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Thu 1st
10:00am
Trisha Brown Dance Morning Class Series

Trisha Brown Dance Morning Class Series

Trisha Brown Dance Company
Join us for a special seven week only drop-in class series taught by current and past Trisha Brown Dance Company members - learn Partnering, Brownian Basics, Internal/External, Geometry of the Body, Fluid Body Within Form, and Improvisation and Compositional Choices among other core principals of Trisha Brown's work. 10AM-12PM Monday-Friday at Gibney Dance, each teacher offers a unique focus and…

 
10:00am

Adult Open Ballet Class

Astoria Fine Arts Dance
$15 drop-in class at Astoria Fine Arts Dance

 
10:00am
Klein Technique with Barbara Mahler - for movers of all kinds

Klein Technique with Barbara Mahler - for movers of all kinds

Movement Research
No class July 3. We are not just a body or a mind. We are unique individuals with spirit and intelligence. The work we do in class engages us in a process which facilitates change, and we work to become…

 
10:00am

Company Class

Gallim Dance
In a series of immersive improvisational experiments students build road maps to self-discovery. This class is inspired by Gallim’s collective discoveries in physical therapy, traditional movement…

 
12:00pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Annie Vigier & Franck Apertet (les gens d'Uterpan)
Times TBD on Chocolate Factory website. Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring…

 
12:00pm

Ballet for Contemporary Dancers with Janet Panetta

Movement Research
As a veteran of the American Ballet Theatre, Janet Panetta also has a broad experience of contemporary dance forms. She has trained dancers in many of the major American companies such as American Ballet…

 
7:00pm
Polar Vortex: Time Lapse Dance goes Arctic

Polar Vortex: Time Lapse Dance goes Arctic

Time Lapse Dance
Polar Vortex: Time Lapse goes Arctic Thursday, May 1 at 7pm - Performance + Discussion Friday, May 2 at 7pm - Performance + Discussion + Benefit Party Advance Ticket Purchase Required - No Walk-ins Permitted This spring Jody Sperling embarks on a voyage to the Arctic as choreographic research for her project "Ice Melt." She'll be accompanying a scientific team studying the relationship between…

 
7:00pm

Shen Wei Dance Arts New York City Season

Shen Wei Dance Arts
Program: MAP (2005), hailed by THE WASHINGTON POST as "wonderfully whimsical...endlessly inventive." Shen Wei ingeniously re-imagines this tour de force, set to music by Steve Reich, for the Judson. Plus,…

 
7:30pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Alain Buffard
Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring contemporary dance through performances,…

 
8:00pm
NYC Season

NYC Season

Limón Dance Company
Limón Dance Company comes back to The Joyce with two world premieres and two Limón masterworks.  For one premiere, Dianne McIntyre, the legendary dancer/choreographer, has created a special solo for Roxane D’Orleans Juste, honoring her 30-year tenure with the company.  The other premiere features the exceptionally gifted choreographer Seán Curran, who has collaborated with composers Lucia Caruso…

 
8:00pm

Bounce Ballroom

Red Bull Music Academy Festival New York
Four dance styles, four dance crews, four DJs BRUK UP with Bobby Konders + Bones Hill, Drew Dollaz, Samiam, Ghost | VOGUING with MikeQ, + Javier Ninja, Leiomy Prodigy and Dashaun Evisu | HOUSE/WAACKING…

 
8:30pm
She IS

She IS

The PULSE Project
Fearless. Impassioned. Driven. Raw.  She IS reflects upon the strength and vulnerability of women in a most evocative experience.  Inspired by the pulse of New York City, Artistic Director Brook Notary and Associate Choreographer Jenn Freeman have broken all molds to create the newest genre in dance: Industrial Movement. Be in the moment and witness an embodiment of women that is sure…

 
Fri 2nd
10:00am
Trisha Brown Dance Morning Class Series

Trisha Brown Dance Morning Class Series

Trisha Brown Dance Company
Join us for a special seven week only drop-in class series taught by current and past Trisha Brown Dance Company members - learn Partnering, Brownian Basics, Internal/External, Geometry of the Body, Fluid Body Within Form, and Improvisation and Compositional Choices among other core principals of Trisha Brown's work. 10AM-12PM Monday-Friday at Gibney Dance, each teacher offers a unique focus and…

 
10:00am

Adult Open Ballet Class

Astoria Fine Arts Dance
$15 drop-in class at Astoria Fine Arts Dance

 
10:00am

Morning Class with Ori Flomin

Movement Research
The class encourages students to increase their movement possibilities and take risks in dancing by maximizing the benefits of the warmed-up body. The warm-up moves smoothly from floor to standing with…

 
12:00pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Annie Vigier & Franck Apertet (les gens d'Uterpan)
Times TBD on Chocolate Factory website. Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring…

