Sidra Bell Dance New York Photo: David Flores Sidra Bell Dance New York
Baruch Performing Arts Center
June 4-7
Sidra Bell Dance New York brings its newest work, Unidentifiable; Bodies, “… a 90-minute work and the third in a trilogy including Nudity (2012) and .heterogamy (2013), which specifically deal with identity, intimacy, duration, absence, and existence.” This new work is “…structured as a live collaboration between company dancers (Jonathan Campbell, Austin Diaz, Alexandra Johnson, and Rebecca Margolick) and resident lighting designer (Amith Chandrashaker) the piece forms itself spontaneously and differently each performance,” notes the release. Find out more here
Brian Brooks Moving Company
Joyce Theater
June 2-4
For this Joyce engagement featured are two world premieres; a New York premiere; and three of Brooks’ most recent works--Division, Motor and Torrent. Find out more here
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
BAM
June 3-6
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet returns to BAM with repertory programs marking the company’s farewell performances. Featuring premieres and repertory works by Richard Siegal Johan Inger, Jiří Kylián’s Jo Strømgren and Crystal Pite. Find out more here
Victory Dance Project
The Ailey Citigroup Theater
June 3
For their first anniversary celebration, the Company of young performers will honor former Ailey Principal Dancer Renee Robinson, who will receive the Company’s First Annual Artist for Peace Award. Featured will be works by director Amy Jordan. Find out more here
Anna Sperber
Gibney Dance
June 3–13
Sperber premieres Ruptured Horizon as part of the Inaugural Making Space Season at Gibney. The evening-length work is an investigation of “…how the performers navigate their directional presence while inhabiting and effecting a landscape both imagistic and concrete,” according to the release. Find out more here
Publication: DANSE: A Catalogue
Cultural Services of the French Embassy
June 4
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy celebrate the publication of DANSE: A Catalogue, a collection of commissioned essays and dialogues by choreographic artists, writers, and curators around key issues in contemporary dance creation. Find out more here
Performance Mix Festival: 29
HERE
June 4-9
New Dance Alliance’s Performance Mix Festival will present over 30 artists ranging from traditional theater to site-specific installations to open-rehearsals to video screenings to artist talks. This year’s roster of artists include Maré Hieronimus, Barbara Mahler, Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, Alex Romania, Malcolm Low, Sita Frederick/Areytos Performance Works, Monstah Black, Leslie Parker and more. Find out more here
Friday’s at Noon
92nd Street Y
June 5
Choreographers Esme Boyce, Dylan Crossman and Aaron McGloin will present works. Find out more here
Kota Yamazaki/Fluid hug-hug
Japan Society
June 5-6
“Inspired by Japanese ritual poetry readings held at the Imperial Palace, Yamazaki's OQ (ōkyu is the phonetic reading of the Japanese word for "palace") features dancers from diverse cultural and dance backgrounds including Western contemporary, butoh and hip-hop,” notes the release. Find out more here
Will Rawls
Abrons Arts Center
June 6-7
In his Settlement House Performances, modeled after the all-day performance pageants that marked Henry Street's early years, Rawls’ offers a two-day choreographic installation of dance, readings and spatial interventions. Find out more here
Pontus Lidberg Dance
The Joyce
June 6-7
The program features the New York premiere of SNOW, “…in which four dancers perform in a ceaseless snowfall with a Japanese-style Bunraku puppet as they tell a poetic story about the human experience,” notes the release. Find out more here
Amy Chavasse and guests
Triskelion Arts Muriel Schulman Theater
June 6-7
Chavasse presents an evening of “…eclectic, theatrical, post-modern mix,” notes the release. Find out more here
New York Theatre Ballet (NYTB)
Florence Gould Hall
June 6-7
NYTB presents Carnival of the Animals as part of the Company's “Once Upon A Ballet” series for children. Find out more here
Another Telepathic Thing, a live performance film
Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC)
June 8
Dance Films Association (DFA) and BAC co-present Another Telepathic Thing featuring Big Dance Theater's award-winning production of the same name, directed by Paul Lazar and co-directed and choreographed by Annie-B Parson. Find out more here
Blanca Li
BAM
June 9-14
BAM opens its doors to Li’s ROBOT “…a ballet where NAO robots and humans dance to Maywa Denki’s mechanical musical orchestra, whose instruments double as witty art installations,” notes the release. Find out more here
