Chelsea Factory
October 8-10
JACK, and the feath3r theory presents UGLY Part 3: BLUE, the conclusion to Kelly’s opus on Queer Black subjectivity in the mainstream media. Conceived, directed, and performed by Kelly and Company, the trilogy began as a search for a metaphor to juxtapose Kelly’s identity as a Queer Black artist with his feeling of being an outsider to the mainstream Queer Black experience. The trilogy closes with Kelly bridging his highly personal journey to one that is both universal and Alien. In UGLY Part 3: BLUE, the Alien—and the audience—are completely distinct and able to examine the popular culture that has shaped them and from which they desire to be freed. In Kelly’s words, “We are all searching for ourselves; there are too many labels and not enough meaning.” Find out more here
Streb Extreme Action
Streb SLAM
November 18 – December 18
Elizabeth Streb’s FAILING FORWARD, AGAIN continues their month-long season and "investigates Streb’s philosophy that failure is an integral part of the creative process, making space for discovery and innovation and leading to unexpected, surprising and truly original moves," according to the release. Find out more here
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
New York City Center
November 30 – December 24
Under Artistic Director Robert Battle, the Company's winter tradition of world and company premieres continues with works by Kyle Abraham, Jamar Roberts, Paul Taylor, and Twyla Tharp. The season will also include repertory and new productions, such as Revelations and Survivors, respectively. Find out more here
Tere O’Connor
BAC
December 7-10, 14-17
Co-Commissioned by Danspace Project, O'Connor will present the world premiere of Rivulets where "he grapples with the relationship between unison/non-unison movement, its ubiquity across dance forms and the social and philosophical resonances this choreographic examination might engender such as: ideals of classical beauty, authoritarian or anarchic tendencies, and the standardization of human behavior," notes the release. Find out more here
Dorrance Dance
The Joyce
December 7-18
In the company’s first appearance since 2019’s holiday tap The Nutcracker Suite, founder and artistic director Michelle Dorrance brings two world premiere works in collaboration with the women of the Off-Broadway sensation STOMP and musician and company member Aaron Marcellus. Find out more here
Ivy Baldwin
The Chocolate Factory
December 7 - 17
Made specifically for the Chocolate Factory Theater’s new space, Baldwin's Folds "...revels in four dancers’ vulnerable, molting, and triumphant bodies; their operatic and primal voices; and the real-time morphing and mending of a large visual art installation made in collaboration with Ukrainian visual artist Inna Babaeva," notes the release. Choreography and performance is Baldwin with Katie Dean, Kayvon Pourazar, and Saúl Ulerio. Find out more here
Various Artists
Danspace Project
December 8-10
Stephen Petronio Company co-presents Bloodlines/Bloodlines(future), an evening of new work by early career choreographers Johnnie Cruise Mercer, Davalois Fearon, Tendayi Kuumba & Greg Purnell (UFly Mothership), and masterworks from established choreographers Steve Paxton and Stephen Petronio, Find out more here
Kathy Westwater
Gibney
December 8-10
Westwater will present the world premiere of Moundscapes "...a new iteration of Westwater's durational performance research project PARK," according to the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
Triskelion
December 8-9
With guest curation by Kelsey Rondeau of Hard/Femme Dances, an array of Brooklyn’s nightlife performers, choreographers, and recovering musical theater kids, the artist lineup includes work by Hunter Sturgis, Jonathan Matthews, Manatsu Tanaka, Beatriz BB Lanceta, Nate Carter III and Aeon Andreas. Find out more here
New York Theatre Ballet
Florence Gould Hall
December 9 - 10
New York Theatre Ballet’s The Nutcracker returns for the holiday ballet, danced to Tchaikovsky’s score and set in Art Nouveau style circa 1907 with choreography by NYTB choreographer, Keith Michael . Find out more here
Dances Patrelle
The Danny Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College
December 9-11
The Yorkville Nutcracker takes audiences back on a tour of Olde New York, featuring landmarks like the Gracie Mansion and the NYBG’s Crystal Palace on it’s 26th anniversary. Find out more here
Moriah Evans
Performance Space
December 10 - 18
For Evans, Remains Persist "...works from the remainders—of ancestral histories, lived experiences of race, societal catastrophes, socio-political hierarchies, displacements, imaginations, fantasies, pleasures and more—that live differently in each of our bodies," notes the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
Cathy Weis Projects
December 11
Weis' Sundays on Broadways, evenings that features new and in-progress works by choreographers will feature Jodi Melnick and Maya Lee-Parritz present the start to their first collaborative duet, Agua Viva, mid-stream + Cathy Weis with Scott HeronFind out more here