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Wed 1st
6:00pm
Consulate General of India - New York Announces An Evening of Indian Dance Curated by Jonathan Hollander as Part of Iconic Week

Consulate General of India - New York Announces An Evening of Indian Dance Curated by Jonathan Hollander as Part of Iconic Week

Battery Dance
Battery Dance is pleased to collaborate with the Consulate General of India in presenting an evening of performances by diverse Indian dancers curated by Jonathan Hollander, Artistic Director and Founder of Battery Dance, on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at 6pm at 3 East 64th Street. The night will feature four dancers: Durgesh Gangani performing Kathak dance; Kaustavi Sarkar performing Odissi dance; Sri…

 
7:30pm
Parsons Dance logo, parsons in red font, dance in white font, black background

PARSONS DANCE Returns to The Joyce Theater For Its Annual New York Season

Parsons Dance
Parsons Dance (David Parsons, Artistic Director) is thrilled to return to The Joyce Theater for its annual New York season, from Tuesday, November 30th through Sunday, December 12th.  The company's success in remaining strong during the pandemic will be on display as it takes the stage with five premieres that were created during the past year and a half.  The company artists have been rehearsing…

 
7:30pm

Parsons Dance Joyce Theater 2021 Season

Parsons Dance Company
PARSONS DANCE Returns to The Joyce Theater For Its Annual New York Season   The season is dedicated to the memory of Parsons Dance co-founder and lighting designer Howell Binkley, Tony Award winner and cherished friend.                      NOVEMBER 30th - DECEMBER 12th Five Premieres—Three by David Parsons Including The Road, Set To Music by Yusuf/Cat Stevens And Works…

 
7:30pm
Artistic Director Robert Battle with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York City Center

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world’s most popular dance companies, returns to the New York City Center stage December 1–19, 2021 for a season that has become a joyous winter tradition. Led by Artistic Director Robert Battle who marks a decade of leading the Company forward, Ailey’s extraordinary dancers will move audiences with world premieres, new productions,…

 
8:00pm
Two people come together in red lighting with hands outstretched

WEDNESDAY

Raja Feather Kelly | the feath3r theory
WEDNESDAY is a queer-fantasia where music, movement, and speech are inseparable. In this dance-theatre speculative documentary, Live Arts 2019-2020 Randjelović/Stryker Resident Commissioned Artist Raja Feather Kelly and the feath3r theory search for the true motivations behind an infamous Brooklyn bank robbery; the centerpiece of the 1975 cinematic-drama “Dog Day Afternoon”. The piece re-centers…

 
Thu 2nd
7:00pm
Caitlin Ferguson in Quantum Debt

Quantum Debt

Silver Glass Productions
QUANTUM DEBT is a new movement-based drama conceived, written and directed by Suzanne Willett. It is a look at student debt through the lens of quantum physics. A first-generation college student struggles with increasing college debt as she returns home to help the family, leading her to question her sense of self-worth. This movement-based piece is rooted in the differing realities of the American…

 
7:30pm

The Harris Theater presents Ragamala Dance Company - Fires of Varanasi: Dance of the Eternal Pilgrim

Ragamala Dance Company
The Harris Theater presents Ragamala Dance Company - Fires of Varanasi: Dance of the Eternal Pilgrim on December 2, 2021 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $35-140 and are available at https://www.harristheaterchicago.org/performance/fires-varanasi-dance-eternal-pilgrim.   Bharatanatyam choreographers Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy’s Fires of Varanasi: Dance of the Eternal Pilgrim evokes an elaborate…

 
7:30pm
Artistic Director Robert Battle with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York City Center

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world’s most popular dance companies, returns to the New York City Center stage December 1–19, 2021 for a season that has become a joyous winter tradition. Led by Artistic Director Robert Battle who marks a decade of leading the Company forward, Ailey’s extraordinary dancers will move audiences with world premieres, new productions,…

 
8:00pm
Parsons Dance logo, parsons in red font, dance in white font, black background

PARSONS DANCE Returns to The Joyce Theater For Its Annual New York Season

Parsons Dance
Parsons Dance (David Parsons, Artistic Director) is thrilled to return to The Joyce Theater for its annual New York season, from Tuesday, November 30th through Sunday, December 12th.  The company's success in remaining strong during the pandemic will be on display as it takes the stage with five premieres that were created during the past year and a half.  The company artists have been rehearsing…

 
8:00pm

Parsons Dance Joyce Theater 2021 Season

Parsons Dance Company
PARSONS DANCE Returns to The Joyce Theater For Its Annual New York Season   The season is dedicated to the memory of Parsons Dance co-founder and lighting designer Howell Binkley, Tony Award winner and cherished friend.                      NOVEMBER 30th - DECEMBER 12th Five Premieres—Three by David Parsons Including The Road, Set To Music by Yusuf/Cat Stevens And Works…

