Stefanie Batten Bland Stefanie Batten Bland (SBB)
Martha’s Vineyard
September 29 – 30
Opening The Yard’s winter series, choreographer and performer Stefanie Batten Bland with music by Leah Crosby will present Embarked, a”…site-specific work that combines the influences of sand, wind, water, time, and history, Stefanie Batten Bland begins her research into the physical and emotional residue created from the fabrication and destruction of landmarks, whether forced or due to decay. When she first visited Martha’s Vineyard, Batten Bland was drawn to the African American Heritage Trail. Embarked is the first of several studies in progress to celebrate these sacred spaces on the island that affirm culture and define community,” according to the release. This is a free event! Find out more here
Antonio Ramos and The Gangbangers
Dixon Place
September 15-30
Ramos and The Gangbangers, will present ALMODOVAR DYSTOPIA, a “…humorous celebration of queer culture, and part an outrageous political statement against the body-negative and repressed nature of the world we live in,” notes the release. Find out more here
Invocation Proclamation Manifesto – Various Artists
Gibney Dance Center
September 21 – October 7
In the intimate ground floor performance space, the new Gibney Dance series of “Invocation Proclamation Manifesto” a mixed bill programs featuring short works from choreographers and performance-makers “…wrestling with the urgency of being a body at risk in 45’s America,” according to the release, continues with Kenya (Robinson), Alexandra Tatarsky & Eli Tamondong (9/28 – 30); and Angie Pittman, Kristopher K.Q. Pourzal & Ashley R.T. Yergens (10/5 – 7). This series also features performances in a fully installed environment by visual artist and designer Diego Montoya. Find out more here
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
NYLA
September 27 – 30
Opening the NYLA season, Keersmaeker and her company Rosas brings A Love Supreme, a collaboration with Salva Sanchis an ode of sorts to John Coltrane’s seminal album of the same name. Find out more here
John Heginbotham and Maira Kalman
BAM Fisher
September 27 – 30
Heginbotham choreographs and directs, The Principles of Uncertainty with Dance Heiginbotham, collaborating with author and illustrator Kalman bringing “…Kalman’s intimate, detailed work to life in a series of vignettes that illustrate a journey through an ever-changing world,” notes the release. Find out more here
Renegade Performance Group
Danspace Project
September 28 – 30
Artistic director and choreographer André M. Zachery of Renegade Performance Group will premiere Untamed Space, “…an interdisciplinary performance about ‘marooning’ in the 21st Century,” notes the release. A half hour long pre-show discussions will take place each night. Find out more here
Alessandro Sciarroni
LaMama
September 28 – 30
As part Crossing the Line Festival 2017, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) and La Mama join to present the New York Premiere of Sciarroni’s UNTITLED_I will be there when you die a “…visceral, visual, high-endurance work reimagines the physical variations and repetitive patterns of juggling as a unique language,” according to the release. Find out more here
Mette Ingvartsen
NYU Skirball
September 29 - 30
Danish choreographer and dancer Ingvartsen’s 7 Pleasures is “…a choreographed orgy that explores how we use pleasure to challenge cliché images attached to nudity and sexuality,” according to the release. Find out more here
Paz Tanjuaquio
Fisher Landau Center for Art
September 30
Choreographer and dancer will dance among the exhibition Hypothetical? by Lorna Simpson. Admission to the event is complimentary. Find out more here
Kiran Rajagopalan
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
September 30
Rajagopalan will present Twin Rivers “…a multidisciplinary work which explores the similarities between West African, West Indian, and Indian spirituality,” as part of Snug Harbor's monthly Performing Arts Salon Saturdays (PASS), notes the release. Find out more here
Bouchra Ouizguen
Brooklyn Museum
September 30 – October 1
Also part of Crossing the Line Festival, with the Brooklyn Museum, Abrons Arts Center, and Movement Research comes the New York Premiere of Moroccan choreographer Ouizguen’s “…hypnotic, site-specific living sculpture,” Corbeaux (Crows). Find out more here
