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Mon 1st
1:00am
Black Friday and Cyber Monday Tango DEALS

Black Friday and Cyber Monday Tango DEALS

strictly tango nyc
Click HERE to sign up for HUGE savings (use the promo code blackfridaytango upon checkout)   Strictly Tango is excited to offer a very special Black Friday deal: Interested in taking tango for the first time? Refreshing your tango memory, or giving the gift of tango this holiday season? For one weekend only, STNYC is offering the opportunity for all of the above at a drastically reduced price!…

 
10:00am

Workshop with Laura Barnard Stelmok

Movement Research Fall Festival
Where Medicine and The Arts Meet Laura will bring the "Song of the 13 Ghost Points" alive through instruction and a 6 hour treatment. Willing participants will be woven into this ancient choreography, where the dancer works inside of the shaping of the Tao. This Song, hidden within the Taoist tradition of medicine, responds to the deepest struggles that Life gives, sounding to patient and practitioner,…

 
10:00am

Qi Gong: practicing being and seeing with Melanie Maar

Movement Research
In this class I offer space for a self nurturing, awake state, where people can learn about  principles of energetic and anatomic dynamics that can benefit their own practices and ways. I approach somatic, artistic and psychic as synergetic. We work with methods related to the 5 Element System like Iron Shirt, Sexual Energy Practices and Bagua Circling. Through movement, image activation, sounding,…

 
10:00am
Gallim Dance Open Classes

Gallim Dance Open Classes

Gallim Dance
Internationally-renowned contemporary dance company Gallim Dance offers a range of weekly classes for all experience levels, from beginners to professional dancers. Experience Gallim Dance's immersive movement and process, and the vibrant creative voice of its Artistic Director, Andrea Miller.   COMPANY CLASS Every Monday & Wednesday | 10 - 11:15 AM Classes begin Wednesday, September 3, 2014…

 
10:00am

Adult Open Ballet Class

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

 
5:00pm

Annual Holiday Networking Event

Career Transition For Dancers
You are invited! You may bring a dish or dessert, your business card, flyers for your latest project or show, crafts or goods to sell; invite a friend. Guest speaker Michael Curry, a triple threat on stage and off, talks about Acts I, II, III and counting. RSVP groups@careertransition.org

 
6:00pm
Dance Talk: Russell Maliphant

Dance Talk: Russell Maliphant

The Joyce Theater

 
6:00pm
Yo-Dan-Nastics™  (blend of yoga, dance, and gymnastics)

Yo-Dan-Nastics™ (blend of yoga, dance, and gymnastics)

Keoni Movement Arts
Learn basic tumbling skills to enhance your choreography and audition skills. Yoga and dance based warm-up makes it easier to learn gymnastics moves. Price for 15-class session: $120; or, $30 for low-income dancers (conditions apply); or, volunteer for KMA and receive classes for free. Register by Friday, Oct. 3rd. Keoni Movement Arts mission is to expand access to the Movement Arts of Yoga, Dance…

 
6:00pm
6:00 - 7:15pm - LEVEL 1 Milonga

6:00 - 7:15pm - LEVEL 1 Milonga

Argentine Tango Classes NYC
We assume you know that in Milongas we actually dance to 3 different musics: Tango, Milonga and Vals. And no - Vals is not a faster and happier Tango. It definitely is faster, and definitely happier, but has its own steps, its own musicality and its own rules. You have two choices - you can start to learn all 3 types of Tango at the same time. It will be difficult, but rewarding. a??Or: You can start…

 
6:30pm
Community Dance Class with Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, A Dance Company

Community Dance Class with Ronald K. Brown/Evidence, A Dance Company

BRIC
BRIC Arts | Media House FREE All ages and skill levels are welcome to join us for a series of Community Dance Classes taught by Ronald K. Brown and members of his company,Evidence, A Dance Company. Evidence, A Dance Company blends traditional African dance with contemporary choreography and spoken word providing a unique view of human struggles, tragedies, and triumphs. These Community Classes,…

 
6:30pm
Japanese Classical Dance

Japanese Classical Dance

RESOBOX
Japanese classical dance was born about 1603, along with the first performances of Kabuki Theatre. In Japanese, it is also called Nihon buyo or nichibu. Even today, all Kabuki actors must first learn to dance. You can study this style of dance, too, even if you are not Japanese. In Japanese classical dance, the dancer interprets the poetry being sung in addition to dancing along with the music.…

 
7:00pm
$10 Tango Trial

$10 Tango Trial

Strictly Tango
$10 Tango Trial Every Monday or Thursday at 7pm and every Saturday at 2pm, we offer a taste of tango for totally beginners for just $10. You will get a 45 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 and meet new people.…

 
7:20pm
7:20 - 8:35pm - LEVEL 2 Milonga

7:20 - 8:35pm - LEVEL 2 Milonga

Argentine Tango Classes NYC
We assume you know that in Milongas we actually dance to 3 different musics: Tango, Milonga and Vals. And no - Vals is not a faster and happier Tango. It definitely is faster, and definitely happier, but has its own steps, its own musicality and its own rules. You have two choices - you can start to learn all 3 types of Tango at the same time. It will be difficult, but rewarding. a??Or: You can start…

 
8:40pm
8:40 - 9:55pm - LEVEL 3 Milonga

8:40 - 9:55pm - LEVEL 3 Milonga

Argentine Tango Classes NYC
We assume you know that in Milongas we actually dance to 3 different musics: Tango, Milonga and Vals. And no - Milonga is not a faster and happier Tango. It definitely is faster, and definitely happier, but has its own steps, its own musicality and its own rules. You have two choices - you can start to learn all 3 types of Tango at the same time. It will be difficult, but rewarding. a??Or: You can…

 
10:00pm
FINAL CALL FOR “Choreographers Collective Series!” Deadline today by 10:00PM!