 
12:00pm

Ballet for Contemporary Dancers with Janet Panetta

Movement Research
As a veteran of the American Ballet Theatre, Janet Panetta also has a broad experience of contemporary dance forms. She has trained dancers in many of the major American companies such as American Ballet…

 
3:00pm
Rascals with Altitude

Rascals with Altitude

General Mischief Dance Theatre
General Mischief Dance Theatre presents its spring performance, Rascals with Altitude.  Performances will take place from April 25 – May 4 at The Connelly Theatre, 220 East 4th Street, NYC.  Tickets are $20 in advance for general admission ($25 at the door, $15 for students and seniors, $10 to children ten and under) and are available at https://www.artful.ly/store/events/2754 or by calling (212)…

 
4:00pm

Core Mat 1

Power Pilates
The Core Mat I program is the foundation of the Power Pilates method. Each subsequent program builds upon the information learned during this course. You will learn to teach the 18 beginner level mat exercises…

 
6:00pm
BEYOND WORDS - Sacred Dance Workshop

BEYOND WORDS - Sacred Dance Workshop

Omega Dance Company
This May, Omega Dance Company will partner with the Sacred Dance Guild, Middle Collegiate Church, Trinity Movement Choir, and the Church of the Village for a weekend of events with sacred dance pioneer and Omega founder Carla De Sola. Join us for one, or all activities, exploring how sacred dance can move our spirits and bodies “beyond words”.  Questions? Contact Betsy O’Neill at 212-535-4235…

 
7:00pm
 “My dance teacher"

“My dance teacher"

J-COLLABO
7PM : Film Screening + Dance Performance “Kool : Dancing in my mind” by Robert Wilson and Richard Rutkowski. Performing by Sengiku Bando (Dancer/Choregrapher ) Music by Kaoru Watanabe (Bamboo flutes,Taiko drums) Fumio Tashiro(E lectric upright bass) 8PM : Discussion Sengiku Bando (Dancer/Choregrapher ) Sally Gross (Dancer/Choregrapher ) Hisami Kuroiwa (Moderator) * RSVP till April 27th:a??Hisami…

 
7:00pm
2014 DOTA Dance Festival

2014 DOTA Dance Festival

DOTA Dance Theatre
Join DOTA Dance Theatre for a three-day festival celebrating dance on stage and film. www.dotadancetheatre.com/2014-dota-dance-festival --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, May 2nd // DOTA Invites... 7 - 8:30 PM DOTA invites five NYC choreographers to present their work.  Featuring: Breton Tyner Bryan  Rachel Hagan / CEMA Dance Chuck Wilt / Una…

 
7:00pm
Polar Vortex: Time Lapse Dance goes Arctic

Polar Vortex: Time Lapse Dance goes Arctic

Time Lapse Dance
Polar Vortex: Time Lapse goes Arctic Thursday, May 1 at 7pm - Performance + Discussion Friday, May 2 at 7pm - Performance + Discussion + Benefit Party Advance Ticket Purchase Required - No Walk-ins Permitted This spring Jody Sperling embarks on a voyage to the Arctic as choreographic research for her project "Ice Melt." She'll be accompanying a scientific team studying the relationship between…

 
7:30pm
Project IX – Pleiades

Project IX – Pleiades

Luca Veggetti, Megumi Nakamura and Kuniko Kato
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Two Japanese tour de force artists, dancer Megumi Nakamura, internationally-known since her days with JiA?í Kylián’s Netherlands Dance Theater and acclaimed musician Kuniko Kato, praised by Steve Reich as a “first rate percussionist,” explore the mesmerizing scores of legendary 20th-century composer Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001). Project IX – Pleiades, which features…

 
7:30pm

Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity Presents The Art of Fugue Featuring SYREN Modern Dance

SYREN Modern Dance
SYREN Modern Dance, presented by Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, will be the closing event of the 46th Season of Bach Vespers.  The company will premiere a dance that was created at Holy Trinity itself, with Bach's The Art of Fugue as the centerpiece of the production.  The dance explores definitions of beauty while searching for its existence in a world filled with detachment, immediacy, and exploitation.…

 
7:30pm
Absolute Construction

Absolute Construction

Kate Martel
Absolute Construction probes into extremes of desperation and fun.  This dance trio exposes the link between bodily and psychological landscapes and is performed to a sound score of pop music and abstract electronic sound. Gathering strength through self-reflection, three dancers examine anxieties and playfulness within partnerships. Shattered concepts against a backdrop of mirrors creates an opportunity…

 
7:30pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Alain Buffard
Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring contemporary dance through performances,…

 
8:00pm
NYC Season

NYC Season

Limón Dance Company
Limón Dance Company comes back to The Joyce with two world premieres and two Limón masterworks.  For one premiere, Dianne McIntyre, the legendary dancer/choreographer, has created a special solo for Roxane D’Orleans Juste, honoring her 30-year tenure with the company.  The other premiere features the exceptionally gifted choreographer Seán Curran, who has collaborated with composers Lucia Caruso…

 
8:00pm
Jackie Moynahan's 'Part II'

Jackie Moynahan's 'Part II'

Triskelion Arts
Triskelion Arts is proud to present Jackie Moynahan’s latest work, Part II, a follow-up to her successful solo show Searching for Unconditional, this May in the Zoo Theater. Moynahan is joined once again by performance partner Henrietta, traveling through an obstacle course where intimacy is exposed and matters of the heart are pulled apart, in the artist’s typical dark comedic fashion.

