Monica Bills Barnes/Robbie Saenz de Viteri's "Many Happy Returns" Photo: Paula Lobo Monica Bill Barnes and Robbie Saenz de Viteri
Playwrights Horizon
January 9-18
Barnes and Saenz de Viteri’s Many Happy Returns, "is a memory play in the form of a playful and unpredictable (even for performers) dance. This hybrid scripted and improvised work of movement and language sees Barnes playing the body and Saenz de Viteri assuming the voice of a woman, in the middle of her life, who moves with total clarity but can’t stop revealing the doubt she’s desperate to cover by dancing. Many Happy Returns is a hilarious, heartwarming look back at who we thought we were and a communal search for solace in who we’ve become. First conceived for the reemergence of live performance following pandemic shutdowns, the free event brings audiences and artists together to celebrate the inherent disappointment in returning to ourselves, year after year," according to the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
Judson Church & BAM
Jan. 7-13
For Pioneers Go East Collective’s third edition of the Out-FRONT! Festival, Centering LGBTQ+ and feminist voices, featured will be performances by Miranda Brown + Noa Rui-Piin Weiss, Blaze Ferrer, Kyle Marshall Choreography, Stuart B Meyers, Angie Pittman, jill sigman/thinkdance, and Nattie Trogdon + Hollis Bartlett. The festival will also include six dance and experimental short films as part of the Out FRONT! Film Series on January 11. The 2025 festival is presented by Pioneers Go East Collective in partnership with BAM and Judson Church. Find out more here
Ragamala Dance Company
The Joyce
Jan. 8-12
The Company will present Children of Dharma, which takes inspiration from Keerthik Sashidharan’s The Dharma Forest, a re-envisioning of The Mahabharata, and is the latest work by Bharatanatyam choreographers Aparna, Ranee, and Ashwini Ramaswamy. Find out more here
Various Artists
The Guggenheim
Jan. 9-13
The fortieth season of Works & Process with the “Underground Uptown Dance Festival,” offers a series of one-night-only events and the experience of New York City’s club, street, and social dance traditions, all rooted in the circle and the cipher and blended with concert dance. Find out more here
Stacy Matthew Spence
Danspace Project
Jan. 10-11
Spence’s new work I am, here; Here with us; Where we find ourselves, created in collaboration with dance artists Tim Bendernagel, Joanna Kotze, Hsiao-jou Tang, singer/musician Charlotte Jacobs, percussionist Raf Vertessen, and costumer Athena Kokoronis. Find out more here
Various Artists
Japan Society
Jan. 10-11
As part of the “Contemporary Dance Festival: Japan + East Asia” / North American Premiere / Featuring Co. Ruri Mito (Japan), I-Ling Liu (Taiwan), and C.Sense (South Korea). Find out more here
Julia Antinozzi
Triskelion Arts
Jan. 10-12
Antinozzi will present THE SUITE "a postmodern ballet set in a dream sequence defined by an architecture of light. The work centers two overlapping duets that are inspired by the character and style of romantic and neoclassical ballet. While the movement is paramount and the plot is deemphasized, THE SUITE suggests a liminal romance," according to the release. Find out more here
Malcolm-x Betts + Nile Harris
The Chocolate Factory
Jan. 11-13
Betts and Harris brings Temporary Boyfriend which draws from past performances in each other’s works. Co-presented with Ping Chong and Company and Under The Radar. Find out more here
Carolyn Dorfman Dance
92nd Street Y
Jan. 11-12
Dorfman will present The Legacy Project: A Dance of Hope a multimedia, interactive narrated performance that includes excerpts from Dorfman’s full Legacy Project Catalog. Find out more here
Miguel Gutierrez
New York Live Arts
Jan. 12-18
A Randjelović/Stryker Resident Commissioned Artist, Gutierrez will premiere, Super Nothing a quartet for performers (Justin Faircloth, Wendell Gray II, Jay Carlon, and Evelyn Sanchez Narvaez), "...whose actions and choreographic relationships are analogues for how people support each other to survive," notes the release. Find out more here
Urban Bush Women
The Apollo
Jan. 13 – Mar. 12
Lineage Legacy and Liberation: An Examination of Urban Bush Women’s Art-Making and Community Organizing Praxis a visual exhibition will be presented in the Laura and Frank Baker Gallery with pop-up performances on select dates. Find out more here
