The Joyce Announces Companies for American Dance Platform

The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) is pleased to announce the eight companies selected for its first annual American Dance Platform, a showcase made possible by a grant from The Harkness Foundation for Dance and dedicated to the memory of Theodore S. Bartwink. The roster represents a mix of emerging and established companies, offering audiences the opportunity to experience the current vitality of American modern dance. Performances take place in the Joyce's intimate Chelsea home, located at 175 Eighth Avenue, at 19thStreet.

The Companies and Programs of The Joyce Theater's 2016 American Dance Platform*

Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group (Brooklyn)

Excerpts from Moses(es)

Martha Graham Dance Company (NYC)

Steps in the Street and Lamentation Variations

Hubbard Street Dance Chicago

N.N.N.N. by William Forsythe

TU Dance (Minneapolis)

Hikari by Uri Sands

Spectrum Dance Theater + Donald Byrd (Seattle)

Love (Act I) by Donald Byrd

Northwest Dance Project (Portland)

Yidam by Ihsan Rustem

Alonzo King LINES Ballet (San Francisco)

Excerpts from Biophony

Ate9 Dance Company (Los Angeles)

Exhibit b by Danielle Agami

*Subject to change

About the artists being showcased in its first annual American Dance Platform, Joyce Theater executive director Linda Shelton said, "We couldn't be more pleased to present this eclectic mix of companies, some well known and others on an exciting rise."

To achieve a varied perspective, The Joyce Theater partnered with guest curators Paul King and Walter Jaffe of White Bird, the Portland, Oregon based dance presenter.

The Joyce Theater's American Dance Platform, featuring eight of the country's most captivating companies, will run from January 12-17 at The Joyce Theater. Tickets for each performance range in price from $10-$40 and can be purchased through JoyceCharge at www.Joyce.org, or by calling 212-242-0800.

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