 
8:00pm
Francesca Harper Premieres One-Woman Show "Look of Feeling"

Francesca Harper Premieres One-Woman Show "Look of Feeling"

Francesca Harper
The Look of Feeling, a theatrical production of a one-woman show starring acclaimed artist Francesca Harper, premieres in a very special intimate limited engagement during May 2014 in New York City’s theatre district. Conceived and written by Francesca and helmed by Directorial Consultant Susan Batson, The Look of Feeling is an epic saga of true stories told through dance and song about a woman,…

 
8:00pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Christian Rizzo
Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring contemporary dance through performances, talks and critical writing.

 
8:00pm

Shen Wei Dance Arts New York City Season

Shen Wei Dance Arts
Program: MAP (2005), hailed by THE WASHINGTON POST as "wonderfully whimsical...endlessly inventive." Shen Wei ingeniously re-imagines this tour de force, set to music by Steve Reich, for the Judson. Plus,…

 
8:00pm

Dance classes @ the Brooklyn Music School

The Brooklyn Music School

 
8:30pm
She IS

She IS

The PULSE Project
Fearless. Impassioned. Driven. Raw.  She IS reflects upon the strength and vulnerability of women in a most evocative experience.  Inspired by the pulse of New York City, Artistic Director Brook Notary and Associate Choreographer Jenn Freeman have broken all molds to create the newest genre in dance: Industrial Movement. Be in the moment and witness an embodiment of women that is sure…

 
10:00pm
Embrace

Embrace

La MaMa Moves/Compagnie Affari-Esteri
Embrace Compagnie Affari-Esteri Choreography By Shlomi Tuizer & Edmond Russo Music By Oren Bloedow       Poems By Christina Clark May 2 - 4, 2014 Fri & Sat – 10pm / Sun – 5:30pm Two men face each other constrained in their search for different forms of identification. Poetic notions are employed, from a lovers’ narrative to duplicity, from a social body to a perceptive body, and of the…

 
10:00pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Edmond Russo & Shlomi Tuizer (Affari Esteri)
Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring contemporary dance through performances, talks and critical writing.

 
Sat 3rd
9:30am
DanceDrama Lab: Voice/Acting & Dance Technique

DanceDrama Lab: Voice/Acting & Dance Technique

Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama
Dancers will develop their natural vocal possibilities, exploring the voice by using breathing techniques and activating body resonators. Understand how an actor’s technique and imagination informs…

 
10:00am
BEYOND WORDS - Sacred Dance Workshop

BEYOND WORDS - Sacred Dance Workshop

Omega Dance Company
This May, Omega Dance Company will partner with the Sacred Dance Guild, Middle Collegiate Church, Trinity Movement Choir, and the Church of the Village for a weekend of events with sacred dance pioneer and Omega founder Carla De Sola. Join us for one, or all activities, exploring how sacred dance can move our spirits and bodies “beyond words”.  Questions? Contact Betsy O’Neill at 212-535-4235…

 
10:00am

Introduction to Anatomy & Kinesiology

Laban Institute of Movement Studies
Explore the skeletal-muscular system experientially through functional and expressive movement, activation of the subjective body, group discussion and hands-on work. Required for entry into the LIMS®…

 
11:00am
Alpha Omega Workshop Dance Classes

Alpha Omega Workshop Dance Classes

Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company
The Alpha Omega workshop incorporates contemporary modern dance, ballet, jazz, and Afro-Latin movement. Designed to emphasize the importance of being well-rounded, the workshop encourages dancers to go beyond their comfort zone and to find value in various styles of movement. The spring session runs from April 5 through May 17, 2014 from 11AM to 1PM. Be prepared to dance barefoot. Sign up and purchase…

 
11:00am

The Athletics of Intimacy with K.J. Holmes

Movement Research
Classes combine skills and practices of Contact Improvisation, applications of Body-Mind Centering systems and patterns of development and evolution, and tunings of somatic improvisational approaches in…

 
12:00pm

Dance classes in Barathanatyam , classical Indian style

Samaya Performing Arts
contact 4129017990 Kala

 
12:00pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Annie Vigier & Franck Apertet (les gens d'Uterpan)
Times TBD on Chocolate Factory website. Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring…

