Alethea Pace Photo: Courtesy of the artist Alethea Pace
Joseph Rodman Drake Park/African Burial Ground
May 10
Pace will reprise between wave and water, a site-specific performance rooted in contesting and reclaiming the history of an African Burial Ground in Hunts Point, the Bronx. "Combining dance, storytelling, and song, between wave and water is an immersive journey where fragments of ancestral memory guide the audience through layers of history. A contemporary Bronx Trickster character leads the way, colliding our present realities with the pervasive yet irretrievable past. Trickster tells stories, invented mythologies that expose and disrupt dominant narratives. The performers mirror and amplify Trickster’s double-talk and duplicity, and at other times translate unspeakable memories into movement," according to the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
Judson Church
May 5-19
The Movement Research at the Judson Church continues its monthly offerings with performances by Kiera Bono, Stephanie García | Punto de Inflexión and Leslie Parker (May 5), Mohammadreza Akrami and Abbey McBride (May 12) and Benin Gardner, Zhangxinan Wu 吴张心安, Queer CI Cohort: Robin Ekeya, Leland Hull, Emily Jones, and Hannah Krafcik (May 19). Find out more here
Anna Sperber
The Chocolate Factory
May 7-10
Sperber will present Beacons, an evening-length dance that "continues her investigations into the tension between exacting formal clarity and a visceral wildness, mapping the intersections between desire and care. ," according to the release. Find out more here
Bebe Miller Company
Harlem Stage
May 8-9
As part of Harlem Stage’s dance series, E-Moves, the Company makes its Harlem Stage debut with the new ensemble work Indifferent Forest, plus solos Rain (1989) and Rhythm Studies (1999). Find out more here
Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre
New York Live Arts
May 8-10
Dance Theatre presents the world premiere of Awaken which "weaves original material with resonant choreography from Selwyn’s 25 years of rich repertory...exploring the struggle between distraction, a quest for certainty, and living in an embodied present," according to the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
Arts on Site
May 9-11
In varied productions, Agon/Again, and Mikael Darmanie with Emily Haughton are presented over the weekend. Find out more here
The Equus Project
Arts on Site
May 10 - 11
Artistic Director, JoAnna Mendl Shaw's The Equus Projects will present Truth be Told, a new theatre/dance/film work for six dancers about some brutal truths. Find out more here
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
NJPAC
May 9-11
For their annual Mother’s Day weekend at NJPAC, and continuing to celebrate the life and legacy of artistic director emerita Judith Jamison, the Company, under interim artistic director Matthew Rushing, will present Sacred Songs by Rushing, Jamar Roberts’ Al-Andalus Blues, Hope Boykin’s Finding Free, Lar Lubovitch’s Many Angels, plus repertory works including Ailey’s Revelations. Find out more here
Anabella Lenzu
La Mama
May 10
Lenzu launches her book, “Teaching and Learning Dance Through Meaningful Gestures” with a reading and performance . Admission is free. Find out more here
Harlem Lite Feet with Chrybaby Cozie
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
May 15
At the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, and as part of the Works & Process series, the pioneers of Harlem Lite Feet will share stories of how this New York City dance tradition and culture was created and how it has grown. Find out more here
Ankita Sharma
JACK
May 15-17
The experimental movement-based performance artist Ankita Sharma will present dhoka/Betrayal/, where the “Heady and erotic, dhoka entangles Hindu goddess Kali’s ultimate power with present-day authoritarianism and religious violence in a South-Asian diasporic dance-theater duet,” notes the release. Find out more here
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company
NYLA
May 15-24
For this season, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company will offer two programs: Program A: Curriculum III: People, Places & Things, “created against the backdrop of a memory of freedom, and with that memory comes a taste for self determination…” And Program B: Jones’ latest work, Memory Piece solo, where he “...reflects on pivotal moments and influential figures throughout his career …” according to the release. Find out more here
Joseph Rodman Drake Park/African Burial Ground
May 10
Pace will reprise between wave and water, a site-specific performance rooted in contesting and reclaiming the history of an African Burial Ground in Hunts Point, the Bronx. "Combining dance, storytelling, and song, between wave and water is an immersive journey where fragments of ancestral memory guide the audience through layers of history. A contemporary Bronx Trickster character leads the way, colliding our present realities with the pervasive yet irretrievable past. Trickster tells stories, invented mythologies that expose and disrupt dominant narratives. The performers mirror and amplify Trickster’s double-talk and duplicity, and at other times translate unspeakable memories into movement," according to the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
Judson Church
May 5-19
The Movement Research at the Judson Church continues its monthly offerings with performances by Kiera Bono, Stephanie García | Punto de Inflexión and Leslie Parker (May 5), Mohammadreza Akrami and Abbey McBride (May 12) and Benin Gardner, Zhangxinan Wu 吴张心安, Queer CI Cohort: Robin Ekeya, Leland Hull, Emily Jones, and Hannah Krafcik (May 19). Find out more here
Anna Sperber
The Chocolate Factory
May 7-10
Sperber will present Beacons, an evening-length dance that "continues her investigations into the tension between exacting formal clarity and a visceral wildness, mapping the intersections between desire and care. ," according to the release. Find out more here
Bebe Miller Company
Harlem Stage
May 8-9
As part of Harlem Stage’s dance series, E-Moves, the Company makes its Harlem Stage debut with the new ensemble work Indifferent Forest, plus solos Rain (1989) and Rhythm Studies (1999). Find out more here
Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre
New York Live Arts
May 8-10
Dance Theatre presents the world premiere of Awaken which "weaves original material with resonant choreography from Selwyn’s 25 years of rich repertory...exploring the struggle between distraction, a quest for certainty, and living in an embodied present," according to the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
Arts on Site
May 9-11
In varied productions, Agon/Again, and Mikael Darmanie with Emily Haughton are presented over the weekend. Find out more here
The Equus Project
Arts on Site
May 10 - 11
Artistic Director, JoAnna Mendl Shaw's The Equus Projects will present Truth be Told, a new theatre/dance/film work for six dancers about some brutal truths. Find out more here
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
NJPAC
May 9-11
For their annual Mother’s Day weekend at NJPAC, and continuing to celebrate the life and legacy of artistic director emerita Judith Jamison, the Company, under interim artistic director Matthew Rushing, will present Sacred Songs by Rushing, Jamar Roberts’ Al-Andalus Blues, Hope Boykin’s Finding Free, Lar Lubovitch’s Many Angels, plus repertory works including Ailey’s Revelations. Find out more here
Anabella Lenzu
La Mama
May 10
Lenzu launches her book, “Teaching and Learning Dance Through Meaningful Gestures” with a reading and performance . Admission is free. Find out more here
Harlem Lite Feet with Chrybaby Cozie
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
May 15
At the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, and as part of the Works & Process series, the pioneers of Harlem Lite Feet will share stories of how this New York City dance tradition and culture was created and how it has grown. Find out more here
Ankita Sharma
JACK
May 15-17
The experimental movement-based performance artist Ankita Sharma will present dhoka/Betrayal/, where the “Heady and erotic, dhoka entangles Hindu goddess Kali’s ultimate power with present-day authoritarianism and religious violence in a South-Asian diasporic dance-theater duet,” notes the release. Find out more here
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company
NYLA
May 15-24
For this season, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company will offer two programs: Program A: Curriculum III: People, Places & Things, “created against the backdrop of a memory of freedom, and with that memory comes a taste for self determination…” And Program B: Jones’ latest work, Memory Piece solo, where he “...reflects on pivotal moments and influential figures throughout his career …” according to the release. Find out more here
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