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Sat 1st
7:30pm
Emily Coates, choreographer

Emily Coates, choregrapher, at Kaatsbaan: Danspace Project Workshop Showcase

Emily Coates, choregrapher
Ms. Coates present a preview of Incarnations, an evening-length piece that will premiere at Danspace Project in March 2017. Moving between lecture and performance, pedagogy and art, the piece will interweave sources such as Balanchine’s 1928 ballet Apollo, the elusive body of Sir Isaac Newton, Stravinsky rehearsing Apollon musagète, the recent discovery of the Higgs boson, and Coates’ ongoing…

 
7:30pm
Emily Coates, dancer, choreographer, and artistic director

UPSTREAM Workshop Showcase: Emily Coates

Emily Coates
"Am I a materialistic swine for gluing my eyes to Coates, who also danced with New York City Ballet, as she slowly unfolded her legs and curled her spine through basic barre exercises with pearlescent serenity...? Call me a sucker for beauty, but watching Coates was worth it all." -Sarah Kaufman, The Washington Post

 
7:30pm
SPARK Dance Forum

SPARK Dance Forum

SPARK Dance Forum
            SPARK, now in its fourth season, is a NYC performance platform aimed at facilitating networking opportunities through the performance experience.  Emerging from the desire to promote performance opportunities and network development for NYC artists, SPARK unites individuals of various backgrounds and skill sets in a uniquely tailored format, driven by collaboration, transition…

 
7:30pm
Triskelion Arts Presents... Sept/Oct Split Bill Series

Triskelion Arts Presents... Sept/Oct Split Bill Series

Triskelion Arts
Triskelion Arts Presents... SPLIT BILL featuring Monteleone Dance, Here Now Dance Collective, Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone, and Befort & Graczyk September 29 – October 2, 2016 at 7:30pm Triskelion Arts’ Muriel Schulman Theater 106 Calyer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222 – Enter on Banker Street Triskelion Arts is pleased to present the Split Bill series this Fall in the Muriel Schulman Theater.…

 
8:00pm
Flamenco Fall Class Schedule

Flamenco Dancer

Xianix Barrera Flamenco
FLAMENCO DANCE CLASSES WITH XIANIX BARRERA STARTING OCTOBER 1ST TUESDAYS in BROOKLYN Intro to Flamenco 7-8pm Open Level Flamenco 8-9pm  Williamsburg Movements & Arts Center 347 Grand Street, Brooklyn SATURDAYS Kids Flamenco 12-1pm Flamenco Vivo Studios 4 W. 43rd Street, 8th Floor

 
8:00pm
Denuded (Group Version) - Choreographed by Bruno Isaković

Denuded - Group Version

Bruno Isaković/ Queer New York International Arts Festival
Denuded (Group Version) Choreographed by Bruno IsakoviA? Artistic advisor | Zvonimir DobroviA? Denuded (Group) is a rigorous exploration of the relationship between the breath and physical tension, and the ways in which they permeate the body in each moment. IsakoviA? first created Denuded as a solo in 2013, and then as a duet in 2014. With multiple bodies, he transforms his approach to movement…

 
8:00pm
TRIBUTE TO PRINCE

LET’S GO CRAZY: DANCE TRIBUTE TO PRINCE

BAAD! (The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance)
Eight choreographers present short works inspired by the music and legacy of Prince. Originals, remixes, and covers play like a gapless album throughout the night of dance. 

 
8:00pm
Nelly van Bommel/NØA DANCE presents Joe

JOE

Nelly van Bommel/NØA DANCE
JOE, A new dance work inspired by a mash-up of things   Featuring Christian Nassar Allen, Imani Nia, Katie Mattar, Jordan Norton, Ryan Pliss and Joseph Wamp Costume Design by Sue Monroe Lighting Design by Jiyoung Chung “Nelly van Bommel’s choreography magically teeters between tragedy and comedy, classical and folk, serenity and wildness” - Dance Magazine Doors open at 7:30pm/Refreshments MARK…

 
Sun 2nd
6:00pm
Denuded (Group Version) - Choreographed by Bruno Isaković

Denuded - Group Version

Bruno Isaković/ Queer New York International Arts Festival
Denuded (Group Version) Choreographed by Bruno IsakoviA? Artistic advisor | Zvonimir DobroviA? Denuded (Group) is a rigorous exploration of the relationship between the breath and physical tension, and the ways in which they permeate the body in each moment. IsakoviA? first created Denuded as a solo in 2013, and then as a duet in 2014. With multiple bodies, he transforms his approach to movement…

