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Fri 1st
6:30pm
From a bird's eye view, two dancers lift their chest to the sky and making contact with each other.

Performance: Nadra Assaf and Heather Harrington

WADE DANCE
WADEintoACTIVISM Festival Performance: Nadra Assaf and Heather Harrington Event start time: 6:30pm and 8:30pm EST Location: Arts on Site, 12 St. Marks Place, East Village NYC Featuring the artistic works of Nadra Assaf (Lebanon, USA) and Heather Harrington (USA) Run time: Approx. 1 hour About WADEintoACTIVISM: WADEintoACTIVISM is a 16 day performing arts festival curated and produced by WADE.…

 
7:00pm
Ten dancers on stage, some on the ground and some standing, all with blue fabric wrapped around their faces and heads

Ashley Chen: Unisson, Rush, Distances & more

Kashyl
Ashley Chen—choreographer, performer, and founder of Kashyl—will bring a triptych of works to La MaMa as part of Villa Albertine’s 2023 Dance Season. The three pieces delve into the substance of the group, reshaping and exploring its various states. In UNISSON, eight dancers attempt to reach an intimate point of resonance: how does a group invent itself through dance? How can movement become…

 
7:30pm
Patrick Olson and the cast of Emergence

Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem

Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem
Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem is a deeply original performance of music, breathtaking dance, spoken word and psychedelia, led by artist Patrick Olson. He is backed by musicians, singers, dancers, and large-scale immersive video imagery. You will not have seen anything like it. Combining thundering music and mind trip monologues, Emergence explores the deepest aspects of the human experience…

 
8:00pm
Episode 6: Dances with Robots IRL: A Conversation with Catie Cuan NOW LIVE

Episode 6: Dances with Robots IRL: A Conversation with Catie Cuan NOW LIVE

Dances with Robots
The Conference for Research on Choreographic Interfaces (CRCI) presents Dances with Robots: a podcast catalyzed by the corporeal risks and expressive opportunities of contemporary technologies. Join our host, choreographer and Dean at Brown University, Sydney Skybetter, and Co-Host, Ariane Michaud, Executive Director of CRCI, alongside a series of guest hosts, as we explore the ways in which artists,…

 
8:00pm
Four female dancers in yellow dresses hold fans and jump while four male dancers kneel in front of them

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s New York City Center Season November 29 – December 31, 2023

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world’s most popular dance companies, returns to New York City Center November 29 – December 31, 2023, for an engagement that has become a joyous holiday tradition. Ailey’s extraordinary dancers will move audiences with world premieres by Amy Hall Garner and Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish along with new productions and a variety of repertory…

 
8:00pm
Two dances face each other holding hands while they extend their other arm the ceiling

"Alvin Ailey New Directions" | NOW STREAMING FREE

ALL ARTS
Take a look inside Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's New Directions Choreography Lab in a new eight-part digital series from ALL ARTS.  Alvin Ailey New Directions follows choreographers Quilan “Cue” Arnold and Maria Bauman as they explore what it means to be an artist.  Watch free on the ALL ARTS app or stream at AllArts.org. 

 
8:30pm
From a bird's eye view, two dancers lift their chest to the sky and making contact with each other.

Performance: Nadra Assaf and Heather Harrington

WADE DANCE
WADEintoACTIVISM Festival Performance: Nadra Assaf and Heather Harrington Event start time: 6:30pm and 8:30pm EST Location: Arts on Site, 12 St. Marks Place, East Village NYC Featuring the artistic works of Nadra Assaf (Lebanon, USA) and Heather Harrington (USA) Run time: Approx. 1 hour About WADEintoACTIVISM: WADEintoACTIVISM is a 16 day performing arts festival curated and produced by WADE.…

 
Sat 2nd
10:00am
Forza Dance Emerging Artist Festival

Forza Dance Emerging Artist Festival

Forza Dance Company + Community
Hello Forza friend! Are you an emerging choreographer itching to share a new work? Looking to hone in on your choreographic journey? Craving a chance to cultivate your own masterclass and processes?  We leveled up and want to bring YOU with us! After three sold out Emerging Artist Showcases, we are looking forward to hosting more emerging artists and companies than ever before  in our first Emerging…

 
11:00am
A girl in a nightgown extends her leg and arms, admiring a nutcracker in front of a tree.

My First Nutcracker

New York City Children's Theater
You’re invited to Clara-Marie’s holiday party! Join Clara-Marie and the Prince as they travel to a magical kingdom filled with sparkling skies, dancing flowers, and a pesky mouse king in this interactive holiday classic reimagined for your youngest theatergoers! Adapted for young audiences by Barbara Zinn Krieger and directed and choreographed by Melissa Riker, NYCCT’s hit dance theater production…

 
2:00pm
Four female dancers in yellow dresses hold fans and jump while four male dancers kneel in front of them

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s New York City Center Season November 29 – December 31, 2023

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world’s most popular dance companies, returns to New York City Center November 29 – December 31, 2023, for an engagement that has become a joyous holiday tradition. Ailey’s extraordinary dancers will move audiences with world premieres by Amy Hall Garner and Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish along with new productions and a variety of repertory…

 
2:30pm
A girl in a nightgown extends her leg and arms, admiring a nutcracker in front of a tree.

