Keigwin + Walcott Photo: Christaan Felber KEIGWIN + COMPANY
Joe’s Pub
May 4–6
Dance Now continues its “Dance-mopolitan” Series with the premiere of KEIGWIN + COMPANY’s Places Please! an evening-length duet created and performed by longtime collaborators Larry Keigwin and Nicole Wolcott of KEIGWIN + COMPANY. “Places Please! is a zany trip with Keigwin and Wolcott through the final moments before the curtain goes up. The audience will witness the anxiety and playfulness of life behind the scenes as if observing from backstage. The program celebrates and extends the creative relationship that served as KEIGWIN + COMPANY’s foundation during its burgeoning years. Presented as dreamscape and sonic collage, the evening explores the parallel and intersecting paths of a dynamic creative process and relationship,” according to the release. Find out more here
The Limón Dance Company
The Joyce Theater
May 2 – 7
The Company returns to the Joyce with two programs that include José Limón’s The Exiles (1950), staged by former Company members, Concerto Grosso (1945), Chaconne (1942) and Suite from A Choreographic Offering, For Doris Humphrey (1964), plus new works: Night Light by Kate Weare and Corvidae by artistic director Colin Connor. Find out more here
Christopher Williams
Danspace Project
May 4 – 6
Danspace presents Williams' new work, Il Giardino d'Amore, inspired by Italian baroque composer Alessandro Scarlatti's early 18th century serenata based on the myth of “Venus and Adonis.” Find out more here
GRIT
Gibney Dance
May 4 – 6
For their annual GRIT series (Gibney Repertory Initiative for Tomorrow), Gibney Dance Company commissioned new works and reimagined signature works by contemporary dance artists Joanna Kotze ( Already Ready) and Reggie Wilson (Config Khoum-Baie). Find out more here
Dig Dance - Various Artists
92nd Street Y
May 5 - 7
For "Dig Dance: Cinco de Mayo: Mexican Choreographers from City to Mountains," Mexican artists, many of whom will show work for the first time in New York, celebrating the culture of "...the environs of Mexico City, the Central Queretaro, Michoacán and Colima on the Pacific, Nuevo León to the north and San Luis Potosi to the east," is the goal. Artists include: Isabel Beteta, Jaime Blanc, Adolfo Chavéz, Alejandro Chavéz, Adriana Leon and Alejandro Vera, Claudia Rodriguez, Ana Margarita Alanís Ruedo, Bernardo Javier Orelian Zarricueta, and their American colleagues Christine Dakin, Mark De Garmo and Nancy Zendora. Find out more here
Jinah Parker and Phaedra Michelle Scott
HERE Arts Center
May 5 - 21
Parker and Scott's SHE: A Choreoplay on Sexual Violence, Sandra Bland, and Healing, is a multimedia choreoplay about violence against women..." according to the release. Each performance is followed by a talk back with women impacted along with advocates and leaders working on the topic. Find out more here
Eiko Otake
Topaz Arts
May 6 – 28
Otake and Topaz Arts presents A Body in Places: Queens Edition, an exhibition by Otake and photographer William Johnston, co-curated with Todd B. Richmond and Paz Tanjuaquio, plus performance, workshops and more. Admission is free, and space is limited for the workshop – please [email protected]. This project is part of Eiko’s solo series A Body in Places and A Body in Fukushima – for full details, visit here and here . Find out more here
Boogie Down Dance Festival – Various Artists
BAAD!