 
6:00pm

Frantic Assembly Workshop October 2

Only Child Aerial Theatre
Only Child Aerial Theatre is sponsoring a 3-hour Frantic Assembly workshop in NYC on Sunday October 2 (two sessions: 2-5pm and 6-9pm).  This extremely innovative London-based company has developed a methodology for creating heightened movement that is grounded in reality.  Join Frantic practitioner Jess Williams for a 3-hour workshop and discover Frantic Assembly's unique approach to creating…

 
6:00pm
Yvonne Meier, Photo: Ian Douglas; Julie Atlas Muz, Photo: Steven Menedez; Sarah East Johnson, Phot

Sundays on Broadway presents Yvonne Meier, Julie Atlas Muz and Sarah East Johnson

Cathy Weis Projects
The Fall 2016 season of Sundays on Broadway kicks off with an evening of performances by three exciting artists: Yvonne Meier, Julie Atlas Muz and Sarah East Johnson. Yvonne Meier will present a work based on improvisation incorporating text inspired by movement and personal history. Music that leads to the edge and disrupts will come in and out of the dance. Julie Atlas Muz, known for her…

 
6:00pm
2016 DUMBO Dance Festival poster

2016 DUMBO Dance Festival

WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company
2016 DUMBO Dance Festival   September 29 - October 2, 2016 A FOUR-DAY MARATHON of DANCE INNOVATION for NEW YORK September 29, 2016 – 7PM GALA September 30 – October 2, 2016 – Festival Performances October 2, 2016 – Family Friendly Program Gelsey Kirkland ArtsCenter 29 Jay Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY All festival performances are FREE / Pay-What-You-Will On Thursday, September 29,…

 
7:00pm
Ariel Rivka Dance, one of the performing companies

Pentacle Presents: Fall Further V

Pentacle
This annual fall showcase features artists from Pentacle’s Gallery and guests: Alison Cook Beatty Dance, Ariel Rivka Dance, General Mischief Dance Theatre, Mariah Maloney Dance, Obika Dance and The Moving Architects. Alison Cook Beatty Dance will perform HEROIC DEPARTURE, inspired by and based on the American Heroine Amelia Earhart and her life and final journey of departure around the world.  Ariel…

 
7:30pm
Woman looking at man with expectancy

Liszt List Limerence Love

Here Now Dance Collective
WHAT: HERE NOW DANCE  WHEN: SEPT 29 and OCT 2 @ 7:30 WHERE: Triskelion Arts, Brooklyn HOW: Part of Triskelions' Split Bill Series About L L L L: HNDC's new contemporary dance theater piece delves into the collaborators' combined history of lovers and failed relationships; this work embraces humiliation and questions all motives. L L L L considers how persons (we) are invariably madeup…

 
7:30pm
Triskelion Arts Presents... Sept/Oct Split Bill Series

Triskelion Arts Presents... Sept/Oct Split Bill Series

Triskelion Arts
Triskelion Arts Presents... SPLIT BILL featuring Monteleone Dance, Here Now Dance Collective, Nicole Loeffler-Gladstone, and Befort & Graczyk September 29 – October 2, 2016 at 7:30pm Triskelion Arts’ Muriel Schulman Theater 106 Calyer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222 – Enter on Banker Street Triskelion Arts is pleased to present the Split Bill series this Fall in the Muriel Schulman Theater.…

 
8:00pm
2016 DUMBO Dance Festival poster

2016 DUMBO Dance Festival

WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company
2016 DUMBO Dance Festival   September 29 - October 2, 2016 A FOUR-DAY MARATHON of DANCE INNOVATION for NEW YORK September 29, 2016 – 7PM GALA September 30 – October 2, 2016 – Festival Performances October 2, 2016 – Family Friendly Program Gelsey Kirkland ArtsCenter 29 Jay Street, DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY All festival performances are FREE / Pay-What-You-Will On Thursday, September 29,…

 
Mon 3rd
6:00pm
Limon Technique

Limon Technique

Limon Dance Company
Daily open classes from Advanced to Beginner levels, led by Limón Master teachers and Company Members. Train in the Limón Technque and movement philosophy as articulate, expressive and mindful dancers. MW 6pm-7:30pm; TuTh 1pm-2:30pm; Sun 11:30-1pm. Exclusively offered by the Limón School at Peridance Capezio Center.

