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Thu 1st
6:00pm

Contact Improvisation - The Basics

Movement Research
Contact Improvisation – The Basics September 1 – February 23 THU 6-8pm MR@Gibney 280 Broadway $14 No Class November 24 and December 29.  September Bradley Teal Ellis | October Elise Knudson | November Tim O’Donnell | December Sarah Konner | January Bradley Teal Ellis | February Paul Singh Contact Improvisation, initiated by dancer Steve Paxton in 1972, is a partnering dance form…

 
6:30pm
Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre Joao Grande

Capoeira Angola Classes with Mestre Joao Grande in Harlem New York

Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre Joao Grande
Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre João Grande  2916 Frederick Douglass Blvd (corner of 154th & 8th avenue) 3rd Floor Unit A & B  New York, NY 10039  Tel: (212) 989-6975  www.joaogrande.org Transportation:  Subway: B, or D train to 155th Street 3 train to 148th Street  A, C, D, B to 145th Street E-mail us at: info@joaogrande.org Class times Evening classes: Monday through Friday 6:30 to 8:30pm   Morning…

 
6:30pm
 Dances for Solidarity: Letter Writing Sessions w/ Sarah Dahnke

Dances for Solidarity: Letter Writing Sessions w/ Sarah Dahnke

Brooklyn Studios for Dance
Thursdays | 6:30-8:30PM FREE | Adults RSVP | dancesforsolidarity@gmail.com Dances for Solidarity invites you to participate in weekly letter writing workshops to incarcerated people in solitary confinement. Together the participants will devise a list of simple movement gestures that are open to interpretation and will mail this list, along with a short letter, to a variety of incarcerated people.…

 
7:00pm
Pilobolus - ThreshHold

Pilobolus Dance Theater Presents Two Unique Programs of American Premieres and Classic Works

Pilobolus Dance Theater
The internationally acclaimed Pilobolus Dance Theater returns to NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, November 16 – December 4th, 2016, with two exhilarating programs mixing dance, physical theater, short film, and Pilobolus’s surrealistic and magical physical language. The two unique programs will feature nine works, including the New York premieres of Thresh/Hold and Wednesday Morning,…

 
7:00pm
Weekly World Dance Fusion Belly Dance classes are back!

World Fusion Belly Dance

Samantha Diaz
World Fusion Belly Dance- a unique style that fuses belly dance with samba, Flamenco, Bollywood and hip hop. Technique, choreography and improv. $20 per class or 4 class pkg $60

 
7:00pm
CRAVE at the Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center

CRAVE at the Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center

Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Center
Get ready for an INTENSE, FULL­BODY workout! CRAVE focuses on different muscle groups each week. This class will help you burn fat, increase strength and stamina, tone you from head to toe. CRAVE combines full body functional movement to allow you to maximize your workout. You will be taken through a combination of high/low combos, drills, sculpting and muscle conditioning exercises. You’ll be able…

 
7:00pm
Haitian Dance Class w/ Peniel Guerrier

Haitian Dance Class

Fit4Dance
Haiti, the second independent republic in the Americas, partakes of three cultural sources: African, American, and European. The dances and culture of Haiti have been extremely important in the development of American dance, thanks to the pioneering work of Katherine Dunham. Peniel Guerrier draws on his extensive knowledge of Haitian folkloric dance to create original combinations within the different…

 
7:30pm
for North by the Median Movement

for North

Xan Burley + Alex Springer / the Median Movement
for North is an interdisciplinary project created by Xan Burley and Alex Springer in collaboration with sound/set designer Will Owen and dance artist Hsiao-Jou Tang. After two years in process, the evening-length piece will premiere at Center for Performance Research, December 1st – 3rd, 2016. for North is a devotion. We build and rebuild transient architectural borders that expose and confine…

 
7:30pm
Barre a Terre Classes

Barre a Terre Classes

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
N/A

Festival | Featured Artists’ Performances

Movement Research
THURSDAY December 1 8pm Danspace Project $15 general / $12 Danspace Project Members Tickets: www.danspaceproject.org Leslie Cuyjet, Mina Nishimura, Saúl Ulerio With film and spoken structures contributed  By Hilary Clark and Jimena Paz Movement Research Festival Fall 2016 is curated by Carolyn Hall, Omagbitse Omagbemi and Kayvon Pourazar. 

 
8:00pm
E/D image by Bill H.