My First Nutcracker

New York City Children's Theater
You’re invited to Clara-Marie’s holiday party! Join Clara-Marie and the Prince as they travel to a magical kingdom filled with sparkling skies, dancing flowers, and a pesky mouse king in this interactive holiday classic reimagined for your youngest theatergoers! Adapted for young audiences by Barbara Zinn Krieger and directed and choreographed by Melissa Riker, NYCCT’s hit dance theater production…

 
6:30pm
Two dancers support a dancer who is wrapping their arms and lifting their leg.

Performance: Anna Caffarelli/Crimson Moeller & Finleigh Zack Dance

WADE DANCE
WADEintoACTIVISM Festival Performance: Anna Caffarelli/Crimson Moeller & Finleigh Zack Dance Event start time: 6:30pm and 8:30pm EST Location: Arts on Site, 12 St. Marks Place, East Village NYC Featuring the artistic works of Anna Caffarelli (USA), Crimson Moeller (USA), and Finleigh Zack Dance (USA) Run time: Approx. 1 hour About WADEintoACTIVISM: WADEintoACTIVISM is a 16 day performing arts…

 
7:00pm
A promotional poster featuring the artwork by Lulú Michelli with a stylized women's face and the performance date of Her TANGO

Her TANGO

Leonardo Suarez Paz's PIAZZOLLA 100
In a blend of the traditional and the contemporary, Leonardo Suarez Paz’s PIAZZOLLA 100 brings a unique narrative to the stage with Her TANGO. Three iconic instruments of tango—violin, guitar, and bandoneon, along with members of the Nuevo Tango Ballet, address the genre’s essence and evolution and an intimate portrait of the genre through the female gaze.  This preview performance combines…

 
7:00pm
Ten dancers on stage, some on the ground and some standing, all with blue fabric wrapped around their faces and heads

Ashley Chen: Unisson, Rush, Distances & more

Kashyl
Ashley Chen—choreographer, performer, and founder of Kashyl—will bring a triptych of works to La MaMa as part of Villa Albertine’s 2023 Dance Season. The three pieces delve into the substance of the group, reshaping and exploring its various states. In UNISSON, eight dancers attempt to reach an intimate point of resonance: how does a group invent itself through dance? How can movement become…

 
8:00pm
Patrick Olson and the cast of Emergence

Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem

Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem
Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem is a deeply original performance of music, breathtaking dance, spoken word and psychedelia, led by artist Patrick Olson. He is backed by musicians, singers, dancers, and large-scale immersive video imagery. You will not have seen anything like it. Combining thundering music and mind trip monologues, Emergence explores the deepest aspects of the human experience…

 
8:00pm
Four female dancers in yellow dresses hold fans and jump while four male dancers kneel in front of them

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s New York City Center Season November 29 – December 31, 2023

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world’s most popular dance companies, returns to New York City Center November 29 – December 31, 2023, for an engagement that has become a joyous holiday tradition. Ailey’s extraordinary dancers will move audiences with world premieres by Amy Hall Garner and Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish along with new productions and a variety of repertory…

 
8:30pm
Two dancers support a dancer who is wrapping their arms and lifting their leg.

Performance: Anna Caffarelli/Crimson Moeller & Finleigh Zack Dance

WADE DANCE
WADEintoACTIVISM Festival Performance: Anna Caffarelli/Crimson Moeller & Finleigh Zack Dance Event start time: 6:30pm and 8:30pm EST Location: Arts on Site, 12 St. Marks Place, East Village NYC Featuring the artistic works of Anna Caffarelli (USA), Crimson Moeller (USA), and Finleigh Zack Dance (USA) Run time: Approx. 1 hour About WADEintoACTIVISM: WADEintoACTIVISM is a 16 day performing arts…

 
Sun 3rd
11:00am
A girl in a nightgown extends her leg and arms, admiring a nutcracker in front of a tree.

