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Fri 1st
6:30pm
From a bird's eye view, two dancers lift their chest to the sky and making contact with each other.

Performance: Nadra Assaf and Heather Harrington

WADE DANCE
WADEintoACTIVISM Festival Performance: Nadra Assaf and Heather Harrington Event start time: 6:30pm and 8:30pm EST Location: Arts on Site, 12 St. Marks Place, East Village NYC Featuring the artistic works of Nadra Assaf (Lebanon, USA) and Heather Harrington (USA) Run time: Approx. 1 hour About WADEintoACTIVISM: WADEintoACTIVISM is a 16 day performing arts festival curated and produced by WADE.…

 
7:00pm
Ten dancers on stage, some on the ground and some standing, all with blue fabric wrapped around their faces and heads

Ashley Chen: Unisson, Rush, Distances & more

Kashyl
Ashley Chen—choreographer, performer, and founder of Kashyl—will bring a triptych of works to La MaMa as part of Villa Albertine’s 2023 Dance Season. The three pieces delve into the substance of the group, reshaping and exploring its various states. In UNISSON, eight dancers attempt to reach an intimate point of resonance: how does a group invent itself through dance? How can movement become…

 
7:30pm
Patrick Olson and the cast of Emergence

Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem

Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem
Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem is a deeply original performance of music, breathtaking dance, spoken word and psychedelia, led by artist Patrick Olson. He is backed by musicians, singers, dancers, and large-scale immersive video imagery. You will not have seen anything like it. Combining thundering music and mind trip monologues, Emergence explores the deepest aspects of the human experience…

 
7:30pm
Cat-like Wylding stares at you with neon green eyes

Dawn of the Wylding

Ripening
Ripening’s latest incarnation, Dawn of the Wylding, is a dance theater performance and immersive installation that integrates cinematic interludes, live video and music to illustrate themes of ecofeminism, animal mythology, and femme empowerment. Directed, choreographed, produced, and written by Vanessa Walters, in collaboration with the performers and creative team. Dawn of the Wylding features…

 
8:00pm
Episode 6: Dances with Robots IRL: A Conversation with Catie Cuan NOW LIVE

Episode 6: Dances with Robots IRL: A Conversation with Catie Cuan NOW LIVE

Dances with Robots
The Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces (CRCI) presents Dances with Robots: a podcast catalyzed by the corporeal risks and expressive opportunities of contemporary technologies. Join our host, choreographer and Dean at Brown University, Sydney Skybetter, and Co-Host, Ariane Michaud, Executive Director of CRCI, alongside a series of guest hosts, as we explore the ways in which artists,…

 
8:00pm

Princeton Dance Festival

Princeton University Lewis Center for the Arts
The 2023 Princeton Dance Festival features new and repertory works by nationally and internationally recognized choreographers, performed by more than 50 Princeton dance students. The program includes choreography by Brian Brooks, Amy Hall Garner, Bill T. Jones staged by Catherine Cabeen, Ishita Mili, Shamel Pitts, and Donna Uchizono. The range of works includes contemporary ballet, Indian/hip hop…

 
8:00pm
Four female dancers in yellow dresses hold fans and jump while four male dancers kneel in front of them

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s New York City Center Season November 29 – December 31, 2023

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world’s most popular dance companies, returns to New York City Center November 29 – December 31, 2023, for an engagement that has become a joyous holiday tradition. Ailey’s extraordinary dancers will move audiences with world premieres by Amy Hall Garner and Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish along with new productions and a variety of repertory…

 
8:00pm
Top: Two black dancers facing upstage with their focus facing up. Bottom:Grace sits criss-cross with crown labeled GRACE

Split Bill #41 | Stephen Shynes | Grace Yi-Li Tong

Triskelion Arts
NOVEMBER 30 & DECEMBER 1, 2023 8PM Our SPLIT BILL Series brings together pairings of NYC-based movement artists. Stephen Shynes suRREALIST is a series of episodes that takes place in the conscious and subconscious mind. The never ending battle between our reality and our dreams. Grace Yi-Li Tong ZOO! (2) is a hyperbolic illumination of memory storage, childhood play, fantasy, and the unsaid in…

 
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. 

