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8:00am
NEW! MORNING FIT @ STEPS - TOTAL BODY BARRE CLASSES

NEW! MORNING FIT @ STEPS - TOTAL BODY BARRE CLASSES

Steps on Broadway
Steps on Broadway introduces Morning Fit @ Steps - excercise classes for everyone, beginning the week of January 11, 2016. Morning Fit @ Steps is comprised of Boot Camp, Total Body Barre, and Yin the Zone classes. Total Body Barre classes will be taught by Nathan Norrington & Hannah Simmons and will be held onTuesdays & Thursdays from 8 to 9am at Steps on Broadway. Single classes are $25 and a…

 
10:00am
N/A

Festival | State of Dancing: Conditional Contemplations

Movement Research
Class with Keely Garfield 10am-12pm Danspace Project $5 suggested donation – all collected will go to the festival artists "REGISTER HERE: https://form.jotform.com/MovementResearch/festival-workshops-fall-2016 **Registration encouraged** Movement Research Festival Fall 2016 is curated by Carolyn Hall, Omagbitse Omagbemi and Kayvon Pourazar. 

 
10:00am
Witchcraft - A Corporeal Practice with iele paloumpis

Witchcraft - A Corporeal Practice with iele paloumpis

Movement Research
Witchcraft - A Corporeal Practice with iele paloumpis September 1 – February 28 TUE THU 10am-12pm MR@Gibney 280 Broadway $14 No class November 24, December 27 and 29     This class explores movement, ritual and visualization as pathways toward re-patterning stagnant energy. The lunar calendar, seasons and astrology all have visceral effects, so we’ll tap into what is already present…

 
10:00am
Floor Friends: Floorwork Training

Floor Friends: Floorwork Training

Brooklyn Studios for Dance
Floor Friends: Floorwork Training Thursdays, 10am – 12noon // 20-Oct thru 8-Dec $14 This floorwork training class expands our relationship to the floor to include all surfaces of the room and our bodies. How can we relate to, go through, and leap from the floor, the ceiling, the walls? What if our physical investigations could shift our physical environment? Class invites students and peers…

 
10:00am
Klein Technique™ with Barbara Mahler.

Klein Technique™– for movers of all kinds with Barbara Mahler

Movement Research
Klein Technique™– for movers of all kinds with Barbara Mahler September 8 - December 22 TUE THU 10am-12pm Eden's Expressway  $14 No class November 24   The work in class engages us in a process that facilitates changes in the way we see, use, and relate to our bodies moving in space. We work with the deep connections in the pelvis, freeing the upper body to move with ease and expression.…

 
12:30pm
Shadows & Feet

Body Narratives Lab w/ Daniela Tenhamm -Tejos

Brooklyn Studios for Dance
Body Narratives Lab Thursdays, 12:30pm – 2pm // 27-Oct thru 8-Dec $12 Body Narratives Lab is a improvisation-based workshop that welcomes participants from different ages and backgrounds to investigate their own and personal manner of moving. The participants are invited to approach movement alternating between the particular physicality of the own body and the symbolic scope of embodiment. The…

 
2:00pm
Golden Grooves w/ Candace Tabbs

Golden Grooves w/ Candace Tabbs

Brooklyn Studios for Dance
Golden Grooves Thursdays, 2p – 3p // 6-Oct thru 8-Dec $5-donation Join Candace in an energy filled dance party to new jams and classic songs that gets your mind, body and spirit moving. This class begins with a warm up that prepares both small and large muscles for some serious dancing and gets the blood flowing. Then we dance to electric music with easy to follow steps. Our goal is to build…

 
2:00pm
Approach to Dance

Approach to Dance

Shen Tao Studio
Learn how the Shen Tao Approach can deepen your practice of classical andcontemporary dance. A two hour class organized around aspecific technical or movement principle. An emphasis is placed on openingblocked musculature, coordinating joint function, strengthening muscle tissue, and tractioning joints. By deepening your experiential understanding of these principles, you will…

 
3:00pm
Dance Workshop

New Dance Studio - Dance Workshop

Dance Workshop
Nanci Grasso opened up new Dance Workshop doors with her first Manhattan location offering classes from ages 2 years-adults. The studio is perfectly located on the south east corner of 64th Street and Lexington Avenue, the 1,600 sq. foot studio will provide an array of classes from the classic forms of ballet, tap, jazz to musical theatre and hip hop. Enrollment is ongoing!

