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Thu 1st
5:30pm

Ballet Hispánico announces The Legacy Gala, honoring The Miranda Family

Ballet Hispánico
Ballet Hispánico announces The Legacy Gala, celebrating the life of its founder Tina Ramirez and her visionary leadership, passionate activism, and innovative artistry, and honoring The Miranda Family, Luis A. Miranda Jr., Dr. Luz Towns-Miranda, Luz Miranda-Crespo, Luis Crespo, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Vanessa Nadal, and Miguel Towns with the Nuestra Inspiración Award, to be presented by Academy Award-winning…

 
6:30pm
Ballet Hispánico presents Two World Premieres: Sor Juana by Michelle Manzanales Papagayos by Omar Román de Jesús

Ballet Hispánico presents Two World Premieres: Sor Juana by Michelle Manzanales Papagayos by Omar Román de Jesús

Ballet Hispánico
Ballet Hispánico, the nation's largest Latinx cultural organization and one of America's Cultural Treasures, returns to New York City Center after its critically and publicly acclaimed run of Doña Perón. From June 1-3, 2023, Ballet Hispánico will present a mixed bill curated by Artistic Director & CEO Eduardo Vilaro featuring repertory favorites, two new commissions and an exciting new…

 
7:00pm
Graham 2

Graham 2 - 2023 New York Season

Graham 2 - 2023 New York Season
This June, the Martha Graham Dance Company’s acclaimed second company will be back on stage for its 40th New York season with an exciting program of new works and Graham classics. This season Graham 2 continues exploring the theme of human/nature. The program, which includes a musical interlude with live music by Andreas Brade and Tracy Yang, will include a rarely seen Graham work, Temptations…

 
7:00pm
Yoshiko Chuma

Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks - Shockwave Delay

Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks - Shockwave Delay
This June, Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks return to La MaMa with the world premiere of Shockwave Delay, an unscripted docudrama consisting of 20 chapters, or scenes, that overlap within the frame of two and half hours. Each performance features a rotating cast of artists and no two performances will be the same. Performances are June 1–4 (Thursday–Saturday at 7pm, Sunday at 2pm)…

 
7:30pm
A woman sits in a folding chair with 3 empty chairs next to her. The room looks decorated for a party.

Many Happy Returns

Monica Bill Barnes & Company
Monica Bill Barnes & Company, known for "bringing dance where it doesn't belong" present "Many Happy Returns." It's like a memory play, if memory plays had more dances. There is language. There is movement. There is the possibility that it'll never be this way again. And there's the possibility that it will always be the same. Presented by Monica Bill Barnes & Company Choreography…

 
8:00pm
Tushrik and TT facing profile interlocking hands and looking towards the horizon.

Tushrik Fredericks

Triskelion Arts
TUSHRIK FREDERICKS JUNE 1 & 2, 2023 8PM (territory) of the heart With performance by South African dance artist Tushrik Fredericks who is a collaborative artist with TRIBE (founding artistic director, Shamel Pitts) and soundscape by multidisciplinary artist TT Britt, '(territory) of the heart’ creates a movement journey parallel to a live sonic journey that digs deeper into physicalising the…

 
Fri 2nd
7:00pm
Graham 2

Graham 2 - 2023 New York Season

Graham 2 - 2023 New York Season
This June, the Martha Graham Dance Company’s acclaimed second company will be back on stage for its 40th New York season with an exciting program of new works and Graham classics. This season Graham 2 continues exploring the theme of human/nature. The program, which includes a musical interlude with live music by Andreas Brade and Tracy Yang, will include a rarely seen Graham work, Temptations…

 
7:00pm
Yoshiko Chuma

Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks - Shockwave Delay

Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks - Shockwave Delay
This June, Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks return to La MaMa with the world premiere of Shockwave Delay, an unscripted docudrama consisting of 20 chapters, or scenes, that overlap within the frame of two and half hours. Each performance features a rotating cast of artists and no two performances will be the same. Performances are June 1–4 (Thursday–Saturday at 7pm, Sunday at 2pm)…

 
7:00pm
shot of the empire state building, lit in pink which is the color of New York Kathak Festival

Volunteer

New York Kathak Festival
New York City’s only festival dedicated to kathak is back this June 2-4, 2023! Come witness the beauty, finesse and diversity within Kathak, a dance that is derived from storytelling, and dates back 5000 years.  Dive into a world of dance and music with concerts featuring emerging and established artists, and 3 days of workshops + discussions led by New Delhi’s Pandit Rajendra Gangani, Shama…

 
7:30pm
Crankies Take New York!