Triskelion Arts Presents...E/D & Mei Yamanaka Works

Triskelion Arts
Triskelion Arts Presents... E/D & Mei Yamanaka Works December 1 - 2, 2016 at 8pm Triskelion Arts’ Muriel Schulman Theater 106 Calyer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222 – Enter on Banker Street Tickets: $16 in advance / $20 at the door Purchase at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/triskelion-arts-presents-ed-and-mei-yamanaka-works-tickets-26548394964 More Info: www.triskelionarts.org Inspired by images…

 
8:00pm
Not Art Logo

Not Art Presents – Electroacoustic Showcase

Brooklyn Studios for Dance
Not Art Presents – Electroacoustic Showcase // $10 A showcase event for artists exploring the divide between acoustic and electronic sound www.notartrecords.com See More : https://vimeo.com/179244932/description

 
Fri 2nd
6:30pm
Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre Joao Grande

Capoeira Angola Classes with Mestre Joao Grande in Harlem New York

Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre Joao Grande
Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre João Grande  2916 Frederick Douglass Blvd (corner of 154th & 8th avenue) 3rd Floor Unit A & B  New York, NY 10039  Tel: (212) 989-6975  www.joaogrande.org Transportation:  Subway: B, or D train to 155th Street 3 train to 148th Street  A, C, D, B to 145th Street E-mail us at: info@joaogrande.org Class times Evening classes: Monday through Friday 6:30 to 8:30pm   Morning…

 
7:30pm
for North by the Median Movement

for North

Xan Burley + Alex Springer / the Median Movement
for North is an interdisciplinary project created by Xan Burley and Alex Springer in collaboration with sound/set designer Will Owen and dance artist Hsiao-Jou Tang. After two years in process, the evening-length piece will premiere at Center for Performance Research, December 1st – 3rd, 2016. for North is a devotion. We build and rebuild transient architectural borders that expose and confine…

 
7:30pm
RIOULT Dance NY presents a preview of Pascal Rioult's new work

RIOULT Dance NY

sneak peak at MMAC
For his new work, Pascal Rioult breaks away from traditional classical scores. His inspiration…the 1970’s progressive rock music of his youth. Be prepared to embrace the raw excitement of the music as seen through Rioult’s vision. Don’t miss this unique opportunity to see this work-in-progress before it premieres at our annual NY season (May 31-June 4, 2017).  Also on the program are RIOULT…

 
7:30pm
Wonder/Through the Looking-Glass Houses by Arrie Davidson and KineticArchitecture Dance Theatre

Wonder/Through the Looking-Glass Houses

Dixon Place
Acclaimed transgender performance artist, choreographer & story-teller Arrie Davidson helms the socially progressive company, KineticArchitecture Dance Theatre and their first evening-length work, Wonder/Through the Looking-Glass Houses. Skewering the tales of Lewis Carroll and creating a world of violent reflection and taboo transformation, Davidson will portray the White Rabbit with a Marilyn Monroe…

 
7:30pm
Miki Orihara

Miki Orihara, Solo Performance “Resonance” at Kaatsbaan

Kaatsbaan International Dance Center
Kaatsbaan is pleased to present Miki Orihara, solo dancer and principal artist with the Martha Graham Dance Company.  Ms. Orihara will offer her acclaimed solo performance, “Resonance”, with pianist Senri Oe on Saturday, December 2, 2016 at 7:30 pm. Orihara’s performance showcases the longevity of early American modern dance works by Martha Graham and Jose Limón and  their direct connection…

 
7:30pm
WONDER/THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS-HOUSES

WONDER/THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS-HOUSES

Arrie Davidson
ABOUT THIS SHOW Acclaimed transgender performance artist, choreographer & story-teller Arrie Davidson helms the socially progressive company, KineticArchitecture Dance Theatre and their first evening-length work, Wonder/Through the Looking-Glass Houses. Skewering the tales of Lewis Carroll and creating a world of violent reflection and taboo transformation, Davidson will portray the White Rabbit…

 
8:00pm
the cast

Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo

BAAD! (The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance)
Los Nutcrackers, a gay, Latino comedic play, centers around a couple, Carlos and Gabriel, who have been together for 15 years. Their arguing and fighting has reached the queer heavens from which comes a ghetto thug/diva spirit who guides them on a trip through their lives. They travel to the first time they met back in 1986 at a white party at the Palladium dancing to Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam to a catastrophic…

 
8:00pm
N/A

Festival | Featured Artists’ Performances

Movement Research
FRIDAY December 2 8pm Danspace Project $15 general / $12 Danspace Project Members Tickets: www.danspaceproject.org April Matthis, Marilyn Maywald, Alex Romania With film and spoken structures contributed  by Hilary Clark and Jimena Paz Movement Research Festival Fall 2016 is curated by Carolyn Hall, Omagbitse Omagbemi and Kayvon Pourazar. 

