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Fri 1st
10:00am
PROFESSIONAL TECHNIQUE class with improv/composition by Jim May

PROFESSIONAL TECHNIQUE class with improv/composition by Jim May

Sokolow Ensemble
Thursdays & Fridays 10:00-12:00 pm Jim May will give a demanding technical modern dance barre leading to movement through space whose goal is to develop rhythm, style, expression and an ability or knowledge that can be used in creative expression. The class will culminate into improvisational exercise that develop choreographic ideas based on the artistic works and philosophy of Thomas Hard Benton.…

 
10:00am

Qi Gong: practicing being and seeing with Melanie Maar

Movement Research
In this class I offer space for a self nurturing, awake state, where we can explore and learn about principles of energetic and anatomic dynamics that can benefit people within their own practices and ways. I approach somatic, artistic and psychic as synergetic. We work with methods related to the 5 Element System like Iron Shirt, Sexual Energy Practices and Bagua Circling through image activation,…

 
10:00am

Juliette Mapp (Morning Class)

Movement Research
The merging of the unconscious life of movement and the conscious attention to physical direction is part of the energizing practice we will explore in each class. We will improvise in order to expand our awareness of breath, weight, tension and release, taking time to notice our body's qualitative presence moment-by-moment. We will follow by dancing within technical forms to expand our range and…

 
10:00am
Intermediate ballet class

Intermediate ballet class

Joan Liu - dance and wellness & The Ballet Club
These drop-in based classes follow the principles of American Ballet Theatre’s National Training Curriculum with modifications to better serve the adult students.  Strong emphasis on alignments and clean technique, while giving ample room for artistry to flourish.  For those familiar with ABT's NTC, this is an approximately level 4/5 class. *$17/class, cash only -- Joan Liu started her…

 
10:30am
Martha Graham Dance Company Pre-Audition Workshop

Martha Graham Dance Company Pre-Audition Workshop

Martha Graham Dance Company
PRE-AUDITION WORKSHOP April 29 - May 1, 2015  (Workshop is not required for audition) The Martha Graham Dance Company will offer a Pre-Audition Workshop, as well as a Technique Class, before our audition. Pre-Audition Workshop, Technique Class, and Audition slots are still available for registration. For more information visit: http://marthagraham.org/audition2015 For additional information…

 
12:30pm
Humphrey-Weidman classes with Gail Corbin

Humphrey-Weidman classes with Gail Corbin

Sokolow Ensemble
Fridays 12:30-2:00 pm This class is taught by Gail Corbin, a leading exponent in the technique and repertory of Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. Come and experience “Fall and Recovery” and explore in depth those principles: weight, suspension, successional flow through Humphrey’s purity of movement in the technique and learn excerpts from both Humphrey and Weidman’s rich and dynamic repertory.…

 
3:30pm
Dance With Me

Dance With Me

Dance Theatre of Harlem
Ages: 18 Months- 2 3/4 years $10 per session/$90 per 10 class card NO REGISTRATION FEE REQUIRED  

 
6:00pm
Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Celebrate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month

Asia Society
Kick off your weekend and celebrate the start of Asian Pacific American Heritage Month with a night at the museum — along with dancing, live music, street food, and more. Join us on Friday, May 1 from 6:00-9:00 pm at Asia Society headquarters on Park Avenue and 70th Street for festivities including: MUSIC by Vietnamese-American DJ George Pihlgren DANCING with NYC Bhangra FREE MUSEUM TOURS of Buddhist…

 
6:00pm
Talk on Dance’s Repertoires: Transmission and Reenactment

Talk on Dance’s Repertoires: Transmission and Reenactment

with Linda Shelton, Executive Director, Joyce Theater; Yorgos Loukos, Director, Lyon Opera Ballet; Lance Gries, freelance dancer, choreographer, representing the Trisha Brown Dance Company; Trajal Harrell, artist-choreographer. In conjunction with Lyon Opera Ballet's presence at the Joyce Theater, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy will host a talk on Dance’s Repertoires, Transmission…

 
6:00pm
6:00 - 7:15pm - LEVEL 1 Argentine Tango

6:00 - 7:15pm - LEVEL 1 Argentine Tango

Argentine Tango Classes NYC
When we begin to learn something new in our life it is only natural that we want to progress as fast as possible. And so it’s quite normal that we skip all the important basics as we are so focused on running through all levels of learning. When we begin we immediately want to be allowed at intermediate level classes, when we are intermediate we want to run to advance classes. What happens is this:…

 
7:00pm

Barnard/Columbia Dances at Miller Theatre

Barnard College
Friday, May 1 – Saturday, May 2, 7:00 p.m. (2:00 p.m. Saturday) The Barnard College department of dance presents three world premieres along with a revival of Gloria, staged by Marjorie Folkman ’91, and performed with live music conducted by Gail Archer, director of the Barnard/Columbia Chorus. The two day event includes works by John Heginbotham, a longtime member of the Mark Morris Dance Group;…

