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The Joyce Theater
June 7-10
“Gather your family and say hello to the future,” announces the release for Eliot Feld's KIDS DANCE which totals 40 “whizkids” aged 11 to 18, on their return to the Joyce with a program of premieres and more. The premieres are Feld's Pointing 2 and Pointing 3, plus The Jig is Up, Meshugana Dance, and Apple Pie, and last season's It's the Effort That Counts, by Stephanie Terasaki, Conner Bormann and Riley O'Flynn, all graduates of Juilliard. Find out more here
American Ballet Theatre
Met
June 4 to 9
ABT’s spring season continues with Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky’s revival of Marius Petitpa’s Harlequinade (1900), “…the lost classic recreated from its original archival notes …[where]…The loveable clown Harlequin scuffles with proud parents and snobby servants to win the hand of the charming Columbine,” notes the release. Find out more here
Graham 2
Martha Graham Studio Theater
June 7–10
For their 2018 New York season featured will be works spanning eight decades including Sophie Maslow’s I Ain’t Got No Home (1941), Bertram Ross’ Nocturne (1978), and works by Martha Graham including Frontier (1935), Diversion of Angels (1948), and excerpts from Cortege of Angels (1967). Virginie Mécène’s recently premiered A New Place, completes the program. Find out more here
Lydia Johnson Dance
Ailey Citigroup Theater
June 6 - 8
Choreographer Lydia Johnson will present her Lydia Johnson Dance in a program of new and repertory works to music that ranges from Philip Glass to the trio sonatas of Handel. The season's premiere will be Undercurrent, set to music by Henryk Gorecki. Find out more here
Various Artists
University Settlement
June 7 – 10
Curated by New Dance Alliance founder and director Karen Bernard, the 32 nd annual “Performance Mix Festival” returns and will feature works by 30 plus artists with “…diverse approaches to performance, inviting audiences to engage with the unexpected and to experience some of the newest voices in experimental dance” at University Settlement, notes the release. The impressive lineup includes: Antonio Ramos, Ash R. T. Yergens, Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company, João Costa Espinho, Melanie Greene and Brianna Taylor, Parijat Desai, Wondertwins (Billy and Bobby McClain), and so many more. Find out more here
Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet
City Center Studios
June 8 – 9
Choreographer Magloire's New Chamber Ballet closes its 2017-18 season with Magloire’s Schattentanz (world premiere), and I am (2017), plus another from resident choreographer, Constantine Baecher set to Debussy's “Children's Corner” for piano which premiered last February. Find out more here
Various Artists
The Kitchen
June 8 – 9
As part of the on-going series “Dance and Process” geared towards presenting new works after a ten-week group process of sharing work and feedback, featured will be works by Lauren Bakst, NIC Kay, Athena Kokoronis, and Angie Pittman. Find out more here
Various Artists
City Center Studio 4
June 9
Zullo/RawMovement presents the Queerly Contemporary Festival, “…designed to highlight, support, and present the diverse voices of innovative LGBTQ+ artists working in dance & performance today,” notes the release. Featured will be works by Deborah Conton, Zachary Denison, Jacqui Dugal, Mat Elder, Lianna King, Aaron McGloin, Joe Monteleone, Gina T'ai, Christopher Unpezverde Nunez, Zullo/RawMovement. Find out more here
LEGACY 36
Schimmel Center: Pace Downtown
June 9
Mary Six Rupert presents the 6th annual “LEGACY 36,” an evening of tap dance celebrating the history from the Tiller Girls to The Rockettes, along with guest speakers Sandra Bryant, descendent of a Tiller Girl, and 94-year old Muriel Bradshaw (speaking on tape), a former Roxyette, whose name was later changed to Rockettes. Find out more here
Various Artists
BAAD!