 
8:00pm
Two people come together in red lighting with hands outstretched

WEDNESDAY

Raja Feather Kelly | the feath3r theory
WEDNESDAY is a queer-fantasia where music, movement, and speech are inseparable. In this dance-theatre speculative documentary, Live Arts 2019-2020 Randjelović/Stryker Resident Commissioned Artist Raja Feather Kelly and the feath3r theory search for the true motivations behind an infamous Brooklyn bank robbery; the centerpiece of the 1975 cinematic-drama “Dog Day Afternoon”. The piece re-centers…

 
Fri 3rd
7:00pm
Caitlin Ferguson in Quantum Debt

Quantum Debt

Silver Glass Productions
QUANTUM DEBT is a new movement-based drama conceived, written and directed by Suzanne Willett. It is a look at student debt through the lens of quantum physics. A first-generation college student struggles with increasing college debt as she returns home to help the family, leading her to question her sense of self-worth. This movement-based piece is rooted in the differing realities of the American…

 
7:00pm

(Di)Visions of America

John Sims Projects
I am an artist creating a performance as a part of theater residency in the East Village. I am looking for a female African American Dancer who can work Dec 3-5, 2021. If interested contact me asap!

 
7:00pm
Dancer is leaping high facing side with leg in parallel passe position and bottom leg extended,.

VISIONS Contemporary Ballet: In Truth and In Light

VISIONS Contemporary Ballet
VISIONS Contemporary Ballet presents In Truth and In Light, a thought-provoking, moving dance concert of uplifting, heartfelt works.   The evening’s performance features Shattered Lives, a new ballet choreographed by Ranardo-Domeico Grays, Founder/Artistic Director of VISIONS Contemporary Ballet, recently commissioned by the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning for the Making Moves Dance Festival…

 
7:30pm
Close up image of Artistic Director Zanza Steinberg in a red blazer with a black bowler hat over one eye

THANK YOU, TEN

ALMA NYC
ALMA NYC is a not for profit dance company with philanthropic initiatives driving their creative work. Ushering in their tenth year as a company, ALMA NYC invites you to celebrate with them for THANK YOU, TEN: A Decade of Soul, Spirit, and HeART, opening December 3, 2021 at Paul Taylor. Thank You, Ten will take you across the choreographic works created over the years from Yellow, premiered at the…

 
7:30pm
A collage of 5 performance images from the participating artists.

Fall Movement 2021

CPR-Center for Performance Research
Fall Movement Friday, December 3, 2021 | 7:30 PM Saturday, December 4, 2021 | 7:30 PM This event is in-person and will also be live-streamed. Fall Movement, part of CPR’s bi-annual festival (with Spring Movement) of premiere presentations by a wide range of dance and performance artists, returns after an 18-month hiatus. After Spring Movement in 2020 was canceled due to the pandemic, CPR has…

 
8:00pm
Parsons Dance logo, parsons in red font, dance in white font, black background

PARSONS DANCE Returns to The Joyce Theater For Its Annual New York Season

Parsons Dance
Parsons Dance (David Parsons, Artistic Director) is thrilled to return to The Joyce Theater for its annual New York season, from Tuesday, November 30th through Sunday, December 12th.  The company's success in remaining strong during the pandemic will be on display as it takes the stage with five premieres that were created during the past year and a half.  The company artists have been rehearsing…

 
8:00pm

Parsons Dance Joyce Theater 2021 Season

Parsons Dance Company
PARSONS DANCE Returns to The Joyce Theater For Its Annual New York Season   The season is dedicated to the memory of Parsons Dance co-founder and lighting designer Howell Binkley, Tony Award winner and cherished friend.                      NOVEMBER 30th - DECEMBER 12th Five Premieres—Three by David Parsons Including The Road, Set To Music by Yusuf/Cat Stevens And Works…

 
8:00pm
Two people come together in red lighting with hands outstretched

WEDNESDAY

Raja Feather Kelly | the feath3r theory
WEDNESDAY is a queer-fantasia where music, movement, and speech are inseparable. In this dance-theatre speculative documentary, Live Arts 2019-2020 Randjelović/Stryker Resident Commissioned Artist Raja Feather Kelly and the feath3r theory search for the true motivations behind an infamous Brooklyn bank robbery; the centerpiece of the 1975 cinematic-drama “Dog Day Afternoon”. The piece re-centers…

 
8:00pm
a girl hanging down from the ceiling, in front a door

Digital Dance Exhibition - May I Dance on Your Screen?

