Vicky Shick and Dancers Photo: Anjola Toro Vicky Shick and Dancers
Danspace Project
February 7-9
Shick, along with collaborators and performers, will premiere Next to the Sink, aimed at examining “…how to uncover essences in relationship to movement, to a space, to sound and to our fraught times…My flat-out belief is that they are at the heart of all work. I am equally intrigued by spilling unexpected intimacies into these collaborative dances and thus sharing that sense of stray tenderness with the audience,” writes Schick. Schick is joined by visual artist, Seline Baumgartner, and will also to connect within the architecture of Danspace Project’s sacred sanctuary space by the smattering of tableaus, portraits, gently odd-ball incongruities, and highly detailed, vivid movement passages. The performers are: Jodi Bender, Marilyn Maywald Yahel, Mina Nishimura, Jimena Paz, and Jennifer Lafferty. Find out more here
Urban Bush Women
BRIC
January 31 – February 9
In Brooklyn at BRIC, choreographers and associate artistic directors Chanon Judson and Samantha Speis offer a not-to-be-missed iteration of the 2001 work, HairStories. Now as Hair & Other Stories (New York premiere) this evening-length “…experience, blends dance-theater performance and conversation to explore disquieting perceptions of beauty, identity, and race through the lens of hair, primarily that of African-American women…a medley of personal narratives gathered from community, kitchen and living room conversations, social media, and YouTube,” notes the release. Find out more here
Camille A. Brown and Dancers (CADD)
The Joyce Theater
February 5 – 10
CADD returns with part three of her trilogy on identity, ink. In ink, a tour-de-force evening of dance “Driven by live rhythms of both African and handmade instruments, ink explores self-empowerment, Black love, brotherhood, and resilience through blues, hip-hop, jazz, and swing music and movement inflected with myriad styles, from African to tap, African-American social dance to modern, and more,” notes the release. Find out more here
Long Table & Circling Back - Various Topics
Gibney
February 6 -7
These free events curated by Senior Curatorial Director, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, offers a series of conversations and experiential gatherings that highlight important issues in the dance community. This week’s topic: “The Joy Of Social Dancing.” Find out more here
Synthesisdance
Gibney
February 7 – 9
The female collective, Synthesisdance will present Ego Alter “…a soulful portrait of individuals, capturing their spirit through gestures, poses and carefully orchestrated interactions,” notes the release. Find out more here
Various Artists – “Soaking WET”
West End Theatre
February 7-10
The Soaking WET series, curated by David Parker and produced by Jeffrey Kazin, returns with two performances daily, plus live music on two programs of collaborations: Program A - dancer/choreographer Alan Good collaborating with pianist Allen Fogelsanger in Lossless. Program B - dancer/choreographer Joanna S. Meyer and violinist/composer CATHERINE Mcrae in Maps. Find out more here
It’s Showtime NYC!
The MET
February 8
The dancers of “It’s Showtime NYC!” continues their regular presentations at The Met combining hip-hop and the age of chivalry matching freestyle dance with knights in armor. This series is commissioned by MetLiveArts in collaboration with The Met's Arms and Armor department and the urban dance organization Dancing in the Streets of the South Bronx. Find out more here
Various Artists – Studio Showing
New York Live Arts
February 8
As part of NYLAs’ “Live Feed” creative residency and commissioning program, Alexandra Chasin and Zishan Ugurlu offers their multi-media production Fragments, Lists & Lacunae . Find out more here
Kevin Williamson + Company
Odyssey Theater Ensemble
February 8-10
As part of the 3rd annual “Dance at the Odyssey Festival, Williamson will be joined by Barry Brannum, Sebastian Hernandez, Mallory Fabian, and Carol McDowell in GNARLED at It is an evening of collaborative duets where one performer leaves and another enters, each tangled pair finding new discomforts and unexpected tenderness in their evolving relationships. Find out more here
Danspace Project
February 7-9
Shick, along with collaborators and performers, will premiere Next to the Sink, aimed at examining “…how to uncover essences in relationship to movement, to a space, to sound and to our fraught times…My flat-out belief is that they are at the heart of all work. I am equally intrigued by spilling unexpected intimacies into these collaborative dances and thus sharing that sense of stray tenderness with the audience,” writes Schick. Schick is joined by visual artist, Seline Baumgartner, and will also to connect within the architecture of Danspace Project’s sacred sanctuary space by the smattering of tableaus, portraits, gently odd-ball incongruities, and highly detailed, vivid movement passages. The performers are: Jodi Bender, Marilyn Maywald Yahel, Mina Nishimura, Jimena Paz, and Jennifer Lafferty. Find out more here
Urban Bush Women
BRIC
January 31 – February 9
In Brooklyn at BRIC, choreographers and associate artistic directors Chanon Judson and Samantha Speis offer a not-to-be-missed iteration of the 2001 work, HairStories. Now as Hair & Other Stories (New York premiere) this evening-length “…experience, blends dance-theater performance and conversation to explore disquieting perceptions of beauty, identity, and race through the lens of hair, primarily that of African-American women…a medley of personal narratives gathered from community, kitchen and living room conversations, social media, and YouTube,” notes the release. Find out more here
Camille A. Brown and Dancers (CADD)
The Joyce Theater
February 5 – 10
CADD returns with part three of her trilogy on identity, ink. In ink, a tour-de-force evening of dance “Driven by live rhythms of both African and handmade instruments, ink explores self-empowerment, Black love, brotherhood, and resilience through blues, hip-hop, jazz, and swing music and movement inflected with myriad styles, from African to tap, African-American social dance to modern, and more,” notes the release. Find out more here
Long Table & Circling Back - Various Topics
Gibney
February 6 -7
These free events curated by Senior Curatorial Director, Eva Yaa Asantewaa, offers a series of conversations and experiential gatherings that highlight important issues in the dance community. This week’s topic: “The Joy Of Social Dancing.” Find out more here
Synthesisdance
Gibney
February 7 – 9
The female collective, Synthesisdance will present Ego Alter “…a soulful portrait of individuals, capturing their spirit through gestures, poses and carefully orchestrated interactions,” notes the release. Find out more here
Various Artists – “Soaking WET”
West End Theatre
February 7-10
The Soaking WET series, curated by David Parker and produced by Jeffrey Kazin, returns with two performances daily, plus live music on two programs of collaborations: Program A - dancer/choreographer Alan Good collaborating with pianist Allen Fogelsanger in Lossless. Program B - dancer/choreographer Joanna S. Meyer and violinist/composer CATHERINE Mcrae in Maps. Find out more here
It’s Showtime NYC!
The MET
February 8
The dancers of “It’s Showtime NYC!” continues their regular presentations at The Met combining hip-hop and the age of chivalry matching freestyle dance with knights in armor. This series is commissioned by MetLiveArts in collaboration with The Met's Arms and Armor department and the urban dance organization Dancing in the Streets of the South Bronx. Find out more here
Various Artists – Studio Showing
New York Live Arts
February 8
As part of NYLAs’ “Live Feed” creative residency and commissioning program, Alexandra Chasin and Zishan Ugurlu offers their multi-media production Fragments, Lists & Lacunae . Find out more here
Kevin Williamson + Company
Odyssey Theater Ensemble
February 8-10
As part of the 3rd annual “Dance at the Odyssey Festival, Williamson will be joined by Barry Brannum, Sebastian Hernandez, Mallory Fabian, and Carol McDowell in GNARLED at It is an evening of collaborative duets where one performer leaves and another enters, each tangled pair finding new discomforts and unexpected tenderness in their evolving relationships. Find out more here
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