 
7:20pm
7:20 - 8:35pm - LEVEL 2 Argentine Tango

7:20 - 8:35pm - LEVEL 2 Argentine Tango

Argentine Tango Classes NYC
When we begin to learn something new in our life it is only natural that we want to progress as fast as possible. And so it’s quite normal that we skip all the important basics as we are so focused on running through all levels of learning. When we begin we immediately want to be allowed at intermediate level classes, when we are intermediate we want to run to advance classes. What happens is this:…

 
7:30pm
Steps Repertory Ensemble Spring Season

Steps Repertory Ensemble Spring Season

Steps Repertory Ensemble
Steps Repertory Ensemble will present three different programs of dances by Mike Esperanza, Francesca Harper, Jae Man Joo, Lar Lubovitch, and company artistic director Bradley Shelver, featuring two world premieres.   The Ensemble, the resident company of Steps on Broadway, commissions choreographers, both established and emerging, to create new works and to restage repertory.

 
7:30pm
 
8:00pm
Night ( Thyestes 2.0)

Night ( Thyestes 2.0)

The New Stage Theatre
Theater for the New City, in association with The New Stage Theatre Company, is presenting the world premiere of "Night (Thyestes 2.0)" by Charles L. Mee, directed and designed by Ildiko Nemeth, from April 24 to May 10, 2015. The piece combines sections of the classic tale with an equally dark modern vision.  Charles L. Mee imagined his play, "Night (Thyestes 2.0)," as a dance theatre piece with some…

 
8:00pm
WESTFEST DANCE FESTIVAL AT THE MARTHA GRAHAM THEATER

WESTFEST DANCE FESTIVAL AT THE MARTHA GRAHAM THEATER

WestFest Dance
WESTFEST | TOP FLOOR April 30-May 3, 8PM (Thursday-Sunday). Four shared evenings of dance in the Martha Graham Studio Theater, 55 Bethune, 11th floor. $20 The starlit Martha Graham Studio at Westbeth offers two performance programs over four nights. All artists will present up to 10 minutes of original dance, in a shared evening format. Estimate run time: 1hr / no intermission On Thursday, April…

 
8:00pm
curators: Jeanine Durning, Iréne Hultman, David Thomson

curators: Jeanine Durning, Iréne Hultman, David Thomson

Food for Thought
Admission for Food for Thought is just $5 plus 2 cans of food*; or $10! No advance reservations. Food for Thought presents multiple artists over one weekend with a different guest curator each evening. THURSDAY, APRIL 30: This is not the end: an evening with the 2013-2015 Movement Research Artists-in-Residence curated by JEANINE DURNING Featuring Ivy Baldwin, Whitney Hunter, Sam Kim, Joanna…

 
8:00pm

Premiere of "Fracture"

Matthew Brookoff Dance Repertory Company
Choreographer Matthew Brookoff presents his company in the world premiere of "Fracture," a neo-classical ballet to a commissioned score by young composer Brad Crane, along with "In Love Again," a charmer to four great songs by Rodgers and Hart; and "Lyrical Male Suite #1: Songs of Love and Solitude."    Dancers are Josh Christopher, Barton Cowperthwaite, Holly Curran, Jehbreal Jackson, Temple Kemezis,…

 
8:00pm
Avant-Garde-Arama: MAYDAY!

Avant-Garde-Arama: MAYDAY!

Abrons Arts Center
On loan from Performance Space 122 A tribute to the 100th Anniversary of the Abrons’ Playhouse, this edition of Avant-Garde-Arama features artists who have helped to build the legacy of 21st Century performance, along with their picks for the next generation of groundbreaking, edge cutting, legacy making artists. Friday May 1: Hosted by Penny Arcade and Erin Markey Saturday May 2: Hosted by Carmelita…

 
8:00pm

Fitness Instructor

Physique 57 Dubai
Are you passionate about health and fitness and also interested in traveling around the world?  Do you have a background in dance?  Physique 57 is looking for high-energy, creative and dynamic instructors to join our team in Dubai!   Physique 57 is an internationally renowned ballet-barre based fitness company that has been changing the way people look, feel, and live since 2006.  Our program…

 
8:00pm

RIOULT Dance NY Announces 2014-15 Tour

RIOULT Dance NY
RIOULT Dance NY, a leading American modern dance company with a classic sensibility, announces it’s 2014-15 Tour Schedule with 22 performances in 16 cities throughout the U.S. and abroad. The season will include a broad range of dances including mixed repertory programs as well as The Ravel Project (Home Front, Wien, Prelude to Night, Bolero); Bach Dances (Views of the Fleeting World, City, Celestial…

 
8:30pm
Bloowst windku

Bloowst windku

Rebecca Davis
HERE presents Bloowst windku By Rebecca Davis A HERE Resident Artist Production April 29-May 9 at 8:30pm Tickets $20   Bloowst windku [bloom-twist-windmill-haiku] is an hour-long performance for three dancers in which sound, light, and movement are compositional equals. Within a glowing room constructed from hundreds of used security envelopes collected over three years, the familiar is rendered…

