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Wed 1st
6:00pm
Weekly Wednesday Class Series

Weekly Wednesday Class Series

Trisha Brown Dance Company
TBDC offers a weekly class series from 6:00pm-8:00pm on Wednesday nights at Gibney Dance Center 280 Broadway.  Core principles of Brown’s work, whether aesthetic, compositional, or kinetic, are taught via the creative and physical practices of past and current TBDC dancers.  Each teacher offers a unique focus and range of personal experience related to their understanding of Trisha's choreographic…

 
6:00pm

Skinner Releasing Technique with Karl Anderson

Movement Research
SRT facilitates an enhanced awareness of our creativity. This imagery-based Somatic experience intuits ease and healing. Through improvisation and play, we delve deeper inside and shed our notions of style and aesthetics in favor of a more intense personal discovery. Students are encouraged to enter "feeling states" and explore the limitlessness of their multi-dimensional aliveness. SRT makes for a…

 
6:00pm
Integral Yoga

Integral Yoga

Abrons Arts Center
Integral yoga is a system of hatha yoga that is holistic. This class begins with centering and sound vibration, postures, guided deep relaxation, breathing practices and a brief meditation practice. Bringing students in touch with the physical and the subtle aspects of themselves, learn meditation through focusing on breath and body awareness. Non-competition is encouraged both individually and with…

 
6:30pm
Flex Fit: flexibility & conditioning for athletes, dancers, & circus artists

Flex Fit: flexibility & conditioning for athletes, dancers, & circus artists

Brooklyn AirSpace
Flex Fit classes with Kyla Ernst-Alper at Brooklyn AirSpace flexibility & conditioning for athletes, dancers, and circus artists. Wednesdays 6:30-7:30pm $16/$13 with our Ground Monthly Membership more info at brooklynairspace.com

 
6:30pm

Contact Improvisation - K.J. Holmes

Movement Research
Contact Improvisation is a partnering dance form. Skills such as rolling, releasing, giving and supporting weight, expanding range of spatial concentration, lifting, catching and falling all help one move with and through gravity, share weight in motion, and use momentum and flow in physical contact. These weekly classes, open to people of all levels of movement experience, are informed by the individual…

 
7:00pm
First Class $5 YOGA FOR EVERYDAY PEOPLE

First Class $5 YOGA FOR EVERYDAY PEOPLE

Dance Theatre of Harlem
Come and escape from life’s stressors in this beginner Yoga class designed for everyday people. Learn to strengthen and stretch your body gently to improve overall physical and mental balance. Namaste…. Attire: Loose fitting, comfortable workout clothing. Bare feet or socks. Don't forget your Yoga mat! Wednesdays, 7-8pm $5 for your first class! Already took your first class? Bring a friend…

 
7:30pm
Advanced Aerial Silks

Advanced Aerial Silks

Brooklyn AirSpace
Advanced aerial silks classes at Brooklyn AirSpace Wednesdays 7:30-9pm with Jen Kovacs $40/class class is limited to 8 students. sign up at brooklynairspace.com to reserve your spot.

 
8:00pm
Clinton The Musical

Clinton The Musical

Red Rising
                   Starring Kerry Butler (as Hillary Rodham Clinton), Tom Galantich (as WJ Clinton),                           Duke Lafoon (as Billy Clinton) and Judy Gold (as Eleanor Roosevelt)   “Ribald and entertaining!  Clinton The Musical is every bit as outrageous as you might think.” - The National Review President William Jefferson Clinton…

 
8:00pm
City Skate Concert Series

City Skate Concert Series

Ice Theatre of New York
We are proud to announce that as part of our annual City Skate Concert Series we will pay tribute to a former Ice Theatre of New York skater Alyssa Stith who passed away this past year. The Concert will be held at Rockefeller Center on February 25, 2015 at 1:00 P.M. and is part of its annual City Skate Concert Series with other performances on March 18th and April 1st 2015 at 1:00 P.M. (Rain date…

 
Thu 2nd
6:00pm
PARTNERING CLASS

PARTNERING CLASS

Elle Erdman & Nicola Collie
Now offering a community dance PARTNERING class open to dancers and choreographers. We are two friends and dancers in the NY dance circuit.  Our aim is to provide a space for those interested in pursuing dance training, improvisation, choreography and movement research collectively... WHO : ELLE ERDMAN & NICOLA COLLIE WHERE : 100 GRAND DANCE https://100grandsoho.wordpress.com/ WHEN : THURSDAYS…

 
6:00pm

Contact Improvisation - The Basics with Anthony Phillips

Movement Research
Contact Improvisation, initiated by dancer Steve Paxton in 1972, is a dance practice that plays with the physics between bodies and gravity. Using partnering skills such as rolling, releasing, weight exchange, falling, lifting and catching, and expanding range of spatial choice, the practice helps one move within sensation and disorientation, access moveable supports and tune to the use of touch, momentum,…

