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Wed 21st
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7:30am
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Mind | Body | Spirit Classes

Ms. Tonya Productions, LLC
Learn Effective Techniques to manage and reduce anxiety. Every class is different. Classes incorporate physical activities such as yoga, breathwork, and exercise to promote relaxation, release tension, and enhance over all well-being. Registration closes 1hr before class start time.  Classes: Online (join from anywhere!) EST Sundays: 9am, 7pm Monday-Wednesday 730am, 9am, 8pm

 
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9:00am
woman in meditation posture

Mind | Body | Spirit Classes

Ms. Tonya Productions, LLC
Learn Effective Techniques to manage and reduce anxiety. Every class is different. Classes incorporate physical activities such as yoga, breathwork, and exercise to promote relaxation, release tension, and enhance over all well-being. Registration closes 1hr before class start time.  Classes: Online (join from anywhere!) EST Sundays: 9am, 7pm Monday-Wednesday 730am, 9am, 8pm

 
10:25am
Group Class working out in a bright studio using resistance bands

Dancers Crosstrain with ChaiseFitness!

ChaiseFitness
ChaiseFitness Calling all performers! Take advantage of our new Performance Artist Class Rate we are offering. Our co-founder Rachel Piskin is a former New York City Ballet dancer and wants to help support the dance community by offering this special rate for dancers to crosstrain with us — building strong lean muscles, supplementing their dance training.  The rate is $18 per class and…

 
4:30pm
TAP DANCERS

TAP DANCE OPEN HOUSES WITH FREE CLASSES

American Tap Dance Foundation
THE AMERICAN TAP DANCE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES OPEN HOUSES WITH FREE CLASSES - JUNE 9 - JUNE 22 Need a place to MAKE NOISE? Put your feet to the beat! Tony Waag, Executive Director of the American Tap Dance Foundation, announced today the organization’s free upcoming tap dance Open Houses, June 9-22, at the American Tap Dance Center, 154 Christopher Street #2B between Washington & Greenwich Streets…

 
6:30pm
Congolese Dance and Drum

Congolese Dance and Drum w/ Andoche Loubaki [All Levels]

Cumbe: Center for African and Diaspora Dance
Class Description: Get your body moving and those waist lines rolling to the lively sounds of the Ngoma Drum with Master Artist Andoche Loubaki in this lively and colorful Traditional Congolese Dance and Drum class. This class will introduce you to the sacred dances and celebratory rhythms  of the Congo. Class begins with a warm-up with isolations and stretches to prepare the body to move. Next you…

 
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7:00pm
woman in meditation posture

Mind | Body | Spirit Classes

Ms. Tonya Productions, LLC
Learn Effective Techniques to manage and reduce anxiety. Every class is different. Classes incorporate physical activities such as yoga, breathwork, and exercise to promote relaxation, release tension, and enhance over all well-being. Registration closes 1hr before class start time.  Classes: Online (join from anywhere!) EST Sundays: 9am, 7pm Monday-Wednesday 730am, 9am, 8pm

 
7:30pm
Absolute Beginners Workshop

Absolute Beginners Workshop

Flamenco NYC
Absolute Beginners is the ideal workshop to start dancing flamenco. We will cover and practice all basic aspects for students without prior flamenco dance experience. Classes will focus on strong footwork, upper body coordination, understanding flamenco music and compás, proper posture and breathing. We will begin to develop the muscle strength and dance skills necessary for flamenco dance as we learn…

 
7:30pm
Afro-Brazilian and Samba

Afro-Brazilian and Samba w/ Quenia Riberio [All Levels]

Cumbe: Center for African and Diaspora Dance
Class Description: Learn Samba from its roots in Salvador Bahia, via Africa to its evolution as the national dance of Brazil in Rio De Janeiro’s famous Carnival. Although there are many styles of Afro-Brazilian dance, Samba is the most internationally recognized form coming from Brazil.   Quenia’s class explores various forms of Samba from Rio De Janeiro and Bahia - Samba No Pé, Miudinho,…

 
7:30pm
Two dancers in conversation.

