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Lotus Music and Dance presents: World Dance Festival: Dancing Across Cultural Borders! 3 images show a female Kuchipudi dancer in yellow and pink, a female Kathak dancer wearing orange and a male tap dancer wearing black, and 3 dancers (Flamenco dancer wearing black, female Persian dancer wearing blue, and female Kathak dancer wearing orange and blue)

 

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Sun 1st
8:00am
Tap Teacher Training

Tap Teacher Training

The American Tap Dance Foundation
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS! Are you a dance teacher? If you would like amplify and hone in on your tap dance teaching skills, join us in Tap Teacher Training 2016!   American Tap Dance Foundation's Tap Teacher Training - Certificate Program   Dates for the 2016 Level 1 Training: Sunday, July 17 – Sunday, July 24, 2016: Intensive week at the ATDC in NYC August 2016 – February 2017: Trainees…

 
8:00am
Monsters Dance Convention Denver 2015

Monsters Dance Convention Denver 2015

Monsters Dance
Monsters Dance will be returning to Denver, CO on our 2015-2016 'Unleash the Beat' tour from October 30-November 1, 2015! Join us at the Westin Westminister for a full weekend of classes and events instructed by our Monsters Dance faculty*, plus auditions, vendors, the Club Stylz showcase, and our annual Monster Mash Halloween celebration!  Registration is available NOW at http://monstersdancedenver.strikingly.com/ Space…

 
12:00pm
Private Ballet Lessons every Sunday

Private Ballet Lessons every Sunday

Kat Wildish
Book your private lessons with Kat Wildish on Sunday. email Hope@katwildish.com or visit http://katwildish.com/classes/page2.php for more details     Kat Wildish grew up in Tampa, Florida, but she shot from the beach to the balletic big time at the age of 15, when she toured the southern United States as a member of Ballet Gala, on stage with such superstars as Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn,…

 
1:30pm
Dance Visions NY: Through the Portals, Isadora Duncan's Orfeo and other works

Dance Visions NY: Through the Portals, Isadora Duncan's Orfeo and other works

Dance Visions NY
Through the Portals is a new multi-disciplinary work created by choreographer Beth Jucovy that incorporates the works of visual artist Susan Ruth Cohen as portals into worlds of color and relationship. In creating Through the the Portals Ms. Jucovy employed the Isadora Duncan dance technique as a primary source of the movement approach. In this same program, Dance Visions NY will also present Duncan’s…

 
2:00pm
Ballet Memphis

Ballet Memphis

The Joyce Theater
“The ache and darkness…put onstage was more than a dance, it was an echo of human experience,” declared The Washington Post about Ballet Memphis who, pairing innovation with raw emotion in every stunning step, delivers a new vibrancy to the dance stage. This mixed repertory program features contemporary works grounded in the classical aesthetic that the company has presented so exquisitely on…

 
3:00pm
Lionel Popkin at Abrons Arts Center

Lionel Popkin at Abrons Arts Center

Travelogues Dance Series curated by Laurie Uprichard
Abrons Arts Center presents the New York City premiere of Los Angeles-based choreographer Lionel Popkin’s Ruth Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, an evening-length work inspired in part by the career of modern dance pioneer Ruth St. Denis. The evening-length work is performed by Popkin, Emily Beattie, and Carolyn Hall, and features an original score by avant-garde accordionist Guy Klucevsek, performed…

 
3:00pm
The Architecture of Proximity

The Architecture of Proximity

Zullo/RawMovement
Zullo/RawMovement presents The Architecture of Proximity at the Theater at the 14th Street Y October 28-November 1, 2015   Zullo/RawMovement presents The Architecture of Proximity at the Theater at the 14th Street Y from Wednesday – Saturday, October 28-31, 2015 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, November 1, 2015 at 3 p.m. at the 14th Street Y, 344 E. 14th Street, 10003, NYC.  Tickets are $30 ($25 for…

 
3:00pm
Beginner West African

Beginner West African

Ailey Extension
Instructor: Maguette Camara, Vado Diomande , Yah'Ya Kamate A high-spirited, high-powered rhythmic dance experience for anyone who loves to dance.

 
6:00pm
MRPJ Issue 47 Release Party

MRPJ Issue 47 Release Party

Movement Research
BKSD is Hosting the Movement Research Performance Journal issue #47 Release Party! SUNDAY  November 1 6-9pm Brooklyn Studios for Dance 210 Lafayette Ave Brooklyn, NY 11238 COVER ARTIST: REGGIE WILSON COVER PHOTOGRAPH: MIANA JUN MRPJ#47 Editorial Team:  Editor-in-Chief Moriah Evans Senior Editor Buck Wanner Managing Editor Lauren Bakst Graphic Design David Knowles Cover Artist Portfolio Editors…