FINAL CALL FOR “Choreographers Collective Series!” Deadline today by 10:00PM!

Ya'el Tap Dance Company
Choreographers - FINAL CALL FOR APPLICATIONS BY 10:00PM TONIGHT!  The Ya’el Tap Dance Company’s “Choreographers Collective Series” is growing and we are looking for new choreographers for our next event on January 10th at 7:30PM! This showcase gives aspiring, emerging, or established choreographers of all dance genres the opportunity to present their works, or works in progress, in a safe…

 
Tue 2nd
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

 
9:30am
Contemporary Barre Fitness and Adult Ballet Workshop

Contemporary Barre Fitness and Adult Ballet Workshop

Alex Ray Studios Inc. and The Ballet Club NYC
Fallon Alexandria is technically trained in ballet and contemporary movement with 14 years by professionals of Alvin Ailey, ABT, and the Rockettes.  Her goal is to provide people of all ages with the opportunity to have access to exceptional dance and fitness training in a boutique style setting. Each member receives professional hands on guidance in order to reach their optimal capability. Her…

 
10:00am

Workshop with Nina Martin & Shelley Senter

Movement Research Fall Festival
Alexander Technique and ReWire/Dancing States Nina Martin and Shelley Senter collaborate to explore areas of common interests where two modalities dance together. Both the Alexander Technique and ReWire/Dancing States are predicated on the notion that the body is always organizing for action before consciousness, often in habitual ways. We wish to examine the body’s preconscious ability and desire…

 
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 is a movement and performing practice developed over thirty years of research by Daria Faïn. It is rooted in Asian philosophy of the body. This class focuses on the inner structure of the body. The foundation of the structural focus is the alignment of the body and its relation to gravity. These principles are put into practice by means of a system of exercises using Qi Gong principles…

 
10:00am

Barbara Mahler-Klein Technique™

Movement Research
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 to facilitate change. We work to right the pelvis on top of the legs, to free the upper body and spine to move with ease and expression. We work on the level of the bone, to let go of unnecessary tension, and habits which hold our bodies and minds in misalignment…

 
10:00am

Adult Open Ballet Class

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

 
1:00pm
Artistic Director

Artistic Director

Emily Faulkner Dance
Alexander Technique/Ballet Barre: Using the principles of the Alexander technique as well as ideas from Dart and developmental movement, we do ballet barre and a short floor combination.  Class is open to dancers of all levels of training, from the complete novice to the professional, and is taylored to the students' interests and abilities.  Learn to find line, strength and flexibility.  Enjoy…

 
1:00pm
Class at 100 Grand - $10

Class at 100 Grand - $10

ChristinaNoel & the Creature
Come learn some crazy Creature moves! Our physicality is derived from contemporary Modern dance rooted in strong technique, improvisation, and fearlessness. Simultaneously the voice is incorporated organically and experimentally. The classes, centered on athleticism, musicality, creativity, and quality of movement evolve from a thorough physical and vocal warm-up into larger dance phrases, and theatrical…

 
2:00pm

Pilates Mat Class for Dancers with The Swan Pilates

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 bybalancing the extreme ranges of motion we perform on a daily basis. The…

 
3:00pm

Irene Dowd: Neuromuscular Preparation for Dance

Movement Research
Irene will teach selections of the material choreographed in response to her interaction with professional dancers and dance teachers in the past as well as new material she is creating now. These choreographies can be used as a very efficient warm-up for dance, as well as a musculo-skeletal conditioning program, neuro-muscular fine-tuning, and mental preparation for the greater awareness and expansiveness…

 
6:00pm
Dance Connection w/ Benton Whitley (Duncan Stewart & Co) & Nick Kenkel

Dance Connection w/ Benton Whitley (Duncan Stewart & Co) & Nick Kenkel

Stage Door Connections Inc.
Stage Door Connections is excited to be bringing casting director Benton Whitley, owner/partner at Duncan Stewart & Company (On The Town, Chicago, National Tours of We Will Rock You, Flashdance & Anything Goes), and choreographer extraordinaire Nick Kenkel (Catch Me If You Can, Legally Blonde & most recently Northshore’s Chicago) together to break down and share the secrets of how to book your next…

 
6:00pm

Open Level Modern Class

Paul Taylor Dance Company
Come explore Paul Taylor’s style and choreography through basic modern exercises and movement phrases in our Tuesday OPEN LEVEN CLASS. Ideal for both the first time mover as well as returning students to dance. Renowned dancer extraordinaire and Paul Taylor Dance Company alumn, Joao Carvalho, teaches this wonderful class on Tuesday nights!