 
6:00pm

Contact Improvisation - The Basics

Movement Research
Contact Improvisation – The Basics September 1 – February 23 THU 6-8pm MR@Gibney 280 Broadway $14 No Class November 24 and December 29.  September Bradley Teal Ellis | October Elise Knudson | November Tim O’Donnell | December Sarah Konner | January Bradley Teal Ellis | February Paul Singh Contact Improvisation, initiated by dancer Steve Paxton in 1972, is a partnering dance form…

 
6:30pm
Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre Joao Grande

Capoeira Angola Classes with Mestre Joao Grande in Harlem New York

Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre Joao Grande
Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre João Grande  2916 Frederick Douglass Blvd (corner of 154th & 8th avenue) 3rd Floor Unit A & B  New York, NY 10039  Tel: (212) 989-6975  www.joaogrande.org Transportation:  Subway: B, or D train to 155th Street 3 train to 148th Street  A, C, D, B to 145th Street E-mail us at: info@joaogrande.org Class times Evening classes: Monday through Friday 6:30 to 8:30pm   Morning…

 
6:30pm
 Dances for Solidarity: Letter Writing Sessions w/ Sarah Dahnke

Dances for Solidarity: Letter Writing Sessions w/ Sarah Dahnke

Brooklyn Studios for Dance
Thursdays | 6:30-8:30PM FREE | Adults RSVP | dancesforsolidarity@gmail.com Dances for Solidarity invites you to participate in weekly letter writing workshops to incarcerated people in solitary confinement. Together the participants will devise a list of simple movement gestures that are open to interpretation and will mail this list, along with a short letter, to a variety of incarcerated people.…

 
7:00pm
Pilobolus - ThreshHold

Pilobolus Dance Theater Presents Two Unique Programs of American Premieres and Classic Works

Pilobolus Dance Theater
The internationally acclaimed Pilobolus Dance Theater returns to NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, November 16 – December 4th, 2016, with two exhilarating programs mixing dance, physical theater, short film, and Pilobolus’s surrealistic and magical physical language. The two unique programs will feature nine works, including the New York premieres of Thresh/Hold and Wednesday Morning,…

 
7:00pm
Weekly World Dance Fusion Belly Dance classes are back!

World Fusion Belly Dance

Samantha Diaz
World Fusion Belly Dance- a unique style that fuses belly dance with samba, Flamenco, Bollywood and hip hop. Technique, choreography and improv. $20 per class or 4 class pkg $60

 
7:00pm
CRAVE at the Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center

CRAVE at the Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center

Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center
Get ready for an INTENSE, FULL­BODY workout! CRAVE focuses on different muscle groups each week. This class will help you burn fat, increase strength and stamina, tone you from head to toe. CRAVE combines full body functional movement to allow you to maximize your workout. You will be taken through a combination of high/low combos, drills, sculpting and muscle conditioning exercises. You’ll be able…

 
7:00pm
Haitian Dance Class w/ Peniel Guerrier

Haitian Dance Class

Fit4Dance
Haiti, the second independent republic in the Americas, partakes of three cultural sources: African, American, and European. The dances and culture of Haiti have been extremely important in the development of American dance, thanks to the pioneering work of Katherine Dunham. Peniel Guerrier draws on his extensive knowledge of Haitian folkloric dance to create original combinations within the different…

 
7:30pm
for North by the Median Movement

for North

Xan Burley + Alex Springer / the Median Movement
for North is an interdisciplinary project created by Xan Burley and Alex Springer in collaboration with sound/set designer Will Owen and dance artist Hsiao-Jou Tang. After two years in process, the evening-length piece will premiere at Center for Performance Research, December 1st – 3rd, 2016. for North is a devotion. We build and rebuild transient architectural borders that expose and confine…

 
7:30pm
Barre a Terre Classes

Barre a Terre Classes

Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama
Find your inner-strength; develop & improve alignment and technique; explore and learn how to efficiently use your body and your energy in a healthy way as instruments of your expression. Through this class, you can increase flexibility and strength, overcome physical difficulties and incorrect posture, and acquire physical awareness to help prevent injuries. Open to all levels of experience.

 
8:00pm
N/A

Festival | Featured Artists’ Performances

Movement Research
THURSDAY December 1 8pm Danspace Project $15 general / $12 Danspace Project Members Tickets: www.danspaceproject.org Leslie Cuyjet, Mina Nishimura, Saúl Ulerio With film and spoken structures contributed  By Hilary Clark and Jimena Paz Movement Research Festival Fall 2016 is curated by Carolyn Hall, Omagbitse Omagbemi and Kayvon Pourazar. 

 
8:00pm
E/D image by Bill H.

Triskelion Arts Presents...E/D & Mei Yamanaka Works

Triskelion Arts
Triskelion Arts Presents... E/D & Mei Yamanaka Works December 1 - 2, 2016 at 8pm Triskelion Arts’ Muriel Schulman Theater 106 Calyer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222 – Enter on Banker Street Tickets: $16 in advance / $20 at the door Purchase at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/triskelion-arts-presents-ed-and-mei-yamanaka-works-tickets-26548394964 More Info: www.triskelionarts.org Inspired by images…

 
8:00pm
Not Art Logo

Not Art Presents – Electroacoustic Showcase

Brooklyn Studios for Dance
Not Art Presents – Electroacoustic Showcase // $10 A showcase event for artists exploring the divide between acoustic and electronic sound www.notartrecords.com See More : https://vimeo.com/179244932/description

 
Fri 2nd
10:00am
Klein™/Barre with Barbara Mahler.

