Upcoming Performances

On view now: Outdoor in-person viewing at New York Live Arts, 219 W 19th Street, New York, NY 10011 Raja Feather Kelly HYSTERIA Concept and Design by Raja Feather Kelly Photography by Kate Enman Film Editing by Laura Snow Sound for Performance by Raja Feather Kelly and Remy Kurs Lighting Design...

Scholar Reynaldo Anderson, and curators Sheree Renée Thomas, Danielle L. Littlefield, and Dacia Polk with Black Speculative Arts Movement, return to New York Live Arts with an online exhibition titled Red Spring; a follow up to...

Live Feed Creative Technologist in Residence Ari Melenciano’s Baïlaurâ uses computer vision, machine learning, modular synthesis, and human-computer movement interactivity to modulate algorithms that produce symbolic meaning through a quantum-mechanics-inspired pixel analysis. In its simplest essence, movements in response to the synthesized soundscape are converted into data and interpreted into...

“We projected ourselves into a future in which we are loved absolutely and we rehearsed our lives there.” The Future Is Present is a process and a practice, it’s a model for building community in a very...

SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2021 Originally scheduled as part of our 2020 Live Ideas Festival, we are elated to share that The Guild of Future Architects‘ project, Traveling the Interstitium with Octavia Butler, has been selected for the 2021 Sundance Film Festival! The human interstitium is the fluid space between cell walls and organs. In this mesmerizing interactive WebXR experience,...

In HYSTERIA, New York Live Arts 2019-2020 Randjelović/Stryker Resident Commissioned Artist Raja Feather Kelly continues his study of pop culture and its displacement of queer Black subjectivity. Picking up where his 2018 performance, UGLY, left off, Kelly resituates...

Wednesday, Jan 13 starting at 6pm (EST) features (in order of appearance): Raphael Xavier, Vanessa Anspaugh, The Future is Present, Ni’Ja Whitson, & Emily Johnson/Catalyst CLOSE ENCOUNTERS features Live Arts commissioned artists and curated guests inside INTERSPACE, a dynamic 3D environment for screening and networking. Presenters and Producers...

Alexandra Chasin and Zishan Ugurlu’s Fragments, Lists & Lacunae focuses on three students taking a college course about gaps, holes, white space, and blanks—course content ranges from Mad Libs to the 18-minute gap in Nixon’s White House tapes, from Sappho’s...

Monday, January 11 features (in order of appearance): Charlotte Brathwaite, Colleen Thomas, Ari Melenciano, Shamel Pitts | TRIBE, Faye Driscoll, & Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company CLOSE ENCOUNTERS features Live Arts commissioned artists and curated guests inside INTERSPACE, a dynamic 3D environment for screening and networking. Presenters and...

For the problem of the Twentieth Century is the problem of the color-line . . . the relation of the darker to the lighter races of men . . . And yet, being a problem is a strange experience,— peculiar even for one who...

Sunday, January 10 features (in order of appearance): Holly Bass, Migguel Anggelo, Milka Djordjevich, Christopher Williams, Raja Feather Kelly / the feath3r theory, *Kimberly Bartosik / daela CLOSE ENCOUNTERS features Live Arts commissioned artists and curated guests inside INTERSPACE, a dynamic 3D environment for screening and networking. Presenters...

2020 BESSIE NOMINEE FOR OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION & OUTSTANDING PERFORMER – BURR JOHNSON Viscerally provocative, ferociously intimate, and pulsing with unbridled energy, through the mirror of their eyes brims with compassion and violence. With wild and tender abandon, the exceptional performers- Joanna Kotze, Dylan Crossman and Burr Johnson...

HYSTERIA, a performance and installation piece being created in the Ford Foundation Live Gallery on December 9 and 10, and premiering virtually on December 11 and 12, continues Raja Feather Kelly’s study of pop culture and its displacement of queer Black subjectivity. Picking up where his 2018 performance, UGLY, left...

New York Live Arts partner and independent performance series, EdgeCut, presents SANITY, the second showcase in an online group performance series, on December 5th. The series explores our complex relationship to the digital and how “liveness” is defined during this current moment. This second virtual iteration of the series on December...

Livestream by CultureHub Tonight’s program is available here. Your generosity propels our work forward, and we thank you for all you do. Please stay safe and healthy in the weeks ahead. We will stay in touch as things progress. Support Live Arts’ Mission Live...