 
6:00pm
6:00 - 7:15pm - LEVEL 1 Tango Vals

6:00 - 7:15pm - LEVEL 1 Tango Vals

Argentine Tango Classes NYC
We assume you know that in Milongas we actually dance to 3 different musics: Tango, Milonga and Vals. And no - Vals is not a faster and happier Tango. It definitely is faster, and definitely happier, but has its own steps, its own musicality and its own rules. You have two choices - you can start to learn all 3 types of Tango at the same time. It will be difficult, but rewarding. a??Or: You can start…

 
6:00pm
GLORIA McLEAN HAWKINS TECHNIQUE CLASSES Tues & Thurs

GLORIA McLEAN HAWKINS TECHNIQUE CLASSES Tues & Thurs

Gloria McLean & Dancers
Gloria McLean teaches Hawkins-Based Modern Dance Technique at Randy Warshaw Studio, 115 Wooster Street between Prince & Spring Tuesdays 6-7:30 and Thursdays 6:30-8  $20/single; $165/10-class card Former lead dancer & rehearsal director with Erick Hawkins from 1982-1993 before his death in 1994, McLean is a major internationally recognized exponent of this important Modern dance legacy. While…

 
6:15pm

Studies Project: FOR WHAT

Movement Research Fall Festival
Moderated by Ursula Eagly Panelists include Morgan Bassichis, Justine Lynch, Melanie Maar, Clarinda Mac Low, Alta Starr and Marýa Wethers. What are we doing, and what are we doing it for? What does it mean to live/work as an artist at this current time, and how do we position our work in relation to everything else in our lives and our environment? In what way are our artistic practices necessary…

 
6:30pm

Hawkins-Based Modern Technique with Valerie Green

Valerie Green/Dance Entropy
Details Modern Technique: Tuesdays 6:30-8pm with Valerie Green Level: Open Location: Green Space Studio, Long Island City, NY Fee: $18, Dancers/Students $15 This class is influenced by the Erick Hawkins modern dance technique. The principles emphasized in this class are universally beneficial to dance training and include using the power of the center to initiate, control, and radiate movement,…

 
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…

 
6:45pm
Gibney Dance goes Gaga for Gaga!

Gibney Dance goes Gaga for Gaga!

Gibney Dance at 280 Broadway
Gibney Dance is excited to now be offering Gaga classes at our 280 Broadway location. Gaga/people will be offered every Friday from 6:45-7:45 pm and Gaga/dancers will be offered every Tuesday from 6:45-8:00 pm. Gaga is a new way of gaining knowledge and self-awareness through your body. Gaga provides a framework for discovering and strengthening your body and adding flexibility, stamina, and agility…

 
7:00pm
Caribbean Dance/Fitness Class: Wukkout!™

Caribbean Dance/Fitness Class: Wukkout!™

Wukkout!™
Wukkout!™ is a Caribbean based dance fitness class, designed by Krista Martins, guaranteed to make you have fun and sweat like you’re at Carnival! Find your groove while increasing your fitness level with body sculpting “wining” techniques that give you an intense aerobic workout to soca and calypso music.  Classes are $10 and run Tuesdays from 7-8pm at Aspire 2 Dance ( 1195 Bedford…

 
7:00pm
The Stoop Series: Cori Orlinghouse

The Stoop Series: Cori Orlinghouse

BRIC
Stoop at BRIC House FREE Cori Olinghouse, a Brooklyn-based choreographer, performer, teacher, and archivist whose work explores the shapeshifting capacities of the body, space and time, brings her unique perspective on physical transformation to BRIC for our first dance performance on the Stoop. BRIC’s Stoop Series illuminates the arts and life around us in Brooklyn through artistic performances,…

 
7:20pm
7:20 - 8:35pm - LEVEL 2 Tango Vals

7:20 - 8:35pm - LEVEL 2 Tango Vals

Argentine Tango Classes NYC
We assume you know that in Milongas we actually dance to 3 different musics: Tango, Milonga and Vals. And no - Vals is not a faster and happier Tango. It definitely is faster, and definitely happier, but has its own steps, its own musicality and its own rules. You have two choices - you can start to learn all 3 types of Tango at the same time. It will be difficult, but rewarding. a??Or: You can start…

 
7:30pm
JOYCE SEASON

JOYCE SEASON

Doug Varone and Dancers
Whether he is creating dazzling, complex whirlwinds of movement or tracing the interior landscape of terse gesture, an indelible humanity lives at the core of Doug Varone’s world. The company returns to The Joyce with two premieres and a major revival. Dome, set to Christopher Rouse’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Trombone Concerto, explores dynamic new territory. Rouse’s haunting score, both lyrically…

 
8:40pm
8:40 - 9:55pm - LEVEL 3 Tango Vals

8:40 - 9:55pm - LEVEL 3 Tango Vals

Argentine Tango Classes NYC
We assume you know that in Milongas we actually dance to 3 different musics: Tango, Milonga and Vals. And no - Vals is not a faster and happier Tango. It definitely is faster, and definitely happier, but has its own steps, its own musicality and its own rules. You have two choices - you can start to learn all 3 types of Tango at the same time. It will be difficult, but rewarding. a??Or: You can start…

 
Wed 3rd
6:30am
Rave Your Way Into The Day! EPISODE #7

Rave Your Way Into The Day! EPISODE #7

Morning Gloryville NYC
Morning Gloryville NYC is an immersive, midweek, early morning (sober) dance party. Our gathering occurs once a month, and people dance and exercise to deep house and disco in a joyful, positive environment before going work. Our event offers DJs, dance troupes, massage stations, yoga, coffee and smoothies. 

