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Yes Virginia, there is a live performance of Nutcracker this year: David Parker, choreographer of The Bang Group, and Keith Michael, choreographer for New York Theatre Ballet, have joined forces for a unique, live presentation of The Nutcracker/Cracked.  The 45-minute charmer for children and adults will feature excerpts from the Nutcracker party scene choreographed by Michael and danced by New York Theatre Ballet, and excerpts from Parker's offbeat Nut/Cracked and danced by The Bang Group.  6…See More

Dance Visions NY presents the new multi-disciplinary film "Evening," in three site-specific versions for three different locations.  Concept, choreography and direction are by Beth Jucovy for this masterful mosaic of Poetry, Dance, Art and Nature.   Footage has been shot in Long Island, NYC, NJ, Hawaii, Virginia, and Minnesota, and features a total of seven dancers, actor Tzena Nicole, and poetry by Kyra Jucovy.  The final showings take placeDec.12&13, 4:30 PM Sat. through 10 PM Sun. at…See More

The Limon Dance Company, Dante Puleio, Artistic Director, returns to Kaatsbaan for a December residency, highlighted by a free online performance from Kaatsbaan cultural Park, Dec. 19 at 7 PM.  Two Limon masterpieces will be performed: "The Moor's Pavane" (1949) and "There is a Time" (1956), along with the lighthearted new "Suite Donuts," choreographed by Chafin Seymour.   The residency will also offer Limon's Home Edition V, an online training dance program that provides participating students…See More

The Limon Dance Company, Dante Puleio, Artistic Director, returns to Kaatsbaan for a December residency, highlighted by a free online performance from Kaatsbaan cultural Park, Dec. 19 at 7 PM.  Two Limon masterpieces will be performed: "The Moor's Pavane" (1949) and "There is a Time" (1956), along with the lighthearted new "Suite Donuts," choreographed by Chafin Seymour.   The residency will also offer Limon's Home Edition V, an online training dance program that provides participating students…See More

Choreographer Miro Magloire's abstract new work "Nocturne" will be available for livestreaming after October 23rd at 7 PM.  Magloire has collaborated on the quartet, set to music by Brahms, with kw creative: Emily Kikta, director, and Peter Walker, camera operator, both also dancers with New York City Ballet.  Filmed at Please Space in Brooklyn, the work features Anabel Alpert, Megan Foley, Amber Neff and Rachele Perla, with music recorded by Magloire's New Chamber Ballet resident violinist…See More

Lori Belilove and The Isadora Duncan Dance Company return to Untermyer Gardens for a live performance of works by Duncan and Belilove.  The ensemble will appear in the  exquisite setting of the Walled Garden amphitheater where Samuel and Minnie Untermyer watched The Isadorables perform in 1923, followed by The Isadora Duncan Dancers at the same site in 1932.  Socially distanced seating will be provided for the audience.See More

Join the Limon Dance Company at limon.nyc on Sept. 17th at 7 PM as they kick off National Hispanic Heritage Month Sept. 15-Oct. 15) with a celebration of Jose Limon's legacy of 75 years of creating and performing around the world.  The presentation takes a closer look a the Company's heralded Limon4Kids Program and the exclusive film release of "The Time is Now," its first production with new Artistic Director Dante Puleio, inspired by Limon's masterpiece "There is a Time."  The event will be…See More

Alessandra Corona, former principal dancer with Ballet Hispanico and director of Alessandra Corona Performing Works, will teach a 90-minute zoom class daily starting at 11:15 AM, Monday through Friday.   Contributions for Friday classes will be donated to a different cause each week: June 19th to Black Lives Matter; June 26th to Broadway for Racial Justice: July 3rd to The Bail Project; and July 10th to The NAACP Legal Defense Fund.  The zoom link is…See More

Choreographer Henning Rubsam announces the release of his uplifting 2015 work "And there was Morning," online via his YouTube channel DanceArtJoy every Sunday during the current crisis.  Created to a commissioned score by composer Beata Moon, and performed by Sensedance members Maurice Dawkins, Raffles Durbin, Luz Guillen, and Kristen Stuart, "And there was Morning" is a celebration of life, friendship, and community.  Visit…See More

Join the Limon Dance Company's NYC season on LIMONLIVE@limondance.  The Company will reinvent the cancelled 2020 Joyce Season with 1/2 hour Instagram presentations to honor the work that could have been seen Live this week at the Joyce.  Every night at 7:30 PM will see a conversation with company members, with snippets of dance, about the works to be presented during the season.  Sunday at 2 will be a talk about future plans.  The week is organized and executed by the dancers of the Limon Dance…See More

Antonio Fini, founder/director of the Fini Dance Int'l Summer School held in Calabria in Southern Italy, announces an innovative Dance Challenge Competition on Video.  Fini invites dancers to post a video of themselves dancing on their instagram accounts, with the winner receiving a full scholarship to the 3-week Fini Dance Int'l Summer School.  Dancers of all ages and genres are invited to apply.  The celebrated staff includes teachers from Juilliard, Graham, and Ailey Schools.  Post a…See More

The Limon Dance Company, one of the world's great modern companies since its founding in 1946, will return to the Joyce with a program of Limon masterworks: "The Traitor," a deeply relevant investigation of betrayal drawn from the biblical drama of Judas and Jesus; "Mazurkas," a celebration of the vitality of the Polish people, set to music by Chopin played live by brilliant pianist Andrei Baumann; and "Orfeo," one of Limon's final works, bringing to life the love and loss of Orfeo and Eurydice.See More