June 9
Through the beauty, daring and grace of dance, this shared bill of choreographers express their strength and pride with work by Germaul Barnes, Kharis Collins, Filip A. Condeescu, Amada Dominguez, Elena Valls, and Alicia Raquel. Find out more here
Miguel Gutierrez
Freehold Hotel
June 10
In this music project, choreographer and Freehand Fellow Miguel Gutierrez shows just how tiny the spiritual distance is between the international pop superstar who grew up in Bay City, Michigan and himself -an international experimental itinerant artist who grew up in Colonia, New Jersey. Find out more here
The Joyce Theater
June 7-10
“Gather your family and say hello to the future,” announces the release for Eliot Feld's KIDS DANCE which totals 40 “whizkids” aged 11 to 18, on their return to the Joyce with a program of premieres and more. The premieres are Feld's Pointing 2 and Pointing 3, plus The Jig is Up, Meshugana Dance, and Apple Pie, and last season's It's the Effort That Counts, by Stephanie Terasaki, Conner Bormann and Riley O'Flynn, all graduates of Juilliard. Find out more here
American Ballet Theatre
Met
June 4 to 9
ABT’s spring season continues with Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky’s revival of Marius Petitpa’s Harlequinade (1900), “…the lost classic recreated from its original archival notes …[where]…The loveable clown Harlequin scuffles with proud parents and snobby servants to win the hand of the charming Columbine,” notes the release. Find out more here
Graham 2
Martha Graham Studio Theater
June 7–10
For their 2018 New York season featured will be works spanning eight decades including Sophie Maslow’s I Ain’t Got No Home (1941), Bertram Ross’ Nocturne (1978), and works by Martha Graham including Frontier (1935), Diversion of Angels (1948), and excerpts from Cortege of Angels (1967). Virginie Mécène’s recently premiered A New Place, completes the program. Find out more here
Lydia Johnson Dance
Ailey Citigroup Theater
June 6 - 8
Choreographer Lydia Johnson will present her Lydia Johnson Dance in a program of new and repertory works to music that ranges from Philip Glass to the trio sonatas of Handel. The season's premiere will be Undercurrent, set to music by Henryk Gorecki. Find out more here
Various Artists
University Settlement
June 7 – 10
Curated by New Dance Alliance founder and director Karen Bernard, the 32 nd annual “Performance Mix Festival” returns and will feature works by 30 plus artists with “…diverse approaches to performance, inviting audiences to engage with the unexpected and to experience some of the newest voices in experimental dance” at University Settlement, notes the release. The impressive lineup includes: Antonio Ramos, Ash R. T. Yergens, Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company, João Costa Espinho, Melanie Greene and Brianna Taylor, Parijat Desai, Wondertwins (Billy and Bobby McClain), and so many more. Find out more here
Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet
City Center Studios
June 8 – 9
Choreographer Magloire's New Chamber Ballet closes its 2017-18 season with Magloire’s Schattentanz (world premiere), and I am (2017), plus another from resident choreographer, Constantine Baecher set to Debussy's “Children's Corner” for piano which premiered last February. Find out more here
Various Artists
The Kitchen
June 8 – 9
As part of the on-going series “Dance and Process” geared towards presenting new works after a ten-week group process of sharing work and feedback, featured will be works by Lauren Bakst, NIC Kay, Athena Kokoronis, and Angie Pittman. Find out more here
Various Artists
City Center Studio 4
June 9
Zullo/RawMovement presents the Queerly Contemporary Festival, “…designed to highlight, support, and present the diverse voices of innovative LGBTQ+ artists working in dance & performance today,” notes the release. Featured will be works by Deborah Conton, Zachary Denison, Jacqui Dugal, Mat Elder, Lianna King, Aaron McGloin, Joe Monteleone, Gina T'ai, Christopher Unpezverde Nunez, Zullo/RawMovement. Find out more here
LEGACY 36
Schimmel Center: Pace Downtown
June 9
Mary Six Rupert presents the 6th annual “LEGACY 36,” an evening of tap dance celebrating the history from the Tiller Girls to The Rockettes, along with guest speakers Sandra Bryant, descendent of a Tiller Girl, and 94-year old Muriel Bradshaw (speaking on tape), a former Roxyette, whose name was later changed to Rockettes. Find out more here
Various Artists
BAAD!
June 9
Through the beauty, daring and grace of dance, this shared bill of choreographers express their strength and pride with work by Germaul Barnes, Kharis Collins, Filip A. Condeescu, Amada Dominguez, Elena Valls, and Alicia Raquel. Find out more here
Miguel Gutierrez
Freehold Hotel
June 10
In this music project, choreographer and Freehand Fellow Miguel Gutierrez shows just how tiny the spiritual distance is between the international pop superstar who grew up in Bay City, Michigan and himself -an international experimental itinerant artist who grew up in Colonia, New Jersey. Find out more here
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