Klein™/Barre with Barbara Mahler

Movement Research
Klein™/Barre: Klein TechniqueTM as related to dance with Barbara Mahler September 9 – December 16  FRI 10am-12pm MR@Gibney 280 Broadway $14 No class November 25   Our time in this class will be devoted to the application of the essential principles of Klein™ Technique as it relates to dance. The class facilitates fuller use of the ball and socket joints and their figure 8's. We…

 
12:00pm
Lease Available

Lease Available

Hybrid Movement Company
Great opportunity! Training Studio / Rehearsal weekly Sublet offered in Brooklyn, NYC. At The Hybrid Movement Company beautiful Warehouse Facility offering Monday thru Friday 9am to 12pm 10 month lease/s with lease options to extend. These are individual leases which offer sole use of the 30 x 44 rehearsal Studio area. Utilities and wi fi are included in Lease.  Inquiries: hybridmovementco.management@gmail.com Ph:917-261-9902 One…

 
3:00pm
Dance Workshop

New Dance Studio - Dance Workshop

Dance Workshop
Nanci Grasso opened up new Dance Workshop doors with her first Manhattan location offering classes from ages 2 years-adults. The studio is perfectly located on the south east corner of 64th Street and Lexington Avenue, the 1,600 sq. foot studio will provide an array of classes from the classic forms of ballet, tap, jazz to musical theatre and hip hop. Enrollment is ongoing!

 
6:30pm
Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre Joao Grande

Capoeira Angola Classes with Mestre Joao Grande in Harlem New York

Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre Joao Grande
Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre João Grande  2916 Frederick Douglass Blvd (corner of 154th & 8th avenue) 3rd Floor Unit A & B  New York, NY 10039  Tel: (212) 989-6975  www.joaogrande.org Transportation:  Subway: B, or D train to 155th Street 3 train to 148th Street  A, C, D, B to 145th Street E-mail us at: info@joaogrande.org Class times Evening classes: Monday through Friday 6:30 to 8:30pm   Morning…

 
7:30pm
for North by the Median Movement

for North

Xan Burley + Alex Springer / the Median Movement
for North is an interdisciplinary project created by Xan Burley and Alex Springer in collaboration with sound/set designer Will Owen and dance artist Hsiao-Jou Tang. After two years in process, the evening-length piece will premiere at Center for Performance Research, December 1st – 3rd, 2016. for North is a devotion. We build and rebuild transient architectural borders that expose and confine…

 
7:30pm
RIOULT Dance NY presents a preview of Pascal Rioult's new work

RIOULT Dance NY

sneak peak at MMAC
For his new work, Pascal Rioult breaks away from traditional classical scores. His inspiration…the 1970’s progressive rock music of his youth. Be prepared to embrace the raw excitement of the music as seen through Rioult’s vision. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see this work-in-progress before it premieres at our annual NY season (May 31-June 4, 2017).  Also on the program are RIOULT…

 
7:30pm
Wonder/Through the Looking-Glass Houses by Arrie Davidson and KineticArchitecture Dance Theatre

Wonder/Through the Looking-Glass Houses

Dixon Place
Acclaimed transgender performance artist, choreographer & story-teller Arrie Davidson helms the socially progressive company, KineticArchitecture Dance Theatre and their first evening-length work, Wonder/Through the Looking-Glass Houses. Skewering the tales of Lewis Carroll and creating a world of violent reflection and taboo transformation, Davidson will portray the White Rabbit with a Marilyn Monroe…

 
7:30pm
Miki Orihara

Miki Orihara, Solo Performance “Resonance” at Kaatsbaan

Kaatsbaan International Dance Center
Kaatsbaan is pleased to present Miki Orihara, solo dancer and principal artist with the Martha Graham Dance Company.  Ms. Orihara will offer her acclaimed solo performance, “Resonance”, with pianist Senri Oe on Saturday, December 2, 2016 at 7:30 pm. Orihara’s performance showcases the longevity of early American modern dance works by Martha Graham and Jose Limón and  their direct connection…

 
7:30pm
WONDER/THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS-HOUSES

WONDER/THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS-HOUSES

Arrie Davidson
ABOUT THIS SHOW Acclaimed transgender performance artist, choreographer & story-teller Arrie Davidson helms the socially progressive company, KineticArchitecture Dance Theatre and their first evening-length work, Wonder/Through the Looking-Glass Houses. Skewering the tales of Lewis Carroll and creating a world of violent reflection and taboo transformation, Davidson will portray the White Rabbit…

 
8:00pm
the cast

Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo

BAAD! (The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance)
Los Nutcrackers, a gay, Latino comedic play, centers 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 ghetto thug/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 Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam to a catastrophic…

 
8:00pm
N/A

Festival | Featured Artists’ Performances

Movement Research
FRIDAY December 2 8pm Danspace Project $15 general / $12 Danspace Project Members Tickets: www.danspaceproject.org April Matthis, Marilyn Maywald, Alex Romania With film and spoken structures contributed  by Hilary Clark and Jimena Paz Movement Research Festival Fall 2016 is curated by Carolyn Hall, Omagbitse Omagbemi and Kayvon Pourazar. 

 
8:00pm
E/D image by Bill H.

