The Boogie Down Dance Series
BAAD! (Westchester Square section of the Bronx)
April 30-May30
Taking its title from the borough’s nickname, The Boogie Down, the annual BAAD! spring dance festival returns with a mix of home grown dance from the Bronx and around the city featuring works by Brother(hood) Dance!, Raja Feather Kelly, Niv Acosta, Antonio Ramos, Miguel Anaya, Maria Bauman, Jumatatu Poe and Anthony Rosado and many more. For more information visit www.BAADBronx.org
Lauren Ree Slone, Eli Tamondong/Projectile Imagery and Jacob Slominski
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
April 30 – May 2
For "Work Up," one of the many performance series at Gibney Dance, Slone, Tamondong and Slominski will present a range of works. Find out more here
Lyon Opera Ballet
Joyce Theater
April 29 – May 3
Lyon Opera Ballet will perform a range of works by internationally known choreographers William Forsythe, Benjamin Millepied and Emanuel Gat. Find out more here
Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center’s “PEEKS”
The Actors Fund
April 30
Sidra Bell, Da'von Doane and Lloyd Knight will present works-in-process as part of PEEKS, “...a low-pressure environment to experiment and receive feeback from a live audience.” Find out more here
Nimbus Dance Works
Drew University
April 30
Artistic director, Samuel Pott offers repertory and seminal works including Charles Weidman's Lynchtown, Pearl Primus' Strange Fruit, and Pott's We Aquiesce for this event. Find out more here
Food for Thought
Danspace Project
April 30 – May 2
The annual food drive performance series, Food for Thought, curated by choreographers Jeanine Durning, Iréne Hultman and David Thomson runs for three nights. Food for Thought collects canned food for St. Mark's Church food distribution programs. Admission for each evening is 2 cans of food + $5, or $10 with no cans. Find our more here
Rebecca Davis
HERE
April 29 (preview), April 30- May 9
HERE will present the world premiere of Davis’s Bloowst windku [bloom-twist-windmill-haiku] made through the Artist Residency Program. “Davis creates a performance for three dancers in which sound, light, and movement are compositional equals,” according to the release. Find out more here
Steps Repertory Ensemble
Ailey Citigroup Theater
April 30-May 2
Artistic director Bradley Shelver and the Steps Repertory Ensemble will present works by established and emerging choreographers Mike Esperanza, Francesca Harper, Jae Man Joo, Lar Lubovitch and Shelver. Find out more here
Milka Djordjevich + Chris Peck
The Kitchen
April 30 – May 2
Choreographer Djordjevich and composer Peck premieres MASS “… a gradual dance on a pedestal for three women, created as part of an ongoing collaboration between them,” according to the release. Find out more here
Full Circle
Hostos Center for the Arts
May 1
Ana “Rokafella” Garcia and Gabriel “Kwickstep” Dionisio’s hip hop dance group Full Circle presents OUTSIDE THE BACHX, a Hip Hop Theater Production commissioned by Washington D.C.’s The Kennedy Center. Find out more here
WestFest Dance Festival
Westbeth Residence Building
April 30-May 3
The annual festival presented in the Westbeth Artists’ Residence building will feature site-specific performances in multiple spaces within the building as well as a series of performances on the top floor studio, which was home to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and now houses the Martha Graham Dance Company. Find out more here
Whitney V. Hunter
chashama
April 30-May 9
Hunter presents a Public Performance and Installation as part of “Open Practice.” Find out more here
BAAD! (Westchester Square section of the Bronx)
April 30-May30
Taking its title from the borough’s nickname, The Boogie Down, the annual BAAD! spring dance festival returns with a mix of home grown dance from the Bronx and around the city featuring works by Brother(hood) Dance!, Raja Feather Kelly, Niv Acosta, Antonio Ramos, Miguel Anaya, Maria Bauman, Jumatatu Poe and Anthony Rosado and many more. For more information visit www.BAADBronx.org
Lauren Ree Slone, Eli Tamondong/Projectile Imagery and Jacob Slominski
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
April 30 – May 2
For "Work Up," one of the many performance series at Gibney Dance, Slone, Tamondong and Slominski will present a range of works. Find out more here
Lyon Opera Ballet
Joyce Theater
April 29 – May 3
Lyon Opera Ballet will perform a range of works by internationally known choreographers William Forsythe, Benjamin Millepied and Emanuel Gat. Find out more here
Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center’s “PEEKS”
The Actors Fund
April 30
Sidra Bell, Da'von Doane and Lloyd Knight will present works-in-process as part of PEEKS, “...a low-pressure environment to experiment and receive feeback from a live audience.” Find out more here
Nimbus Dance Works
Drew University
April 30
Artistic director, Samuel Pott offers repertory and seminal works including Charles Weidman's Lynchtown, Pearl Primus' Strange Fruit, and Pott's We Aquiesce for this event. Find out more here
Food for Thought
Danspace Project
April 30 – May 2
The annual food drive performance series, Food for Thought, curated by choreographers Jeanine Durning, Iréne Hultman and David Thomson runs for three nights. Food for Thought collects canned food for St. Mark's Church food distribution programs. Admission for each evening is 2 cans of food + $5, or $10 with no cans. Find our more here
Rebecca Davis
HERE
April 29 (preview), April 30- May 9
HERE will present the world premiere of Davis’s Bloowst windku [bloom-twist-windmill-haiku] made through the Artist Residency Program. “Davis creates a performance for three dancers in which sound, light, and movement are compositional equals,” according to the release. Find out more here
Steps Repertory Ensemble
Ailey Citigroup Theater
April 30-May 2
Artistic director Bradley Shelver and the Steps Repertory Ensemble will present works by established and emerging choreographers Mike Esperanza, Francesca Harper, Jae Man Joo, Lar Lubovitch and Shelver. Find out more here
Milka Djordjevich + Chris Peck
The Kitchen
April 30 – May 2
Choreographer Djordjevich and composer Peck premieres MASS “… a gradual dance on a pedestal for three women, created as part of an ongoing collaboration between them,” according to the release. Find out more here
Full Circle
Hostos Center for the Arts
May 1
Ana “Rokafella” Garcia and Gabriel “Kwickstep” Dionisio’s hip hop dance group Full Circle presents OUTSIDE THE BACHX, a Hip Hop Theater Production commissioned by Washington D.C.’s The Kennedy Center. Find out more here
WestFest Dance Festival
Westbeth Residence Building
April 30-May 3
The annual festival presented in the Westbeth Artists’ Residence building will feature site-specific performances in multiple spaces within the building as well as a series of performances on the top floor studio, which was home to the Merce Cunningham Dance Company and now houses the Martha Graham Dance Company. Find out more here
Whitney V. Hunter
chashama
April 30-May 9
Hunter presents a Public Performance and Installation as part of “Open Practice.” Find out more here
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