Dance List 13
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This month’s list covers Sept. 30 through Oct. 27. As always, I often add to Dance List as I learn of new events; the latest is below.
A few notes for navigating the 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 main 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!)
October Highlight
I’m trying out a new, possibly recurring feature this month, highlighting an event or two from the list that I recommend.
It happens that two major dance exhibitions have just opened, both on view through early next year: Edges of Ailey at the Whitney, curated by Adrienne Edwards; and The Joffrey + Ballet in the U.S. at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, curated by Julia Foulkes with Nicole Duffy. They’re both the kind of show where even after an hour of browsing, you still feel you’ve only scratched the surface; I’ll be returning to both. Here are some snapshots (by me) of Ailey posters and Joffrey photos:
Updated 10/27/24 at 12:46pm ET
Performances
Week of Monday, Sept. 30
Sept. 30: Works & Process Commission Preview: Music From The Sole, presented by Works & Process at the Guggenheim
Oct. 1-2: Martha Graham Dance Company, Open Rehearsal: Dark Meadow Suite and We the People, at the Martha Graham Studio Theater
Oct. 1-6: Dayton Contemporary Dance Company in works by Rennie Harris, Ray Mercer, and Paul Taylor, at the Joyce
*Oct. 2: Black Aesthetics feat. jewel. clarity joywell, curated by Malcolm-x Betts & Arien Wilkerson, at Judson Memorial Church
Oct. 2: NVA & Guests, Cry Wolf (Phase One) at Triskelion Arts
*Oct. 4-5: Angela’s Pulse Presents: Us & We: Dancing While Black 2024 Fellowship Show, feat. Cyan Hunter, Aleta Brown, and Jade Charon Robertson (10/4) and Abdoul Aziz Derme, Tiffany Merritt-Brown, and Nyla Adina Murray (10/5) at BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance
Oct. 4-5: Leslie Satin and Friends, Resume/Résumé at Arts on Site
Oct. 4-6: Trajal Harrell, Deathbed, part of Edges of Ailey, at the Whitney Museum of American Art
*Oct. 5: Dances for a Variable Population, REVIVAL 8: Then and Now at Yolanda Garcia Park
*Oct. 5: Lenio Kaklea, Analphabètes, part of L’Alliance New York’s Crossing the Line festival, at Governors Island
Oct. 5: Rovaco Dance Party, presented by Rovaco Dance Company, at CPR
*Oct. 5-27: Jonathan González, Spectral Dances at Arts and Letters
Oct. 6: New York City Ballet: Caili Quan, Tiler Peck, and Gianna Reisen, presented by Works & Process at the Guggenheim
Through Oct. 6: Meredith Monk, Indra’s Net at the Park Avenue Armory
Through Oct. 13: New York City Ballet fall season at the David H. Koch Theater
Week of Monday, Oct. 7
*Oct. 7: Movement Research at the Judson Church feat. Imani Gaudin/gaudanse, alys longley with Proyecto Undular-Undular Project, and New Kyd, at Judson Memorial Church
Oct. 7: School of American Ballet at 90, presented by Works & Process at the Guggenheim
Oct. 9-11: Lenio Kaklea, Αγρίμι (Fauve), part of L’Alliance New York’s Crossing the Line festival, at New York Live Arts
Oct. 9-13: Botis Seva / Far From the Norm, BLKDOG at the Joyce
Oct. 10: Taylor Hollingsworth and Pavani Peri at Arts on Site
Oct. 10-12: Ronald K Brown/Evidence, Ife: My Heart and Four Corners, part of Edges of Ailey, at the Whitney Museum of American Art
Oct. 10-12: Niall Jones, JohnsonJaxxxonJefferson at Danspace Project
Oct. 10 and 12: Mars Garcia presents: Transmorph at CPR
Oct. 11: Joe Tennis and Sonya Speizer / Micaelina Carter at Arts on Site
*Oct. 12: El-Funoun Palestinian Dance Troupe, Palestinian Dancing as Cultural Resistance at Performance Space New York
*Oct. 12: NIC Kay, The last gasp of the angry yt man, presented by the Kitchen at Dia Chelsea
Oct. 12: Rokafella and Retumba!, ROKA-TUMBA! at BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance
Oct. 12-13: (All)Ways Dance Company at Arts on Site