My First Nutcracker

New York City Children's Theater
You’re invited to Clara-Marie’s holiday party! Join Clara-Marie and the Prince as they travel to a magical kingdom filled with sparkling skies, dancing flowers, and a pesky mouse king in this interactive holiday classic reimagined for your youngest theatergoers! Adapted for young audiences by Barbara Zinn Krieger and directed and choreographed by Melissa Riker, NYCCT’s hit dance theater production…

 
11:00am
Forza Dance Emerging Artist Festival

Forza Dance Emerging Artist Festival

Forza Dance Company + Community
Hello Forza friend! Are you an emerging choreographer itching to share a new work? Looking to hone in on your choreographic journey? Craving a chance to cultivate your own masterclass and processes?  We leveled up and want to bring YOU with us! After three sold out Emerging Artist Showcases, we are looking forward to hosting more emerging artists and companies than ever before  in our first Emerging…

 
2:00pm
Patrick Olson and the cast of Emergence

Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem

Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem
Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem is a deeply original performance of music, breathtaking dance, spoken word and psychedelia, led by artist Patrick Olson. He is backed by musicians, singers, dancers, and large-scale immersive video imagery. You will not have seen anything like it. Combining thundering music and mind trip monologues, Emergence explores the deepest aspects of the human experience…

 
2:00pm
Ten dancers on stage, some on the ground and some standing, all with blue fabric wrapped around their faces and heads

Ashley Chen: Unisson, Rush, Distances & more

Kashyl
Ashley Chen—choreographer, performer, and founder of Kashyl—will bring a triptych of works to La MaMa as part of Villa Albertine’s 2023 Dance Season. The three pieces delve into the substance of the group, reshaping and exploring its various states. In UNISSON, eight dancers attempt to reach an intimate point of resonance: how does a group invent itself through dance? How can movement become…

 
2:30pm
A girl in a nightgown extends her leg and arms, admiring a nutcracker in front of a tree.

My First Nutcracker

New York City Children's Theater
You’re invited to Clara-Marie’s holiday party! Join Clara-Marie and the Prince as they travel to a magical kingdom filled with sparkling skies, dancing flowers, and a pesky mouse king in this interactive holiday classic reimagined for your youngest theatergoers! Adapted for young audiences by Barbara Zinn Krieger and directed and choreographed by Melissa Riker, NYCCT’s hit dance theater production…

 
3:00pm
Four female dancers in yellow dresses hold fans and jump while four male dancers kneel in front of them

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s New York City Center Season November 29 – December 31, 2023

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world’s most popular dance companies, returns to New York City Center November 29 – December 31, 2023, for an engagement that has become a joyous holiday tradition. Ailey’s extraordinary dancers will move audiences with world premieres by Amy Hall Garner and Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish along with new productions and a variety of repertory…

 
Mon 4th
7:00pm
a Black man looks at the camera dressed in a purple dress shirt and flower tie

Bill Chats with Marc Bamuthi Joseph

New York Live Arts
The singular Bill Chats program features Jones in conversation with poet Marc Bamuthi Joseph on December 4th. This season’s first in the series of intimate chats between Jones and theater makers, authors, scholars, and more, will pay witness to these two artists’ deep working relationship and creative dialogue behind their co-conceived opera Watch Night opening the Perelman Performing Arts Center’s…

 
Tue 5th
7:00pm
Ten dancers on stage, some on the ground and some standing, all with blue fabric wrapped around their faces and heads

Ashley Chen: Unisson, Rush, Distances & more

Kashyl
Ashley Chen—choreographer, performer, and founder of Kashyl—will bring a triptych of works to La MaMa as part of Villa Albertine’s 2023 Dance Season. The three pieces delve into the substance of the group, reshaping and exploring its various states. In UNISSON, eight dancers attempt to reach an intimate point of resonance: how does a group invent itself through dance? How can movement become…

 
7:30pm
Patrick Olson and the cast of Emergence

Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem

Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem
Emergence: Things Are Not As They Seem is a deeply original performance of music, breathtaking dance, spoken word and psychedelia, led by artist Patrick Olson. He is backed by musicians, singers, dancers, and large-scale immersive video imagery. You will not have seen anything like it. Combining thundering music and mind trip monologues, Emergence explores the deepest aspects of the human experience…

 
7:30pm
Four female dancers in yellow dresses hold fans and jump while four male dancers kneel in front of them

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s New York City Center Season November 29 – December 31, 2023

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, beloved as one of the world’s most popular dance companies, returns to New York City Center November 29 – December 31, 2023, for an engagement that has become a joyous holiday tradition. Ailey’s extraordinary dancers will move audiences with world premieres by Amy Hall Garner and Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish along with new productions and a variety of repertory…

 
7:45pm
Radio City Music Hall 2022

SHOOTING STARS RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL

Shooting Stars NYC
SHOOTING STARS NYC TO PERFORM AS OPENING ACT FOR THE CHRISTMAS SPECTACULAR STARRING THE RADIO CITY ROCKETTES FOR THE SECOND YEAR!    Nov 1, 2023 (New York, New York) - Shooting Stars NYC (SSDC), a 24 year NYC-based competitive dance company building confidence, teamwork, and leadership through competitive dance, announces that it will open for The Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes…

 

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