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Tue 1st
9:00am
Photo of Dianne McIntyre - photo credit: Klaus Lucka

10 YEARS OVER 10 WEEKS

American Dance Guild
Reaching into its archival treasure trove of rarely seen recordings of past events, The American Dance Guild on October 12 will begin their virtual offering 10 Years Over 10 Weeks, a rich collection of video performances of honorees and guest artists over the last ten years of ADG Performance Festivals. The video stream, which will run for ten weeks, will feature works by 25 dance luminaries from ADG…

 
12:30pm
woman dancing with headphones

Silent Snow Ball

Brookfield Properties
Kick off the holiday season with a socially distant outdoor silent dance party, featuring a different DJ each week on Tuesdays during lunchtime. Take a break from your daily routine, join us via Mixlr (an app that broadcasts live audio) on your own device and headphones, and dance your heart out! Socially distanced ground markers will provide a place for you to dance safely in Zuccotti Park. Grab a…

 
8:00pm

Commercials for Humanity Debut

Amalgamate Dance Company
Amalgamate has adapted to the current environment and its challenges by developing a truly original philanthropic film project, Commercials for Humanity. We are partnering up with local nonprofits to create high-production value dance commercials for their organizations - think “Super Bowl Commercials" for your soul. The inaugural series features organizations that work with some of the most vulnerable…

 
Wed 2nd
9:00am
Photo of Dianne McIntyre - photo credit: Klaus Lucka

10 YEARS OVER 10 WEEKS

American Dance Guild
Reaching into its archival treasure trove of rarely seen recordings of past events, The American Dance Guild on October 12 will begin their virtual offering 10 Years Over 10 Weeks, a rich collection of video performances of honorees and guest artists over the last ten years of ADG Performance Festivals. The video stream, which will run for ten weeks, will feature works by 25 dance luminaries from ADG…

 
Thu 3rd
9:00am
Photo of Dianne McIntyre - photo credit: Klaus Lucka

10 YEARS OVER 10 WEEKS

American Dance Guild
Reaching into its archival treasure trove of rarely seen recordings of past events, The American Dance Guild on October 12 will begin their virtual offering 10 Years Over 10 Weeks, a rich collection of video performances of honorees and guest artists over the last ten years of ADG Performance Festivals. The video stream, which will run for ten weeks, will feature works by 25 dance luminaries from ADG…

 
3:00pm
Dance Rising: NYC A Second Hyper-Local Dance Out

Dance Rising: NYC A Second Hyper-Local Dance Out

Dance Rising NYC
Dance Rising: NYC presents a second hyper-local dance out across all five boroughs on December 3 and 5, 2020 from 3-3:30pm. NYC professional dancers will take to the parks, streets, and rooftops to dance, focusing public attention on an industry that is struggling to survive due to closures and lack of support during COVID.  All artists identifying as a professional dancer, choreographer or teacher…

 
7:00pm
Marjani Forté-Saunders

Memoirs of a…Unicorn: A BLUEPRINT

651 ARTS
A Film Based on the stirring dance installation by Award-winning Choreographer  Marjani Forté Saunders and Composer Everette Saunders. 651 presents the world premiere of Memoirs of a…Unicorn: A BLUEPRINT (December 3-5), a film on the experimental collaging of intimate encounters and experiences in the three year journey of the dance installation Memoirs of a…Unicorn by choreographer Marjani…

 
8:00pm
A dancer on stage in front a blue backdrop

Princeton Dance Festival Reimagined, presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Dance

Princeton University Dance program
An exciting, innovative, reimagined virtual edition of the annual Princeton Dance Festival features six diverse, professional choreographers bringing their unique aesthetics to the question of dance in the COVID era working with Princeton dance students. Led by Peter Chu, Francesca Harper, Rebecca Lazier, Dean Moss, Silas Riener, and Olivier Tarpaga, students explore the intersections of dance and…

 
Fri 4th
9:00am
Photo of Dianne McIntyre - photo credit: Klaus Lucka

10 YEARS OVER 10 WEEKS

American Dance Guild
Reaching into its archival treasure trove of rarely seen recordings of past events, The American Dance Guild on October 12 will begin their virtual offering 10 Years Over 10 Weeks, a rich collection of video performances of honorees and guest artists over the last ten years of ADG Performance Festivals. The video stream, which will run for ten weeks, will feature works by 25 dance luminaries from ADG…

 
6:30pm
Raja Feather Kelly, a medium-dark skin cis man sits in a bare rom and is captured speaking emphatically, using his hands

ANY GIVEN WEDNESDAY Watch Party with Raja Feather Kelly

New York Live Arts
On Friday, December 4th, at 6:30pm EST,  our 2019-2020 RandjeloviA?/Stryker Resident Commissioned Artist (RCA) Raja Feather Kelly will play host to a watch party of his in-process documentary, ANY GIVEN WEDNESDAY. In this first part of what will be a feature-length documentary capturing Kelly and his company, the feath3r theory’s making of the stage production, WEDNESDAY. Set to premiere at New…