 
8:30pm
BEGINNER Argentine Tango

BEGINNER Argentine Tango

Ultimate Tango
This course is meant for people who either never ever danced Tango or took few classes long time ago or took few lessons quite recently but are not sure what they know or if they are ready for next level.   It’s good to take this course to put all your information in order. You gain the necessary vocabulary and learn all the basic movements to be able to easily follow the explanations in Intermediate…

 
8:40pm
8:40 - 9:55pm - LEVEL 3 Argentine Tango

8:40 - 9:55pm - LEVEL 3 Argentine Tango

Argentine Tango Classes NYC
When we begin to learn something new in our life it is only natural that we want to progress as fast as possible. And so it’s quite normal that we skip all the important basics as we are so focused on running through all levels of learning. When we begin we immediately want to be allowed at intermediate level classes, when we are intermediate we want to run to advance classes. What happens is this:…

 
Sat 2nd
10:00am
Pilates Tower Class

Pilates Tower Class

Elite Body Pilates
Open classes for small groups on Pilates Tower equipment www.EliteBodyPilates.net info@EliteBodyPilates.net 212-717-1302

 
11:00am

The Athletics of Intimacy, Improvisations

Movement Research
Classes combine skills and applications of Body-Mind Centering® systems and patterns of development and evolution, practices of Contact Improvisation, and tunings of somatic approaches within solo, duet (strong emphasis on partnering) and ensemble dancing. I am interested in the very physical, sensorial and imaginative, and in discovering new challenges and risks within our movement, of both body…

 
11:30am
Martha Graham Dance Company Audition

Martha Graham Dance Company Audition

Martha Graham Dance Company
AUDITION FOR MALE AND FEMALE DANCERS The Martha Graham Dance Company is seeking strong dancers with a broad range of current performance techniques, ballet as well as the Graham Technique. The Company guarantees 30 weeks of work per year to its core group of dancers. Dancers of the Graham Company are members of the American Guild of Musical Artists AFL-CIO. You must register to guarantee a place…

 
12:00pm
It's Showtime NYC!

It's Showtime NYC!

It's Showtime NYC!
WHERE Battery Park, New York, NY WHEN on Saturdays through June 27th, 2015 WHAT Legal performance opportunities for street and subway dancers and free weekly public performances   ABOUT THE PROGRAM   Come see NYC’s most talented hip-hop and street dance crews perform every Saturday through June from 12PM to 4PM at Battery Park. ‘It's Showtime NYC’ is a pilot program that provides legal…

 
2:00pm
WESTFEST DANCE FESTIVAL / ALL OVER WESTBETH

WESTFEST DANCE FESTIVAL / ALL OVER WESTBETH

WestFest Dance
WESTFEST | ALL OVER WESTBETH  May 2 & 3 at 2 pm.  2 days of site-specific performances. Guided Tours Every 15 Minutes, all tours start in Westbeth Courtyard.  Last Tour departs at 3:30PM. FREE EVENT This walking tour led by Westbeth residents will share a series of short, site-specific live performances all over the iconic artsts’ residence—courtyard, basement, rooftop, studios and stairwells. …

 
2:00pm
 
3:30pm
Adult Pointe Class

Adult Pointe Class

Peridance
Pointe with Kat Wildish serves students at all levels of pointe technique, from beginners in their first time up in the shoes to seasoned professionals maintaining fundamentals. Starting with an intense barre warm-up series to strengthen deep muscles in the legs and feet, the class progresses slowly to center work and variation practice. A different piece of classical repertoire will be taught and…

 
4:30pm

Workshop with Melinda Ring

Movement Research
Composing Relationships Not as beginners, but with a beginner’s mind, we’ll examine and question the relationships (actual and conceptual) that we want to manifest in our dances. We’ll work through a variety of exercises to gather compositional tools in how to extend movement from one person to another. Please note: we’ll be working in a territory where lifts occur by happenstance, not design,…

 
7:00pm
20TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

20TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON

STEELEDANCE
STEELEDANCE 20TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON Featuring: Devastating Beauty (world premiere) Music mixed by: DJ Heinz Costumes by: Nadia Tarr Lighting: Brant Murray Performed by: Zoë Blake, Hollis Bartlett, Jake Bone, Carolyn Cryer, Chris Coates, Meredith Fages, Marc Mann, Amber Morgan, Donnell Oakley, Tamora Petitt-Hendry, Yarden Raz, Jordan Risdon, Alex Dean Speedie, Elizabeth Steele, Oliver Steele, Teri…

 
7:30pm
Steps Repertory Ensemble Spring Season

Steps Repertory Ensemble Spring Season

Steps Repertory Ensemble
Steps Repertory Ensemble will present three different programs of dances by Mike Esperanza, Francesca Harper, Jae Man Joo, Lar Lubovitch, and company artistic director Bradley Shelver, featuring two world premieres.   The Ensemble, the resident company of Steps on Broadway, commissions choreographers, both established and emerging, to create new works and to restage repertory.