Triskelion Arts Presents...E/D & Mei Yamanaka Works

Triskelion Arts
Triskelion Arts Presents... E/D & Mei Yamanaka Works December 1 - 2, 2016 at 8pm Triskelion Arts’ Muriel Schulman Theater 106 Calyer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222 – Enter on Banker Street Tickets: $16 in advance / $20 at the door Purchase at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/triskelion-arts-presents-ed-and-mei-yamanaka-works-tickets-26548394964 More Info: www.triskelionarts.org Inspired by images…

 
8:00pm
Pilobolus - ThreshHold

Pilobolus Dance Theater Presents Two Unique Programs of American Premieres and Classic Works

Pilobolus Dance Theater
The internationally acclaimed Pilobolus Dance Theater returns to NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, November 16 – December 4th, 2016, with two exhilarating programs mixing dance, physical theater, short film, and Pilobolus’s surrealistic and magical physical language. The two unique programs will feature nine works, including the New York premieres of Thresh/Hold and Wednesday Morning,…

 
8:00pm
Bboy Freeze

Auditioning new hip hop dancers

The Redef Movement
"The Redef Movement" Hip Hop dance company is auditioning new dancers to join for performances, paid opportunities and continued dance training. If you: 1. Have reliable transportation to and from central NJ 2. Have a passion for hip hop dance 3. Want to be part of a group of artists that train and perform You may reach out to our company director to set up an audition date. Each dancer in our…

 
8:00pm
 The Hustle: NYC’s original partnered dance w/ Alessandra Marconi

The Hustle: NYC’s original partnered dance w/ Alessandra Marconi

Brooklyn Studios for Dance
Tuesdays, 7 – 9pm // 13-Sep thru 6-Dec $15 A social dance born and bred in 1970’s New York City has resurfaced among the new generation of social dancers.  Alessandra teaches a traditional Hustle foundation that focuses on 3-count rhythmic synchronicity of leader and follower and the responsibility of each to create a balanced partnership. Social dancing is an outlet to communicate without…

 
8:00pm
Kids Dance and Music - 2016 Admissions!

Kids Dance and Music - 2016 Admissions!

AALOKAM - Learn, Perform, Develop
Indian Classical Dance and Music Classes for Kids now open for 2016! Email us at aalokam.ny@gmail.com for schedule and registrations Currently offering classes in Park Slope Brooklyn and Manhattan Ages 3 and above are welcome! Website - http://www.aalokam.com

 
Sat 3rd
10:00am
Pilates Tower Class

Pilates Tower Class

Elite Body Pilates
Open classes for small groups on Pilates Tower equipment www.EliteBodyPilates.net info@EliteBodyPilates.net 212-717-1302

 
11:00am

FREE Holiday Open House

New Leaf Yoga & Pilates
A day of free mini-classes, mini acupressure sessions, and mini Pilates privates on the equipment.

 
11:00am
The Athletics of Intimacy with K.J. Holmes

The Athletics of Intimacy with K.J. Holmes

Movement Research
The Athletics of Intimacy, Improvisations with K.J. Holmes September 10 – December 17 SAT 11am-1pm MR@Eden’s Expressway $14 No Class November 26

 
2:00pm
Navidad Flamenca: A festive and fun time for the family. Free to the public.

Navidad Flamenca

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
Flamenco in the Boros Tour NAVIDAD FLAMENCA  DECEMBER 3-11 Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana II presents Navidad Flamenca for our 9th annual Flamenco in the Boros Tour. This series of free community performances thrills audiences with the rich holiday customs of the Spanish-speaking world from Argentina, and Mexico, to Colombia, Cuba and Puerto Rico. Through music, carols, and dance, Navidad Flamenca…

 
2:00pm
Pilobolus - ThreshHold

Pilobolus Dance Theater Presents Two Unique Programs of American Premieres and Classic Works

Pilobolus Dance Theater
The internationally acclaimed Pilobolus Dance Theater returns to NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, November 16 – December 4th, 2016, with two exhilarating programs mixing dance, physical theater, short film, and Pilobolus’s surrealistic and magical physical language. The two unique programs will feature nine works, including the New York premieres of Thresh/Hold and Wednesday Morning,…

 
2:00pm
Tango Fundamentals Crash Course

Tango Fundamentals Crash Course

Strictly Tango NYC
Every Monday 7-9pm and Saturdays 2-4pm Tango Crash Course for Beginners is an intensive two hours crash course for people who want to undertake the challenge of learning all the basics of tango in one day. Students will be introduced to all of the basics they need to dance with elegance and style at milongas. No partner needed No tango experience required Leather soled shoes are required Takeaways: Fundamentals Posture,…

 
2:15pm
Classical Ballet Workshop

Classical Ballet Workshops

McBurney YMCA
Professional instructors will help you perfect your technique. In addition to barre, center floorwork and across the floor combinations, the workshops are dedicated to improving technique in jumps, kicks, turns, etc. Stretching and strengthening are also combined to improve dancers’ power. For Information, contact David Johnson at 212-912-2323 or djohnson@ymcanyc.org. Yurie Yoshida started her…

 
3:00pm
the cast

Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo

BAAD! (The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance)
Los Nutcrackers, a gay, Latino comedic play, centers 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 ghetto thug/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 Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam to a catastrophic…