 
8:00pm
E/D image by Bill H.

Triskelion Arts Presents...E/D & Mei Yamanaka Works

Triskelion Arts
Triskelion Arts Presents... E/D & Mei Yamanaka Works December 1 - 2, 2016 at 8pm Triskelion Arts’ Muriel Schulman Theater 106 Calyer Street, Brooklyn, NY 11222 – Enter on Banker Street Tickets: $16 in advance / $20 at the door Purchase at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/triskelion-arts-presents-ed-and-mei-yamanaka-works-tickets-26548394964 More Info: www.triskelionarts.org Inspired by images…

 
8:00pm
Pilobolus - ThreshHold

Pilobolus Dance Theater Presents Two Unique Programs of American Premieres and Classic Works

Pilobolus Dance Theater
The internationally acclaimed Pilobolus Dance Theater returns to NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, November 16 – December 4th, 2016, with two exhilarating programs mixing dance, physical theater, short film, and Pilobolus’s surrealistic and magical physical language. The two unique programs will feature nine works, including the New York premieres of Thresh/Hold and Wednesday Morning,…

 
8:00pm
Bboy Freeze

Auditioning new hip hop dancers

The Redef Movement
"The Redef Movement" Hip Hop dance company is auditioning new dancers to join for performances, paid opportunities and continued dance training. If you: 1. Have reliable transportation to and from central NJ 2. Have a passion for hip hop dance 3. Want to be part of a group of artists that train and perform You may reach out to our company director to set up an audition date. Each dancer in our…

 
8:00pm
 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…

 
8:00pm
Kids Dance and Music - 2016 Admissions!

Kids Dance and Music - 2016 Admissions!

AALOKAM - Learn, Perform, Develop
Indian Classical Dance and Music Classes for Kids now open for 2016! Email us at aalokam.ny@gmail.com for schedule and registrations Currently offering classes in Park Slope Brooklyn and Manhattan Ages 3 and above are welcome! Website - http://www.aalokam.com

 
Sat 3rd
7:00pm
Nikita Boris and Justin Valentine

Nutcracker Winter Suite

Valentina Kozlova Dance Conservatory of New York
Valentina Kozlova, former principal dancer with the Bolshoi Ballet and New York City Ballet, presents her Dance Conservatory in "Nutcracker Winter Suite," starting with the Snow Scene and running just over one hour.  The talented students will be joined by Nikita Boris as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Justin Valentine as her Cavalier.  Both outstanding teen dancers were medalists at the recent Kozlova…

 
7:30pm
for North by the Median Movement

for North

Xan Burley + Alex Springer / the Median Movement
for North is an interdisciplinary project created by Xan Burley and Alex Springer in collaboration with sound/set designer Will Owen and dance artist Hsiao-Jou Tang. After two years in process, the evening-length piece will premiere at Center for Performance Research, December 1st – 3rd, 2016. for North is a devotion. We build and rebuild transient architectural borders that expose and confine…

 
7:30pm
Wonder/Through the Looking-Glass Houses by Arrie Davidson and KineticArchitecture Dance Theatre

Wonder/Through the Looking-Glass Houses

Dixon Place
Acclaimed transgender performance artist, choreographer & story-teller Arrie Davidson helms the socially progressive company, KineticArchitecture Dance Theatre and their first evening-length work, Wonder/Through the Looking-Glass Houses. Skewering the tales of Lewis Carroll and creating a world of violent reflection and taboo transformation, Davidson will portray the White Rabbit with a Marilyn Monroe…

 
7:30pm
WONDER/THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS-HOUSES

WONDER/THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS-HOUSES

Arrie Davidson
ABOUT THIS SHOW Acclaimed transgender performance artist, choreographer & story-teller Arrie Davidson helms the socially progressive company, KineticArchitecture Dance Theatre and their first evening-length work, Wonder/Through the Looking-Glass Houses. Skewering the tales of Lewis Carroll and creating a world of violent reflection and taboo transformation, Davidson will portray the White Rabbit…

