NYC Tap Festival
Various Venues
July 4-10
Back to live and in-person events, the NYC Tap Festival, the American Tap Dance Foundation's week-long tap festival returns with tap dance workshops, performances and special events including the “Copasetic” Boat Ride (July 6), Tap Future performances and ATDF Tap Dance Awards (July 8), Rhythm in Motion concert (July 9) and “Tap It Out” (July 10).
Directed and Curated by ATDF Artistic Director Tony Waag, the Rhythm in Motion concert ill showcase "boundary breaking" tappers and choreographers, and will include: Jared Alexander, Vikas Arun, Felipe Galganni, Dexter Jones, Kaleena Miller, Ivan Owens, Demi Remick, Tamii Sakurai, and the ACM Collective. The Festival will close with TAP IT OUT a free, public outdoor tap dance event at Father Duffy Square/Times Square. Find out more here
American Ballet Theatre
Metropolitan Opera House
June 13 - July 16
American Ballet Theatre continues their return season with the fourth week of performances with four performances of the American Splendor repertory program. Included is 75th Anniversary performances of George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations, the New York Premiere of Alonzo King’s Single Eye, and Jessica Lang’s ZigZag. For more information visit www.abt.org
jaamil olawale kosoko
BAAD!
July 9
kosoko, the Nigerian American author, performance artist, and curator of Yoruba and Natchez descent will perform Black Body Amnesia, "Inspired by Audre Lorde’s concept of biomythography, Kosoko mixes personal history, biography, and mythology to tell a complex narrative rooted within a queer, Black, self-defined, and feminist imagination," according to the release. Find out more here
Ladies of Hip Hop
July 13 – 17
Gibney & Chelsea Factory
For the 18th annual Ladies of Hip-Hop Festival, the community offers a five-day Festival with a panel discussion, workshops, and performances. The five-day Festival kicks off July 13 with an opening reception and continues with a MAKING HERSTORY panel discussion; two days of workshops; and two nights of performances. The One-on-One Hip-Hop, Breaking, Waacking and House Battle closes the Festival. Find out more here
Various Venues
July 4-10
Back to live and in-person events, the NYC Tap Festival, the American Tap Dance Foundation's week-long tap festival returns with tap dance workshops, performances and special events including the “Copasetic” Boat Ride (July 6), Tap Future performances and ATDF Tap Dance Awards (July 8), Rhythm in Motion concert (July 9) and “Tap It Out” (July 10).
Directed and Curated by ATDF Artistic Director Tony Waag, the Rhythm in Motion concert ill showcase "boundary breaking" tappers and choreographers, and will include: Jared Alexander, Vikas Arun, Felipe Galganni, Dexter Jones, Kaleena Miller, Ivan Owens, Demi Remick, Tamii Sakurai, and the ACM Collective. The Festival will close with TAP IT OUT a free, public outdoor tap dance event at Father Duffy Square/Times Square. Find out more here
American Ballet Theatre
Metropolitan Opera House
June 13 - July 16
American Ballet Theatre continues their return season with the fourth week of performances with four performances of the American Splendor repertory program. Included is 75th Anniversary performances of George Balanchine’s Theme and Variations, the New York Premiere of Alonzo King’s Single Eye, and Jessica Lang’s ZigZag. For more information visit www.abt.org
jaamil olawale kosoko
BAAD!
July 9
kosoko, the Nigerian American author, performance artist, and curator of Yoruba and Natchez descent will perform Black Body Amnesia, "Inspired by Audre Lorde’s concept of biomythography, Kosoko mixes personal history, biography, and mythology to tell a complex narrative rooted within a queer, Black, self-defined, and feminist imagination," according to the release. Find out more here
Ladies of Hip Hop
July 13 – 17
Gibney & Chelsea Factory
For the 18th annual Ladies of Hip-Hop Festival, the community offers a five-day Festival with a panel discussion, workshops, and performances. The five-day Festival kicks off July 13 with an opening reception and continues with a MAKING HERSTORY panel discussion; two days of workshops; and two nights of performances. The One-on-One Hip-Hop, Breaking, Waacking and House Battle closes the Festival. Find out more here
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