Playwrights Horizon
January 9-18
Barnes and Saenz de Viteri’s Many Happy Returns, "is a memory play in the form of a playful and unpredictable (even for performers) dance. This hybrid scripted and improvised work of movement and language sees Barnes playing the body and Saenz de Viteri assuming the voice of a woman, in the middle of her life, who moves with total clarity but can’t stop revealing the doubt she’s desperate to cover by dancing. Many Happy Returns is a hilarious, heartwarming look back at who we thought we were and a communal search for solace in who we’ve become. First conceived for the reemergence of live performance following pandemic shutdowns, the free event brings audiences and artists together to celebrate the inherent disappointment in returning to ourselves, year after year," according to the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
Judson Church & BAM
Jan. 7-13
For Pioneers Go East Collective’s third edition of the Out-FRONT! Festival, Centering LGBTQ+ and feminist voices, featured will be performances by Miranda Brown + Noa Rui-Piin Weiss, Blaze Ferrer, Kyle Marshall Choreography, Stuart B Meyers, Angie Pittman, jill sigman/thinkdance, and Nattie Trogdon + Hollis Bartlett. The festival will also include six dance and experimental short films as part of the Out FRONT! Film Series on January 11. The 2025 festival is presented by Pioneers Go East Collective in partnership with BAM and Judson Church. Find out more here
Ragamala Dance Company
The Joyce
Jan. 8-12
The Company will present Children of Dharma, which takes inspiration from Keerthik Sashidharan’s The Dharma Forest, a re-envisioning of The Mahabharata, and is the latest work by Bharatanatyam choreographers Aparna, Ranee, and Ashwini Ramaswamy. Find out more here
Various Artists
The Guggenheim
Jan. 9-13
The fortieth season of Works & Process with the “Underground Uptown Dance Festival,” offers a series of one-night-only events and the experience of New York City’s club, street, and social dance traditions, all rooted in the circle and the cipher and blended with concert dance. Find out more here
Stacy Matthew Spence
Danspace Project
Jan. 10-11
Spence’s new work I am, here; Here with us; Where we find ourselves, created in collaboration with dance artists Tim Bendernagel, Joanna Kotze, Hsiao-jou Tang, singer/musician Charlotte Jacobs, percussionist Raf Vertessen, and costumer Athena Kokoronis. Find out more here
Various Artists
Japan Society
Jan. 10-11
As part of the “Contemporary Dance Festival: Japan + East Asia” / North American Premiere / Featuring Co. Ruri Mito (Japan), I-Ling Liu (Taiwan), and C.Sense (South Korea). Find out more here
Julia Antinozzi
Triskelion Arts
Jan. 10-12
Antinozzi will present THE SUITE "a postmodern ballet set in a dream sequence defined by an architecture of light. The work centers two overlapping duets that are inspired by the character and style of romantic and neoclassical ballet. While the movement is paramount and the plot is deemphasized, THE SUITE suggests a liminal romance," according to the release. Find out more here
Malcolm-x Betts + Nile Harris
The Chocolate Factory
Jan. 11-13
Betts and Harris brings Temporary Boyfriend which draws from past performances in each other’s works. Co-presented with Ping Chong and Company and Under The Radar. Find out more here
Carolyn Dorfman Dance
92nd Street Y
Jan. 11-12
Dorfman will present The Legacy Project: A Dance of Hope a multimedia, interactive narrated performance that includes excerpts from Dorfman’s full Legacy Project Catalog. Find out more here
Miguel Gutierrez
New York Live Arts
Jan. 12-18
A Randjelović/Stryker Resident Commissioned Artist, Gutierrez will premiere, Super Nothing a quartet for performers (Justin Faircloth, Wendell Gray II, Jay Carlon, and Evelyn Sanchez Narvaez), "...whose actions and choreographic relationships are analogues for how people support each other to survive," notes the release. Find out more here
Urban Bush Women
The Apollo
Jan. 13 – Mar. 12
Lineage Legacy and Liberation: An Examination of Urban Bush Women’s Art-Making and Community Organizing Praxis a visual exhibition will be presented in the Laura and Frank Baker Gallery with pop-up performances on select dates. Find out more here
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