 
12:00pm

Sacred Woman Alchemy Immersion

Love Making Dances
This 3 month Immersion offers a unique combination of Esalen Bodywork, coaching, dance, and energy skills. It's designed to support women in our next level of embodiment and presence. Deepen your attention…

 
2:00pm
NYC Season

NYC Season

Limón Dance Company
Limón Dance Company comes back to The Joyce with two world premieres and two Limón masterworks.  For one premiere, Dianne McIntyre, the legendary dancer/choreographer, has created a special solo for Roxane D’Orleans Juste, honoring her 30-year tenure with the company.  The other premiere features the exceptionally gifted choreographer Seán Curran, who has collaborated with composers Lucia Caruso…

 
2:00pm

Limon Dance Company Family Matinee

The Joyce Theater
Limón Dance Company comes back to The Joyce with two world premieres and two Limón masterworks showcasing the company’s virtuosic ensemble dancing. Meet the company post-show!

 
3:30pm
DAMAGEDANCE 2014 Spring Season

DAMAGEDANCE 2014 Spring Season

Jessica Taylor/DAMAGEDANCE
See a selection DAMAGEDANCE repertory as well as Jessica Taylor's world premiere, "WannaBe". Saturday, May 3 - 3:30pm and 7:00pm Featuring Antonio Brown of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company presenting "One Five One" Sunday, May 4 - 4:00pm Featuring Nicole Corea of Lar Lubovitch Dance Company presenting "Solivagant" *DAMAGEDANCE's NYC 2014 Season is sponsored in part by Black Balloon…

 
3:30pm
DAMAGEDANCE Spring 2014 season

DAMAGEDANCE Spring 2014 season

DAMAGEDANCE
Jessica Taylor's DAMAGEDANCE presents its Spring 2014 Season at Manhatten Movement and Arts Center. Shows are Saturday May 3rd at 3:30 and 7:00, and Sunday May 4th at 4:00. Tickets are $22, and $15 for students/artists. www.damagedance.com

 
3:45pm

Raqs Sharqi-belly dance classes

TORKOMADA, Inc.
Ongoing Raqs Sharqi/Middle Eastern dance classes on Saturdays in Astoria, NY 11103. Spread the joy and happiness of MIDDLE EASTERN AND NORTH AFRICAN DANCE. To your community, family and friends by learning…

 
4:00pm
12th Annual Student Dance Festival

12th Annual Student Dance Festival

UFT Dance Educators
Celebration of Dance: NYC Student Dance Festival Presented by UFT Dance Educators, Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 4:00 pm at Long Island City H.S.,14-30 Broadway, Queens The 11th Annual Celebration of Dance:…

 
6:00pm
Soar into Spring: Live Music Yoga Master Class

Soar into Spring: Live Music Yoga Master Class

The Perri Institute for Mind and Body
TaraMarie Perri's signature creative teaching style will weave the breath into the dynamically rich soundscape as created by guest musician, Shane Shanahan of Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Ensemble. Students will be part of a yoga experience like no other. Responding to the muses of movement and music, the body and mind will be lured into the spirit of the upcoming season.  Open level; not recommended…

 
6:00pm
Brooklyn Dance Festival 2014

Brooklyn Dance Festival 2014

Brooklyn Dance Festival
Brooklyn Dance Festival 2014http://brooklyndancefestival.org/?reqp=1&reqr=nzcdYaEvLaE5pv5jLab= Event Dates Saturday, April 26th 7:00 Professional Company Performance   Sunday, April 27th 12:30 Youth Ensemble Performance 3:30  Emerging Companies Performance 6:00- Youth Ensemble Performance   Saturday, May 3rd 7:00 Professional Company Performance   Sunday, May 4th 3:30 Emerging Companies Performance 6:00…

 
6:00pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Frédéric Nauczyciel
Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring contemporary dance through performances, talks and critical writing.

 
7:00pm
2014 DOTA Dance Festival

2014 DOTA Dance Festival

DOTA Dance Theatre
Join DOTA Dance Theatre for a three-day festival celebrating dance on stage and film. www.dotadancetheatre.com/2014-dota-dance-festival --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, May 2nd // DOTA Invites... 7 - 8:30 PM DOTA invites five NYC choreographers to present their work.  Featuring: Breton Tyner Bryan  Rachel Hagan / CEMA Dance Chuck Wilt / Una…

 
7:00pm
DAMAGEDANCE 2014 Spring Season

DAMAGEDANCE 2014 Spring Season

Jessica Taylor/DAMAGEDANCE
See a selection DAMAGEDANCE repertory as well as Jessica Taylor's world premiere, "WannaBe". Saturday, May 3 - 3:30pm and 7:00pm Featuring Antonio Brown of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company presenting "One Five One" Sunday, May 4 - 4:00pm Featuring Nicole Corea of Lar Lubovitch Dance Company presenting "Solivagant" *DAMAGEDANCE's NYC 2014 Season is sponsored in part by Black Balloon…

