BAM
October 31—November 2
The 10 male dancers of Brazil’s Grupo de Rua makes their BAM debut with Bruno Beltrão’s street dance, Inoah where the dancers
“…explore urban life at the interface between encounter and confrontation, aggression and exuberance, animosity, bondedness, and common ground. The dancers occupy the mostly dark space with whirling movements, fast kicks, high jumps, and somersaults. Named for a city in Brazil, Inoah is a call for freedom of movement and a creative indictment against its restriction,” according to the release. Find out more here
Black Grace
The Joyce Theater
October 29–November 3
Neil Ieremia’s New Zealand-based company, Black Grace brings a repertoire of Ieremia’s works, fusing Samoan and Maori movement with contemporary dance. On the program is the U.S. premiere of Kiona and the Little Bird Suite, set to a score of body percussion along with live drumming, singing, and chanting, plus excerpts from recent evening-length pieces, including As Night Falls, and Crying Men. Find out more here
Sam Kim
Danspace Project
October 31–November 2
The Brooklyn-based experimental choreographer, performer, and teacher returns to the Danspace sanctuary with her latest work, Other Animal, “…in which she incorporates media elements into a dance for the first time––animation by celebrated filmmaker Stacey Steers,” notes the release. Find out more here
The Limón Dance Company
Aaron Davis Hall
November 1
City Center for the Arts brings The Limón Dance Company with youth performances and a single evening of dance specifically for the community. Find out more here
Mark DeGarmo Dance
Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center
November 1 – 10
Mark DeGarmo is Las Fridas in a 60-minute dance-theater duet inspired by the life and work of Mexican painter and revolutionary, Frida Kahlo. The original cast will perform the piece for the first time in over 3 years in its original, intimate setting. Find out more here
J CHEN PROJECT (JCP)
The Ailey Citigroup Theater
November 2
This evening will feature works by JCP’s artistic director, Jessica Chen, and winner of JCP’s CORE Choreography Competition (C3), Michelle Thompson Ulerich. Find out more here
“BlakTinX Performance Series” – Various Artists
BAAD!
November 2–23
The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (BAAD!), some events presented with Pepatian, continues their annual multidisciplinary festival, “BlakTinX Performance Series,” featuring art and performance by Black, Latinx and artists of color. Still to come is “Souls of our Feet” where eight choreographers share the evening (11/2), Candace Tabbs (11/8-9), Nile Harris (11/15-16), and Joan Bradford (11/22-23). Find out more here
“CrackerJazz” – Various Artists
Birdland Jazz Club
November 3
“CrackerJazz” is based on the 1960 Duke Ellington album “Three Suites,” a jazz interpretation of “The Nutcracker” by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, happens at the Birdland Jazz Club, hosted and presented by Mercedes Ellington, artistic director/founder of the Duke Ellington Center for the Arts, Inc., and Tony Waag, artistic director of The American Tap Dance Foundation (ATDF). Find out more here
Sundays on Broadway – Various Artists
537 Broadway
November 3
As part of Cathy Weis’ Sundays on Broadway series, this one curated by Weis, Gregory Corbino, Jennifer Miller, and Lucy Sexton will share the evening’s program. Find out more here
Durgesh Gangani
Goethals Hall
November 4
At Aaron Davis Hall, in partnership with Battery Dance, City Center for the Arts will present an evening of Kathak dance with live musical accompaniment by Dibyarka Chatterjee and Rohan Misra. Find out more here
NEW@Graham
November 5–6
Martha Graham Studio Theater
The series continues with a new work by Troy Schumacher and composer Augusta Read Thomas, commissioned by Peak Performances. Find out more here
Ephrat Asherie Dance
The Joyce Theater
November 5-7
For Asherie’s Joyce debut she teams up for the second time with her brother, jazz pianist Ehud Asherie in Odeon blending street and club dances and features seven dancers and four musicians to create a hybrid approach to movement. Find out more here