NEW Beginner Contemporary Class for $14

New York Theatre Ballet
Class Description  Beginner Contemporary Class with expressive, dynamic movement material to build strength, balance, stamina, focus, and work on technique, movement skills, concentration, and self-awareness. With a strong emphasis on movement from the core, connecting physicality and emotionality, allowing dancers to explore and own their individual voice, take chances, and dance to their fullest.  About…

 
Thu 22nd
4:30pm
TAP DANCERS

TAP DANCE OPEN HOUSES WITH FREE CLASSES

American Tap Dance Foundation
THE AMERICAN TAP DANCE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES OPEN HOUSES WITH FREE CLASSES - JUNE 9 - JUNE 22 Need a place to MAKE NOISE? Put your feet to the beat! Tony Waag, Executive Director of the American Tap Dance Foundation, announced today the organization’s free upcoming tap dance Open Houses, June 9-22, at the American Tap Dance Center, 154 Christopher Street #2B between Washington & Greenwich Streets…

 
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6:30pm
Modern Afro-Cuban with Noibis Licea @ The Ailey Extension

Modern Afro-Cuban Class

NL Dance
Cuba possesses a wealth of African-derived dance traditions. This open-level class will introduce students to the rich vocabulary and technique of Afro-Cuban sacred and social dance, including those of the Orishas, deities of the Yoruba-based syncretic religion known in Cuba as Osha/Santo/Lukumi, Palo/Kongo, from the Bantu-speaking people of Central Africa and Arará, of the Ewe-fon, among others. Cuba’s…

 
6:30pm
Afrobeats class with Djoniba

Free for New Students: Afrobeats with Djoniba

Djoniba Dance Centre
Djoniba teaches his own style of Afrobeats, stemming from his many years growing up in Senegal and dancing in different clubs. Experience the urban culture of Africa with his unique fusion of soukous Congolese club moves with various Afrobeat moves from Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana & South Africa. Never taken a class at Djoniba Centre before? Come on down to 126 E 13th Street! New adult students 18+…

 
6:30pm
Brighton Ballet Theater announced  the 36th Annual Children's Festival, "The World of Dance," and new Ballet “Mavka” based on Le

New Ballet “Mavka” and the 36th Annual Children's Festival, "The World of Dance,"

Brighton Ballet Theater co inc
Brighton Ballet Theater is happy to announce returning to the Leon M. Goldstein Performing Arts Center, on a professional stage, with a new full-scale ballet Mavka and the 36th Annual Children's Dance Festival, "The World of Dance."   The original ballet "Mavka," based on a folktale by Lesya Ukrainka, "The Forest Song," celebrates BBT Artistic Director Mr. Kouchnarev's Ukrainian heritage.  The…

 
6:30pm
West African Drumming

West African Drumming w/ Vado Diomande [All Levels]

Cumbe: Center for African and Diaspora Dance
Class Description: Explore the heart of all West African musical traditions which are rooted in the strong, powerful sounds of the drum. Learn to play the many parts of djembe, doundoun, songbas and kenkenes with Vado Diomande, life-long drummer, drum-maker and repairer.  With West African Drumming you will learn to combine the vibrant beats of the drum with rhythmic movements of the dancer by signaling…

 
7:00pm
2023 DDF Postcard

2023 DUMBO Dance Festival

WHITE WAVE RISING Young Soon Kim Dance Company
On Thursday, June 22nd, WHITE WAVE Dance celebrates our 22nd Anniversary season of the DUMBO Dance Festival (DDF) with a GALA Opening that heralds the most anticipated four-day festival of contemporary dance in the greater New York City region. Committed to developing dance as an important art form, WHITE WAVE scours the globe in search of the most innovative of today's dance makers, both emerging…

 
7:00pm
Chicago Style Steppin'

Chicago Style Steppin' w/ NY Chicago Steppers [All Levels]