 
10:00am

Public Experiment/Workshop with Somatic Improvisation Scores

Movement Research Fall Festival
Live scores by Nina Martin, Jaime Ortega, RoseAnne Spradlin, Sarah White-Ayón Sometimes when fully immersed in an internal activation, something breaks through and we find ourselves totally present in full awareness. In a body lives many modalities, and, in a modality perhaps there are many bodies — this event is an attempt to activate the body of a group, and the bodies in a group, with many modalities…

 
10:00am
Gallim Dance Open Classes

Gallim Dance Open Classes

Gallim Dance
Internationally-renowned contemporary dance company Gallim Dance offers a range of weekly classes for all experience levels, from beginners to professional dancers. Experience Gallim Dance's immersive movement and process, and the vibrant creative voice of its Artistic Director, Andrea Miller.   COMPANY CLASS Every Monday & Wednesday | 10 - 11:15 AM Classes begin Wednesday, September 3, 2014…

 
10:00am

Adult Open Ballet Class

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

 
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…

 
4:00pm

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 is a movement and performing practice developed over thirty years of research by Daria Faïn. It is rooted in Asian philosophy of the body. Using the Chinese 5 Element Theory and other cognitive principles we will explore individually and collectively the correlation between the organs, senses, emotions, and the propriety of the material space that surrounds us. This practice…

 
5:30pm
Unveiling Motion at Bronx Museum

Unveiling Motion at Bronx Museum

Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama
Unveiling Motion and Emotion  by Anabella Lenzu Wednesday, December 3 at 5:30pm  at Bronx Museum/ BCA BRONX CULTURE TROLLEY NIGHT  Location: North Wing Lobby READING & DANCE PERFORMANCE FREE Admission / Limited seating  RSVP required: info@anabellalenzu.com Exploring the importance of dance, community, choreography and dance pedagogy, Argentinean Choreographer Anabella Lenzu celebrates 23 years…

 
6:00pm

Karl Anderson-Skinner Releasing Technique™

Movement Research
Skinner Releasing Technique™ facilitates an enhanced awareness of creativity. This imagery-based movement experience intuits ease and healing. Through improvisation and play, we connect with the energy of others and the universe. 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…

 
6:00pm

Contact Improvisation with Bradley Teal Ellis

Movement Research
Contact Improvisation is a partnering dance form. Skills such as rolling, releasing, giving and supporting weight, expanding range of spatial concentration, lifting, catching and falling all help one move with and through gravity, share weight in motion, and use momentum and flow in physical contact. These weekly classes, open to people of all levels of movement experience, are informed by the individual…

 
6:30pm
SIMYS presents EYE ON DANCE screening examining dance in Israel

SIMYS presents EYE ON DANCE screening examining dance in Israel

EYE ON DANCE
SIMYS presents EYE ON DANCE public screening "Examining Dance in Israel" Produced in 1991, the EYE ON DANCE video program features a conversation about the complications of raising a modern dance company in a land of constant upheaval. Dec. 3 at 6:30pm Free 890 Broadway 5th Floor Guest: (video recording) Jeannette Ordamn, Director of the Bat Dor Dance Company Moderator: Celia Ipiotis, creator/producer/moderator…

 
7:00pm
First Class $5 YOGA FOR EVERYDAY PEOPLE

First Class $5 YOGA FOR EVERYDAY PEOPLE

Dance Theatre of Harlem
Come and escape from life’s stressors in this beginner Yoga class designed for everyday people. Learn to strengthen and stretch your body gently to improve overall physical and mental balance. Namaste…. Attire: Loose fitting, comfortable workout clothing. Bare feet or socks. Don't forget your Yoga mat! Wednesdays, 7-8pm $5 for your first class! Already took your first class? Bring a friend…

 
7:30pm
GAP Presents! BAND|portier

GAP Presents! BAND|portier

Gowanus Art + Production
About the Work Recognized for rich physical vocabulary and haunting imagery, BANDportier will perform an evening of short works inspired by “Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost” [Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being].   Portier will perform an autobiographical solo, an excerpt from HOUND of Wolves where Self as Character is the premise for this ongoing solo…

 
7:30pm
JOYCE SEASON

JOYCE SEASON

Doug Varone and Dancers
Whether he is creating dazzling, complex whirlwinds of movement or tracing the interior landscape of terse gesture, an indelible humanity lives at the core of Doug Varone’s world. The company returns to The Joyce with two premieres and a major revival. Dome, set to Christopher Rouse’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Trombone Concerto, explores dynamic new territory. Rouse’s haunting score, both lyrically…

 
7:30pm
The Wanderer

The Wanderer

Jessica Lang Dance
Franz Schubert’s song cycle Die schöne Müllerin provides the musical and narrative backdrop of this story ballet by choreographer Jessica Lang.