Virtual performance and fundraiser for Black Strategy Fund, The Brotherhood/Sister Sol (Bro/Sis) & Buy From A Black Woman. Donations accepted through November 27th, 2020. VIEW PROGRAM HERE Original Choreography...

BILL CHATS: with Charlotte Brathwaite, Janani Balasubramanian, Justin Hicks, and Sunder Ganglani. Presented in partnership with The Fisher Center at Bard As part of the ongoing Bill Chats series, Bill T. Jones will be in conversation with the creative team behind The Future is Present: A Casting the Vote Project,...

In partnership with the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, Festival Experiences and Festival d’Avignon present the third Live Talk of the program Classes d’Art du Festival d’Avignon. Bill T. Jones comes together for a discussion with Beninese Singer and Songwriter, Angelique Kidjo. This 45 -50 minute chat is on the theme Black woman, a tribute...

Multi-talented artist, choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer Bill T. Jones has been commissioned by Brooklyn Public Library to present the next Message from the Library lecture. His message, entitled, “At Risk” will consider the powers of language, performance and perception, as well as their limits. Message from the Library lectures ask...

In recent months, local and state leaders in more than 25 states have declared racism a public health threat; the City of Boston proclaimed this summer that “racism constitutes an emergency and public health crisis.” This public event, moderated by the Boston Globe’s Jeneé Osterheldt, is the second ICA Forum...

Click here for program Sporting a pompadour, a bedazzled cummerbund spelling out $€X, and golden orbs amplifying her backside, Bass draws inspiration from James Brown, “the hardest working man in show business” and Sarah Baartman, the South African woman who became world-famous as...

Live Arts is honored to announce the four commissioned artists of The VOTE Project installation, on view at the Ford Foundation Live Gallery later this month: Dennis RedMoon Darkeem, Ayo Janeen Jackson, Stephon Senegal, and Hong Wu. Four commissioned artists and the letter they will be responsible for: V...

Initially convening in January 2020 at NEW INC— the art, tech and design incubator at The New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York—EdgeCut’s online version of the performance series will offer a limited amount of sliding-scale tickets to participate in the various interactive events and artist talks hosted inside...

Having begun their artistic journey together with the acclaimed epic work The Golden Legend in 2009 (when the New York Live Arts space was Dance Theater Workshop), choreographer Christopher Williams and visual designer Andrew Jordan have now been working together for over a decade to create unique performance worlds featuring intricate choreography enhanced...

Join Bill T. Jones in conversation with Ricardo Montez for a discussion centered on Jones’ collaborations with the artist Keith Haring, as well as questions about the politics of race and...

“It is not your duty to finish the work, but neither are you at liberty to neglect it.”  Rabbi Tarfon (Pirkei Avot 2:16) Our Labyrinth, a partnership with the MetLiveArts, September 16, 23, & 30, 2020 Will Be Streamed on YouTube @ Noon (EST)

Online viewing open NOW; in-person Sept. 8 through Oct. 1, 2020. In/Between 2020: TRANSFIGURE is a group exhibition curated by artists Martita Abril, Yanira Castro, and Poppy DeltaDawn and presented by New York Live Arts. It was developed to support the artists of the New York Foundation for the Arts’ Immigrant Artist Mentorship Program. All...

Dog Day Afternoon is a 1975 American biographical crime drama film directed by Sidney Lumet, starring Al Pacino, John Cazale, featuring Chris Sarandon. It chronicles the events following a bank robbery by John Wojtowicz and was inspired by a 1972 Life magazine article “The Boys in the Bank” by P. F. Kluge....

In further recognition of Bill T. Jones’ long association with BAM, seven archival performances by the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company will be streamed on BAM’s website beginning on June 25. This special archival collection features Secret Pastures (1984), The Animal Trilogy (1986), Still/Here (1994), We Set Out Early…Visibility Was Poor...

Co-presented with the Guild of Future Architects Over the course of several months five black artists at the intersection of art, science and technology— Sophia Nahli Allison, Idris Brewster, Stephanie Dinkins, Yance Ford and Terence Nance—have been developing speculative historiographies and futures in collaboration with Octavia Butler. With the guidance of facilitators Lafayette Cruise, Madebo Fatunde,Tony...

