BROOKLYN DANCE NEWS COVERAGE
The latest news on performances of Dance in Brooklyn.
Sidra Bell Dance New York Announces 2019 Season Event At GK Arts Center
by Alexa Criscitiello - May 29, 2019
Sidra Bell Dance New York (SBDNY) returns for its home season after an extensive international tour with stops in Cambridge, Baltimore, Indiana, San Francisco, Vancouver (BC), Philadelphia, Vara & Halland County (Sweden), and Pittsburgh. The Company celebrates partnerships, presentations, residenci...
Renowned Black Arts Institution 651 ARTS Returns With Exciting New Dance Presentation
by Alexa Criscitiello - May 01, 2019
Following the recent announcement of its institutional expansion and revitalization, renowned Brooklyn-based organization 651 ARTS is proud to present the first work in development under its inaugural Creative Director Raelle Myrick-Hodges with Antonio Brown Dance's (ABD) innovative new work Boxed: ...
Purelements Announces Legends Of Dance Concert Celebrating Dance Heroes
by Alexa Criscitiello - April 29, 2019
Purelements: An Evolution in Dance, inspiring and motivating youth in East Brooklyn to realize their authentic selves through exceptional arts programming, announces Legends of Dance: Past, Present, and Forever, June 9 at 5:00 p.m. at Kings Theatre....
Norte Maar Empowers The Female Creative This Spring With COUNTERPOINTE 7
by Alexa Criscitiello - April 18, 2019
Norte Maar, a committed Brooklyn-based think-tank dedicated to the creation, promotion, and presentation of collaborations in the visual, literary, and the performing arts, presents the seventh season of Counterpointe, a curated performance series of new choreographic works by female artists and the...
PEPPERLAND Mark Morris' Exuberant Homage To Sgt. Pepper Makes NY Premiere At BAM
by Alexa Criscitiello - April 01, 2019
Pepperland, a vivid work by the choreographer Mark Morris was created at the request of the City of Liverpool to inaugurate the "Sgt. Pepper at 50 Festival" in 2017, paying tribute to the Beatles' groundbreaking album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Renowned for his profound understanding of ...
Ann Carlson And Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company's Elizabeth, The Dance Come to Peak Performances
by Alexa Criscitiello - March 01, 2019
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Nimbus Brings World Premieres to Brooklyn and New Jersey
by Julie Musbach - February 22, 2019
Nimbus brings world premieres and acclaimed repertory to the Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM Fisher) and South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC) this spring, along with performances at The Putney School (Vermont) and in its hometown of Jersey City....
Germaul Barnes To Teach & Speak At International Association Of Blacks In Dance Conference
by Julie Musbach - January 03, 2019
Germaul Barnes, a NY-based contemporary dance artist with a global approach to movement, will appear as a panelist and master educator at the International Association of Blacks in Dance Conference & Festival in Dayton, OH, January 22-27, 2019. Barnes is a member of the IABD Next Generation Committe...
Alessandra Corona Comes to Kirkland Arts Center with James Samson
by Alexa Criscitiello - November 27, 2018
ALESSANDRA CORONA PERFORMING WORKS with guest JAMES SAMSON presents the premieres of two dance/theater works:...
Alessandra Corona Performance Works Come to Kirkland Arts Center
by Alexa Criscitiello - November 12, 2018
Alessandra Corona presents her Performing Works in the premieres of two dance/theater works by choreographers Manuel Vignoulle, originally from Paris, and Guido Tuveri who, like Ms. Corona, is a native of Cagliari Italy. ...
Peak Performances Presents Australia's Leading Indigenous Dance Theater With U.S. Debut Of CUT THE SKY
by Alexa Criscitiello - October 15, 2018
Peak Performances continues its 2018-19 season of genre-and-convention-defying performances with the U.S. premiere of Cut the Sky, from Marrugeku, Australia's preeminent dance theater ensemble of Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists. A rock concert, a work of modern dance, and a plea for environmen...
Irondale Announces New Season Of Activism, Education And Exciting Theater In Brooklyn
by Julie Musbach - September 27, 2018
Following a 35th Anniversary Season, marked by the generous support of Emmy Award winner and great American thinker Alan Alda, Irondale announces an expansive 2018-2019 season. Irondale kicks off its 36th season October 2, with the sixth cycle of its internationally recognized 9-week To Protect, Ser...
Triskelion Arts Presents 277 Dance Project's CARDBOARD STAGE
by Julie Musbach - August 27, 2018
A modern dance company 277 Dance Project (Nicole Philippidis, Artistic Director) is proud to present their newest multimedia-infused work, Cardboard Stage, at the Triskelion Arts (106 Calyer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222). The piece, conceived and choreographed by Nicole Philippidis in collaboration wi...
