Alethea Pace Photo: Trevon Blondet Various Artists
June 10-13
Performance Mix 35
At Movement Research/Community Center performances will be live! Featured will be works by Leslie Cuyjet, Degenerate Art Ensemble, Rachel Thorne Germond, Camilo Godoy, Jil Guyon, Yvonne Meier, Johnnie Cruise Mercer, Dana Michel and Tracy Maurice, MOLLY&NOLA, Sari Nordman, Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez, Alethea Pace, Lisa Parra and Daniel Pinheiro, Rosy Simas, Hadley Smith and Johanna S. Meyer, Andrew Tay, Anh Vo, Nami Yamamoto, and we are: Anna, Kimiko, s., Symara, Tara, Taylor, Ogemdi, and marion. Audience members will be asked to follow COVID-19 safety protocols. Find out more here
STILL HAPPENING:
AFROFEMONONOMY // WORK THE ROOTS
March 1-June 27
Performance Space New York
Members of AFROFEMONONOMY who have collaborated in different configurations come together for the first time as a group to celebrate each other’s work. This exploratory collaboration happens with Black femme theatermakers Lileana Blain-Cruz, Charlotte Brathwaite, Eisa Davis, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Ayesha Jordan, Joie Lee, April Matthis, Jennifer Harrison Newman, Okwui Okpokwasili, Stacey Karen Robinson, Kaneza Schaal, and others. Find out more here
Ailey All Access
March 17 – June 24
Join the Ailey All Access web page and get real-time access to many Ailey classics, favorites and more. Find out more here
Various Artists
May 15 - June 18 & July 1 - August 31
Dancespace Project
The Dream of the Audience, curated by artistic director Judy Hussie-Taylor brings artist to the virtual space to present works built while in-residence at Danspace’s historic venue in St. Mark’s Church, and more. The Dream of the Audience features the premiere of a new film by Ishmael Houston-Jones in collaboration with josé e. abad, Snowflake Calvert, Keith Hennessy, and Kevin O’Connor followed by live conversation with Houston-Jones & Miguel Gutierrez. Also featured will be films by Okwui Okpokwasili, Eiko Otake with Joan Jonas, and Reggie Wilson. All films will be available for online viewing July 1-Aug 31. Find out more here
NEW HAPPENINGS****
Various Artists
June 3 – August 1
The Shed
Now open to the public with their Open Call, an Exhibition and Performance Series, featured will be works by early-career New York artists including Leslie Cuyhet, Nia O. Witherspoon, Emily Waters, Nazareth Hassan, Rachika Nayar, AnAkA, DonChristian Jones, Troy Anthony, Merche Blasco, Kyle Marshall, Ana María Agüero Jahannes and more. Find out more here
Raja Feather Kelly
June 4-12
Playwrights Horizon
Kelly and the feath3r theory’s The KILL ONE Race, a performance-based work created and filmed at Playwrights Horizons during the pandemic, part-documentary (capturing the members of the feath3r theory as they recreate a macabre game first envisioned in the 1963 dystopian novel Kill One), part theater, and part reality TV game show itself. Find out more here
Various Artists
June 3-5
Arts On Site
EMERGE125 formerly Elisa Monte Dance will present works by Executive Artistic Director Tiffany Rea-Fisher alongside soloist Garnet Henderson in a shared weekend at Arts On Site's 3r series. The performance series has been created to adhere to current COVID-19 restrictions. Find out more here.
Kyle Marshall
June 7-21
BAC
Kyle Marshall’s STELLAR “…a dance of speculative fiction… inspired by Afrofuturism and the echoes of Jazz” filmed on the stage of BAC features Marshall, Bree Breeden, Ariana Speight with an original score performed live by Kwami Winfield. Find out more here.
