BROOKLYN DANCE NEWS COVERAGE
The latest news on performances of Dance in Brooklyn.
White Wave Dance Announces IYOUUSWE III Live At The Archway In DUMBO, August 25
by A.A. Cristi - August 09, 2022
WHITE WAVE Dance announces iyouuswe III as part of the free Live at the Archway in DUMBO series on August 25, 2022 at 6PM at155 Water St, Brooklyn, NYC....
BRIC CELEBRATE BROOKLYN! Presents Ragamala Dance Company: Sacred Earth With Live Music, July 22
by A.A. Cristi - June 30, 2022
Ragamala Dance Company's Sacred Earth will be presented on July 22, 2022 at 8pm as part of BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! At the Lena Horne Bandshell, 9th Street & Prospect Park West, Brooklyn, NY....
Company SBB // Stefanie Batten Bland to Present EMBARQUED: STORIES OF SOIL At Bates Dance Festival and BAM
by A.A. Cristi - June 29, 2022
Company SBB // Stefanie Batten Bland's newest work, Embarqued: Stories of Soil, a dance-theatre work that interrogates existing relationships to memorials, will be presented at the Bates Dance Festival in Lewiston, ME, July 23–24, and will have its New York premiere at BAM, November 1–5, as part of ...
Arts Leader Kendra J. Ross Heads 9th Annual STooPS BEDSTUY ARTS CRAWL
by A.A. Cristi - June 15, 2022
STooPS BedStuy, an annual celebration of creativity in Brooklyn named the New York Times' Best Dance of 2020, Best of Street, returns this year to Bedford-Stuyvesant for an afternoon of dance, music, spoken word, theater, visual art, conversations, workshops, and more on July 30, from 12:00-6:00 P.M...
Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center Presents 46th Dance Season, June 22-25
by A.A. Cristi - June 13, 2022
Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center (THPAC) will hold its 46th Dance Season from June 22-25 at The Mark O'Donnell Theater at Entertainment Community Fund Arts Center in Brooklyn. ...
Brooklyn Ballet Kicks Off 20th Season With Free Programming And A Return To Their Roots
by A.A. Cristi - June 08, 2022
Brooklyn Ballet, a unique and interdisciplinary dance company that confronts convention and defies expectation, launches their 20th Anniversary with free community performances, classes, and a celebratory homage to their humble beginnings, June 11-12, and June 23....
Jody Oberfelder Projects Present Free Interactive Mobile Dance In Brooklyn
by A.A. Cristi - May 20, 2022
Jody Oberfelder Projects, known for their immersive dance experiences of inventive athleticism, wit, and whimsy, presents Walking to Present, an on-the-move immersive and site-specific dance performance that travels through Brooklyn landmarks and select noteworthy sites in an exploration of time, pl...
Principal Cast Announced for English National Ballet's GISELLE by Akram Khan at BAM
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 16, 2022
BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) announced today the principal cast for the New York premiere of the English National Ballet’s (ENB) Giselle, directed and choreographed by Akram Khan. Find out who is in the cast and how to get tickets....
Magloire's New Chamber Ballet Returns to Mark Morris Dance Center With THE NIGHT
by Stephi Wild - May 11, 2022
Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet returns to the Mark Morris Dance Center with a revival of Magloire's The Night, premiered in 2019, and revived as a tribute to composer Wolfgang Rihm on this year of his 70th birthday. Performances are June 3 & 4 at 7:30 PM at the Mark Morris Dance Center, 3 Lafay...
BAM to Present DanceAfrica Festival 2022 Featuring New Events and Annual Favorites
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 28, 2022
BAM's annual DanceAfrica, the country's largest showcase of African dance, will return to the Howard Gilman Opera House this May with DanceAfrica 2022: HOMEGROWN. ...
