"Africa Umoja" The International Arts Foundation
Symphony Space
January 6-8
Creators and choreographers Todd Twala and Thembi Nyandeni present the South African dance and musical event, AFRICA UMOJA: 20 YEARS FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY TOUR. The evening, packed with a cast of 32 dancers, singers and actors is described as “…an exuberant journey through South African history, using the traditions of storytelling, drum talk, dance and song...from the potent rhythms of tribal music to the intricate steps of Gumboot dancing. The storyline takes the audience from the country’s early history, through Apartheid and into today,” notes the release. Find out more here
Faye Driscoll
Danspace Project
Jan 6, 8, 9 & 10
In Driscoll’s Thank You For Coming: Attendance, “…performers pass through ever-morphing states of physical entanglement and scenes of distorted familiarity..." notes the release. This work is commissioned by Danspace Project and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and is co-presented by Danspace Project, Faye Driscoll Group and PS122 as part of the tenth edition of the COIL festival. Find out more here
BODYTRAFFIC
The Joyce Theater
Jan 6, 8, 10
The Los Angeles-based BODYTRAFFIC brings the world premiere of Dust by Hofesh Shechter, the New York premiere of Once again Before You Go by Victor Quijada, and The New 45 by Richard Siegal . Find out more here
doug elkins choreography, etc.
The Joyce Theater
Jan 7, 9 & 11
Elkins will premiere HAPLESS BIZARRE and will remount MO(OR)TOWN/REDUX, his take on Shakespeare’s Othello and Jose Limón’s seminal modern dance work The Moor’s Pavane. Find out more here
Molly Lieber & Eleanor Smith
The Chocolate Factory
January 7-12
“Through a unique practice of improvisation movement work [this duo] presents a living, breathing, thumping manifestation of a profound and raw artistic collaboration in Rude World…the final series in a triptych of works created over the course of three years,” according to the release. Find out more here
Live Artery Series (Various Artists)
New York Live Arts
January 8 - 11
As part of the Live Artery Series, Rashaun Mitchell, Cynthia Oliver, Beth Gill, Okwui Okpokwasili , John Jasperse and Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company will be featured on separate evenings. Find out more here
Gibney Winter Series
Gibney Dance Center
January 8 - 15
This series features a total of 6 choreographers over two weeks. First up is Miguel Gutierrez and The Powerful People in Gutierrez’s Age & Beauty Part 1: Mid-Career Artist/Suicide Note or &:-/, a suite of queer pieces Gutierrez is creating over the course of three years. Other artists that complete the series are Marjani Forté, Anna Sperber, Annie-B Parson, Susan Marshall and Ryan Holsopple. Find out more here
16th Contemporary Dance Showcase: Japan + East Asia
Japan Society
January 9 & 10
This year’s showcase features Japanese choreographers: Nobuyuki Hanabusa's group, Kaori Seki and Mikiko Kawamura; and from Taiwan: I-Fen Tung with M.O.V.E Theatre, and Shang-Chi Sun. Find out more here
Out of Israel Dance Festival
92nd Street Y
January 9 & 10
Curated by Dana Katz, this fifth annual dance festival features Israeli contemporary dance including works by Ori Flomin, Zvi Gotheiner, Idan Porges, Daniel Agami and Katz. Find out more here
Boomerang
January 9
Dixon Place
Works to be presented will include the premiere of Hey Moon, a solo on rollerblades, Our Past the Fuse, Thresheld their “eponymous duet” Boomerang. Guest artist Karl Rogers will perform his solo sweet dreams. Find out more here
New York Theatre Ballet
92nd Street Y
January 9 - 11
The company will perform Legends & Visionaries featuring a revival of Sallie Wilson’s Romeo & Juliet Pas de Deux, A Rugged Flourish by Richard Alston; Game Two by Matthew Neenan; Rondo by Jerome Robbins; and Short Memory by Pam Tanowitz. Find out more here
Alexandra Bachzetsis
Swiss Institute / CONTEMPORARY ART
January 11-14
Swiss choreographer Bachzetis’ will present her From A to B via C inspired by Diego Velázquez’s seminal rendition of Venus at her Mirror (1599-1600) and which “…explores the various provinces and domains of 'mainstream' popular culture.” Find out more here
