Dance List 12
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This month’s list covers Monday, Sept. 2 through Sunday, Sept. 29. For events through this weekend, see Dance List 11, which includes a few recent updates.
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A few notes for navigating this list:
The events are listed in order of opening date. Where listed as “through” a certain date, the event has already opened.
The list has two sections: performances (week by week) followed by a roundup of dance-related screenings, talks, and exhibitions.
* = free, suggested donation, or sliding-scale ticket options
The information below is current as of the last time I checked, but things can change, and while I strive for accuracy, I will inevitably make a few mistakes. Please visit the event websites for up-to-date details and full date/time info.
Want to let me know about an upcoming show? Reply to this email or write to me at danceletter@substack.com. (To keep the workload of this project manageable, I tend not to list student recitals or showcases, as much as I appreciate them!)
When I have work/news of my own to share, you can find it at the end under p.s.
Updated 9/11/24 at 10:21pm ET
Performances
Week of Monday, Sept. 2
*Sept. 2: Faye Driscoll, OCEANIC FEELING, part of Beach Sessions Dance Series, at Rockaway Beach
*Sept. 4: Behind The Groove: CeleBreak Outside! with Kwikstep and Rokafella, part of Gather Round: Street and Club Dance Battles, presented by Works & Process at Manhattan West Plaza
Sept. 4-7: DANCENOW / NOW at Joe’s Pub
Sept. 5-6: Erik Debono / A Point 5, Sorry We’re Clothed at Arts on Site
Sept. 5-12: Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar, Young, and Ben UFO, R.O.S.E. at the Park Avenue Armory
*Sept. 6: Yanira Castro, Exorcism = Liberation: I came here to weep at Abrons Arts Center
Sept. 7: mignolo dance + Tarantism at Arts on Site
*Sept. 7: Yanira Castro, Exorcism = Liberation: What is your first memory of dirt? at Invisible Dog Art Center
Sept. 8: Julia Lawton at Arts on Site
Through Sept. 8: CATS: “The Jellicle Ball,” choreographed by Arturo Lyons and Omari Wiles, directed by Zhailon Levingston and Bill Rauch, at PAC NYC
Week of Monday, Sept. 9
*Sept. 11: Buglisi Dance Theatre, Table of Silence Project 9/11 at Josie Robertson Plaza, Lincoln Center
*Sept. 11: Gather Round Kiki Ball, part of Gather Round: Street and Club Dance Battles, presented by Works & Process at Manhattan West Plaza
Sept. 11-29: Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya / LEIMAY, A Meal at HERE
Sept. 12: Roya Carreras, Marija Obradovic, and Assaf Salhov at Arts on Site
Sept. 13-14: Miro Magloire / New Chamber Ballet at Mark Morris Dance Center
Sept. 13-15: Drive East Indian Music and Dance Festival at Navatman Theater
Sept. 14: CATCH 76, feat. Lisa Fagan & Lena Engelstein, leahlaia, Hiera Jihye, Kennie Zhou, Laura Ortman, Paris Alexander, River L. Ramirez, Shawn Escarciga, Sol Cabrini, and a Collective Action by Yanira Castro, at the Chocolate Factory
Sept. 14: Dionysia: An Evening of Queer Dance, presented by Interlude Dance and Wet Spot, at Parkside Lounge
Sept. 14-15: Narcissister, Voyage Into Infinity at Pioneer Works
Through Sept. 12: Sharon Eyal, Gai Behar, Young, and Ben UFO, R.O.S.E. at the Park Avenue Armory
Week of Monday, Sept. 16
Sept. 17-19: Beyond the Black Box, The “Black Black Black” Week, feat. Kashia Kancey and Chalvar Monterio (9/17), JOYBOY and Black Lazarus (9/18), and Claude Johnson and Daemonte Hack (9/19) at Triskelion Arts
Sept. 17-22: London City Ballet in works by Arielle Smith, Liam Scarlett, Ashley Page, and Christopher Marney at the Joyce
Sept. 17 and 22: Kaleid Dance Collective / Rush Johnston, Where the Violets Bloom at the Tank
Sept. 17-Oct. 13: New York City Ballet fall season at the David H. Koch Theater
*Sept. 18: Fabulous Waacking Festival Fall Edition with Princess Lockerooo, part of Gather Round: Street and Club Dance Battles, presented by Works & Process at Manhattan West Plaza
Sept. 18-21: Gestating Baby Volume 8: Patrick Vermillion & Teddy Dinner and Miranda Brown & Noa Rui-Piin Weiss at the Brick
Sept. 18-29: Fall for Dance at New York City Center
Sept. 18-19: Program 1 – National Ballet of Ukraine, Aran Bell / Tiler Peck, Andrea Miller / GALLIM
Sept. 20-21: Program 2 – Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Boston Ballet, kNoname Artist / Roderick George
Sept. 19-20: BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance, purple flame at Arts on Site
Sept. 19-20: Molly Soda, Trivial Pursuit at Pageant
Sept. 19-22: Marikiscrycrycry, Goner at Abrons Arts Center
Sept. 20-21: GREYZONE & Emily Kessler/POGO, Two Dances: An Evening of New Work at Mark Morris Dance Center
Sept. 20-21: Take Root: Benjamin Briones Ballet and Alison Cook Beatty Dance at Green Space
*Sept. 20-22: Dance and Process, feat. Rena Anakwe, ms. z tye, and Ogemdi Ude, curated by mayfield brooks and Niall Jones, at the Kitchen at Westbeth
