nora chipaumire nora chipaumire
Harlem Stage
May 17 - 18
Contemporary artist, choreographer, and performer nora chipaumire comes to Harlem Stage as part of E-Moves with the New York premiere of ShebeenDUB, transforming "...the historic Harlem Stage Gatehouse into a sonic and visual statement of radical black indictment of Empire. Featuring the monumental afternow sound installation, including the soundshitsystem, designed by Ari Marcopoulos and Kara Walker and constructed by Matt Jackson Studio, the evening unfolds in three parts.
Audiences are first invited to experience Nehanda, a radio opera by chimpaumire which relays the story of Nehanda, following the opera, three dancers and dub DJ perform shebeenDUB within the afternow installation, celebrating dub — a musical style that emerged in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. To close the night, audiences are invited to participate in a dance party featuring music by a dub DJ," according to the release. Find out more here
j. bouey
JACK
Through May 25
Conceived by j. bouey, S A T U R N: A Revelation “introduces the Inter-Dimensional Time-Traveling Disco Space Opera Dance Band: “The Living Ancestors,” and is an immersive dance performance installation, direct action for community support, and multi-camera live broadcast…” according to the release. George Del Barrio is the designer. Find out more here
New York City Ballet (NYCB)
David H. Koch Theater
Through - June 2
NYCB's 75th anniversary celebration continues with revivals, premieres by Amy Hall Garner and Justin Peck, and Balanchine’s full-length production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and so much more. Find out more here
Parsons Dance
The Joyce
May 14-25
Parsons Dance returns with three world premieres, classics, live music by Michael Wall, and a new work by Jamar Roberts. Find out more here
Limón Dance Company and Limón2
Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College
May 17
Under artistic director Dante Puleio, the Limón Dance Company and Limón2 come together at Aaron Davis Hall through three works by Limón: Missa Brevis, The Exiles, There is a Time. The evening is titled “Experience the Legacy: Limón Dance Company.” Find out more here
Sidra Bell Dance
Gibney
May 16–18
New York and saxophonist, composer, and arranger Immanuel Wilkins Quartet will offer the world premiere COMMUNION. “This elegiac experience is a series of impressions, human huddles, and hybrid forms of movement set against a wild mixture of textures, design, and sound,” according to the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
La Mama
May 16-Jun. 2
For the 19th La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, curated by Nicky Paraiso, new and recent works by 11 choreographers and companies with diverse creative practices and approaches to performance will be presented. Featured will be: Arthur Avilés, Yoshiko Chuma with Dennis O’Connor and composer Dane Terry, Dancers Unlimited, Emerging Choreographers/Hunter College MFA Dance Program, Anabella Lenzu, NUU Knynez, Koma Otake, Ilaria Passeri and Evelyna Dann with composer Stefano Zazzera, Pioneers Go East Collective, John Scott, and Chris Yon & Taryn Griggs. Find out more here
Various Artists
HERE
May 18-June 8
Nia Witherspoon’s Priestess of Twerk: A Black Femme Star Temple + Wisdom School "...is a performance, a spa, and a temple that merges African traditional religious approaches to healing and Black feminist theologies to both envision and enact a more evolved world through embodied experiences," notes the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
BAAD!
May 18
As part of the BAAD! “Boogie Down Dance Series,” Alethea Pace presents between wave and water, a site-specific multimedia performance walk rooted in reclaiming the history of an African Burial Ground in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. Find out more here
Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) and Students
DTH
May 18
The Company and students will present Harlem Mouse/Country Mouse, a retelling of Aesop's Fable, City Mouse and Country Mouse, under the direction of DTH artistic director Robert Garland, and Tai Jimenez, director of the DTH School. Find out more here
Trisha Brown Dance Company
Fifth Avenue Association
May 18
Van Cleef & Arpels will celebrate spring along Fifth Avenue, in partnership with the Fifth Avenue Association, the Maison will unveil numerous sidewalk installations as a part of ‘Fifth Avenue Blooms™ Find out more here
Various Artists
The Arts Center at Governors Island
May 18
The Open Studios featuring LMCC’s 2024 Arts Center Residents and Curatorial Fellows includes Yanira Castro and binbinFactory/Satoshi Haga & Rie Fukuzawa and many more. RSVP at bit.ly/RSVP-OpenStudios
Stephen Petronio, Mina Nishimura, Nami Yamamoto and Cayleen Del Rosario
WeisAcres
May 19
For this week's Cathy Weis "Sundays on Broadway" where each evening features new and in-progress works Petronio, Nishimura, Yamamoato and Del Rosario will share the evening. Find out more here
LayeRhythm
The Guggenheim
May 20
Works & Process presents "Rotunda Dance Party: LayeRhythm" led by Mai Lê Hô, the evening will be a mix of dance, live music, and audience interaction to celebrate treet and club dance cultures. Find out more here
Harlem Stage
May 17 - 18
Contemporary artist, choreographer, and performer nora chipaumire comes to Harlem Stage as part of E-Moves with the New York premiere of ShebeenDUB, transforming "...the historic Harlem Stage Gatehouse into a sonic and visual statement of radical black indictment of Empire. Featuring the monumental afternow sound installation, including the soundshitsystem, designed by Ari Marcopoulos and Kara Walker and constructed by Matt Jackson Studio, the evening unfolds in three parts.
