Monstah Black Photo: Charles Meacham Monstah Black
Dixon Place
July 8 – 23
Choreographer, performer, educator and club performer, Black closes his month-long run which premiered HYPERBOLIC! (The Last Spectacle) at Dixon Place as part of their HOT! Festival and the 25th Annual celebration of LGBTQ culture. “…Using music, dance, theater & fashion as main ingredients for a sensual feast, HYPERBOLIC! (The Last Spectacle) imagines the very last party on earth. The spectacular, musical noir evening of post-apocalyptic pretty-glam gore, oozes sensual debauchery, greed, disgust, mistrust & laughter,” notes the release. Find out more here
dance-mobile Summer 2016
Brooklyn Bridge
July 9 – 30
dance-mobile, the summer outdoor performance series presented by Gibney Dance Center includes performances at Foley Square and Brooklyn Bridge Park! See works by Amy Miller alongside the Yakar Roots and Rhythms Ensemble from Cumbe: Center for African and Diaspora Dance, Gibney Dance Company and David Thomson. Find out more here
Twyla Tharp Dance
The Joyce Theater
July 11 – 23
Tharp’s engagement will include Country Dances (1976), which “…features four dancers who do-si-do through square dance adaptations…the New York City premiere of Beethoven Opus 130, featuring longtime Tharp dancer Matthew Dibble with the company, and Brahms Paganini from 1980. Find out more here
Okwui Okpokwasili
ELASTIC CITY
July 22 & 23
As part of the free-three-week festival of participatory walks - “THE LAST WALKS,” participants are asked to join Okpokwasili on a walk that explores the making of an “embodied collective” in the charged landscape of the South Bronx. Find out more here
The Series: Vol 1
Manhattan Movement Arts Center
July 23
The Series, presented by Ballet Inc., will present its first contemporary dance festival “…offering performance opportunities to 25 emerging dance companies and choreographers to share their work,” notes the release. Find out more here
Illstyle & Peace Productions + Dance Theatre of Harlem Company and School
Lincoln Center Out of Doors
July 23
As part of Lincoln Center's Block Party/“Family Day” both companies will be on hand for the entire day. Illstyle & Peace Productions (Josie Robertson Plaza), Illstyle & Peace Productions Dance Performance (Hearst Plaza), and Dance Theatre of Harlem Company and School (Hearst Plaza). Find out more here
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Rufus King Park
July 23
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, known for fusing American modern dance with Asian art, will perform in the inaugural Jamaica Dance Festival. Find out more here
Fini Italian Dance Festival
Manhattan Movement Arts Center
July 24
Calabria-born Antonio Fini, dancer/producer presents the third annual Fini Italian Dance Festival, featuring dance companies from Milan, Naples and Modena, as well as dancers from New York City-area companies. Find out more here
Urban Bush Women’s (UBW) Summer Leadership Institute (SLI)
BRIC Media House
July 25
Join UBW’s SLI participants at “How We Got The Funk,” a social dance class and dance party, led by Urban Bush Women’s Founder Jawole Willa Jo Zollar! Find out more here
Dixon Place
July 8 – 23
Choreographer, performer, educator and club performer, Black closes his month-long run which premiered HYPERBOLIC! (The Last Spectacle) at Dixon Place as part of their HOT! Festival and the 25th Annual celebration of LGBTQ culture. “…Using music, dance, theater & fashion as main ingredients for a sensual feast, HYPERBOLIC! (The Last Spectacle) imagines the very last party on earth. The spectacular, musical noir evening of post-apocalyptic pretty-glam gore, oozes sensual debauchery, greed, disgust, mistrust & laughter,” notes the release. Find out more here
dance-mobile Summer 2016
Brooklyn Bridge
July 9 – 30
dance-mobile, the summer outdoor performance series presented by Gibney Dance Center includes performances at Foley Square and Brooklyn Bridge Park! See works by Amy Miller alongside the Yakar Roots and Rhythms Ensemble from Cumbe: Center for African and Diaspora Dance, Gibney Dance Company and David Thomson. Find out more here
Twyla Tharp Dance
The Joyce Theater
July 11 – 23
Tharp’s engagement will include Country Dances (1976), which “…features four dancers who do-si-do through square dance adaptations…the New York City premiere of Beethoven Opus 130, featuring longtime Tharp dancer Matthew Dibble with the company, and Brahms Paganini from 1980. Find out more here
Okwui Okpokwasili
ELASTIC CITY
July 22 & 23
As part of the free-three-week festival of participatory walks - “THE LAST WALKS,” participants are asked to join Okpokwasili on a walk that explores the making of an “embodied collective” in the charged landscape of the South Bronx. Find out more here
The Series: Vol 1
Manhattan Movement Arts Center
July 23
The Series, presented by Ballet Inc., will present its first contemporary dance festival “…offering performance opportunities to 25 emerging dance companies and choreographers to share their work,” notes the release. Find out more here
Illstyle & Peace Productions + Dance Theatre of Harlem Company and School
Lincoln Center Out of Doors
July 23
As part of Lincoln Center's Block Party/“Family Day” both companies will be on hand for the entire day. Illstyle & Peace Productions (Josie Robertson Plaza), Illstyle & Peace Productions Dance Performance (Hearst Plaza), and Dance Theatre of Harlem Company and School (Hearst Plaza). Find out more here
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Rufus King Park
July 23
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, known for fusing American modern dance with Asian art, will perform in the inaugural Jamaica Dance Festival. Find out more here
Fini Italian Dance Festival
Manhattan Movement Arts Center
July 24
Calabria-born Antonio Fini, dancer/producer presents the third annual Fini Italian Dance Festival, featuring dance companies from Milan, Naples and Modena, as well as dancers from New York City-area companies. Find out more here
Urban Bush Women’s (UBW) Summer Leadership Institute (SLI)
BRIC Media House
July 25
Join UBW’s SLI participants at “How We Got The Funk,” a social dance class and dance party, led by Urban Bush Women’s Founder Jawole Willa Jo Zollar! Find out more here
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