Clockwise from top left: Vinson Fraley (Alessio Boni), Nicholas Ryan Gant (Angie Vasquez), Bebe Miller (Lily Skove), taisha paggett (meital yaniv), Shamel Pitts (Itai Zwecker), David Roussève (courtesy the artist). Nicholas Ryan Gant + Shamel Pitts/David Roussève + taisha paggett/Vinson Fraley + Bebe Miller
Danspace Project
May 2 – Jun. 8
Kyle Abraham, choreographer, performer, and artistic director of A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham, curates Danspace Project’s sixteenth Platform. Titled “Platform 2024: A Delicate Ritual,” this series of performances reflects Abraham’s interest in each performers’ rituals, desires, and artistic exchanges. Featured will be new work by Ryan Gant + Pitts (May 2-4), intergenerational shared evenings of performance with Roussève + paggett (May 23-25), and Fraley + Miller (June 6-8). Find out more here
"Message in a Bottle"
New York City Center
Apr. 30 - May 12
"Message in a Bottle," initially inspired by Sting’s “Desert Rose” and including “Every Breath You Take,” “Roxanne,” “Fields of Gold,” and 23 more songs, is a dance-theater work coming directly from London’s West End and makes its New York debut. Find out more here
Various Artists
Virtual
Apr. 23 - May 7
ALL ARTS’ 2024 “Past, Present, Future Dance Film Festival” will premiere films by Ayodele Casel, Raja Feather Kelly and Katy Pyle. The annual initiative features newly commissioned films in which dance artists partner with filmmakers to explore the past, present and future of their work. Find out more here
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
The Joyce
May 1-5
Dedicated to cultivating the next generation of ballet dancers, choreographers, and audiences, the Company performs masterworks and original commissions. This season includes works by Amy Hall Garner, Jamar Roberts, and James Whiteside plus an excerpt from Alexei Ratmansky’s The Seasonsrounds an more. Find out more here
The Moving Architects
AOS
May 2-3
The Company will present O My Soul by artistic director Erin Carlisle Norton . Find out more here
New Jersey Ballet
May 3- 4
NJPAC
At 65-years old, under artistic director Maria Kowroski, for these performances, included will be Purcell Suite by Harrison Ball, Murder Ballades, by Justin Peck, and Jewel Box, a world premiere by Lauren Lovette. Find out more here
Peridance Contemporary Dance Company
KnJ THeater
May 3-5
For the Company's 41st season, featured will be works by Igal Perry, Chanel DaSilva, Mike Tyus, and Dolly Sfeir. Find out more here
Heather Kravas
May 3-5
The Chocolate Factory
Kravas will present overly merry "...a springboard for a new kind of collective research and inquiry; a dance-based, post-happening. It responds to her work to launch the performers and audience more deeply into their own research and inquiry," according to the release. Find out more here
Rachel Gill
AOS
May 4
Dancer, choreographer, and amateur filmmaker, Gill, will present the duet, The Eight Positions. Find out more here
Various Artists
Flushing Town Hall
May 5
For the 11th CrossCurrent Dance Festival, in collaboration with Flushing Town Hall, The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Keerati Jinakunwiphat, Lenora Lee Dance and New Asia Chamber Music Society will be presented. Find out more here
The Pocket Fuel Groovers
AOS
May 5
The Company will present Rubix Rush: An Evening in the Pocket, featuring premieres and classic works by Nick Alselmo in collaboration with the full company. Find out more here
Various Artists
Symphony Space, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
May 6
This celebration of the 125th birthday of jazz great Duke Ellington will include performances by The Duke Ellington Center Big Band under the musical direction of Eli Yamin, with guests Arturo O’Farrill and a jam-packed roster of dancers, vocalists, and surprise guests. Find out more here
Gibney Company
The Joyce
May 7-12
Gibney Company will offer world premieres and reconstructions including a special collaboration with Twyla Tharp, the Company in two works from the artist’s canon: The Fugue from 1970 and Bach Duet, reconstructed for the first time since its premiere in 1974. Find out more here
Danspace Project
May 2 – Jun. 8
Kyle Abraham, choreographer, performer, and artistic director of A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham, curates Danspace Project’s sixteenth Platform. Titled “Platform 2024: A Delicate Ritual,” this series of performances reflects Abraham’s interest in each performers’ rituals, desires, and artistic exchanges. Featured will be new work by Ryan Gant + Pitts (May 2-4), intergenerational shared evenings of performance with Roussève + paggett (May 23-25), and Fraley + Miller (June 6-8). Find out more here
"Message in a Bottle"
New York City Center
Apr. 30 - May 12
"Message in a Bottle," initially inspired by Sting’s “Desert Rose” and including “Every Breath You Take,” “Roxanne,” “Fields of Gold,” and 23 more songs, is a dance-theater work coming directly from London’s West End and makes its New York debut. Find out more here
Various Artists
Virtual
Apr. 23 - May 7
ALL ARTS’ 2024 “Past, Present, Future Dance Film Festival” will premiere films by Ayodele Casel, Raja Feather Kelly and Katy Pyle. The annual initiative features newly commissioned films in which dance artists partner with filmmakers to explore the past, present and future of their work. Find out more here
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
The Joyce
May 1-5
Dedicated to cultivating the next generation of ballet dancers, choreographers, and audiences, the Company performs masterworks and original commissions. This season includes works by Amy Hall Garner, Jamar Roberts, and James Whiteside plus an excerpt from Alexei Ratmansky’s The Seasonsrounds an more. Find out more here
The Moving Architects
AOS
May 2-3
The Company will present O My Soul by artistic director Erin Carlisle Norton . Find out more here
New Jersey Ballet
May 3- 4
NJPAC
At 65-years old, under artistic director Maria Kowroski, for these performances, included will be Purcell Suite by Harrison Ball, Murder Ballades, by Justin Peck, and Jewel Box, a world premiere by Lauren Lovette. Find out more here
Peridance Contemporary Dance Company
KnJ THeater
May 3-5
For the Company's 41st season, featured will be works by Igal Perry, Chanel DaSilva, Mike Tyus, and Dolly Sfeir. Find out more here
Heather Kravas
May 3-5
The Chocolate Factory
Kravas will present overly merry "...a springboard for a new kind of collective research and inquiry; a dance-based, post-happening. It responds to her work to launch the performers and audience more deeply into their own research and inquiry," according to the release. Find out more here
Rachel Gill
AOS
May 4
Dancer, choreographer, and amateur filmmaker, Gill, will present the duet, The Eight Positions. Find out more here
Various Artists
Flushing Town Hall
May 5
For the 11th CrossCurrent Dance Festival, in collaboration with Flushing Town Hall, The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Keerati Jinakunwiphat, Lenora Lee Dance and New Asia Chamber Music Society will be presented. Find out more here
The Pocket Fuel Groovers
AOS
May 5
The Company will present Rubix Rush: An Evening in the Pocket, featuring premieres and classic works by Nick Alselmo in collaboration with the full company. Find out more here
Various Artists
Symphony Space, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
May 6
This celebration of the 125th birthday of jazz great Duke Ellington will include performances by The Duke Ellington Center Big Band under the musical direction of Eli Yamin, with guests Arturo O’Farrill and a jam-packed roster of dancers, vocalists, and surprise guests. Find out more here
Gibney Company
The Joyce
May 7-12
Gibney Company will offer world premieres and reconstructions including a special collaboration with Twyla Tharp, the Company in two works from the artist’s canon: The Fugue from 1970 and Bach Duet, reconstructed for the first time since its premiere in 1974. Find out more here
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