Cumbe: Center for African and Diaspora Dance
Class Description: Learn the smooth, sexy, and soulful art of Chicago-Style Steppin'.  Originating in Chicago, Steppin’ has its roots in Lindy Hop, Jitterbug, and the Bop, and is a sophisticated social partner dance usually done to R&B, Soul, Neo-Soul, Jazz, and Funk music. It grew in popularity in the ‘90s with the release of R. Kelly's song, "Step In the Name of Love,” and with classic…

 
7:30pm
A person stands still in the middle of whirling bodies in motion that surround them and create a feeling of chaos.

the end / the beginning

cullen+them
the end / the beginning is an existential, theatrical event about fracture and possibility. It occurs during an extended moment of collapse, in which the characters on stage begin to question their modus operandi and consider a more peaceful alternative. An amalgam of movement, narrative, and film, the work provides multiple perspectives through which to view the disintegration of their reality. In…

 
7:30pm
Batala

Batalá Brazilian Drumming w/ Deinya Phenix [All Levels]

Cumbe: Center for African and Diaspora Dance
Class Description: Learn to drum some Brazilian beats with Batalá. This group class will break down the music you've heard Batalá play, step by step. Students will be guided in proper stick technique, body positioning, performance strategies, and dynamics for playing any of 4 different drums and other percussion instruments. Play the big surdo to bring in that deep base, the repique to send…

 
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8:00pm
Choreographer Deborah Damast and Michael Kerr of DanceKerr & Dancers

Damast & Kerr: A Night of Dance

DanceKerr & Dancers
Choreographers Deborah Damast and Michael Kerr are excited to "kick off" NYC Pride 2023 sharing an evening of dance works, each presenting three repertoire works performed by a cast of 25 dancers. Reception to follow. Tickets available at DanceKerr.com 

 
8:00pm
An invitation to The Boof Quadrille, collaged over with various vintage photographs, etchings and drawings of couples dancing.

Hard/Femme Dances

Triskelion Arts
HARD/FEMME DANCES JUNE 22 & 23, 2023 8PM The Boof Quadrille is a loving spoof, pastiche, and homage to the grand social dances of the Gilded Age. Utilizing the structures of social dances such as the waltz, the quadrille, the tango, the polka and contemporary dance-making modalities and vocabularies, the Boof Quadrille is a latter-day cotillion where desire, jealousy, and one-upmanship are on full…

 
Fri 23rd
10:25am
Group Class working out in a bright studio using resistance bands

Dancers Crosstrain with ChaiseFitness!

ChaiseFitness
ChaiseFitness Calling all performers! Take advantage of our new Performance Artist Class Rate we are offering. Our co-founder Rachel Piskin is a former New York City Ballet dancer and wants to help support the dance community by offering this special rate for dancers to crosstrain with us — building strong lean muscles, supplementing their dance training.  The rate is $18 per class and…

 
6:00pm
Odissi Dance classes

Learn Indian Temple dance Odissi

Usha Dance
Want to learn how to move like the sculptures on the walls of Indian temples? Join Radhika Jha, a performer and teacher who will offer classes in a unique movement style taught to her by the late Guru Surendranath Jena, at the Consulate General of India, E64th Street, New York from 6-7.30 pm every Friday. Inspired by the sculptures in the temples of Orissa and his own knowledge of tantric practices…

 
6:30pm

Zumba® Pride Party with Mike Gomez & Will Negrillo

Alvin Ailey extension
Celebrate you and celebrate Pride at Ailey with a Zumba® Pride Party! Join the dance and get your sweat on doing fun and easy to follow moves set to high energy, motivating international music with Mike Gomez and Will Negrillo. Festive Pride dance attire is encouraged.

 
6:30pm
RabódayFit

RabódayFit w/ Robenson Mathurin [All Levels]

Cumbe: Center for African and Diaspora Dance
Class Description: Rabòday Fit fuses intense aerobic exercise with dance training and a fun party vibe! Inspired by Haitian roots, music, and traditional Haitian drum rhythms, Rabòday, the popular electronic sound emerging as the voice of the Haitian youth, connects Haiti to the wider Afro-Diaspora.  Movers will be introduced to Haitian culture in this high-energy class with intense cardio and…

 
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7:00pm
Dancer featured on the left with text description on the right of flyer

STUDIO TO STAGE, A choreographer's showcase!

Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company
Start your summer with a dose of dance. Join us in support of artists returning to the studio and stage. The 2023 STUDIO TO STAGE Choreographer's Residency and Showcase offers artists free rehearsal space, technical consultation, and includes the opportunity to perform. The program aligns with our mission and goals to provide artists with a platform and creative space. Special guest performances…

 
7:00pm
2023 DDF Postcard

2023 DUMBO Dance Festival

WHITE WAVE RISING Young Soon Kim Dance Company
On Thursday, June 22nd, WHITE WAVE Dance celebrates our 22nd Anniversary season of the DUMBO Dance Festival (DDF) with a GALA Opening that heralds the most anticipated four-day festival of contemporary dance in the greater New York City region. Committed to developing dance as an important art form, WHITE WAVE scours the globe in search of the most innovative of today's dance makers, both emerging…

 
7:30pm
A person stands still in the middle of whirling bodies in motion that surround them and create a feeling of chaos.

the end / the beginning

cullen+them
the end / the beginning is an existential, theatrical event about fracture and possibility. It occurs during an extended moment of collapse, in which the characters on stage begin to question their modus operandi and consider a more peaceful alternative. An amalgam of movement, narrative, and film, the work provides multiple perspectives through which to view the disintegration of their reality. In…

 
7:30pm
POP PERFORMANCE: MICHIYAYA

Annex Vol. III

MICHIYAYA Dance
  Annex Vol. III: Tushrik Fredericks & Tsohil Bhatia MICHIYAYA’s Annex series is a repertory initiative curating emerging choreographers with visual artists to create a new work with dance artists of MICHIYAYA. Annex Vol. III features a new performance work featuring MICHIYAYA Dance Artists with choreography by Tushrik Fredericks in collaboration with visual/performance artist Tsohil Bhatia. MICHIYAYA…

 
8:00pm
Queens Jazz Orchestra: Land of the Giants

Queens Jazz Orchestra: Land of the Giants

Flushing Town Hall
Celebrating 15 years, Queens Jazz Orchestra will present music from many of the great saxophonists hailing from Queens. Led by conductor and saxophonist Antonio Hart, this year's orchestra concert will honor jazz legends such as Jimmy Heath, John Coltrane,  Julian “Cannonball” Adderly, Ben Webster and more!

 
8:00pm
Photo of room, featuring mirror wall and sprung-wood floor

Subsidized Rehearsal Space (SUMMER HOURS)

University Settlement
Thanks to a generouse grant from NYSCA, University Settlement is now offering subsidized rehearsal space at its Houston Street Center, 273 Bowery. Room Details Sprung-wood floor Mirrored wall Maximum Capacity: 50 people Dimensions: 72 ft. x 16 ft. ( 1,115 sq feet) Amenities: Restroom Water fountain Tables/chairs upon request Heating/AC and fans Speaker and projector available upon request   Eligibility:…

 
8:00pm
Two dances face each other holding hands while they extend their other arm the ceiling

"Alvin Ailey New Directions" | NOW STREAMING FREE

ALL ARTS
Take a look inside Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's New Directions Choreography Lab in a new eight-part digital series from ALL ARTS.  Alvin Ailey New Directions follows choreographers Quilan “Cue” Arnold and Maria Bauman as they explore what it means to be an artist.  Watch free on the ALL ARTS app or stream at AllArts.org. 

 
8:00pm
An invitation to The Boof Quadrille, collaged over with various vintage photographs, etchings and drawings of couples dancing.