Rourou Ye
May I Dance On Your Screen? is a digital dance exhibition that explores how dance inhabits online space. Free for public viewing from Oct 1 - Dec 31, 2021 at Digitaldance.space They are choreographed by international choreographer and media artist Rourou Ye, whose work incorporates dance movement, shadow puppetry, projection, and technology. Ye innovatively crafted these five works exclusively for…

 
8:00pm
Artistic Director Robert Battle with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York City Center

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world’s most popular dance companies, returns to the New York City Center stage December 1–19, 2021 for a season that has become a joyous winter tradition. Led by Artistic Director Robert Battle who marks a decade of leading the Company forward, Ailey’s extraordinary dancers will move audiences with world premieres, new productions,…

 
8:00pm
Take Root

Take Root: Hee Ra Yoo and N/N Dance Collaborative

Valerie Green/Dance Entropy
TAKE ROOT, now in its 13th season, nurtures dance artists at established stages in their careers, pairing them in a split bill or full evening-length program. This monthly series supports dance makers’ experimentation and growth with support to present their work to the public. Take Root will present 20 aesthetically diverse artists among seven performances July 2021 - June 2022. Virtual Performances…

 
Sat 4th
9:00am
Dancer in attitude and 1920s frilled dress.

Sliding Scale - Dance/Headshot Sessions Available

Phil Mahabeer Photography
Hi, I'm offering for a limited time a sliding scale for Dance and Headshots to provide new content/updates for the creative community. Please reach out for your particular needs. Located in the Financial District of Manhattan.  www.philmahabeer.com

 
2:00pm
Parsons Dance logo, parsons in red font, dance in white font, black background

PARSONS DANCE Returns to The Joyce Theater For Its Annual New York Season

Parsons Dance
Parsons Dance (David Parsons, Artistic Director) is thrilled to return to The Joyce Theater for its annual New York season, from Tuesday, November 30th through Sunday, December 12th.  The company's success in remaining strong during the pandemic will be on display as it takes the stage with five premieres that were created during the past year and a half.  The company artists have been rehearsing…

 
2:00pm

Parsons Dance Joyce Theater 2021 Season

Parsons Dance Company
PARSONS DANCE Returns to The Joyce Theater For Its Annual New York Season   The season is dedicated to the memory of Parsons Dance co-founder and lighting designer Howell Binkley, Tony Award winner and cherished friend.                      NOVEMBER 30th - DECEMBER 12th Five Premieres—Three by David Parsons Including The Road, Set To Music by Yusuf/Cat Stevens And Works…

 
2:30pm
Arts On Site announces December Performances

Arts On Site announces December Performances

Arts on Site
Arts On Site (AOS) announces December performances, featuring dance, music, and film in the heart of the East Village at Studio 3R, 12 St. Mark's Place, NYC. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased online at https://artsonsite.ticketleap.com/studio-3r-performances/.   "Arts On Site began presenting artists in 2016 at 12 Saint Marks Place," said Chelsea Ainsworth, Executive Director of Arts On…

 
6:00pm
Dancer is leaping high facing side with leg in parallel passe position and bottom leg extended,.

VISIONS Contemporary Ballet: In Truth and In Light

VISIONS Contemporary Ballet
VISIONS Contemporary Ballet presents In Truth and In Light, a thought-provoking, moving dance concert of uplifting, heartfelt works.   The evening’s performance features Shattered Lives, a new ballet choreographed by Ranardo-Domeico Grays, Founder/Artistic Director of VISIONS Contemporary Ballet, recently commissioned by the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning for the Making Moves Dance Festival…

 
7:00pm
Caitlin Ferguson in Quantum Debt

Quantum Debt

Silver Glass Productions
QUANTUM DEBT is a new movement-based drama conceived, written and directed by Suzanne Willett. It is a look at student debt through the lens of quantum physics. A first-generation college student struggles with increasing college debt as she returns home to help the family, leading her to question her sense of self-worth. This movement-based piece is rooted in the differing realities of the American…

 
7:00pm

(Di)Visions of America

John Sims Projects
I am an artist creating a performance as a part of theater residency in the East Village. I am looking for a female African American Dancer who can work Dec 3-5, 2021. If interested contact me asap!