 
6:00pm
Salsa

Salsa

Abrons Arts Center
Explore the origins of Palladium and Salsa styles from traditional Cuban Son or contra-tiempo. In addition to the steps of Contradanza, Danzón, Changuí, Son, Chachachá, and Bolero, students at every stage of their salsa development will learn rhumba, Conga, mambo, Mozambique, and Casino to broaden their Salsa repertoire. Teaching artist-Carlos Mateu

 
6:00pm
Beginner 1- Kathak with Pandit S.N. Charka Ongoing

Beginner 1- Kathak with Pandit S.N. Charka Ongoing

Lotus Music and Dance
Jan 15th - June 25, 2015 Thursdays 6:00-7:00 pm 8 Partial Session Class Card:$160 Single Drop in: $25 Kathak is a North Indian classical dance form that originated in Hindu Temples and was influenced by the Persian and Moghul courts. In Sanskrit, Kathak means "to tell a story". In this class, students will be introduced to the 2 major aspects of Kathak: Abhinaya, the dance/acting of a story or…

 
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…

 
7:00pm
NYC-MYC

NYC-MYC

Paul Cosma-Cimpoieru
Using music and dance, Paul Cosma-Cimpoieru fervently explores a Romanian immigrant's experiences in the Big Apple. From the subways, bodegas, tourists, Uptown, Downtown, he reveals through this interpretive dance work what it feels like to wake up in the city that never sleeps and strive to be a part of it.  Paul Cosma-Cimpoieru (dancer, choreographer and actor), with the charisma, moves and…

 
7:00pm
NYC-MYC

NYC-MYC

Downtown Urban Theater Festival
NYC-MYC “From Bucharest to Manhattan” Choreographed and performed by Paul Cosma-Cimpoieru   Using music and dance, Paul Cosma-Cimpoieru fervently explores a Romanian immigrant’s experiences in the Big Apple.  From the subways, bodegas, tourists, Uptown, Downtown, he reveals through this interpretive dance work what it feels like to wake up in the city that never sleeps and strive to be…

 
7:00pm
First Class $5! WEST AFRICAN

First Class $5! WEST AFRICAN

Dance Theatre of Harlem
West African dance is energetic and expressive. Students will study traditional rhythms and movements from West Africa with dancer, drummer, Master Teacher Zan Myers. Attire: Comfortable workout clothing and bare feet. Women should bring a Lapa (a large scarf or piece of fabric that can be tied around the waist).  Thursdays, 7-8pm Take your first class for only $5! Already took your first class?…

 
7:30pm
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…

 
7:30pm
Barre a Terre

Barre a Terre

Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama
Find your inner-strength; develop & improve alignment and technique; explore and learn how to efficiently use your body and your energy in a healthy way as instruments of your expression. Through this class, you can increase flexibility and strength, overcome physical difficulties and incorrect posture, and acquire physical awareness to help prevent injuries. Open to all levels of experience.

 
8:00pm
DAILY LIFE EVERLASTING by CHARLES L. MEE

DAILY LIFE EVERLASTING by CHARLES L. MEE

La MaMa Presents Witness Relocation
In Witness Relocation's third collaboration with Chuck Mee various individuals meet the loves of their lives, struggle to get by, disappear from the world yet collide with each other at yard sales, parties, brunch gatherings and a lecture/demonstration or two. The performance style, like the text, is a collage of differing forms, including dramatic scenes, high impact partnering, social dance,…

 
8:00pm
Major Dance Concert

Major Dance Concert

Second Avenue Dance Company
Major Dance Concert April 2-6, 2015 8pm 111 2nd Ave  5th Floor Theater  Admission $10 Students: $5 NYU Students: Free   Guest Choreographers Cora Bos-Kroese Merce Cunningham Shannon Gillen  Bill T. Jones   Student Choreographers Alison DeFranco Lorena Delgado Nicholas Gonzales Nicholas Jon Leslie J. Miller

 
8:00pm
K-dance(Korea Contemporary Dance) Waves in NY 2015

K-dance(Korea Contemporary Dance) Waves in NY 2015

SINAE Arts Management
The 4th Annual “K-Dance Waves” Performances From South Korea’s Renowned Choreographers and Artists of Contemporary and Modern Dance – One Night Only NEW YORK, NY – April2, 2015 – During an exclusive single-night presentation, see South Korean culture come to life as Seoul’s most influential contemporary dance artists present a groundbreaking showcase of dance on April 2nd at 8:00 p.m.…

