Little Island
September 15-19
The Little Island Dance Festival curated by Artist-in-Residence Ayodele Casel and co-curator Torya Beard. The line-up includes Aaron Mattocks; The Afro-Latineers; Andre Imanishi; Barkha Patel; Brinae Ali & Sean Jones' Dizzy Spells Brinda Guha; Crystal Monee Hall; Danni Gee; Earl Mosely’s Diversity of Dance; Evidence, A Dance Company; House of Xtravaganza; Jared Alexander Sprague; Leo Manzari; Leonardo Sandoval & Music from the Sole; Maurice Chestnut’s Dance Therapyl. Find out more here
Various Artists
New York Botanical Gardens
April - October 2021
The Contemporary Dance Series offers up "...A series of spontaneous outdoor performances celebrate the infinite possibilities of our connection with nature and each other," notes the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
Kaatsbaan Cultural Park
August 28- September 12
This Summer Festival runs for three consecutive weekends, outdoors across its 153-acres in the Hudson Valley as well as in its indoor Theater and includes classical dance works with live music; western swing music, art, and picnicking; a film screening in partnership with the Woodstock Film Festival; and more. Find out more here
Eiko Otake
September 11
Belvedere Plaza in Battery Park City
Otake will perform Slow Turn a new work that centers on a monologue of her personal memories of that day and its aftermath, with composer and clarinetist, David Krakauer, alongside the Hudson River, directly west of where the Twin Towers once stood. RSVP required. Find out more here
Buglisi Dance Theatre
September 11
Lincoln Center Plaza
Buglisi Dance Theatre and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, in partnership with Dance/NYC honors the 20th year since the events of 9/11 with a livestreamed performance of the Table of Silence Project 9/11. Conceived and choreographed in 2011 by Jacqulyn Buglisi, Artistic Director of Buglisi Dance Theatre, the artistic collaborators for this year’s reimagined program are Composer/Music Director Daniel Bernard Roumain, spoken-word poet Marc Bamuthi Joseph, Buglisi Dance Theatre Co-Founder/Principal Dancer Terese Capucilli, and videographer Nel Shelby. Find out more here
Kayla Farrish and Melanie Charles
September 12
Maria Hernandez Park
Farrish and Charles come together as part of four/four presents’ Open Air collaboration series that bringa choreographers, dancers and musicians together. Find out more here
Arthur Aviles
September - November 16
Virtual and In-Person
The Hemispheric Institute at New York University and BAAD! will present Naked Vanguard: The Arthur Avilés Archive in Motion — a series of conversations and performances. Find out more here