Dec.14-16
Dance Space Project
Otake brings his latest solo, You, performing numerous times over the last two decades as part of Eiko & Koma. “In dancing this trilogy, I engage and converse with various You but one at a time. Friends, parents, siblings, spirits, streets, fields, and objects with personal memories all inspire and create memorable moments,” writes Koma. “The stage is all white. My painting hangs loosely. My movements are stormy and absurd. Dancing with You brings back memories, but a moment later, I dig my head into the ground, missing You.”
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Sidra Bell and Derek Fordjour
Nov. 11–Dec. 16
Petzel Gallery
From a series of collaborative conversations between choreographer Bell and vusual artist Fordjour, they created Arena, an ensemble movement piece. The collaborative team also includes musical accompaniment from Hannah Mayree performed by LaJeromeny Brown, Morgan Amirah Burns, Quaba Venza Ernest, Waverly Fredericks and Robenson Mathurin atop a dirt floor. Arena is "Informed by the artist’s oeuvre, costuming, lighting design, a custom tent and a sculptural seating structure combine to form completely original staging. Informed by a mutual interest in African-American cultural traditions and practices, [and] takes inspiration from sources as far ranging as vaudeville, voguing, hip hop culture and expressions of identity," according to the release. Find out more here
New York City Ballet (NYCB)
Nov. 24 - Dec. 31
David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Based on the Alexandre Dumas père version of E.T.A. Hoffmann's tale The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (1816), George Balanchine's The Nutcracker® is one of the most complex ballets in the Company's active repertory and provides an unforgettable spark to the holiday season. Find out more here
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT)
Nov. 29-Dec. 31
New York City Center
For their 65th anniversary AAADT will feature premieres by former company member Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish and Amy Hall Garner, plus new productions of Ronald K. Brown’s Dancing Spirit, Alonzo King’s Following the Subtle Current Upstream, Jamar Roberts’ Ode, and Hans van Manen’s Solo. Also part of the season are Ailey classics including Revelations and much more. Find out more here
Jenn Freeman and Sonya Tayeh
Dec. 8-23
Perelman Performaning Arts Center
Is It Thursday Yet? co-created, co-choreographed, and performed by Freeman, co-created, co-choreographed, and directed by Tayeh and composed and performed by Holland Andrews, is a mix of dance, live music and home video footage. Find out more here
Tendayi Kuumba, Annie-B Parson and Donna Uchizono
Dec. 10-16
Perelman Performaning Arts Center
The March, by Big Dance Theater, with choreography by Kuumba, Parson and Uchizono, is an intergenerational coming together in an evening of contemporary dance in three parts, presented in-the-round. Find out more here
Caleb Teicher
Dec. 12-17
Joyce Theater
Bzzz, created by Caleb Teicher (director of the hit show SW!NG OUT), a mix of tap dance and beatboxing, explores the rhythmic potential of sound. Find out more here
Seán Curran Company and Darrah Carr Dance
Dec. 14-17
Irish Arts Center
Seán Curran Company and Darrah Carr Dance return to IAC with Céilí, their 2022 interpretation of Irish social dance, merging contemporary choreography with Irish tradition and set to a score and live performance by Dana Lyn & Kyle Sanna Find out more here
Dances Patrelle
Dec. 14-17
The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College
Patrelle's The Yorkville Nutcracker, a tour of 1895 New York City, begins with a Christmas Eve party at Gracie Mansion attended by dignitaries from around the world, then a midnight skate on the ponds of Cental Park, and finally a sleigh-ride to the Grand Conservatory of the Bronx Botanical Gardens. Find out more here
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana and Flamenco Vivo
Dec. 15-16
The Chelsea Factory
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana’s Navidad Flamenca and Flamenco Vivo: ¡En Comunidad! offers a celebration of the holidays for the whole family with live music, flamenco and villancicos (carols) and workshops. These events are free. Find out more here and here
Various Artists
Dec. 16
3AM Theatre
Boundless Motion, 3AM Theatre's residency program for artists offers a culminating performance which includes dialogue across multiple performing art mediums. Find out more here
The Bang Group: Nut/Cracked
Dec. 16- 19
92NY
The Group's Nut/Cracked by choreographer David Parker, packs tap, vaudeville, ballet, disco, contemporary dance, toe-tapping into a contemporize telling of the traditional story alongside music by Tchaikovsky, arrangements by Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller and Fred Waring and The Pennsylvanians. Find out more here
State Ballet Theater of Ukraine
Dec. 17
NJPAC
The State Ballet Theater of Ukraine returns with The Nutcracker, set to Tchaikovsky's classic score and featuring brand new choreography and productions by Andrey Litvinov. Find out more here
Jacob Burckhardt, Vicky Shick, Cathy Weis
Dec. 17
WeisAcres
The "Sundays on Broadway" series, an evening of sharing returns with performances by Burckhardt, Shick, and a showing by Weis. Find out more here