ADG Festival Honorees, L-R: Ron K. Brown, the late Joan Miller; Celia Ipiotis The American Dance Guild (ADG)
Ailey Citigroup Theater
Feb. 22-25
The ADG Performance Festival returns with “Leaps Beyond Bounds,” a four-night program celebrating the Guild’s 68th anniversary. Thirty new and historical dance works will be shown, with this year’s honors celebrating the late choreographer Joan Miller (Lifetime Achievement Award), Ron K. Brown/Evidence (Lifetime Achievement Award), and Celia Ipiotis/Eye on Dance (Distinguished Service in Dance – Lifetime Achievement Award). Find out more here
New York City Ballet
David H. Koch Theater
Jan. 23-Mar. 3
NYCB's winter season continues their year-long 75th Anniversary Celebration with 23 works created by choreographers including Peter Martins, Christopher Wheeldon, Justin Peck, NYCB Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky and more. Find out more here
Twyla Tharp Dance
The Joyce
Feb. 13-25
Tharp offers two world premieres: "Ballet Master," "Brel," and a revival of "Ocean’s Motion" (1975). Find out more here
Jean Butler
Irish Arts Center
Feb. 15-Mar. 3
What We Hold, Butler’s contemporary exploration of traditional Irish dance will have its North American premiere in a restaged and re-designed, site-specific work for Irish Arts Center after it premiered in 2022 Dublin Theatre Festival. "What We Hold takes the audience on a physical journey through the performance space, encountering an intergenerational cast of renowned dancers, and experiencing what the body holds and what happens when we collectively let go," notes the release. The New York cast includes, in addition to Butler, performers Tom Cashin, Marion Cronin, Colin Dunne, Kristyn Fontanella, James Greenan, Kaitlyn Sardin, Maren Shanks and Ryan C Seaton. Find out more here
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
NYU Skirball
Feb. 22-24
In this dance solo, De Keersmaeker continues her journey with Bach, this time together with pianist Pavel Kolesnikov. She stays true to her main principle of using the musical score as the blueprint for choreography. The Goldberg Variations belong to Bach’s late period, in which the composer pushes the boundaries of musical themes in a play of variations, canons, and fugues. Spanning one aria and thirty variations, the music challenges the choreographer to find a form of dance capable of adaptation and flexibility while retaining an immutable core. Find out more here
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
Lincoln Center
Feb. 22-24
The Company will make their Lincoln Center debut with Deep River, "...a collaboration featuring vocalist Lisa Fischer and jazz musician Jason Moran, melding dance with spiritual music from the Black, Jewish, and Indian traditions, and invites audiences to consider the physical beauty and majesty of humanity as the pinnacle of creation," notes the release. Find out more here
Halifu Osumare
Various Venues
Feb. 22-28
Osumare’s NYC book tour of “Dancing The Afrofuture: Hula, Hip-Hop, and The Dunham Legacy” will include a shared discussion with Camille A. Brown at one venue. Find out more here
Various Artists
Central Baptist Church
Feb. 24
In honor of Black History Month, Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center and Central Baptist Church present a dance-narrative piece that tells the story of the Black experience in America. Find out more here
Ayano Elson + Iris McCloughan
Danspace Project
Feb 24
Danspace Project’s DraftWork series hosts free, informal showings of new works in varying stages of development. This afternoon features performances by two NYC-based artists: choreographer, dancer, and teacher, Elson, and performance maker and writer McCloughan. Admission: Free with RSVP. Find out more here
Camilo Godoy
New Museum
Feb. 24 & 29
Godoy presents a new performance work, renacemos a cada instante, exploring mourning practices and the resilience found in bodily joy and pleasure. This performance is the culmination of Godoy’s residency at the New Museum during which he used the Museum’s theater as a space for rehearsal, dialogue, and colla. RSVP required and tickets here
The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Flushing Town Hall Theater
Feb. 25
The Company will present Red Firecrackers, the story of Nian and the origin of Chinese Lunar New Year customs. Find out more here
Sankofa Danzafro
The Joyce
Feb. 27-Mar. 3
Led by Artistic Director Rafael Palacios and based in Colombia, on their program is “Behind the South: Dances for Manuel” (Detrás del Sur: Danzas para Manuel) which pays tribute to Colombian writer Manuel Zapata Olivella’s “Changó, el Gran Putas.” Find out more here
Sha Creative Outlet
TRISK
Feb.29-Mar. 2
The Company will present Wild Future, “…the unknown yet powerful future that is rooted in the current moment…” a performance consists of two pieces, \\\ (reads as Three Slashes) and Dis-placement 誤置. Find out more here