 
3:00pm
Flyer for Tales from The Arabian Nights

Tales from The Arabian Nights

Mosaic Dance Theater Company
Four magical tales adapted from Scheherazade’s thousand and one Arabian nights will be presented in the award-winning Mosaic Dance Theater Company’s special holiday production.  Retold and directed by Morgiana Celeste Varricchio, MDTC’s Producing Artistic Director, with choreography by Samara Adell, the Company’s Artistic Director for Dance, "Tales from The Arabian Nights" is presented in…

 
3:00pm
Dance Workshop

New Dance Studio - Dance Workshop

Dance Workshop
Nanci Grasso opened up new Dance Workshop doors with her first Manhattan location offering classes from ages 2 years-adults. The studio is perfectly located on the south east corner of 64th Street and Lexington Avenue, the 1,600 sq. foot studio will provide an array of classes from the classic forms of ballet, tap, jazz to musical theatre and hip hop. Enrollment is ongoing!

 
3:30pm
Soca Dance

Soca Dance w/ Candace Thompson

Mark Morris Dance Center
SOCA DANCE A fun, jam-packed dance party workout, this Soca class is a great way to kick-off your Saturday afternoon. This class starts with an endurance building warm-up, followed by practice of traditional Soca movements (including wining and other body isolations), and ends with a short phrase of choreography. Dancers of all levels are encouraged to attend. Suggested Attire: Comfortable clothing…

 
4:00pm
Trinity Laban logo

Trinity Laban Workshop Weekend

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, one of Europe's leading centers for the training of professional contemporary dance artists, is holding a workshop and audition weekend in New York City. The dance workshop is for those interested in postgraduate studies at Trinity Laban and the audition is for the BA (Hons) Contemporary Dance programme. There will also be a presentation on undergraduate…

 
4:00pm

Work Study

Steps on Broadway
Looking to take $5 classes at Steps on Broadway?!?! The Steps Work/Study Program offers financial assistance to intermediate and advanced level dancers pursuing a career in dance or the performing arts. Students may take unlimited discounted classes in exchange for 8-10 hours of work a week assisting with the administration and maintenance of the studio. This can be done in 2 shifts! The Steps Work/Study…

 
7:00pm
Nikita Boris and Justin Valentine

Nutcracker Winter Suite

Valentina Kozlova Dance Conservatory of New York
Valentina Kozlova, former principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet and New York City Ballet, presents her Dance Conservatory in "Nutcracker Winter Suite," starting with the Snow Scene and running just over one hour.  The talented students will be joined by Nikita Boris as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Justin Valentine as her Cavalier.  Both outstanding teen dancers were medalists at the recent Kozlova…

 
7:30pm
for North by the Median Movement

for North

Xan Burley + Alex Springer / the Median Movement
for North is an interdisciplinary project created by Xan Burley and Alex Springer in collaboration with sound/set designer Will Owen and dance artist Hsiao-Jou Tang. After two years in process, the evening-length piece will premiere at Center for Performance Research, December 1st – 3rd, 2016. for North is a devotion. We build and rebuild transient architectural borders that expose and confine…

 
7:30pm
Wonder/Through the Looking-Glass Houses by Arrie Davidson and KineticArchitecture Dance Theatre

Wonder/Through the Looking-Glass Houses

Dixon Place
Acclaimed transgender performance artist, choreographer & story-teller Arrie Davidson helms the socially progressive company, KineticArchitecture Dance Theatre and their first evening-length work, Wonder/Through the Looking-Glass Houses. Skewering the tales of Lewis Carroll and creating a world of violent reflection and taboo transformation, Davidson will portray the White Rabbit with a Marilyn Monroe…

 
7:30pm
WONDER/THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS-HOUSES

WONDER/THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS-HOUSES

Arrie Davidson
ABOUT THIS SHOW Acclaimed transgender performance artist, choreographer & story-teller Arrie Davidson helms the socially progressive company, KineticArchitecture Dance Theatre and their first evening-length work, Wonder/Through the Looking-Glass Houses. Skewering the tales of Lewis Carroll and creating a world of violent reflection and taboo transformation, Davidson will portray the White Rabbit…

 
8:00pm
the cast

Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo

BAAD! (The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance)
Los Nutcrackers, a gay, Latino comedic play, centers 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 ghetto thug/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 Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam to a catastrophic…

 
8:00pm
N/A

Festival | Featured Artists’ Performances

Movement Research
SATURDAY December 3 8pm Danspace Project $15 general / $12 Danspace Project Members Tickets: www.danspaceproject.org Hadar Ahuvia, Lily Gold, Madison Krekel, Heather Olson With film and spoken structures contributed  by Hilary Clark and Jimena Paz Movement Research Festival Fall 2016 is curated by Carolyn Hall, Omagbitse Omagbemi and Kayvon Pourazar. 

