Obremski/Works Photo: Vanessa Gonzalez-Bunster OBREMSKI/WORKS
AOS
May 30-31
This inaugural full evening season will include the Light-Print, In-Visible, and the world premiere, GAMAN. Founder/Director/Choreographer Jesse Obremski has also invited the 2024 VOYAGER Fellow Hoyori Maruo to showcase a world premiere. "The works will be performed by an incredibly exciting, deeply grounded, and breathtakingly colorful group of artists of AAPI descent, an artist of indigenous descent, and international artists from Australia, Taiwan, and Japan," notes the release. Find out more here
David Roussève + taisha paggett/Vinson Fraley + Bebe Miller
Danspace Project
Through – Jun. 8
Kyle Abraham, choreographer, performer, and artistic director of A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham, curates Danspace Project’s sixteenth Platform. Titled “Platform 2024: A Delicate Ritual,” this series of performances reflects Abraham’s interest in each performers’ rituals, desires, and artistic exchanges. Featured will be intergenerational shared evenings of performance with Roussève + paggett (May 23-25), and Fraley + Miller (June 6-8). 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
Various Artists
La MaMa
Through-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 ou tmore here
Various Artists
HERE
Through-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
Ballet Tech
The Joyce Theater
May 30-Jun 2
For the 30th anniversary of its Kids Dance student performance troupe, honoring the global diversity of cultures and heritages, by Ballet Tech's artistic director Dionne Figgins, takes audiences around the globe as it features Ballet, African, Horton, Chinese Traditional Dance, and Latin Foundational styles of movement. Find out more here
Elliot Reed
Performance Space New York
May 30-June 1
Reed’s new theatrical solo, You can hear footsteps, "...plays with the contradictions inherent to authorship in performance, considering the performer both as agent and object," according to the release. 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
Emerge 125
The Flea
May 23-26
E125 will present two world premieres, the first set to music by the Kaiser Quartett string ensemble, while the second program spotlights the newly-completed tripartite symphony of movement, Rights of Renaissance. Find out more here
Various Artists
BAM
May 24-27
BAM’s annual DanceAfrica festival returns for the 47th year celebrating dance from Cameroon. Titled The Origin of Communities / A Calabash of Cultures, this year’s celebration will focus on the traditions and contemporary innovations of Cameroon, affectionately known as "Little Africa." DanceAfrica 2024 invites the community to experience a multi-faceted exploration of dance, music, film, and art. DanceAfrica 2024 performances, under artistic director Abdel R. Salaam, will include offerings from the DanceAfrica Spirit Walkers, Women of the Calabash, Siren-Protectors of the Rainforest and The Billie's Youth Arts Academy Dance Ensemble. Find out more here
Lenora Lee Dance
South Street Seaport Museum
May 25-27
The Company and the museum come togerther for "Convergent Waves: NYC," an immersive multimedia free dance event abroad the 1885 tall ship Wavertree! Find out more here
Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance
DiMenna Center for Classical Music
May 30 - June 6
The Company celebrates their 24th anniversary season with Tales of Hopper and The Winter’s Tale Original music created in an artistic collaboration between Lavagnino and composer Martin Bresnick. Find out more here
AOS
May 30-31
This inaugural full evening season will include the Light-Print, In-Visible, and the world premiere, GAMAN. Founder/Director/Choreographer Jesse Obremski has also invited the 2024 VOYAGER Fellow Hoyori Maruo to showcase a world premiere. "The works will be performed by an incredibly exciting, deeply grounded, and breathtakingly colorful group of artists of AAPI descent, an artist of indigenous descent, and international artists from Australia, Taiwan, and Japan," notes the release. Find out more here
David Roussève + taisha paggett/Vinson Fraley + Bebe Miller
Danspace Project
Through – Jun. 8
Kyle Abraham, choreographer, performer, and artistic director of A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham, curates Danspace Project’s sixteenth Platform. Titled “Platform 2024: A Delicate Ritual,” this series of performances reflects Abraham’s interest in each performers’ rituals, desires, and artistic exchanges. Featured will be intergenerational shared evenings of performance with Roussève + paggett (May 23-25), and Fraley + Miller (June 6-8). 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
Various Artists
La MaMa
Through-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 ou tmore here
Various Artists
HERE
Through-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
Ballet Tech
The Joyce Theater
May 30-Jun 2
For the 30th anniversary of its Kids Dance student performance troupe, honoring the global diversity of cultures and heritages, by Ballet Tech's artistic director Dionne Figgins, takes audiences around the globe as it features Ballet, African, Horton, Chinese Traditional Dance, and Latin Foundational styles of movement. Find out more here
Elliot Reed
Performance Space New York
May 30-June 1
Reed’s new theatrical solo, You can hear footsteps, "...plays with the contradictions inherent to authorship in performance, considering the performer both as agent and object," according to the release. 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
Emerge 125
The Flea
May 23-26
E125 will present two world premieres, the first set to music by the Kaiser Quartett string ensemble, while the second program spotlights the newly-completed tripartite symphony of movement, Rights of Renaissance. Find out more here
Various Artists
BAM
May 24-27
BAM’s annual DanceAfrica festival returns for the 47th year celebrating dance from Cameroon. Titled The Origin of Communities / A Calabash of Cultures, this year’s celebration will focus on the traditions and contemporary innovations of Cameroon, affectionately known as "Little Africa." DanceAfrica 2024 invites the community to experience a multi-faceted exploration of dance, music, film, and art. DanceAfrica 2024 performances, under artistic director Abdel R. Salaam, will include offerings from the DanceAfrica Spirit Walkers, Women of the Calabash, Siren-Protectors of the Rainforest and The Billie's Youth Arts Academy Dance Ensemble. Find out more here
Lenora Lee Dance
South Street Seaport Museum
May 25-27
The Company and the museum come togerther for "Convergent Waves: NYC," an immersive multimedia free dance event abroad the 1885 tall ship Wavertree! Find out more here
Cherylyn Lavagnino Dance
DiMenna Center for Classical Music
May 30 - June 6
The Company celebrates their 24th anniversary season with Tales of Hopper and The Winter’s Tale Original music created in an artistic collaboration between Lavagnino and composer Martin Bresnick. Find out more here
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