 
8:30pm
From a bird's eye view, two dancers lift their chest to the sky and making contact with each other.

Performance: Nadra Assaf and Heather Harrington

WADE DANCE
WADEintoACTIVISM Festival Performance: Nadra Assaf and Heather Harrington Event start time: 6:30pm and 8:30pm EST Location: Arts on Site, 12 St. Marks Place, East Village NYC Featuring the artistic works of Nadra Assaf (Lebanon, USA) and Heather Harrington (USA) Run time: Approx. 1 hour About WADEintoACTIVISM: WADEintoACTIVISM is a 16 day performing arts festival curated and produced by WADE.…

 
Sat 2nd
10:00am
Forza Dance Emerging Artist Festival

Forza Dance Emerging Artist Festival

Forza Dance Company + Community
Hello Forza friend! Are you an emerging choreographer itching to share a new work? Looking to hone in on your choreographic journey? Craving a chance to cultivate your own masterclass and processes?  We leveled up and want to bring YOU with us! After three sold out Emerging Artist Showcases, we are looking forward to hosting more emerging artists and companies than ever before  in our first Emerging…

 
11:00am
A girl in a nightgown extends her leg and arms, admiring a nutcracker in front of a tree.

My First Nutcracker

New York City Children's Theater
You’re invited to Clara-Marie’s holiday party! Join Clara-Marie and the Prince as they travel to a magical kingdom filled with sparkling skies, dancing flowers, and a pesky mouse king in this interactive holiday classic reimagined for your youngest theatergoers! Adapted for young audiences by Barbara Zinn Krieger and directed and choreographed by Melissa Riker, NYCCT’s hit dance theater production…

 
11:00am

Pomelo, Ombres Folles Family Show

Flushing Town Hall
In-Person Tickets:  Performance: $15 adults/$12 member adults/all children $8  Workshop: $5 for non-members/$4 for members  Flushing Town Hall no longer requires visitors or performers to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19; wearing a mask is optional but recommended. For more details, please visit www.flushingtownhall.org/covid-safety  Flushing Town Hall is proud to present our next…

 
2:00pm

Princeton Dance Festival

Princeton University Lewis Center for the Arts
The 2023 Princeton Dance Festival features new and repertory works by nationally and internationally recognized choreographers, performed by more than 50 Princeton dance students. The program includes choreography by Brian Brooks, Amy Hall Garner, Bill T. Jones staged by Catherine Cabeen, Ishita Mili, Shamel Pitts, and Donna Uchizono. The range of works includes contemporary ballet, Indian/hip hop…

 
2:00pm
Four female dancers in yellow dresses hold fans and jump while four male dancers kneel in front of them

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s New York City Center Season November 29 – December 31, 2023

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world’s most popular dance companies, returns to New York City Center November 29 – December 31, 2023, for an engagement that has become a joyous holiday tradition. Ailey’s extraordinary dancers will move audiences with world premieres by Amy Hall Garner and Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish along with new productions and a variety of repertory…

 
2:30pm
A girl in a nightgown extends her leg and arms, admiring a nutcracker in front of a tree.

My First Nutcracker

New York City Children's Theater
You’re invited to Clara-Marie’s holiday party! Join Clara-Marie and the Prince as they travel to a magical kingdom filled with sparkling skies, dancing flowers, and a pesky mouse king in this interactive holiday classic reimagined for your youngest theatergoers! Adapted for young audiences by Barbara Zinn Krieger and directed and choreographed by Melissa Riker, NYCCT’s hit dance theater production…

 
6:30pm
Two dancers support a dancer who is wrapping their arms and lifting their leg.