 
6:00pm
Sundays on Broadway, September 27-December 6

Sundays on Broadway, September 27-December 6

Free series, presented by Cathy Weis Projects
Cathy Weis Projects announces the fall 2015 season of Sundays on Broadway, an ongoing series featuring film screenings, performances, discussions, and all manner of gatherings on Sunday evenings at WeisAcres in SoHo. Events will take place September 27–December 6, at 6pm, and are free and open to the public.  The fall 2015 series will feature the films Hangman Takuzo by Yasuko Yokoshi and The Legend…

 
6:00pm
Butoh classes New York with Vangeline

Butoh classes New York with Vangeline

Vangeline Theater
Butoh is an avant-garde performance art form which originated in Japan in the 1950’s. Vangeline’s Butoh classes incorporates Japanese Butoh, Bio-energetics, core energetics, elements of Noguchi…

 
7:00pm
Beverly Blossom Memorial Gala

Beverly Blossom Memorial Gala

SENSEDANCE & Henning Rübsam present:
The BEVERLY BLOSSOM MEMORIAL GALA on November 1 is a tribute with guest stars from around the country to the late “doyenne of robust eccentricity” on the very anniversary of her passing. A kaleidoscope of Blossom’s best work is shown on this exciting program. Renowned solo artists Douglas Nielsen and Betsy Fisher will perform Losing You and Blossom’s signature solo Dad’s Ties respectively.…

 
Mon 2nd
8:00am
Tap Teacher Training

Tap Teacher Training

The American Tap Dance Foundation
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS! Are you a dance teacher? If you would like amplify and hone in on your tap dance teaching skills, join us in Tap Teacher Training 2016!   American Tap Dance Foundation's Tap Teacher Training - Certificate Program   Dates for the 2016 Level 1 Training: Sunday, July 17 – Sunday, July 24, 2016: Intensive week at the ATDC in NYC August 2016 – February 2017: Trainees…

 
10:00am

Qi Gong with Melanie Maar

Movement Research
practicing being and seeing In this class, I offer space for a self nurturing, awake state that enables a somatics based work with principles of energetic and anatomic dynamics. We explore methods related to the Chinese 5 Element System through movement, image activation, sounding, meditation, theory and partner work. I approach the somatic, artistic and psychic as synergetic realms. Its a quest to…

 
10:00am
Bartenieff Fundamentals Practice Class

Bartenieff Fundamentals Practice Class

Laban Bartenieff Institute
Bartenieff Fundamentalstm (BF) Practice Class Develop your understanding of the body through experiential studies rooted in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Fundatmentals. This BF morning practice class will get you ready for your day while enhancing your physical and expressive capabilities on a profound and subtle level. It is suitable for students of all backgrounds and level of experience with interest…

 
10:00am
Advanced Beginner Ballet class with Kat Wildish

Advanced Beginner Ballet class with Kat Wildish

Ripley Grier Studios / 939 8th Avenue
All classes at Ripley Grier will be $15 per class / cash only Visit http://katwildish.com/classes/page2.php for more details or email hope@katwildish.com     ~~Over three decades of teaching, Kat Wildish has developed a distinctive, systematic, and highly effective approach to dance education. In her beginner & intermediate technique classes, correct placement is the root of Kat’s pedagogy.…

 
12:00pm

Ballet for Contemporary Dancers with Janet Panetta

Movement Research
MON, TUES, THURS, FRI 12-2pm Gibney Dance Center 890 Broadway $17/class ($120 for an 8-Class Card, valid for one month and for this class only. MR Class Cards not applicable.) 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 Theatre, New York…

 
4:00pm
Gaga & Creations Workshop with LeeSaar The Company: Session II at Gibney Dance

Gaga & Creations Workshop with LeeSaar The Company: Session II at Gibney Dance

Gibney Dance
Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center 280 Broadway, Enter at 53A Chambers New York, NY, 10007 Gaga & Creations Workshop with LeeSaar The Company: Session II Mondays / October 19 – November 16 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm All-inclusive fee: $80 Drop-in rate: $20 Register here » http://bit.ly/1h7SnEv Join the directors of LeeSaar The Company for an intensive workshop that gives dancers the…

 
5:30pm
FALL/WINTER PROGRAMS

FALL/WINTER PROGRAMS

DEF DANCE JAM COMMUNITY
Celebrating life, challenge and different-ABILITIES for 22 Years!!! JOIN THE MIXED-ABILITY, INTER-GENERATIONAL COMMUNITY OF ARTIST, IN CREATIVE FELLOWSHIP ... FROM 3 to 103YRS OLD. ALL ARE WELCOME! A COMMUNITY OF INCLUSION FOR PARTICIPANTS WITH AND WITHOUT –“different-ABILITIES." TRAINING IN DANCE, THEATER, MUSIC, WRITING, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, CHOREOGRAPHY, REPERTORY AND PERFORMANCE SOME…

 
6:30pm
OPEN CLASS AT BAX WITH ANGEL KABA HIP-HOP AND KA'FRICAN ​(AFRO URBAN DANCE)