Martha’s Vineyard
September 29 – 30
Opening The Yard’s winter series, choreographer and performer Stefanie Batten Bland with music by Leah Crosby will present Embarked, a”…site-specific work that combines the influences of sand, wind, water, time, and history, Stefanie Batten Bland begins her research into the physical and emotional residue created from the fabrication and destruction of landmarks, whether forced or due to decay. When she first visited Martha’s Vineyard, Batten Bland was drawn to the African American Heritage Trail. Embarked is the first of several studies in progress to celebrate these sacred spaces on the island that affirm culture and define community,” according to the release. This is a free event! Find out more here
Antonio Ramos and The Gangbangers
Dixon Place
September 15-30
Ramos and The Gangbangers, will present ALMODOVAR DYSTOPIA, a “…humorous celebration of queer culture, and part an outrageous political statement against the body-negative and repressed nature of the world we live in,” notes the release. Find out more here
Invocation Proclamation Manifesto – Various Artists
Gibney Dance Center
September 21 – October 7
In the intimate ground floor performance space, the new Gibney Dance series of “Invocation Proclamation Manifesto” a mixed bill programs featuring short works from choreographers and performance-makers “…wrestling with the urgency of being a body at risk in 45’s America,” according to the release, continues with Kenya (Robinson), Alexandra Tatarsky & Eli Tamondong (9/28 – 30); and Angie Pittman, Kristopher K.Q. Pourzal & Ashley R.T. Yergens (10/5 – 7). This series also features performances in a fully installed environment by visual artist and designer Diego Montoya. Find out more here
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
NYLA
September 27 – 30
Opening the NYLA season, Keersmaeker and her company Rosas brings A Love Supreme, a collaboration with Salva Sanchis an ode of sorts to John Coltrane’s seminal album of the same name. Find out more here
John Heginbotham and Maira Kalman
BAM Fisher
September 27 – 30
Heginbotham choreographs and directs, The Principles of Uncertainty with Dance Heiginbotham, collaborating with author and illustrator Kalman bringing “…Kalman’s intimate, detailed work to life in a series of vignettes that illustrate a journey through an ever-changing world,” notes the release. Find out more here
Renegade Performance Group
Danspace Project
September 28 – 30
Artistic director and choreographer André M. Zachery of Renegade Performance Group will premiere Untamed Space, “…an interdisciplinary performance about ‘marooning’ in the 21st Century,” notes the release. A half hour long pre-show discussions will take place each night. Find out more here
Alessandro Sciarroni
LaMama
September 28 – 30
As part Crossing the Line Festival 2017, the French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) and La Mama join to present the New York Premiere of Sciarroni’s UNTITLED_I will be there when you die a “…visceral, visual, high-endurance work reimagines the physical variations and repetitive patterns of juggling as a unique language,” according to the release. Find out more here
Mette Ingvartsen
NYU Skirball
September 29 - 30
Danish choreographer and dancer Ingvartsen’s 7 Pleasures is “…a choreographed orgy that explores how we use pleasure to challenge cliché images attached to nudity and sexuality,” according to the release. Find out more here
Paz Tanjuaquio
Fisher Landau Center for Art
September 30
Choreographer and dancer will dance among the exhibition Hypothetical? by Lorna Simpson. Admission to the event is complimentary. Find out more here
Kiran Rajagopalan
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
September 30
Rajagopalan will present Twin Rivers “…a multidisciplinary work which explores the similarities between West African, West Indian, and Indian spirituality,” as part of Snug Harbor's monthly Performing Arts Salon Saturdays (PASS), notes the release. Find out more here
Bouchra Ouizguen
Brooklyn Museum
September 30 – October 1
Also part of Crossing the Line Festival, with the Brooklyn Museum, Abrons Arts Center, and Movement Research comes the New York Premiere of Moroccan choreographer Ouizguen’s “…hypnotic, site-specific living sculpture,” Corbeaux (Crows). Find out more here
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