 
8:00pm
Anna's Americana

Anna's Americana

The Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble
The Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble, in association with the Dance Series at The 14th Street Y, is proud to present "Anna's Americana," a program of dance/theater works by Anna Sokolow that have a special connection to America.   By the great American modern dance pioneer are the 1984 "Preludes," music by Gershwin; "Homage to Edgar Allan Poe," and "Frida,' Sokolow's tribute to her friend…

 
Thu 4th
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

Barbara Mahler-Klein Technique™

Movement Research
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 to facilitate change. We work to right the pelvis on top of the legs, to free the upper body and spine to move with ease and expression. We work on the level of the bone, to let go of unnecessary tension, and habits which hold our bodies and minds in misalignment…

 
10:00am

Adult Open Ballet Class

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

 
12:00pm
Master Class with Jessica Lang

Master Class with Jessica Lang

Jessica Lang Dance
With Jessica Lang and company members In conjunction with The Wanderer For emerging choreographers This immersive master class teaches the basic techniques and language of choreographer Jessica Lang’s creative curriculum, LANGuage, which encourages choice and cultivates creative thinking. After a warm-up of improvisational and exploratory exercises, Lang and company members guide participants…

 
2:30pm
Free Modern/Contemporary class

Free Modern/Contemporary class

Dance To The People
Nicole Philippidis, teaches Contemporary Dance at Dance To The People, Center for the Arts, College of Staten Island. Nicole Philippidis is the Artistic Director and Choreographer of 277DanceProject. Her work has been presented at various festivals throughout NYC. Nicole is a native New Yorker who attended Marymount Manhattan College where she received her B.F.A. in Dance. She earned her M.S. in…

 
6:00pm

Free 2 Part Intellectual Property Workshop Website Audit

Bronx Council on the Arts
The Website Audit: Best Legal Practices on the Internet for Artists, Nonprofits & Small Businesses This workshop is for any individual, organization or small business that has a website or is thinking about  starting one. Learn the essentials of website management, including: Protecting your trademarks and  copyrights, terms of use, implementing a privacy policy, linking, and ownership of the website.  Free…

 
6:00pm

Open Level Modern Class

Paul Taylor Dance Company
Come explore Paul Taylor’s style and choreography through basic modern exercises and movement phrases in our OPEN LEVEN CLASS. Ideal for both the first time mover as well as returning students to dance. Brilliant dancer and Paul Taylor Dance Comapny alumn, Amy Young, teaches Thursday nights! 

 
6:00pm

Contact Improvisation - The Basics with K.J. Holmes

Movement Research
Contact Improvisation, initiated by dancer Steve Paxton in 1972, is a dance practice that plays with the physics between bodies and gravity. Using partnering skills such as rolling, releasing, weight exchange, falling, lifting and catching, and expanding range of spatial choice, the practice helps one move within sensation and disorientation, access moveable supports and tune to the use of touch, momentum,…

 
6:00pm
Contemporary Barre Fitness and Adult Ballet Workshop

Contemporary Barre Fitness and Adult Ballet Workshop

Alex Ray Studios Inc. and The Ballet Club NYC
Fallon Alexandria is technically trained in ballet and contemporary movement with 14 years by professionals of Alvin Ailey, ABT, and the Rockettes.  Her goal is to provide people of all ages with the opportunity to have access to exceptional dance and fitness training in a boutique style setting. Each member receives professional hands on guidance in order to reach their optimal capability. Her…

 
6:30pm
GLORIA McLEAN HAWKINS TECHNIQUE CLASSES Tues & Thurs

GLORIA McLEAN HAWKINS TECHNIQUE CLASSES Tues & Thurs

Gloria McLean & Dancers
Gloria McLean teaches Hawkins-Based Modern Dance Technique at Randy Warshaw Studio, 115 Wooster Street between Prince & Spring Tuesdays 6-7:30 and Thursdays 6:30-8  $20/single; $165/10-class card Former lead dancer & rehearsal director with Erick Hawkins from 1982-1993 before his death in 1994, McLean is a major internationally recognized exponent of this important Modern dance legacy. While…

 
7:00pm
First Class $5! WEST AFRICAN

First Class $5! WEST AFRICAN

Dance Theatre of Harlem
West African dance is energetic and expressive. Students will study traditional rhythms and movements from West Africa with dancer, drummer, Master Teacher Zan Myers. Attire: Comfortable workout clothing and bare feet. Women should bring a Lapa (a large scarf or piece of fabric that can be tied around the waist).  Thursdays, 7-8pm Take your first class for only $5! Already took your first class?…

 
7:00pm
Dances Patrelle presents The Yorkville Nutcracker

Dances Patrelle presents The Yorkville Nutcracker

Dances Patrelle
Dances Patrelle presents The Yorkville Nutcracker from December 4-7, 2014 at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, E. 68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues, NYC. Performances: Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7pm; Saturday at 2pm; and Sunday at 12pm and 5pm. Tickets are $45-85 (student and senior discounts available) and will be available beginning November 4, 2014 at www.dancespatrelle.org,…

