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Sat 1st
11:00am
A black and white photo of a woman putting a blindfold on.

FREE Performance: He’s Not Touching Her

Sarah Nagle and Justin Ross
This is a FREE durational performance occurring on 11/29 and 11/30 12pm-6pm, and 12/1 11am-3pm in partnership with Chashama. Dancers are in a storefront, and viewers watch from the sidewalk on 37th street (close to 8th Avenue).  He’s Not Touching Her is a conceptual performance game designed to expose the gender socialization that leaves female-identifying people vulnerable to patterns of abuse…

 
1:00pm

New York Theatre Ballet: Keith Michael’s The Nutcracker

Brookfield Place
Performed by the New York Theatre Ballet, Keith Michael’s innovative choreography is set to Tchaikovsky’s classic score in this holiday masterpiece that will delight all who visit Brookfield Place. The acclaimed dance company will present four performances in the Winter Garden. Seating is first-come, first-served and early arrival is strongly suggested. Friday, November 30: 7- 8 pm Saturday, December…

 
1:00pm

The Nutcracker!!!

Roxey Ballet
The Nutcracker Roxey Ballets 24th Annual Holiday  Tradition  Performance dates are as follows: November 24 at 2pm November 25 at 2pm November 30 at 10am (School Show) December 1 at 1pm (Sensory-Friendly Performance) - LEARN MORE December 1 at 4pm December 2 at 2pm Tickets $20 and Up   All performances are held at The College Of New Jersey’s Kendall Main Stage Theater | 2000 Pennington…

 
1:00pm
roxey ballet

The Nutcracker, Roxey Ballet

The Roxey Contemporary ballet
Dracula is the perfect way to spend the Halloween Season. Mark Roxey successfully combines contemporary choreography, brilliant videography, striking minimalist sets, lavish costumes and world-class artistry to recreate Dracula. Get ready to experience this scary ballet! Sink your teeth into the Gothic tale of Dracula as he struggles against the power of the cross and his love of Lucy. This is the…

 
2:00pm
Twyla Tharp captured in a pose

Twyla Tharp Dance at The Joyce Theater

The Joyce Theater
The Joyce presents one of this century’s most acclaimed artists, Twyla Tharp, in a program focused on her early dances. In Minimalism and Me, Tharp recollects the creation of her seminal early works and their relationship to the minimalist period in visual art.   Curtain Chat: Thu, Nov 15 Family Matinee: Sat, Dec 1   *No performance Thu, Nov 22 (Thanksgiving) **The only Sunday evening…

 
4:00pm

The Nutcracker!!!

Roxey Ballet
The Nutcracker Roxey Ballets 24th Annual Holiday  Tradition  Performance dates are as follows: November 24 at 2pm November 25 at 2pm November 30 at 10am (School Show) December 1 at 1pm (Sensory-Friendly Performance) - LEARN MORE December 1 at 4pm December 2 at 2pm Tickets $20 and Up   All performances are held at The College Of New Jersey’s Kendall Main Stage Theater | 2000 Pennington…

 
4:00pm
Image is a flyer that shows four different dance works that will appear in the program.

Mosaic Dances: Celebrating 15 Years of Mediterranean Magic

Mosaic Dance Theater Company
2018 marks the 15-year anniversary since Mosaic Dance Theater Company’s (MDTC) inaugural performance with a special a concert featuring signature works from the Company’s repertory of dance and folklore from the Mediterranean region -- North Africa, the Middle East, and southern Europe. The program, presented in association with Mount St. Dominic Academy, will be presented in 2 performances, free…

 
4:00pm
roxey ballet

The Nutcracker, Roxey Ballet

The Roxey Contemporary ballet
Dracula is the perfect way to spend the Halloween Season. Mark Roxey successfully combines contemporary choreography, brilliant videography, striking minimalist sets, lavish costumes and world-class artistry to recreate Dracula. Get ready to experience this scary ballet! Sink your teeth into the Gothic tale of Dracula as he struggles against the power of the cross and his love of Lucy. This is the…

 
7:00pm

New York Theatre Ballet: Keith Michael’s The Nutcracker

Brookfield Place
Performed by the New York Theatre Ballet, Keith Michael’s innovative choreography is set to Tchaikovsky’s classic score in this holiday masterpiece that will delight all who visit Brookfield Place. The acclaimed dance company will present four performances in the Winter Garden. Seating is first-come, first-served and early arrival is strongly suggested. Friday, November 30: 7- 8 pm Saturday, December…

 
7:30pm
Show Art for The Eleventh Hour!