Hard/Femme Dances

Triskelion Arts
HARD/FEMME DANCES JUNE 22 & 23, 2023 8PM The Boof Quadrille is a loving spoof, pastiche, and homage to the grand social dances of the Gilded Age. Utilizing the structures of social dances such as the waltz, the quadrille, the tango, the polka and contemporary dance-making modalities and vocabularies, the Boof Quadrille is a latter-day cotillion where desire, jealousy, and one-upmanship are on full…

 
8:00pm
Photo of room, featuring mirror wall and sprung-wood floor

Subsidized Rehearsal Space

University Settlement
Thanks to a generouse grant from NYSCA, University Settlement is now offering subsidized rehearsal space at its Houston Street Center, 273 Bowery. Room Details Sprung-wood floor. Mirrored wall.  Maximum Capacity: 50 people Dimensions: 72 ft. x 16 ft. ( 1,115 sq feet) Amenities: Restroom Water fountain Tables/chairs upon request Heating/AC and fans Speaker and projector available upon request   Eligibility:…

 
8:00pm
MDD and NYSCA Logos

Mark DeGarmo Dance Awarded $168,500 Over 3 Years by the New York State Council on the Arts

Mark DeGarmo Dance
New York, New York - Mark DeGarmo Dance announced today three grants totaling $168,500 from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support the recovery of the nonprofit arts and culture sector. Following New York State’s historic investment for The Arts, NYSCA has awarded $90 million since Spring 2022 to a record number of artists and organizations across the state. The first two, Regrowth…

 
8:00pm
Embroidery Digitizing

Embroidery Digitizing Service

Absolute Digitizing
Absolute Digitizing offers excellent quality embroidery digitizing service and vector conversion at rock bottom prices. We have an amazing team of talented digitizers and vector artists who only know to produce the best quality. Order now and get your complete files ready for production in less than one day.

 
8:00pm
FLX Instructor Certification

FLX Instructor Certification Experience

FLX
This online course covers the fundamentals of FLX Flexibility Training at your own pace. Beyond traditional stretching [because flexibility is not just stretching], you’ll learn how to improve performance, align the body and increase your flexibility using a unique tool called the Flexistretcher. This product has been used for years to improve prima ballerinas flexibility!  YOU WILL RECEIVE FLX…

 
8:00pm
Russian Masters Ballet Intensive official course of Vaganova Academy

RUSSIAN MASTERS BALLET CAMP - official course of Vaganova Academy

Russian Masters Ballet
Official Course of Vaganova Academy Intensive training in classical dance based on the original didactics of the Vaganova school of Saint Petersburg. The course offers a comprehensive curriculum developed by the most emblematic representatives of the best institution in the field of professional ballet.

 
Sat 24th
10:00am
Three women, two seated & one standing behind, are shown smiling during an Alexander Technique class at the Balance Arts Center

Summer Alexander Technique Principles Certification

Balance Arts Center
The Alexander Technique Principles for Performing Arts Certification provides you with an overview and survey of the AT principles, application of these principles to your specific art form, and the ability to recognize and communicate the principles as they apply to your learning and teaching situations. This certification process is a 3 level sequence. Each level consists of a two-day unit that includes…

 
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11:00am
14Y Family and Youth PRIDE Celebration Day - Saturday, June 24 // 11:00 AM-5:00 PM

14th Street Y's Family & Youth PRIDE Celebration Day!

14 Street Y
Join your downtown community for a joyful day of family-friendly performances and activities to celebrate PRIDE! From drag story hour and pride concert to fun activities and giveaways—everyone is sure to have fun no matter their age! Adult and child-friendly concessions will be available for purchase. This event has “choose-to-pay tickets” starting with a free ticket option to ensure everyone…

 
12:30pm
Afrobeats class with Djoniba

Free for New Students: Afrobeats with Djoniba

Djoniba Dance Centre
Djoniba teaches his own style of Afrobeats, stemming from his many years growing up in Senegal and dancing in different clubs. Experience the urban culture of Africa with his unique fusion of soukous Congolese club moves with various Afrobeat moves from Senegal, Nigeria, Ghana & South Africa. Never taken a class at Djoniba Centre before? Come on down to 126 E 13th Street! New adult students 18+…

 
2:00pm
Black and White Headshot of Shaakir Muhammad

Shaakir Muhammad Masterclass

Brooklyn Ballet
Join Shaakir Muhammad, of the Norwegian National Ballet, for a masterclass on Saturday, June 24, 2-4pm at Brooklyn Ballet. Intermediate to advanced students, age 12-17 are welcome to attend.  The masterclass will include: ballet class, repertoire, and Q&A.  Pointe shoes aren't required. Students who dance on pointe should bring their pointe shoes. 