 
7:30pm
Arts On Site announces December Performances

Arts On Site announces December Performances

Arts on Site
Arts On Site (AOS) announces December performances, featuring dance, music, and film in the heart of the East Village at Studio 3R, 12 St. Mark's Place, NYC. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased online at https://artsonsite.ticketleap.com/studio-3r-performances/.   "Arts On Site began presenting artists in 2016 at 12 Saint Marks Place," said Chelsea Ainsworth, Executive Director of Arts On…

 
7:30pm
Three images are in a diagonal collage. All three photos are set on a stage with the background of black, purple, and blue.

Backstage Pass – A Joyous Return to Live Dance

Carolyn Dorfman Dance
Madison Evening Performance ADDED due to Sunday Show Selling Out! Madison Community Arts Center presents Carolyn Dorfman Dance’s Backstage Pass – A Joyous Return to Live Dance*. Carolyn Dorfman Dance celebrates a return to in-person performances with an afternoon of dynamic new work and repertory favorites. Backstage Pass is the Company’s signature way of inviting audiences into the making…

 
7:30pm
Close up image of Artistic Director Zanza Steinberg in a red blazer with a black bowler hat over one eye

THANK YOU, TEN

ALMA NYC
ALMA NYC is a not for profit dance company with philanthropic initiatives driving their creative work. Ushering in their tenth year as a company, ALMA NYC invites you to celebrate with them for THANK YOU, TEN: A Decade of Soul, Spirit, and HeART, opening December 3, 2021 at Paul Taylor. Thank You, Ten will take you across the choreographic works created over the years from Yellow, premiered at the…

 
7:30pm
A collage of 5 performance images from the participating artists.

Fall Movement 2021

CPR-Center for Performance Research
Fall Movement Friday, December 3, 2021 | 7:30 PM Saturday, December 4, 2021 | 7:30 PM This event is in-person and will also be live-streamed. Fall Movement, part of CPR’s bi-annual festival (with Spring Movement) of premiere presentations by a wide range of dance and performance artists, returns after an 18-month hiatus. After Spring Movement in 2020 was canceled due to the pandemic, CPR has…

 
8:00pm
Parsons Dance logo, parsons in red font, dance in white font, black background

PARSONS DANCE Returns to The Joyce Theater For Its Annual New York Season

Parsons Dance
Parsons Dance (David Parsons, Artistic Director) is thrilled to return to The Joyce Theater for its annual New York season, from Tuesday, November 30th through Sunday, December 12th.  The company's success in remaining strong during the pandemic will be on display as it takes the stage with five premieres that were created during the past year and a half.  The company artists have been rehearsing…

 
8:00pm

Parsons Dance Joyce Theater 2021 Season

Parsons Dance Company
PARSONS DANCE Returns to The Joyce Theater For Its Annual New York Season   The season is dedicated to the memory of Parsons Dance co-founder and lighting designer Howell Binkley, Tony Award winner and cherished friend.                      NOVEMBER 30th - DECEMBER 12th Five Premieres—Three by David Parsons Including The Road, Set To Music by Yusuf/Cat Stevens And Works…

 
8:00pm

Helen Simoneau Danse Returns to Dance Post-Pandemic With A New Work, Residencies, and Fellowships

Helen Simoneau Danse
Helen Simoneau Danse continues a return to dance after the pandemic with a full fall 2021 schedule, including creation residencies to develop new work, open movement classes, work-in-progress sessions, performances, and more. Helen Simoneau has been granted fellowships with New York City Center and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, residencies at Wortham Theater and American Dance Festival,…

 
8:00pm
Two people come together in red lighting with hands outstretched

WEDNESDAY

Raja Feather Kelly | the feath3r theory
WEDNESDAY is a queer-fantasia where music, movement, and speech are inseparable. In this dance-theatre speculative documentary, Live Arts 2019-2020 Randjelović/Stryker Resident Commissioned Artist Raja Feather Kelly and the feath3r theory search for the true motivations behind an infamous Brooklyn bank robbery; the centerpiece of the 1975 cinematic-drama “Dog Day Afternoon”. The piece re-centers…

 
8:00pm
Artistic Director Robert Battle with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York City Center

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world’s most popular dance companies, returns to the New York City Center stage December 1–19, 2021 for a season that has become a joyous winter tradition. Led by Artistic Director Robert Battle who marks a decade of leading the Company forward, Ailey’s extraordinary dancers will move audiences with world premieres, new productions,…

 
Sun 5th
2:00pm

Parsons Dance Joyce Theater 2021 Season

Parsons Dance Company
PARSONS DANCE Returns to The Joyce Theater For Its Annual New York Season   The season is dedicated to the memory of Parsons Dance co-founder and lighting designer Howell Binkley, Tony Award winner and cherished friend.                      NOVEMBER 30th - DECEMBER 12th Five Premieres—Three by David Parsons Including The Road, Set To Music by Yusuf/Cat Stevens And Works…

 
3:00pm
Three images are in a diagonal collage. Each image is from a dance performance with various dancers 4 males and 11 females.