The Eleventh Hour! - An original and irreverent rock musical comedy. #SaveYourBrain

Smugbug Productions
The Eleventh Hour! A NEW sci-fi musical comedy about the end of the world -- where else -- a basement in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Chronicling the fabled New Brunswick basement music scene during the apocalypse, this new show, shich had its premiere as part of New York Theater Festival WINTERFEST back in January 2018, includes a basement rocker, his astrophysicist ex-girlfriend, a Medieval Times…

 
8:00pm
Lir Katz, Bailey Anglin, Hannah Wendel, and Suzie Rzecznik

Dance in Bushwick: Vol 2

Dance in Bushwick
Dance in Bushwick has been North Brooklyn's first look for local artists and their work since April of 2018. For the second performance presented by Dance in Bushwick, we're excited for Unit J (338 Moffat St) to host us in their lively yet intimate space. See photography work, dance, music, and collaborations with other artists. Find collaborators and co-conspirators for your next work. Dance,…

 
8:00pm
Bodystories Presents reeling->healing

Triskelion Arts Presents: BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance 2018

Bodystories: Teresa Fellion Dance
This performance will feature the NYC premiere of the beloved Bodystories piece The Warm-Up as well as the world premiere of reeling→ healing. The Warm-Up (originally performed at Southampton Arts Center with support from NY Community Trust) explores the role of dance as both exercise and art and showcases original music by John Yannelli and Glenn Alexander. reeling → healing is a new piece investigating…

 
8:00pm
LOS NUTCRACKERS: A CHRISTMAS CARAJO

BLACKTINX-

BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance
"LOS NUTCRACKERS: A CHRISTMAS CARAJO" is a gay, Latino comedic play, centered around a couple, Carlos and Gabriel, who have been together for 15 years. Their arguing and fighting has reached the queer heavens from which comes a diva spirit who guides them on a trip through their lives.  They travel to the first time they met back in 1986 at a white party at the Palladium dancing, to a catastrophic…

 
8:00pm
Take Root image

Take Root Presents: Ramona Sekulovic and Inclined Dance Project

Ramona Sekulovic and Inclined Dance Project
Take Root Presents: Ramona Sekulovic and Inclined Dance Project November 30th and December 1st 8pm Advance sale tickets: $17 online at www.GreenSpaceStudio.org Tickets purchased at door: $20 cash, $22 credit card   About the Work   Ramona Sekulovic's choreographic practice incorporates the experience, sensation, and perception of her own body as well as its individual anatomical aesthetics…

 
8:00pm
Image by Ziyao Yu

Triskelion Arts Presents... BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance

Triskelion Arts
Triskelion Arts Presents... BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance "reeling → healing" November 29 – December 1, 2018 at 8pm Triskelion Arts’ Muriel Schulman Theater 106 Calyer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222 – Enter on Banker Street Tickets: $18 in advance | $22 at the door Purchase: www.eventbrite.com/e/triskelion-arts-presents-bodystories-teresa-fellion-dance-tickets-48739662643 Triskelion…

 
8:00pm
Twyla Tharp captured in a pose

Twyla Tharp Dance at The Joyce Theater

The Joyce Theater
The Joyce presents one of this century’s most acclaimed artists, Twyla Tharp, in a program focused on her early dances. In Minimalism and Me, Tharp recollects the creation of her seminal early works and their relationship to the minimalist period in visual art.   Curtain Chat: Thu, Nov 15 Family Matinee: Sat, Dec 1   *No performance Thu, Nov 22 (Thanksgiving) **The only Sunday evening…