Audiences are first invited to experience Nehanda, a radio opera by chimpaumire which relays the story of Nehanda, following the opera, three dancers and dub DJ perform shebeenDUB within the afternow installation, celebrating dub — a musical style that emerged in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s. To close the night, audiences are invited to participate in a dance party featuring music by a dub DJ," according to the release. Find out more here
j. bouey
JACK
Through May 25
Conceived by j. bouey, S A T U R N: A Revelation “introduces the Inter-Dimensional Time-Traveling Disco Space Opera Dance Band: “The Living Ancestors,” and is an immersive dance performance installation, direct action for community support, and multi-camera live broadcast…” according to the release. George Del Barrio is the designer. Find out more here
New York City Ballet (NYCB)
David H. Koch Theater
Through - June 2
NYCB's 75th anniversary celebration continues with revivals, premieres by Amy Hall Garner and Justin Peck, and Balanchine’s full-length production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and so much more. Find out more here
Parsons Dance
The Joyce
May 14-25
Parsons Dance returns with three world premieres, classics, live music by Michael Wall, and a new work by Jamar Roberts. Find out more here
Limón Dance Company and Limón2
Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College
May 17
Under artistic director Dante Puleio, the Limón Dance Company and Limón2 come together at Aaron Davis Hall through three works by Limón: Missa Brevis, The Exiles, There is a Time. The evening is titled “Experience the Legacy: Limón Dance Company.” Find out more here
Sidra Bell Dance
Gibney
May 16–18
New York and saxophonist, composer, and arranger Immanuel Wilkins Quartet will offer the world premiere COMMUNION. “This elegiac experience is a series of impressions, human huddles, and hybrid forms of movement set against a wild mixture of textures, design, and sound,” according to the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
La Mama
May 16-Jun. 2
For the 19th La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, curated by Nicky Paraiso, new and recent works by 11 choreographers and companies with diverse creative practices and approaches to performance will be presented. Featured will be: Arthur Avilés, Yoshiko Chuma with Dennis O’Connor and composer Dane Terry, Dancers Unlimited, Emerging Choreographers/Hunter College MFA Dance Program, Anabella Lenzu, NUU Knynez, Koma Otake, Ilaria Passeri and Evelyna Dann with composer Stefano Zazzera, Pioneers Go East Collective, John Scott, and Chris Yon & Taryn Griggs. Find out more here
Various Artists
HERE
May 18-June 8
Nia Witherspoon’s Priestess of Twerk: A Black Femme Star Temple + Wisdom School "...is a performance, a spa, and a temple that merges African traditional religious approaches to healing and Black feminist theologies to both envision and enact a more evolved world through embodied experiences," notes the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
BAAD!
May 18
As part of the BAAD! “Boogie Down Dance Series,” Alethea Pace presents between wave and water, a site-specific multimedia performance walk rooted in reclaiming the history of an African Burial Ground in the Hunts Point section of the Bronx. Find out more here
Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) and Students
DTH
May 18
The Company and students will present Harlem Mouse/Country Mouse, a retelling of Aesop's Fable, City Mouse and Country Mouse, under the direction of DTH artistic director Robert Garland, and Tai Jimenez, director of the DTH School. Find out more here
Trisha Brown Dance Company
Fifth Avenue Association
May 18
Van Cleef & Arpels will celebrate spring along Fifth Avenue, in partnership with the Fifth Avenue Association, the Maison will unveil numerous sidewalk installations as a part of ‘Fifth Avenue Blooms™ Find out more here
Various Artists
The Arts Center at Governors Island
May 18
The Open Studios featuring LMCC’s 2024 Arts Center Residents and Curatorial Fellows includes Yanira Castro and binbinFactory/Satoshi Haga & Rie Fukuzawa and many more. RSVP at bit.ly/RSVP-OpenStudios
Stephen Petronio, Mina Nishimura, Nami Yamamoto and Cayleen Del Rosario
WeisAcres
May 19
For this week's Cathy Weis "Sundays on Broadway" where each evening features new and in-progress works Petronio, Nishimura, Yamamoato and Del Rosario will share the evening. Find out more here
LayeRhythm
The Guggenheim
May 20
Works & Process presents "Rotunda Dance Party: LayeRhythm" led by Mai Lê Hô, the evening will be a mix of dance, live music, and audience interaction to celebrate treet and club dance cultures. Find out more here
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