 
7:00pm
DAMAGEDANCE Spring 2014 season

DAMAGEDANCE Spring 2014 season

DAMAGEDANCE
Jessica Taylor's DAMAGEDANCE presents its Spring 2014 Season at Manhatten Movement and Arts Center. Shows are Saturday May 3rd at 3:30 and 7:00, and Sunday May 4th at 4:00. Tickets are $22, and $15 for students/artists. www.damagedance.com

 
7:00pm
The RED HOOK PROM

The RED HOOK PROM

Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance
Remember how you spent all day crimping your hair to look just so, only to have your date spill butter on your dress at dinner? Well, you’re a grown-up now. SO DO IT RIGHT THIS TIME. The Red Hook Prom SATURDAY, MAY 3RD 7PM South Brooklyn Community High School 173 Conover Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn A prom for adults to benefit Cora dance Produced by Pete Ascolese/Hope & Anchor Tickets: $100 or…

 
7:30pm
Project IX – Pleiades

Project IX – Pleiades

Luca Veggetti, Megumi Nakamura and Kuniko Kato
NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Two Japanese tour de force artists, dancer Megumi Nakamura, internationally-known since her days with JiA?í Kylián’s Netherlands Dance Theater and acclaimed musician Kuniko Kato, praised by Steve Reich as a “first rate percussionist,” explore the mesmerizing scores of legendary 20th-century composer Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001). Project IX – Pleiades, which features…

 
7:30pm

Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity Presents The Art of Fugue Featuring SYREN Modern Dance

SYREN Modern Dance
SYREN Modern Dance, presented by Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, will be the closing event of the 46th Season of Bach Vespers.  The company will premiere a dance that was created at Holy Trinity itself, with Bach's The Art of Fugue as the centerpiece of the production.  The dance explores definitions of beauty while searching for its existence in a world filled with detachment, immediacy, and exploitation.…

 
7:30pm
Two Peas in an Odd Pod

Two Peas in an Odd Pod

Movement in C
Two Peas in an Odd Pod Saturday, May 3, 2014 @ 7:30pm & Sunday, May 4, 2014 @ 3pm Brooklyn Music School Playhouse, 126 St. Felix Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 Tickets: $10 in advance @ http://www.movementinc.org/#!twopeas/cick $20 at the door (50% of the proceeds go to Brooklyn Music School)  Cast:  Salma Allam & Cathy Richards Script and Choreography: Salma Allam & Cathy Richards    The…

 
7:30pm
Absolute Construction

Absolute Construction

Kate Martel
Absolute Construction probes into extremes of desperation and fun.  This dance trio exposes the link between bodily and psychological landscapes and is performed to a sound score of pop music and abstract electronic sound. Gathering strength through self-reflection, three dancers examine anxieties and playfulness within partnerships. Shattered concepts against a backdrop of mirrors creates an opportunity…

 
7:30pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Alain Buffard
Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring contemporary dance through performances,…

 
8:00pm
Columbia Ballet Collaborative's Spring 2014 Season

Columbia Ballet Collaborative's Spring 2014 Season

Columbia Ballet Collaborative
Columbia Ballet Collaborative proudly presents its Spring 2014 performances at Miller Theatre. The program features new works by Constantine Baecher, Katherine Bergstrom, Jeremy McQueen, Caitlin Trainor, Michele Wiles, as well as a staging of "Elegie" from George Balanchine's Tchaikovsky Suite No. 3. 

 
8:00pm
altered natives’ Say Yes  to Another Excess – TWERK

altered natives’ Say Yes to Another Excess – TWERK

Cecilia Bengolea and François Chaignaud
Bengolea and Chaignaud skim the line between popular dance and trained choreography, drawing on their immersion in club culture from London to New York. With dancers Alex Mugler, Ana Pi, and Elisa Yvelin—as well as London grime scene DJs Elijah andSkilliam of the label Butterz—they move from Martha Graham’s technique to house, challenging the expressive, communal, poetic, and discursive…

 
8:00pm
NYC Season

NYC Season

Limón Dance Company
Limón Dance Company comes back to The Joyce with two world premieres and two Limón masterworks.  For one premiere, Dianne McIntyre, the legendary dancer/choreographer, has created a special solo for Roxane D’Orleans Juste, honoring her 30-year tenure with the company.  The other premiere features the exceptionally gifted choreographer Seán Curran, who has collaborated with composers Lucia Caruso…

 
8:00pm
Jackie Moynahan's 'Part II'

Jackie Moynahan's 'Part II'

Triskelion Arts
Triskelion Arts is proud to present Jackie Moynahan’s latest work, Part II, a follow-up to her successful solo show Searching for Unconditional, this May in the Zoo Theater. Moynahan is joined once again by performance partner Henrietta, traveling through an obstacle course where intimacy is exposed and matters of the heart are pulled apart, in the artist’s typical dark comedic fashion.