Various Artists
June 10 -27
Various Locations
Celebrating 20 years, River To River Festival returns with dance highlights including works by Okwui Okpokwasili, Miguel Gutierrez, The Illustrious Blacks, Mariana Valencia, nora chipaumire, and Maria Hassabi. Find out more here
Various Artists
June 12 – 26
Rufus King Park
The Jamaica Dance Festival returns with performances by Jamal Jackson Dance Company, Alpa Omega Theatrical Dance Company, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Kizuna Dance and more. Find out more here
Various Artists
June 12 & 19 + June 24 -26
Various Locations
Dances For A Variable Population, Artistic Director Naomi Goldberg Haas and legendary guest artists offers a five-day hybrid dance festival, Revival 5, with guest choreographers: Shirley Black Brown Coward, George Faison, Goldberg Haas, Ellen Graff, Audrey Hubbard Madison, Myna Majors, Sandra Rivera, and Marnie Thomas Wood. Find out more here
Various Artists
June 15
Closing out the Studio 5 | Dancing Across Continents five-part series of coaching sessions and conversations is the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater with dancers Jacqueline Green, Yannick Lebrun, Renaldo Maurice with Artistic Director Robert Battle, Resident Choreographer Jamar Roberts, and Associate Artistic Director Matthew Rushing. Find out more here
June 10-13
Performance Mix 35
At Movement Research/Community Center performances will be live! Featured will be works by Leslie Cuyjet, Degenerate Art Ensemble, Rachel Thorne Germond, Camilo Godoy, Jil Guyon, Yvonne Meier, Johnnie Cruise Mercer, Dana Michel and Tracy Maurice, MOLLY&NOLA, Sari Nordman, Christopher “Unpezverde” Núñez, Alethea Pace, Lisa Parra and Daniel Pinheiro, Rosy Simas, Hadley Smith and Johanna S. Meyer, Andrew Tay, Anh Vo, Nami Yamamoto, and we are: Anna, Kimiko, s., Symara, Tara, Taylor, Ogemdi, and marion. Audience members will be asked to follow COVID-19 safety protocols. Find out more here
STILL HAPPENING:
AFROFEMONONOMY // WORK THE ROOTS
March 1-June 27
Performance Space New York
Members of AFROFEMONONOMY who have collaborated in different configurations come together for the first time as a group to celebrate each other’s work. This exploratory collaboration happens with Black femme theatermakers Lileana Blain-Cruz, Charlotte Brathwaite, Eisa Davis, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Ayesha Jordan, Joie Lee, April Matthis, Jennifer Harrison Newman, Okwui Okpokwasili, Stacey Karen Robinson, Kaneza Schaal, and others. Find out more here
Ailey All Access
March 17 – June 24
Join the Ailey All Access web page and get real-time access to many Ailey classics, favorites and more. Find out more here
Various Artists
May 15 - June 18 & July 1 - August 31
Dancespace Project
The Dream of the Audience, curated by artistic director Judy Hussie-Taylor brings artist to the virtual space to present works built while in-residence at Danspace’s historic venue in St. Mark’s Church, and more. The Dream of the Audience features the premiere of a new film by Ishmael Houston-Jones in collaboration with josé e. abad, Snowflake Calvert, Keith Hennessy, and Kevin O’Connor followed by live conversation with Houston-Jones & Miguel Gutierrez. Also featured will be films by Okwui Okpokwasili, Eiko Otake with Joan Jonas, and Reggie Wilson. All films will be available for online viewing July 1-Aug 31. Find out more here
NEW HAPPENINGS****
Various Artists
June 3 – August 1
The Shed
Now open to the public with their Open Call, an Exhibition and Performance Series, featured will be works by early-career New York artists including Leslie Cuyhet, Nia O. Witherspoon, Emily Waters, Nazareth Hassan, Rachika Nayar, AnAkA, DonChristian Jones, Troy Anthony, Merche Blasco, Kyle Marshall, Ana María Agüero Jahannes and more. Find out more here
Raja Feather Kelly
June 4-12
Playwrights Horizon
Kelly and the feath3r theory’s The KILL ONE Race, a performance-based work created and filmed at Playwrights Horizons during the pandemic, part-documentary (capturing the members of the feath3r theory as they recreate a macabre game first envisioned in the 1963 dystopian novel Kill One), part theater, and part reality TV game show itself. Find out more here
Various Artists
June 3-5
Arts On Site
EMERGE125 formerly Elisa Monte Dance will present works by Executive Artistic Director Tiffany Rea-Fisher alongside soloist Garnet Henderson in a shared weekend at Arts On Site's 3r series. The performance series has been created to adhere to current COVID-19 restrictions. Find out more here.
Kyle Marshall
June 7-21
BAC
Kyle Marshall’s STELLAR “…a dance of speculative fiction… inspired by Afrofuturism and the echoes of Jazz” filmed on the stage of BAC features Marshall, Bree Breeden, Ariana Speight with an original score performed live by Kwami Winfield. Find out more here.
Various Artists
June 10 -27
Various Locations
Celebrating 20 years, River To River Festival returns with dance highlights including works by Okwui Okpokwasili, Miguel Gutierrez, The Illustrious Blacks, Mariana Valencia, nora chipaumire, and Maria Hassabi. Find out more here
Various Artists
June 12 – 26
Rufus King Park
The Jamaica Dance Festival returns with performances by Jamal Jackson Dance Company, Alpa Omega Theatrical Dance Company, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Kizuna Dance and more. Find out more here
Various Artists
June 12 & 19 + June 24 -26
Various Locations
Dances For A Variable Population, Artistic Director Naomi Goldberg Haas and legendary guest artists offers a five-day hybrid dance festival, Revival 5, with guest choreographers: Shirley Black Brown Coward, George Faison, Goldberg Haas, Ellen Graff, Audrey Hubbard Madison, Myna Majors, Sandra Rivera, and Marnie Thomas Wood. Find out more here
Various Artists
June 15
Closing out the Studio 5 | Dancing Across Continents five-part series of coaching sessions and conversations is the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater with dancers Jacqueline Green, Yannick Lebrun, Renaldo Maurice with Artistic Director Robert Battle, Resident Choreographer Jamar Roberts, and Associate Artistic Director Matthew Rushing. Find out more here
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