 
7:00pm
The Yorkville Nutcracker

The Yorkville Nutcracker

Dances Patrelle
In its 19th year, Dances Patrelle presents a unique rendition of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s holiday classic The Nutcracker. The Yorkville Nutcracker, set in 1895, includes lavish sets and costumes which takes the audience on a tour through Olde New York’s most beloved landmarks: a holiday party at Gracie Mansion, skating in Central Park, and dancing at the Crystal Palace in the New York Botanical…

 
7:00pm
$10 Tango Trial

$10 Tango Trial

Strictly Tango
$10 Tango Trial Every Monday or Thursday at 7pm and every Saturday at 2pm, we offer a taste of tango for totally beginners for just $10. You will get a 45 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 and meet new people.…

 
7:30pm
2014 Creature Gala

2014 Creature Gala

ChristinaNoel and The Creature
On Thursday, December 4th, ChristinaNoel & the Creature will host its Second Annual Creature Gala, a celebration of dance, music, art, and self-expression in all its forms, at Judson Church. ChristinaNoel & The Creature is a Brooklyn based dance company that focuses on creating a hybrid performance medium utilizing the dancers’ voices, bodies, and drawing from their perspectives. All tickets, donations,…

 
7:30pm
GAP Presents! BAND|portier

GAP Presents! BAND|portier

Gowanus Art + Production
About the Work Recognized for rich physical vocabulary and haunting imagery, BANDportier will perform an evening of short works inspired by “Love is the longing for the half of ourselves we have lost” [Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being].   Portier will perform an autobiographical solo, an excerpt from HOUND of Wolves where Self as Character is the premise for this ongoing solo…

 
7:30pm
Trainor Dance Celebrates NYC Season 12/4-6

Trainor Dance Celebrates NYC Season 12/4-6

Trainor Dance
For its fourth New York City concert, Trainor Dance premieres three highly physical and musical pieces by its Artistic Director and choreographer/dancer Caitlin Trainor. With movements as varied as the sound palette, the evening is a well-balanced composition of the modern ballet-hybrid.

 
7:30pm
The Wanderer

The Wanderer

Jessica Lang Dance
Franz Schubert’s song cycle Die schöne Müllerin provides the musical and narrative backdrop of this story ballet by choreographer Jessica Lang.

 
8:00pm

LIFE PRACTICES

Movement Research Fall Festival
Sylvestre Akakpo-Adzaku (Kordkor Dance Company) Lacina Coulibaly & Kota Yamazaki Collective Settlement This opening night of performances at Danspace Project showcases works that develop when an artist's somatic practice and cultural context is fundamentally linked to their art-making. What happens when art and life are blurred, in this context of performance?

 
8:00pm
Anna's Americana

Anna's Americana

The Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble
The Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble, in association with the Dance Series at The 14th Street Y, is proud to present "Anna's Americana," a program of dance/theater works by Anna Sokolow that have a special connection to America.   By the great American modern dance pioneer are the 1984 "Preludes," music by Gershwin; "Homage to Edgar Allan Poe," and "Frida,' Sokolow's tribute to her friend…

 
8:00pm
Second Avenue Dance Company December Concert

Second Avenue Dance Company December Concert

Tisch Dance
Second Avenue Dance Company December Concert  December 4 – 6, 8pm, 111 2nd Avenue, Free The Second Avenue Dance Company is Tisch Dance’s resident company, comprised of undergraduate and graduate students in their final year at Tisch. Each winter, the company produces its December concert that presents works by two guest choreographers and eight students, demonstrating a wide array of styles…

 
8:00pm
JOYCE SEASON

JOYCE SEASON

Doug Varone and Dancers
Whether he is creating dazzling, complex whirlwinds of movement or tracing the interior landscape of terse gesture, an indelible humanity lives at the core of Doug Varone’s world. The company returns to The Joyce with two premieres and a major revival. Dome, set to Christopher Rouse’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Trombone Concerto, explores dynamic new territory. Rouse’s haunting score, both lyrically…

 
8:00pm
American Dance Guild Festival '14

American Dance Guild Festival '14

American Dance Guild
The rich diversity of contemporary dance will be on view for four nights, Thursday, December 4 through Sunday, December 7, at the Annual Performance Festival of the American Dance Guild at The Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 W. 55th Street at 9th Avenue, NYC. Thirty-three artists/companies will be presented on the program, alongside three living legends of modern dance - Joan Myers Brown, founder of Philadanco,…

 
8:00pm
Fall Festival 2014

Fall Festival 2014

Movement Research
Movement Research, one of the world's leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms, returns to Danspace Project with its annual Fall Festival. The Movement Research Festival Fall 2014, curated byRebecca Brooks, Daria Faïn, and Shelley Senter, will feature acclaimed experimentalists, highlighting and juxtaposing their varied investigations into the artistic currents…

 
8:30pm
Tiffany Club Spotlight

Tiffany Club Spotlight

Tiffany Club
TIFFANY CLUB  is very excited to invite You to the 1st Tiffany Club Spotlight!

