New York City Center
Apr. 13 – 15
Casel invites fellow tap dancers - Brinae Ali, Gerson Lanza, Caleb Teicher, Naomi Funaki, Amanda Castro, Michelle Dorrance and so many more, to share the stage with six world premiere commissions that embody the future of tap dance, interpreting musical forms ranging from live jazz to house music. . Find out more here
Various Artists
La MaMa
Apr. 6-30
For the 18th annual La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, curated by Nicky Paraiso, featured will be 12 choreographers and companies with varied approaches to performance. The festival opens with the world premiere of Shadowland by Norwegian choreographer Kari Hoaas, the US premiere of Forced Beauty by Norway-based artist, Nela H. Kornetová. Also on the festival's roster is the New York premiere of Bobbi Jene Smith’s Broken Theater, Kayla Farrish's second iteration of her new group work, Put Away the Fire, dear, plus La MaMa’s resident dance puppet theater company, Loco7's Lunch with Sonia, and so much more. Find out more here
Vuyani Dance Theater
The Joyce Theater
Apr. 12 - 16
The Company presents an encore of Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Boléro by South African choreographer Gregory Maqoma following their January 2020 engagement. Find out more here
Faye Driscoll
NYLA
Apr. 13 - 15
Driscoll presents the world premiere of Weathering, a new multi-sensory flesh sculpture made of bodies, sounds, scents, liquids and objects. Find out more here
Kimiko Tanabe
The Trisk
Apr. 13 - 15
Tanabe will present Portrait of myself as a Yūrei' a folktale that wanders into the afterlife of Japanese American Incarceration during World War II. Find out more here
Ogemdi Ude, Jamal Abrams & Kayla Farrish
Harlem Stage
Apr. 13 - 15
Harlem Stage’s signature dance series, E-Moves, curated by dancer, choreographer, and Harlem Stage alum Stefanie Batten Bland will showcase by Ude, Abrams and Farrish. Find out more here
Ori Flomin and Ori Lenkinski
Arts On Site
Apr. 13 - 15
Flomin will present Urban Crawler and Lenkinski The Suit. Find out more here
Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet
Mark Morris Dance Center
Apr. 14 – 15
The Company's season includes world premieres set to music by Wong Foo Jeng and Elizabeth Gartman, and repertory works to Mozart and Friedrich Cerha. Performance will be at the Mark Morris Dance Center. Find out more here
Various Artists
Ailey Citigroup Theater
Apr. 14 – 25
In association with World Music Institute, “Dancing The Gods” will feature performances and lectures by Shreelakshmy Govardhanan, Rajika Puri and Praveen Kumar. Find out more here
Candace Taylor
JACK
Apr. 14 – 16
Choreographer Taylor will present Effervescent Encounters “…exploring the magic that occurs when the light in one person witnesses and intertwines with another.” Find out more here
Andros Zins-Browne / Martita Abril
Danspace Project
Apr. 15
Danspace Project’s DraftWork series curated by Ishmael Houston-Jones, hosts free, informal showings of new works in varying stages of development. Zins-Browne and Abril will be featured. Showings are followed by a reception, conversation, and Q&A between the artists and Houston-Jones. Admission: Free with RSVP. Find out more here
Martha Graham Dance Company
The Joyce Theater
Apr. 18 - 30
The Company will present three programs featuring works by Baye & Asa and Annie Rigney, Hofesh Shechter, Sonya Tayeh, plus Graham’s masterworks Cave of the Heart and Embattled Garden, Every Soul is a Circus, and Dark Meadow Suite. Find out more here