 
6:15pm
BodyMind Dancing™ with Martha Eddy

BodyMind Dancing™ with Martha Eddy

Movement Research
BodyMind Dancing™ with Martha Eddy and guest BMD teachers September 12 – February 27 MON 6:15-7:30pm Eden's Expressway  No class December 26 & January 2 $10   BodyMind Dancing™ is a somatic experience of anatomical gems and pleasurable dancing woven with improvisational structures and follow-along phrases. It is based in Dynamic Embodiment™, Dr. Eddy’s combo of Laban/Bartenieff…

 
6:30pm
BodyTalk & Open Movement w/ Michelle Boulé

BodyTalk & Open Movement w/ Michelle Boulé

Brooklyn Studios for Dance
BodyTalk & Open Movement Mondays, 6:30 – 8pm // 26-Sep thru 14-Nov $10 This series is open to anyone who is interested in holistic health combined with a self-directed movement practice. We’ll begin with a short group BodyTalktreatment for everyone present. Then we’ll gather any themes from the treatment as optional prompts for an hour of open movement. This is time for people to move as…

 
6:30pm
Zena Rommett Floor-Barre ®

Zena Rommett Floor-Barre ® w/ Anna Griffin

Mark Morris Dance Center
ZENA ROMMETT FLOOR-BARRE® Experience the gentle, yet effective benefits of Zena Rommett Floor-Barre® with certified teacher, Rickey Tripp. Floor-Barre® uses the floor to correct and refine body alignment, strengthen joints, and address musculo-skeletal functions. Based on ballet, Floor-Barre®, creates long exquisite lines. A pioneer in injury prevention and rehabilitation, Zena Rommett’s…

 
7:00pm
Modern Dance with Dwana Smallwood

Modern Dance with Dwana Smallwood

Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center
Modern Dance class with Dwana Smallwood Due to popular demand, participants can now experience a unique, thought-provoking, and intimate session that only Dwana A. Smallwood can deliver. Every week, for sixty minutes, dancers of all levels can experience an inspiring, engaging, and intense, modern dance class which will help dancers own their movement. This class is a lesson in artistry, endurance…

 
7:00pm
Tango Fundamentals Crash Course

Tango Fundamentals Crash Course

Strictly Tango NYC
Every Monday 7-9pm and Saturdays 2-4pm Tango Crash Course for Beginners is an intensive two hours crash course for people who want to undertake the challenge of learning all the basics of tango in one day. Students will be introduced to all of the basics they need to dance with elegance and style at milongas. No partner needed No tango experience required Leather soled shoes are required Takeaways: Fundamentals Posture,…

 
7:30pm
Basic Beginners Flamenco class

Beginners 1 Flamenco class

Flamenco NYC
Have you been thinking of returning to flamenco? Now is the perfect time! We just started this Beginners 1 class.  This class will provide an easy way for you to transition from our Absolute Beginners Workshop into our regular classes.   Maybe you just finished the workshop or maybe you took a break from flamenco and want to start again. Either way, this is the class for you! We will make sure…

 
Tue 4th
5:30pm

Intermediate Ballet

Valerie Mae Ballet -- Home of Pink Pink Ballet Company
View the full class schedule here: http://www.valeriemaeballet.com/#!simpl-e-schedule/c1ie

 
6:00pm
LUDUS Lab: Body Weather Training with Sherwood Chen

LUDUS Lab: Body Weather Training with Sherwood Chen

LEIMAY
Body Weather is kinesthetic and movement research initiated by butoh dancer/farmer Min Tanaka and members of his company Mai Juku, further developed independently by exponents worldwide. It proposes and generates questions about the body and vigilance towards its immediate, ever-shifting internal and external states. Working with direct senses, imagery and varied interventions towards the ceaseless…

 
6:15pm
Beginner Ballet with Jose Traba

Beginner Ballet with Jose Traba

Jose Traba
You're invited to beginner ballet class at Gibney 890 Broadway, 5th Floor! 6:15-7:45pm An informative and fun class that focuses on strengthening technique that will be ongoing every week.  FIRST CLASS starts on December 1st! No pressure, a fun low-stress physical workout. Come and join us for a great learning experience. 