 
7:30pm
 
7:30pm
"Giselle" Suite - Face to Face Serie

"Giselle" Suite - Face to Face Serie

Ajkun Ballet Theatre
Virtuoso, mysterious, gentle, and melancholy, Giselle is an intoxicating immersion in the romantic era. Restaged by Leonard Ajkun after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot to the score of Adolphe Adam, the supernatural touch and lightness of the Wilis, and the splendid sophistication of Albrecht, Giselle makes even the music palpitate with her. The Face to Face series affords the audience a close-up to the…

 
8:00pm
Night ( Thyestes 2.0)

Night ( Thyestes 2.0)

The New Stage Theatre
Theater for the New City, in association with The New Stage Theatre Company, is presenting the world premiere of "Night (Thyestes 2.0)" by Charles L. Mee, directed and designed by Ildiko Nemeth, from April 24 to May 10, 2015. The piece combines sections of the classic tale with an equally dark modern vision.  Charles L. Mee imagined his play, "Night (Thyestes 2.0)," as a dance theatre piece with some…

 
8:00pm
WESTFEST DANCE FESTIVAL AT THE MARTHA GRAHAM THEATER

WESTFEST DANCE FESTIVAL AT THE MARTHA GRAHAM THEATER

WestFest Dance
WESTFEST | TOP FLOOR April 30-May 3, 8PM (Thursday-Sunday). Four shared evenings of dance in the Martha Graham Studio Theater, 55 Bethune, 11th floor. $20 The starlit Martha Graham Studio at Westbeth offers two performance programs over four nights. All artists will present up to 10 minutes of original dance, in a shared evening format. Estimate run time: 1hr / no intermission On Thursday, April…

 
8:00pm
curators: Jeanine Durning, Iréne Hultman, David Thomson

curators: Jeanine Durning, Iréne Hultman, David Thomson

Food for Thought
Admission for Food for Thought is just $5 plus 2 cans of food*; or $10! No advance reservations. Food for Thought presents multiple artists over one weekend with a different guest curator each evening. THURSDAY, APRIL 30: This is not the end: an evening with the 2013-2015 Movement Research Artists-in-Residence curated by JEANINE DURNING Featuring Ivy Baldwin, Whitney Hunter, Sam Kim, Joanna…

 
8:00pm
YoungArts@BAC: Dance, Music, Theater + Voice Performance Directed by Jay Scheib

YoungArts@BAC: Dance, Music, Theater + Voice Performance Directed by Jay Scheib

YoungArts New York
Come marvel at a dance, music, theater and voice performance by the next Ricky Ubeda, Jennifer Koh, Kerry Washington and Chris Young (all YoungArts Alumni). The multidisciplinary performance directed by theatre and opera director Jay Scheib is one of four public events during YoungArts New York, an annual week long program that supports more than 100 emerging artists (ages 15-18) from the tri-state…

 
8:00pm

Premiere of "Fracture"

Matthew Brookoff Dance Repertory Company
Choreographer Matthew Brookoff presents his company in the world premiere of "Fracture," a neo-classical ballet to a commissioned score by young composer Brad Crane, along with "In Love Again," a charmer to four great songs by Rodgers and Hart; and "Lyrical Male Suite #1: Songs of Love and Solitude."    Dancers are Josh Christopher, Barton Cowperthwaite, Holly Curran, Jehbreal Jackson, Temple Kemezis,…

 
8:00pm
Two Premieres by Stoner

Two Premieres by Stoner

Jeanette Stoner and Dancers
Choreographer Jeanette Stoner, known for her very individual sense of dance/theater, often using the spoken word, will present her Jeanette Stoner and Dancers in two world premieres and repertory, performed by an ensemble of artists who have collaborated with Stoner over the years.   Choreographer Zvi Gotheiner also returns as company lighting designer.   The premieres are "Numinous," a solo for…

 
8:00pm
Avant-Garde-Arama: MAYDAY!

Avant-Garde-Arama: MAYDAY!

Abrons Arts Center
On loan from Performance Space 122 A tribute to the 100th Anniversary of the Abrons’ Playhouse, this edition of Avant-Garde-Arama features artists who have helped to build the legacy of 21st Century performance, along with their picks for the next generation of groundbreaking, edge cutting, legacy making artists. Friday May 1: Hosted by Penny Arcade and Erin Markey Saturday May 2: Hosted by Carmelita…

 
8:00pm
Spring for Isadora!

Spring for Isadora!

Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company
We invite you to a party with performances by Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company, celebrating Isadora Duncan's 138th birthday   Saturday, May 2, 2015, 8:00 p.m. at Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation 141 West 26th Street, 3rd Floor New York, NY 10001   $50 General Admission BUY NOW $25 Children (12 and under) BUY NOW   *Limited seating capacity* Pre-paid reservations…

 
8:30pm
Bloowst windku

Bloowst windku

Rebecca Davis
HERE presents Bloowst windku By Rebecca Davis A HERE Resident Artist Production April 29-May 9 at 8:30pm Tickets $20   Bloowst windku [bloom-twist-windmill-haiku] is an hour-long performance for three dancers in which sound, light, and movement are compositional equals. Within a glowing room constructed from hundreds of used security envelopes collected over three years, the familiar is rendered…