 
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…

 
9:00pm
THICK - A Zaftig Revue

THICK - A Zaftig Revue

little woman, BIG HAIR Productions
  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Press Contact: Akynos www.fb.com/TheIncredibleEdibleAkynos akynosburlesque AT GMAIL DOT COM THICK A Variety Zaftig Revue Every 1st Thursday of the month at WOW Cafe Theatre March 5 at 9pm   New York, NY THICK. returns to WOW Café Theater on March 5, 2015 for two more shows before hiatus!   The monthly show curated by The Incredible, Edible, Akynos is an explosive…

 
9:30pm

Limon Summer Workshop

Jose Limon Dance Foundation
SPRING INTENSIVE 2015 WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS ~ INTRODUCTORY LEVEL April 2 – 8 Dresden, Germany Palucca Hochschule für Tanz   Join Roxane D’Orleans Juste in Germany for an introductory level workshop for teachers.  Held over 6-days – Thursday to Saturday and Monday to Wednesday – the Intensive is open to teachers and graduates of teaching programs. [Roxane teaching] • Introduction…

 
Fri 3rd
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:…

 
6:00pm

Dance classes

McManus Irish Dance
Irish dance classes for kids 4& older thru adult. Classes in Sunnyside and Manhattan. Email: McManusirishdance@gmail.com For more info or visit: www.McManusIrishDance.com

 
6:30pm
Embodied Freedom in Art & Dance: Spring Feldenkrais Workshop

Embodied Freedom in Art & Dance: Spring Feldenkrais Workshop

The Feldenkrais Foundation
Pre-Registration $35 Day of Workshop $45 "Years as a ballet dancer have taught me that the restrictions imposed by form can actually enhance our spontaneity and freedom. Good dancers demonstrate this, and I believe the “dance of life” requires it!” ~ Barbara Forbes Feldenkrais is an artist’s dream come true: a relaxing combination of attention and small movements which improve the way…

 
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
Dusk and Melon

Dusk and Melon

BAREFOOTHAUS and Tara Lynch

 
8:00pm
DAILY LIFE EVERLASTING by CHARLES L. MEE

DAILY LIFE EVERLASTING by CHARLES L. MEE

La MaMa Presents Witness Relocation
In Witness Relocation's third collaboration with Chuck Mee various individuals meet the loves of their lives, struggle to get by, disappear from the world yet collide with each other at yard sales, parties, brunch gatherings and a lecture/demonstration or two. The performance style, like the text, is a collage of differing forms, including dramatic scenes, high impact partnering, social dance,…

 
8:00pm
Major Dance Concert

Major Dance Concert

Second Avenue Dance Company
Major Dance Concert April 2-6, 2015 8pm 111 2nd Ave  5th Floor Theater  Admission $10 Students: $5 NYU Students: Free   Guest Choreographers Cora Bos-Kroese Merce Cunningham Shannon Gillen  Bill T. Jones   Student Choreographers Alison DeFranco Lorena Delgado Nicholas Gonzales Nicholas Jon Leslie J. Miller

 
8:00pm
"From Without And Within"

"From Without And Within"

CoreDance Contemporary
Australian Modern Dance Company CoreDance Contemporary, in collaboration with Australian Composer Andrea Breen, presents "From Without And Within", an evening of modern dance showcasing "Of Loss:  Grief's Transitions" and the NYC Premiere of "FORCE". Choreographer:   Rebecca McCormac Dance Artists:  Rebecca Allen; Kate Bishop; Rose Buis; Kate Dougherty; Hsia-Hua Liang; Jessica Nolan; Erica…

 
8:00pm

Seeking Dynamic Intern

Dancers Responding to AIDS
Dancers Responding to AIDS (DRA), a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS is seeking a creative, engaged and dedicated individual to assist in implementation of all aspects of DRA as it relates to the success of Broadway Cares.   As a program of Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, DRA supports more than 450 AIDS and family service organizations nationwide as well as the essential programs…

 
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
Slice&Dice; The Lovelies & (Alex)andra Taylor Dance

Slice&Dice; The Lovelies & (Alex)andra Taylor Dance

The Lovelies
Enjoy a shared evening with The Lovelies and (Alex)andra Taylor Dance Friday, April 3, 8pm at Joffrey Studios. The Lovelies are striving to share our love and art with other artists and the community. We are thrilled to share the evening with (Alex)andra Taylor Dance.  We will have a casual post show mingle and tingle with wine and light fare. We invite you to come with your curiosity, friends…

 
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
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 4th
7:00pm
8 DAYS: A DANCE IMPROV & FREE JAZZ MEETING

