Fist & Heel Performance Group Photo: Christopher Duggan Fist & Heel Performance Group
(In-person) BAM
January 13-15
On his return to Brooklyn, Wilson’s POWER, developed at Jacob’s Pillow and the neighboring Hancock Shaker Village, “…brings alive the mutual Black-Shaker influence by channeling the refusal of Anglo-Judeo-Christian limitations on the body into utopian energy that manifests through whirling, stamping, and singing. [And for this] propulsive, rhythmic experience connecting American Black and Shaker traditions, Wilson explores the body as a radical tool for illuminating the internal and communal…drawing inspiration from Mother Rebecca Cox Jackson, a free Black woman who became a Shaker eldress and formed her own community in Philadelphia—as well as the Shakers’ complex relationship to free and enslaved African-Americans,” according to the release. POWER coincides with BAM’s annual commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Find out more here
Ayodele Casel
(Virtual) Joyce
January 7 - 23
Created in collaboration with Creative Director Torya Beard, for Chasing Magic, Casel is joined by musical collaborators Grammy Award-winning composer and pianist Arturo O’Farrill, singer/songwriter Crystal Monee Hall, music director and composer Annastasia Victory, and percussionist Senfu Stoney. The movement collaborators are: EVIDENCE Artistic Director Ronald K. Brown, Anthony Morigerato, plus tap artists Naomi Funaki, Amanda Castro, and John Manzari, and filmed on The Joyce stage by tap dancer and filmmaker Kurt Csolak. Find out more here
Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith
(Virtual) BAC
January 10 - 24
As part of BAC's digital series, Lieber and Smith will premier gloria rehearsal "...a feminist work continuing Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith’s 15-year choreographic partnership using abstract dance as a means to break down patriarchal systems of degradation," according to the release. Find out more here
Oona Doherty
(In-person) Irish Arts Center
January 13-23
For the American premiere of Doherty’s Hard to Be Soft, described by The Guardian as “…an homage to Doherty's hometown of Belfast [that captures]…the carapace of swagger and sass, rage and resilience built up by men and women in a place where the conflict seems intractable and horizons are limited by constrictions of class and religion,” featured is Sam Finnegan, John Scott, and the Sugar Army, a locally-cast group of teenagers.” Find out more here
Various Artists
(Virtual) NYLA
January 13-17
The 11th edition of Live Artery returns as Virtual Artery, featuring the work of Live Arts residency artists and curated guests. Showcasing the latest work from Christopher Williams, Colleen Thomas, The Motherboard Suite, with Saul Williams featuring choreography by Maria Bauman, Kayla Farrish, Marjani Forté-Saunders, d. Sabela grimes, Jasmine Hearn, and Shamel Pitts, Raja Feather Kelly and the feath3r theory, and Kenyon Adams. Find out more here
Thunderbird American Indian Dancers
(In-Person) Theatre for the New City
January 14 - 23
For its 47th annual performance, Thunderbird American Dancers Pow Wow and Dance Concert will again include dances, stories and traditional music from Native Peoples of the Northeast, Southwest and Great Plains regions. Find out more here
Jasmine HearnDances
(Virtual) JACK
January 15-16
Hearn shares WEDDING, "...a weekend-long online experience that includes a performance by Hearn intertwined with an original film and album, as well as a screenings of the film itself, What soil lines my vessel, followed by live-streamed discussions with Jasmine and a collaborator from the film." notes the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
(Virtual) Green Space
January 11 – 31
The Exponential Festival with artists/projects will include sharings from Annie Heath, River Donaghey, Joe Hendel and more. Find out more here
Various Artists
(Virtual) Various Venues
January 12-28
The 12th annual Bronx Artist Now series in partnership with BAAD! and Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture. For one evening of this month of events, feature will be dance artists Alicia Raquel Morales, Kayla Hamilton, Alexander Diaz, Rourou Ye in a conversation facilitated by Fana Fraser and many more offerings. Find out more here
Thunderbird American Indian Dancers
(In-person) Theater for the New City
January 14 – 23
For its 47th annual performance, the Company’s Pow Wow and Dance Concert will again include dances, stories and traditional music from Native Peoples of the Northeast, Southwest and Great Plains regions. Find out more here
Various Artists
(In-person) Japan Society
January 14-15
The 19th installment of the Contemporary Dance Festival (formerly known as the Contemporary Dance Showcase) from Japan and East Asia. There will be performances by Kentaro Kujirai and Barabbas Okuyama (Japan), Hao Cheng (Taiwan), the Choi x Kang Project (Korea). Find out more here