 
Sun 3rd
1:30pm

Isadora Duncan: The Body and Spirit in Dance Education

92Y Dance Education Laboratory (DEL)
Learn how Isadora Duncan’s innovative spirit revolutionized dance education in the early 20th century, inspiring subsequent generations. Experience the Duncan technique and repertoire, guided by experts in the field. Attendance at this workshop enables you to share this important work from dance history with your students in K to 12 and beyond. Sun, Apr 26 & May 3, 1:30-6:30 pm, 2 Sessions, $185…

 
2:00pm
WESTFEST DANCE FESTIVAL / ALL OVER WESTBETH

WESTFEST DANCE FESTIVAL / ALL OVER WESTBETH

WestFest Dance
WESTFEST | ALL OVER WESTBETH  May 2 & 3 at 2 pm.  2 days of site-specific performances. Guided Tours Every 15 Minutes, all tours start in Westbeth Courtyard.  Last Tour departs at 3:30PM. FREE EVENT This walking tour led by Westbeth residents will share a series of short, site-specific live performances all over the iconic artsts’ residence—courtyard, basement, rooftop, studios and stairwells. …

 
2:00pm
Other Myths / Jonah Bokaer / Lightbox

Other Myths / Jonah Bokaer / Lightbox

Chez Bushwick / Jonah Bokaer
Other Myths by choreographer Jonah Bokaer offers intercultural myths and histories which expand our understanding of dance. Bokaer turned to mythology from other cultures, partly because abstract dance in the United States and Western Europe has resisted the use of mythology in recent decades – often effacing cultures whose story-telling remains marginal, or under-represented. The five dancers have…

 
3:00pm
Night ( Thyestes 2.0)

Night ( Thyestes 2.0)

The New Stage Theatre
Theater for the New City, in association with The New Stage Theatre Company, is presenting the world premiere of "Night (Thyestes 2.0)" by Charles L. Mee, directed and designed by Ildiko Nemeth, from April 24 to May 10, 2015. The piece combines sections of the classic tale with an equally dark modern vision.  Charles L. Mee imagined his play, "Night (Thyestes 2.0)," as a dance theatre piece with some…

 
3:00pm
YoungArts New York | Jazz, Music + Voice Performance Directed by Christian Hebel

YoungArts New York | Jazz, Music + Voice Performance Directed by Christian Hebel

YoungArts New York
Come see a performance by the next jazz, music and voice stars following in the footsteps of Terence Blanchard, Jennifer Koh, and Chris Young (all YoungArts Alumni). This multidisciplinary performance directed by Wicked Concertmaster Christian Hebel is one of four public events during YoungArts New York, an annual week long program that supports more than 100 emerging artists (ages 15-18) from the…

 
3:00pm
Murray Louis: From the Horse's Mouth

Murray Louis: From the Horse's Mouth

Abrons Arts Center
From the Horse's Mouth celebrates Murray Louis, dancer, choreographer, teacher, mentor, and overall force of nature, who with Alwin Nikolais helped to shape the heart and history of dance at Henry Street Settlement. Twenty-five outstanding dancers, choreographers, critics, and friends of all ages and traditions will share their stories of Murray through their own unique styles of dance. Conceived…

 
3:00pm

Murray Louis: From the Horse's Mouth

Abrons Arts Center
From the Horse's Mouth celebrates Murray Louis, dancer, choreographer, teacher, mentor, and overall force of nature, who with Alwin Nikolais helped to shape the heart and history of dance at Henry Street Settlement. Twenty-five outstanding dancers, choreographers, critics, and friends of all ages and traditions will share their stories of Murray through their own unique styles of dance. Concieved…

 
5:00pm

Sunday Process Lab with Aretha Aoki

Movement Research
The Dancer is a Haunted House The Dancer is a Haunted House I would like to share some improvisation structures and containers for research that I have found fruitful in making and performing. We will invite the seen and unseen murmurings of past, present, and future to surface in spontaneous dancing, writing, sounding, and speaking--using the principles of automatic writing to structure improvisations…

 
6:00pm

Performance in Central Park, NEXT WEEKEND!

Private Event Performance
Dancers needed for an independent performance next weekend in Central Park! I am an independanct performer/choreographer here in the city and I am choreographing a flash mob type performance in Central Park for next Sunday, May 5th.  The commitment will entail: 2 short rehearsals- Friday May 1st (afternoon, time tbd) and Saturday May 2nd (evening, time tbd) and then the event Sunday at 6pm.…

 
7:00pm
Other Myths / Jonah Bokaer / Lightbox

Other Myths / Jonah Bokaer / Lightbox

Chez Bushwick / Jonah Bokaer
Other Myths by choreographer Jonah Bokaer offers intercultural myths and histories which expand our understanding of dance. Bokaer turned to mythology from other cultures, partly because abstract dance in the United States and Western Europe has resisted the use of mythology in recent decades – often effacing cultures whose story-telling remains marginal, or under-represented. The five dancers have…

