Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
NYLA
September 24-28 & October 1-5
Keersmaeker will be at NYLA for two weeks with with two early Fase (September 24-28) and Rosas danst Rosas (October 1-5). Premiering in 1982, Fase, to the Music of Steve Reich was Keersmaeker’s first choreographic work, and Rosas danst Rosas is “…considered a benchmark in postmodern dance history,” notes the release. Find out more here
Ayodele Casel + Arturo O’Farrill
The Joyce Theatre
September 24 – 29
Award-winning tap dancer, Casel pairs with GRAMMY winner Arturo O’Farrill for a world premiere that will bring to life their “…shared musical lexicon in Afro-Latin jazz.” Known for “…honoring artists who have paved the way for her work and moving the artform to new.” Find out more here
Martha Graham Dance Company
Martha Graham Studio Theater
September 24 – 25
The Studio Series opens with GrahamDeconstructed featuring Graham’s Steps in the Street. For this event, excerpts of the early film and dancer demonstration will illustrate the reconstruction process before a performance of the complete work. Find out more here
Maria Bauman-Morales/MBDance
BAAD!
September 25-28
BAAD! and The Chocolate Factory will co-present evening-length (re)Source, Bauman-Morales’ “…dance and spoken artwork performed inside an installation crafted by Bauman-Morales in consultation with Zimbabwean-born interdisciplinary artist Nontsikelelo Mutiti,” according to the release. Find out more here
The School for Temporary Liveness – The Library
Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts
September 25-October 1
The Library is home to nora chipaumire's #PUNK 100% POP N!GGA, a three-part live-performance album inspired by chipaumire's formative years in Zimbabwe during the '70s, '80s and '90s. It explores the sonic ideologies of punk, pop and Congolese rumba, through the iconic artists Patti Smith, Grace Jones and Rit Nzele, respectively. Each part is embedded with a lecture or history lesson that explores how knowledge can be shared through live performance. The Library is FREE and open to the public. Find out more here
Germaine Acogny
La Mama
September 26–28
As part of the French Institute Alliance Française’s (FIAF) “Crossing Line Festival,” the Senegalese and French performer, choreographer and teacher, Acogny, known as the “Mother of Contemporary African Dance,” returns to New York with the premiere of SOMEWHERE AT THE BEGINNING “…tracing African history interwoven with her own life narrative.” Find out more here
Liz Gerring
BAC
September 27
In just one evening (two showings) Gerring offers Installation III: red green blue & grey (Work-in-Progress), a new phase in her exploration of physical effort and its innate capacity to provide meaning. Sound design is by Ryan Seaton. Find out more here
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE
The Billy Holiday Theatre
September 27-28
Brown and EVIDENCE celebrates the 20th anniversary Gatekeepers and Water, both made in 1999, featuring Brown’s signature fusion of African and contemporary dance with spoken word. Find out more here
Dance Theatre of Harlem
The Guggenheim
September 30
The Guggenheim building's 60th and Dance Theatre of Harlem's (DTH) 50th anniversaries, coincide for the Works & Process series, and DTH will pay tribute to its history in a restaging of TONES II, by former DTH principal ballerina Lorraine Graves, set to music by Tania León. Find out more here
NYLA
September 24-28 & October 1-5
Keersmaeker will be at NYLA for two weeks with with two early Fase (September 24-28) and Rosas danst Rosas (October 1-5). Premiering in 1982, Fase, to the Music of Steve Reich was Keersmaeker’s first choreographic work, and Rosas danst Rosas is “…considered a benchmark in postmodern dance history,” notes the release. Find out more here
Ayodele Casel + Arturo O’Farrill
The Joyce Theatre
September 24 – 29
Award-winning tap dancer, Casel pairs with GRAMMY winner Arturo O’Farrill for a world premiere that will bring to life their “…shared musical lexicon in Afro-Latin jazz.” Known for “…honoring artists who have paved the way for her work and moving the artform to new.” Find out more here
Martha Graham Dance Company
Martha Graham Studio Theater
September 24 – 25
The Studio Series opens with GrahamDeconstructed featuring Graham’s Steps in the Street. For this event, excerpts of the early film and dancer demonstration will illustrate the reconstruction process before a performance of the complete work. Find out more here
Maria Bauman-Morales/MBDance
BAAD!
September 25-28
BAAD! and The Chocolate Factory will co-present evening-length (re)Source, Bauman-Morales’ “…dance and spoken artwork performed inside an installation crafted by Bauman-Morales in consultation with Zimbabwean-born interdisciplinary artist Nontsikelelo Mutiti,” according to the release. Find out more here
The School for Temporary Liveness – The Library
Philadelphia Art Alliance at University of the Arts
September 25-October 1
The Library is home to nora chipaumire's #PUNK 100% POP N!GGA, a three-part live-performance album inspired by chipaumire's formative years in Zimbabwe during the '70s, '80s and '90s. It explores the sonic ideologies of punk, pop and Congolese rumba, through the iconic artists Patti Smith, Grace Jones and Rit Nzele, respectively. Each part is embedded with a lecture or history lesson that explores how knowledge can be shared through live performance. The Library is FREE and open to the public. Find out more here
Germaine Acogny
La Mama
September 26–28
As part of the French Institute Alliance Française’s (FIAF) “Crossing Line Festival,” the Senegalese and French performer, choreographer and teacher, Acogny, known as the “Mother of Contemporary African Dance,” returns to New York with the premiere of SOMEWHERE AT THE BEGINNING “…tracing African history interwoven with her own life narrative.” Find out more here
Liz Gerring
BAC
September 27
In just one evening (two showings) Gerring offers Installation III: red green blue & grey (Work-in-Progress), a new phase in her exploration of physical effort and its innate capacity to provide meaning. Sound design is by Ryan Seaton. Find out more here
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE
The Billy Holiday Theatre
September 27-28
Brown and EVIDENCE celebrates the 20th anniversary Gatekeepers and Water, both made in 1999, featuring Brown’s signature fusion of African and contemporary dance with spoken word. Find out more here
Dance Theatre of Harlem
The Guggenheim
September 30
The Guggenheim building's 60th and Dance Theatre of Harlem's (DTH) 50th anniversaries, coincide for the Works & Process series, and DTH will pay tribute to its history in a restaging of TONES II, by former DTH principal ballerina Lorraine Graves, set to music by Tania León. Find out more here
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