Armitage Gone! Dance
Various Locations
January 10 & 11 – March 13
The Company will present LIFE STORY and LIGETI ESSAYS at New York City Center Studio 4 (January 10), ON THE NATURE OF THINGS plus FOUR SEASONS at The Ailey School Studio 6B (January 11), and will be included in Making Art Dance: curated by gallerist and former MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch which includes set designs and costumes created in the past thirty years by Armitage with contemporary artists and fashion designers (January 11 – March 13). Find out more here
The Gathering
Gina Gibney Studios
January 11
For this second coming together, “The Gathering” begun as “…an open forum for intergenerational black female artists to support one another...” will be moderated by Onye Ozuzu. Mixet - 6:30pm-7:00pm & The Gathering - 7:00pm-9:00pm. RSVP with Indira Goodwine at [email protected]. LIVE STREAMING and TWEETING during The Gathering! #BlackFemChoreo. Find out more here
Sheffield Global Arts Management Dance Showcase with Guest Artists
The Ailey Studios
January 11
The impressive list of artists on this roster are: Ananya Dance Theatre, Tiffany Rea-Fisher/Elisa Monte, Christal Brown/INSPIRIT, Shelly Hutchinson (Guest Artist), Danielle Russo Performance Project (Guest Artist) and Surati for Performing Arts (Guest Artist). Find out more here
Miguel Gutierez
American Realness
January 12-14 & 16-18
Miguel Gutierrez's Age & Beauty Part 2: Asian Beauty @ the Werq Meeting or The Choreographer & Her Muse or &:@& Find out more here
Dr. Erik Aschengreen
Scandinavia House
January 12
Dr. Aschengreen, author of Dancing Across The Atlantic will speak about August Bournonville and the Danish Joy of Dance. This is a co-presentation of Scandinavia House and The Joyce Theater. Admission is free. Find out more here
LeeSaar
January 12-13
14 Street Y Theater
LeeSarr will present CLOSE UP (WORK IN PROGRESS) A full immersion performance/art-party experience conceived, created and performed by The Company and OMTA with special guests, live music and open bar. Find out more here
Various Artists
Movement Research at the Judson Church
January 12
Don’t miss this free, ongoing, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress. This week’s featured artists are: Neil Greenberg, Burr Johnson, Joanna Kotze, Jen McGinn, Yasuko Yokoshi. Find out more here
The Gathering Moves: African-American Female Choreographer's Showcase
NY City Center Studio 4
January 12
This special event will feature works by Shani Collins, LoveIForte, Christal Brown, Paloma McGregor and Francine E. Ott. This event is co-produced by Pamela Green and Camille A. Brown. Find out more here
Symphony Space
January 6-8
Creators and choreographers Todd Twala and Thembi Nyandeni present the South African dance and musical event, AFRICA UMOJA: 20 YEARS FREEDOM AND DEMOCRACY TOUR. The evening, packed with a cast of 32 dancers, singers and actors is described as “…an exuberant journey through South African history, using the traditions of storytelling, drum talk, dance and song...from the potent rhythms of tribal music to the intricate steps of Gumboot dancing. The storyline takes the audience from the country’s early history, through Apartheid and into today,” notes the release. Find out more here
Faye Driscoll
Danspace Project
Jan 6, 8, 9 & 10
In Driscoll’s Thank You For Coming: Attendance, “…performers pass through ever-morphing states of physical entanglement and scenes of distorted familiarity..." notes the release. This work is commissioned by Danspace Project and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and is co-presented by Danspace Project, Faye Driscoll Group and PS122 as part of the tenth edition of the COIL festival. Find out more here
BODYTRAFFIC
The Joyce Theater
Jan 6, 8, 10
The Los Angeles-based BODYTRAFFIC brings the world premiere of Dust by Hofesh Shechter, the New York premiere of Once again Before You Go by Victor Quijada, and The New 45 by Richard Siegal . Find out more here
doug elkins choreography, etc.