 
8:00pm
Sally Silvers

ALONG

Sally Silvers & Dancers
A low-tech, science fiction based “girl power” led adventure, ALONG imagines a place where different worlds and body languages confuse, collide, and waveringly communicate. This is a stark meeting of ‘super-heroes’ stranded on a desert isle. Since there is no shared language, it starts from scratch to build a commonality of difference. Artistic Director/Choreographer Sally Silvers has…

 
Sun 2nd
12:00pm
MISS HILL: MAKING DANCE MATTER

FILM SHOWING OF MARTHA HILL MAKING DANCE MATTER

CHEN DANCE CENTER
Free showing of Miss Hill: Making Dance Matter on December 2, 2018 at 12:00pm A documentary that tells the inspiring and largely unknown story of a woman whose life was defined by her love for dance. Martha Hill emerges as dance’s secret weapon, someone who fought against great odds to establish dance as a legitimate art form in America. Through archival footage, lively interviews with dance notables,…

 
1:00pm

New York Theatre Ballet: Keith Michael’s The Nutcracker

Brookfield Place
Performed by the New York Theatre Ballet, Keith Michael’s innovative choreography is set to Tchaikovsky’s classic score in this holiday masterpiece that will delight all who visit Brookfield Place. The acclaimed dance company will present four performances in the Winter Garden. Seating is first-come, first-served and early arrival is strongly suggested. Friday, November 30: 7- 8 pm Saturday, December…

 
2:00pm

The Nutcracker!!!

Roxey Ballet
The Nutcracker Roxey Ballets 24th Annual Holiday  Tradition  Performance dates are as follows: November 24 at 2pm November 25 at 2pm November 30 at 10am (School Show) December 1 at 1pm (Sensory-Friendly Performance) - LEARN MORE December 1 at 4pm December 2 at 2pm Tickets $20 and Up   All performances are held at The College Of New Jersey’s Kendall Main Stage Theater | 2000 Pennington…

 
2:00pm
Twyla Tharp captured in a pose

Twyla Tharp Dance at The Joyce Theater

The Joyce Theater
The Joyce presents one of this century’s most acclaimed artists, Twyla Tharp, in a program focused on her early dances. In Minimalism and Me, Tharp recollects the creation of her seminal early works and their relationship to the minimalist period in visual art.   Curtain Chat: Thu, Nov 15 Family Matinee: Sat, Dec 1   *No performance Thu, Nov 22 (Thanksgiving) **The only Sunday evening…

 
2:00pm
roxey ballet

The Nutcracker, Roxey Ballet

The Roxey Contemporary ballet
Dracula is the perfect way to spend the Halloween Season. Mark Roxey successfully combines contemporary choreography, brilliant videography, striking minimalist sets, lavish costumes and world-class artistry to recreate Dracula. Get ready to experience this scary ballet! Sink your teeth into the Gothic tale of Dracula as he struggles against the power of the cross and his love of Lucy. This is the…

 
4:00pm
Japanese/Okinawan traditional dancer and choreographer Junko Fisher

GOHENGE

Junko Enterprises Inc.
Junko Enterprises Inc. presents Japanese/Okinawan traditional dancer and choreographer Junko Fisher in GOHENGE, an original choreographed show featuring five different characters dancing to different genres of music, including classical, Japanese folk music, and Kabuki music. Special guest performance by shakuhachi (Japanese flute) Master Daniel Nyohaku Soergel. Tickets are $25, available via www.ovationtix.com;…

 
6:00pm
Left: Davidson Gigliotti and Leo (top) and Stuart Sherman (bottom), stills from video by Davidson Gigliotti; Jennifer Monson and

Sundays on Broadway presents Jennifer Monson; Christopher Williams; Stuart Sherman video by Davidson Gigliotti

Cathy Weis Projects
Join us for an evening of video and dance with works by Davidson Gigliotti, Jennifer Monson, and Christopher Williams, curated by Cathy Weis. Davidson Gigliotti will show his video Close-Up Magic: Seven Tabletop Spectacles by Stuart Sherman. Stuart Sherman was a performance-art star in New York in the late 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, and his work still resonates. He was a master of close-up…

