Kara Wilkes and Yujin Kim Photo: RJ Muna Alonzo King LINES Ballet
The Joyce Theater
May 5-10
San Francisco-based Alonzo King LINES Ballet returns with two New York premieres: Writing Ground (2010) and Concerto for Two Violins. Writing Ground is a collaboration between King and Irish American author Colum McCann, "...inspired by the shared artistic values of King and McCann. McCann’s free verse is the starting point, and King translates through movement the ideas and the spiritual aesthetic to the audience," notes the release. The second work, Concerto for Two Violins, is choreographed to Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto in D Minor (first immortalized by George Balanchine in 1941). Noted as King's "...salute to ballet’s past while marking the continued evolution of neoclassicism....King investigates the densely layered contrapuntal voices," notes the release. Find out 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
Whitney V. Hunter
chashama in Harlem
April 30-May 9
Hunter presents a Public Performance and Installation as part of “Open Practice.” Find out more here
Various Artists
BAAD!
April 30-May30
The annual BAAD! spring dance festival The Boogie Down Dance Series 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 many more. Find out more here
Marjani Forté
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
May 6-9
For the final act of a three-year project, Harlem-based movement artist, Forté will present being Here…/this time a work “…that examines the intersections of mental illness, addiction and systemic poverty," notes the release. being Here…/this time also features a 3-D audio installation by composer and sound designer Everett Saunders. Find out more here
“Moving Men”
Dixon Place
May 5
The series curated by Doug Post returns to Dixon Place with woks by Brother(hood) Dance!, Pia Vinson, Alyssa Derling and Chafin Seymour. Find out more here
Dancers for a Variable Population
Goddard Riverside Senior Center
May 6
Join the movers in a final celebration - Movement Speaks®/Upper West Side. Find out more here
The Kandake Dance Theatre for Social Change
Dixon Place
May 6
Kadanke Dance Theatre’s presents the rock ballet, 1001 Nights: Love Stories on Death Row. Find out more here
DANCENOWNYC (Various Artists)
Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater
May 6-9
For its 20th anniversary season DANCENOWNYC opens with the premiere of NEWYORKnewyork@AstorPlace, a new dance-theater work by Mark Dendy. Get ready for four days of celebrating with 48 choreographers! Find out more here
newsteps (Various Artists)
Chen Dance Center
May 7-9
This semi-annual series presents emerging choreographers and will feature Jonathan Breton, Hannah Cohen, Bree Nasby, Janice Rosario, and Ashley Carter with Vanessa Martinez de Banos. Find out more here
Nimbus
BAM/Fisher
May 8-9
Nimbus Dance Works presents Public Forum: Dance, Race and Social Justice at BAM Fisher featuring rarely performed Modern Dance masterworks: Strange Fruit (1942) by Pearl Primus and Lynchtown (1936) by Charles Weidman. Other works on the program are artistic director Samuel Pott’s We Acquiesce, Francesca Harper's Backspace, and Thistown, performed by dance students from Drew University and New Jersey City University. Find out more here
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT)
NJPAC
May 8-10
AAADT returns for their annual Mother’s Day weekend performances at New Jersey Performing Arts Center with repertory favorites. Find out more here
David Appel
P.S. Bookshop
May 9
Appel premieres Off the Shelf (a bookstore project), four approximately 15-minute-long sets will take place at 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, and 4:30pm, with breaks in between each. Find out more here
The A.O. Movement Collective
LOFT 172
May 9
Joining forces with over 50 collaborators across various visual and performance the A.O. Movement Collective will present the ETLE Universe, “…an epic work of feminist science fiction,” according to the release. Find out more here
The Joyce Theater
May 5-10
San Francisco-based Alonzo King LINES Ballet returns with two New York premieres: Writing Ground (2010) and Concerto for Two Violins. Writing Ground is a collaboration between King and Irish American author Colum McCann, "...inspired by the shared artistic values of King and McCann. McCann’s free verse is the starting point, and King translates through movement the ideas and the spiritual aesthetic to the audience," notes the release. The second work, Concerto for Two Violins, is choreographed to Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto in D Minor (first immortalized by George Balanchine in 1941). Noted as King's "...salute to ballet’s past while marking the continued evolution of neoclassicism....King investigates the densely layered contrapuntal voices," notes the release. Find out 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
Whitney V. Hunter
chashama in Harlem
April 30-May 9
Hunter presents a Public Performance and Installation as part of “Open Practice.” Find out more here
Various Artists
BAAD!
April 30-May30
The annual BAAD! spring dance festival The Boogie Down Dance Series 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 many more. Find out more here
Marjani Forté
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
May 6-9
For the final act of a three-year project, Harlem-based movement artist, Forté will present being Here…/this time a work “…that examines the intersections of mental illness, addiction and systemic poverty," notes the release. being Here…/this time also features a 3-D audio installation by composer and sound designer Everett Saunders. Find out more here
“Moving Men”
Dixon Place
May 5
The series curated by Doug Post returns to Dixon Place with woks by Brother(hood) Dance!, Pia Vinson, Alyssa Derling and Chafin Seymour. Find out more here
Dancers for a Variable Population
Goddard Riverside Senior Center
May 6
Join the movers in a final celebration - Movement Speaks®/Upper West Side. Find out more here
The Kandake Dance Theatre for Social Change
Dixon Place
May 6
Kadanke Dance Theatre’s presents the rock ballet, 1001 Nights: Love Stories on Death Row. Find out more here
DANCENOWNYC (Various Artists)
Joe’s Pub at The Public Theater
May 6-9
For its 20th anniversary season DANCENOWNYC opens with the premiere of NEWYORKnewyork@AstorPlace, a new dance-theater work by Mark Dendy. Get ready for four days of celebrating with 48 choreographers! Find out more here
newsteps (Various Artists)
Chen Dance Center
May 7-9
This semi-annual series presents emerging choreographers and will feature Jonathan Breton, Hannah Cohen, Bree Nasby, Janice Rosario, and Ashley Carter with Vanessa Martinez de Banos. Find out more here
Nimbus
BAM/Fisher
May 8-9
Nimbus Dance Works presents Public Forum: Dance, Race and Social Justice at BAM Fisher featuring rarely performed Modern Dance masterworks: Strange Fruit (1942) by Pearl Primus and Lynchtown (1936) by Charles Weidman. Other works on the program are artistic director Samuel Pott’s We Acquiesce, Francesca Harper's Backspace, and Thistown, performed by dance students from Drew University and New Jersey City University. Find out more here
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT)
NJPAC
May 8-10
AAADT returns for their annual Mother’s Day weekend performances at New Jersey Performing Arts Center with repertory favorites. Find out more here
David Appel
P.S. Bookshop
May 9
Appel premieres Off the Shelf (a bookstore project), four approximately 15-minute-long sets will take place at 3:00, 3:30, 4:00, and 4:30pm, with breaks in between each. Find out more here
The A.O. Movement Collective
LOFT 172
May 9
Joining forces with over 50 collaborators across various visual and performance the A.O. Movement Collective will present the ETLE Universe, “…an epic work of feminist science fiction,” according to the release. Find out more here
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