Through Oct. 13: New York City Ballet fall season at the David H. Koch Theater
*Through Oct. 27: Jonathan González, Spectral Dances at Arts and Letters
Week of Monday, Oct. 14
Oct. 15-16: National Ballet of Ukraine at New York City Center
*Oct. 16-19: Prelude Festival 2024 at the Martin E. Segal Theatre Center, CUNY Graduate Center
Oct. 16-Nov. 3: American Ballet Theatre fall season at the David H. Koch Theater
Oct. 17: CAT + THE COYOTE / Cat D. Olson and KTCO The Company at Arts on Site
*Oct. 17: Ana Pi, Choreographing Transmission (open rehearsal) at Amant
*Oct. 17-19: DD Dorvillier, Dance is the archeologist, or an idol in the bone, part of L’Alliance New York’s Crossing the Line festival, at the Chocolate Factory
Oct. 17-27: Maureen Fleming, The Alchemist’s Veil at La MaMa
*Oct. 18: Dances for a Variable Population, REVIVAL 8: Then and Now at Washington Square Park
Oct. 18-19: Dual Rivet, Subscript at 92NY
Oct. 18-19: Take Root: Jiemin Yang and Synergy Dance Collective NY / Nancy Brier at Green Space
Oct. 18-20: Ariel Lembeck, TRYHARD at Kestrels
Oct. 19: Never Too Much: Dances to Luther Vandross and Juan Gabriel at BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance
Oct. 20: Fertile Ground New Works Showcase, feat. Hannah Albin, Rachel Andes, Phoebe Amory, The Lovrien Company, Meg Murphy, and Natalia Nikitin, at Green Space
Oct. 20: Monét Movement Productions: The Collective and Sofia Forero & Nicolas Fiery at Arts on Site
*Oct. 20: Ariana Speight, cocoon at CPR
*Through Oct. 27: Jonathan González, Spectral Dances at Arts and Letters
Week of Monday, Oct. 21
Oct. 21: Movement Research at the Judson Church feat. Jace Weyant and Crackhead Barney, at Judson Memorial Church
*Oct. 22-23: Endless Holes: Rebecca Patek, Alex Rodabaugh, and Anh Vo at CPR
*Oct. 23: Black Aesthetics, curated by Malcolm-x Betts & Arien Wilkerson, at Judson Memorial Church
Oct. 23-24: Woolgathering, directed and composed by Oliver Tompkins Ray with choreography by John Heginbotham, feat. Patti Smith, at Baryshnikov Arts Center
Oct. 23-27: Sergio Bernal Dance, A Night with Sergio Bernal at the Joyce
*Oct. 24-25: Vita Taurke at Pageant
Oct. 24-26: Nadia Beugré, Quartiers Libres revisited, part of L’Alliance New York’s Crossing the Line festival, at New York Live Arts
Oct. 25: Suzzanne Ponomarenko at Arts on Site
Oct. 25: Shared Evening: SLMDances / Soles of Duende at BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance
*Oct. 26: DraftWork: Elliot Reed + Amelia Heintzelman w/ Dorothy Carlos at Danspace Project
*Through Oct. 27: Jonathan González, Spectral Dances at Arts and Letters
Through Nov. 3: American Ballet Theatre fall season at the David H. Koch Theater
Screenings, Talks & Exhibitions
*Oct. 2: Big Dance Theater, Book Launch: Dance History(s): Imagination as a Form of Study at the Chocolate Factory
*Oct. 7: Dance Oral History Project 50th Anniversary at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Oct. 10: Performing the Bronx: A Living Archive of NYC’s Most Iconic Borough, directed by Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful, at BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance
*Oct. 17: Pacific Island Film Festival: A Celebration of Dance Through the Pacific Islands at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
*Oct. 24: The Style and Politics of Talley Beatty’s Dance at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
*Oct. 27: Sundays on Broadway: Film and discussion led by Yvonne Rainer at WeisAcres (postponed until Nov. 3)
*Through Oct. 26: The Kitchen in Focus, presented by the Kitchen at 47 Canal
Through Dec. 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
*Through Jan. 6: Gillian Wearing, Dancing in Peckham at MoMA PS1
Through Feb. 9: Edges of Ailey at the Whitney Museum of American Art
*Through March 1: The Joffrey + Ballet in the U.S. at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts