Works & Process’ Various Festivals
Jan. 10-Feb. 4
These crosstown celebrations of dance in New York City featurs: Kayla Farrish, Lloyd Knight, Company Stephanie Batten Bland, Ephrat Asherie Dance, Omari Wiles’ Les Ballet Afrik, It’s Showtime NYC!, Ladies of Hip-Hop, Courtney “Balenciaga” Washington’s MasterZ at Work Dance Family, The Missing Element, Princess Lockerooo’s The Fabulous Waack Dancers, Kwikstep and Rokafella, Mai Lê Hô’s LayeRhythm, Music From The Sole, plus the Underground Uptown Ball with Leggoh JohVera, DJ BelindZz, and Hype Kitty, and much more. Performances will be held at The Guggenheim, Lincoln Center and The Joyce. Find out more here
Various Artists
Perelman Center
Jan. 5-14
The Motion/Matter: Street Dance Festival, an international festival celebrating the multitude of street dance movements emerging from New York City and beyond will feature an Afrikan Party, events and performances with DJ Spinna and Rimarkable, Kia LaBeija, Ehizoje Azeke and all styles dance battle and more. Find out more here
Various Artists/Live Artery
Various Venues
Jan. 9-15
With performances at The Chocolate Factory, Gibney, and Collapsable Hole, Live Artery 2024 will present a mix of artists and curated guests in excerpts of works-in-progress, full-length performances, off-site productions, and introductions to new explorations. Featured will be Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Shamel Pitts I TRIBE, Albert Ibokwe Khoza, A.I.M. by Kyle Marshall, Jasmine Hearn, Miguel Gutierrez, Roderick George, Raja Feather Kelly l the feath3r theory, Faye Driscoll, Wanjiru Kamuyu and more. Find out more here
Various Artists/Out-FRONT!
Various Venues
Jan. 10-20
Curated by Pioneers Go East Collective and presented in partnership with The LGBT Community Center and Abrons Arts Center, featured will be works by artists exploring bold new performance modes. The festival runs Jan. 10–20, and features works by Arthur Aviles and Collaborators, Joey Kipp with Pioneers Go East Collective, Christopher Unpezverde Núñez, Jason Anthony Rodriguez, Paz Tanjuaquio, Ogemdi Ude, and Annie MingHao Wang; and films by Fana Fraser, Omega X and Danni, and Tourmaline. The festival will also include two workshops: a teen voguing workshop and more. All festival events are free (donations accepted). Reservations are required here
Dual Rivet and Roderick George | kNoname
Gibney
Jan. 11-13
Gibney’s DoublePlus, curated by choreographer Kyle Abraham, featured will be world premieres by Dual Rivet in Stuff Your Eyes and Roderick George | kNoname Artist in Venom. Find out more here
The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Ailey Studios
Jan. 13 - 14
With the Asian American Arts Alliance, the Company will present an evening of AAPI dance alongside Shannon Yu 余香儒 and Ishita Mili. Find out more here and here
Urban Bush Women (UBW)
Harlem Stage
Jan.11-13
UBW’s latest work, Haint Blu conceived, created, choreographed, and directed by co-artistic directors Chanon Judson & Mame Diarra Speis with the company “…reflects on what has been lost across generations and what can be restored, with spirits sharing their legacies and leaving the thick residue of their knowing behind,” according to the release. Find out more here
Jordan Demetrius Lloyd and Mina Nishimura
Danspace
Jan. 12-13
In a shared evening, Lloyd and Nishimura returns to Danspace Project with new iterations on excerpts of works shown earlier, Lloyd’s Blackbare in the Basement (2023) with co-performer Owen Prum, and Nishimura’s newly expanded (空 kuu), her duet with Glenn Potter-Takata from Mapping a Forest While Searching for an Opposite Term of Exorcist (2022). Find out more here
Alicia Raquel Morales
BAAD!
Jan. 13
Morales' CROWNING in the cold, or how to change shape while remembering your name, offers an interactive scavenger hunt/dance ritual following urban water ways back to the ocean. Find out more here