OPEN CLASS AT BAX WITH ANGEL KABA HIP-HOP AND KA'FRICAN ​(AFRO URBAN DANCE)

Dance To The People
This Open Class with Angel Kaba is part of the Dance Teacher Workshop by Dance To The People, hosted by BAX Brooklyn Arts Exchange as a part of the Creating Space Program. Funded in large part by the Lambert Foundation Fund of Tides Foundation. Creating Space provides opportunities to support and develop artists of all races, backgrounds, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and aestethic…

 
6:30pm
Beginner West African

Beginner West African

Ailey Extension
Instructor: Maguette Camara, Vado Diomande , Yah'Ya Kamate A high-spirited, high-powered rhythmic dance experience for anyone who loves to dance.

 
6:45pm
Absolute Beginner Ballet with Kat Wildish

Absolute Beginner Ballet with Kat Wildish

Gibney Dance Union Square
This class is for the beginners or for dancers who want to refine their technique at a basic level.   ~~Sign up Kat's monthly newsletter here: http://katwildish.com/page7/

 
7:00pm
And There was Morning - new works by Henning Rübsam

And There was Morning - new works by Henning Rübsam

SENSEDANCE
Three world premieres make up the SENSEDANCE program of AND THERE WAS MORNING, which is also the title of Rübsam’s newest collaboration with composer Beata Moon. Both Juilliard graduates celebrate an artistic partnership that dates back to 1992 with this colorful and exuberant exploration of sound and movement. Composer Ricardo Llorca’s Combat Del Somni will be performed live by famed pianist…

 
7:00pm
$10 Trial Tango Class.

$10 Trial Tango Class.

Strictly Tango NYC
Introductory Tango Lesson Every Monday and Thursday at 7pm and every Saturday at 2pm, we offer a taste of tango for total beginners for just $10. You will get a 55 minute class introducing you to all the basic fundamentals of tango. It is guaranteed you will be dancing at the end of the class. It is a good way to have fun starting out with tango for those that have never danced it before. At the end…

 
7:00pm
Contemplative Dance Practice

Contemplative Dance Practice

Brooklyn Studios for Dance
7:00pm-9:00pm Contemplative Dance Practice with Zena Bibler  $5  Contemplative Dance Practice, facilitated by Zena Bibler, is a three part session formally divided between seated meditation, personal attunement (warmup), and improvised movement in a group. CDP was developed at Naropa University by Barbara Dilley, who has been practicing and studying meditation in the Shambhala tradition of Chögyam…

 
8:00pm

Movement Research at the Judson Church

Movement Research
Karen Bernard, Marcos Duran Performance Group, Erica Ricketts, seymour::dancecollective 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.

 
Tue 3rd
8:00am
Tap Teacher Training

Tap Teacher Training

The American Tap Dance Foundation
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS! Are you a dance teacher? If you would like amplify and hone in on your tap dance teaching skills, join us in Tap Teacher Training 2016!   American Tap Dance Foundation's Tap Teacher Training - Certificate Program   Dates for the 2016 Level 1 Training: Sunday, July 17 – Sunday, July 24, 2016: Intensive week at the ATDC in NYC August 2016 – February 2017: Trainees…

 
9:00am
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

 
10:00am

Morning Class with Levi Gonzalez

Movement Research
Morning Class "Class" is an opportunity for each of us to fully inhabit our bodies and engage in our own creative practices. Through gentle facilitation, I will place us in dialogue with one another through both movement and language. I usually begin slowly, with imagery and gentle preparation inspired by various somatic traditions to access our awareness of the senses, the organs, the skeleton, the…

 
10:00am

C O R E M O T I O N Inner Structure with Daria Faïn

Movement Research
C O R E  M O T I O N  Inner Structure (Tuesdays) Based on Qi Gong, this technical class focuses on the inner structure of the body approached as a whole organism. It is a tool to strengthen and cultivate core alignment in connection to all the systems in the body and the opening of energy centers. NO CLASS NOVEMBER 26, DECEMBER 22-31

 
10:00am

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

Movement Research
We are not just a body or a mind. We are unique individuals with spirit and intelligence. The work in class engages us in a process that facilitates change. We work to right the pelvis on top of the legs, with the deep connections closest to the bones, and free the upper body and spine to move with ease and expression. Working on the level of the bone, we can let go of unnecessary tensions and habits…

 
12:00pm

Ballet for Contemporary Dancers with Janet Panetta

Movement Research
MON, TUES, THURS, FRI 12-2pm Gibney Dance Center 890 Broadway $17/class ($120 for an 8-Class Card, valid for one month and for this class only. MR Class Cards not applicable.) 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 Theatre, New York…

