October 6 (opened October 5)
Works & Process - Celebrating the Life of Antony Tudor
ABT celebrates the centennial of legendary choreographer Antony Tudor with excerpts from his most beloved ballets. Kevin McKenzie participates in the panel discussions. At 7:30pm.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue, at 89th Street
212-423-3634
October 6-25 (opened July 30)
Focus on the '70s: The Fabulous Photography of Kenn Ducan
n the 1970s and early 1980s world of photography, Kenn Duncan was a name to be reckoned with. Duncan was a principal photographer for the entertainment magazine After Dark and for Dance Magazine, which chronicled the world of dance and choreography. Photographs by Kenn Duncan also appeared in Vogue,Harper’s Bazaar,Life,Time, and Newsweek. In addition, he photographed a dozen Broadway shows, including "Hair", "Applause", "The Elephant Man", and "Sophisticated Ladies", and published three volumes of his own photographs: "Red Shoes, Nudes, and More Nudes." This retrospective of his 20-year career includes his iconic images of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Angela Lansbury, Rudolf Nureyev, Bette Midler, and the cast of Hair, as well as selections from his nudes and his work with hundreds of celebrities. Duncan’s complete archive was acquired by the Library in 2003 and is part of the Billy Rose Theatre Division. Monday, Thursday from 11am-8pm, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday from 11am-6pm, Saturday at 10am-6pm.
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
212-642-0142
October 7-November 15 (opened September 16)
Capri's Camera on Dance
Celebrity and fashion photographer Frank Capri turns his camera on ballet and modern dancers from the world's leading companies. This stunning collection of work features images of Mikhail Baryshnikov, Julie Kent and Jennifer Ringer taken at several of NYC's iconic locations including the Empire State Building, Times Square and the Brooklyn Bridge. Tuesday-Saturday from 12-4pm.
World Financial Center and Winter Garden
220 Vesey Street
212-945-0505
October 7-19
Ballet Hispanico
Experience the richness of Latino culture through the sensual and elegant lens of Ballet Hispanico. This season's diverse repertory programs feature classic favorites by dance masters Graciela Daniele, Vicente Nebrada and William Whitener set to live music. Ballet Hispanico premieres a fiery exploration of "Carmen" — a trio adaptation of this timeless theme choreographed by Carlos Sierra-Lopez. Tuesday-Wednesday at 7:30pm, Thursday-Friday at 8pm, Saturday at 2pm and 8pm, Sunday at 2pm and 7:30pm.
Joyce Theater
8th Avenue at 19th Street
212-242-0800
October 8-19
Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance
Program featuring the world premieres of Jody Sperling's electrifying "Ghosts" and her comic circus-collage "Bang for the Buck," as well as the New York premiere of the delightful "Ballet of Light." Wednesday-Friday at 8pm, October 17-18 at 8pm, October 19 at 3pm.
The Ailey Citigroup Theater
405 West 55th Street at 9th Avenue
212-868-4444
October 9-10
"Back & forth" is a two-part show is a flavorful evening of performances; mixing an eclectic batch of ingredients. First course: choreographers Victoria Benzinger and Todd Henry stir up an intimate story of the human spirit in the premiere of "Hinging." Benzinger and Henry concoct a delicious tale of the possibilities when humans travel through space. Second Course: "Wobble" is simple but good puts two new works on their menu that will stimulate the senses, with one savory reworked recipe that's sure to satisfy. At 8pm.
Triskelion Arts
118 North 11th Street, 3rd Floor
Brooklyn
845-401-9115
October 9-11
dre.dance and Rob Reddy
dre.dance (Andrew Palermo and Taye Diggs) and composer Rob Reddy embarks on a world premiere, evening-length work. "The people" combines Reddy's unique and stirring sound with dre.dance's propulsive and emotional choreography. The interpretive narrative work weaves text through choreography and live compositions to illuminate issues of social poignancy and opportune consideration. At 8pm.
Tribeca Performing Arts Center
199 Chambers Street
212-220-1460
October 9-11
Kitt Johnson X-Act
Denmark's Kitt Johnson performs her acclaimed solo for New York audiences. "Rankefod", Johnson's mesmerizing movement study, is a celebration evolution and the origin of the species. Using minute muscular twitches and gradually extending limbs, Johnson tracks humankind's emergence from a primordial state and reveals the body's memory, beyond its physicality. At 8:30pm.
