Luke George's "Not About Face" Luke George
The Chocolate Factory Theater
November 19-22
In George’s Not About Face, he offers an experiment in anonymous intimacy and fake belief, Not About Face questions the nature of the unspoken contracts between performer and audience, and accesses the supernatural and spiritual as a way to investigate how the yearning for belief can make people do many things. For this performance, audience members are robed in full-body shrouds and join a free-roaming and anonymous gathering in the performance space. We will come together. We will become anonymous. We will fake belief or believe in faking it. Find out more here
Rakiya A. Orange & Alex Rodabaugh
Gibney Dance Performing Arts Center
November 19-22
Miguel Gutierrez curates this next segment of DoublePlus. A pre-show talk with Gutierrez kicks off the week at 6:45 pm, followed by the performance featuring Orange and Rodabaugh. Find out more here
NYC10 Dance Initiative
Dixon Place
Nov 19-22
NYC10 is a unique dance project designed by NYC Dance Week, where 10 emerging dance companies/dance groups/dance troupes are given up to 10 minutes to showcase their work. Find out more here
Lemi Ponifasio
BAM - Opera House
November 19-22
Samoan director and choreographer Ponifasio and his New Zealand-based company MAU make their BAM debut with the US premiere of Birds With Skymirrors—a haunting reflection on our relationship with the world in a time of climate change. Find out more here
Panel –“ From Russia to Balanchine to Harlem: Hip-Hop Meets Ballet”
Newark Public Library
November 20
Dance Theatre of Harlem Resident Choreographer Robert Garland will be joined by panelists to discuss the relationship between neo-classical ballet and popular American and African-American culture. The panel is presented by the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and free and open to the public. Find out more here
“The House is Open”
The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College
November 20-22
“What might happen if a performing arts center temporarily re-imagined itself as an art museum?” This fall, the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts presents “The House is Open,” an inquisitive and playful pop-up installation and performance event that attempts to answer this question, examining the complex interplay between contemporary art and performance. There will be two premieres -- both of works commissioned or co-commissioned by LAB: Ralph Lemon's "Scaffold Room" and Jack Ferver / Mark Swanson's "Chambre." Other highlights include works by Jennifer Monson/iLAND, John Kelly, Nature Theater of Oklahoma, and Tad Beck. Find out more here
Brown Girls Burlesque
Joe’s Pub
November 21
Joe’s Pub and Present: Last Night A DJ Saved My Life Vol.4 Afro, Latin & Soul -- A stripping, shimmy-filled fete celebrating Afro-Latin musicians their contributions to soul music. Curator-navigator, Geko Jones will be on deck taking the audience through the musical migrations that have transpired in the last several decades of recorded music. Find out more here
Chicago-based Deeply Rooted Dance Theater
Mark Morris Dance Center
November 21-23
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater returns to New York with the second installation of the five-part Generations Initiative - Generations II, the multi-generational repertory project features classic and new works by choreographers representing the continuum of dance that forms Deeply Rooted’s legacy. The 2014 New York season features works by Kevin Iega Jeff, Gary Abbott, Nicole Clarke-Springer and MenCa. Find out more here
MIRO MAGLOIRE'S NEW CHAMBER BALLET
City Center Studio 5
November 21-22
Two world premieres by Magloire will take center stage when the choreographer's New Chamber Ballet returns to City Center Studio 5. Find out more here
Ballet Hispanico
Apollo Theater
November 22
For one-night-only, Ballet Hispanico, recognized as the nation’s leading Latino dance organization since 1970, makes its annual return to the Apollo to present the New York Premiere of its first evening-length narrative work, CARMEN.maquia, choreographed by Gustavo Ramírez Sansano. Find out more here
BlakTinX Performance Series
The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!)
