Christopher Gillis

Fire Island Dance Festival raised a record $700,572 for Dancers Responding to AIDS, a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. 

Spring 2020 programs have been announced at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

NYTB/Chamber Works (Diana Byer, Founder and Artistic Director) announces Sleeping Beauty performances (February 29 & March 1) at Florence Gould Hall (55 East 59th Street, NYC). Tchaikovsky's captivating score sets the mood for James Sutton's hour-long version of Sleeping Beauty from the Co.'s Once Upon a Ballet Series (suitable for ages 3+). Set in a magical fairy kingdom beneath the roots of a great tree, this beloved classic, filled with magic and poetry, tells the enchanting tale of Princess Aurora from her fateful birth to her triumphant wedding. The set, property design, & scenic painting are by Gillian Bradshaw-Smith, and costumes are designed by Sylvia Taalsohn Nolan

Michael Trusnovec, 20-year veteran with the Paul Taylor Dance Company (PTDC) will retire from dancing with the Company in June 2019. His final performances will be during Orchestra of St. Luke's Bach Festival. Mr. Trusnovec will continue to serve as Associate Rehearsal Director through June.

Margie Gillis has begun to choreograph a dance on the Paul Taylor Dance Company (PTDC) to the music of Johann Sebastian Bach as a Guest Resident Choreographer of Paul Taylor American Modern Dance (PTAMD). Ms. Gillis was selected by Paul Taylor prior to his death in August. Her new work will premiere as part of Orchestra of St. Luke's Bach Festival next June, and will then be part of PTAMD's Fall Lincoln Center Season.

After paying tribute to artistic inspirations during Fall 2016's DEMO, Damian Woetzel continues to unite artists from across fields around a common theme in performance on April 3, 2017 at 8:00 p.m. in the Eisenhower Theater. This installment of the multi-genre series brings together acclaimed artists for a special one-night performance to celebrate the combination of song and dance.

Alessandra Corona presents her A Corona Works in the world premiere of Ramon Oller's dramatic dance/theater work  THORNS OF THE CROWN,September 9 & 10, 7:30 PM, at the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, 18 Bleecker Street. 

Alessandra Corona presents her A Corona Works in the world premiere of Ramon Oller's dramatic dance/theater work  THORNS OF THE CROWN, September 9 & 10, 7:30 PM, at the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, 18 Bleecker Street.  

Alessandra Corona presents her A Corona Works in the world premiere of Ramon Oller's dramatic dance/theater work  THORNS OF THE CROWN,September 9 & 10, 7:30 PM, at the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, 18 Bleecker Street. 

Alessandra Corona presents her A Corona Works in the world premiere of Ramon Oller's dramatic dance/theater work  THORNS OF THE CROWN, September 9 & 10, 7:30 PM, at the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture, 18 Bleecker Street.  

Corona Works presents the world premiere of THORNS  OF  THE  CROWN. Directed by Alessandra Corona and choreography and staging by Ramon Oller the show will be presented September 9 & 10 at 7:30 PM at Sheen Center for Thought & Culture/The Black Box Theater, 18 Bleecker Street.

Embarking on its seventh year, Dance from the Heart returns to New York City's Cedar Lake Theater on January 23 and 24 featuring performances by some of the most diverse dancers and choreographers working today.

Embarking on its seventh year, Dance from the Heart returns to New York City's Cedar Lake Theater on January 23 and 24 featuring performances by some of the most diverse dancers and choreographers working today.

Embarking on its seventh year, Dance from the Heart returns to New York City's Cedar Lake Theater on January 23 and 24 featuring performances by some of the most diverse dancers and choreographers working today.

The Harris Theater for Music and Dance is thrilled to present the return of Eduardo Vilaro, founder of Chicago's own Luna Negra Dance Theater, with his new company, New York City's acclaimed Ballet Hispanico, for a one-night-only engagement, Friday, November 5, 2010 at 7:30 pm.

The Harris Theater for Music and Dance is thrilled to present the return of Eduardo Vilaro, founder of Chicago's own Luna Negra Dance Theater, with his new company, New York City's acclaimed Ballet Hispanico, for a one-night-only engagement, Friday, November 5, 2010 at 7:30 pm.

Richard Daniels -- the 54-year-old dancer/choreographer who began to create a daring, new body of work 10 years ago when he resumed his career in dance after a 15-year absence -- will present his newest concert, RICHARD DANIELS: TELLING TALES for four performances only September 29 to October 2 at Danspace Project (131 E. 10 St.) in Manhattan.