 
8:00pm
WESTFEST DANCE FESTIVAL AT THE MARTHA GRAHAM THEATER

WESTFEST DANCE FESTIVAL AT THE MARTHA GRAHAM THEATER

WestFest Dance
WESTFEST | TOP FLOOR April 30-May 3, 8PM (Thursday-Sunday). Four shared evenings of dance in the Martha Graham Studio Theater, 55 Bethune, 11th floor. $20 The starlit Martha Graham Studio at Westbeth offers two performance programs over four nights. All artists will present up to 10 minutes of original dance, in a shared evening format. Estimate run time: 1hr / no intermission On Thursday, April…

 
8:00pm
Two Premieres by Stoner

Two Premieres by Stoner

Jeanette Stoner and Dancers
Choreographer Jeanette Stoner, known for her very individual sense of dance/theater, often using the spoken word, will present her Jeanette Stoner and Dancers in two world premieres and repertory, performed by an ensemble of artists who have collaborated with Stoner over the years.   Choreographer Zvi Gotheiner also returns as company lighting designer.   The premieres are "Numinous," a solo for…

 
Mon 4th
10:00am

Qi Gong: practicing being and seeing with Melanie Maar

Movement Research
In this class I offer space for a self nurturing, awake state, where we can explore and learn about principles of energetic and anatomic dynamics that can benefit people within their own practices and ways. I approach somatic, artistic and psychic as synergetic. We work with methods related to the 5 Element System like Iron Shirt, Sexual Energy Practices and Bagua Circling through image activation,…

 
10:00am

Joanna Kotze (Morning Class)

Movement Research
Intended as both laboratory and technique class, we will delve into the design of the body and its potential within a given moment. Through stretch and placement, technique studies, and movement phrases, habits will be discovered, challenged, and seen through a new lens. A concentration on the forces through the legs will lead to finding more range in separate body parts and ways to use weight into…

 
12:00pm

Janet Panetta - Ballet for Contemporary Dancer

Movement Research
MON, TUES, THURS, FRI 12-2pm Gibney Dance Center 890 Broadway $17/class ($120 for an 8-Class Card, valid for one month and for this class only. MR Class Cards not applicable.) As a veteran of the American Ballet Theatre, Janet Panetta also has a broad experience of contemporary dance forms. She has trained dancers in many of the major American companies such as American Ballet Theatre, New York…

 
6:00pm
Yo-Dan-Nastics™  (blend of yoga, dance, and gymnastics) FREE TRIAL CLASS

Yo-Dan-Nastics™ (blend of yoga, dance, and gymnastics) FREE TRIAL CLASS

Keoni Movement Arts
Yo-Dan-Nastics™  is a unique blend of Yoga, Dance, and Gymnastics that provides a great cross-training workout for the body, mind and spirit. This class begins with a yoga and dance based warmup and builds up to basic tumbling moves. Expand your movement vocabulary to improve your auditions and choreography, and develop calm and concentration to help all areas of your life. 15-class series begins…

 
6:00pm
6:00 - 7:15pm - LEVEL 1 Milonga

6:00 - 7:15pm - LEVEL 1 Milonga

Argentine Tango Classes NYC
We assume you know that in Milongas we actually dance to 3 different musics: Tango, Milonga and Vals. And no - Vals is not a faster and happier Tango. It definitely is faster, and definitely happier, but has its own steps, its own musicality and its own rules. You have two choices - you can start to learn all 3 types of Tango at the same time. It will be difficult, but rewarding. a??Or: You can start…

 
6:30pm
ADVANCED Argentine Tango

ADVANCED Argentine Tango

Ultimate Tango
This course focuses primarily on creating the connection between partners, developing, bettering and enhancing your leading and following abilities necessary to improvise the dance. Now when you know most of the letters in alphabet we want you to be able to create words and sentences in a clear manner that your partner is able to understand.   You tango vocabulary will be enriched even more by…

 
7:20pm
7:20 - 8:35pm - LEVEL 2 Milonga

7:20 - 8:35pm - LEVEL 2 Milonga

Argentine Tango Classes NYC
We assume you know that in Milongas we actually dance to 3 different musics: Tango, Milonga and Vals. And no - Vals is not a faster and happier Tango. It definitely is faster, and definitely happier, but has its own steps, its own musicality and its own rules. You have two choices - you can start to learn all 3 types of Tango at the same time. It will be difficult, but rewarding. a??Or: You can start…

 
8:00pm
Two Premieres by Stoner

Two Premieres by Stoner

Jeanette Stoner and Dancers
Choreographer Jeanette Stoner, known for her very individual sense of dance/theater, often using the spoken word, will present her Jeanette Stoner and Dancers in two world premieres and repertory, performed by an ensemble of artists who have collaborated with Stoner over the years.   Choreographer Zvi Gotheiner also returns as company lighting designer.   The premieres are "Numinous," a solo for…

 
8:00pm

Movement Research at the Judson Church

Movement Research
Ivy Baldwin**, Vanessa Justice, Mina Nishimura**, Vicky Shick*** A high visibility, low-tech forum on Monday nights throughout the fall/winter and spring seasons. Movement Research at the Judson Church supports experiments in performance rather than finished products. Artists are selected by a rotating committee of peer artists.