 
8:00pm
Marjani Forté-Saunders

Memoirs of a…Unicorn: A BLUEPRINT

651 ARTS
A Film Based on the stirring dance installation by Award-winning Choreographer  Marjani Forté Saunders and Composer Everette Saunders. 651 presents the world premiere of Memoirs of a…Unicorn: A BLUEPRINT (December 3-5), a film on the experimental collaging of intimate encounters and experiences in the three year journey of the dance installation Memoirs of a…Unicorn by choreographer Marjani…

 
8:00pm
A dancer on stage in front a blue backdrop

Princeton Dance Festival Reimagined, presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Dance

Princeton University Dance program
An exciting, innovative, reimagined virtual edition of the annual Princeton Dance Festival features six diverse, professional choreographers bringing their unique aesthetics to the question of dance in the COVID era working with Princeton dance students. Led by Peter Chu, Francesca Harper, Rebecca Lazier, Dean Moss, Silas Riener, and Olivier Tarpaga, students explore the intersections of dance and…

 
Sat 5th
12:00pm
Black and white photo of an Indian classical dancer, with the text "Sanjukta Sinha New York Kathak Festival" on top.

HomeStages: Sanjukta Sinha Dance Company

New York Kathak Festival
Season 2 of New York Kathak Festival’s HomeStages premieres with a performance by the Sanjukta Sinha Dance Company. o??? Mark your calendars for Saturday Dec. 5th @ 12pm EST. Watch on YouTube.  This episode has been generously sponsored by Kathak Bells, a company that aims to deliver high quality, handcrafted ghungroos throughout the United States. One of India’s leading Kathak artists of her…

 
1:00pm
A figure light-skinned wearing a light orange dresss floats on a bubblegum pink background. In place of their head is an old TV

EdgeCut: SANITY

New York Live Arts x EdgeCut
New York Live Arts (Live Arts) partner and independent performance series, EdgeCut, present SANITY: the second showcase in an online group performance series. Various interactive events and artist talks will be hosted inside the 3D virtual platform NOWHERE. Curated by Heidi Boisvert and Kat Mustatea, the series explores our complex relationship to the digital and how “liveness” is defined during…

 
2:30pm
Martha Graham Dance Company

Martha Graham Dance Company

Martha Graham Dance Company
Martha Graham Dance Company Virtual Programming for December 2020 The Martha Graham Dance Company continues its online programming on Patreon, bringing subscribers new levels of access to its dancers, studios, archives, educational programs, and performances. The Company’s all-digital 95th season offers unprecedented ways of stepping inside the work of the Company, the groundbreaking, iconic choreographies…

 
7:00pm
Isadora Loyola in "Impromptu No. 1"

Duncan Lyle Dance at Kaatsbaan

Duncan Lyle Dance
Join Duncan Lyle Dance for a virtual performance on December 5th at 7pm ET, part of the “Created at Kaatsbaan” series! The program features 8 dancers from American Ballet Theatre performing five very different works - all created in 2020 - including THREE World Premieres. Filmed in a “ballet bubble” at Kaatsbaan with strict safety protocols in place, the performance includes works inspired…

 
7:00pm
Fundraiser Poster

WINE TASTING & DANCE PERFORMANCE Virtual Fundraiser

At The Brink Dance Projects
At the Brink Dance Projects is a non- profit dance company based in the NYC area. We have worked with communities who have suffered a trauma and helped them heal through the expression of dance. Since COVID- 19 we have pivotted our work to help people cope with the stressors brought on by these unsettling times by creating our "Moving together towards healing" Workshop. This workshop goes through meditation,…

 
8:00pm
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Free Virtual Series: Visions from the Bridge Featuring Online Premiere of Nai-Ni Chen's Seminal Work U

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company Free Virtual Series: Visions from the Bridge Featuring Online Premiere of Nai-Ni Chen's Seminal Work U

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, with an aim to bring respect and diversity to dance through its regular online offerings, is extending their program to include a curated video series presentation, Visions From the Bridge. Visions aims to bring together master dancers, choreographers, and directors to meet audiences worldwide online and share their creative and artistic journey in the context of their…

 
8:00pm
Marjani Forté-Saunders

Memoirs of a…Unicorn: A BLUEPRINT

651 ARTS
A Film Based on the stirring dance installation by Award-winning Choreographer  Marjani Forté Saunders and Composer Everette Saunders. 651 presents the world premiere of Memoirs of a…Unicorn: A BLUEPRINT (December 3-5), a film on the experimental collaging of intimate encounters and experiences in the three year journey of the dance installation Memoirs of a…Unicorn by choreographer Marjani…

 
8:00pm
Sat. December 5 @ 8pm ET, GINA CAKESTAND'S HOLIDAY COOKING SHOW, Online Admission: Free, #BAADBronx

Gina Cakestand's Holiday Cooking Show

BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance
Gina Cakestand's Holiday Cooking Show Join Gina Cakestand in her kitchen during this wild holiday season for plenty of booty shaking for Jesus and yo mamas instructions for the holiday potluck lasagna.  Saturday, December 5th – 8pm ET Online Admission: FREE RSVP HERE

 
A photo of a group of dancers raising a dancer over their heads with their arms. On the left a dancer faces away from the camera and raises their arms up over their head mid clap. Text reads, MELT Winter 2024, In-person and Virtual workshops, Movement Research, Week 1: Jan 13-17.

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