 
2:00pm

Pilates Mat Class for Dancers with Johanna S. Meyer

Movement Research
This class focuses on clear alignment, stabilizing the hypermobile body and a deep investigation of functional strength for dance. As dancers and somatic movers, we need connected, consistent strength and support. We benefit massively from cross training, centering our minds and building an impeccable understanding of our vessel by balancing the extreme ranges of motion we perform on a daily basis. ADI…

 
5:30pm
FALL/WINTER PROGRAMS

FALL/WINTER PROGRAMS

DEF DANCE JAM COMMUNITY
Celebrating life, challenge and different-ABILITIES for 22 Years!!! JOIN THE MIXED-ABILITY, INTER-GENERATIONAL COMMUNITY OF ARTIST, IN CREATIVE FELLOWSHIP ... FROM 3 to 103YRS OLD. ALL ARE WELCOME! A COMMUNITY OF INCLUSION FOR PARTICIPANTS WITH AND WITHOUT –“different-ABILITIES." TRAINING IN DANCE, THEATER, MUSIC, WRITING, AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE, CHOREOGRAPHY, REPERTORY AND PERFORMANCE SOME…

 
6:15pm

Studies Project: what we talk about when we talk about somatics:a sharing of practices leading into conversation

Movement Research
what we talk about when we talk about somatics: a sharing of practices leading into conversation With Justine Lynch, Antonio Ramos, Shelley Senter and RoseAnne Spradlin What does the term “somatics” even mean? Can we arrive at consensus around this as an idea, a value, a practice? This event will bring together artists/practitioners of various backgrounds and areas of study to lead the group…

 
6:30pm
Modern Dance Class at Green Space

Modern Dance Class at Green Space

Green Space
Modern Dance at Green Space Tuesdays 6:30-8pm Open Level   Drop-In Cost: $20 14 Class Series: $250 September 15 – December 15, 2015   Instructor: Valerie Green Hawkins-Based Modern Dance Class   Dance class at Green Space gives students the opportunity to work on body strength and alignment in a fun and supportive dance environment.   Come and dance with intelligence, clarity, and…

 
6:30pm
Adult Pointe Class

Adult Pointe Class

Peridance
Pointe with Kat Wildish serves students at all levels of pointe technique, from beginners in their first time up in the shoes to seasoned professionals maintaining fundamentals. Starting with an intense barre warm-up series to strengthen deep muscles in the legs and feet, the class progresses slowly to center work and variation practice. A different piece of classical repertoire will be taught and…

 
7:00pm

Audition Lab with Casting Director Todd Thaler

Atlantic Acting School
An exclusive opportunity for the serious actor to experience casting sessions with a professional Feature Film and Television Casting Director, Todd’s class sharpens and improves an actor’s on-camera acting skills, starting with demystifying the audition process. Todd’s extensive and impressive credits as a casting director in addition to his years teaching and coaching actors makes this class…

 
7:00pm
And There was Morning - new works by Henning Rübsam

And There was Morning - new works by Henning Rübsam

SENSEDANCE
Three world premieres make up the SENSEDANCE program of AND THERE WAS MORNING, which is also the title of Rübsam’s newest collaboration with composer Beata Moon. Both Juilliard graduates celebrate an artistic partnership that dates back to 1992 with this colorful and exuberant exploration of sound and movement. Composer Ricardo Llorca’s Combat Del Somni will be performed live by famed pianist…

 
7:00pm
Pilates

Pilates

New York Theatre Ballet
Taught by Amanda Treiber, principal dancer with NYTB, this gentle Pilates class is designed to build strength, coordination, and flexibility while gaining the understanding of the muscles used and the technique of the exercises. Drop in - $12 10 Class Card - $100

 
7:30pm
BalletNext at New York Live Arts

BalletNext at New York Live Arts

BalletNext
BalletNext at New York Live Arts October 27-November 7, 2015 12 Performances | 5 Works | 3 Premieres Program A highlights include the premieres of "Don't Blink" the next collaboration from Michele Wiles and flex dancing pioneer Jay Donn and Brian Reeder's "Strange Flowers," a flirtatious trio set to the music of Jean Philipe Rameau, as well as the return of "Ushuaia" by Michele Wiles. As…

 
7:30pm
Garth Fagan Dance

Garth Fagan Dance

The Joyce Theater
The Fagan aesthetic—“balletic rigor and precision in conjunction with a desultory looseness of body and unbridled bursts of energy” (The New York Times)—is on display when the company returns to The Joyce with a terrific program of new pieces by Garth Fagan and Norwood Pennewell and some of Fagan’s best work throughout the years: Passion Distanced, from 1987; No Evidence of Failure, from…

 
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.  