 
8:00pm
the cast

Los Nutcrackers: A Christmas Carajo

BAAD! (The Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance)
Los Nutcrackers, a gay, Latino comedic play, centers around a couple, Carlos and Gabriel, who have been together for 15 years. Their arguing and fighting has reached the queer heavens from which comes a ghetto thug/diva spirit who guides them on a trip through their lives. They travel to the first time they met back in 1986 at a white party at the Palladium dancing to Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam to a catastrophic…

 
8:00pm
N/A

Festival | Featured Artists’ Performances

Movement Research
SATURDAY December 3 8pm Danspace Project $15 general / $12 Danspace Project Members Tickets: www.danspaceproject.org Hadar Ahuvia, Lily Gold, Madison Krekel, Heather Olson With film and spoken structures contributed  by Hilary Clark and Jimena Paz Movement Research Festival Fall 2016 is curated by Carolyn Hall, Omagbitse Omagbemi and Kayvon Pourazar. 

 
8:00pm
Flyer for Tales from The Arabian Nights

Tales from The Arabian Nights

Mosaic Dance Theater Company
Four magical tales adapted from Scheherazade’s thousand and one Arabian nights will be presented in the award-winning Mosaic Dance Theater Company’s special holiday production.  Retold and directed by Morgiana Celeste Varricchio, MDTC’s Producing Artistic Director, with choreography by Samara Adell, the Company’s Artistic Director for Dance, "Tales from The Arabian Nights" is presented in…

 
8:00pm
Pilobolus - ThreshHold

Pilobolus Dance Theater Presents Two Unique Programs of American Premieres and Classic Works

Pilobolus Dance Theater
The internationally acclaimed Pilobolus Dance Theater returns to NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, November 16 – December 4th, 2016, with two exhilarating programs mixing dance, physical theater, short film, and Pilobolus’s surrealistic and magical physical language. The two unique programs will feature nine works, including the New York premieres of Thresh/Hold and Wednesday Morning,…

 
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

 
Sun 4th
5:00pm
A snapshot of a past Holiday Showcase

Holiday Showcase

The American Tap Dance Foundation
December 4, 2016 (5pm) ATDF Holiday Showcase PPAS 328 W 48th Street (between 8th & 9th Avenues) Tickets: VIP: $25 General: $10 Child/Student: $5 To purchase call us at: 646-230-9564

 
Mon 5th
5:00pm
Freelance artist, choreographer, and dance educator Barry Kerollis

“NEW DIRECTIONS FOR DANCERS” Managing the Freelance Life – Tips and Strategies for Success

The Actors Fund
*An information and networking evented presented by Gibney Dance and the Dancers’ Resource and Career Transition For Dancers at The Actors Fund* Come and be a part of our conversation on managing the freelance life and learn about ways to make it work! Thriving freelance artist, choreographer, and dance educator Barry Kerollis (barrykerollis.com)will share his bits of wisdom on creating and maintaining…

 
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
Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre Joao Grande

Capoeira Angola Classes with Mestre Joao Grande in Harlem New York

Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre Joao Grande
Capoeira Angola Center of Mestre João Grande  2916 Frederick Douglass Blvd (corner of 154th & 8th avenue) 3rd Floor Unit A & B  New York, NY 10039  Tel: (212) 989-6975  www.joaogrande.org Transportation:  Subway: B, or D train to 155th Street 3 train to 148th Street  A, C, D, B to 145th Street E-mail us at: info@joaogrande.org Class times Evening classes: Monday through Friday 6:30 to 8:30pm   Morning…

 
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
Foundations of Dance Education

Foundations of Dance Education

92Y Dance Education Laboratory (DEL)
Date: Oct 24, 2016 - Apr 3, 2017 (20 Sessions) Time: 7:30pm - 9:30pm Pricing: $750 until Oct. 12th | $800 after Instructors: Jody Gottfried Arnhold, MA, CMA, & Catherine Gallant, MA This is a Full-Year Course. Professional dancers, dance teachers and classroom or arts teachers with a dance background—expand your ability to cultivate dance artistry and awareness in children and teens by studying…

 
8:00pm
Theatre Jazz Dance

GIFT: donation class

ALMA NYC
Join ALMA NYC for a theatre jazz class were proceeds go to supporting women's education in Burkia Faso, Africa.  $10 suggested donation. Venmo or cash Proceeds go to the women's scholarship fund at the Bethel School in Burkina Faso Africa  RSVP: info@almanyc.org

 

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