 
8:40pm
8:40 - 9:55pm - LEVEL 3 Milonga

8:40 - 9:55pm - LEVEL 3 Milonga

Argentine Tango Classes NYC
We assume you know that in Milongas we actually dance to 3 different musics: Tango, Milonga and Vals. And no - Milonga is not a faster and happier Tango. It definitely is faster, and definitely happier, but has its own steps, its own musicality and its own rules. You have two choices - you can start to learn all 3 types of Tango at the same time. It will be difficult, but rewarding. a??Or: You can…

 
Tue 5th
9:00am
Pilates Tower Class

Pilates Tower Class

Elite Body Pilates
Open classes for small groups on Pilates Tower equipment www.EliteBodyPilates.net info@EliteBodyPilates.net 212-717-1302

 
10:00am

John Jasperse (Morning Class)

Movement Research
The class will begin with an anatomy focused warm-up, drawn from both traditional and recent techniques, aiming to align and re-pattern the energy flow in the body in order to find support from the floor and our connection into space. We will begin with simple movements, improvisation scores, exercises, and sequences gradually building in complexity. We will learn movement material, some from Jasperse’s…

 
10:00am

C O R E M O T I O N Inner Structure with Daria Faïn

Movement Research
This class focuses on the inner structure of the body. The foundation of the structural focus is the alignment of the body and its relation to gravity. These principles are put into practice by means of a system of exercises using Qi Gong principles and forms. These exercises include deep release of the abdominal and visceral area with breathing and a simple succession of postures, and movements that…

 
10:00am

Barbara Mahler-Klein Technique™

Movement Research
We are not just a body or a mind. We are unique individuals with spirit and intelligence. The work in class engages us in a process that facilitates change. We work to right the pelvis on top of the legs, with the deep connections closest to the bones, and free the upper body and spine to move with ease and expression. Working on the level of the bone, we can let go of unnecessary tensions and habits…

 
12:00pm

Janet Panetta - Ballet for Contemporary Dancer

Movement Research
MON, TUES, THURS, FRI 12-2pm Gibney Dance Center 890 Broadway $17/class ($120 for an 8-Class Card, valid for one month and for this class only. MR Class Cards not applicable.) As a veteran of the American Ballet Theatre, Janet Panetta also has a broad experience of contemporary dance forms. She has trained dancers in many of the major American companies such as American Ballet Theatre, New York…

 
1:00pm
DAMAGEDANCE/Jessica Taylor Master Class at Peridance

DAMAGEDANCE/Jessica Taylor Master Class at Peridance

Peridance Capezio Center
DAMAGEDANCE Master Class Series I with Jessica Taylor Tuesday, May 5, 2015 Wednesday, May 6, 2015 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM This workshop/audition will be jam-packed with strength and technique, improv, contemporary partnering, and phrasework. Founder and Artistic Director of DAMAGEDANCE, Jessica Taylor has presented work all over New York City and the Midwest, as well as the United Kingdom. You will begin…

 
2:00pm

Pilates Mat Class for Dancers with Johanna S. Meyer

Movement Research
This class focuses on clear alignment, stabilizing the hypermobile body and a deep investigation of functional strength for dance. As dancers and somatic movers we need connected, consistent strength and support. We benefit massively from cross training, centering our minds and building an impeccable understanding of our vessel by balancing the extreme ranges of motion we perform on a daily basis.

 
3:00pm

Irene Dowd: Neuromuscular Preparation for Dance

Movement Research
Irene will teach selections of the material choreographed in response to her interaction with professional dancers and dance teachers in the past as well as new material she is creating now. These choreographies can be used as a very efficient warm-up for dance, as well as a musculo-skeletal conditioning program, neuro-muscular fine-tuning, and mental preparation for the greater awareness and expansiveness…

 
6:00pm
Danspace Project 40th Anniversary Gala honoring EIKO OTAKE & WENDY WHELAN

Danspace Project 40th Anniversary Gala honoring EIKO OTAKE & WENDY WHELAN

Danspace Project 40th Anniversary Gala
Danspace Project's 40th Anniversary Gala honors Eiko Otake & Wendy Whelan, two trailblazing women of contemporary performance. Eiko Otake for her quiet fearlessness, as one half of Eilo & Koma for four decades, and now as a solo performer in the Body in Places project. Wendy Whelan for her ferocious grace, as a star dancer with New York City Ballet for three decades, and now as she travels…

 
6:00pm
6:00 - 7:15pm - LEVEL 1 Tango Vals

6:00 - 7:15pm - LEVEL 1 Tango Vals

Argentine Tango Classes NYC
We assume you know that in Milongas we actually dance to 3 different musics: Tango, Milonga and Vals. And no - Vals is not a faster and happier Tango. It definitely is faster, and definitely happier, but has its own steps, its own musicality and its own rules. You have two choices - you can start to learn all 3 types of Tango at the same time. It will be difficult, but rewarding. a??Or: You can start…