 
8:00pm
Francesca Harper Premieres One-Woman Show "Look of Feeling"

Francesca Harper Premieres One-Woman Show "Look of Feeling"

Francesca Harper
The Look of Feeling, a theatrical production of a one-woman show starring acclaimed artist Francesca Harper, premieres in a very special intimate limited engagement during May 2014 in New York City’s theatre district. Conceived and written by Francesca and helmed by Directorial Consultant Susan Batson, The Look of Feeling is an epic saga of true stories told through dance and song about a woman,…

 
8:00pm
Rascals with Altitude

Rascals with Altitude

General Mischief Dance Theatre
General Mischief Dance Theatre presents its spring performance, Rascals with Altitude.  Performances will take place from April 25 – May 4 at The Connelly Theatre, 220 East 4th Street, NYC.  Tickets are $20 in advance for general admission ($25 at the door, $15 for students and seniors, $10 to children ten and under) and are available at https://www.artful.ly/store/events/2754 or by calling (212)…

 
8:00pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Cecilia Bengolea & François Chaignaud
Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring contemporary dance through performances, talks and critical writing.

 
8:00pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Christian Rizzo
Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring contemporary dance through performances, talks and critical writing.

 
8:00pm

Shen Wei Dance Arts New York City Season

Shen Wei Dance Arts
Program: MAP (2005), hailed by THE WASHINGTON POST as "wonderfully whimsical...endlessly inventive." Shen Wei ingeniously re-imagines this tour de force, set to music by Steve Reich, for the Judson. Plus,…

 
10:00pm
Embrace

Embrace

La MaMa Moves/Compagnie Affari-Esteri
Embrace Compagnie Affari-Esteri Choreography By Shlomi Tuizer & Edmond Russo Music By Oren Bloedow       Poems By Christina Clark May 2 - 4, 2014 Fri & Sat – 10pm / Sun – 5:30pm Two men face each other constrained in their search for different forms of identification. Poetic notions are employed, from a lovers’ narrative to duplicity, from a social body to a perceptive body, and of the…

 
10:00pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Frédéric Nauczyciel
Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring contemporary dance through performances, talks and critical writing.

 
10:00pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Edmond Russo & Shlomi Tuizer (Affari Esteri)
Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring contemporary dance through performances, talks and critical writing.

 
Sun 4th
10:00am

Introduction to Anatomy & Kinesiology

Laban Institute of Movement Studies
Explore the skeletal-muscular system experientially through functional and expressive movement, activation of the subjective body, group discussion and hands-on work. Required for entry into the LIMS®…

 
10:15am
Master Class with Kaitlyn Gilliland

Master Class with Kaitlyn Gilliland

BalletNext
Master Class with Kaitlyn Gilliland, BalletNext dancer and formerly of New York City Ballet 10:15am - 12:00pm City Center Studio 5 130 W 56th Street $30 fee: pre-register or pay at the door advanced and professional dancers

 
10:30am
BEYOND WORDS - Sacred Dance Workshop

BEYOND WORDS - Sacred Dance Workshop

Omega Dance Company
This May, Omega Dance Company will partner with the Sacred Dance Guild, Middle Collegiate Church, Trinity Movement Choir, and the Church of the Village for a weekend of events with sacred dance pioneer and Omega founder Carla De Sola. Join us for one, or all activities, exploring how sacred dance can move our spirits and bodies “beyond words”.  Questions? Contact Betsy O’Neill at 212-535-4235…

 
12:00pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Annie Vigier & Franck Apertet (les gens d'Uterpan)
Times TBD on Chocolate Factory website. Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring…

 
2:00pm
NYC Season

NYC Season

Limón Dance Company
Limón Dance Company comes back to The Joyce with two world premieres and two Limón masterworks.  For one premiere, Dianne McIntyre, the legendary dancer/choreographer, has created a special solo for Roxane D’Orleans Juste, honoring her 30-year tenure with the company.  The other premiere features the exceptionally gifted choreographer Seán Curran, who has collaborated with composers Lucia Caruso…

 
2:00pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Dancing is Talking, Talking is Dancing
Conversations on contemporary choreography. Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring contemporary dance through performances, talks and critical writing.

 
3:00pm
Columbia Ballet Collaborative's Spring 2014 Season

Columbia Ballet Collaborative's Spring 2014 Season

Columbia Ballet Collaborative
Columbia Ballet Collaborative proudly presents its Spring 2014 performances at Miller Theatre. The program features new works by Constantine Baecher, Katherine Bergstrom, Jeremy McQueen, Caitlin Trainor, Michele Wiles, as well as a staging of "Elegie" from George Balanchine's Tchaikovsky Suite No. 3. 

