le Roy…” according to the release. Find out more here
OMTA and LeeSaar The Company
14th Street Y
October 2
As part of this “…full immersion art-party experience” titled CLOSE-UP, conceived, created and performed by OMTA and LeeSaar The Company, plus special guests, live and open bar, the invitation reads: “ Do touch the artwork. Do not turn off your cell phone. Do walk, talk, laugh and drink during the performance. [And] Get ready for a CLOSE-UP.” Find out more here
Soaking WET - A Choreographic Evening Produced by David Parker and Jeffrey Kazin
West End Theater
October 2-5
Guest Curator Valerie Gladstone and Parker programs Sean Curran, Daniel Holt, Malini Srinivasan, and Blakely White McGuire Sara Hook and Paul Matteson for this return season. Find out more here
Jonathan Royse Windham
Dixon Place
October 3-18
In Creatures of Habit, which “…draws its inspiration from slapstick comedy, children's stories, game shows and existential drama…seven dancers…find themselves in an absurd, yet strangely familiar universe,” notes the release. Find out more here
BalaSole Dance Company
Ailey Citigroup Theater
October 4-5
Executive and artistic director, Roberto Villanueva returns with a 14th season titled "PASTICHE," featuring ten dancer/choreographers in a range of styles. Find out more here