 
7:30pm
Advanced Beginner Ballet w. Kat Wildish

Advanced Beginner Ballet w. Kat Wildish

Peridance
Visit http://www.peridance.com/openclasses.cfm for more details or email hope@katwildish.com ~~Over three decades of teaching, Kat Wildish has developed a distinctive, systematic, and highly effective approach to dance education. In her beginner & intermediate technique classes, correct placement is the root of Kat’s pedagogy. She gives a long barre and her entire syllabus is constructed to demand…

 
8:00pm
Movement in the Moment: A Dance Improv Series with The Lovelies

Movement in the Moment: A Dance Improv Series with The Lovelies

The Lovelies
Movement in the Moment: A Dance Improv Series at Mark Morris Dance Center Come play with us. Move freely. Compose dance in the moment with live musicians. In this after work, no stress improv class, fun exercises and loose structures help you cultivate your unique voice as a moving body and artist. Move from your deep impulses with clear and bold choices. As we all build solo material, we will work…

 
8:00pm
Scaffold Room

Scaffold Room

The Kitchen
April Matthis, Roderick Murray, Okwui Okpokwasili, Marina Rosenfeld, Mike Taylor,Philip White, and Ralph Lemon. Organized by Tim Griffin and Matthew Lyons. October 30–December 5, Tuesday-Friday 12-6pm, Saturday 11-6pm. Free. Opening reception: Friday, October 30, 6-8pm Ticketed performances: November 3–7 and November 9–10, 8pm and November 10, 2pm Tickets $20 Scaffold Room is made…

 
Wed 4th
8:00am
Tap Teacher Training

Tap Teacher Training

The American Tap Dance Foundation
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS! Are you a dance teacher? If you would like amplify and hone in on your tap dance teaching skills, join us in Tap Teacher Training 2016!   American Tap Dance Foundation's Tap Teacher Training - Certificate Program   Dates for the 2016 Level 1 Training: Sunday, July 17 – Sunday, July 24, 2016: Intensive week at the ATDC in NYC August 2016 – February 2017: Trainees…

 
10:00am

Body, Mind and Image with K.J. Holmes and Karinne Keithley Syers

Movement Research
Classes investigate experiential anatomy through the image work of Ideokinesis and the work of Mabel Todd (The Thinking Body) as learned from Andre Bernard. Using dual lenses of Body-Mind Centering®, developed by Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen (focusing on body systems and evolutionary/developmental patterns), and writings of philosophers who influenced and were influenced by the generation of somatic pioneers,…

 
10:00am
Advanced Beginner Ballet w. Kat Wildish

Advanced Beginner Ballet w. Kat Wildish

Peridance
Visit http://www.peridance.com/openclasses.cfm for more details or email hope@katwildish.com ~~Over three decades of teaching, Kat Wildish has developed a distinctive, systematic, and highly effective approach to dance education. In her beginner & intermediate technique classes, correct placement is the root of Kat’s pedagogy. She gives a long barre and her entire syllabus is constructed to demand…

 
12:00pm
Fall Workshop: Choreolab 2015

Fall Workshop: Choreolab 2015

Alexandra Beller/ Dances
Fall Choreolab 2015 October 7-December 2 (8 Weeks) Wednesdays 12-3pm at Mark Morris Studios (3 Lafayette Avenue, Brooklyn NY) Cost: $350 ($325 for returning students). Due in three payments by November 2 or paid in full. Secure your spot by making a $50 deposit at alexandrabellerdances.org. Taught by Alexandra Beller-  Alexandra Beller is Artistic Director of Alexandra Beller/Dances, which is…

 
12:00pm
Kat Wildish Pro Level 2hours Ballet Class at Beautiful Gibney Studio 5-2

Kat Wildish Pro Level 2hours Ballet Class at Beautiful Gibney Studio 5-2

Gibney Dance Union Square
Kat Wildish Kat Wildish grew up in Tampa, Florida, but she shot from the beach to the balletic big time at the age of 15, when she toured the southern United States as a member of Ballet Gala, on stage with such superstars as Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, Cynthia Gregory, and Fernando Bujones. She received further training—on a two-year full scholarship from the Ford Foundation—at the nation’s…

 
1:00pm
Intermediate Contemporary class

Intermediate Contemporary class

Valerie Mae Ballet
Renée Locher will be teaching an Intermediate contemporary class on Wednesday's 1-2:30pm at the Players Theater in the West Village. Go to www.valeriemaeballet.com to register. Please visit Renee Locher Dancer and Choreographer on facebook for more information about the choreographer. Come dance with me!!

 
2:00pm

Alexander Technique with Clare Maxwell

Movement Research
Alexander Technique looks at the way we carry out our intentions. Often we use a process that is habitual, unconscious, and counterproductive. The technique offers a practice of staying open and alert in the moment, observing our familiar tensions and choosing to move without them. Beginning with the assumption that we are perfectly designed for movement and balance, we engage our mind to undo layers…

 
6:00pm

Skinner Releasing Technique™ (Introductory level) with Karl Anderson

Movement Research
SRT facilitates an enhanced awareness of our creativity. This imagery-based Somatic experience intuits ease and healing. Through improvisation and play, we delve deeper inside and shed our notions of style and aesthetics in favor of a more intense personal discovery. Students are encouraged to enter "feeling states" and explore the limitlessness of their multi-dimensional aliveness. SRT makes for a…

 
6:30pm
Happy Hour

Happy Hour

Monica Bill Barnes & Co.
HAPPY HOUR In their new weekly dance show, Happy Hour, performers Monica Bill Barnes and Anna Bass trade their signature sequins and feather headdresses for a pair of everyday men’s suits.  Framed by the casual aesthetics of office parties and the inherent failure of karaoke nights, they are two female performers playing the most familiar male characters.  Happy Hour invites audiences to have…

 
6:30pm
Take a FREE stress-relief movement class!