 
3:00pm
Two Peas in an Odd Pod

Two Peas in an Odd Pod

Movement in C
Two Peas in an Odd Pod Saturday, May 3, 2014 @ 7:30pm & Sunday, May 4, 2014 @ 3pm Brooklyn Music School Playhouse, 126 St. Felix Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 Tickets: $10 in advance @ http://www.movementinc.org/#!twopeas/cick $20 at the door (50% of the proceeds go to Brooklyn Music School)  Cast:  Salma Allam & Cathy Richards Script and Choreography: Salma Allam & Cathy Richards    The…

 
3:00pm
Rascals with Altitude

Rascals with Altitude

General Mischief Dance Theatre
General Mischief Dance Theatre presents its spring performance, Rascals with Altitude.  Performances will take place from April 25 – May 4 at The Connelly Theatre, 220 East 4th Street, NYC.  Tickets are $20 in advance for general admission ($25 at the door, $15 for students and seniors, $10 to children ten and under) and are available at https://www.artful.ly/store/events/2754 or by calling (212)…

 
4:00pm
2014 DOTA Dance Festival

2014 DOTA Dance Festival

DOTA Dance Theatre
Join DOTA Dance Theatre for a three-day festival celebrating dance on stage and film. www.dotadancetheatre.com/2014-dota-dance-festival --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, May 2nd // DOTA Invites... 7 - 8:30 PM DOTA invites five NYC choreographers to present their work.  Featuring: Breton Tyner Bryan  Rachel Hagan / CEMA Dance Chuck Wilt / Una…

 
4:00pm
DAMAGEDANCE 2014 Spring Season

DAMAGEDANCE 2014 Spring Season

Jessica Taylor/DAMAGEDANCE
See a selection DAMAGEDANCE repertory as well as Jessica Taylor's world premiere, "WannaBe". Saturday, May 3 - 3:30pm and 7:00pm Featuring Antonio Brown of Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company presenting "One Five One" Sunday, May 4 - 4:00pm Featuring Nicole Corea of Lar Lubovitch Dance Company presenting "Solivagant" *DAMAGEDANCE's NYC 2014 Season is sponsored in part by Black Balloon…

 
4:00pm
DAMAGEDANCE Spring 2014 season

DAMAGEDANCE Spring 2014 season

DAMAGEDANCE
Jessica Taylor's DAMAGEDANCE presents its Spring 2014 Season at Manhatten Movement and Arts Center. Shows are Saturday May 3rd at 3:30 and 7:00, and Sunday May 4th at 4:00. Tickets are $22, and $15 for students/artists. www.damagedance.com

 
5:00pm

Sunday Process Lab with Hilary Clark

Movement Research
As dancers, how do we actively participate in a choreographic process? How do we care for it and ourselves? On what systems and herstories/histories do we build our own processes both inside and outside of a particular work? In this lab, we will consider how to develop tools, systems, and methods for ourselves towards openness, vulnerability, transformation, rebellion, ability and perceived lack of…

 
5:30pm
Embrace

Embrace

La MaMa Moves/Compagnie Affari-Esteri
Embrace Compagnie Affari-Esteri Choreography By Shlomi Tuizer & Edmond Russo Music By Oren Bloedow       Poems By Christina Clark May 2 - 4, 2014 Fri & Sat – 10pm / Sun – 5:30pm Two men face each other constrained in their search for different forms of identification. Poetic notions are employed, from a lovers’ narrative to duplicity, from a social body to a perceptive body, and of the…

 
5:30pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Edmond Russo & Shlomi Tuizer (Affari Esteri)
Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring contemporary dance through performances, talks and critical writing.

 
6:30pm
2014 DOTA Dance Festival

2014 DOTA Dance Festival

DOTA Dance Theatre
Join DOTA Dance Theatre for a three-day festival celebrating dance on stage and film. www.dotadancetheatre.com/2014-dota-dance-festival --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Friday, May 2nd // DOTA Invites... 7 - 8:30 PM DOTA invites five NYC choreographers to present their work.  Featuring: Breton Tyner Bryan  Rachel Hagan / CEMA Dance Chuck Wilt / Una…

 
7:00pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Frédéric Nauczyciel
Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring contemporary dance through performances, talks and critical writing.

