DANCE: Island to Island - Moving Caribbean in New York City
Gibney Dance Center - 280 Broadway
November 16
Christine Jowers, Editor of "The Dance Enthusiast" hosts the one-night-only event: DANCE: Island to Island - Moving Caribbean in New York City. Guest artists include: Candace Thompson (Trinidad & Tobago), Nélida Tirado (Puerto Rico), Nadia Dieudonné (Haiti), and Davalois Fearon (Jamaica) for a evening of performance & conversation. “Each artist performing and speaking as part of Island to Island - Moving Caribbean in New York City is known for their consummate artistry as well as their active engagement with their communities as teachers and leaders,” according to the release. Find out more here
“Platform 2016: Lost & Found”
Danspace Project
October 6 - November 19
The series which originated with Ishmael Houston-Jones’ rediscovery of writings by choreographer John Bernd who died of AIDS in 1988, concludes this week with performances that include Conversations Without Walls (CWW), four commissioned responses, part performance and part presentation, where a living artist responds to the legacy of an artist who died of AIDS. And for one weekend, November 17–19, a multi-generational evening of performance by DANCENOISE, Antonio Ramos, and Brother(hood) Dance!. The series is curated by Houston-Jones and Will Rawls. Find out more here
Dorrance Dance
November 15 - 27
The Joyce Theater
Dorrance Dance, under the leadership of Michelle Dorrance in The Blues Project, which was co-choreographed by Dorrance, Derick Grant and Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, and set to original music and performed live by Toshi Reagon & BIGLovely, returns to The Joyce Theater. Find out more here
Brooklyn Touring Outfit
BAC
November 16-18
“The 92-year-old dance archivist David Vaughan and 31-year-old artist Pepper Fajans explore their cross-generational friendship, developed while working together on the final world tour of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in Co. Venture …a duet in which the performers brings their experiences of adventure and camaraderie to a dance theater incorporating sculpture, puppetry, and storytelling,” notes the release. Find out more here
Faye Driscoll
BAM Fisher
Nov 16—19
Choreographer and director Driscoll’s work “…consists of rigorously crafted group experiences that come off as improvised, chaotic, and spontaneous. The new work [Thank You For Coming: Play] focuses on the way we consume and fabricate stories in order to make our lives cohere…” notes the release. Find out more here
Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT)
New York City Center
November 16- 19
For their return to New York, under the artistic direction of choreographer Paul Lightfoot, NDT brings four U.S. premieres by Sol León and Lightfoot, Crystal Pite and Marco Goecke. Find out more here
Fadi Khoury’s FJK Dance
Symphony Space
November 17
In the evening titled MUNDO, FJK Dance will present three new works accompanied by live music, in Khoury’s blend of Argentine tango en pointe plus Middle Eastern dance with Latin, flamenco and jazz influences. Find out more here
Pilobolus Dance Theater
NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
November 17 – December 4
In two programs with nine works, including two New York premieres as well as collaborations with Javier De Frutos, Penn and Teller and alt-band OK Go, with revivals of Pilobolus classics, the list includes: On The Nature of Things (2014), All Is Not Lost (2011), Thresh|Hold (2015), Gnomen (1997), The Inconsistent Pedaler (2014) and more. Find out more here
Ronald K. Brown / Evidence, A Dance Company
BRIC
November 17-20
Back in Brooklyn for their annual season, Brown/Evidence presents a “…series themed around the expression of love, joy and community connection and includes,” which includes Truth Don Die (2006), She is Here (2016), Ife/My Heart (2005), and Ebony Magazine: To A Village (1996), plus more. Find out more here
Gabrielle Lamb
Baruch Performing Arts Center (BPAC)
November 18
For one-night-only as part of the CUNY Dance Initiative Lamb will present the premiere Bewilderness, an ensemble work performed by her company Pigeonwing Dance and guest artist Emilie Durville. Find out more here
Ballet Hispánico
The Apollo Theater
November 18 - 19
Ballet Hispánico under artistic director, Eduardo Vilaro, and in collaboration with the Apollo Theater, returns to the Apollo stage, with the world premiere of Línea Recta, by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Vilaro’s Danzón, and Gustavo Ramírez Sansano’s Flabbergast. Find out more here
Miro Magloire’s New Chamber Ballet
City Center, Studio 5
November 18 - 19
Magloire’s New Chamber Ballet will present the world premiere to music by Michel Galante, plus others to music by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Mauricio Kagel, and Reiko Fueting. Find out more here
Darrah Carr Dance
Irish Arts Center
November 18 - 20
The Celtic Jazz Tryst brings a fusion of swing dance, tap rhythms and Irish dance steps—a collaboration with jazz vocalist Tara O’Grady and her Black Velvet Band in a program that includes Heartsong, a new work by Carr, On the Six by guest choreographer Seán Curran, and more. Find out more here
Fana Fraser
BAAD!