Sept. 21-23: Erasing Borders Dance Festival, presented by the Indo-American Arts Council, at Ailey Citigroup Theater (9/21-22) and online (9/23)
Sept. 22: “American Ballet Theatre: Crime and Punishment by Helen Picket,” presented by Works & Process at the Guggenheim
Sept. 22: Fertile Ground New Works Showcase, feat. Nadia and Olivia Movement Co., Corinne Lohner, Barbara Mahler dances, and Josh & Elisa Dance Co., at Green Space
*Sept. 22: Kinesis Project, Installation of Care and Bridge Matter/The Reach at Fort Washington Park
Sept. 22: Cori Marquis + the Nines [IX], Baira Mvmnt Phlosphy, and Jamal Jackson Dance Company at Arts on Site
*Sept. 22: THAT SHOW at Index Space
Through Sept. 29: Sept. Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya / LEIMAY, A Meal at HERE
Week of Monday, Sept. 23
*Sept. 23: Rotunda Dance Party: Ladies of Hip-Hop, presented by Works & Process at the Guggenheim
Sept. 25-29: BalletX in works by Takehiro Ueyama, Jodie Gates, and Loughlan Prior at the Joyce
Sept. 26-27: Anna Thérèse Witenberg at Pageant
Sept. 27-28: Jérôme Bel, Jérôme Bel, performed by April Matthis, directed by Steve Cosson, part of L'Alliance New York’s Crossing the Line festival, at Florence Gould Hall
Sept. 27-28: Made by Women Festival, presented by Dual Rivet at Arts on Site
Sept. 27-29: The Batsheva Ensemble, Kamuyot by Ohad Naharin at 92NY
*Sept. 28: Jonathan González, PRACTICE, part of Historias, at the Clemente
*Sept. 28: Alethea Pace, between wave and water at Joseph Rodman Drake Park & Enslaved African Burial Ground
*Sept. 28: Pamela Vail and Jennifer Kayle, RE-PAIR at CPR
Sept. 28: Emmy Wildermuth and Catherine Messina, “A Wild.Mess Production” at the Tank
Sept. 29: “Martha Graham Dance Company: Baye & Asa,” presented by Works & Process at the Guggenheim
Sept. 29: Michelle Thompson, Excuse me, it’s nice to meet you at Arts on Site
Through Sept. 29: Fall for Dance at New York City Center
Sept. 24-25: Program 3 – Anne Plamondon Productions, Skylar Brandt & Herman Cornejo, M.A.D.D. Rhythms
Sept. 26-27: Program 4 – Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet, A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham, CCN/Aterballetto
Sept. 28-29: Program 5 – Dutch National Ballet, Sara Mearns / Molissa Fenley, Gandini Juggling
Through Sept. 29: Sept. Ximena Garnica and Shige Moriya / LEIMAY, A Meal at HERE
Through Oct. 13: New York City Ballet fall season at the David H. Koch Theater
Screenings, Talks & Exhibitions
*Sept. 4-14: The Kitchen in Focus, with archival video of works by Susan Rethorst, Andy DeGroat, and Elizabeth Streb, presented by the Kitchen at 47 Canal
Sept. 8: Sarah Michelson, A Meeting on the Subject of Dance Practice in the Sculpture Garden at MoMA
*Sept. 12: Martha Graham in Cuba, a conversation with Marianela Boán, Janet Eilber, and Cynthia Newport, moderated by Eduardo Vilaro, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
*Sept. 16: Person, Place, Thing live recording with the Joffrey Ballet at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
*Sept. 19-March 1: The Joffrey + Ballet in the U.S. at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Sept. 20: MERCE / MISHA / MORE at Baryshnikov Arts Center
Sept. 23: Documentary Preview and Discussion: No Dancing Allowed with LaTasha Barnes, Sekou Heru, Aidan Gibney, Jared Harbour, and Ellen Ling, presented by Works & Process at the Guggenheim
*Sept. 23: Dr. Sunil Kothari Honorary Lecture: Alarmél Valli on Bharatanatyam Dance at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
*Sept. 25: The Dance Historian Is In: Brynn Shiovitz on Revitalizing Black Dance and Visibility in 1930s Hollywood at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Sept. 25–Feb. 9: Edges of Ailey at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Sept. 26: Made by Women: 2024 Festival Film Selections, presented by Dual Rivet at Arts on Site
Through Sept. 22: Crafting the Ballets Russes: The Robert Owen Lehman Collection at the Morgan Library
Through Oct. 31: Dance to Belong: A History of Dance at 92NY, curated by Jessica Friedman and Ninotchka Bennahum with Jeanne Haffner, at Milton J. Weill Art Gallery, 92NY
p.s.
I wrote about the dancing in Cats: The Jellicle Ball, the wildly popular, ballroom-meets-musical-theater reimagining of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats, choreographed by Omari Wiles and Arturo Lyons. The story, with amazing videos by OK McCausland, focuses on four dancers from the stellar cast: Baby Byrne, Dava Huseca, Robert “Silk” Mason, and Primo. Read it at this gift link or in print in this Sunday’s Arts & Leisure section.
The show is sold out, but if you can snag a ticket, I highly recommend seeing it, even if (like I did) you think you don’t like Cats; it could leave you feeling differently. I sat next to someone who got a same-day rush ticket at the box office, so maybe that is the way to go. And it’s so in-demand, something tells me it will have another life.