Camille A. Brown Photo: Grant Halverson Camille A. Brown & Dancers
The Joyce
November 9-10
After the premiere in 2013 to critical acclaim, Brown’s Mr. TOL E. RAncE returns for just two days and three performances. Mr. TOL E. RAncE is inspired by Spike Lee’s “Bamboozled” and Mel Watkins’s book On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy from Slavery to Chris Rock, this was the first installment of her trilogy on black identity. The second and third works are Black Girl: Linguistic Play (2015) and Ink (2017), respectively. Find out more here
Nairy Baghramian and Maria Hassabi
Fifth Avenue Townhouse
November 6-10
Baghramian and Hassabi come together for Entre Deux Actes (Ménage à Quatre), an installation and live performances which takes over two floors of a Fifth Avenue townhouse originally built in 1906. The FREE event takes place at 1014 Fifth Avenue. RSVP required. Find out more here
From the Horse’s Mouth – Various Artists
14th Street Y
November 7–9
In celebration of 75 years of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library, the weekend includes performances with dancers, musicians, historians and choreographers, plus a panel discussion with current and past staff of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. The list of artists includes: Arthur Aviles, Emma Rose Brown, Diana Byer, Yoshiko Chuma, Ze-eva Cohen, Alberto Del Saz, Joan Finkelstein, Julia Foulkes, Ann Hutchinson Guest, Joseph Houseal, Tanisha Jones, Deborah Jowitt, Phyllis Lamhut, Kathleen Leary, Alastair Macaulay, Dianne McIntyre, Elizabeth McPherson, Cassie Mey, Linda Murray, Rajika Puri, Charles Reinhart, Judith Ren-Lay, Henning Rübsam, Magda Saleh, Margo Sappington, Jan Schmidt, Alice Standin, Preeti Vasudevan, Tony Waag, Theara Ward, Lynne Weber, William Whitener, Kevin Winkler, Arlene Yu. *Cast subject to change. Find out more here
Kia LaBeija
Performance Space New York
November 7–9
LaBeija will present her first large scale performance work which engages Oskar Schlemmer’s early Bauhaus ballet piece Das triadische Ballett, a dance in three acts, reinterpreting the final, so called Black Act which relates to fantasy, mysticism, and the infinite void of the black stage. Find out more here
Nia Love
Gibney
November 7-9
Love will premiere g1(host): lostatsea which “…grapples with what it means to live within conditions shaped by the “afterlife” of slavery.” Find out more here
Marlene Monteiro Freitas
BAM Strong
November 7–9
Making its US premiere is Cape Verde-born choreographer Freitas’ Bacchae: Prelude to a Purge, “…full of dance and mystery… in which movement, dance, and music-making are integrated—all with its own logic. Find out more here
Candace Tabbs
BAAD!
November 8-9
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 Nile Harris (11/15-16), and Joan Bradford (11/22-23). Find out more here
Annie-B & Parson’s Big Dance Theater
NYU Skirball
November 8 - 9
On the program is The Road Awaits Us (2017) based loosely on an absurdist play by Ionesco, staged as a birthday party for a company of esteemed dance elders, including Bebe Miller, Meg Harper, Keith Sabado, Sheryl Sutton, George Faison, Black-Eyed Susan, and from the original cast: Betsy Gregory and Brian Bertscher. Also on the program is Ballet Dance and Cage Shuffle: redux. Find out more here
The Living Room – Various Artists
MANA Contemporary @ Jersey City
November 9
Curated by choreographer Kyle Marshall, the casual series will have performances by Oluwadamilare Ayorinde, Melanie Greene, Johnnie Cruise Mercer and Ambika Raina. Find out more here
Visions Contemporary Ballet: Traces (of what makes us who we are)
The Riverside Theatre
November 9
The company will premiere Still Healing, inspired by stories of people who experience pain and suffering through no fault of their own, yet they persevere. Also on the program will be Dash – Between, Through the Valley and Roots. Find out more here
Zachary Tye Richardson
JACK
November 8-9
Richardson brings Available Bodies a “…sensual tribute to gender discovery, infusing moves from the queer club scene into a shifting sculptural landscape,” according to the release. Find out more here
10HL
Kaatsbann Cultural Park
November 9
10HL will present works by Larry Keigwin, Adam Barruch, Yin Yue and Stephen Petronio. Find out more here
“Works & Process” – Various Artists
Guggenheim Museum
November 10
As part of the series, the Dance Lab New York and The Joyce Theater Foundation Lab Cycle presents “Female Choreographers of Color in Ballet.” Choreographers Margarita Armas, Courtney Cochran, Amy Hall Garner and Preeti Vasudevan were invited to explore the classical, neoclassical, and contemporary ballet idioms. Find out more here
Community Dialogue Series "Open Spectrum"
New York Live Arts (NYLA)
November 10
As part of its "Open Spectrum" series, NYLA presents “Ballroom Has Something to Say" curated by activist, leader in the LGBTQ and House I Ballroom communities, and adviser to FX’s Pose, Michael Roberson. Find out more here