Take a FREE stress-relief movement class!

Full Force Dance Repertory
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 90% of all illnesses are stress related. Not only is stress dangerous, but it can disrupt and cause serious harm to your body. Have any stress you want to relieve? Then come and take Full Force's stress relief movement class! Date: Wednesday, November 4th & Wednesday, November 11th, 2015 Time: 6:30pm-8:00pm Place: Bailey's Cafe 324…

 
6:45pm
 2hours Int. Ballet with Kat Wildish

2hours Int. Ballet with Kat Wildish

Gibney Dance Union Square
Kat Wildish Kat Wildish grew up in Tampa, Florida, but she shot from the beach to the balletic big time at the age of 15, when she toured the southern United States as a member of Ballet Gala, on stage with such superstars as Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, Cynthia Gregory, and Fernando Bujones. She received further training—on a two-year full scholarship from the Ford Foundation—at the nation’s…

 
7:00pm
And There was Morning - new works by Henning Rübsam

And There was Morning - new works by Henning Rübsam

SENSEDANCE
Three world premieres make up the SENSEDANCE program of AND THERE WAS MORNING, which is also the title of Rübsam’s newest collaboration with composer Beata Moon. Both Juilliard graduates celebrate an artistic partnership that dates back to 1992 with this colorful and exuberant exploration of sound and movement. Composer Ricardo Llorca’s Combat Del Somni will be performed live by famed pianist…

 
7:00pm
Intermediate/Advanced Tahitian Dance Classes

Intermediate/Advanced Tahitian Dance Classes

Ori Manea Tahitian Dance School
Ori Manea Tahitian Dance School offers New York City's most authentic Tahitian dance classes and workshops. All of our classes and workshops are led by Tehani Benjamin of Tahiti Ora, one of Tahiti's most renowned dance companies. To join this class you must have some experience in hula or Tahitian dance. We'll also be offering introductory workshops in October for students trying Tahitian…

 
7:30pm
Two World Premieres Ballets  Choreographed by Troy Schumacher

Two World Premieres Ballets Choreographed by Troy Schumacher

BalletCollective
BalletCollective  To Present Two World Premieres Ballets Choreographed by Troy Schumacher Season Features Music by Ellis Ludwig-Leone and Mark Dancigers Performed Live by Hotel Elefant New Collaborations with Photographers Paul Maffi and Dafy Hagai November 4 and 5, 2015 at NYU Skirball Center   BalletCollective will present two world premieres ballets by Troy Schumacher on November 4 and…

 
7:30pm
BalletNext at New York Live Arts

BalletNext at New York Live Arts

BalletNext
BalletNext at New York Live Arts October 27-November 7, 2015 12 Performances | 5 Works | 3 Premieres Program A highlights include the premieres of "Don't Blink" the next collaboration from Michele Wiles and flex dancing pioneer Jay Donn and Brian Reeder's "Strange Flowers," a flirtatious trio set to the music of Jean Philipe Rameau, as well as the return of "Ushuaia" by Michele Wiles. As…

 
7:30pm
Garth Fagan Dance

Garth Fagan Dance

The Joyce Theater
The Fagan aesthetic—“balletic rigor and precision in conjunction with a desultory looseness of body and unbridled bursts of energy” (The New York Times)—is on display when the company returns to The Joyce with a terrific program of new pieces by Garth Fagan and Norwood Pennewell and some of Fagan’s best work throughout the years: Passion Distanced, from 1987; No Evidence of Failure, from…

 
8:00pm
The AFROFUTURISM Series

The AFROFUTURISM Series

Renegade Performance Group
“Join us November 4-7 for the first Renegade Performance Group Brooklyn season of the AFROFUTURISM Series, a dynamic performance project that investigates the presence of Blackness into and beyond 21st Century techno-culture, art and society through contemporary dance in a digital landscape! AFROFUTURISM as a movement expresses new and progressive narratives, ideologies and symbols representative…

 
8:00pm
LEIMAY LUDUS: Community Class

LEIMAY LUDUS: Community Class

LEIMAY
Led by LEIMAY ensemble member Andrea Jones, the LEIMAY Ludus Community Class is a donation based drop-in class.  This class is accessible to everyone and no dance or movement training is necessary. Please note: this is not a performance oriented class. LEIMAY has been investigating and exploring a variety of exercises which aid in the conditioning of a loose and fluid body. Through these exercises…