 
2:00pm
n/a

Collective Grounding - Contemporary Dance Class

Terre Dance Collective
Terre Dance Collective will be conducting weekly Int/Adv dance classes at The Floor every Saturday in May & June. Please email us at terredance@gmail.com with any questions. We look forward to moving with you!

 
2:00pm
Congolese Traditional & Contemporary

Congolese Traditional & Contemporary w/ Fumu Jahmez [All Levels]

Cumbe: Center for African and Diaspora Dance
Class Description: "Mutuashi is the traditional dance of the Luba people of Southern Kongo (DRC). It involves mainly hips rotation. This dance is called the dance to handle the rhythm with the body. The class will cover movement combinations demonstrated in Congo. Tshala Muana has been the champion in putting Mutuashi on the map as she is affectionately called the Queen of Mutuashi. Mutuashi is a…

 
4:00pm
2023 DDF Postcard

2023 DUMBO Dance Festival

WHITE WAVE RISING Young Soon Kim Dance Company
On Thursday, June 22nd, WHITE WAVE Dance celebrates our 22nd Anniversary season of the DUMBO Dance Festival (DDF) with a GALA Opening that heralds the most anticipated four-day festival of contemporary dance in the greater New York City region. Committed to developing dance as an important art form, WHITE WAVE scours the globe in search of the most innovative of today's dance makers, both emerging…

 
6:00pm
2023 DDF Postcard

2023 DUMBO Dance Festival

WHITE WAVE RISING Young Soon Kim Dance Company
On Thursday, June 22nd, WHITE WAVE Dance celebrates our 22nd Anniversary season of the DUMBO Dance Festival (DDF) with a GALA Opening that heralds the most anticipated four-day festival of contemporary dance in the greater New York City region. Committed to developing dance as an important art form, WHITE WAVE scours the globe in search of the most innovative of today's dance makers, both emerging…

 
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7:00pm
Whirling Dervish dancer Farima Berenji

WE ARE NATURE: Rising and Falling Solstice Celebration

NOoSPHERE Arts
ROOFTOP SEASON-OPENING EVENT Sat, Jun 24, 7 pm @NOoSPHERE Arts We will kick off our outdoor season with a music, dance, and performing arts event celebrating the summer solstice. Held in the spectacular, one-of-a-kind setting of wildflower meadows stretching across the roofs of an industrial plant against the iconic backdrop of the NYC skyline, the event will be centered around a Sufi opening ritual…

 
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7:00pm
Dancer featured on the left with text description on the right of flyer

STUDIO TO STAGE, A choreographer's showcase!

Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Company
Start your summer with a dose of dance. Join us in support of artists returning to the studio and stage. The 2023 STUDIO TO STAGE Choreographer's Residency and Showcase offers artists free rehearsal space, technical consultation, and includes the opportunity to perform. The program aligns with our mission and goals to provide artists with a platform and creative space. Special guest performances…

 
7:00pm
Whirling Dervish Farima Berenji

ROOFTOP SEASON OPENING EVENT: An Ecstatic Solstice Celebration

NOoSPHERE Arts
NOoSPHERE Arts will kick off its outdoor season with a music, dance, and performing arts event celebrating the summer solstice. Held in the spectacular, one-of-a-kind setting of wildflower meadows stretching across the roofs of an industrial plant against the iconic backdrop of the NYC skyline, the event will be centered around a Sufi opening ritual honoring nature's cycles, performed by Whirling…

 
7:00pm
Balck bellydancer in a white and brown bellydance costume on black background

Harlem Hafla Bellydance with SOUL!

Sisters in Sharqui, Inc.

 
7:00pm
A New Show the Last Saturday of Every Month: A Mime in white makeup holding their arm out.