The Joyce
November 9-10
After the premiere in 2013 to critical acclaim, Brown’s Mr. TOL E. RAncE returns for just two days and three performances. Mr. TOL E. RAncE is inspired by Spike Lee’s “Bamboozled” and Mel Watkins’s book On the Real Side: A History of African American Comedy from Slavery to Chris Rock, this was the first installment of her trilogy on black identity. The second and third works are Black Girl: Linguistic Play (2015) and Ink (2017), respectively. Find out more here
Nairy Baghramian and Maria Hassabi
Fifth Avenue Townhouse
November 6-10
Baghramian and Hassabi come together for Entre Deux Actes (Ménage à Quatre), an installation and live performances which takes over two floors of a Fifth Avenue townhouse originally built in 1906. The FREE event takes place at 1014 Fifth Avenue. RSVP required. Find out more here
From the Horse’s Mouth – Various Artists
14th Street Y
November 7–9
In celebration of 75 years of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library, the weekend includes performances with dancers, musicians, historians and choreographers, plus a panel discussion with current and past staff of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. The list of artists includes: Arthur Aviles, Emma Rose Brown, Diana Byer, Yoshiko Chuma, Ze-eva Cohen, Alberto Del Saz, Joan Finkelstein, Julia Foulkes, Ann Hutchinson Guest, Joseph Houseal, Tanisha Jones, Deborah Jowitt, Phyllis Lamhut, Kathleen Leary, Alastair Macaulay, Dianne McIntyre, Elizabeth McPherson, Cassie Mey, Linda Murray, Rajika Puri, Charles Reinhart, Judith Ren-Lay, Henning Rübsam, Magda Saleh, Margo Sappington, Jan Schmidt, Alice Standin, Preeti Vasudevan, Tony Waag, Theara Ward, Lynne Weber, William Whitener, Kevin Winkler, Arlene Yu. *Cast subject to change. Find out more here
Kia LaBeija
Performance Space New York
November 7–9
LaBeija will present her first large scale performance work which engages Oskar Schlemmer’s early Bauhaus ballet piece Das triadische Ballett, a dance in three acts, reinterpreting the final, so called Black Act which relates to fantasy, mysticism, and the infinite void of the black stage. Find out more here
Nia Love
Gibney
November 7-9
Love will premiere g1(host): lostatsea which “…grapples with what it means to live within conditions shaped by the “afterlife” of slavery.” Find out more here
Marlene Monteiro Freitas
BAM Strong
November 7–9
Making its US premiere is Cape Verde-born choreographer Freitas’ Bacchae: Prelude to a Purge, “…full of dance and mystery… in which movement, dance, and music-making are integrated—all with its own logic. Find out more here
Candace Tabbs
BAAD!
November 8-9
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 Nile Harris (11/15-16), and Joan Bradford (11/22-23). Find out more here
Annie-B & Parson’s Big Dance Theater
NYU Skirball
November 8 - 9
On the program is The Road Awaits Us (2017) based loosely on an absurdist play by Ionesco, staged as a birthday party for a company of esteemed dance elders, including Bebe Miller, Meg Harper, Keith Sabado, Sheryl Sutton, George Faison, Black-Eyed Susan, and from the original cast: Betsy Gregory and Brian Bertscher. Also on the program is Ballet Dance and Cage Shuffle: redux. Find out more here
The Living Room – Various Artists
MANA Contemporary @ Jersey City
November 9
Curated by choreographer Kyle Marshall, the casual series will have performances by Oluwadamilare Ayorinde, Melanie Greene, Johnnie Cruise Mercer and Ambika Raina. Find out more here
Visions Contemporary Ballet: Traces (of what makes us who we are)
The Riverside Theatre
November 9
The company will premiere Still Healing, inspired by stories of people who experience pain and suffering through no fault of their own, yet they persevere. Also on the program will be Dash – Between, Through the Valley and Roots. Find out more here
Zachary Tye Richardson
JACK
November 8-9
Richardson brings Available Bodies a “…sensual tribute to gender discovery, infusing moves from the queer club scene into a shifting sculptural landscape,” according to the release. Find out more here
10HL
Kaatsbann Cultural Park
November 9
10HL will present works by Larry Keigwin, Adam Barruch, Yin Yue and Stephen Petronio. Find out more here
“Works & Process” – Various Artists
Guggenheim Museum
November 10
As part of the series, the Dance Lab New York and The Joyce Theater Foundation Lab Cycle presents “Female Choreographers of Color in Ballet.” Choreographers Margarita Armas, Courtney Cochran, Amy Hall Garner and Preeti Vasudevan were invited to explore the classical, neoclassical, and contemporary ballet idioms. Find out more here
Community Dialogue Series "Open Spectrum"
New York Live Arts (NYLA)
November 10
As part of its "Open Spectrum" series, NYLA presents “Ballroom Has Something to Say" curated by activist, leader in the LGBTQ and House I Ballroom communities, and adviser to FX’s Pose, Michael Roberson. Find out more here
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