Crankies Take New York!

Flushing Town Hall
New York City’s first ever Crankie Festival is underway!  Watch the world’s greatest stories unroll before your eyes! Flushing Town Hall is pleased to announce this new (and soon to be beloved) festival of scrolled panoramas, known as “crankies.” The “moving panoramas” that have captivated Baltimore for the past 9 years are finally making their way to NYC! Though called by different…

 
7:30pm
ChrisMastersDance in Mausoleum

MAUSOLEUM

ChrisMastersDance
ChrisMastersDance PRESENTS MAUSOLEUM FOR THREE PERFORMANCES, JUNE 2–4, AT BAM FISHMAN SPACE ChrisMastersDance (CMD) presents Mausoleum at Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Fishman Space, June 2–4, 2023. A dance work that considers and interrupts what has come, Mausoleum investigates our overconsumption of media, addiction to drama, inertia that concretizes unsustainable forms of life and work, and…

 
7:30pm
A woman sits in a folding chair with 3 empty chairs next to her. The room looks decorated for a party.

Many Happy Returns

Monica Bill Barnes & Company
Monica Bill Barnes & Company, known for "bringing dance where it doesn't belong" present "Many Happy Returns." It's like a memory play, if memory plays had more dances. There is language. There is movement. There is the possibility that it'll never be this way again. And there's the possibility that it will always be the same. Presented by Monica Bill Barnes & Company Choreography…

 
7:30pm
A masked figure in black stands facing camera with a tunnel of multi-colored lights behind them.

Mausoleum: A dance work that considers and interrupts what has come, making way for tomorrow.

ChrisMastersDance
After nearly a decade-long hiatus from live performance, ChrisMastersDance (CMD) presents Mausoleum at Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Fishman Space, June 2–4, 2023. A dance work that considers and interrupts what has come, Mausoleum investigates our overconsumption of media, addiction to drama, inertia that concretizes unsustainable forms of life and work, and the inextricable link between love and…

 
7:30pm
Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company presents the World Premiere of e-Motion

Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company presents the World Premiere of e-Motion

Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company
Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company presents e-Motion, an intermission-less program-length dance from May 26 to June 4, 2023 at The Cherry Arts, 102 Cherry Street, Ithaca, NY and everywhere online. Tickets for in-person performances are $35 adults, $25 seniors, $15 students, and livestream tickets are $20. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit thecherry.org/e-motion. The livestream will be…

 
7:30pm
Ballet Hispánico presents Two World Premieres: Sor Juana by Michelle Manzanales Papagayos by Omar Román de Jesús

Ballet Hispánico presents Two World Premieres: Sor Juana by Michelle Manzanales Papagayos by Omar Román de Jesús

Ballet Hispánico
Ballet Hispánico, the nation's largest Latinx cultural organization and one of America's Cultural Treasures, returns to New York City Center after its critically and publicly acclaimed run of Doña Perón. From June 1-3, 2023, Ballet Hispánico will present a mixed bill curated by Artistic Director & CEO Eduardo Vilaro featuring repertory favorites, two new commissions and an exciting new…

 
8:00pm
Axioms Between Frames in Time

Take Root Series at Green Space

danceTactics performance group
Keith Thompson is presenting two beautiful contemporary dance pieces on a shared bill with Alicia Raquel Morales, as part of the Take Root Series at Green Space. Keith and his company, danceTactics, will present the duet "Gardenias" from the Love Alone Anthology Project, inspired by the writings of poet & AIDS activist Paul Monette; and "Axioms Between Frames in Time," a beautiful quartet that has…

 
8:00pm
From left to right: Flamenco Artists Barbara Martinez, Rebeca Tomas, Elisabet Torras, Juana Cala seated on chairs and conversing

Las SinSombrero Flamenco

Danza España
2 PERFORMANCES IN NYC! MAY 26th & JUNE 2nd at 8PM. Tickets: General Admission $25, Students & Seniors $20 Cash or check only at the door ORDER TICKETS Yloy Ybarra , Artistic Director Elisabet Torras, Choreographer Dancers: Elisabet Torras, Rebeca Tomás, Juana Cala, Yloy Ybarra Musicians: Ricardito, Barbara Martínez, Juan Pedro Jiménez, Luis Saldarriaga

 
8:00pm
Two dances face each other holding hands while they extend their other arm the ceiling

"Alvin Ailey New Directions" | NOW STREAMING FREE

ALL ARTS
Take a look inside Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's New Directions Choreography Lab in a new eight-part digital series from ALL ARTS.  Alvin Ailey New Directions follows choreographers Quilan “Cue” Arnold and Maria Bauman as they explore what it means to be an artist.  Watch free on the ALL ARTS app or stream at AllArts.org. 