BKBX: A Monthly Show

Broken Box Mime Theater
BKBX: A Monthly Show will treat audiences to a mix of repertoire and new experimentation in one hour-long show.  NYC’s favorite silent-storytellers are back with their fresh take on mime redefined with performances on the last Saturday of the month starting this April. The entire evening will be language-less, and feature the multiply-diverse BKBX company of performing artists in collaboration with…

 
7:30pm
A person stands still in the middle of whirling bodies in motion that surround them and create a feeling of chaos.

the end / the beginning

cullen+them
the end / the beginning is an existential, theatrical event about fracture and possibility. It occurs during an extended moment of collapse, in which the characters on stage begin to question their modus operandi and consider a more peaceful alternative. An amalgam of movement, narrative, and film, the work provides multiple perspectives through which to view the disintegration of their reality. In…

 
7:30pm
POP PERFORMANCE: MICHIYAYA

Annex Vol. III

MICHIYAYA Dance
  Annex Vol. III: Tushrik Fredericks & Tsohil Bhatia MICHIYAYA’s Annex series is a repertory initiative curating emerging choreographers with visual artists to create a new work with dance artists of MICHIYAYA. Annex Vol. III features a new performance work featuring MICHIYAYA Dance Artists with choreography by Tushrik Fredericks in collaboration with visual/performance artist Tsohil Bhatia. MICHIYAYA…

 
8:00pm
performance at Abrons Arts Center American Realness, 2013

butoh workshop

Shizu Homma
2474 Westchester Avenue (at BAAD!)   June 24 Saturday 10:10-2:50 please arrive 10 minutes early as I need to lock the space after we begin I am excited to offer 3 by donation dance classes this summer.  Each session will have a warmup, imagery exploration,  and structured improvisation. Dance making, performance tools, repertory, partnering, ensemble and solo practice, and partnering may also be…

 
Sun 25th
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9:00am
woman in meditation posture

Mind | Body | Spirit Classes

Ms. Tonya Productions, LLC
Learn Effective Techniques to manage and reduce anxiety. Every class is different. Classes incorporate physical activities such as yoga, breathwork, and exercise to promote relaxation, release tension, and enhance over all well-being. Registration closes 1hr before class start time.  Classes: Online (join from anywhere!) EST Sundays: 9am, 7pm Monday-Wednesday 730am, 9am, 8pm

 
10:00am
Three women, two seated & one standing behind, are shown smiling during an Alexander Technique class at the Balance Arts Center

Summer Alexander Technique Principles Certification

Balance Arts Center
The Alexander Technique Principles for Performing Arts Certification provides you with an overview and survey of the AT principles, application of these principles to your specific art form, and the ability to recognize and communicate the principles as they apply to your learning and teaching situations. This certification process is a 3 level sequence. Each level consists of a two-day unit that includes…

 
10:45am
Belly Dancing

Belly Dancing w/ Jaida [All Levels]

Cumbe: Center for African and Diaspora Dance
Class Description: BellyDancing core strengthening basics Belly Dancing with Jaida/ Health & Spiritual benefits Health Benefits  Build core strength, improve posture, aids in digestion, increases balance, increases circulation, helps relieve stress, excellent brain exercise for focus, memory, creativity and coordination. The fluidity of many movements incorporated may also benefit osteoporosis,…

 
12:00pm
whirler Fanny Pérez

Soul of the Sema: Whirling Workshops with Sufi Master Farima Berenji, Ph.D.

