New York Live Arts
June 14 - 18
Be there when Elisa Monte, Molissa Fenley, Margo Sappington and Jennifer Muller join forces in Monte/Molissa/Margo/Muller - LIVE! with a cast of 25 dancers for shared performances featuring five works each evening, including three premieres. “The Four M’s,” as they call themselves, “…are all at the height of their careers, each offering a powerful and original voice,” according to the release. Elisa Monte Dance will premiere DEXTRA DEI, Molissa Fenley and Company will premiere THE THIRD COAST, plus MALI –The Third Coast (parts 1 and 2) and Mali (part 8) of Water Table. Sappington brings ENTWINED (to wind or twist together), and Jennifer Muller/The Works will premiere WORKING TITLE. Find out more here
OUT LIKE THAT! FESTIVAL
BAAD!
June 2 -22
The OUT LIKE THAT! Festival at BAAD! brings "...a fierce line-up of dance, theatre, literature, documentary film and wonderful performances featuring queer artists from the Bronx and beyond," notes the release. Featured will be Kharis Collins, Michael Bishop, Alexandra Bodnarchuk, Jessica Danser, Davi, Shiloh Hodges, Matthew Perez and Randy Reyes and more. Find out more here
American Dance Institute Festival – Various Artists
The Kitchen
June 9 - 25
The American Dance Institute (ADI) Festival’s inaugural New York season continues at The Kitchen with Wilderness by Brian Brooks Moving Company, June 9-11; Jane Comfort & Company’s You Are Here, June 16-18; CHROMATIC, from Susan Marshall, Composer Jason Treuting and Visual Artist Suzanne Bocanegra, June 23-25; and Jack Ferver’s I Want You to Want Me, June 30 – July 2. Find out more here
Performance Mix Festival – Various Artists
Henry Street Settlement – Abrons Arts Center
June 6 – 11
New Dance Alliance - Performance Mix Festival, returns for the 30th year with “…experimental dance, improvisation, performance art, theater, and interdisciplinary works…[and] provides a unique platform for experimentation and creative risk-taking by both emerging and established artists,” notes the release. Find out more here
Buglisi Dance Theatre
The Ailey Citigroup Theater
June 7 – 9
Celebrating its 23rd anniversary, the Buglisi Dance Theatre presents "Women of Distinction," a program that celebrates women. The program includes a new work by Buglisi plus repertory works Requiem, Sand, Sospiri, Suite:Solos and Duets, and a special performance by Christine Dakin with pianist Brian Zeger. Find out more here
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Lincoln Center’s David H. Koch Theater
June 8 – 19
The Company returns for their two-week spring engagement which includes the world premiere of Deep by Mauro Bigonzetti and Untitled America: Second Movement by Kyle Abraham. The season will also include new productions of Robert Battle’s The Hunt and Ulysses Dove’s Vespers. Find out more here
Ballettech’s KIDS DANCE
The Joyce Theater
June 9 – 12
KIDS DANCE returns with young dancers who are “…scrupulously schooled and impeccably rehearsed ,” notes the release. These whizkids will perform works by Eliot Feld, and guest choreographers Brian Brooks and Julia Eichten. Find out more here
Tap City
Venues around New York City
June 9 – 16
For their 16th year, Tap City, The American Tap Dance Foundation’s (ATDF) week-long tap dance festival, will include award presentations, master classes and performances by local and international artists. New this year is Tap Treasures, a three-day citywide tour of tap dance landmarks plus Tap Treasures a contemporary musical review curated by Tony Waag, and performances at “The Duke” featuring Brenda Bufalino, Richard James, Kwikstep, Ted Levy, Max Pollak, Rokafella, Leonardo Sandoval, Randy Skinner, Tap City Youth Ensemble, Caleb Teicher, Tony Waag & Karen Callaway Williams and more. Find out more here
Satellite Collective
92nd Street Y
June 10 – 12
Satellite Collective will present works by young and emerging artists from the New York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey, Juilliard and the indie music and video scenes. Find out more here
“New Traditions Festival 2016: Dance Your Caribbean!” – Various Artists
Gelsey Kirkland Arts Center
June 11 – 12
Works based on, and deeply set in Brooklyn communities, are what make up the 2016 Festival which happens during Caribbean Heritage month and features dance artists with roots in Grenada, Trinidad and Tobago, Haiti, and Jamaica, active in their communities in the US and back home in the Caribbean. Artists are: Christopher Walker and Kevin A. Ormsby, Jessica St. Vil, Maxine Montilus, Safi Hariott, Shola Roberts and Dance Caribbean COLLECTIVE Founder, Candace Thompson. Find out more here