 
7:30pm

Shen Wei Dance Arts New York City Season

Shen Wei Dance Arts
Program: MAP (2005), hailed by THE WASHINGTON POST as "wonderfully whimsical...endlessly inventive." Shen Wei ingeniously re-imagines this tour de force, set to music by Steve Reich, for the Judson. Plus,…

 
8:00pm
altered natives’ Say Yes  to Another Excess – TWERK

altered natives’ Say Yes to Another Excess – TWERK

Cecilia Bengolea and François Chaignaud
Bengolea and Chaignaud skim the line between popular dance and trained choreography, drawing on their immersion in club culture from London to New York. With dancers Alex Mugler, Ana Pi, and Elisa Yvelin—as well as London grime scene DJs Elijah andSkilliam of the label Butterz—they move from Martha Graham’s technique to house, challenging the expressive, communal, poetic, and discursive…

 
8:00pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Cecilia Bengolea & François Chaignaud
Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring contemporary dance through performances, talks and critical writing.

 
10:00pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Frédéric Nauczyciel
Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring contemporary dance through performances, talks and critical writing.

 
Mon 5th
10:00am
Trisha Brown Dance Morning Class Series

Trisha Brown Dance Morning Class Series

Trisha Brown Dance Company
Join us for a special seven week only drop-in class series taught by current and past Trisha Brown Dance Company members - learn Partnering, Brownian Basics, Internal/External, Geometry of the Body, Fluid Body Within Form, and Improvisation and Compositional Choices among other core principals of Trisha Brown's work. 10AM-12PM Monday-Friday at Gibney Dance, each teacher offers a unique focus and…

 
10:00am

Morning Class with Michelle Boulé

Movement Research
We’ll look at different ways of approaching ‘dance technique' -- energy systems, physical systems, spatial relationships, contact and non-contact partner and solo improvisations, set exercises and movement phrases. I take my current somatic, dance, and performance interests and apply them to a movement practice. A maximally informed approach to dancing. A space of respectful, creative permission…

 
10:00am

Adult Open Ballet Class

Astoria Fine Arts Dance
$15 drop-in class at Astoria Fine Arts Dance

 
12:00pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Annie Vigier & Franck Apertet (les gens d'Uterpan)
Times TBD on Chocolate Factory website. Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring…

 
12:00pm

Ballet for Contemporary Dancers with Janet Panetta

Movement Research
As a veteran of the American Ballet Theatre, Janet Panetta also has a broad experience of contemporary dance forms. She has trained dancers in many of the major American companies such as American Ballet…

 
6:00pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Frédéric Nauczyciel
Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring contemporary dance through performances, talks and critical writing.

 
6:30pm

The Porous Body: Ludus Training with Artistic Director Ximena Garnica

LEIMAY
Four connected yet independent monthly labs open to actors, dancers, body rooted performers or anyone interested in experiencing & investigating aspects surrounding LEIMAY’s physical…

 
8:00pm

RIOULT Dance NY Searches for New Home, Hope Greenfield Donates $500,000

RIOULT Dance NY
RIOULT Dance NY, a leading American modern dance company with a classic sensibility, has been searching for a long-term home in an effort to better serve the community, grow their patronage and set up a companion school for the company. Recently, Hope Greenfield, chairwoman of Rioult’s Board of Directors donated $500,000 through her family foundation, the Gordon and Harriet Greenfield Foundation,…

 
8:00pm
altered natives’ Say Yes  to Another Excess – TWERK

altered natives’ Say Yes to Another Excess – TWERK

Cecilia Bengolea and François Chaignaud
Bengolea and Chaignaud skim the line between popular dance and trained choreography, drawing on their immersion in club culture from London to New York. With dancers Alex Mugler, Ana Pi, and Elisa Yvelin—as well as London grime scene DJs Elijah andSkilliam of the label Butterz—they move from Martha Graham’s technique to house, challenging the expressive, communal, poetic, and discursive…

 
8:00pm
Movement Research at the Judson Church

Movement Research at the Judson Church

Movement Research
A high visibility, low-tech forum on Monday nights throughout the fall/winter and spring seasons. Movement Research at the Judson Church supports experiments in performance rather than finished products. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists. Featuring the works of Jeanine Durning, Deborah Hazler, Phoebe Morris and Saúl Ulerio

 
8:00pm

Adult Intermediate Modern

Astoria Fine Arts Dance
$15 drop-in class at Astoria Fine Arts Dance.  Taught by Rebecca Hite of Reject Dance Theatre (www.rejectdancetheatre.com)

 
8:00pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Cecilia Bengolea & François Chaignaud
Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring contemporary dance through performances, talks and critical writing.

 
9:00pm

Temporal Dislocation: BodyGates through Stars, Water and Land

iLAND, Inc.
Join in a three part series of stargazing with explorations in movement and chanting in Inwood Hill Park. We will experiment with different approaches to relocating the elemental systems of our bodies…

 
10:00pm

DANSE: A French-American Festival of Performance & Ideas

Frédéric Nauczyciel
Part of a festival produced by the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, May 1-18, at venues throughout the city. "DANSE" is a multifaceted initiative exploring contemporary dance through performances, talks and critical writing.

 
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