 
8:00pm
Scaffold Room

Scaffold Room

The Kitchen
April Matthis, Roderick Murray, Okwui Okpokwasili, Marina Rosenfeld, Mike Taylor,Philip White, and Ralph Lemon. Organized by Tim Griffin and Matthew Lyons. October 30–December 5, Tuesday-Friday 12-6pm, Saturday 11-6pm. Free. Opening reception: Friday, October 30, 6-8pm Ticketed performances: November 3–7 and November 9–10, 8pm and November 10, 2pm Tickets $20 Scaffold Room is made…

 
Thu 5th
8:00am
Tap Teacher Training

Tap Teacher Training

The American Tap Dance Foundation
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS! Are you a dance teacher? If you would like amplify and hone in on your tap dance teaching skills, join us in Tap Teacher Training 2016!   American Tap Dance Foundation's Tap Teacher Training - Certificate Program   Dates for the 2016 Level 1 Training: Sunday, July 17 – Sunday, July 24, 2016: Intensive week at the ATDC in NYC August 2016 – February 2017: Trainees…

 
9:00am
Pilates Reformer Class

Pilates Reformer Class

Elite Body Pilates
Open small group Pilates Reformer classes www.EliteBodyPilates.net info@EliteBodyPilates.net 212-717-1302

 
10:00am

Morning Class with Levi Gonzalez

Movement Research
Morning Class "Class" is an opportunity for each of us to fully inhabit our bodies and engage in our own creative practices. Through gentle facilitation, I will place us in dialogue with one another through both movement and language. I usually begin slowly, with imagery and gentle preparation inspired by various somatic traditions to access our awareness of the senses, the organs, the skeleton, the…

 
10:00am

C O R E M O T I O N Contemplative Action with Daria Faïn

Movement Research
C O R E  M O T I O N  Contemplative Action (Thursdays) Using the Chinese 5 Element Theory and other cognitive principles, we’ll intuitively explore the correlation between organs/senses/emotions/intellect and the propriety of the material space that surrounds to initiate movement states and actions. C O R E  M O T I O N  Contemplative Action (Thursdays) Using the Chinese 5 Element Theory and…

 
10:00am

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

Movement Research
We are not just a body or a mind. We are unique individuals with spirit and intelligence. The work in class engages us in a process that facilitates change. We work to right the pelvis on top of the legs, with the deep connections closest to the bones, and free the upper body and spine to move with ease and expression. Working on the level of the bone, we can let go of unnecessary tensions and habits…

 
12:00pm

Ballet for Contemporary Dancers with Janet Panetta

Movement Research
MON, TUES, THURS, FRI 12-2pm Gibney Dance Center 890 Broadway $17/class ($120 for an 8-Class Card, valid for one month and for this class only. MR Class Cards not applicable.) 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 Theatre, New York…

 
6:00pm

Open Level Modern Class

Paul Taylor's American Modern Dance
From 6 - 7:30pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, our adult classes are ideal for both the first time mover as well as returning students to dance. In a relaxed and encouraging environment, students explore Paul Taylor’s style and choreography through basic modern exercises and movement phrases. Single-class drop-ins for $17 are welcome.

 
6:15pm
Time Steps Workshop!

Time Steps Workshop!

The American Tap Dance Foundation
Learn & practice a variety of classic, rhythm, and original time steps! Special Rep Class taught by Susan Hebach  Thursdays Nov. 5, 12, 19 & Dec. 10, 17  6:15-7:45pm For Beginning level & up Learn the basic time steps associated with Broadway, and move on through traditional hoofing time steps, and learn the formula to build your own unique time steps. Price: $96 for 6 weeks or $16 per…

 
6:30pm
Tango in the Castle

Tango in the Castle

Strictly Tango NYC
Tango in the Castle TANGO IN THE CASTLE fuses the gothic ambience of Morningside Castle with the rousing passion of tango. VIP guests will enjoy an elegant light buffet of hors d'oeuvres and rich desserts with live music by Pedro Giraudo. Following the reception all ticket holders will enjoy a stage performance by the world-renowned dancers Leandro Caparelli y Rocio de los Santos and the singer…

 
6:30pm
Beginner West African

Beginner West African

Ailey Extension
Instructor: Maguette Camara, Vado Diomande , Yah'Ya Kamate A high-spirited, high-powered rhythmic dance experience for anyone who loves to dance.