Performance: Anna Caffarelli/Crimson Moeller & Finleigh Zack Dance

WADE DANCE
WADEintoACTIVISM Festival Performance: Anna Caffarelli/Crimson Moeller & Finleigh Zack Dance Event start time: 6:30pm and 8:30pm EST Location: Arts on Site, 12 St. Marks Place, East Village NYC Featuring the artistic works of Anna Caffarelli (USA), Crimson Moeller (USA), and Finleigh Zack Dance (USA) Run time: Approx. 1 hour About WADEintoACTIVISM: WADEintoACTIVISM is a 16 day performing arts…

 
7:00pm
A promotional poster featuring the artwork by Lulú Michelli with a stylized women's face and the performance date of Her TANGO

Her TANGO

Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100
In a blend of the traditional and the contemporary, Leonardo Suarez Paz’s PIAZZOLLA 100 brings a unique narrative to the stage with Her TANGO. Three iconic instruments of tango—violin, guitar, and bandoneon, along with members of the Nuevo Tango Ballet, address the genre’s essence and evolution and an intimate portrait of the genre through the female gaze.  This preview performance combines…

 
7:00pm
Ten dancers on stage, some on the ground and some standing, all with blue fabric wrapped around their faces and heads

Ashley Chen: Unisson, Rush, Distances & more

Kashyl
Ashley Chen—choreographer, performer, and founder of Kashyl—will bring a triptych of works to La MaMa as part of Villa Albertine’s 2023 Dance Season. The three pieces delve into the substance of the group, reshaping and exploring its various states. In UNISSON, eight dancers attempt to reach an intimate point of resonance: how does a group invent itself through dance? How can movement become…

 
7:30pm
Cat-like Wylding stares at you with neon green eyes

Dawn of the Wylding

Ripening
Ripening’s latest incarnation, Dawn of the Wylding, is a dance theater performance and immersive installation that integrates cinematic interludes, live video and music to illustrate themes of ecofeminism, animal mythology, and femme empowerment. Directed, choreographed, produced, and written by Vanessa Walters, in collaboration with the performers and creative team. Dawn of the Wylding features…

 
7:30pm
'Words Spoken' | 12.2.2023 7:30PM| Dancewave 182 4th Avenue, Brooklyn, 11217

'Words Spoken' (An Evening Length Performance

Monét Movement Productions The Collective
Monét Movement Productions The Collective excitedly invites you to our FIRST evening length show 'WORDS SPOKEN'! ABOUT 'WORDS SPOKEN' 'Words Spoken' introduces the audience to who we are, examines our relationships to self and others, serves the communities we belong to, and we journey through our life experiences to unearth and proliferate who we are at our core. The words…

 
8:00pm
Patrick Olson and the cast of Emergence

Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem

Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem
Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem is a deeply original performance of music, breathtaking dance, spoken word and psychedelia, led by artist Patrick Olson. He is backed by musicians, singers, dancers, and large-scale immersive video imagery. You will not have seen anything like it. Combining thundering music and mind trip monologues, Emergence explores the deepest aspects of the human experience…

 
8:00pm

Princeton Dance Festival

Princeton University Lewis Center for the Arts
The 2023 Princeton Dance Festival features new and repertory works by nationally and internationally recognized choreographers, performed by more than 50 Princeton dance students. The program includes choreography by Brian Brooks, Amy Hall Garner, Bill T. Jones staged by Catherine Cabeen, Ishita Mili, Shamel Pitts, and Donna Uchizono. The range of works includes contemporary ballet, Indian/hip hop…

 
8:00pm
Four female dancers in yellow dresses hold fans and jump while four male dancers kneel in front of them

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s New York City Center Season November 29 – December 31, 2023

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world’s most popular dance companies, returns to New York City Center November 29 – December 31, 2023, for an engagement that has become a joyous holiday tradition. Ailey’s extraordinary dancers will move audiences with world premieres by Amy Hall Garner and Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish along with new productions and a variety of repertory…

 
8:30pm
Two dancers support a dancer who is wrapping their arms and lifting their leg.

Performance: Anna Caffarelli/Crimson Moeller & Finleigh Zack Dance

WADE DANCE
WADEintoACTIVISM Festival Performance: Anna Caffarelli/Crimson Moeller & Finleigh Zack Dance Event start time: 6:30pm and 8:30pm EST Location: Arts on Site, 12 St. Marks Place, East Village NYC Featuring the artistic works of Anna Caffarelli (USA), Crimson Moeller (USA), and Finleigh Zack Dance (USA) Run time: Approx. 1 hour About WADEintoACTIVISM: WADEintoACTIVISM is a 16 day performing arts…

 
Sun 3rd
11:00am
A girl in a nightgown extends her leg and arms, admiring a nutcracker in front of a tree.