Jack Ferver & Jeremy Jacob Commissioned by Works & Process at the Guggenheim Co-presented by New York Live Arts In Part 1 of Good Night, Crystal finds themselves alone in a house that feels familiar, but soon remembers their parents are dead. Crystal is moved towards a destructive mission.

This Friday Live @ 5! Bill T. welcomes the hosts of Live Arts and BAM’s massive Pride celebration #TheHousePartyEverybooty, Andre J. and Tyler Ashley, The #DauphineOfBushwick! Join @nylivearts IG Live to hear from the queer modeling pioneer and Live Arts’ Pride curatorial organizer! Photo...

Transgender visibility in the media is at an all-time high, with film and television, fashion shoots, and advertising campaigns featuring trans talent. Moderated by Mx Justin Vivian Bond with panelists Casey Legler, Cecilia Gentili, Kate Bornstein, and Silas Howard

Primetime: House of Whimsy Curated by Mx Justin Vivian Bond & Elizabeth Koke Featured Artists & Where to support them! Mx Justin Vivian Bond, Support Here Nath Ann Carrera, donating tips to G.L.I.T.S. here Elizabeth Koke, donating tips to G.L.I.T.S. here Severely Mame, Support Here Janani Balasubramanian, donating tips to

10 Hairy Legs 8th consecutive New York Season features World Premiere Commissions by Choreographers David Parker and Joshua Beamish, a New York Premiere by Robert Mark Burke and the Company Premiere of Brian Brooks’ iconic solo I’m Going to Explode. Known for the ability of its artists to master a broad...

Artists and activists including Pamela Sneed, Bill T. Jones, and Toshi Reagon  speak with moderator Kia LaBeija about their reflections on the various stances of their respective generations, the rise of identity politics, and the day-to-day realities of creativity and activism within that environment.

This masterclass will give insight into Bill T. Jones’ process of working and dancing with diverse groups of people, ranging from individuals with life-threatening diseases for his 1994 performance, Still/Here, as well as 100 people from various local communities for the future performances of Deep Blue Sea.

Led by Ikenna Azuike and featuring Bill T. Jones with a collection of speakers, this panel will explore the Jones’ feelings around Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s statement “We shall overcome,” particularly in a time when the divisions between groups in the United States—and around the world—only seem to be growing.

This film is a rumination on Deep Blue Sea, originally set to premiere at the Park Avenue Armory in April 2020. This visual collage, created by Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company and New York Live Arts Associate Artistic Director Janet Wong, features a glimpse into the creative process of Jones and...

Bill T. Jones comes together on Instagram LIVE with Tracy K. Smith, poet and educator, who served as the 22nd Poet Laureate of the United States, an office she assumed in 2017 until 2019.

Visit this web-based portrait of Bill T. Jones and his illustrious career by Italian writer Alessandra Nicifero, author of Bill T. Jones (Società Editrice L’Epos, 2010). In different circumstances Bill T. Jones would have stayed in Amsterdam for over three weeks this June for the Holland Festival; Three weeks time to...

Presented in conjunction with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company’s New York City premiere of parts one and two of the Analogy Trilogy at The Joyce Theater, Bill T. Jones and director/playwright and 2015 National Medal of Arts recipient Moisés Kaufman discuss making oral history into performance. Moderated by Director...

Andrea Rosen Gallery and David Zwirner gallery, honoring the “globally significant moment and in reflection of the ever-relevant and flexible nature of Felix Gonzalez-Torres’s work,” welcomed 1,000 diverse invitees earlier this month to be part of an expansive, physical exhibition of Gonzalez-Torres’ work.

Until June 20, the public is invited to upload individual videos explaining “what you know” as part of a digital ritual. Each night, a different video compilation will be screened on the Holland Festival’s website, beginning with Bill’s video tonight, June 11. A video by a Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane...

Saturday June 13 from 1 pm to 6 pm, our Artistic Director Bill T. Jones will be in the lobby of New York Live Arts for a unique pop-up event that he’s titled Action/Phase 1: Reading. Bill T. will be reading in-person (at a distance) excerpts from Moby Dick, Invisible Man,...

Learn the 45 moves or positions that Arnie Zane choreographed in 1977 for our seminal work Continuous Replay! Wednesday, at 3pm EST: Company alum Jenna Riegel teaches the shapes on our Instagram Live (seen here in CR, front and center)! How do performers learn choreography from archival video footage and...

