Flamenco Vivo Carlota Photo: Christopher Duggan Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
BAM Fisher
May 15 – 20
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana’s 35th anniversary season will feature a cast of 13 dancers and musicians from Spain and the U.S, and the New York premiere of Mujeres Valientes by flamenco artist Belén Maya, a work for six dancers, that “…explores the fundamental power and courage of individual Latin American women who, over the centuries, have challenged authorities and fought against ignorance, inequality, and injustice,” notes the release. Also on the program are works by up-and-coming choreographers from Spain: José Maldonado and Guadalupe Torres, plus Maldonado’s Pa’ Triana Voy., which premiered last year. Find out more here
La Mama Moves! – Various Artists
Various Venues
May 10 – June 3
The month long series, returns with eleven companies, nine performances, including a shared bill with: Parijat Desai, Paz Tanjuaquio and Angie Pittman (May 17 – 18), Jonathan Gonzalez (May 19 – 20), Anabella Lenzu (May 30 - 31), Ni’Ja Whitson (June 1 – 2) and so much more. Find out more here
Parson’s Dance
The Joyce Theater
May 15 – 27
Under artistic direction of David Parsons, the Company will offer a mixed program of works by guest choreographer Trey McIntyre, Parson’s Wolfgang. Find out more here
Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance
Various enues
May 16 - 18
The Company will present Sperling’s Soundings, two new works-in-process and a revival of Ice Cycle. Find out more here .
Milka Djordjevich
The Chocolate Factory
May 16 – 26
Djordjevidh questions “…contemporary dance’s predisposition towards neutrality, autnenticity and the de-sexualization of the female body,” in ANTHEM. Find out more here
Andrea Miller/GALLIM DANCE
The Met Breuer
May 18 – 24
Closing her year-long resideny at MetLiveArts, director Miller offers a performative installation in the three gallery spaces in collaboration with filmmaker Ben Stamper, composer Will Epstein, and fashion designer Jose Solis, and the dancers of GALLIM who will take over the Museum’s fifth floor in the world premiere of ©arbon, “a work on the phenomenon of the body,” notes the release. Find out more here
Karen Bernard’s Showgirls
Brooklyn Studio for Dance
May 17 – 19
For this culmination of Bernard's spring residency at BkSD, in Showgirls, she “…delves into a delicious deconstruction of glamour in decline,” notes the release. Find out more here
KOTA YAMAZAKI/FLUID HUG-HUG
New York Live Arts
May 18 – 19
As part of “Live Feed In-Process,” Yamazaki will present A Sketch For Darkness Odyssey Part 3: Non-Opera, Becoming, a non-operatic celebration of “becoming others”. Find out more here
Tamara Thomas Dance
BAM
May 20
Thomas, the 2017 recipient of the Chuck Davis Emerging Choreographer Fellowship, will present “Fight or Flight (a response),” plus other new works drawn from the African diaspora. Find out more here
KEIGWIN + COMPANY
Symphony Space
May 19
For one-day-only, Keigwin + Company returns to Symphony Space for the second time to help celebrate Leonard Bernstein’s Centennial in “Wall to Wall.” Included on the program is Episodes and Waterfront. Wall to Wall is a free event! Find out more here
Paris Opera & Ballet
Florence Gould Hall
May 20
For the launch of the series of HD screenings of opera and ballet, FIAF presents the Paris Opera & Ballet for the first time in New York City. The screening of Millepied/Robbins/Balanchine will be followed by the Paris Opera & Ballet’s production of Camille Saint-Saëns’ Samson et Dalila, also a New York premiere, on Sunday, June 24 at 1pm in FIAF’s Florence Gould Hall. Find out more here
Various Artists
Cathy Weis’ “Sundays on Broadway”
May 20
Cathy Weis Projects continues the spring 2018 lineup for "Sundays on Broadway," an ongoing series of performances, film screenings, and discussions. This Sunday event, curated by Cathy Weis will be with filmmaker Charles Atlas and present selections from new and recent work. Find out more here
Various Artists
Movement Research at Judson Church
May 21
Don’t miss this free, on-going, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress. This week’s featured artists are: Bailey Allshouse , Lorene M. Bouboushian and Keith Hennessy. Find out more here