 
8:00pm
Flyer for Tales from The Arabian Nights

Tales from The Arabian Nights

Mosaic Dance Theater Company
Four magical tales adapted from Scheherazade’s thousand and one Arabian nights will be presented in the award-winning Mosaic Dance Theater Company’s special holiday production.  Retold and directed by Morgiana Celeste Varricchio, MDTC’s Producing Artistic Director, with choreography by Samara Adell, the Company’s Artistic Director for Dance, "Tales from The Arabian Nights" is presented in…

 
8:00pm
Pilobolus - ThreshHold

Pilobolus Dance Theater Presents Two Unique Programs of American Premieres and Classic Works

Pilobolus Dance Theater
The internationally acclaimed Pilobolus Dance Theater returns to NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, November 16 – December 4th, 2016, with two exhilarating programs mixing dance, physical theater, short film, and Pilobolus’s surrealistic and magical physical language. The two unique programs will feature nine works, including the New York premieres of Thresh/Hold and Wednesday Morning,…

 
8:00pm
Flamenco Fall Class Schedule

Flamenco Dancer

Xianix Barrera Flamenco
FLAMENCO DANCE CLASSES WITH XIANIX BARRERA STARTING OCTOBER 1ST TUESDAYS in BROOKLYN Intro to Flamenco 7-8pm Open Level Flamenco 8-9pm  Williamsburg Movements & Arts Center 347 Grand Street, Brooklyn SATURDAYS Kids Flamenco 12-1pm Flamenco Vivo Studios 4 W. 43rd Street, 8th Floor

 
Sun 4th
10:00am
Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre Joao Grande

Capoeira Angola Classes with Mestre Joao Grande in Harlem New York

Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre Joao Grande
Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre João Grande  2916 Frederick Douglass Blvd (corner of 154th & 8th avenue) 3rd Floor Unit A & B  New York, NY 10039  Tel: (212) 989-6975  www.joaogrande.org Transportation:  Subway: B, or D train to 155th Street 3 train to 148th Street  A, C, D, B to 145th Street E-mail us at: info@joaogrande.org Class times Evening classes: Monday through Friday 6:30 to 8:30pm   Morning…

 
1:00pm
Dance Theatre of Harlem School Students. Photo by Lucy Gram

FREE WINTER FESTIVAL

Dance Theatre of Harlem
Dance Theatre of Harlem Invites YOU to join us for a FREE day of fun that includes a special performance along with open classes for all levels in Ballet, African, Hip Hop, "Dance with Me" (classes for children to dance with their parents) and a Master Class with DTH Artistic Director Virginia Johnson for intermediate/advanced level ballet dancers only. Dancers interested in the Master Class please…

 
1:00pm
Margie Gillis Workshop Poster

Margie Gillis: Dancing From the Inside Out

Paul Taylor American Modern Dance
PRESENTING A RARE NEW YORK CITY TWO-DAY WORKSHOP! Margie Gillis, O.C., C.Q. is an internationally acclaimed modern dancer, choreographer, teacher, mentor and lecturer. She has been creating and performing her original works for over forty years. Margie is primarily known for the solo shows she continues to perform and her ability to deeply touch her audiences. In parallel to her solo work, she has…

 
2:00pm
Navidad Flamenca: A festive and fun time for the family. Free to the public.

Navidad Flamenca

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
Flamenco in the Boros Tour NAVIDAD FLAMENCA  DECEMBER 3-11 Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana II presents Navidad Flamenca for our 9th annual Flamenco in the Boros Tour. This series of free community performances thrills audiences with the rich holiday customs of the Spanish-speaking world from Argentina, and Mexico, to Colombia, Cuba and Puerto Rico. Through music, carols, and dance, Navidad Flamenca…

 
2:00pm
Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre Joao Grande

Capoeira Angola Classes with Mestre Joao Grande in Harlem New York

Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre Joao Grande
Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre João Grande  2916 Frederick Douglass Blvd (corner of 154th & 8th avenue) 3rd Floor Unit A & B  New York, NY 10039  Tel: (212) 989-6975  www.joaogrande.org Transportation:  Subway: B, or D train to 155th Street 3 train to 148th Street  A, C, D, B to 145th Street E-mail us at: info@joaogrande.org Class times Evening classes: Monday through Friday 6:30 to 8:30pm   Morning…

 
2:00pm
Pilobolus - ThreshHold

Pilobolus Dance Theater Presents Two Unique Programs of American Premieres and Classic Works

Pilobolus Dance Theater
The internationally acclaimed Pilobolus Dance Theater returns to NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, November 16 – December 4th, 2016, with two exhilarating programs mixing dance, physical theater, short film, and Pilobolus’s surrealistic and magical physical language. The two unique programs will feature nine works, including the New York premieres of Thresh/Hold and Wednesday Morning,…

 
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Navidad Flamenca: A festive and fun time for the family. Free to the public.