The Joyce Theater
Jan 7, 9 & 11
Elkins will premiere HAPLESS BIZARRE and will remount MO(OR)TOWN/REDUX, his take on Shakespeare’s Othello and Jose Limón’s seminal modern dance work The Moor’s Pavane. Find out more here
Molly Lieber & Eleanor Smith
The Chocolate Factory
January 7-12
“Through a unique practice of improvisation movement work [this duo] presents a living, breathing, thumping manifestation of a profound and raw artistic collaboration in Rude World…the final series in a triptych of works created over the course of three years,” according to the release. Find out more here
Live Artery Series (Various Artists)
New York Live Arts
January 8 - 11
As part of the Live Artery Series, Rashaun Mitchell, Cynthia Oliver, Beth Gill, Okwui Okpokwasili , John Jasperse and Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company will be featured on separate evenings. Find out more here
Gibney Winter Series
Gibney Dance Center
January 8 - 15
This series features a total of 6 choreographers over two weeks. First up is Miguel Gutierrez and The Powerful People in Gutierrez’s Age & Beauty Part 1: Mid-Career Artist/Suicide Note or &:-/, a suite of queer pieces Gutierrez is creating over the course of three years. Other artists that complete the series are Marjani Forté, Anna Sperber, Annie-B Parson, Susan Marshall and Ryan Holsopple. Find out more here
16th Contemporary Dance Showcase: Japan + East Asia
Japan Society
January 9 & 10
This year’s showcase features Japanese choreographers: Nobuyuki Hanabusa's group, Kaori Seki and Mikiko Kawamura; and from Taiwan: I-Fen Tung with M.O.V.E Theatre, and Shang-Chi Sun. Find out more here
Out of Israel Dance Festival
92nd Street Y
January 9 & 10
Curated by Dana Katz, this fifth annual dance festival features Israeli contemporary dance including works by Ori Flomin, Zvi Gotheiner, Idan Porges, Daniel Agami and Katz. Find out more here
Boomerang
January 9
Dixon Place
Works to be presented will include the premiere of Hey Moon, a solo on rollerblades, Our Past the Fuse, Thresheld their “eponymous duet” Boomerang. Guest artist Karl Rogers will perform his solo sweet dreams. Find out more here
New York Theatre Ballet
92nd Street Y
January 9 - 11
The company will perform Legends & Visionaries featuring a revival of Sallie Wilson’s Romeo & Juliet Pas de Deux, A Rugged Flourish by Richard Alston; Game Two by Matthew Neenan; Rondo by Jerome Robbins; and Short Memory by Pam Tanowitz. Find out more here
Alexandra Bachzetsis
Swiss Institute / CONTEMPORARY ART
January 11-14
Swiss choreographer Bachzetis’ will present her From A to B via C inspired by Diego Velázquez’s seminal rendition of Venus at her Mirror (1599-1600) and which “…explores the various provinces and domains of 'mainstream' popular culture.” Find out more here
Armitage Gone! Dance
Various Locations
January 10 & 11 – March 13
The Company will present LIFE STORY and LIGETI ESSAYS at New York City Center Studio 4 (January 10), ON THE NATURE OF THINGS plus FOUR SEASONS at The Ailey School Studio 6B (January 11), and will be included in Making Art Dance: curated by gallerist and former MOCA Director Jeffrey Deitch which includes set designs and costumes created in the past thirty years by Armitage with contemporary artists and fashion designers (January 11 – March 13). Find out more here
The Gathering
Gina Gibney Studios
January 11
For this second coming together, “The Gathering” begun as “…an open forum for intergenerational black female artists to support one another...” will be moderated by Onye Ozuzu. Mixet - 6:30pm-7:00pm & The Gathering - 7:00pm-9:00pm. RSVP with Indira Goodwine at [email protected]. LIVE STREAMING and TWEETING during The Gathering! #BlackFemChoreo. Find out more here
Sheffield Global Arts Management Dance Showcase with Guest Artists
The Ailey Studios
January 11
The impressive list of artists on this roster are: Ananya Dance Theatre, Tiffany Rea-Fisher/Elisa Monte, Christal Brown/INSPIRIT, Shelly Hutchinson (Guest Artist), Danielle Russo Performance Project (Guest Artist) and Surati for Performing Arts (Guest Artist). Find out more here
Miguel Gutierez
American Realness
January 12-14 & 16-18
Miguel Gutierrez's Age & Beauty Part 2: Asian Beauty @ the Werq Meeting or The Choreographer & Her Muse or &:@& Find out more here
Dr. Erik Aschengreen
Scandinavia House
January 12
Dr. Aschengreen, author of Dancing Across The Atlantic will speak about August Bournonville and the Danish Joy of Dance. This is a co-presentation of Scandinavia House and The Joyce Theater. Admission is free. Find out more here
LeeSaar
January 12-13
14 Street Y Theater
LeeSarr will present CLOSE UP (WORK IN PROGRESS) A full immersion performance/art-party experience conceived, created and performed by The Company and OMTA with special guests, live music and open bar. Find out more here
Various Artists
Movement Research at the Judson Church
January 12
Don’t miss this free, ongoing, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress. This week’s featured artists are: Neil Greenberg, Burr Johnson, Joanna Kotze, Jen McGinn, Yasuko Yokoshi. Find out more here
The Gathering Moves: African-American Female Choreographer's Showcase
NY City Center Studio 4
January 12
This special event will feature works by Shani Collins, LoveIForte, Christal Brown, Paloma McGregor and Francine E. Ott. This event is co-produced by Pamela Green and Camille A. Brown. Find out more here
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