 
8:00pm
Tushrik and TT facing profile interlocking hands and looking towards the horizon.

Tushrik Fredericks

Triskelion Arts
TUSHRIK FREDERICKS JUNE 1 & 2, 2023 8PM (territory) of the heart With performance by South African dance artist Tushrik Fredericks who is a collaborative artist with TRIBE (founding artistic director, Shamel Pitts) and soundscape by multidisciplinary artist TT Britt, '(territory) of the heart’ creates a movement journey parallel to a live sonic journey that digs deeper into physicalising the…

 
8:00pm
Kaatsbaan Cultural Park announces Spring Festival - June 2-19, 2023

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park announces Spring Festival - June 2-19, 2023

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park
Kaatsbaan Cultural Park will present a Spring Festival over three consecutive weekends from June 2-19, 2023 taking place both outdoors across its 153-acres in the Hudson Valley, as well as in its indoor theater. The multi-disciplinary festival will feature dance, live music, film screenings, nature walks, culinary conversations, an art installation curated by Hilary Greene, and performances by The…

 
8:00pm
MDD and NYSCA Logos

Mark DeGarmo Dance Awarded $168,500 Over 3 Years by the New York State Council on the Arts

Mark DeGarmo Dance
New York, New York - Mark DeGarmo Dance announced today three grants totaling $168,500 from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support the recovery of the nonprofit arts and culture sector. Following New York State’s historic investment for The Arts, NYSCA has awarded $90 million since Spring 2022 to a record number of artists and organizations across the state. The first two, Regrowth…

 
Sat 3rd
2:00pm
Ballet Hispánico presents Two World Premieres: Sor Juana by Michelle Manzanales Papagayos by Omar Román de Jesús

Ballet Hispánico presents Two World Premieres: Sor Juana by Michelle Manzanales Papagayos by Omar Román de Jesús

Ballet Hispánico
Ballet Hispánico, the nation's largest Latinx cultural organization and one of America's Cultural Treasures, returns to New York City Center after its critically and publicly acclaimed run of Doña Perón. From June 1-3, 2023, Ballet Hispánico will present a mixed bill curated by Artistic Director & CEO Eduardo Vilaro featuring repertory favorites, two new commissions and an exciting new…

 
2:30pm
Graham 2

Graham 2 - 2023 New York Season

Graham 2 - 2023 New York Season
This June, the Martha Graham Dance Company’s acclaimed second company will be back on stage for its 40th New York season with an exciting program of new works and Graham classics. This season Graham 2 continues exploring the theme of human/nature. The program, which includes a musical interlude with live music by Andreas Brade and Tracy Yang, will include a rarely seen Graham work, Temptations…

 
3:00pm
Alterations and Repairs

Alterations and Repairs

Alterations and Repairs
Put on your comfortable shoes and be led by poet Paul Rabinowitz through Fort Tryon Park to see and hear dance, music, and poetry performed on benches, lawns, under trees, and more.  Conceived and curated by Amy Kail, the event celebrates the arts and the Park.  Dancers are Lisa Green, Amy Kail, Sandra Rivera, Navarra Novy-Williams, and Maxine Steinman.   Composer/musicians are John Ehlis and Jessica…

 
6:00pm

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park Spring 2023 Festival presents José Limón Dance Company and American Ballet Theatre Studio Company

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park
Dance: José Limón Dance Company and American Ballet Theatre Studio Company June 3 and 4, at 6pm General Admission, $45-65   A double bill featuring the José Limón Dance Company and American Ballet Theatre Studio Company.   The José Limón Dance Company will present two of the master choreographer's most iconic works, Chaconne (1942) and The Moor's Pavane (1949). The Moor’s Pavane,…

 
7:00pm
Global Mashup: India Meets Mali

Global Mashup: India Meets Mali

Flushing Town Hall
We’re mashing up two cultures on one stage with an open dance floor. Starting with dance lessons, each band plays a set, then the two meet and jam. Bring your dancing shoes! With her great vocal traditions from India and Pakistan, Kiran Ahluwalia creates boundary-breaking songs that invite us to explore the human condition, transcending the self in groove and melody. Yacouba Sissoko is a Djeli,…

 
7:00pm
Graham 2

Graham 2 - 2023 New York Season

Graham 2 - 2023 New York Season
This June, the Martha Graham Dance Company’s acclaimed second company will be back on stage for its 40th New York season with an exciting program of new works and Graham classics. This season Graham 2 continues exploring the theme of human/nature. The program, which includes a musical interlude with live music by Andreas Brade and Tracy Yang, will include a rarely seen Graham work, Temptations…