Navidad Flamenca

Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana
Flamenco in the Boros Tour NAVIDAD FLAMENCA  DECEMBER 3-11 Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana II presents Navidad Flamenca for our 9th annual Flamenco in the Boros Tour. This series of free community performances thrills audiences with the rich holiday customs of the Spanish-speaking world from Argentina, and Mexico, to Colombia, Cuba and Puerto Rico. Through music, carols, and dance, Navidad Flamenca…

 
3:00pm
Flyer for Tales from The Arabian Nights

Tales from The Arabian Nights

Mosaic Dance Theater Company
Four magical tales adapted from Scheherazade’s thousand and one Arabian nights will be presented in the award-winning Mosaic Dance Theater Company’s special holiday production.  Retold and directed by Morgiana Celeste Varricchio, MDTC’s Producing Artistic Director, with choreography by Samara Adell, the Company’s Artistic Director for Dance, "Tales from The Arabian Nights" is presented in…

 
3:30pm
Tap Workshops

Tap Workshops

McBurney YMCA
These workshops will help you perfect the fundamentals of tap, developing your technique, rhythm and improvisational skills. Professional tapper, Josh Johnson, will share with you the language of dance through tap's history, inflence and movement. This personal setting is perfect for novice through experienced tappers. *Tap shoes required. For more information contact David Johnson at 212-912-2323…

 
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Trinity Laban logo

Trinity Laban Workshop Weekend

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, one of Europe's leading centers for the training of professional contemporary dance artists, is holding a workshop and audition weekend in New York City. The dance workshop is for those interested in postgraduate studies at Trinity Laban and the audition is for the BA (Hons) Contemporary Dance programme. There will also be a presentation on undergraduate…

 
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Virginia Johnson in Allegro Brilliante. Photo by Marbeth

FREE BALLET MASTERCLASS WITH VIRGINIA JOHNSON

Dance Theatre of Harlem
*FREE MASTERCLASS* with DTH Artistic Director VIRGINIA JOHNSON  at our WINTER FESTIVAL Sunday, December 4th @ 4:15PM  Intermediate and Advanced ballet dancers only!  RSVP to info@dancetheatreofharlem.org  

 
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A snapshot of a past Holiday Showcase

Holiday Showcase

The American Tap Dance Foundation
December 4, 2016 (5pm) ATDF Holiday Showcase PPAS 328 W 48th Street (between 8th & 9th Avenues) Tickets: VIP: $25 General: $10 Child/Student: $5 To purchase call us at: 646-230-9564

 
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8:30am
Gaga.People

Gaga.People

Mark Morris Dance Center
GAGA.PEOPLE Gaga is a movement language developed by Ohad Naharin in Israel to help dancers (and non-dancers alike) reconnect to the way they move. Teachers guide the participants using a series of evocative instructions that build one on top of the other. Rather than copying a particular movement, each participant in the class actively explores these instructions, discovering how he or she can interpret…

 
10:00am
Morning Class with luciana achugar

Morning Class with luciana achugar

Movement Research
Morning Class with luciana achugar December 5-16 M W F 10am-12pm MR@Eden’s Expressway 537 Broadway (4th floor) $14   We will practice being in pleasure and giving our bodies a voice. A practice of growing a new body, as one would grow a plant; a utopian body; a sensational body; a connected body; an anarchic body; a body in pleasure… with a flesh & bones & guts & skin brain... with eyes…

 
10:00am
Dance Workshop

New Dance Studio - Dance Workshop

Dance Workshop
Nanci Grasso opened up new Dance Workshop doors with her first Manhattan location offering classes from ages 2 years-adults. The studio is perfectly located on the south east corner of 64th Street and Lexington Avenue, the 1,600 sq. foot studio will provide an array of classes from the classic forms of ballet, tap, jazz to musical theatre and hip hop. Enrollment is ongoing!

 
10:00am
Qi Gong with Laurel Atwell

Qi Gong with Laurel Atwell

Movement Research
Qi Gong with Laurel Atwell September 12 – February 27 MON 10am-12pm Gibney 280 Broadway No class December 26 & January 2   Utilizing Qi Gong-based principles and exercises, we will identify and engage the systems of the body. By practicing forms and visualizations, we will connect the corporeal to the energetic, the internal to the universal. This class is devoted to cultivating inner life…

 
10:00am
Advanced Ballet

Advanced Ballet w/ Kelly Slough

Mark Morris Dance Center
ADVANCED BALLET Ideal for both the contemporary and classical dancers at the  advanced and professional level, Advanced Ballet follows the structure of a traditional ballet class, placing emphasis on rhythm and musicality.  Students are provided with a challenging and engaging technique class within a fun, energetic, and supportive dance community.   Mondays 10:00am - 12:00pm Instructor: Kelly…

 
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MOVEMENT INVENTION LAB WITH PAUL VICKERS //

Gallim Dance
PAUL VICKERS INSTRUCTING THE MOVEMENT INVENTION LAB // tomorrow from 6:00pm-7:30pm. $17 at the door by card or cash! Movement Invention Lab explores movement that encourages mind/body connectivity, imagination & athleticism through the spirit of play and focused pursuits. Classes begin with a rigorous Gallim warm-up & continue with improvisatory games. This lab seeks to develop tools in movement invention…

 
3:30pm
Dance Foundations for ages 8 – 12 w/ Ilona Bito

Dance Foundations for ages 8 – 12 w/ Ilona Bito

Brooklyn Studios for Dance
Dance Foundations for ages 8 – 12 Mondays. 3:30 – 4:25pm // 19-Sep thru 5-Dec $10 Dance Foundations for ages 8 – 12 builds on the fundamental strength, mobility, coordination, and balance of young dancers through technical practice and creative exploration. A guided physical warm up activating each body part in all directions introduces a broad vocabulary of steps, positions, skills, and…

 
4:30pm
Weekly Dance + Fitness Classes

Hip Hop Dance Class

Fit4Dance
This fun and creative Hip Hop class teaches the fundamentals and foundational elements of Hip-Hop dance combing elements of breakdance Hip-hop techniques and signature moves, and floor work. Students will develop musicality, coordination, flexibility, and physical fitness in a fun environment!