Danspace Project at St. Mark's Church
131 10th Street
212-674-8112
October 9-12
Capacitor
Capacitor artists collaborate with members of the scientific community to create a mind-expanding, heart-gripping live performance. San Francisco's Capacitor offers "biome", an exploration of desire and yearning in the natural world. Combining dance, projections of remote rainforests, canopy science, this work grew from weeks spent on-location collaborating with world-renowned canopy tree scientists, deep in the Monteverde Cloud Forest of Costa Rica. Thursday-Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm.
Joyce SoHo
155 Mercer Street
212-431-9233
October 9-12
OtherShore
Founded by dancers Brandi Norton and Sonja Kostich, OtherShore is a new company comprised of veteran dancers from rich and varied backgrounds. The dancers’ collective credits include American Ballet Theatre, Trisha Brown Dance Company, San Francisco Ballet, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, White Oak Dance Project, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and Royal Danish Ballet. For their first performance, OtherShore will perform new works by Big Dance Theater (Annie-B Parson and Paul Lazar), Edwaard Liang and Stacy Matthew Spence. Thursday-Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm.
Baryshnikov Arts Center
450 West 37th Street
212-279-4200
October 10
Bellyqueen
Join the party as Bellyqueen as celebrates their 10th anniversary. Over the years the multi-national dance troupe has multiplied from 3 to 13 members, performed everywhere from Las Vegas to Lollapalooza, embarked on multiple U.S. tours and launched their first tour of Europe. At 8pm.
Tribeca Performing Arts Center
199 Chambers Street
212-220-1460
October 10
Doug Varone and Dancers in concert with Betty Buckley
At this exclusive event, Doug Varone and Dancers will perform live in concert with acclaimed performer of film, theater, and television, Betty Buckley. This will be the Company’s only New York concert of 2008, featuring the much anticipated return of Tony Award winner, Ms. Buckley, accompanied by renowned American Jazz pianist Kenny Werner. At 7:30pm.
The Hudson Theater
145 West 44th Street
212-279-3344
October 10-12
Katie Workum Dance Theater
"Carlisle" (A DNA Commission) is a place where women warp and swarm, goats trot on ancient mountain switchbacks, ghosts shimmer quietly and wolves tear away at fences. Limbs and ideas intermingle with our animal instincts, our sadness and our gladness. The inhabitants live in a both abstract and familiar world of impulses, camaraderie and antlers that make up all our everyday lives. Friday at 8:30pm, Saturday at 3pm and 8:30pm, Sunday at 3pm.
Dance New Amsterdam
280 Chambers Street, 2nd Floor, entrance on Chambers
212-625-8369
October 10-18
San Francisco Ballet
Celebrating its internationally recognized 75th Anniversary, America's oldest professional ballet company returns to New York City Center for three diverse programs of incomparable artistry and innovation. Performing to live orchestral accompaniment, San Francisco Ballet will present works by George Balanchine and Helgi Tomasson, plus New York premieres of select works from San Francisco Ballet's highly acclaimed New Works Festival by choreographers Mark Morris, Christopher Wheeldon, Jorma Elo, Val Caniparoli, and Yuri Possokhov. Friday-Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 3pm.
New York City Center
130 West 56th Street
212-581-1212
October 10-19 (opened October 3)
Knucklehead Zoo
Lightning fast and super-cool, the B-Boys of Knucklehead Zoo take the New Victory stage by storm in "Rewind." Fresh from their film debut in Planet B-Boy (Elephant Eye Films, 2007), these U.S. champions boast a "new school" style of breakdance and hip-hop. Joined on stage by a brilliant beat boxer and a dexterous DJ, Knucklehead Zoo celebrates the past, present and future of breaking, cementing their status as modern-day mavericks of this exhilarating dance form. Friday at 7pm, Saturday at 2pm and 7pm, Sunday 12pm and 5pm.
New Victory Theater
229 West 42nd Street, 10th Floor
646-223-3010
October 12
Sundays at Three...Dance Previews
This series opens its season with "macho" a preview by Kathy Westwater.
In "macho", four isolated characters, Happy, Strange, Big Freak and Anybody simultaneously navigate the "unmaking" of the individual’s world through pain and the "remaking" of it through acts of creativity. The fourth and final part of the serial melodrama Dark Matter, "macho" confronts the darkest matter yet—the human inescapability of the dual states of pleasure and pain. At 3pm.
92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center
1395 Lexington Ave
212-415-5500
- compiled from official sources
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