Paris Opera Ballet Photo: Julien Benhamou Paris Opera Ballet
New York City Center
Oct. 9 - 12
In their return to New York for their first major engagement since 2012, the Company will present the New York premiere of Red Carpet by Hofesh Shechter. After many years of setting works on the Company, this latest piece, Red Carpet, is the first created especially for the company and had its world premiere at the Palais Garnier in June as part of the 150th Anniversary of the historic theater. Red Carpet features music and set design also created by Shechter, and dancers dressed by Chanel. Find out more here
New York City Ballet
David H. Koch Theater
Sept. 16 - Oct. 12
Closing out their season including in the program is the premiere of a new work by former Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Resident Choreographer, Jamar Roberts, Justin Peck’s Heatscape, Ulysses Dove’s Red Angels, Peter Martins’ Zakouski, and Gianna Reisen’s Signs, and so much more. Find out more here
Various Artists
Powerhouse Arts
Oct. 8-11
From South Africa, William Kentridge’s Sibyl, with music composed and conceived by Nhlanhla Mahlangu and Kyle Shepherd, is inspired by the ancient myth, Waiting for the Sibyl is a chamber opera featuring ten singers and dancers immersed in Kentridge’s visual language: hand-painted backdrops, animated ink drawings, projected text, collage, and shadow play. Find out more here
Kinetic Light
NYLA
Oct. 9 -11
Kinetic Light, the disability arts company, under founder and artistic director Alice Sheppard, founding member Laurel Lawson, and collaborating artists Tatiana Cholewa and Kayla Hamilton, will offer the world premiere of its newest work, The Next TiMes. Find out more here
Danse Theatre Surreality
HAVEN Boxing
Oct. 11, 18, 25
Lauren Hlubny and Kyra Hauck, of Danse Theatre Surreality will premiere Shadowboxing in Blue which takes place in a boxing gym and merges dance, theater, and live music. Find out more here
The Limón Dance Company
The Joyce
Oct. 14 - 19
As part of the company’s 80th history included in the program will be the restaging of Limón's 1942 solo Chaconne and The Emperor Jones (1956), plus the world premiere of Mexican choreographer Diego Vega Solorza’s Jamelgos. Find out more here
Wanjiru Kamuyu
NYLA
Oct. 15 - Oct 17
As part of L’Alliance New York’s "Crossing The Line Festival," Kamuyu will premiere Fragmented Shadows, “Grounded in epigenetic and psychosomatic research, Kamuyu offers voice and light to embodied legacies of inherited and personal suffering. She asks, How can we use the body as a site of liberation, a site of healing,?” according to the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
Theater at the 14th Street Y
Oct. 15–19
Clark Center NYC will present three tribute performances honoring African American dancer, choreographer, and teacher Charles Moore (1931–1986) plus a Master Class and Interactive Conversation. The program will reintroduce Moore to new audiences. Find out more here
New York City Center
Oct. 9 - 12
In their return to New York for their first major engagement since 2012, the Company will present the New York premiere of Red Carpet by Hofesh Shechter. After many years of setting works on the Company, this latest piece, Red Carpet, is the first created especially for the company and had its world premiere at the Palais Garnier in June as part of the 150th Anniversary of the historic theater. Red Carpet features music and set design also created by Shechter, and dancers dressed by Chanel. Find out more here
New York City Ballet
David H. Koch Theater
Sept. 16 - Oct. 12
Closing out their season including in the program is the premiere of a new work by former Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Resident Choreographer, Jamar Roberts, Justin Peck’s Heatscape, Ulysses Dove’s Red Angels, Peter Martins’ Zakouski, and Gianna Reisen’s Signs, and so much more. Find out more here
Various Artists
Powerhouse Arts
Oct. 8-11
From South Africa, William Kentridge’s Sibyl, with music composed and conceived by Nhlanhla Mahlangu and Kyle Shepherd, is inspired by the ancient myth, Waiting for the Sibyl is a chamber opera featuring ten singers and dancers immersed in Kentridge’s visual language: hand-painted backdrops, animated ink drawings, projected text, collage, and shadow play. Find out more here
Kinetic Light
NYLA
Oct. 9 -11
Kinetic Light, the disability arts company, under founder and artistic director Alice Sheppard, founding member Laurel Lawson, and collaborating artists Tatiana Cholewa and Kayla Hamilton, will offer the world premiere of its newest work, The Next TiMes. Find out more here
Danse Theatre Surreality
HAVEN Boxing
Oct. 11, 18, 25
Lauren Hlubny and Kyra Hauck, of Danse Theatre Surreality will premiere Shadowboxing in Blue which takes place in a boxing gym and merges dance, theater, and live music. Find out more here
The Limón Dance Company
The Joyce
Oct. 14 - 19
As part of the company’s 80th history included in the program will be the restaging of Limón's 1942 solo Chaconne and The Emperor Jones (1956), plus the world premiere of Mexican choreographer Diego Vega Solorza’s Jamelgos. Find out more here
Wanjiru Kamuyu
NYLA
Oct. 15 - Oct 17
As part of L’Alliance New York’s "Crossing The Line Festival," Kamuyu will premiere Fragmented Shadows, “Grounded in epigenetic and psychosomatic research, Kamuyu offers voice and light to embodied legacies of inherited and personal suffering. She asks, How can we use the body as a site of liberation, a site of healing,?” according to the release. Find out more here
Various Artists
Theater at the 14th Street Y
Oct. 15–19
Clark Center NYC will present three tribute performances honoring African American dancer, choreographer, and teacher Charles Moore (1931–1986) plus a Master Class and Interactive Conversation. The program will reintroduce Moore to new audiences. Find out more here
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