8 DAYS: A DANCE IMPROV & FREE JAZZ MEETING

Arts for Art
Announcing Arts for Art's April Evolving Series, presenting FreeJazz and Dance Improvisation. These 2 important streams in innovation and Improvisation each grew up in the Lower East Side in the 70’s and 80’s but only randomly interacted. Yoshiko Chuma & the School of Hard Knocks in collaboration with Patricia Nicholson Parker & Arts for Art, are bringing these improvisational streams together…

 
7:00pm
8 DAYS - A DANCE IMPROV & FREE JAZZ MEETING

8 DAYS - A DANCE IMPROV & FREE JAZZ MEETING

Arts for Art
PANEL Discussion:        A Meeting between Free Jazz and Dance Improvisers                                     April 4th at 7 PM  on Improvisation in Dance & in Free Jazz                                     Musicians: Matthew Shipp, Michael Bisio                                     &  Dancers:…

 
7:00pm
Nina Winthrop, Amanda Loulaki, and a tribute to Nancy Topf

Nina Winthrop, Amanda Loulaki, and a tribute to Nancy Topf

Nina Winthrop
Constraints IV is a new interpretation of a previous work expressing the constraints faced by women in Japanese culture. The original work was created with dancers Yoko Hayashi, Shoko Kashima, Chico Katsube and Kunie Suzuki during a one month residency at Tokyo's Morishita Studio, with support from Asian Cultural Council and Saison Foundation.   Space Walk (Objects In Space) is inspired by the…

 
7:30pm
Dusk and Melon

Dusk and Melon

BAREFOOTHAUS and Tara Lynch

 
8:00pm
DAILY LIFE EVERLASTING by CHARLES L. MEE

DAILY LIFE EVERLASTING by CHARLES L. MEE

La MaMa Presents Witness Relocation
In Witness Relocation's third collaboration with Chuck Mee various individuals meet the loves of their lives, struggle to get by, disappear from the world yet collide with each other at yard sales, parties, brunch gatherings and a lecture/demonstration or two. The performance style, like the text, is a collage of differing forms, including dramatic scenes, high impact partnering, social dance,…

 
8:00pm
Major Dance Concert

Major Dance Concert

Second Avenue Dance Company
Major Dance Concert April 2-6, 2015 8pm 111 2nd Ave  5th Floor Theater  Admission $10 Students: $5 NYU Students: Free   Guest Choreographers Cora Bos-Kroese Merce Cunningham Shannon Gillen  Bill T. Jones   Student Choreographers Alison DeFranco Lorena Delgado Nicholas Gonzales Nicholas Jon Leslie J. Miller

 
8:00pm
"From Without And Within"

"From Without And Within"

CoreDance Contemporary
Australian Modern Dance Company CoreDance Contemporary, in collaboration with Australian Composer Andrea Breen, presents "From Without And Within", an evening of modern dance showcasing "Of Loss:  Grief's Transitions" and the NYC Premiere of "FORCE". Choreographer:   Rebecca McCormac Dance Artists:  Rebecca Allen; Kate Bishop; Rose Buis; Kate Dougherty; Hsia-Hua Liang; Jessica Nolan; Erica…

 
Sun 5th
5:00pm
Nina Winthrop, Amanda Loulaki, and a tribute to Nancy Topf

Nina Winthrop, Amanda Loulaki, and a tribute to Nancy Topf

Nina Winthrop
Constraints IV is a new interpretation of a previous work expressing the constraints faced by women in Japanese culture. The original work was created with dancers Yoko Hayashi, Shoko Kashima, Chico Katsube and Kunie Suzuki during a one month residency at Tokyo's Morishita Studio, with support from Asian Cultural Council and Saison Foundation.   Space Walk (Objects In Space) is inspired by the…

 
8:00pm
Major Dance Concert

Major Dance Concert

Second Avenue Dance Company
Major Dance Concert April 2-6, 2015 8pm 111 2nd Ave  5th Floor Theater  Admission $10 Students: $5 NYU Students: Free   Guest Choreographers Cora Bos-Kroese Merce Cunningham Shannon Gillen  Bill T. Jones   Student Choreographers Alison DeFranco Lorena Delgado Nicholas Gonzales Nicholas Jon Leslie J. Miller

 
9:00pm
MCKITTRICK FOLLIES PRESENTS BRETON TYNER-BRYAN

MCKITTRICK FOLLIES PRESENTS BRETON TYNER-BRYAN

Breton Tyner-Bryan
McKittrick Follies Presents new works choreographed by Breton Tyner-Bryan hosted by the Manderley Bar at the McKittrick Hotel.  Please join us for a sensual evening of dance, debauchery, music, and drink, inspired by the vaudeville era. Performances March 8th, April 5th, April 19th, May 10th, May 17th, Sunday's 9pm. No tickets required, 21+ Only. Performances by Breton Tyner-Bryan with guest…

 

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