Joyce Theater Foundation News

The Joyce Theater Foundation has launched Bring Dance Home on its website, www.Joyce.org/BringDanceHome. This curated digital collection of performances, interviews, podcasts, film, and classes aims to bring audiences together and closer than ever beforea?"from the comfort and safety of their own home.

Last week, The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) launched Bring Dance Home on its website, www.Joyce.org/BringDanceHome. This curated digital collection of performances, interviews, podcasts, film, and classes aims to bring audiences together and closer than ever beforea?"from the comfort and safety of their own home.

The Joyce Theater Foundation continues to bring audiences closer to dance through its website, www.Joyce.org, showcasing a selection of international and homegrown performances, artist talkbacks, online dance classes, and more.

The Joyce Theater Foundation announced today further cancellations to the season's programming, now through May 3, to assist in stopping the spread of COVID-19.

The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) announced changes today to the current season's programming in light of the preventative measures being taken across New York City to curtail the spread of COVID-19. Effective beginning today, Friday, March 13 through the end of March, all performances at The Joyce Theater are cancelled to ensure the health and safety of The Joyce's patrons, staff, and artists.

Gibney, the New York-based dance and social justice organization, announced the appointment of Alexandra Wells as Senior Director of Training and Company Advisor, effective July 1.

The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) continues its long-standing artistic exchange with Cuba as they welcome the return of Malpaso Dance Company. Last seen as part of The Joyce's Cuba Festival in 2019, the Havana-based company will again heat-up The Joyce Theater from March 24-29. Tickets, ranging in price from $10-$55, can be purchased at www.Joyce.org, or by calling JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800. Please note: ticket prices are subject to change. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue at West 19th Street. For more information, please visit www.Joyce.org.

The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) joins the worldwide celebration of the 250th anniversary of Beethoven's birthday with its presentation of Trois Grandes Fugues, featuring three interpretations of the composer's complex a?oeGrosse Fugea?? from a trio of trailblazing female choreographers a?" Lucinda Childs, Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker, and Maguy Marin a?" danced by Lyon Opera Ballet. The engagement will play The Joyce Theater from March 18-22. Tickets, ranging in price from $10-$55, can be purchased at www.Joyce.org, or by calling JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800. Please note: ticket prices are subject to change. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue at West 19th Street. For more information, please visit www.Joyce.org.

Marking a half century of enriching lives through dance, Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre commemorates the milestone with its first Joyce Theater engagement in 15 years, presenting a mixed bill of classics and a New York City premier from April 28-May 3. Tickets, ranging in price from $10-$65, can be purchased at www.Joyce.org, or by calling JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800. Please note: ticket prices are subject to change. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue at West 19th Street. For more information, please visit www.PBT.org.

RWS Entertainment Group, a New York-based full-service production company that creates award-winning custom entertainment, live events and branded experiences worldwide, announced today that Abigail Buell has been named Senior Director of Marketing. In this newly created role, Buell will be driving the company's overall marketing and public relations efforts.

Capping off their 50th anniversary celebrations, Scottish Ballet brings their pioneering spirit to New York City with a pair of works that epitomizes the company's contemporary edge. Presented by The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director), the double bill of radically contrasting styles, entitled This is My Body..., will play The Joyce Theater from March 10-15. Tickets, ranging in price from $10-$55, can be purchased at www.Joyce.org, or by calling JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800. Please note: ticket prices are subject to change. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue at West 19th Street. For more information, please visit www.Joyce.org.

 Celebrating 50 years of pushing the boundaries of contemporary ballet, Ballet Vlaanderen marks the momentous season with their Joyce debut. The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) will present the esteemed Belgian company in a triple bill of popular repertoire works at The Joyce Theater from March 3-7. Tickets, ranging in price from $10-$55, can be purchased at www.Joyce.org, or by calling JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800. Please note: ticket prices are subject to change. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue at West 19th Street. For more information, please visit www.Joyce.org.

Celebrating 35 years of fusing the beauty of traditional African movement with contemporary choreography, The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) welcomes the return of Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE. With a mixed bill of company classics and a newly-commissioned work, the Brooklyn company will play The Joyce Theater from February 25-March 1.

French-Algerian choreographer Hervé Koubi is poised for a return engagement with his eponymous company to open The Joyce's Spring/Summer 2020 Season. The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) will present Compagnie Hervé KOUBI in the evening-length Les nuits barbares ou les premiers matins du monde from February 18-23 at The Joyce Theater.

The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) will bring dance from the plains of Argentina to the New York City stage this winter with Che Malambo. This foot-stomping, show-stopping South American company will play The Joyce Theater from February 11-16. Tickets, ranging in price from $10-$55, can be purchased at www.Joyce.org, or by calling JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800. Please note: ticket prices are subject to change. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue at West 19th Street. For more information, please visit www.Joyce.org.

In their first return engagement since 2002, Companhia de Dança Deborah Colker will play The Joyce Theater from February 4-9. The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) presents the Brazilian company's Cão Sem Plumas (Dog Without Feathers) following its win at the 2018 Benois de la Danse. Tickets, ranging in price from $10-$55, can be purchased at www.Joyce.org, or by calling JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800. Please note: ticket prices are subject to change. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue at West 19th Street. For more information, please visit www.Joyce.org.

Whelan finds the yin and yang in their performance chemistry, saying, 'we're very opposite in nature, which creates balance. I'm more androgynous with clean, clear lines while she has a big, vibrant presence.' Beiser affirmed Whelan's value for respecting collaboration saying she learned from Lang that 'collaboration is about working with others who are great at something you don't do.'

The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) is pleased to announce the long-awaited return of Pacific Northwest Ballet, the company's first NYC season in four years. Presenting two distinct mixed programs, the heralded company, under the direction of former New York City Ballet Principal dancer Peter Boal, will play Lincoln Center's David H. Koch Theater (20 Lincoln Center Plaza) June 23-28, with a special gala performance on June 25. All performances will be accompanied by the PNB Orchestra under the music direction of Principal Conductor Emil de Cou. Tickets for both the Pacific Northwest Ballet season and the gala performance can be purchased at www.Joyce.org, or by calling JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800. For more information, please visit www.Joyce.org.

The Music Center's President and CEO Rachel S. Moore today announced the addition of dance curator/producer Martin Wechsler as a senior advisor for TMC Arts Dance presentations, including its Glorya Kaufman Presents Dance at The Music Center series and other related dance initiatives. Wechsler will bring more than 30 years' experience in the dance field, including programming, commissioning and administrative expertise, to The Music Center, one of the nation's largest performing arts centers.

In this 2020 APAP Conference, the Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company will showcase the Company's three touring programs in City Center Studio 4 on Saturday, January 11, 2020 at 8:30pm and Sunday, January 12, 2020 at 6:30pm at the Ailey Citicorp Theater. City Center Studio is located at 130 W 56th St (between Sixth and Seventh Avenues), New York, NY 10019. The Ailey CitiCorp Theatre is located at the lower level of 405 West 55th St, New York, NY 10019. Presenters coming to see the showcase are encouraged to contact the Company's management, Joanne Rile Artists Management, at Americas Hall 1 Booth 1204.