Dixon Place
July 14
Los Angeles-based Williams will present Trophy “…a multi-media dance experience … that follows the pursuits of three millennial dance artists…with a beat-driven score from experimental composer Jeepneys…[plus] filmmaker Cari Ann Shim Sham's projections.” Also on the program is Hunt’s and/or, "...the act of looking, forays into repetition, time based corporeality, and switching between the pedestrian and the grotesque/hyper ‘‘feminine,’’ plus the work-in-progress solo RUN:RABBIT by Kioti which “…immerses the audience in the…world of a person navigating the extreme challenges of a stigmatized mental disorder… and the pressure to hide one’s sexual identity," notes the release. Find out more here
Monstah Black
Dixon Place
July 8 – 23
Choreographer, performer, educator and club performer, Black will premiere HYPERBOLIC! (The Last Spectacle) at Dixon Place as part of their HOT! Festival and the 25th Annual celebration of LGBTQ culture. Find out more here
American Tap Dance Foundation
Various Venues
July 9 – 16
The final week of the American Tap Dance Foundation’s week-long tap dance festival includes “Tap Dance Treasures” (July 14) directed by artistic/executive director Tony Waag, will feature works by Brenda Bufalino, Felipe Galganni, Kwikstep, Ted Levy, Tapman Myers, Max Pollak, Rokafella, Lynn Schwab, Caleb Teicher, Tony Waag & Karen Callaway Williams, and more. Find out more here
Twyla Tharp Dance
The Joyce Theater
July 11 – 23
Tharp’s engagement will include Country Dances (1976), which “…features four dancers who do-si-do through square dance adaptations…the New York City premiere of Beethoven Opus 130, featuring longtime Tharp dancer Matthew Dibble with the company, and Brahms Paganini from 1980. Find out more here
Bridgman|Packer Dance
Sheen Center
July 13 – 16
Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer, artistic directors of Bridgman|Packer features two works, Voyeur (2012) and Remembering What Never Happened (2015), as part of their “Video Partnering”—the integration of live performance and video technology. Find out more here
Infinity Dance Theater
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
July 14 – 16
“As We Are,” the company’s 20th Anniversary Season will feature works by dancers with disabilities. The program will include solo performances by artistic director Kitty Lunn and Alice Sheppard, plus other works by Lunn. Find out more here
Various Artists
New Victory Dance Series
July 14, 21 & 28
For three Wednesdays in a row, and in three different programs at the New Victory Theater, the Victory Dance series will feature: Doug Elkins Choreography, Etc., Big Dance Theater, and David Neumann / Advanced Beginner Group (July 14), Limón Dance Company, Lar Lubovitch Dance Company, and Jiva Dance (July 21), then American Tap Dance Foundation, Camille A. Brown & Dancers, and Nadine Bommer Dance Company (July 28). Find out more here
Biba Bell
JACK
July 14 - 16
Curated by Stacy Grossfield, Detroit-based writer, dancer, and choreographer Bell will present together, “…a combination of, and a departure from, the past few years of Bell's research and performance engaging dance through an affective, archi-historic lens of modernism and domesticity,” notes the release. Find out more here
Full Circle Souljahs + Master Class
SummerStage
July 16
As part of the SummerStage dance series, Full Circle Souljahs bring their brand of dance “From The Streets to The Stage” and will showcase emerging choreographers, dancers and locals from NYC neighborhoods and beyond. A hip-hop master class taught by Kwikstep, Rokafella, and the Full Circle Souljahs (July 16 - St. Mary’s Park) This event is FREE! Find out more here