Bill Barnes News

The Joyce Theater announced today the programming for its 2013 Spring/Summer Season featuring extraordinary international companies, including two festivals, one focusing on Nordic dance and the other on American ballet choreographers.

NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, along with Gotham Arts Exchange, presents a special encore performance of Monica Bill Barnes & Company with Ira Glass tonight, October 20, 2012 at 8pm at New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Place (at Washington Square South), NYC. Tickets are $26 and are available by phone at 212-352-3101 or 866-811-4111 or online at nyuskirball.org.

Choreographic treasures from personal vaults along with newly created works comprise Emory Dance Company's fall concert, "Vault," November 15-17 in the Dance Studio of the Schwartz Center for Performing Arts.

NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, along with Gotham Arts Exchange, presents a special encore performance of Monica Bill Barnes & Company with Ira Glass on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 8pm and Sunday, October 21, 2012 at 3pm at the NYU Skirball Center, 566 LaGuardia Place (at Washington Square South), NYC. Tickets are $26 and are available by phone at 212-352-3101 or 866-811-4111 or online at nyuskirball.org.

NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, along with Gotham Arts Exchange, presents a special encore performance of Monica Bill Barnes & Company with Ira Glass on Saturday, October 20, 2012 at 8pm at New York University's Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Place (at Washington Square South), NYC. Tickets are $26 and are available by phone at 212-352-3101 or 866-811-4111 or online at nyuskirball.org.

Dance New Amsterdam (DNA) welcomes back Tami Stronach Dance to the 2012-2013 DNA PRESENTS season to present the world premiere of Me and Not Me, a duet which first debuted as a work in progress during DNA PRESENTS' OBject.obJECT series in 2009. The program also includes repertory favorite Mother Tongue, a solo danced by Stronach, and Closer, a piece currently in the making, which uses video cameras strapped to the dancers' bodies to provide the audience with alternative viewpoints. Performances are tonight, September 19-22. All shows are at 7:30 p.m.

New York-based choreographer and performer, Monica Bill Barnes has created 12 evening-length dance works, numerous site-specific events, and several cabaret numbers for her company. Monica Bill Barnes & Company is made up of powerful performers with the mission to celebrate individuality, humor, and the innate theatricality of everyday life. Beginning with an open rehearsal on Tuesday, September 11, Barnes will create a new work to be showcased at the Emory Dance Company Fall concert. Faculty member Anna Leo will rehearse and direct the work until performance in November.

Dance New Amsterdam (DNA) welcomes back Tami Stronach Dance to the 2012-2013 DNA PRESENTS season to present the world premiere of Me and Not Me, a duet which first debuted as a work in progress during DNA PRESENTS' OBject.obJECT series in 2009. The program also includes repertory favorite Mother Tongue, a solo danced by Stronach, and Closer, a piece currently in the making, which uses video cameras strapped to the dancers' bodies to provide the audience with alternative viewpoints. Performances are September 19-22. All shows are at 7:30 p.m.

FIRE ISLAND DANCE FESTIVAL returned to Fire Island Pines for its 18th awe-inspiring edition, raising a record-breaking $374,260 through three weekend performances. FIRE ISLAND DANCE FESTIVAL 18, the hottest charity event of the season in the Pines, was presented July 20-22 and was produced by and benefitted Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Humorist, actor and writer Mo Rocca will host Fire Island Dance Festival 18, landing on the shores of the Great South Bay this weekend - July 20-22, 2012. This year's festival, featuring 10 dancers, dance companies and choreographers is produced by and benefits Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Over the course of its first decade, NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts has made substantial contributions not only to its University community, but also to the broader New York cultural landscape. Unique among venues in lower Manhattan, NYU Skirball Center's 860-seat, state-of-the-art theater provides a stage for music, dance, and theater from around the world, with a focus on developing younger audiences for live performance. Its programming also reflects NYU's stature as an international center of scholarship, and as an intellectually rich and diverse environment.

Humorist, actor and writer Mo Rocca will host Fire Island Dance Festival 18 on the shores of the Great South Bay July 20-22, 2012.

Gotham Dance Festival returns for two weeks, presenting five programs that feature the work of more than ten choreographers, including a program celebrating the choreographic work of American women, both established and emerging talents. Today, May 30 through June 10, 2012 at The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue. Tickets are $10-$39 and are available at 212-242-0800 or joyce.org.

Gotham Dance Festival returns for two weeks, presenting five programs that feature the work of more than ten choreographers, including a program celebrating the choreographic work of American women, both established and emerging talents. May 30 - June 10, 2012 at The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue, NYC. Tickets are $10-$39 and are available at 212-242-0800 or joyce.org.