Backstage Pass – A Joyous Return to Live Dance

Carolyn Dorfman Dance
Madison Community Arts Center presents Carolyn Dorfman Dance’s Backstage Pass – A Joyous Return to Live Dance*. Carolyn Dorfman Dance celebrates a return to in-person performances with an afternoon of dynamic new work and repertory favorites. Backstage Pass is the Company’s signature way of inviting audiences into the making and doing of dance, with Artistic Director, Carolyn Dorfman sharing…

 
3:00pm
Artistic Director Robert Battle with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at New York City Center

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world’s most popular dance companies, returns to the New York City Center stage December 1–19, 2021 for a season that has become a joyous winter tradition. Led by Artistic Director Robert Battle who marks a decade of leading the Company forward, Ailey’s extraordinary dancers will move audiences with world premieres, new productions,…

 
4:30pm
Close up image of Artistic Director Zanza Steinberg in a red blazer with a black bowler hat over one eye

THANK YOU, TEN

ALMA NYC
ALMA NYC is a not for profit dance company with philanthropic initiatives driving their creative work. Ushering in their tenth year as a company, ALMA NYC invites you to celebrate with them for THANK YOU, TEN: A Decade of Soul, Spirit, and HeART, opening December 3, 2021 at Paul Taylor. Thank You, Ten will take you across the choreographic works created over the years from Yellow, premiered at the…

 
6:30pm
Arts On Site announces December Performances

Arts On Site announces December Performances

Arts on Site
Arts On Site (AOS) announces December performances, featuring dance, music, and film in the heart of the East Village at Studio 3R, 12 St. Mark's Place, NYC. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased online at https://artsonsite.ticketleap.com/studio-3r-performances/.   "Arts On Site began presenting artists in 2016 at 12 Saint Marks Place," said Chelsea Ainsworth, Executive Director of Arts On…

 
6:30pm
Six dancers within yellow and red squares and white borders, and text description of listed performance name and details.

JUNTOSLocal NYC Performance

JUNTOS Collective
JUNTOS Collective is a non-profit organization dedicated to intercultural exchange and community building through dance. Serving primarily Latin American populations, JUNTOS uses dance to uplift and empower vulnerable communities globally. This performance includes work by past and present JUNTOS volunteers, representing several generations of JUNTOS. See how JUNTOS programs have shaped them into professional…

 
7:00pm
Caitlin Ferguson in Quantum Debt

Quantum Debt

Silver Glass Productions
QUANTUM DEBT is a new movement-based drama conceived, written and directed by Suzanne Willett. It is a look at student debt through the lens of quantum physics. A first-generation college student struggles with increasing college debt as she returns home to help the family, leading her to question her sense of self-worth. This movement-based piece is rooted in the differing realities of the American…

 
7:00pm

(Di)Visions of America

John Sims Projects
I am an artist creating a performance as a part of theater residency in the East Village. I am looking for a female African American Dancer who can work Dec 3-5, 2021. If interested contact me asap!

 
8:00pm

Helen Simoneau Danse Returns to Dance Post-Pandemic With A New Work, Residencies, and Fellowships

Helen Simoneau Danse
Helen Simoneau Danse continues a return to dance after the pandemic with a full fall 2021 schedule, including creation residencies to develop new work, open movement classes, work-in-progress sessions, performances, and more. Helen Simoneau has been granted fellowships with New York City Center and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, residencies at Wortham Theater and American Dance Festival,…

 
8:30pm
Arts On Site announces December Performances

Arts On Site announces December Performances

Arts on Site
Arts On Site (AOS) announces December performances, featuring dance, music, and film in the heart of the East Village at Studio 3R, 12 St. Mark's Place, NYC. Tickets are $30 and can be purchased online at https://artsonsite.ticketleap.com/studio-3r-performances/.   "Arts On Site began presenting artists in 2016 at 12 Saint Marks Place," said Chelsea Ainsworth, Executive Director of Arts On…

 
8:30pm
Six dancers within yellow and red squares and white borders, and text description of listed performance name and details.

JUNTOSLocal NYC Performance

JUNTOS Collective
JUNTOS Collective is a non-profit organization dedicated to intercultural exchange and community building through dance. Serving primarily Latin American populations, JUNTOS uses dance to uplift and empower vulnerable communities globally. This performance includes work by past and present JUNTOS volunteers, representing several generations of JUNTOS. See how JUNTOS programs have shaped them into professional…

 
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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