 
7:00pm
CLASS WITH Justin Cabrillos

CLASS WITH Justin Cabrillos

Chez Bushwick Studio
In this class you will practice presence and breathing to prepare the body to construct physical and energetic landscapes. You will use memory, breath, and meditation to generate and discover familiar and unexpected states through which the body can move and vibrate in multidimensional ways. This class is open to all who want to share a space of attentiveness. Justin Cabrillos is performing as part…

 
7:30pm
Flamenco Cuadro Class

Flamenco Cuadro Class

La Conja Flamenco
Flamenco Cuadro Class with La Conja & Pedro Cortes  learn from 2 Master Teacher in Flamenco  Cuadro Class will work on all the different forms in Flamenco & how they work together. This Class is for Dancers, Guitarist, Singers, Cajon Players,  

 
7:30pm
Flamenco Cuadro Class with La Conja & Pedro Cortes

Flamenco Cuadro Class with La Conja & Pedro Cortes

La Conja Flamenco
Flamenco Cuadro Class with La Conja & Pedro Cortes This class is for Dancers, Guitarist, Singers, Cajon players we will cover all of the different styles in Flamenco & the Structure  Of Flamenco, & how it all works together. You will be learning from 2 Master Teachers, La Conja, Flamenco Dancer/Singer & Pedro Cortes, Flamenco Guitarist & Composer  

 
7:30pm
Odissi Beginner/Intermediate Workshop

Odissi Beginner/Intermediate Workshop

Lotus Music & Dance
Odissi Beginner/Intermediate Workshop with Bani Ray Tuesdays 7:30pm-9pm October 13th – December 15th $360 full session $40 each drop in session * Please note this is a bare foot class Experience the traditional elements of the Dev Prasad Das School of Odissi dance. This workshop is open to everyone. In the first half hour students will work on the basic movements of Odissi dance. In the last hour…

 
7:30pm
Two World Premieres Ballets  Choreographed by Troy Schumacher

Two World Premieres Ballets Choreographed by Troy Schumacher

BalletCollective
BalletCollective  To Present Two World Premieres Ballets Choreographed by Troy Schumacher Season Features Music by Ellis Ludwig-Leone and Mark Dancigers Performed Live by Hotel Elefant New Collaborations with Photographers Paul Maffi and Dafy Hagai November 4 and 5, 2015 at NYU Skirball Center   BalletCollective will present two world premieres ballets by Troy Schumacher on November 4 and…

 
7:30pm
BalletNext at New York Live Arts

BalletNext at New York Live Arts

BalletNext
BalletNext at New York Live Arts October 27-November 7, 2015 12 Performances | 5 Works | 3 Premieres Program A highlights include the premieres of "Don't Blink" the next collaboration from Michele Wiles and flex dancing pioneer Jay Donn and Brian Reeder's "Strange Flowers," a flirtatious trio set to the music of Jean Philipe Rameau, as well as the return of "Ushuaia" by Michele Wiles. As…

 
7:30pm
Barre a Terre

Barre a Terre

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.

 
7:30pm
Advanced Beginner Ballet w. Kat Wildish

Advanced Beginner Ballet w. Kat Wildish

Peridance
Visit http://www.peridance.com/openclasses.cfm for more details or email hope@katwildish.com ~~Over three decades of teaching, Kat Wildish has developed a distinctive, systematic, and highly effective approach to dance education. In her beginner & intermediate technique classes, correct placement is the root of Kat’s pedagogy. She gives a long barre and her entire syllabus is constructed to demand…

 
8:00pm
The AFROFUTURISM Series

The AFROFUTURISM Series

Renegade Performance Group
“Join us November 4-7 for the first Renegade Performance Group Brooklyn season of the AFROFUTURISM Series, a dynamic performance project that investigates the presence of Blackness into and beyond 21st Century techno-culture, art and society through contemporary dance in a digital landscape! AFROFUTURISM as a movement expresses new and progressive narratives, ideologies and symbols representative…

 
8:00pm
Scaffold Room

Scaffold Room

The Kitchen
April Matthis, Roderick Murray, Okwui Okpokwasili, Marina Rosenfeld, Mike Taylor,Philip White, and Ralph Lemon. Organized by Tim Griffin and Matthew Lyons. October 30–December 5, Tuesday-Friday 12-6pm, Saturday 11-6pm. Free. Opening reception: Friday, October 30, 6-8pm Ticketed performances: November 3–7 and November 9–10, 8pm and November 10, 2pm Tickets $20 Scaffold Room is made…

 
8:00pm
Garth Fagan Dance

Garth Fagan Dance

The Joyce Theater
The Fagan aesthetic—“balletic rigor and precision in conjunction with a desultory looseness of body and unbridled bursts of energy” (The New York Times)—is on display when the company returns to The Joyce with a terrific program of new pieces by Garth Fagan and Norwood Pennewell and some of Fagan’s best work throughout the years: Passion Distanced, from 1987; No Evidence of Failure, from…

 
Lotus Music and Dance presents: World Dance Festival: Dancing Across Cultural Borders! 3 images show a female Kuchipudi dancer in yellow and pink, a female Kathak dancer wearing orange and a male tap dancer wearing black, and 3 dancers (Flamenco dancer wearing black, female Persian dancer wearing blue, and female Kathak dancer wearing orange and blue)

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