 
7:00pm
Fertile Ground banner

Fertile Ground New Works Showcase December 2018

Various
FERTILE GROUND has supported emerging and established artists for 13 seasons, showcasing the work of over 50 choreographers each year. The non-curated program features 5-6 dance makers each evening and includes a post-performance discussion with wine, moderated by Green Space’s Artistic Director, Valerie Green. December 2nd, 2018 7pm Tickets: $15 at door and online at www.GreenSpaceStudio.org Featuring: Nattie…

 
7:30pm
Twyla Tharp captured in a pose

Twyla Tharp Dance at The Joyce Theater

The Joyce Theater
The Joyce presents one of this century’s most acclaimed artists, Twyla Tharp, in a program focused on her early dances. In Minimalism and Me, Tharp recollects the creation of her seminal early works and their relationship to the minimalist period in visual art.   Curtain Chat: Thu, Nov 15 Family Matinee: Sat, Dec 1   *No performance Thu, Nov 22 (Thanksgiving) **The only Sunday evening…

 
8:00pm
Poster for the performance festival

Super 8 Movements : Movement and performance on Film

MONO NO AWARE
Super 8 Movements is a program of projection performances that incorporate a moving image component on Super 8mm film.  Curated by Brighid Greene, this will be the world premiere of 4 new pieces by ANIMALS performance group, Laurel Atwell, Stephanie Gould and percussionist / choreographer Jason Bernard Lucas.  This program is opening night of a 5-night cinema-arts festival MONO NO AWARE XI and is…

 
8:00pm
Image is a flyer that shows four different dance works that will appear in the program.

Mosaic Dances: Celebrating 15 Years of Mediterranean Magic

Mosaic Dance Theater Company
2018 marks the 15-year anniversary since Mosaic Dance Theater Company’s (MDTC) inaugural performance with a special a concert featuring signature works from the Company’s repertory of dance and folklore from the Mediterranean region -- North Africa, the Middle East, and southern Europe. The program, presented in association with Mount St. Dominic Academy, will be presented in 2 performances, free…

 
Mon 3rd
6:00pm
Image of "A Life Not Still" by Tyler Gilstrap

NYDP FREE Performances!

New York Dance Project
New York Dance Project is hosting FREE performances at the Center at West Park (86th Street & Amsterdam) on Monday and Tuesday, December 3rd & 4th, showcasing a wide range of dance, from classical to exciting new choreography. Featuring works by Gerald Arpino, Robert Joffrey, Dwight Rhoden, Tyler Gilstrap, Larry Keigwin, and more! Join us for a night to remember. 

 
7:30pm
Image of "A Life Not Still" by Tyler Gilstrap

NYDP FREE Performances!

New York Dance Project
New York Dance Project is hosting FREE performances at the Center at West Park (86th Street & Amsterdam) on Monday and Tuesday, December 3rd & 4th, showcasing a wide range of dance, from classical to exciting new choreography. Featuring works by Gerald Arpino, Robert Joffrey, Dwight Rhoden, Tyler Gilstrap, Larry Keigwin, and more! Join us for a night to remember. 

 
8:00pm
Movement Research at Judson Church

Movement Research at Judson Church

Movement Research
Movement Research at Judson Church November 12 - December 10, 2018 MON 8:00 pm A free, high visibility low-tech forum for experimentation, emerging ideas and works-in-progress held in the Fall and Spring seasons. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists, and join Movement Research Artists-In-Residence and international guests each season in performing at the historic Judson Memorial…

 
9:00pm
The Craft: Performances & Brews

The Craft: Late Night Performances & Brews

The Craft
The Craft is gearing up for November’s performance series! Join us for a collaborative evening of performance and craft beer at Threes Brewing's Franklin + Kent location in Greenpoint, Monday, December 3rd @ 9 PM. Entry is free. Donations encouraged.

 
Tue 4th
4:00pm
Image of "A Life Not Still" by Tyler Gilstrap

NYDP FREE Performances!

New York Dance Project
New York Dance Project is hosting FREE performances at the Center at West Park (86th Street & Amsterdam) on Monday and Tuesday, December 3rd & 4th, showcasing a wide range of dance, from classical to exciting new choreography. Featuring works by Gerald Arpino, Robert Joffrey, Dwight Rhoden, Tyler Gilstrap, Larry Keigwin, and more! Join us for a night to remember. 

