The Joyce Theater News

Alonzo King?s LINES Ballet will perform a special New York City engagement May 5 ? 10, 2009 at The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue (at 19th Street). The acclaimed company is returning to The Joyce with a new program of work from the gifted choreographer featuring: ?Rasa?, an exhilarating and transformative work set to tabla master Zakir Hussain?s rhythmic beat and another New York Premiere tba.

No, they don't pirouette, plié or pas de chat, but audiences are sure to end up rolling with laughter in the aisles when The Umbilical Brothers (David Collins and Shane Dundas) tear up the stage of The Joyce Theater from June 29 - July 11 with their madcap style of physical and vocal mayhem in SPEED MOUSE. Following this two-week engagement, the duo will play Connecticut's Hartford Stage from July 15 - August 2.

Alonzo King's LINES Ballet is performing a special New York City engagement this week May 5 - 10, 2009 at The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue (at 19th Street). The acclaimed company is returning to The Joyce with New York premieres from the gifted choreographer: 'Dust And Light' had its world premiere in San Francisco two weeks ago. It has music by Arcangelo Corelli and Francis Poulenc, costume design by Robert Rosenwasser and lighting design by Axel Morgenthaler. 'Rasa', an exhilarating and transformative work set to tabla music composed and arranged by Zakir Hussain, with costume & stage design by Robert Rosenwasser and lighting and design by Alain Lortie is also being performed.

Alonzo King's LINES Ballet MAY 5 - 10, 2009 at The JOYCE THEATER TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE Alonzo King's LINES Ballet will perform a special New York City engagement May 5 - 10, 2009 at The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue (at 19th Street). The acclaimed company is returning to The Joyce with a new program of work from the gifted choreographer featuring: 'Rasa', an exhilarating and transformative work set to tabla master Zakir Hussain's rhythmic beat and another New York Premiere tba.

Roberto Dutesco, Peter Tunney and Jennifer Muller/The Works present DANCING WITH WILD HORSES, a multi-arts installation featuring Jennifer Muller's Island, inspired by Roberto Dutesco's passionate photography of the Wild Horses of Sable Island on Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 7:30pm (doors open at 6:30pm) at 530 W. 27th Street (formerly Spirit and Twilo nightclubs), NYC.

The Joyce Theater Foundation will honor award-winning writer, director, producer and founder of the American Film Institute, George Stevens Jr. at its annual Spring Gala on Monday, April 27 at ESPACE (635 West 42nd Street).

The Joyce Theater Foundation will honor award-winning writer, director, producer and founder of the American Film Institute, George Stevens Jr. at its annual Spring Gala on Monday, April 27 at ESPACE (635 West 42nd Street).

Operatic Heat presents Parsons Dance and the East Village Opera Company (EVOC) in Remember Me, a dance/rock opera,on April 25, 2009 at 7:00 p.m., at The Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts in Sugar Loaf, NY.

Connecticut Repertory Theatre (CRT) will present the smash-hit Broadway musical Hair, April 23 - May 2, 2009 in the Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre on the Storrs campus. For tickets and information, call 860-486-4226 or visit www.jorgensen.uconn.edu.

The Joyce Theater is thrilled to open its 2009 summer season with Trey McIntyre Project, a contemporary ballet company founded in 2004 by one of the world's most vibrant choreographers, with a week-long engagement from June 2-7. Tickets for this company's New York debut start at $19 and are available by calling JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800 or via the internet at Joyce.org. The Joyce Theater is located at 175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street, in Chelsea.

The Joyce Theater Foundation will honor award-winning writer, director, producer and founder of the American Film Institute, George Stevens Jr. at its annual Spring Gala on Monday, April 27 at ESPACE (635 West 42nd Street).

David Parsons, Gala Chair Linda Stocknoff, and the Board of Directors of Parsons Dance proudly announce Parson Dance's 2009 Gala hosted by Lin-Manuel Miranda on Tuesday, April 21, 2009 at 7pm at The Times Center, 242 W. 41st Street, NYC.

Summer 2009 will be like none other at The Joyce Theater! With debuts from four (out of eight) companies including a hilarious Australian duo and a sensational contemporary ballet troupe, in addition to internationally renowned favorites returning to The Joyce, there is something for everyone to enjoy.

The Joyce Theater Foundation will honor award-winning writer, director, producer and founder of the American Film Institute, George Stevens Jr. at its annual Spring Gala on Monday, April 27 at ESPACE (635 West 42nd Street).

Operatic Heat presents Parsons Dance and the East Village Opera Company (EVOC) in Remember Me, a dance/rock opera,on April 25, 2009 at 7:00 p.m., at The Lycian Centre for the Performing Arts in Sugar Loaf, NY.

Making music to the ears of budget-conscious audiences, the River To River® Festival today unveiled a stellar line-up of completely free music, dance, and cultural events that firmly establishes Lower Manhattan as the city's summer arts capital.

For over forty years George Faison has reigned as one of the dance and theatre world's most respected director/choreographers. This season, AILEY II, the young and gifted second company of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, will feature Mr. Faison?s highly acclaimed ballet 'Movin' On.' The AILEY II's anticipated two week season premieres Wednesday, April 15th at The Ailey Citigroup Theater (405 West 55th Street). The season will run through Sunday, April 26th.

For over forty years George Faison has reigned as one of the dance and theatre world's most respected director/choreographers. This season, AILEY II, the young and gifted second company of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, will feature Mr. Faison's highly acclaimed ballet 'MOVIN' ON.'

For over forty years George Faison has reigned as one of the dance and theatre world?s most respected director/choreographers. This season, Ailey II, the young and gifted second company of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, will feature Mr. Faison?s highly acclaimed ballet ?Movin' On.?

RIOULT will present the world premiere of The Great Mass along with three acclaimed repertory pieces during its 2009 New York season, running April 14 - 19, at The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street. The Great Mass is a full-evening work set to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Mass in C Minor, and will be joined on the schedule by Mr. Rioult's Wien (1994), Views of the Fleeting World (2008) and Les Noches (2005). The season will include a Gala Fundraiser honoring two-time Emmy Award-winner Sonya Hamlin, president of Sonya Hamlin Communications, to be held at the Altman Building in Chelsea on Wednesday, April 15th (*formerly The Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre).