Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center
May 13-16
For Gibney Dance Company’s season, works by Hilary Easton and Amy Miller will be performed, a first for the company after twenty-three years of performing works by founder and Artistic Director Gina Gibney. Easton’s The Short-Cut from 2005 “…is loosely based on the work of turn-of-the-century efficiency expert and factory manager Fredrick Winslow Taylor, examining the daily struggle to maximize productivity despite limited time. Miller’s premiere of Still and Still Moving uses Peter Swendsen’s electroacoustic score to ask: if the composite of two musical notes can create a third overtone, then what happens when two bodies converge?,” according to the release. Find out more here
Hubbard Street Dance Company
The Joyce Theater
May 13-24
For a two-week long season, in two programs, Hubbard Street Dance Company will present works by Alejandro Cerrudo, Crystal Pite, Robyn Mineko Williams, Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, Jiří Kylián and Nacho Duato. Find out more here
Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance
Danspace
May 14-16
Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance will present the world premiere of Naděje (Hope) and more. Leoš Janáček’s Violin Sonáta for violin and piano will be performed live by Egyptian pianist Mohamed Shams and composer, violinist Jane Chung. Find out more here
Yve Laris Cohen
The Kitchen
MAY 14-16
Fine, a world premiere created and performed by visual and dance artist Cohen, “…is the continuation of a body of work addressing the ontology of theatrical and exhibition spaces,” according to the release. Find out more here
FOOTPRINTS: A Modern Dance Festival (Various Artists)
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
May 14-16
The West Side YMCA Community Arts Department and Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre began a new dance festival to “…celebrate innovative works of contemporary dance from diverse new and established voices in NYC dance,” according to the release. Some featured artists are: Laura Henry and Impact Movement Collective; Elizabeth Shea and Elizabeth Shea Dance; Alana Marie Urda and Amalgamate Dance Company; Tina Croll and Tina Croll + Company; Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre and more. Find out more here
Marjani Forté-Saunders
New York Live Arts
May 15-16
As part of the Studio Series showing, Forté-Saunders will present What else (working title), her newest solo, evening-length work which “…takes inspiration from [her] father, an animated being of great contradiction, whim and majesty,” notes the release. Find out more here