My First Nutcracker

New York City Children's Theater
You’re invited to Clara-Marie’s holiday party! Join Clara-Marie and the Prince as they travel to a magical kingdom filled with sparkling skies, dancing flowers, and a pesky mouse king in this interactive holiday classic reimagined for your youngest theatergoers! Adapted for young audiences by Barbara Zinn Krieger and directed and choreographed by Melissa Riker, NYCCT’s hit dance theater production…

 
11:00am
Forza Dance Emerging Artist Festival

Forza Dance Emerging Artist Festival

Forza Dance Company + Community
Hello Forza friend! Are you an emerging choreographer itching to share a new work? Looking to hone in on your choreographic journey? Craving a chance to cultivate your own masterclass and processes?  We leveled up and want to bring YOU with us! After three sold out Emerging Artist Showcases, we are looking forward to hosting more emerging artists and companies than ever before  in our first Emerging…

 
12:00pm
two dancers dancing, one lifting the other into the air

Kwanzaa Celebration 2023 - ELEVATE!

Kofago Dance Ensemble
Kofago Dance Ensemble Unveils the 6th Annual Kwanzaa Celebration with the Theme "ELEVATE" Kofago Dance Ensemble is delighted to announce the theme for our 6th Anniversary Kwanzaa Celebration - "ELEVATE". This theme not only represents the ascent of this much-celebrated event over six years but also commemorates the Kofago Dance Ensemble's own 5th anniversary. In partnership with Rhythm N Dance…

 
2:00pm
Patrick Olson and the cast of Emergence

Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem

Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem
Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem is a deeply original performance of music, breathtaking dance, spoken word and psychedelia, led by artist Patrick Olson. He is backed by musicians, singers, dancers, and large-scale immersive video imagery. You will not have seen anything like it. Combining thundering music and mind trip monologues, Emergence explores the deepest aspects of the human experience…

 
2:00pm

Princeton Dance Festival

Princeton University Lewis Center for the Arts
The 2023 Princeton Dance Festival features new and repertory works by nationally and internationally recognized choreographers, performed by more than 50 Princeton dance students. The program includes choreography by Brian Brooks, Amy Hall Garner, Bill T. Jones staged by Catherine Cabeen, Ishita Mili, Shamel Pitts, and Donna Uchizono. The range of works includes contemporary ballet, Indian/hip hop…

 
2:00pm
Ten dancers on stage, some on the ground and some standing, all with blue fabric wrapped around their faces and heads

Ashley Chen: Unisson, Rush, Distances & more

Kashyl
Ashley Chen—choreographer, performer, and founder of Kashyl—will bring a triptych of works to La MaMa as part of Villa Albertine’s 2023 Dance Season. The three pieces delve into the substance of the group, reshaping and exploring its various states. In UNISSON, eight dancers attempt to reach an intimate point of resonance: how does a group invent itself through dance? How can movement become…

 
2:30pm
A girl in a nightgown extends her leg and arms, admiring a nutcracker in front of a tree.

My First Nutcracker

New York City Children's Theater
You’re invited to Clara-Marie’s holiday party! Join Clara-Marie and the Prince as they travel to a magical kingdom filled with sparkling skies, dancing flowers, and a pesky mouse king in this interactive holiday classic reimagined for your youngest theatergoers! Adapted for young audiences by Barbara Zinn Krieger and directed and choreographed by Melissa Riker, NYCCT’s hit dance theater production…

 
3:00pm
Four female dancers in yellow dresses hold fans and jump while four male dancers kneel in front of them

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s New York City Center Season November 29 – December 31, 2023

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world’s most popular dance companies, returns to New York City Center November 29 – December 31, 2023, for an engagement that has become a joyous holiday tradition. Ailey’s extraordinary dancers will move audiences with world premieres by Amy Hall Garner and Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish along with new productions and a variety of repertory…

 
3:30pm
Cat-like Wylding stares at you with neon green eyes

Dawn of the Wylding

Ripening
Ripening’s latest incarnation, Dawn of the Wylding, is a dance theater performance and immersive installation that integrates cinematic interludes, live video and music to illustrate themes of ecofeminism, animal mythology, and femme empowerment. Directed, choreographed, produced, and written by Vanessa Walters, in collaboration with the performers and creative team. Dawn of the Wylding features…

 
7:00pm
two dancers dancing, one lifting the other into the air

Kwanzaa Celebration 2023 - ELEVATE!