 
6:30pm
Merce Cunningham Technique ® w/ Holley Farmer

Merce Cunningham Technique ® w/ Holley Farmer

Brooklyn Studios for Dance
Tuesdays, 6:30 – 8pm // 13-Sep thru 6-Dec $15 Come and enjoy a dance class incorporating sound anatomical principles, live music, and many possibilities for joy in the moment.  This Merce Cunningham Technique ® class will feed your curiosity about physical possibilities in space and time.  Cunningham created over 200 dances and stands as an icon in the collaborative worlds of dance, art and…

 
6:30pm
Modern Dance at Green Space

Modern Dance at Green Space

Green Space
Modern Dance at Green Space Tuesdays 6:30-8pm Adult Beginner 15 Class Series: $250 September 13 – December 20, 2016 Drop-In Cost: $20 Instructor: Valerie Green Hawkins-Based Modern Dance Class Hawkins based class guided by principles of BodyMind Fitness. Come and dance with intelligence, clarity, and safety! To register - Call: 718-956-3037 or Email: Info@GreenSpaceStudio.org Green Space, 37-24…

 
6:30pm
Beg./Int. Tap Workshop

Beg./Int. Tap Workshop

Mark Morris Dance Center
BEG. TAP DANCE WORKSHOP An ideal class for beginners, this class is for the student who wishes to improve rhythm and musicality while learning and developing basic tap technique. Open to adult students of any age, and it explores tap styles from different time periods. Suggested Attire: Comfortable clothing in which you can easily move Tap shoes Tuesdays 6:30-7:30 Instructors: Dan Mitra and…

 
6:30pm
Into to Ballet Workshop - A w/ Cara Surico

Into to Ballet Workshop - A w/ Cara Surico

Mark Morris Dance Center
INTRO TO BALLET WORKSHOP Intro. to Ballet A For true beginner students, this class is the perfect introduction to the fundamentals of ballet. Develop your skillset in traditional dance elements in a non-competitive, fun environment with live musical accompaniment. A great choice for newcomers and students looking to refresh their technique after an extended hiatus from dancing. One or two 6-week…

 
7:00pm
 The Hustle: NYC’s original partnered dance w/ Alessandra Marconi

The Hustle: NYC’s original partnered dance w/ Alessandra Marconi

Brooklyn Studios for Dance
Tuesdays, 7 – 9pm // 13-Sep thru 6-Dec $15 A social dance born and bred in 1970’s New York City has resurfaced among the new generation of social dancers.  Alessandra teaches a traditional Hustle foundation that focuses on 3-count rhythmic synchronicity of leader and follower and the responsibility of each to create a balanced partnership. Social dancing is an outlet to communicate without…

 
7:30pm
MICHIYAYA Dance Company

Under Exposed

Dixon Place
ABOUT THE SHOW Initiated in the early 90s, this series focuses on emerging, up & coming contemporary choreographers who are refining/defining their distinctive styles. Curated by Doug Post. Featuring Amelie Gaulier-Brody, Reka Echerer, MICHIYAYA Dance, Leisa Haddad & Kimberleigh Costanza ABOUT THE ARTISTS Amélie Gaulier-Brody is a Brooklyn-based, French-born performance artist and Body-Mind Centering®…

 
7:30pm
Skinner Releasing Technique™ with Karl Anderson

Skinner Releasing Technique™ with Karl Anderson

Movement Research
Skinner Releasing Technique™ with Karl Anderson September 13 – December 20 TUE 7:30-9pm* (Introductory) MR@Randy Warshaw Studio   This imagery-based Somatic experience facilitates ease and healing. We delve deep inside and shed notions of style and aesthetics. Students enter “feeling states” and explore the limitlessness of their multi-dimensional aliveness. SRT makes for clear, concise,…

 
8:00pm
Pitchbook: Volume 1

Pitchbook: Volume II is Open for Submissions now through October 17

American Dance Abroad
Pitchbook, American Dance Abroad’s publication promoting new U.S. dance projects to an international audience, is open for submissions now through October 17, 2016. This second volume of Pitchbook will feature five in-development projects and ten ready-to-tour projects. “Pitching” new work to potential producers and presenters is a great way to attract international partners and funding, without…