BAM Fisher
May 15 – 20
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana’s 35th anniversary season will feature a cast of 13 dancers and musicians from Spain and the U.S, and the New York premiere of Mujeres Valientes by flamenco artist Belén Maya, a work for six dancers, that “…explores the fundamental power and courage of individual Latin American women who, over the centuries, have challenged authorities and fought against ignorance, inequality, and injustice,” notes the release. Also on the program are works by up-and-coming choreographers from Spain: José Maldonado and Guadalupe Torres, plus Maldonado’s Pa’ Triana Voy., which premiered last year. Find out more here
La Mama Moves! – Various Artists
Various Venues
May 10 – June 3
The month long series, returns with eleven companies, nine performances, including a shared bill with: Parijat Desai, Paz Tanjuaquio and Angie Pittman (May 17 – 18), Jonathan Gonzalez (May 19 – 20), Anabella Lenzu (May 30 - 31), Ni’Ja Whitson (June 1 – 2) and so much more. Find out more here
Parson’s Dance
The Joyce Theater
May 15 – 27
Under artistic direction of David Parsons, the Company will offer a mixed program of works by guest choreographer Trey McIntyre, Parson’s Wolfgang. Find out more here
Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance
Various enues
May 16 - 18
The Company will present Sperling’s Soundings, two new works-in-process and a revival of Ice Cycle. Find out more here .
Milka Djordjevich
The Chocolate Factory
May 16 – 26
Djordjevidh questions “…contemporary dance’s predisposition towards neutrality, autnenticity and the de-sexualization of the female body,” in ANTHEM. Find out more here
Andrea Miller/GALLIM DANCE
The Met Breuer
May 18 – 24
Closing her year-long resideny at MetLiveArts, director Miller offers a performative installation in the three gallery spaces in collaboration with filmmaker Ben Stamper, composer Will Epstein, and fashion designer Jose Solis, and the dancers of GALLIM who will take over the Museum’s fifth floor in the world premiere of ©arbon, “a work on the phenomenon of the body,” notes the release. Find out more here
Karen Bernard’s Showgirls
Brooklyn Studio for Dance
May 17 – 19
For this culmination of Bernard's spring residency at BkSD, in Showgirls, she “…delves into a delicious deconstruction of glamour in decline,” notes the release. Find out more here
KOTA YAMAZAKI/FLUID HUG-HUG
New York Live Arts
May 18 – 19
As part of “Live Feed In-Process,” Yamazaki will present A Sketch For Darkness Odyssey Part 3: Non-Opera, Becoming, a non-operatic celebration of “becoming others”. Find out more here
Tamara Thomas Dance
BAM
May 20
Thomas, the 2017 recipient of the Chuck Davis Emerging Choreographer Fellowship, will present “Fight or Flight (a response),” plus other new works drawn from the African diaspora. Find out more here
KEIGWIN + COMPANY
Symphony Space
May 19
For one-day-only, Keigwin + Company returns to Symphony Space for the second time to help celebrate Leonard Bernstein’s Centennial in “Wall to Wall.” Included on the program is Episodes and Waterfront. Wall to Wall is a free event! Find out more here
Paris Opera & Ballet
Florence Gould Hall
May 20
For the launch of the series of HD screenings of opera and ballet, FIAF presents the Paris Opera & Ballet for the first time in New York City. The screening of Millepied/Robbins/Balanchine will be followed by the Paris Opera & Ballet’s production of Camille Saint-Saëns’ Samson et Dalila, also a New York premiere, on Sunday, June 24 at 1pm in FIAF’s Florence Gould Hall. Find out more here
Various Artists
Cathy Weis’ “Sundays on Broadway”
May 20
Cathy Weis Projects continues the spring 2018 lineup for "Sundays on Broadway," an ongoing series of performances, film screenings, and discussions. This Sunday event, curated by Cathy Weis will be with filmmaker Charles Atlas and present selections from new and recent work. Find out more here
Various Artists
Movement Research at Judson Church
May 21
Don’t miss this free, on-going, Monday night performance series of experimentation and works-in-progress. This week’s featured artists are: Bailey Allshouse , Lorene M. Bouboushian and Keith Hennessy. Find out more here
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