May 6
The Bronx Dance Fest continues with “Dancin’ In The Bronx," BAAD!'s signature concert featuring 9 choreographers from the Bronx and beyond including Francheska Alcantara, William Briscoe, Rodney A. Brown/The Brown Dance Project, Kayla Farrish/Decent Structures Arts Collective, Alvaro Gonzalez Dupuy, tsaihsi hung, Gerard Minaya and slowdanger. Find out more here
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company +
Ellis Island
May 7
The National Park Service and Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company come together for “Imagine Ellis Island Festival,” the Ellis Island Asian American Heritage Festival with ceremony and performances at The Great Hall of Immigration at Ellis Island. The festival will showcase traditional and contemporary Asian American Music and Dance from New York and New Jersey including the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, and more. Find out more here
Cathy Weis
"Sundays on Broadway"
May 7
Cathy Weis Projects continues the spring 2017 lineup for "Sundays on Broadway," an ongoing series of performances, film screenings, and discussions. “For the past couple of years Cathy Weis has moved the Sundays on Broadway audience throughout the building at 537 Broadway to view performance from surprising perspectives. This spring the audience stays put in her loft; the perspectives remain surprising. Joining Weis are Ashley Brockington, Jon Kinzel, and Dana Florin-Weiss,” notes the release. Find out more here
Joe’s Pub
May 4–6
Dance Now continues its “Dance-mopolitan” Series with the premiere of KEIGWIN + COMPANY’s Places Please! an evening-length duet created and performed by longtime collaborators Larry Keigwin and Nicole Wolcott of KEIGWIN + COMPANY. “Places Please! is a zany trip with Keigwin and Wolcott through the final moments before the curtain goes up. The audience will witness the anxiety and playfulness of life behind the scenes as if observing from backstage. The program celebrates and extends the creative relationship that served as KEIGWIN + COMPANY’s foundation during its burgeoning years. Presented as dreamscape and sonic collage, the evening explores the parallel and intersecting paths of a dynamic creative process and relationship,” according to the release. Find out more here
The Limón Dance Company
The Joyce Theater
May 2 – 7
The Company returns to the Joyce with two programs that include José Limón’s The Exiles (1950), staged by former Company members, Concerto Grosso (1945), Chaconne (1942) and Suite from A Choreographic Offering, For Doris Humphrey (1964), plus new works: Night Light by Kate Weare and Corvidae by artistic director Colin Connor. Find out more here
Christopher Williams
Danspace Project
May 4 – 6
Danspace presents Williams' new work, Il Giardino d'Amore, inspired by Italian baroque composer Alessandro Scarlatti's early 18th century serenata based on the myth of “Venus and Adonis.” Find out more here
GRIT
Gibney Dance
May 4 – 6
For their annual GRIT series (Gibney Repertory Initiative for Tomorrow), Gibney Dance Company commissioned new works and reimagined signature works by contemporary dance artists Joanna Kotze ( Already Ready) and Reggie Wilson (Config Khoum-Baie). Find out more here
Dig Dance - Various Artists
92nd Street Y
May 5 - 7
For "Dig Dance: Cinco de Mayo: Mexican Choreographers from City to Mountains," Mexican artists, many of whom will show work for the first time in New York, celebrating the culture of "...the environs of Mexico City, the Central Queretaro, Michoacán and Colima on the Pacific, Nuevo León to the north and San Luis Potosi to the east," is the goal. Artists include: Isabel Beteta, Jaime Blanc, Adolfo Chavéz, Alejandro Chavéz, Adriana Leon and Alejandro Vera, Claudia Rodriguez, Ana Margarita Alanís Ruedo, Bernardo Javier Orelian Zarricueta, and their American colleagues Christine Dakin, Mark De Garmo and Nancy Zendora. Find out more here
Jinah Parker and Phaedra Michelle Scott
HERE Arts Center
May 5 - 21
Parker and Scott's SHE: A Choreoplay on Sexual Violence, Sandra Bland, and Healing, is a multimedia choreoplay about violence against women..." according to the release. Each performance is followed by a talk back with women impacted along with advocates and leaders working on the topic. Find out more here
Eiko Otake
Topaz Arts
May 6 – 28
Otake and Topaz Arts presents A Body in Places: Queens Edition, an exhibition by Otake and photographer William Johnston, co-curated with Todd B. Richmond and Paz Tanjuaquio, plus performance, workshops and more. Admission is free, and space is limited for the workshop – please [email protected]. This project is part of Eiko’s solo series A Body in Places and A Body in Fukushima – for full details, visit here and here . Find out more here
Boogie Down Dance Festival – Various Artists
BAAD!
May 6
The Bronx Dance Fest continues with “Dancin’ In The Bronx," BAAD!'s signature concert featuring 9 choreographers from the Bronx and beyond including Francheska Alcantara, William Briscoe, Rodney A. Brown/The Brown Dance Project, Kayla Farrish/Decent Structures Arts Collective, Alvaro Gonzalez Dupuy, tsaihsi hung, Gerard Minaya and slowdanger. Find out more here
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company +
Ellis Island
May 7
The National Park Service and Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company come together for “Imagine Ellis Island Festival,” the Ellis Island Asian American Heritage Festival with ceremony and performances at The Great Hall of Immigration at Ellis Island. The festival will showcase traditional and contemporary Asian American Music and Dance from New York and New Jersey including the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, and more. Find out more here
Cathy Weis
"Sundays on Broadway"
May 7
Cathy Weis Projects continues the spring 2017 lineup for "Sundays on Broadway," an ongoing series of performances, film screenings, and discussions. “For the past couple of years Cathy Weis has moved the Sundays on Broadway audience throughout the building at 537 Broadway to view performance from surprising perspectives. This spring the audience stays put in her loft; the perspectives remain surprising. Joining Weis are Ashley Brockington, Jon Kinzel, and Dana Florin-Weiss,” notes the release. Find out more here
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