 
5:00pm
Freelance artist, choreographer, and dance educator Barry Kerollis

“NEW DIRECTIONS FOR DANCERS” Managing the Freelance Life – Tips and Strategies for Success

The Actors Fund
*An information and networking evented presented by Gibney Dance and the Dancers’ Resource and Career Transition For Dancers at The Actors Fund* Come and be a part of our conversation on managing the freelance life and learn about ways to make it work! Thriving freelance artist, choreographer, and dance educator Barry Kerollis (barrykerollis.com)will share his bits of wisdom on creating and maintaining…

 
6:00pm
Limon Technique

Limon Technique

Limon Dance Company
Daily open classes from Advanced to Beginner levels, led by Limón Master teachers and Company Members. Train in the Limón Technque and movement philosophy as articulate, expressive and mindful dancers. MW 6pm-7:30pm; TuTh 1pm-2:30pm; Sun 11:30-1pm. Exclusively offered by the Limón School at Peridance Capezio Center.

 
6:15pm
BodyMind Dancing™ with Martha Eddy

BodyMind Dancing™ with Martha Eddy

Movement Research
BodyMind Dancing™ with Martha Eddy and guest BMD teachers September 12 – February 27 MON 6:15-7:30pm Eden's Expressway  No class December 26 & January 2 $10   BodyMind Dancing™ is a somatic experience of anatomical gems and pleasurable dancing woven with improvisational structures and follow-along phrases. It is based in Dynamic Embodiment™, Dr. Eddy’s combo of Laban/Bartenieff…

 
6:30pm
Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre Joao Grande

Capoeira Angola Classes with Mestre Joao Grande in Harlem New York

Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre Joao Grande
Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre João Grande  2916 Frederick Douglass Blvd (corner of 154th & 8th avenue) 3rd Floor Unit A & B  New York, NY 10039  Tel: (212) 989-6975  www.joaogrande.org Transportation:  Subway: B, or D train to 155th Street 3 train to 148th Street  A, C, D, B to 145th Street E-mail us at: info@joaogrande.org Class times Evening classes: Monday through Friday 6:30 to 8:30pm   Morning…

 
6:30pm
Zena Rommett Floor-Barre ®

Zena Rommett Floor-Barre ® w/ Anna Griffin

Mark Morris Dance Center
ZENA ROMMETT FLOOR-BARRE® Experience the gentle, yet effective benefits of Zena Rommett Floor-Barre® with certified teacher, Rickey Tripp. Floor-Barre® uses the floor to correct and refine body alignment, strengthen joints, and address musculo-skeletal functions. Based on ballet, Floor-Barre®, creates long exquisite lines. A pioneer in injury prevention and rehabilitation, Zena Rommett’s…

 
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Modern Dance with Dwana Smallwood

Modern Dance with Dwana Smallwood

Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center
Modern Dance class with Dwana Smallwood Due to popular demand, participants can now experience a unique, thought-provoking, and intimate session that only Dwana A. Smallwood can deliver. Every week, for sixty minutes, dancers of all levels can experience an inspiring, engaging, and intense, modern dance class which will help dancers own their movement. This class is a lesson in artistry, endurance…

 
7:00pm
Tango Fundamentals Crash Course

Tango Fundamentals Crash Course

Strictly Tango NYC
Every Monday 7-9pm and Saturdays 2-4pm Tango Crash Course for Beginners is an intensive two hours crash course for people who want to undertake the challenge of learning all the basics of tango in one day. Students will be introduced to all of the basics they need to dance with elegance and style at milongas. No partner needed No tango experience required Leather soled shoes are required Takeaways: Fundamentals Posture,…

 
7:30pm
Foundations of Dance Education

Foundations of Dance Education

92Y Dance Education Laboratory (DEL)
Date: Oct 24, 2016 - Apr 3, 2017 (20 Sessions) Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm Pricing: $750 until Oct. 12th | $800 after Instructors: Jody Gottfried Arnhold, MA, CMA, & Catherine Gallant, MA This is a Full-Year Course. Professional dancers, dance teachers and classroom or arts teachers with a dance background—expand your ability to cultivate dance artistry and awareness in children and teens by studying…

 
8:00pm
Theatre Jazz Dance

GIFT: donation class

ALMA NYC
Join ALMA NYC for a theatre jazz class were proceeds go to supporting women's education in Burkia Faso, Africa.  $10 suggested donation. Venmo or cash Proceeds go to the women's scholarship fund at the Bethel School in Burkina Faso Africa  RSVP: info@almanyc.org

 

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