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The Bang Group's Nut/Cracked, its cheeky take on The Nutcracker, returns for its 17th season with an ensemble of 19 dancers spreading lighthearted holiday cheer.  David Parker's neo-vaudeville, comic version of the holiday classic also includes students from e.g. dance, Steffi Nossen Dance, and the Frank Sinatra H.S. (at different performances).See More

Buglisi Dance Theatre celebrates its 26th anniversary season with a program of works by artistic director Jacqulyn Buglisi, company principal dancer Virginie Mecene, Kristine Bendul and Abdiel Jacobsen, and Meagan King.   The program will feature two world premieres by Ms. Buglisi, and a NYC premiere by Ms. Mecene, peformed by a a company of brilliant dancers known for their power and passion.See More

The Martha Hill Dance Fund announces its 2019 Gala, presenting Lifetime Achievement Awards to Stuart Hodes, Carolyn Adams, and Betty Jones.  The Mid-Career Award recipients are Sean Curran and Nigel Campbell & Chanel DaSilva.  The Dance Fund is named for the remarkable Martha Hill, whose influence in the world of dance and performance knew no bounds.See More

Mark DeGarmo Dance announces the opening of its Salon Performance Series 2019-2020.  Founded in 2010, MDD's Series provides a unique opportunity for audiences to view and engage with original dance works-in-progress of DeGarmo and guests.  Participating in the November 21 event are Elizabeth Bergmann, Peter Cook, Anne Harris, Kelly McConville, Catherine Tharin, and Jam No Peanut.See More

Valentina Kozlova presents her Dance Conservatory dancers, ages 6-18, in their one-hour, family-friendly "Nutcracker Winter Suite" to the beloved Tchaikovsky score.   The performance is all dance, starting with the Snow Scene and moving into the Kingdom of Sweets with all the traditional divertissements, including Waltz of the Flowers and the Sugar Plum Fairy and her Cavalier.See More

Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company will present a program of works by Eleo Pomare and company artistic director Enrique Cruz DeJesus.   By Pomare are two of his most celebrated works: the 1967 Las Desenamoradas, based on Lorca's play The House of Bernarda Alba, and his 1989 Tabernacle, a stirring work set to music by Steve Reich.  DeJesus will show a reworking of his Tormenta, and his 2005 Bittersweet, set to music by Oleda Adams.See More

Chen Dance Center presents the next edition of "newsteps: a choreographer's series," which, since 1994, has presented hundreds of dancers and choreographers creating new work.   Each choreographer receives a stipend, free rehearsal space, and three public performances at Chen Dance Center.  Chosen through a public audition to present works at the December performances are Alice Halter, Caitlin Javech, Susanne McHugh, Jessica Alexander & Madison Doyle, Catherine Eng, and Amanda Spilinga.See More

Dancers Demand Action, a dance performance aligning art with activism, is a collaboration with 9 NY-based dance companies who are volunteering their time and creative energies to enable a portion of the proceeds to support Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a partner organization of Everytown for Gun Safety.  Participating companies are Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Z Artists Group, Caleb Teicher, Denys and Antonia, Pavement Dance, Mario Spinetti, Michael McBride and Samuel…See More

Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company will present a program of works by Eleo Pomare and company artistic director Enrique Cruz DeJesus.   By Pomare are two of his most celebrated works: the 1967 Las Desenamoradas, based on Lorca's play The House of Bernarda Alba, and his 1989 Tabernacle, a stirring work set to music by Steve Reich.  DeJesus will show a reworking of his Tormenta, and his 2005 Bittersweet, set to music by Oleda Adams.See More

Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet celebrates its 15th anniversary with two world premieres by Magloire to music by Schubert and Dvorak.  The program will also feature ballets to compositions by John Cage and German composers Karlheinz Stockhausen and Wolfgang Rihm, all played live on violin and piano.See More

Beth Soll will present her Beth Soll & Company, an ensemble of dancers and musicians, in "Dances of Passion and Peace, A Concert of New Dance, Music, Poetry, and Translation."  The evening of all premieres is set to new music by composers Thomas Addison, Nuria Divi, Wendy Griffiths, Josh Rosen, and Stan Strickland, played live. Poetry, both sung and spoken, is by Robert Frost, Lin Haire-Sargeant, Langston Hughes, Rumi and Walt Whitman, and will be recited in English, French, Catalan,…See More

Alessandra Corona Performing Works returns to the Theatre St. Jean Baptiste with a program of works by four choreographers: Corona, Maiya Redding, Isaies Santamaria Perez, and Manuel Vignoulle.  Corona, former principal with Ballet Hispanico, continues to artfully present dances that incorporate voice, song, and visuals.See More

Pentacle Arts Management presents the 8th edition of Fall Further, October 13 at Dixon Place.   The program consists of works by female choreographers/company directors Claire Porter, Rebecca McCormac, Linda Juo, Hara Zi & Sekou, Rachel Thorne Germond, and Kate Binder.  All companies are part of Pentacle's Administrative Support Program.See More

Choreographer Gabriela Estrada will present the solo "Not a Single Carmen More!" (Ni Una Carmen Mas!) danced by powerful soloist Ivanka Figueroa as part of a performance entitled "Mourning Loss/Celebrating Survival."  She shares the program with Vissi Dance Theatre, solo dancer Sonali Skandan, singer Jeannine Otis, and storytellers Regina Ress and Joy Kelly.   The program, free to the public, is offered to raise awareness of the scourge of domestic violence, and similar projects will take place…See More

Choreographer Gabriela Estrada will present the solo "Not a Single Carmen More!" (Ni Una Carmen Mas!) danced by powerful soloist Ivanka Figueroa as part of a performance entitled "Mourning Loss/Celebrating Survival."  She shares the program with Vissi Dance Theatre, solo dancer Sonali Skandan, singer Jeannine Otis, and storytellers Regina Ress and Joy Kelly.   The program, free to the public, is offered to raise awareness of the scourge of domestic violence, and similar projects will take place…See More

Choreographer/filmmaker Mimi Garrard presents an evening of film and dance (both live and on film) with a distinguished ensemble of dancers (appearing live): Sarah Daley (currently with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater), Michael Francis McBride and Samuel Roberts (formerly with Ailey), and Austin Selden (formerly with Shen Wei Arts).   Garrard's dance films have won awards at film festivals around the world, most recently in India, England, and Venezuela.See More