Kofago Dance Ensemble
Kofago Dance Ensemble Unveils the 6th Annual Kwanzaa Celebration with the Theme "ELEVATE" Kofago Dance Ensemble is delighted to announce the theme for our 6th Anniversary Kwanzaa Celebration - "ELEVATE". This theme not only represents the ascent of this much-celebrated event over six years but also commemorates the Kofago Dance Ensemble's own 5th anniversary. In partnership with Rhythm N Dance…

 
Mon 4th
7:00pm
a Black man looks at the camera dressed in a purple dress shirt and flower tie

Bill Chats with Marc Bamuthi Joseph

New York Live Arts
The singular Bill Chats program features Jones in conversation with poet Marc Bamuthi Joseph on December 4th. This season’s first in the series of intimate chats between Jones and theater makers, authors, scholars, and more, will pay witness to these two artists’ deep working relationship and creative dialogue behind their co-conceived opera Watch Night opening the Perelman Performing Arts Center’s…

 
Tue 5th
7:00pm
The Circle or Prophetic Dream is anthropological research on how the body and sound inhabit social space as new forms of nomadis

The Circle or Prophetic Dream, presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Dance

Princeton University Lewis Center for the Arts
Description: The Circle or Prophetic Dream is anthropological research on how the body and sound inhabit social space as new forms of nomadism. Princeton Arts Fellow Christopher "Unpezverde" Núñez and students in his fall course, “Introduction to Vortex: A Sacred Dance Practice,” excavate memory through psychospiritual embodiment to experience collective trance, community and empowerment. Núñez…

 
7:00pm
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Trio B

Open Dance Ensemble
If you liked Rainer’s Trio A, come see Open Dance’s Trio B! Trio B was inspired by, and is a response to Yvonne Rainer's ground-breaking 1966 Trio A as presented in her 1976 video. The ensemble dancers choose movements from the original, re-arrange and transpose them, and self-conduct a new, improvised performance with them. Two Shows: Tuesday, December 5th, Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn,  https://www.triskelionarts.org/stage-dive. Free…

 
7:00pm
Ten dancers on stage, some on the ground and some standing, all with blue fabric wrapped around their faces and heads

Ashley Chen: Unisson, Rush, Distances & more

Kashyl
Ashley Chen—choreographer, performer, and founder of Kashyl—will bring a triptych of works to La MaMa as part of Villa Albertine’s 2023 Dance Season. The three pieces delve into the substance of the group, reshaping and exploring its various states. In UNISSON, eight dancers attempt to reach an intimate point of resonance: how does a group invent itself through dance? How can movement become…

 
7:30pm
Patrick Olson and the cast of Emergence

Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem

Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem
Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem is a deeply original performance of music, breathtaking dance, spoken word and psychedelia, led by artist Patrick Olson. He is backed by musicians, singers, dancers, and large-scale immersive video imagery. You will not have seen anything like it. Combining thundering music and mind trip monologues, Emergence explores the deepest aspects of the human experience…

 
7:30pm
Four female dancers in yellow dresses hold fans and jump while four male dancers kneel in front of them

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s New York City Center Season November 29 – December 31, 2023

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world’s most popular dance companies, returns to New York City Center November 29 – December 31, 2023, for an engagement that has become a joyous holiday tradition. Ailey’s extraordinary dancers will move audiences with world premieres by Amy Hall Garner and Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish along with new productions and a variety of repertory…

 
7:45pm
Radio City Music Hall 2022

SHOOTING STARS RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL

Shooting Stars NYC
SHOOTING STARS NYC TO PERFORM AS OPENING ACT FOR THE CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR STARRING THE RADIO CITY ROCKETTES FOR THE SECOND YEAR!    Nov 1, 2023 (New York, New York) - Shooting Stars NYC (SSDC), a 24 year NYC-based competitive dance company building confidence, teamwork, and leadership through competitive dance, announces that it will open for The Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes…

 
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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