The Joyce Theater
April 17 – 22
Celebrating its 50th anniversary with three programs, included will be the world premiere of Lubovitch’s Something About Night, set to choral music by Franz Schubert, Men’s Stories: A Concerto in Ruin (2000), and Little Rhapsodies (2007). The Company will be joined by the Martha Graham Dance Company in The Legend of Ten (2010), principal dancers from The Joffrey Ballet in Act III of Lubovitch’s Othello, and the George Mason University School of Dance in A Brahms Symphony (1985), seminal works dances in honor of this milestone year. The Lar Lubovitch Dance Company dancers are: Jonathan Emanuell Alsberry, Anthony Bocconi, Nicole Marie Corea, Barton Cowperthwaite, Tobin Del Cuore, Colin Fuller, Reed Luplau, Belinda McGuire, Matthew McLaughlin, Brett Perry, Benjamin Holliday Wardell, and Łukasz Zięba. Find out more here
Gathering Place: Black Queer Land(ing) – Various Artists
Gibney Dance
April 10 – 28
Curated by Marýa Wethers, week two of the three filled with performances “…intersections and crossroads among Blackness, queerness, and Indigeneity,” continues with jumatatu m. poe, and the I Moving Lab collective, “…who call in the ancestors and create a live offering of embodied rituals informed by ceremonial practices, queer sensibilities, and Indigenous wisdoms, offering the potential for transformation through creative interventions that strive to reorganize our understanding of identity, place, mutuality, and connection, and activate a sense of collective responsibility,” notes the release. The schedule is as follows: jumatatu m. poe: terrestrial (4/19 – 21); and I Moving Lab: I LAND 2018 (4/26 – 28). Find out more here
The Visegrád Group (V4) – Various Artists
NYU Skirball
April 19 – 20
will present the, bringing together some of the boldest dance-makers from The Visegrád Group (V4), a cultural and political alliance will feature performances by Debris Company (Slovakia), Věra Ondrašíková (Czech Republic), Paweł Sakowicz (Poland) and Timothy and the Things (Hungary). Find out more here
New Steps Choreographer’s series – Various Artists
Chen Dance Center
April 19 - 21
newsteps, the semi-annual emerging choreographers series, presented by Chen Dance Center will showcase works by Kate Douglas, Bryndon Cook, Lauren Oliver, Alec Funiciello, and Sophia Zukoski. Find out more here
Fridays at Noon | Merce Cunningham’s Signals
92nd Street Y
April 20
The Stephen Petronio Company will perform Cunningham’s post-modern classic Signals (1970), followed by a conversation with Nancy Dalva (Cunningham Trust Scholar-in-Residence), Rashaun Mitchell (Cunningham dancer) and Douglas Dunn, Valda Setterfield (original cast members. Find out more here
Nimbus Dance Works & Sky Pony
BAM/Fisher
April 21 – 22
Artistic Director, Samuel Pott will premiere Esther an “… interpretation of the complex First Testament heroine,” with live music by the Brooklyn Indie-Rock band, Sky-Pony, notes the release. Find out more here
Various Artist
Cathy Weis’ “Sundays on Broadway”
April 22
Cathy Weis Projects continues the spring 2018 lineup for "Sundays on Broadway," an ongoing series of performances, film screenings, and discussions. This Sunday’s shared evening curated by Ishmael Houston-Jones will include works by Laurie Berg with Bessie McDonough-Thayer, Jessica Pretty, and Emily Wexler. Find out more here
Various Artists
Judson Church
April 23
Don’t miss this free, on-going, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress. This week’s featured artists are: Julia Gladstone, Maho Ogawa, The Olimpias and Lisa Parra. Find out more here