Instagram Live (@nylivearts) June 5th at 5:00 PM EDT Part of Bill’s Instagram Diary: Pause/Intermission, Bill T. Jones will be joined by the renowned and curator for Live Ideas 2021 Dr. Reynaldo Anderson , for a live conversation. Dr. Reynaldo Anderson currently serves as an Associate Professor of Communication at Harris-Stowe...

Instagram Live (@billtjonesarniezaneco) MAY 29 at 5:00 PM EDT Part of Bill’s Instagram Diary: Pause/Intermission, Bill T. Jones will be joined by curator and critic Eva Yaa Asantewaa, for a live conversation. Eva Yaa Asantewaa (pronouns: she/her) is Senior Director of Artist Development and Curation as well as Editorial Director at Gibney,...

Organized by Reynaldo Anderson, Tiffany E. Barber and Stacey Robinson with the Black Speculative Arts Movement, this two-part exhibition brings together an international cadre of artists whose work responds to the COVID-19 pandemic, anti-black violence, climate change, poor governance, trans-humanism, and an accelerating, technologically driven economic system on the verge...

Instagram Live (@billtjonesarniezaneco) MAY 22 at 5:00 PM EDT Part of Bill’s Instagram Diary: Pause/Intermission, Bill T. Jones will be joined by critically-acclaimed dancer and jookin aficionado, Lil Buck, for a live conversation.

Is Reality still Real? A discussion on the fragility of truth and reality in the age of deepfake videos and synthetic images. Examining the tension between democratic scientific openness and the need to defend against adversarial use of technology,  this panel delves into the societal and cultural impact in a...

“Opera likes to simplify and enlarge its characters to make them fit grand themes. Mr. Ashley goes in the opposite direction and arrives at the cosmos just as easily.” — Bernard Holland, The New York Times eL/Aficionado is the story of a person on trial...

J. Bouey & Bill T. Jones May 15th at 5 pm (EDT) Instagram LIVE @billtjonesarniezaneco Tomorrow 5/15, Friday Live @ 5! On the company’s IG account: Bill will be joined by company member J. Bouey to discuss self-care, mental health, and how humanity functions in their creative practice.

The Brotherhood/Sistersol, Bill T. Jones,  Carrie Mae Weems, Khary Lazarre-White, and Dr. Aletha Maybank in conversation on NewsOne, moderated by Jamilah Lemieux. #COVID19 conversation on the intersection of Race, Art, Social Justice, & Medicine. NewsOne x The Brotherhood/Sister Sol#COVID19 conversation on the...

Contemporary Afrofuturism may be defined as an emerging social philosophy of the African diaspora and Africa. Today, partly because of a crisis in globalization, social media and other technological advances, it has grown into a Pan African movement that encompasses artistic, academic, geopolitical and scientific investigation and production....

Raja Feather Kelly & Bill T. Jones May 8th at 5 pm (EDT) Instagram LIVE @nylivearts   Bill T. Jones sits down (virtually) for a conversation with 2019-20  Randjelović/Stryker Resident Commissioned...

“Pip saw God’s foot upon the treadle of the loom, and spoke it; and therefore his shipmates called him mad. So man’s insanity is heaven’s sense; and wandering from all mortal reason, man comes at last to that celestial thought, which, to reason, is absurd and frantic; and weal or...

Join Wingspace and New York Live Arts, for a conversation with Bill T. Jones, Elizabeth Diller, Peter Nigrini, Robert Wierzel, and Nick Hallett, the creative team behind “Deep Blue Sea”, a massive new work commissioned by the Park Avenue Armory that was recently canceled due to the Covid-19 pandemic....

Originally presented as Live Ideas 2019: AI – Are You Brave Enough for a Brave New World? “Foxconn’s Terry Gou says the company plans to replace 80% of workers with robots in 5-10 years.”  – Samson Ellis “According to our estimate, 47 percent of total US employment is in the...

World Premiere at New York Live Arts, NYC (March 28–31, 2018) Video footage, as part of Live Artery at New York Live Arts, NYC (January 4–5, 2019) Touring: The Yard (June 2019); Bates Dance Festival (August 2019); Opera House Arts (August 2019) What will we be like when we get there is a...

