Gibney Dance
April 10 – 28
Curated by Marýa Wethers, these three weeks of performances :…intersections and crossroads among Blackness, queerness, and Indigeneity,” will feature artists mayfield brooks, 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: mayfield brooks: (4/10 – 4/14); jumatatu m. poe: terrestrial (4/19 – 21); and I Moving Lab: I LAND 2018 (4/26 – 28). Find out more here
Ballet Hispanico
The Joyce Theater
April 10 – 15
Called “the nation's premier Latino dance organization,” Ballet Hispánico returns to the Joyce Theater with a program inspired by Spanish literary icon, Federico Garcia Lorca featuring works by Gustavo Ramírez Sansano, Carlos Pons Guerra and Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. Find out more here
Raja Feather Kelly/the feath3r theory
Rubing Museum of Art
April 11
Feather Kelly will premiere site-specific performances as part of the new dance series “Suspending Time” at the Rubin Museum of Art in partnership with Pentacle. Find out more here
The Martha Graham Dance Company
New York City Center
April 11 – 14
For their 2018 season featured will be Graham’s masterworks including The Rite of Spring (1984), Chronicle (1936), Embattled Garden (1958), plus the critically acclaimed Ekstasis (1933) reimagined by former Graham principal Virginie Mécène in 2017. Also on the program are works by celebrated choreographers Lucinda Childs, Lar Lubovitch, and Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui. Find out more here
Fadi J. Khoury/FJK Dance
Gibney Dance
April 12 - 14
Khoury brings three new works including the multimedia performance and art installation UnTold, “…where ancient Middle Eastern aesthetics are reimagined for the present by layering contemporary ballet and ballroom movements with sculptures and graphic designs,” notes the release. Find out more here
Film screening - “Le sacre du printemps” Reborn
National Arts Club
April 12
The Joffrey Ballet performed “Rite” in 1987 reconstructed by Millicent Hodson and Kenneth Archer. For the EYE ON DANCE series created by Celia Ipiotis and Jeff Bush, Ipiotis interviewed Millicent Hodson and Kenneth Archer in 1987. For this event, Ipiotis will show the program and interview two former Joffrey dancers: Nicole Duffy Robertson and Denise Jackson Sutherland. A Q & A will follow. RSVP: [email protected] (212-475-3424)
Jonathan Gonzalez
Danspace Project
April 12-14
In his new work, ZERO, Gonzalez “…fabulates upon the grounds of Danspace Project's location, St. Mark's Church in-the-Bowery, and expands upon two years of research on grief and the choreographer's participation in Dancing Platform Praying Grounds: Blackness, Churches, and Downtown Dance (Danspace Project Platform 2018)” with Rena Anakwe, Chazz Bruce, Jeremy Toussaint-Baptiste, notes the release. Find out more here
Inbal Oshman
The Alexander Kasser Theater at Montclair State University
April 12-15
Oshman’s M Stabat Mater is described as “a choreographic exploration of motherhood…[which]…explores the vulnerability and tenderness required of mothers, and the strength and ferocity that come with the territory,” according to the release. Find out more here
Tiffany Osedra Miller and Peggy Gould
Dixon Place
April 12 – 13
Miller (visual art/writing) and Gould (dance/performance/choreography) come together to present Hypnagogia – A Multidisciplinary performance with dance, visual art, music, theater, & digital media. Find out more here
Fridays at Noon | Arthur Mitchell with Darren Walker
92nd Street Y
April 13
For the afternoon titled, “A Stellar Life in Dance,” Mitchell, founder of Dance Theatre of Harlem and former principal dancer of the New York City Ballet, joins Walker, President of the Ford Foundation, “…to reflect on Mr. Mitchell’s lifelong commitment to diversity, social justice and excellence in dance,” according to the release. Find out more here
Kimberly Bartosik/Daela
New York Live Arts
April 13 - 14
As part of the “Live Feed” series, Bartosik will present I hunger for you (In-process), described as “…deeply internalized forces of faith, violence, life force, and compassion pulse through bodies that exist in a mesmerizing, starkly beautiful, often dangerous world,” according to the release. Find out more here
Lil Buck & Jon Boogz
NYU Skirball
April 14
For one night only, the premiere of Love Heals All Wounds, an evening-length work that promises to address social issues, by MAI (Movement Art Is), choreographed by Lil Buck and Jon Boogz comes to the the Skirball. Find out more here
Various Artists
Smush Gallery
April 14
For this new performance series, “Smush Moves @ Smush Gallery,” in an intimate space, featured will be kamrDANCE, Meagan Woods & Co., Myssi Robinson, mignolo, Sebastian Abarbanell, Olivia Greco, and Ross Daniel. Find out more here
Various Artists
Flushing Town Hall
April 15
The Queens College Dance Program to present an unprecedented lineup for CrossCurrent V, featuring an upcoming work Yin Mei, the coordinator of the program, and emergent choreographer dancer Huiwang Zhang, as well as the new works of Nai-Ni Chen. A panel discussion moderated by Ellen Kodedak, the Executive Director of Flushing Town Hall, will follow the one-hour performance. Find out more here
Various Artist
Cathy Weis’ “Sundays on Broadway”
April 15
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-Joneswill include works by Shared evening: Justin Cabrillos, Samuel Hanson, and Adrienne Truscott. Find out more here
Various Artists
Judson Church
April 16
Don’t miss this free, on-going, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress. This week’s featured artists are: Javier Padilla’s The Movement Playground, Nicky Paraiso, Katie Workum and Andrea Haenggi. Find out more here