(In-person) BAM
January 13-15
On his return to Brooklyn, Wilson’s POWER, developed at Jacob’s Pillow and the neighboring Hancock Shaker Village, “…brings alive the mutual Black-Shaker influence by channeling the refusal of Anglo-Judeo-Christian limitations on the body into utopian energy that manifests through whirling, stamping, and singing. [And for this] propulsive, rhythmic experience connecting American Black and Shaker traditions, Wilson explores the body as a radical tool for illuminating the internal and communal…drawing inspiration from Mother Rebecca Cox Jackson, a free Black woman who became a Shaker eldress and formed her own community in Philadelphia—as well as the Shakers’ complex relationship to free and enslaved African-Americans,” according to the release. POWER coincides with BAM’s annual commemoration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Find out more here
Ayodele Casel
(Virtual) Joyce
January 7 - 23
Created in collaboration with Creative Director Torya Beard, for Chasing Magic, Casel is joined by musical collaborators Grammy Award-winning composer and pianist Arturo O’Farrill, singer/songwriter Crystal Monee Hall, music director and composer Annastasia Victory, and percussionist Senfu Stoney. The movement collaborators are: EVIDENCE Artistic Director Ronald K. Brown, Anthony Morigerato, plus tap artists Naomi Funaki, Amanda Castro, and John Manzari, and filmed on The Joyce stage by tap dancer and filmmaker Kurt Csolak. Find out more here
Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith
(Virtual) BAC
January 10 - 24
As part of BAC's digital series, Lieber and Smith will premier gloria rehearsal "...a feminist work continuing Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith’s 15-year choreographic partnership using abstract dance as a means to break down patriarchal systems of degradation," according to the release. Find out more here
Oona Doherty
(In-person) Irish Arts Center
January 13-23
For the American premiere of Doherty’s Hard to Be Soft, described by The Guardian as “…an homage to Doherty's hometown of Belfast [that captures]…the carapace of swagger and sass, rage and resilience built up by men and women in a place where the conflict seems intractable and horizons are limited by constrictions of class and religion,” featured is Sam Finnegan, John Scott, and the Sugar Army, a locally-cast group of teenagers.” Find out more here
Various Artists
(Virtual) NYLA
January 13-17
The 11th edition of Live Artery returns as Virtual Artery, featuring the work of Live Arts residency artists and curated guests. Showcasing the latest work from Christopher Williams, Colleen Thomas, The Motherboard Suite, with Saul Williams featuring choreography by Maria Bauman, Kayla Farrish, Marjani Forté-Saunders, d. Sabela grimes, Jasmine Hearn, and Shamel Pitts, Raja Feather Kelly and the feath3r theory, and Kenyon Adams. Find out more here
Thunderbird American Indian Dancers
(In-Person) Theatre for the New City
January 14 - 23
For its 47th annual performance, Thunderbird American Dancers Pow Wow and Dance Concert will again include dances, stories and traditional music from Native Peoples of the Northeast, Southwest and Great Plains regions. Find out more here
Jasmine HearnDances
(Virtual) JACK
January 15-16
Hearn shares WEDDING, "...a weekend-long online experience that includes a performance by Hearn intertwined with an original film and album, as well as a screenings of the film itself, What soil lines my vessel, followed by live-streamed discussions with Jasmine and a collaborator from the film." notes the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
(Virtual) Green Space
January 11 – 31
The Exponential Festival with artists/projects will include sharings from Annie Heath, River Donaghey, Joe Hendel and more. Find out more here
Various Artists
(Virtual) Various Venues
January 12-28
The 12th annual Bronx Artist Now series in partnership with BAAD! and Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture. For one evening of this month of events, feature will be dance artists Alicia Raquel Morales, Kayla Hamilton, Alexander Diaz, Rourou Ye in a conversation facilitated by Fana Fraser and many more offerings. Find out more here
Thunderbird American Indian Dancers
(In-person) Theater for the New City
January 14 – 23
For its 47th annual performance, the Company’s Pow Wow and Dance Concert will again include dances, stories and traditional music from Native Peoples of the Northeast, Southwest and Great Plains regions. Find out more here
Various Artists
(In-person) Japan Society
January 14-15
The 19th installment of the Contemporary Dance Festival (formerly known as the Contemporary Dance Showcase) from Japan and East Asia. There will be performances by Kentaro Kujirai and Barabbas Okuyama (Japan), Hao Cheng (Taiwan), the Choi x Kang Project (Korea). Find out more here
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