 
Fri 5th
10:00am

Qi Gong: practicing being and seeing with Melanie Maar

Movement Research
In this class I offer space for a self nurturing, awake state, where people can learn about principles of energetic and anatomic dynamics that can benefit their own practices and ways. I approach somatic, artistic and psychic as synergetic. We work with methods related to the 5 Element System like Iron Shirt, Sexual Energy Practices and Bagua Circling. Through movement, image activation, sounding,…

 
10:00am

Adult Open Ballet Class

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

 
11:00am

Ballet Academy East Announces Addition of Dance for People with Parkinson’s

Ballet Academy East & Dance for PD®
Ballet Academy East is proud to announce the addition of a dance class called Dance for PD® for people with Parkinson’s this fall on Fridays from 11:00-12:15pm at Ballet Academy East, 1651 Third Avenue, NYC.  Dance for PD classes, developed collaboratively by Mark Morris Dance Group and the Brooklyn Parkinson Group, are currently offered at Mark Morris Dance Center, The Juilliard School, and at…

 
1:00pm
Artistic Director

Artistic Director

Emily Faulkner Dance
Alexander Technique/Ballet Barre: Using the principles of the Alexander technique as well as ideas from Dart and developmental movement, we do ballet barre and a short floor combination.  Class is open to dancers of all levels of training, from the complete novice to the professional, and is taylored to the students' interests and abilities.  Learn to find line, strength and flexibility.  Enjoy…

 
4:00pm

Feldenkrais Method® with Jimena Paz

Movement Research
Experience the Feldenkrais Method® through a series of Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement® classes. The Feldenkrais Method® studies the works of our nervous system and our ability to recognize and create movement patterns that are both more efficient and more pleasant. The method emphasizes awareness, distribution of effort/action through the whole self, expanding self-perception and our ability…

 
6:00pm
6:00 - 7:15pm - LEVEL 1 Argentine Tango

6:00 - 7:15pm - LEVEL 1 Argentine Tango

Argentine Tango Classes NYC
When we begin to learn something new in our life it is only natural that we want to progress as fast as possible. And so it’s quite normal that we skip all the important basics as we are so focused on running through all levels of learning. When we begin we immediately want to be allowed at intermediate level classes, when we are intermediate we want to run to advance classes. What happens is this:…

 
6:00pm

Dance classes

McManus Irish Dance
Irish dance classes for kids 4& older thru adult. Classes in Sunnyside and Manhattan. Email: McManusirishdance@gmail.com For more info or visit: www.McManusIrishDance.com

 
6:45pm
Gibney Dance goes Gaga for Gaga!

Gibney Dance goes Gaga for Gaga!

Gibney Dance at 280 Broadway
Gibney Dance is excited to now be offering Gaga classes at our 280 Broadway location. Gaga/people will be offered every Friday from 6:45-7:45 pm and Gaga/dancers will be offered every Tuesday from 6:45-8:00 pm. Gaga is a new way of gaining knowledge and self-awareness through your body. Gaga provides a framework for discovering and strengthening your body and adding flexibility, stamina, and agility…

 
7:00pm
Burlesque-A-Pades, A Christmas Shimmy!

Burlesque-A-Pades, A Christmas Shimmy!

(le) poisson rouge
Burlesque-A-Pades, A Christmas Shimmy! w/ Angie Pontani, Albert Cadabra, Helen Pontani, and The Maine Attraction Get ready to deck the halls and jingle your bells with A Christmas Shimmy! Join the world-renowned cast of Burlesque-A-Pades as they present their version of A Christmas Carol this holiday season. Enjoy elements of the timeless Dickens tale flavored with the world class burlesque, illusion,…

 
7:00pm
Dances Patrelle presents The Yorkville Nutcracker

Dances Patrelle presents The Yorkville Nutcracker

Dances Patrelle
Dances Patrelle presents The Yorkville Nutcracker from December 4-7, 2014 at The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, E. 68th Street between Park and Lexington Avenues, NYC. Performances: Thursday, Friday and Saturday at 7pm; Saturday at 2pm; and Sunday at 12pm and 5pm. Tickets are $45-85 (student and senior discounts available) and will be available beginning November 4, 2014 at www.dancespatrelle.org,…

 
7:00pm
The Yorkville Nutcracker

The Yorkville Nutcracker

Dances Patrelle
In its 19th year, Dances Patrelle presents a unique rendition of Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s holiday classic The Nutcracker. The Yorkville Nutcracker, set in 1895, includes lavish sets and costumes which takes the audience on a tour through Olde New York’s most beloved landmarks: a holiday party at Gracie Mansion, skating in Central Park, and dancing at the Crystal Palace in the New York Botanical…

 
7:00pm
The Nutcracker

The Nutcracker

Ajkun Ballet Theatre
Begin a truly special holiday season with Ajkun Ballet Theatre's magical Nutcracker suite, filled with The Company's great dancers and adorable children from the Public School District of New Rochelle.

 
7:20pm
7:20 - 8:35pm - LEVEL 2 Argentine Tango

7:20 - 8:35pm - LEVEL 2 Argentine Tango

Argentine Tango Classes NYC
When we begin to learn something new in our life it is only natural that we want to progress as fast as possible. And so it’s quite normal that we skip all the important basics as we are so focused on running through all levels of learning. When we begin we immediately want to be allowed at intermediate level classes, when we are intermediate we want to run to advance classes. What happens is this:…

 
7:30pm
Cocktail Benefit Party

Cocktail Benefit Party

Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama
Cocktail Benefit Party  You are invited to an evening of Fun, Food, and Entertainment  -to help benefit the Company's 2015 season and  -to support the writing of my second book! I deeply appreciate the support you have shown me over the past 8 years  of my artistic development in New York City. I am excited to announce that after the success of my first book Unveiling Motion and Emotion,…

 
7:30pm
Trainor Dance Celebrates NYC Season 12/4-6

Trainor Dance Celebrates NYC Season 12/4-6

Trainor Dance
For its fourth New York City concert, Trainor Dance premieres three highly physical and musical pieces by its Artistic Director and choreographer/dancer Caitlin Trainor. With movements as varied as the sound palette, the evening is a well-balanced composition of the modern ballet-hybrid.

