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Some Dance This Week ~

5/1/2019

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PictureDallas Black Dance Theatre Photo: Clarence Alford
Dallas Black Dance Theatre (DBDT)
Ailey Citigroup Theater
May 2 – 3

For its sixth season, and for their series entitled “Spirit of Now,” DBDT showcases three New York premieres plus iconic works of Elisa Monte & David Brown and Christopher L. Huggins. The premieres are: Juel D. Lane’s Ghost mix of modern, African, hip hop, and jazz styles “…tackles the haunting effects of holding onto something that no longer exists;” Tommie-Waheed Evans’ Bodies as Site of Faith and Protest draws on “…physical language through dance set to iconic speech excerpts by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; and Claude Alexander III, and Alexander’s Face what’s facing you! promises a “…soul-stirring exploration of how challenges to one’s spirit can make one victorious,” according to the release. Huggins’ dedicated Essence to the spirit of DBTS’s Founder Ann Williams and other women in his life who have “inspired me with their strength, passion, humor, commitment, and unconditional love.” Absolute Rule, Monte and Brown closes the program. Find out more here

La Mama Moves! – Various Artists

La Mama
April 26 – May 26
The month long series, La Mama Moves! returns with an international lineup that includes Gruppo Nanou, Colleen Thomas, Mia Habib, Yin Mei Dance, Hari Krishnan/inDANCE, Bobbi Jene Smith, Dan Safer, Sin Cha Hong and Jesca Prudencio.  Find out more here 

Mark DeGarmo Dance – Salon Performance Series – Various Artists 
May 2
Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center
For this 9th season of DeGarmo’s Salon Performance Series, where works-in-progress and original songs-in-progress are presented.  The Series continues with Gina Bonati and Ara Fitzgeral.  Find out more here

Jasmine Hearn and Tatyana Tenenbaum
Danspace Project
May 2 - 4
Choreographers Hearn and Tenenbaum, with Danspace Project Associate Curator Lydia Bell organized “collective terrain/s,” a collective research process on the relationship between voice and the body. Hearn premieres "you think you fancy a performance project using sound and movement from family, community, and elders, and Tenenbaum Tidal a collision of our future bodies with song," according to the release. Find out more here  

Jonathan González
Abrons Arts Center
May 2 – 4
González premieres Lucifer Landing II which “draws intersections between black life and current geopolitical movements to imagine lateralized intimacy on a damaged planet,” notes the release, at Abrons Arts Center.  Find out more here 

Gibney Dance Company
Gibney
May 2 – 4
The Company’s upcoming EMERGE program features new works by Chanel DaSilva, Bobbi Jene Smith and Micaela Taylor.  Find out more here 
 
Various Artists
Harlem Stage
May 2 – 4 & 9 – 11
The long-running series E-Moves which celebrates twenty years of dance, will feature works by FLUXX and Omari Mizrahi/Les Ballet Afrik, It’s Showtime NYC, Joseph Webb and Barédu Ahmed aka Long Arms (L.A.), plus pop-up performers Sun Kim, Cein Lockefeller, Soraya Lundy and Tweet Boogie. Find out more here
 
Raphael Xavier
New York Live Arts
May 3
In a studio showing, as part of New York Live Arts’ Live Feed creative residency and commissioning program, Xavier will present the new evening-length, Sassafrazz. Find out more here
 
Various Artists – “In Conversation with Merce”
NYU Skirball
May 3 – 4
This celebration of Cunningham’s legacy curated by Rashaun Mitchell, a former Merce Cunningham Dance Company dancer and a Trustee of the Merce Cunningham Trust, brings choreographers Moriah Evans, Mina Nishimura and Netta Yerushalmy together.  The choreographers will offer “…experiments that draw connections of lineage to the celebrated choreographer,” notes the release.  Additionally, select pieces by Cunningham will be performed by  Shayla Vie Jenkins and  Keith Sabado. Find out more here
 
Various Artists
BAAD!
May 4
“The Boogie Down Dance Series,” BAAD!’s signature month-long celebration of dance returns with an evening of club, house and street dance, followed by a dance party curated by Rokafella of Full Circle (May 4).  The series continues with Michiyaya Dance and Mx Oops (May 17),  “Dancin’ In The Bronx” with choreographers Tadashi Kato, John Kovach, Moriah Ella Mason, Cynthia Paniagua, Margia Shriti, and Rourou Ye. (May 18), and the screening of “Bronx Gothic” by writer and performer Okwui Okpokwasili (May 21).  Find out more here 
 
Various Artists
Roulette
May 6 – 8
In “Three Shared Evenings of Work: Hillary Clark/Oren Barnoy/Leslie Cuyjet,” choreographers Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith curate evenings of movement-based performance featuring work by performers/choreographers Clark, Barnoy and Cuyjet as part of Roulette’s ongoing “[DANCEROULETTE] New Movement Series, focused showcasing experimental work in dance and choreography. This three-day series features two performances per night, each with a unique approach to artistry, composition, and movement,” notes the release.  Find out more here
 
Various Artists
Cathy Weis’ “Sundays on Broadway”
May 5
Weis’ "Sundays on Broadway," an ongoing series of performances, film screenings, and discussions continues with Allegra Fuller Snyder and Laurel Atwell in a “Shared evening” curated by Jon Kinzel.  Find out more here

Various Artists
Movement Research at Judson Church
May 6
Don’t miss this free, on-going, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress.  This week’s featured artists are: David Appel , MarinaLaRivera , Pele Bauch and Nora Sharp.  Find out more here

The Francesca Harper Project
Rubin museum
May 8
The Francesca Harper Project is featured this week as part of the Rubin Museum of Art's partnership with Pentacle, the site-specific series with works that reflect the theme of “Power – Within and Between Us”, which the Rubin will explore through exhibitions and programs all year long. Find out more here

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    I am a performer, historian, consultant and dance writer. I am a Empire State College's online program Center for Distance Learning.  I am also a former faculty member at The Ailey School and the Alvin Ailey/Fordham University dance major program, Hunter College, Sarah Lawrence College (Guest), Kean University and The Joffrey Ballet School's Jazz and Contemporary Trainee Program.  I write on dance for The Amsterdam News, Dance Magazine and various publications.  Click below to read more about me at my home page - "About Me."

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