Bill T. here: “Tomorrow, 4/24 Friday Live @ 5! Company member Shane Larson will join me in a discussion about learning from video, thinking inside a moving body, and the poetics that are revealed in the relationship between choreographer, performer and archival material, as we strive to find the material’s...

As part of BoCA – Biennial of Contemporary Arts Wednesday, April 22nd at 8pm (3pm EST) launches 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗮𝘀 𝗢𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 [Online Talks], with the North American choreographer Bill T. jones as the first guest, a key figure in contemporary dance. Identity, genre, disease or social critic are some questions that...

Dear Viewers, I hope this finds you in good health and spirits during these tumultuous times. I’m grateful to have the opportunity to share this reimagined proposal for my new project Chameleon (The Living Installments). I consider this an invitation into a new virtual space, a studio where I will continue to...

4/17 – Friday Live @5! With Bill T. and celebrated theater projection designer Peter Nigrini and noted dramaturg Mark Hairston. Bill and the collaborators will discuss the new Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company piece Deep Blue Sea, which was originally scheduled to have its world premiere at the Park Avenue Armory...

The sun is out and Shane Larson is ready to teach you the next 10 shapes from our new piece “Deep Blue Sea,” TODAY AT 1PM ON IG LIVE! **Catch up or review shapes from Shane’s previous demos on our IGTV!** The piece was scheduled to have its world premiere this...

Join Bill and members of the company for Friday Live at 5 on the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company Instagram! Learn more about what s. lumbert is exploring above. Tune in to learn more about the process of creating choreographic “sentences” using the time honored technique of a keyboard in space – an idea that...

After reconnecting in 2015 at The American Dance Festival presentation of Dora/Tramontane, Bill T. Jones and renowned artist Eiko Otake started a correspondence to discuss the work and their artistry! The passing of Dora has brought the two together again. With Eiko in Japan and Bill upstate, please enjoy this unique and...

Lakaï Dance Theatre presents The Block: An Afro-Musical as part of the 2019–20 MIT Performing series. In The Block, the street becomes a stage for self-reflection on toxic masculinity, racial profiling, mental health, and violence, all as a means of community improvement. Through hip-hop and Afro-Diasporic movement styles, the performers...

March 26, 2pm, on @billtjonesarniezaneco Instagram LIVE: Company member Shane Larson teaches the “eight cardinal shapes” from new work Deep Blue Sea, and more! Part of Bill T.’s new digital IG series “Diary: Pause/Intermission”. Here he is flying in the company’s last work “Analogy Trilogy” for your

Bill T. Jones presents Curriculum, a shared exploration in going back to school; a study on how history provides perspective to contemporary conversations: what it means to be a global citizen, issues of public and private identity, inclusion, morality, consciousness, and the anxieties of our era. Curriculum takes us back to the past...

A NEW COMMISSION BY PARK AVENUE ARMORY WORK-IN PROGRESS AT MASS MoCA CO-PRESENTED WITH JACOB’S PILLOW Deep Blue Sea, which will have its world premiere at the Park Avenue Armory in New York City, is a culmination of years of work by the iconic choreographer Bill T. Jones. This work-in-progress performance...

The roughly 21′ x 7′ backdrop entitled Femmejoy was created in relation to Dirks-Goodman’s Open Spectrum: The Feminist Dinner Party: Present/Future at Live Arts on Sunday, March 8th. The artist has arranged flower imagery over Andy Warhol’s famous camouflage pattern. The flowers draw on iconic...

*Please note that this event have been canceled: As the coronavirus (Covid-19) situation has evolved in NYC, New York Live Arts has decided to cancel Open Classes with Jennifer Nugent. Refunds are in progress. With the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, taught by former company member Jennifer Nugent. Open Classes...

A presentation of dance spanning all creatures great and small, encompassing some of the most famous Contemporary dance organizations with some notable up and coming professional companies, college representation as well as pre-professional. The evening will be hosted by Joe Lanteri and will feature Tears in Heaven sung by a...

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company’s latest work What Problem? provokes the tension between belonging to a community and feelings of isolation that many feel during these divisive political times. Jones and the company develop individual content with local community members in each of the touring locations making each perform. The visual...

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company’s latest work What Problem? provokes the tension between belonging to a community and feelings of isolation that many feel during these divisive political times. Jones and the company develop individual content with local community members in each of the touring locations making each perform. Commissioned...