 
6:00pm
Hula Mixed Level with Makalina

Hula Mixed Level with Makalina

Lotus Music and Dance
Hula Mixed Level with Makalina Tuesdays 6pm -7 pm Jan 13th - June 2015 Pearl Stuudios 500 8th Avenue 4th Floor  New York New York  8 Class Card : $160 (8 x $20=160)  Single Session - $25 This class will take beginning  students through the basic steps and terminology of Hula, the expressive and beautiful dance of Hawai'i. Cultural history and initial movements will be explained the…

 
6:15pm

Studies Project: Dance and Labor

Movement Research
Organized in dialogue with Movement Research, luciana achugar, Abigail Levine and Kathy Westwater How is dance labor valued? How has it been valued? How might it be? And how can we affect the value assigned to this labor? These questions will be considered across a spectrum of contexts, including individual and institutional, organized and spontaneous, and historical and anecdotal to explore how performance…

 
6:30pm
BEGINNER Argentine Tango

BEGINNER Argentine Tango

Ultimate Tango
This course is meant for people who either never ever danced Tango or took few classes long time ago or took few lessons quite recently but are not sure what they know or if they are ready for next level.   It’s good to take this course to put all your information in order. You gain the necessary vocabulary and learn all the basic movements to be able to easily follow the explanations in Intermediate…

 
6:30pm
Adult Pointe Class

Adult Pointe Class

Peridance
Pointe with Kat Wildish serves students at all levels of pointe technique, from beginners in their first time up in the shoes to seasoned professionals maintaining fundamentals. Starting with an intense barre warm-up series to strengthen deep muscles in the legs and feet, the class progresses slowly to center work and variation practice. A different piece of classical repertoire will be taught and…

 
7:00pm
Ori Tahiti

Ori Tahiti

Lotus Music & Dance
Ori Tahiti Mixed Level with Carol Leogite Tuesday 7pm-8pm Starting Jan 20, 2015  Drop in $25 Classcard 8 Sessions - $160 ($20 per class) This class will teach you the basic movements of Tahitian Ori (dance) with a concentration on the Tahitian Otea(rapid Tahitian Dance style). Students will learn key steps and hand gestures performed to Tahitian drums and songs.

 
7:00pm
Body Expenditures: Excesses, Depletions, and Smoke Breaks

Body Expenditures: Excesses, Depletions, and Smoke Breaks

Abrons Arts Center
Work with performance focusing on bodies under the influence of contemporary labor practices and the hard borders of geopolitics, law, and gender. In this studio-laboratory explore how relevant texts can translate into movement, how arbitrary borders become lived experience, and how work remakes the body. The culmination of this workshop series will be a group performance of the participant’s collective…

 
7:20pm
7:20 - 8:35pm - LEVEL 2 Tango Vals

7:20 - 8:35pm - LEVEL 2 Tango Vals

Argentine Tango Classes NYC
We assume you know that in Milongas we actually dance to 3 different musics: Tango, Milonga and Vals. And no - Vals is not a faster and happier Tango. It definitely is faster, and definitely happier, but has its own steps, its own musicality and its own rules. You have two choices - you can start to learn all 3 types of Tango at the same time. It will be difficult, but rewarding. a??Or: You can start…

 
7:30pm
Tango Teachers Training

Tango Teachers Training

Ultimate Tango
If you always dreamed about becoming a teacher, and better yet - Argentine Tango teacher - your time had arrived! WE ARE LOOKING TO FILL 4 TEACHING POSITIONS at Beginner Level. For that we have created comprehensive Tango Teachers Training meant for those who have teaching charisma, want to spread Tango around and share their Tango passion with the newcomers by introducing them to Tango community. Tango…

 
8:00pm
Two Premieres by Stoner

Two Premieres by Stoner

Jeanette Stoner and Dancers
Choreographer Jeanette Stoner, known for her very individual sense of dance/theater, often using the spoken word, will present her Jeanette Stoner and Dancers in two world premieres and repertory, performed by an ensemble of artists who have collaborated with Stoner over the years.   Choreographer Zvi Gotheiner also returns as company lighting designer.   The premieres are "Numinous," a solo for…

 
8:30pm
INTERMEDIATE Argentine Tango

INTERMEDIATE Argentine Tango

Ultimate Tango
This course furthers your knowledge about basic element of tango and extend your steps vocabulary, that can then used in improvisations. You will learn back and forward crosses, back and forward ochos and the difference between the two, giros to the left and right from front or back ochos, paradas and barridas, plus famous sandwich and mordida steps. The material is presented in very organized…

 
8:40pm
8:40 - 9:55pm - LEVEL 3 Tango Vals

8:40 - 9:55pm - LEVEL 3 Tango Vals

Argentine Tango Classes NYC
We assume you know that in Milongas we actually dance to 3 different musics: Tango, Milonga and Vals. And no - Vals is not a faster and happier Tango. It definitely is faster, and definitely happier, but has its own steps, its own musicality and its own rules. You have two choices - you can start to learn all 3 types of Tango at the same time. It will be difficult, but rewarding. a??Or: You can start…

 
Dance injury prevention workshop. Saturday, 1/24 2026 4pm-7pm

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