Some Dance This Week(end)~

Dyane Harvey-Salaam, Juel D. Lane, HSA Dance Ensemble

The Clark Center 60th Anniversary Tribute – Various Artists
Marcus Garvey Park
August 15
Celebrating Clark Center’s 60th anniversary, “this showcase upholds the mission of a space to cultivate emerging artists, with room for dancers and choreographers from every demographic to feel comfortable to create the work they want to make. It has long served as an incubator for young talent and many of the choreographers who worked at the center have gone on to create their own companies. Much of the all-star lineup has been around since the center first opened,” notes the release. On the program is PHILADANCO!, 5Plus Ensemble featuring dancers 50 years of age and older, (Hope Clarke, Dyane Harvey and more), Juel D. Lane, Amy Hall Garner and the young dancers of The HSA Dance Ensemble from the Harlem School of The Arts, led by former Ailey dancer, Aubrey Lynch.  Find out more here
 
Ballet Festival - Various Artists
The Joyce
August 6-18
The Joyce’s Ballet Festival, curated by Kevin O’Hare, director of The Royal Ballet, who has invited artists associated with The Royal Ballet have come together to make works based on the theme of collaboration. Works by Fredrick Ashton, Kenneth MacMillan, Royal Ballet company choreographers and more.  Find out more here 
 
Reggie ‘Roc’ Gray & Kaneza Schaal
The Shed
July 24 – August 17
Maze, an “…immersive dance-theater piece co-directed by choreographer Gray (The D.R.E.A.M. Ring) and theater artist Schaal (Go Forth, Jack &), premieres with performances by masters of flexn, a form of street dance created in Brooklyn, New York, with roots in Jamaican bruk up,” notes the release.  Find out more here
 
Balasole Dance Company
Ailey Citigroup Theater
August 16-17
For their annual season, executive, artistic director and founder Robert Villanueva’s Balasole Dance Company will present an evening of solo works titled “GAMME” featuring Alex Bar, Alyssa Bar, Kat Bark, Jonalyn Bradshaw, Yu Fujiwara, Ezra Goh, Mckenzie Mullan, Leigh Schanfein, Caroline Sheehan, Tyreel Simpson, Roberto Villanueva, Stephanie Rae Williams (Guest Soloist). Find out more here
 
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE
The Yard
August 17
In a multi-week offshore creation residency, Evidence celebrates the 20th anniversary of Grace (originally choreographed for the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater).  Also on the program is the premiere of Mercy, recently premiered at Bard College, and Torch (2013).  Find out more here 

Guangzhou Ballet
David H. Koch Theater
August 17 – 18
The Company will perform a contemporary version of Carmina Burana and recomposed music for Goddess of the Luo River.  Find out more here

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