 
7:00pm
Yoshiko Chuma

Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks - Shockwave Delay

Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks - Shockwave Delay
This June, Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks return to La MaMa with the world premiere of Shockwave Delay, an unscripted docudrama consisting of 20 chapters, or scenes, that overlap within the frame of two and half hours. Each performance features a rotating cast of artists and no two performances will be the same. Performances are June 1–4 (Thursday–Saturday at 7pm, Sunday at 2pm)…

 
7:30pm
ChrisMastersDance in Mausoleum

MAUSOLEUM

ChrisMastersDance
ChrisMastersDance PRESENTS MAUSOLEUM FOR THREE PERFORMANCES, JUNE 2–4, AT BAM FISHMAN SPACE ChrisMastersDance (CMD) presents Mausoleum at Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Fishman Space, June 2–4, 2023. A dance work that considers and interrupts what has come, Mausoleum investigates our overconsumption of media, addiction to drama, inertia that concretizes unsustainable forms of life and work, and…

 
7:30pm
A woman sits in a folding chair with 3 empty chairs next to her. The room looks decorated for a party.

Many Happy Returns

Monica Bill Barnes & Company
Monica Bill Barnes & Company, known for "bringing dance where it doesn't belong" present "Many Happy Returns." It's like a memory play, if memory plays had more dances. There is language. There is movement. There is the possibility that it'll never be this way again. And there's the possibility that it will always be the same. Presented by Monica Bill Barnes & Company Choreography…

 
7:30pm
A masked figure in black stands facing camera with a tunnel of multi-colored lights behind them.

Mausoleum: A dance work that considers and interrupts what has come, making way for tomorrow.

ChrisMastersDance
After nearly a decade-long hiatus from live performance, ChrisMastersDance (CMD) presents Mausoleum at Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Fishman Space, June 2–4, 2023. A dance work that considers and interrupts what has come, Mausoleum investigates our overconsumption of media, addiction to drama, inertia that concretizes unsustainable forms of life and work, and the inextricable link between love and…

 
7:30pm
Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company presents the World Premiere of e-Motion

Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company presents the World Premiere of e-Motion

Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company
Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company presents e-Motion, an intermission-less program-length dance from May 26 to June 4, 2023 at The Cherry Arts, 102 Cherry Street, Ithaca, NY and everywhere online. Tickets for in-person performances are $35 adults, $25 seniors, $15 students, and livestream tickets are $20. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit thecherry.org/e-motion. The livestream will be…

 
7:30pm
Ballet Hispánico presents Two World Premieres: Sor Juana by Michelle Manzanales Papagayos by Omar Román de Jesús

Ballet Hispánico presents Two World Premieres: Sor Juana by Michelle Manzanales Papagayos by Omar Román de Jesús

Ballet Hispánico
Ballet Hispánico, the nation's largest Latinx cultural organization and one of America's Cultural Treasures, returns to New York City Center after its critically and publicly acclaimed run of Doña Perón. From June 1-3, 2023, Ballet Hispánico will present a mixed bill curated by Artistic Director & CEO Eduardo Vilaro featuring repertory favorites, two new commissions and an exciting new…

 
8:00pm
Axioms Between Frames in Time

Take Root Series at Green Space

danceTactics performance group
Keith Thompson is presenting two beautiful contemporary dance pieces on a shared bill with Alicia Raquel Morales, as part of the Take Root Series at Green Space. Keith and his company, danceTactics, will present the duet "Gardenias" from the Love Alone Anthology Project, inspired by the writings of poet & AIDS activist Paul Monette; and "Axioms Between Frames in Time," a beautiful quartet that has…

 
Sun 4th
2:00pm
Left : 2 dancers are laying on a wooden floor and are intertwined with each other. Right: A dancer is in an inversion.

Place.

Terre Dance Collective
Please join Terre Dance Collective & Alma Collective for a performance at Abrons Arts Center - Studio G05 on Sunday, June 4th at 2 pm. The performance will feature Place. a premiere from Terre & Alma Collective's Co(n)razon.  We look forward to sharing the space with you! Tickets can be purchased here! Terre Dance Collective is a New York City-based group of movement artists creating emotionally…

 
2:00pm
ChrisMastersDance in Mausoleum

MAUSOLEUM

ChrisMastersDance
ChrisMastersDance PRESENTS MAUSOLEUM FOR THREE PERFORMANCES, JUNE 2–4, AT BAM FISHMAN SPACE ChrisMastersDance (CMD) presents Mausoleum at Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Fishman Space, June 2–4, 2023. A dance work that considers and interrupts what has come, Mausoleum investigates our overconsumption of media, addiction to drama, inertia that concretizes unsustainable forms of life and work, and…

 
2:00pm
A masked figure in black stands facing camera with a tunnel of multi-colored lights behind them.