An Annual Extravaganza coming your way real soon! The most outstanding students show their amazing skills, soul and personalities with their top-ranked instructors, and unforgettable performances by the best in the dancing world.See you Sunday, Feb 9, we’ll start rocking at 7-9 PM at the New York Live Arts. Please call...

The Last Mayan King is an autobiographical work of dance-circus-theater that recounts my experiences as a young Mayan growing up in the jungle of southern Mexico, my introduction to the outside world, the dance world, and my life as an artist in the United States. Memories and dreams are fused...

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company’s latest work What Problem? provokes the tension between belonging to a community and feelings of isolation that many feel during these divisive political times. Jones and the company develop individual content with local community members in each of the touring locations making each perform. Commissioned...

One of New York Live Arts’ most beloved community programs, a showcase of young dancers, ages 8 – 18, inspiring children, inspiring children by exposing them to live performances created and performed by their peers. The week includes an evening concert of work by Ellen Robbins’ alumni. JAN. 25 AT 7:30...

With the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, taught by Huiwang Zhang (Jan 14 & 15) and Shane Larson (Jan 16-18) Open Company Classes with the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company is rooted in the style of the Company as developed by Bill T. Jones and Janet Wong. Progressing from somatic floor work...

Presenters RSVP here. Engaging with the current socio-cultural climate, Fresh Tracks alumna Liana Conyers deconstructs her experience as a Black woman in America.  #ImFxckingFunny explores the levels of consciousness, healing, hiding, and coping that technology provides. Through her autobiography, Liana unmasks the authenticity that might otherwise...

Presenters RSVP here. Yanira Castro/a canary torsi’s Last Audience premiered in the Live Arts fall 2019 season with a soldout run. The piece is a live laboratory for the communal work of what it means to conjure. Comprised of a set of...

Presenters RSVP here. Raphael Xavier’s Sassafrazz focuses on the embodied experiences of a Breaker’s life through three styles of Breaking: Top Rock, Footwork, and Ground Text.  With four Breakers and four musicians, Xavier holds onto the traditional elements of breaking while drawing parallels to Jazz music. It is...

Presenters RSVP here. Holly Bass’ RACE: Talc & Ash is a movement duet piece about gentrification, race and class. The original performance focused on Washington, DC and new iterations will explore Chelsea/Hudson Yards in New York City, and Detroit, MI. The performance is set up like...

Presenters RSVP here. An acclaimed transgender modern dance choreographer, Sean Dorsey brings the New York City premiere of BOYS IN TROUBLE to Live Arts.  Sean Dorsey Dance’s timely and urgent commentary on contemporary masculinity places a trans and queer lens onto intersectional questions of...

Presenters RSVP here. The work-in-progress excerpts of Milka Djordevich’s CORPS examine the labor and the feminine body through the lens of regimented movement, and reveal similarities across traditional, militaristic, ritual, athletic, and folk movement forms. The work is a continuation of Djordjevich’s ongoing questioning of contemporary...

Presenters RSVP here. A Prophet’s Tale: Portrait of the Lyricist is a multi-year, iterative Literary, Music, and Performance Project, discussing the life-journey’s of Hip Hop music’s Emcee/Lyricist. What makes an Emcee/Lyricist? Is it the lyricism, their performance, or the way they’ve lived their lives? 7NMS|Marjani Forté-Saunders + Everett Saunders is...

Presenters RSVP here. Colleen Thomas will show two small works- Diane. Still. and a collaboration with Adriane Fang titled, Wake Up! Also on the program is an excerpt from light and desire where Thomas joins five women artists from Venezuela (Carla Forte), Hungary/Germany (Ildiko Toth), Poland (Joanna Lesnierowska),...

Presenters RSVP here. Chameleon (excerpt) is a multi-media live art work that explores the fugitive realities and shapeshifting demands of surviving at the intersection of Blackness, feminism, and queerness in contemporary America. In this new work from Nigerian American artist Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, a melanated stage saturated in...

Presenters RSVP here. RADIOACTIVE PRACTICE is the newest evening length work by Bessie award winning, choreographer Abby Zbikowski and her company Abby Z and the New Utility. This group work brings together a mosaic group of movers versed in forms ranging from hip-hop, modern dance, West African, tap, synchronized swimming,...