Rebecca Stenn Company Presents ELUSIVE BIRD At Gowanus Loft
by BWW News Desk - July 12, 2018
A dance/music/visual art collaboration between Rebecca Stenn Company and photographic artist George Del Barrio; the third and final evening length component in a trilogy spanning five years of creation and performance presented by The Vanderbilt Republic at Gowanus Loft....
Brooklynettes Dance Team To Hold Open Auditions For 2018-19 Brooklyn Nets Season
by Julie Musbach - June 15, 2018
The Brooklyn Nets will hold open auditions for the Brooklynettes dance team on Saturday, June 23 on the Barclays Center Practice Court. Registration begins at 10 a.m., and the audition begins at 11 a.m....
BRIC Announces Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal: Leonard Cohen's DANCE ME
by Julie Musbach - June 14, 2018
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, now in its 40th season, presents Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal: Leonard Cohen's Dance Me, a sweeping homage to Leonard Cohen's songs. Originally commissioned before Leonard Cohen's death and with his blessing, Dance Me 'is a grandly executed hodgepodge of performance...
Rebecca Stenn Company Presents ELUSIVE BIRD At Gowanus Loft
by Alexa Criscitiello - June 05, 2018
A dance/music/visual art collaboration between Rebecca Stenn Company and photographic artist George Del Barrio; is the third and final evening length component in a trilogy spanning five years of creation and performance presented by The Vanderbilt Republic at Gowanus Loft....
Rebecca Stenn Company Presents ELUSIVE BIRD At Gowanus Loft
by Julie Musbach - May 21, 2018
A dance/music/visual art collaboration between Rebecca Stenn Company and photographic artist George Del Barrio; the third and final evening length component in a trilogy spanning five years of creation and performance presented by The Vanderbilt Republic at Gowanus Loft....
Kyle Marshall Choreography to Premiere WAGE
by BWW News Desk - May 12, 2018
On Thursday, May 10th - Today, May 12th, Kyle Marshall Choreography will premiere WAGE at the Center for Performance Research (361 Manhattan Ave. Brooklyn, NY). Tickets are $10. There will be a Q & A moderated by Diann Sichel, Friday, May 11th....
Kyle Marshall Choreography to Premiere WAGE
by BWW News Desk - May 10, 2018
On Today, May 10th - Saturday, May 12th, Kyle Marshall Choreography will premiere WAGE at the Center for Performance Research (361 Manhattan Ave. Brooklyn, NY). Tickets are $10. There will be a Q & A moderated by Diann Sichel, Friday, May 11th....
Kyle Marshall Choreography to Premiere WAGE
by Julie Musbach - April 26, 2018
On Thursday, May 10th - Saturday, May 12th, Kyle Marshall Choreography will premiere WAGE at the Center for Performance Research (361 Manhattan Ave. Brooklyn, NY). Tickets are $10. There will be a Q & A moderated by Diann Sichel, Friday, May 11th....
Dancing Through College & Beyond Participants Awarded Over $3.4 Million In College Scholarships
by Alexa Criscitiello - April 19, 2018
Brooklyn-based dance education non-profit Dancewave is pleased to announce that over 65% of the students who participated in the 2017 college dance audition program, Dancing Through College & Beyond (DTCB), have been offered over $3.4 million in scholarships to participating colleges, universities a...
Peak Performances Presents Inbal Oshman's M STABAT MATER
by Alexa Criscitiello - April 02, 2018
Peak Performances presents M Stabat Mater, a choreographic exploration of motherhood from Inbal Oshman. With a title that encompasses "M," the most common sound in the word for "mother" within languages all over the world, M Stabat Mater probes the joys and sorrows of the experience. Oshman's piece,...
Sky-Pony to Appear in World Premiere Dance Work at BAM
by Julie Musbach - March 28, 2018
Cult-hit Brooklyn band Sky-Pony is led by the husband-and-wife team of Obie winning writer Kyle Jarrow (bookwriter of Broadway's SpongeBob SquarePants, also creator of the new CW television series Valor) and Tony nominated actress-singer Lauren Worsham (Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder)....
Norte Maar Celebrates Collaboration This Spring With COUNTERPOINTE 6
by Julie Musbach - March 27, 2018
Norte Maar, a committed international think-tank dedicated to the creation, promotion, and presentation of collaborations in the disciplines of the visual, literary, and the performing arts, presents the sixth season of Counterpointe, a curated performance series features new work by women choreogra...