Mausoleum: A dance work that considers and interrupts what has come, making way for tomorrow.

ChrisMastersDance
After nearly a decade-long hiatus from live performance, ChrisMastersDance (CMD) presents Mausoleum at Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Fishman Space, June 2–4, 2023. A dance work that considers and interrupts what has come, Mausoleum investigates our overconsumption of media, addiction to drama, inertia that concretizes unsustainable forms of life and work, and the inextricable link between love and…

 
2:00pm
Yoshiko Chuma

Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks - Shockwave Delay

Yoshiko Chuma and the School of Hard Knocks - Shockwave Delay
This June, Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks return to La MaMa with the world premiere of Shockwave Delay, an unscripted docudrama consisting of 20 chapters, or scenes, that overlap within the frame of two and half hours. Each performance features a rotating cast of artists and no two performances will be the same. Performances are June 1–4 (Thursday–Saturday at 7pm, Sunday at 2pm)…

 
2:00pm
Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company presents the World Premiere of e-Motion

Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company presents the World Premiere of e-Motion

Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company
Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company presents e-Motion, an intermission-less program-length dance from May 26 to June 4, 2023 at The Cherry Arts, 102 Cherry Street, Ithaca, NY and everywhere online. Tickets for in-person performances are $35 adults, $25 seniors, $15 students, and livestream tickets are $20. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit thecherry.org/e-motion. The livestream will be…

 
4:00pm
Spring for Spring, hosted June 4th at 4 PM and 6 PM

Spring for Spring Dance Festival

Spring for Spring and mignolo dance
Hosted by Catherine Messina, Spring for Spring Dance Festival founder and mignolo arts center Sunday June 4, 4 PM and 6 PM Metuchen Town Plaza 33 Pearl St, Metuchen, NJ 08840 ***PLEASE READ THE INFORMATION BELOW CAREFULLY!*** Applications are open for Spring for Spring, a dance festival to be presented on June 4, 2023 in Metuchen, New Jersey! Both new and existing works are welcome, and each work…

 
6:00pm
Spring for Spring, hosted June 4th at 4 PM and 6 PM

Spring for Spring Dance Festival

Spring for Spring and mignolo dance
Hosted by Catherine Messina, Spring for Spring Dance Festival founder and mignolo arts center Sunday June 4, 4 PM and 6 PM Metuchen Town Plaza 33 Pearl St, Metuchen, NJ 08840 ***PLEASE READ THE INFORMATION BELOW CAREFULLY!*** Applications are open for Spring for Spring, a dance festival to be presented on June 4, 2023 in Metuchen, New Jersey! Both new and existing works are welcome, and each work…

 
6:00pm

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park Spring 2023 Festival presents José Limón Dance Company and American Ballet Theatre Studio Company

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park
Dance: José Limón Dance Company and American Ballet Theatre Studio Company June 3 and 4, at 6pm General Admission, $45-65   A double bill featuring the José Limón Dance Company and American Ballet Theatre Studio Company.   The José Limón Dance Company will present two of the master choreographer's most iconic works, Chaconne (1942) and The Moor's Pavane (1949). The Moor’s Pavane,…

 
7:00pm
Fertile Ground

Take Root Presents: danceTactics Performance Group and Alicia Raquel Morales

Valerie Green/Dance Entropy
Being presented in its entirety for the first time in New York, Axioms Between Frames in Time uses film editing and processing as a blueprint for choreography, creating a moving world of beauty, grids, and elusive tableaux. This evening also features the first live performance of Gardenias from the larger work-in-progress Love Alone Anthology Project, inspired by the poetry of AIDS activist Paul Monette,…

 
7:00pm
People sitting in a circle

Fertile Ground New Works Showcase

Valerie Green/Dance Entropy
FERTILE GROUND has supported emerging and established artists for 15 seasons, showcasing the work of over 50 choreographers each year. The non-curated program features 6 dance makers each evening and includes a post-performance discussion with wine, moderated by Green Space Artistic Director Valerie Green. Tickets are $15. June Artists: Coalesce, Kaustavi Movement Center, Clymene Aldinger, Karla Florez,…

 
Mon 5th
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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