 
8:30pm

Absolute Beginners Workshop: Introduction to Flamenco Dance

Flamenco NYC
NEW Introduction to Flamenco Workshop for Absolute Beginners is the ideal workshop to start dancing flamenco. 1 hour workshop classes are taught in  order to be able to cover and practice all basic aspects for students without prior dance experience. Classes will focus on strong footwork, upper body  coordination, understanding flamenco music and compás, proper posture and breathing. We will begin…

 
Wed 5th
6:00pm
Voice as Movement with Peter Sciscioli

Voice as Movement with Peter Sciscioli

Movement Research
Voice as Movement with Peter Sciscioli October 5 – November 9 WED 6-8pm MR@Gibney 280 Broadway   Voice as Movement integrates movement and vocalizing to expand perception and activate space differently than movement alone. We will discover how this interplay can expand the variety of choices available to performers, allowing for a fuller means of expression and articulation through the body. Peter…

 
6:00pm
Limon Technique

Limon Technique

Limon Dance Company
Daily open classes from Advanced to Beginner levels, led by Limón Master teachers and Company Members. Train in the Limón Technque and movement philosophy as articulate, expressive and mindful dancers. MW 6pm-7:30pm; TuTh 1pm-2:30pm; Sun 11:30-1pm. Exclusively offered by the Limón School at Peridance Capezio Center.

 
6:00pm
LUDUS Lab: Body Weather Training with Sherwood Chen

LUDUS Lab: Body Weather Training with Sherwood Chen

LEIMAY
Body Weather is kinesthetic and movement research initiated by butoh dancer/farmer Min Tanaka and members of his company Mai Juku, further developed independently by exponents worldwide. It proposes and generates questions about the body and vigilance towards its immediate, ever-shifting internal and external states. Working with direct senses, imagery and varied interventions towards the ceaseless…

 
7:00pm
Afro Flow Yoga at the DSPAC

Afro Flow Yoga at the DSPAC

Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center
Afro Flow Yoga at the Dawana Samllwood Performing Arts Center Afro Flow Yoga with Pilin Anice is a monthly 1.5-hour-long workshop that infuses electrifying dance movements of the African Diaspora with a meditative yoga sequence of gentle yet powerful stretches.  It’s held every first Wednesday of the month from 7-8:30pm.  Classes are $18 each.  Ask about our studio welcome rate and class cards…

 
7:00pm
Piquete Wednesdays

Piquete Wednesdays

Los Pleneros de la 21
Kick off your Fall season with the return  PIQUETE WEDNESDAYS Bomba dance classes for adults 5 consecutive Wednesdays of riveting, dynamic and profound dance classes that are guaranteed to get you moving, grooving, sweating and smiling, all the while learning profound lessons of history and rich cultural traditions. Live Drumming every session Dancers at all levels are welcomed Walk-ins welcomed! WEDNESDAYS,…

 
7:30pm
Zumba

Zumba w/ Daniel Matthews

Mark Morris Dance Center
ZUMBA It’s time to get moving! ZUMBA® is a dance-based fitness class using international music and steps – Salsa, Cumbia, Merengue, Swing, Tango, Samba, Reggaeton (Latin/Funk), and more. Nonstop energetic routines feature intervals with fast and slow rhythms in addition to resistance training. No partner or previous dance experience required.  Suggested Attire: Comfortable clothing in which…

 
8:00pm
Pitchbook: Volume 1

Pitchbook: Volume II is Open for Submissions now through October 17

American Dance Abroad
Pitchbook, American Dance Abroad’s publication promoting new U.S. dance projects to an international audience, is open for submissions now through October 17, 2016. This second volume of Pitchbook will feature five in-development projects and ten ready-to-tour projects. “Pitching” new work to potential producers and presenters is a great way to attract international partners and funding, without…

 
8:15pm
Dancing at Night w/ Pepper Fajans

Dancing at Night w/ Pepper Fajans

Brooklyn Studios for Dance
Dancing at Night w/ Pepper Fajans Wednesdays, 8:15 – 9:45pm // 5-Oct thru 7-Dec $10 In a structured groove we use the powers of after hours to animate our mind’s eye. A technical class with open forms to facilitate conversation between rhythm and the character of our body. Open level, this work can be scaled for anyone. Wear what makes you feel good and expect to sweat. Pepper Fajans is the…

 

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