November 19
Fraser will present her “Imelda, Iveth & Irene,” “…an erotic dreamscape of delicious secrets, obsession and the unraveling of a soul,” notes the release. Find out more here
Sidra Bell Dance
CPR-Center For Performance Research
November 20
Sidra Bell Dance New York presents their “Seasonal Toast & Preview,” the annual season kickoff and preview and an opportunity to meet the artists and the SBDNYTEAM. Find out more here
Gibney Dance Center - 280 Broadway
November 16
Christine Jowers, Editor of "The Dance Enthusiast" hosts the one-night-only event: DANCE: Island to Island - Moving Caribbean in New York City. Guest artists include: Candace Thompson (Trinidad & Tobago), Nélida Tirado (Puerto Rico), Nadia Dieudonné (Haiti), and Davalois Fearon (Jamaica) for a evening of performance & conversation. “Each artist performing and speaking as part of Island to Island - Moving Caribbean in New York City is known for their consummate artistry as well as their active engagement with their communities as teachers and leaders,” according to the release. Find out more here
“Platform 2016: Lost & Found”
Danspace Project
October 6 - November 19
The series which originated with Ishmael Houston-Jones’ rediscovery of writings by choreographer John Bernd who died of AIDS in 1988, concludes this week with performances that include Conversations Without Walls (CWW), four commissioned responses, part performance and part presentation, where a living artist responds to the legacy of an artist who died of AIDS. And for one weekend, November 17–19, a multi-generational evening of performance by DANCENOISE, Antonio Ramos, and Brother(hood) Dance!. The series is curated by Houston-Jones and Will Rawls. Find out more here
Dorrance Dance
November 15 - 27
The Joyce Theater
Dorrance Dance, under the leadership of Michelle Dorrance in The Blues Project, which was co-choreographed by Dorrance, Derick Grant and Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, and set to original music and performed live by Toshi Reagon & BIGLovely, returns to The Joyce Theater. Find out more here
Brooklyn Touring Outfit
BAC
November 16-18
“The 92-year-old dance archivist David Vaughan and 31-year-old artist Pepper Fajans explore their cross-generational friendship, developed while working together on the final world tour of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company in Co. Venture …a duet in which the performers brings their experiences of adventure and camaraderie to a dance theater incorporating sculpture, puppetry, and storytelling,” notes the release. Find out more here
Faye Driscoll
BAM Fisher
Nov 16—19
Choreographer and director Driscoll’s work “…consists of rigorously crafted group experiences that come off as improvised, chaotic, and spontaneous. The new work [Thank You For Coming: Play] focuses on the way we consume and fabricate stories in order to make our lives cohere…” notes the release. Find out more here
Nederlands Dans Theater (NDT)
New York City Center
November 16- 19
For their return to New York, under the artistic direction of choreographer Paul Lightfoot, NDT brings four U.S. premieres by Sol León and Lightfoot, Crystal Pite and Marco Goecke. Find out more here
Fadi Khoury’s FJK Dance
Symphony Space
November 17
In the evening titled MUNDO, FJK Dance will present three new works accompanied by live music, in Khoury’s blend of Argentine tango en pointe plus Middle Eastern dance with Latin, flamenco and jazz influences. Find out more here
Pilobolus Dance Theater
NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts
November 17 – December 4
In two programs with nine works, including two New York premieres as well as collaborations with Javier De Frutos, Penn and Teller and alt-band OK Go, with revivals of Pilobolus classics, the list includes: On The Nature of Things (2014), All Is Not Lost (2011), Thresh|Hold (2015), Gnomen (1997), The Inconsistent Pedaler (2014) and more. Find out more here
Ronald K. Brown / Evidence, A Dance Company
BRIC
November 17-20
Back in Brooklyn for their annual season, Brown/Evidence presents a “…series themed around the expression of love, joy and community connection and includes,” which includes Truth Don Die (2006), She is Here (2016), Ife/My Heart (2005), and Ebony Magazine: To A Village (1996), plus more. Find out more here
Gabrielle Lamb
Baruch Performing Arts Center (BPAC)
November 18
For one-night-only as part of the CUNY Dance Initiative Lamb will present the premiere Bewilderness, an ensemble work performed by her company Pigeonwing Dance and guest artist Emilie Durville. Find out more here
Ballet Hispánico
The Apollo Theater
November 18 - 19
Ballet Hispánico under artistic director, Eduardo Vilaro, and in collaboration with the Apollo Theater, returns to the Apollo stage, with the world premiere of Línea Recta, by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Vilaro’s Danzón, and Gustavo Ramírez Sansano’s Flabbergast. Find out more here
Miro Magloire’s New Chamber Ballet
City Center, Studio 5
November 18 - 19
Magloire’s New Chamber Ballet will present the world premiere to music by Michel Galante, plus others to music by Karlheinz Stockhausen, Mauricio Kagel, and Reiko Fueting. Find out more here
Darrah Carr Dance
Irish Arts Center
November 18 - 20
The Celtic Jazz Tryst brings a fusion of swing dance, tap rhythms and Irish dance steps—a collaboration with jazz vocalist Tara O’Grady and her Black Velvet Band in a program that includes Heartsong, a new work by Carr, On the Six by guest choreographer Seán Curran, and more. Find out more here
Fana Fraser
BAAD!
November 19
Fraser will present her “Imelda, Iveth & Irene,” “…an erotic dreamscape of delicious secrets, obsession and the unraveling of a soul,” notes the release. Find out more here
Sidra Bell Dance
CPR-Center For Performance Research
November 20
Sidra Bell Dance New York presents their “Seasonal Toast & Preview,” the annual season kickoff and preview and an opportunity to meet the artists and the SBDNYTEAM. Find out more here
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