 
7:30pm
The Wanderer

The Wanderer

Jessica Lang Dance
Franz Schubert’s song cycle Die schöne Müllerin provides the musical and narrative backdrop of this story ballet by choreographer Jessica Lang.

 
8:00pm

SETTING THE SCENE

Movement Research Fall Festival
Malin Arnell with musician KOEFF and additional 12 guests First, the non human: electricity.        A tragedy of the commons, / arising only in the doing        Affects create a field of force that does not tend to congeal into subjectivity.        ; I equate affect with materiality, / Hungry for wildness, / is a two-way-street        The intimacy between being and following: /called…

 
8:00pm
Post Concert Dance Company Presents: Diversity Winter Concert

Post Concert Dance Company Presents: Diversity Winter Concert

Post Concert Dance Company
The Post Concert Dance Company Presents their Winter Diversity Concert at the Little Theatre on the Long Island Univesity Post Campus. Dynamic new works with up and coming choreogaphers. For more information contact the box office.

 
8:00pm
Anna's Americana

Anna's Americana

The Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble
The Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble, in association with the Dance Series at The 14th Street Y, is proud to present "Anna's Americana," a program of dance/theater works by Anna Sokolow that have a special connection to America.   By the great American modern dance pioneer are the 1984 "Preludes," music by Gershwin; "Homage to Edgar Allan Poe," and "Frida,' Sokolow's tribute to her friend…

 
8:00pm
Second Avenue Dance Company December Concert

Second Avenue Dance Company December Concert

Tisch Dance
Second Avenue Dance Company December Concert  December 4 – 6, 8pm, 111 2nd Avenue, Free The Second Avenue Dance Company is Tisch Dance’s resident company, comprised of undergraduate and graduate students in their final year at Tisch. Each winter, the company produces its December concert that presents works by two guest choreographers and eight students, demonstrating a wide array of styles…

 
8:00pm
JOYCE SEASON

JOYCE SEASON

Doug Varone and Dancers
Whether he is creating dazzling, complex whirlwinds of movement or tracing the interior landscape of terse gesture, an indelible humanity lives at the core of Doug Varone’s world. The company returns to The Joyce with two premieres and a major revival. Dome, set to Christopher Rouse’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Trombone Concerto, explores dynamic new territory. Rouse’s haunting score, both lyrically…

 
8:00pm
American Dance Guild Festival '14

American Dance Guild Festival '14

American Dance Guild
The rich diversity of contemporary dance will be on view for four nights, Thursday, December 4 through Sunday, December 7, at the Annual Performance Festival of the American Dance Guild at The Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 W. 55th Street at 9th Avenue, NYC. Thirty-three artists/companies will be presented on the program, alongside three living legends of modern dance - Joan Myers Brown, founder of Philadanco,…

 
8:00pm
Fall Festival 2014

Fall Festival 2014

Movement Research
Movement Research, one of the world's leading laboratories for the investigation of dance and movement-based forms, returns to Danspace Project with its annual Fall Festival. The Movement Research Festival Fall 2014, curated byRebecca Brooks, Daria Faïn, and Shelley Senter, will feature acclaimed experimentalists, highlighting and juxtaposing their varied investigations into the artistic currents…

 
8:00pm

Qi Gong: practicing being and seeing with Melanie Maar

Movement Research
In this class I offer space for a self nurturing, awake state, where people can learn about principles of energetic and anatomic dynamics that can benefit their own practices and ways. I approach somatic, artistic and psychic as synergetic. We work with methods related to the 5 Element System like Iron Shirt, Sexual Energy Practices and Bagua Circling. Through movement, image activation, sounding,…

 
8:00pm

RIOULT Dance NY Announces 2014-15 Tour

RIOULT Dance NY
RIOULT Dance NY, a leading American modern dance company with a classic sensibility, announces it’s 2014-15 Tour Schedule with 22 performances in 16 cities throughout the U.S. and abroad. The season will include a broad range of dances including mixed repertory programs as well as The Ravel Project (Home Front, Wien, Prelude to Night, Bolero); Bach Dances (Views of the Fleeting World, City, Celestial…

 
8:40pm
8:40 - 9:55pm - LEVEL 3 Argentine Tango

8:40 - 9:55pm - LEVEL 3 Argentine Tango

Argentine Tango Classes NYC
When we begin to learn something new in our life it is only natural that we want to progress as fast as possible. And so it’s quite normal that we skip all the important basics as we are so focused on running through all levels of learning. When we begin we immediately want to be allowed at intermediate level classes, when we are intermediate we want to run to advance classes. What happens is this:…

 

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