November 22
The BlakTinX Performance Series closes with a special compilation dance concert showcasing several Bronx choreographers. Featured choreographers are Karen Bernard, William Penelope Briscoe, Deena Clemente , Jessica Danser/Dansfolk, Davalois Fearson , Sherema Fleming, Leiomy Maldonado , Andrea Murillo, Noele Phillips, Raul Rivera/New Agenda, Sage Rivera , Anthony Rosado and Jerry Sanchez. Find out more here
Organic Magnetics’ "I Am New York"
New York Public Library – Bronx
November 22
Organic Magnetics has joined forces with The New York Public Library to present I Am New York: Juan Rodriguez tells the tale of New York's first immigrant- a free man from the Caribbean who arrived in Manhattan on a Dutch ship in 1613, defended his freedom and became the first settler on record. True Story, (The rest is historical fiction). View the Feature on NBC News . Find out more here
The Chocolate Factory Theater
November 19-22
In George’s Not About Face, he offers an experiment in anonymous intimacy and fake belief, Not About Face questions the nature of the unspoken contracts between performer and audience, and accesses the supernatural and spiritual as a way to investigate how the yearning for belief can make people do many things. For this performance, audience members are robed in full-body shrouds and join a free-roaming and anonymous gathering in the performance space. We will come together. We will become anonymous. We will fake belief or believe in faking it. Find out more here
Rakiya A. Orange & Alex Rodabaugh
Gibney Dance Performing Arts Center
November 19-22
Miguel Gutierrez curates this next segment of DoublePlus. A pre-show talk with Gutierrez kicks off the week at 6:45 pm, followed by the performance featuring Orange and Rodabaugh. Find out more here
NYC10 Dance Initiative
Dixon Place
Nov 19-22
NYC10 is a unique dance project designed by NYC Dance Week, where 10 emerging dance companies/dance groups/dance troupes are given up to 10 minutes to showcase their work. Find out more here
Lemi Ponifasio
BAM - Opera House
November 19-22
Samoan director and choreographer Ponifasio and his New Zealand-based company MAU make their BAM debut with the US premiere of Birds With Skymirrors—a haunting reflection on our relationship with the world in a time of climate change. Find out more here
Panel –“ From Russia to Balanchine to Harlem: Hip-Hop Meets Ballet”
Newark Public Library
November 20
Dance Theatre of Harlem Resident Choreographer Robert Garland will be joined by panelists to discuss the relationship between neo-classical ballet and popular American and African-American culture. The panel is presented by the New Jersey Performing Arts Center, and free and open to the public. Find out more here
“The House is Open”
The Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College
November 20-22
“What might happen if a performing arts center temporarily re-imagined itself as an art museum?” This fall, the Fisher Center for the Performing Arts presents “The House is Open,” an inquisitive and playful pop-up installation and performance event that attempts to answer this question, examining the complex interplay between contemporary art and performance. There will be two premieres -- both of works commissioned or co-commissioned by LAB: Ralph Lemon's "Scaffold Room" and Jack Ferver / Mark Swanson's "Chambre." Other highlights include works by Jennifer Monson/iLAND, John Kelly, Nature Theater of Oklahoma, and Tad Beck. Find out more here
Brown Girls Burlesque
Joe’s Pub
November 21
Joe’s Pub and Present: Last Night A DJ Saved My Life Vol.4 Afro, Latin & Soul -- A stripping, shimmy-filled fete celebrating Afro-Latin musicians their contributions to soul music. Curator-navigator, Geko Jones will be on deck taking the audience through the musical migrations that have transpired in the last several decades of recorded music. Find out more here
Chicago-based Deeply Rooted Dance Theater
Mark Morris Dance Center
November 21-23
Deeply Rooted Dance Theater returns to New York with the second installation of the five-part Generations Initiative - Generations II, the multi-generational repertory project features classic and new works by choreographers representing the continuum of dance that forms Deeply Rooted’s legacy. The 2014 New York season features works by Kevin Iega Jeff, Gary Abbott, Nicole Clarke-Springer and MenCa. Find out more here
MIRO MAGLOIRE'S NEW CHAMBER BALLET
City Center Studio 5
November 21-22
Two world premieres by Magloire will take center stage when the choreographer's New Chamber Ballet returns to City Center Studio 5. Find out more here
Ballet Hispanico
Apollo Theater
November 22
For one-night-only, Ballet Hispanico, recognized as the nation’s leading Latino dance organization since 1970, makes its annual return to the Apollo to present the New York Premiere of its first evening-length narrative work, CARMEN.maquia, choreographed by Gustavo Ramírez Sansano. Find out more here
BlakTinX Performance Series
The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!)
November 22
The BlakTinX Performance Series closes with a special compilation dance concert showcasing several Bronx choreographers. Featured choreographers are Karen Bernard, William Penelope Briscoe, Deena Clemente , Jessica Danser/Dansfolk, Davalois Fearson , Sherema Fleming, Leiomy Maldonado , Andrea Murillo, Noele Phillips, Raul Rivera/New Agenda, Sage Rivera , Anthony Rosado and Jerry Sanchez. Find out more here
Organic Magnetics’ "I Am New York"
New York Public Library – Bronx
November 22
Organic Magnetics has joined forces with The New York Public Library to present I Am New York: Juan Rodriguez tells the tale of New York's first immigrant- a free man from the Caribbean who arrived in Manhattan on a Dutch ship in 1613, defended his freedom and became the first settler on record. True Story, (The rest is historical fiction). View the Feature on NBC News . Find out more here
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