GALLIM to Make Debut at Chelsea Factory With BLUSH
by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 25, 2022
Brooklyn-based movement company GALLIM will make its debut at Chelsea Factory with GALLIM’s 2009 seminal work, BLUSH. On this eve of GALLIM’s 15-year anniversary, six extraordinary dance artists bring Miller’s pulsating movement to the stage at the landmarked Chelsea Factory for seven performances o...
651 Announces Additional Details For Its 2022 FOREWORD, FORWARD: A Bridge Season
by A.A. Cristi - March 04, 2022
651 ARTS, Brooklyn's premier institution for the African Diasporic performing arts, today unveiled additional details for its 2022 season - FOREWORD, FORWARD: A Bridge Season. ...
Brooklyn Ballet Announces New Collaboration With Poet Jasmine Mans
by A.A. Cristi - February 28, 2022
Brooklyn Ballet, a unique and interdisciplinary dance company that confronts convention and defies expectation, presents Sonic Relief, an unprecedented evening of dance that bridges ballet and street dance with culture, activism and history, March 24-27 at The Mark O'Donnell Theater at The Actors Fu...
Dance Parade to Host Dance Programs In Brooklyn, Bronx & Manhattan Schools
by A.A. Cristi - February 17, 2022
Dance Parade, one of the annual highlights of the NYC dance scene, also has a thriving program of dance in schools, taking place now through May, when the students will also participate in the next Dance Parade. The grand celebration of dance will take place LIVE this year on May 21st with 150 part...
Mark Morris Dance Group Celebrates Valentine's Day With LAYLA AND MAJNUN WEEK, February 14-20, 2022
by A.A. Cristi - February 01, 2022
The Mark Morris Dance Group will continue its digital programming during its 2021-2022 Season with “Layla and Majnun Week” – a weeklong celebration of Morris's Layla and Majnun featuring online and in-person events and digital archival content, February 14-20, 2022....
Dance For PD Launches The Lucy Bowen Award For Inclusive Choreography
by A.A. Cristi - January 28, 2022
The Mark Morris Dance Group's Dance for PD program has launched a new award that aims to support choreographers who want to create a new dance in collaboration with and publicly performed by people living with Parkinson's. ...
BAM to Present New York City Premiere of Pam Tanowitz's FOUR QUARTERS
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 28, 2022
After much anticipation following its critically acclaimed 2018 world premiere at the Fisher Center at Bard, Four Quartets will be presented at BAM from Feb 10—12. Along with a score by the renowned Finnish composer Kaija Saariaho played live by The Knights, and iconic painter Brice Marden, choreogr...
National Dance Institute Names Fredrick Earl Mosley As Helen Stambler Neuberger Artist-in-Residence
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 27, 2022
National Dance Institute is welcoming Fredrick Earl Mosley as its Helen Stambler Neuberger Artist-in-Residence for 2021-2022. The one-year residency supports the creative process of an artist of color and is designed to cultivate racially diverse artistry throughout NDI's programming....
Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation Postpones IT WAS ALL A DREAM: A MUSICAL 20TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION
by A.A. Cristi - January 12, 2022
The Brooklyn-based Asase Yaa Cultural Arts Foundation's kickoff for its 20th Anniversary celebration event, It Was All a Dream: A Musical, scheduled at BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center....
Davalois Fearon Dance Virtual Theater Presents The Virtual Premiere Of MAS-IN-POVERTY-ATION
by A.A. Cristi - December 02, 2021
Davalois Fearon Dance has announced the virtual premiere of Mas-In-Poverty-Ation by Bronx artist Loreal Quiroz as a part of the DFD Commission Initiative. ...
CLYMOVE Dance Company Premieres FEMMENISTO CHAPTER ONE At Triskelion Arts
by A.A. Cristi - November 29, 2021
CLYMOVE Dance will present an evening-length concert dance piece choreographed by Clymene Aldinger, former Principal Dancer with Elisa Monte Dance (2009-2017) and Monte's last protégé, on December 16th and 17th, 2021, 8 PM, at Triskelion Arts Theater, in Brooklyn, New York. ...
