Andrea Haenggi performs for a customer Pop Up Gesture Store
1067 PacificPeople
October 22/23, 29/30 & Nov. 5/6
The brand new Pop Up Gesture Store shares their “The Fall Political Collection” with Where do I end and where do you begin looking at “…retail experience that probes, investigates, heightens and/or palliates people’s exhaustion, frustration and anxiety in this political season through dance, movement and words. Customers enter Pop Up Gesture Store not to consume goods and services but rather to partake of embodied experiences direct from artist-shopkeepers. Visitors to this “dancing” store select instantaneous live-performances (3′ to 10’in length) from a list of gestures built on movement, touch and words, paying in the store’s own “gesture” currency. Transactions are complete only once patrons reciprocate performances with their own immaterial gestures,” notes the release. Find out more here
Platform 2016: Lost & Found – Various Artists
Danspace Project
October 6 – November 19
The eleventh edition of the Platform series at Danspace Project, titled Platform 2016: Lost & Found, will present over 80 artists in 28 events, including performances, conversations, a zine project, a print catalogue, film screenings, and a vigil. The six-week long event curated by Ishmael Houston-Jones and Will Rawls will examine the impact of AIDS on generations of artists. Find out more here
Sara Juli
The Chocolate Factory
October 19-22
Juli’s evening-length solo, Tense Vagina: an actual diagnosis, “…is about motherhood – its beauty, challenges, isolation, comedy and influence on the human experience,” according to the release. Find out more here
Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama
The Argentinean Consulate of New York City
October 20
In celebration of their 10th anniversary, the Company will offer free performances followed by a Q&A session. Space is limited and reservations are necessary. Find out more here
Jérôme Bel
The Joyce Theater
October 20 – 22
In partnership with the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), the Paris-based choreographer, Bel brings his evening-length work, The show must go on, as part of FIAF’s Crossing the Line Festival. Find out more here
Yasmeen Godder
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
October 20 - 22
Goddard presents CLIMAX which “…speaks about togetherness and insecurity, about connectivity and infectiousness while rethinking the relationship between audiences and performers. CLIMAX invites the audience to make choices about their own spectatorship throughout its three hour duration,” notes the release. Find out more here
Eryc Taylor Dance
Martha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance
October 20 – 21
The Company will present the US premiere of seven new choreographic works in celebration of the company’s 10th Anniversary including Dances on Wood, Grand Duet and Into The Light by Taylor plus works by Graham Cole, Chris Bell and Nicole Baker. Find out more here
Kulu Mele presents "Brazil & Beyond"
Kurtz Center for the Performing Arts/Philadelphia
October 22
Kulu Mele African Dance & Drum Ensemble will premiere Our Roots by Afro-Brazilian choreographer Dandha de Hora as part of their season. Find out more here
Polly Ferman's GlamourTango
Le Poisson Rouge
October 23
Uruguayan pianist/producer, Ferman brings the all-female, multi-media music and dance show with with artists from Argentina and Uruguay. The choreographer is Mariana Parma. Find out more here
Maré Hieronimus
Dixon Place
October 25
In Playa Womb, an excerpt from a work in progress, Hieronimus offers a “…a ritual performance piece … exploring the cycle of rebirth and regeneration, recorded through photo and video,” according to the release. Find out more here
1067 PacificPeople
October 22/23, 29/30 & Nov. 5/6
The brand new Pop Up Gesture Store shares their “The Fall Political Collection” with Where do I end and where do you begin looking at “…retail experience that probes, investigates, heightens and/or palliates people’s exhaustion, frustration and anxiety in this political season through dance, movement and words. Customers enter Pop Up Gesture Store not to consume goods and services but rather to partake of embodied experiences direct from artist-shopkeepers. Visitors to this “dancing” store select instantaneous live-performances (3′ to 10’in length) from a list of gestures built on movement, touch and words, paying in the store’s own “gesture” currency. Transactions are complete only once patrons reciprocate performances with their own immaterial gestures,” notes the release. Find out more here
Platform 2016: Lost & Found – Various Artists
Danspace Project
October 6 – November 19
The eleventh edition of the Platform series at Danspace Project, titled Platform 2016: Lost & Found, will present over 80 artists in 28 events, including performances, conversations, a zine project, a print catalogue, film screenings, and a vigil. The six-week long event curated by Ishmael Houston-Jones and Will Rawls will examine the impact of AIDS on generations of artists. Find out more here
Sara Juli
The Chocolate Factory
October 19-22
Juli’s evening-length solo, Tense Vagina: an actual diagnosis, “…is about motherhood – its beauty, challenges, isolation, comedy and influence on the human experience,” according to the release. Find out more here
Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama
The Argentinean Consulate of New York City
October 20
In celebration of their 10th anniversary, the Company will offer free performances followed by a Q&A session. Space is limited and reservations are necessary. Find out more here
Jérôme Bel
The Joyce Theater
October 20 – 22
In partnership with the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF), the Paris-based choreographer, Bel brings his evening-length work, The show must go on, as part of FIAF’s Crossing the Line Festival. Find out more here
Yasmeen Godder
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
October 20 - 22
Goddard presents CLIMAX which “…speaks about togetherness and insecurity, about connectivity and infectiousness while rethinking the relationship between audiences and performers. CLIMAX invites the audience to make choices about their own spectatorship throughout its three hour duration,” notes the release. Find out more here
Eryc Taylor Dance
Martha Graham Center for Contemporary Dance
October 20 – 21
The Company will present the US premiere of seven new choreographic works in celebration of the company’s 10th Anniversary including Dances on Wood, Grand Duet and Into The Light by Taylor plus works by Graham Cole, Chris Bell and Nicole Baker. Find out more here
Kulu Mele presents "Brazil & Beyond"
Kurtz Center for the Performing Arts/Philadelphia
October 22
Kulu Mele African Dance & Drum Ensemble will premiere Our Roots by Afro-Brazilian choreographer Dandha de Hora as part of their season. Find out more here
Polly Ferman's GlamourTango
Le Poisson Rouge
October 23
Uruguayan pianist/producer, Ferman brings the all-female, multi-media music and dance show with with artists from Argentina and Uruguay. The choreographer is Mariana Parma. Find out more here
Maré Hieronimus
Dixon Place
October 25
In Playa Womb, an excerpt from a work in progress, Hieronimus offers a “…a ritual performance piece … exploring the cycle of rebirth and regeneration, recorded through photo and video,” according to the release. Find out more here
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