 
6:00pm
Image of "A Life Not Still" by Tyler Gilstrap

NYDP FREE Performances!

New York Dance Project
New York Dance Project is hosting FREE performances at the Center at West Park (86th Street & Amsterdam) on Monday and Tuesday, December 3rd & 4th, showcasing a wide range of dance, from classical to exciting new choreography. Featuring works by Gerald Arpino, Robert Joffrey, Dwight Rhoden, Tyler Gilstrap, Larry Keigwin, and more! Join us for a night to remember. 

 
7:00pm
Jonah Bokaer & Rachel Libeskind

Jonah Bokaer and Rachel Libeskind, Double Helix VIP Preview Tuesday, December 4, 7–9PM

Jonah Bokaer Arts Foundation
Celebrate the kick off of Miami Art Week with a one-night performance from choreographer Jonah Bokaer and artist Rachel Libeskind. Presented in partnership with Mana Contemporary and made possible with support from The Knight Foundation, Double Helix brings together Libeskind’s dynamic visuals with Bokaer’s original choreography, creating an immersive environment of image, video, and dance. More…

 
7:00pm
photo by Daim Lee

Open Performance

Movement Research
Open Performance TUES 7:00 - 8:30 pm November 13 - December 18 A program of non-curated shared showings of experimentation and work-in-progress by artists at all stages of their development. The events are centered around an audience discussion customarily moderated by a current or former Movement Research Artist-in-Residence, where we experiment with different feedback methods to support and inform…

 
7:30pm
Image of "A Life Not Still" by Tyler Gilstrap

NYDP FREE Performances!

New York Dance Project
New York Dance Project is hosting FREE performances at the Center at West Park (86th Street & Amsterdam) on Monday and Tuesday, December 3rd & 4th, showcasing a wide range of dance, from classical to exciting new choreography. Featuring works by Gerald Arpino, Robert Joffrey, Dwight Rhoden, Tyler Gilstrap, Larry Keigwin, and more! Join us for a night to remember. 

 
7:30pm
Twyla Tharp captured in a pose

Twyla Tharp Dance at The Joyce Theater

The Joyce Theater
The Joyce presents one of this century’s most acclaimed artists, Twyla Tharp, in a program focused on her early dances. In Minimalism and Me, Tharp recollects the creation of her seminal early works and their relationship to the minimalist period in visual art.   Curtain Chat: Thu, Nov 15 Family Matinee: Sat, Dec 1   *No performance Thu, Nov 22 (Thanksgiving) **The only Sunday evening…

 
Wed 5th
6:00pm
Holiday performance and party

Holiday Performance (and party!)

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre
Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre's Holiday Performance (& Party) View 34 @ 401 East 34th Street, NYC | December 5, 2018 | 6-9 p.m. | Tickets $40 Enjoy a short preview of Amanda Selwyn’s developing work Crossroads in a festive holiday party atmosphere with food, wine, silent auction, education program activites, and more! Crossroads is a new work in development by Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre scheduled…

 
7:00pm
Poster for the performance festival

Super 8 Movements : Movement and performance on Film

MONO NO AWARE
Super 8 Movements is a program of projection performances that incorporate a moving image component on Super 8mm film.  Curated by Brighid Greene, this will be the world premiere of 4 new pieces by ANIMALS performance group, Laurel Atwell, Stephanie Gould and percussionist / choreographer Jason Bernard Lucas.  This program is opening night of a 5-night cinema-arts festival MONO NO AWARE XI and is…

 
7:30pm
Twyla Tharp captured in a pose

Twyla Tharp Dance at The Joyce Theater

The Joyce Theater
The Joyce presents one of this century’s most acclaimed artists, Twyla Tharp, in a program focused on her early dances. In Minimalism and Me, Tharp recollects the creation of her seminal early works and their relationship to the minimalist period in visual art.   Curtain Chat: Thu, Nov 15 Family Matinee: Sat, Dec 1   *No performance Thu, Nov 22 (Thanksgiving) **The only Sunday evening…

 
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