Ailey Citigroup Theater
Feb. 22-25
The ADG Performance Festival returns with “Leaps Beyond Bounds,” a four-night program celebrating the Guild’s 68th anniversary. Thirty new and historical dance works will be shown, with this year’s honors celebrating the late choreographer Joan Miller (Lifetime Achievement Award), Ron K. Brown/Evidence (Lifetime Achievement Award), and Celia Ipiotis/Eye on Dance (Distinguished Service in Dance – Lifetime Achievement Award). Find out more here
New York City Ballet
David H. Koch Theater
Jan. 23-Mar. 3
NYCB's winter season continues their year-long 75th Anniversary Celebration with 23 works created by choreographers including Peter Martins, Christopher Wheeldon, Justin Peck, NYCB Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky and more. Find out more here
Twyla Tharp Dance
The Joyce
Feb. 13-25
Tharp offers two world premieres: "Ballet Master," "Brel," and a revival of "Ocean’s Motion" (1975). Find out more here
Jean Butler
Irish Arts Center
Feb. 15-Mar. 3
What We Hold, Butler’s contemporary exploration of traditional Irish dance will have its North American premiere in a restaged and re-designed, site-specific work for Irish Arts Center after it premiered in 2022 Dublin Theatre Festival. "What We Hold takes the audience on a physical journey through the performance space, encountering an intergenerational cast of renowned dancers, and experiencing what the body holds and what happens when we collectively let go," notes the release. The New York cast includes, in addition to Butler, performers Tom Cashin, Marion Cronin, Colin Dunne, Kristyn Fontanella, James Greenan, Kaitlyn Sardin, Maren Shanks and Ryan C Seaton. Find out more here
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
NYU Skirball
Feb. 22-24
In this dance solo, De Keersmaeker continues her journey with Bach, this time together with pianist Pavel Kolesnikov. She stays true to her main principle of using the musical score as the blueprint for choreography. The Goldberg Variations belong to Bach’s late period, in which the composer pushes the boundaries of musical themes in a play of variations, canons, and fugues. Spanning one aria and thirty variations, the music challenges the choreographer to find a form of dance capable of adaptation and flexibility while retaining an immutable core. Find out more here
Alonzo King LINES Ballet
Lincoln Center
Feb. 22-24
The Company will make their Lincoln Center debut with Deep River, "...a collaboration featuring vocalist Lisa Fischer and jazz musician Jason Moran, melding dance with spiritual music from the Black, Jewish, and Indian traditions, and invites audiences to consider the physical beauty and majesty of humanity as the pinnacle of creation," notes the release. Find out more here
Halifu Osumare
Various Venues
Feb. 22-28
Osumare’s NYC book tour of “Dancing The Afrofuture: Hula, Hip-Hop, and The Dunham Legacy” will include a shared discussion with Camille A. Brown at one venue. Find out more here
Various Artists
Central Baptist Church
Feb. 24
In honor of Black History Month, Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center and Central Baptist Church present a dance-narrative piece that tells the story of the Black experience in America. Find out more here
Ayano Elson + Iris McCloughan
Danspace Project
Feb 24
Danspace Project’s DraftWork series hosts free, informal showings of new works in varying stages of development. This afternoon features performances by two NYC-based artists: choreographer, dancer, and teacher, Elson, and performance maker and writer McCloughan. Admission: Free with RSVP. Find out more here
Camilo Godoy
New Museum
Feb. 24 & 29
Godoy presents a new performance work, renacemos a cada instante, exploring mourning practices and the resilience found in bodily joy and pleasure. This performance is the culmination of Godoy’s residency at the New Museum during which he used the Museum’s theater as a space for rehearsal, dialogue, and colla. RSVP required and tickets here
The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Flushing Town Hall Theater
Feb. 25
The Company will present Red Firecrackers, the story of Nian and the origin of Chinese Lunar New Year customs. Find out more here
Sankofa Danzafro
The Joyce
Feb. 27-Mar. 3
Led by Artistic Director Rafael Palacios and based in Colombia, on their program is “Behind the South: Dances for Manuel” (Detrás del Sur: Danzas para Manuel) which pays tribute to Colombian writer Manuel Zapata Olivella’s “Changó, el Gran Putas.” Find out more here
Sha Creative Outlet
TRISK
Feb.29-Mar. 2
The Company will present Wild Future, “…the unknown yet powerful future that is rooted in the current moment…” a performance consists of two pieces, \\\ (reads as Three Slashes) and Dis-placement 誤置. Find out more here
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