Baruch Performing Arts Center
June 4-7
Sidra Bell Dance New York brings its newest work, Unidentifiable; Bodies, “… a 90-minute work and the third in a trilogy including Nudity (2012) and .heterogamy (2013), which specifically deal with identity, intimacy, duration, absence, and existence.” This new work is “…structured as a live collaboration between company dancers (Jonathan Campbell, Austin Diaz, Alexandra Johnson, and Rebecca Margolick) and resident lighting designer (Amith Chandrashaker) the piece forms itself spontaneously and differently each performance,” notes the release. Find out more here
Brian Brooks Moving Company
Joyce Theater
June 2-4
For this Joyce engagement featured are two world premieres; a New York premiere; and three of Brooks’ most recent works--Division, Motor and Torrent. Find out more here
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
BAM
June 3-6
Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet returns to BAM with repertory programs marking the company’s farewell performances. Featuring premieres and repertory works by Richard Siegal Johan Inger, Jiří Kylián’s Jo Strømgren and Crystal Pite. Find out more here
Victory Dance Project
The Ailey Citigroup Theater
June 3
For their first anniversary celebration, the Company of young performers will honor former Ailey Principal Dancer Renee Robinson, who will receive the Company’s First Annual Artist for Peace Award. Featured will be works by director Amy Jordan. Find out more here
Anna Sperber
Gibney Dance
June 3–13
Sperber premieres Ruptured Horizon as part of the Inaugural Making Space Season at Gibney. The evening-length work is an investigation of “…how the performers navigate their directional presence while inhabiting and effecting a landscape both imagistic and concrete,” according to the release. Find out more here
Publication: DANSE: A Catalogue
Cultural Services of the French Embassy
June 4
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy celebrate the publication of DANSE: A Catalogue, a collection of commissioned essays and dialogues by choreographic artists, writers, and curators around key issues in contemporary dance creation. Find out more here
Performance Mix Festival: 29
HERE
June 4-9
New Dance Alliance’s Performance Mix Festival will present over 30 artists ranging from traditional theater to site-specific installations to open-rehearsals to video screenings to artist talks. This year’s roster of artists include Maré Hieronimus, Barbara Mahler, Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, Alex Romania, Malcolm Low, Sita Frederick/Areytos Performance Works, Monstah Black, Leslie Parker and more. Find out more here
Friday’s at Noon
92nd Street Y
June 5
Choreographers Esme Boyce, Dylan Crossman and Aaron McGloin will present works. Find out more here
Kota Yamazaki/Fluid hug-hug
Japan Society
June 5-6
“Inspired by Japanese ritual poetry readings held at the Imperial Palace, Yamazaki's OQ (ōkyu is the phonetic reading of the Japanese word for "palace") features dancers from diverse cultural and dance backgrounds including Western contemporary, butoh and hip-hop,” notes the release. Find out more here
Will Rawls
Abrons Arts Center
June 6-7
In his Settlement House Performances, modeled after the all-day performance pageants that marked Henry Street's early years, Rawls’ offers a two-day choreographic installation of dance, readings and spatial interventions. Find out more here
Pontus Lidberg Dance
The Joyce
June 6-7
The program features the New York premiere of SNOW, “…in which four dancers perform in a ceaseless snowfall with a Japanese-style Bunraku puppet as they tell a poetic story about the human experience,” notes the release. Find out more here
Amy Chavasse and guests
Triskelion Arts Muriel Schulman Theater
June 6-7
Chavasse presents an evening of “…eclectic, theatrical, post-modern mix,” notes the release. Find out more here
New York Theatre Ballet (NYTB)
Florence Gould Hall
June 6-7
NYTB presents Carnival of the Animals as part of the Company's “Once Upon A Ballet” series for children. Find out more here
Another Telepathic Thing, a live performance film
Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC)
June 8
Dance Films Association (DFA) and BAC co-present Another Telepathic Thing featuring Big Dance Theater's award-winning production of the same name, directed by Paul Lazar and co-directed and choreographed by Annie-B Parson. Find out more here
Blanca Li
BAM
June 9-14
BAM opens its doors to Li’s ROBOT “…a ballet where NAO robots and humans dance to Maywa Denki’s mechanical musical orchestra, whose instruments double as witty art installations,” notes the release. Find out more here
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