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Promethean Fire performed by Paul Taylor Dance Company, which returns to Lincoln Center this month. Photo by John McCoy.
Catch Paul Taylor Dance Company, the daredevils of STREB, dueling Nutcrackers and more
Exciting programs by venerable troupes such as Paul Taylor Dance Company, Complexions Contemporary Ballet and Gallim. Jaw-dropping feats by Elizabeth Streb's gravity-defying troupe. Two wildly different takes on the The Nutcracker, one classic, the other jazzy. These are just some of the dazzling dance performances you can see this month.
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SLAM (STREB Lab for Action Mechanics), 51 North 1st Street, between Kent and Wythe Avenues in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Runs November 1-24. If you're a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
The daredevils of STREB, Elizabeth Streb's high-energy company that fuses dance with acrobatics and circus machines, show off their death-defying moves in Do Not Try This at Home. Streb dubs her works Action Events rather than dances, and the physical challenges she devises demand strength, courage and confidence. The feats in this program include crashing into a wall, balancing on a suspended pipe and surviving a massive, simulated wave.
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The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street in Chelsea
Runs November 5-10.
This veteran modern dance troupe offers a thoughtfully curated program at The Joyce for its 78th (!) season, anchored by the choreography of late, Mexico-born founder José Limón. In addition to his dramatic The Traitor and eloquent Missa Brevis, which celebrates resilience in the face of war, the company is reviving his rarely seen Scherzo, a 1955 quartet performed to a live percussion score. The stunning Two Ecstatic Themes by Doris Humphrey, Limón's mentor, and Bessie winner Kayla Farrish's reimagining of two lost Limón pieces complete the lineup.
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David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza at 63rd Street and Columbus Avenue in Lincoln Square
Runs October November 5-24. If you're a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
This eminent troupe returns to Lincoln Center for its fall season with three weeks of rich and varied dances performed to live accompaniment by the Orchestra of St. Luke's. The lineup includes 10 works by late founder Paul Taylor, a mix of beloved classics such as Aureole and Esplanade along with more unusual, often unsettling works, including The Word, Lost Found and Lost and Images. Resident choreographer Lauren Lovette introduces two world premieres: Recess, set to a score by Errollyn Wallen, and Chaconne in Winter featuring live music by the Grammy-winning trio Time for Three. Pieces by Larry Keigwin, Ulysses Dove and Jody Sperling's tribute to early modern dance pioneer Loïe Fuller round out the program.
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BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Avenue between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Runs November 8-9. If you're a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
The 10 dancers of the Montreal-based Animals of Distinction perform this thrilling multimedia piece, a mixture of movement by company director Dana Gingras and live music by the experimental rock band Fly Pan Am. As they navigate an audio-synchronized field of light and evocative projections, they claim the space as rebels against an oppressive world.
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New York Live Arts, 219 West 19th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in Chelsea
Runs November 8-9.
Choreographer Ismaël Mouaraki's deeply personal new piece is inspired by the traditional mystical and musical celebrations of his Moroccan homeland, known as the Lila ceremonies. Performed by men from Morocco and Montreal, Le sacre de Lila fuses these nocturnal healing rituals with contemporary street dance to showcase the sensuality of male bodies.
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The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street in Chelsea
Runs November 13-17.
The adventurous choreographer Andrea Miller and her company Gallim return to The Joyce with the New York premiere of Wonderland, an evening-length fantasia investigating pack mentality. Primal and visceral, the piece explores group dynamics and social control and is set to an unsettling sound score by Jakub Kiupinski and Cristina Spinei of Blind Ear Music.
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92NY, 1395 Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street on the Upper East Side
Runs November 14-15.
Emerging choreographer Omar Román de Jesús, whose freelance résumé includes pieces for Ballet Hispánico and Juilliard, offers three contrasting works performed by his company Boca Tuya, the troupe's first full-evening presentation in the city. Note that there is partial nudity in these dances, which explore intimacy, identity and the challenges of making art.
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New York Live Arts, 219 West 19th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in Chelsea
Runs November 14-16.
Bessie Award-winning dancer-choreographer Wally Cardona returns to New York after a hiatus with a plump single-color bulb, or a dance, a work sparked by receiving a small red ball as a gift during the pandemic shutdown. As he played with the ball and a wooden mallet he picked up in Myanmar, this kinetic piece evolved, a dance for three with just one human performed to live music by Jonathan Bepler.
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The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street in Chelsea
Runs November 19-December 1.
Founded by former Alvin Ailey stars Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, this troupe of fierce, bold dancers celebrates 30 years of artistry with a trio of programs over two weeks. Complexions mainly performs Rhoden's highly athletic choreography, including his vigorous spin on Ravel's Bolero and the pas de deux This Time, With Feeling, Benny set to Elton John songs, but the lineup also includes Jae Man Joo's Cry Me danced to a Philip Glass score.
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Danspace Project, St. Mark's Church, 131 East 10th Street between Second and Third Avenues in the East Village
Runs November 21-23.
NYC-based dancer-choreographers Ayano Elson and Wendell Gray II present a pair of new works on this shared bill. Elson's Part Song/Immortal Life explores the tension between private desires and public norms. Gray's in the port's mouth conjures the experience of navigating the world while Black.
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Triskelion Arts, 106 Calyer Street at Banker Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn
Runs November 21-23.
In this new duet, dancer-choreographers Tushrik Fredericks and Rebecca Margolick explore how spirituality can connect folks across faiths and stoke empathy.
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Martha Graham Studio Theater, 55 Bethune Street at Washington Street in the West Village
Runs November 21-24.
This program juxtaposes water-inspired choreography by modern dance pioneers Isadora Duncan and Doris Humphrey with new thematically related works by Francesca Todesco, Rae Ballard and former Paul Taylor member Annmaria Mazzini.
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Mark Morris Dance Center, 3 Lafayette Avenue between Rockwell and Ashland Places in Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Runs November 22-23.
New Chamber Ballet founder Miro Magloire, whose refined and sophisticated choreography is danced to live chamber music, presents the world premiere of Stargazing, an hour-long piece performed in the round to music by Christian-Frédéric Bloquert that nods to Tchaikovsky and Stravinsky.
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Douglas Dunn Studio, 541 Broadway between Spring and Prince Streets in Soho
Runs November 22-24.
Post-modern veteran Douglas Dunn and choreographer Christopher Williams join forces for this evening of dance, poetry and music, featuring Baroque compositions played live on lute by Dušan Balarin. Wine will be served.
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New York City Center, 131 West 55th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in Midtown West
Runs November 22-24.
Tap innovator Michelle Dorrance brings back her hip spin on the holiday classic The Nutcracker, co-created with Josette Wiggan and Hannah Heller. Set to Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn's jazzy interpretation of Tchaikovsky's score, this hour-long work set at a Harlem holiday party takes some witty liberties with this classic Christmas adventure. Got kids? The matinees include preshow family activities.
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David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza at 63rd Street and Columbus Avenue in Lincoln Square
Runs November 29-January 4, 2025.
As always, there are a multitude of Nutcrackers to see this season. But George Balanchine's version for New York City Ballet, which premiered in 1954, is what turned this Christmas ballet into a seasonal staple across the United States. The five-and-a-half-week run stars multiple amazing dancers in the always thrilling leading roles, but it's the two alternating casts of kids as angels, candy canes and mice that give this ballet its unique charm and heart.
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