CRS (Center for Remembering & Sharing)
We will take on the path of the mystics, a journey of discovery, in space and time, reconnecting with our ancient ancestors and the origin of Sema (Sufi Whirling) and traditions of Ancient Iran, Greater Khorasan, Kurdistan, Central Asia, and the Indus Valley. We will study the sacred rituals, whirling, mystic teachings, music, and prayers of our ancient past from great masters such as Attar, Shams,…

 
12:00pm
West African Guinean

West African Guinean w/ Darian Parker [Beg Level]

Cumbe: Center for African and Diaspora Dance
Class Description: The amazing Darian Parker will share the soulful and intricate dances of Mali, West Africa. Class begins with a warm-up that is designed to improve flexibility, strengthen the core, improve stamina, and get acquainted with West African music. The second part of the class starts with a brief history and context of the dances (that will inform your execution of the movements) and…

 
1:30pm

Dunham-Informed Jazz Technique w/ Candice Franklin [All Levels]

Cumbe: Center for African and Diaspora Dance
Class Description:  Dancers will look at vernacular Jazz and its roots, Dunham's movement vocabulary used in Jazz dance, and traditional modern Jazz motifs, and experiment with the three to ultimately create a concert Jazz movement piece.  This high-energy class encourages fun and the freedom of expression through artistry, improvisation, and embellishment of choreography regardless of skill…

 
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2:00pm
a flyer containing images of performers in the background of a shape of a house with the days events listed in white

PRIDE: The House Party

New York Live Arts
6TH ANNUAL NEW YORK LIVE ARTS PRIDE: THE HOUSE PARTY Live Arts’ Pride: The House Party epic celebration embodies and honors the historical importance and unwavering power of houses, collectives, and chosen family in LGBTQIA culture. Both legendary and young families from NYC’s queer nightlife and art scene come together under one roof to serve up the city’s most colorful and fierce performance,…

 
2:00pm
ASA Fitness

ASA Fitness w/ Dianne Adkins [All Levels]

Cumbe: Center for African and Diaspora Dance
Class Description: ASA! Fitness is a low-impact, high-intensity, total body dance fitness program.  Set to the latest tunes in Afrobeat, Azonto, Akayida, Makossa and Ndombolo,  ASA! Fitness infuses the latest and most classic African dance movements with innovative exercise.  The routines in ASA! Fitness are designed to target and enhance cardiorespiratory capacity, dynamic strength, functional…

 
4:00pm
2023 DDF Postcard

2023 DUMBO Dance Festival

WHITE WAVE RISING Young Soon Kim Dance Company
On Thursday, June 22nd, WHITE WAVE Dance celebrates our 22nd Anniversary season of the DUMBO Dance Festival (DDF) with a GALA Opening that heralds the most anticipated four-day festival of contemporary dance in the greater New York City region. Committed to developing dance as an important art form, WHITE WAVE scours the globe in search of the most innovative of today's dance makers, both emerging…

 
6:00pm
2023 DDF Postcard

2023 DUMBO Dance Festival

WHITE WAVE RISING Young Soon Kim Dance Company
On Thursday, June 22nd, WHITE WAVE Dance celebrates our 22nd Anniversary season of the DUMBO Dance Festival (DDF) with a GALA Opening that heralds the most anticipated four-day festival of contemporary dance in the greater New York City region. Committed to developing dance as an important art form, WHITE WAVE scours the globe in search of the most innovative of today's dance makers, both emerging…

 
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7:00pm
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Mind | Body | Spirit Classes

Ms. Tonya Productions, LLC
Learn Effective Techniques to manage and reduce anxiety. Every class is different. Classes incorporate physical activities such as yoga, breathwork, and exercise to promote relaxation, release tension, and enhance over all well-being. Registration closes 1hr before class start time.  Classes: Online (join from anywhere!) EST Sundays: 9am, 7pm Monday-Wednesday 730am, 9am, 8pm

 
8:00pm
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K.J. Holmes: Combining Disciplines for Creative Performance

Bearnstow
June 25 – July 1, 2023 This creative residency is a return to community.  Community of dance and landscape, learning more together about our personal natures within the natural setting of beautiful Bearnstow.  It is a renewal and a recharge.   The workshop itself brings together decades of dance and improvisation, somatic research, theater of the body and vocal practices. It will offer students…

 
10:00pm

Lincoln Center's Summer for the City presents ABT Silent Disco with DJ Remeice and Tyler Maloney

Lincoln Center
This silent disco is sure to turn up the volume! As a queer DJ, Remeice has enjoyed working alongside many Queer artists & performers. Co-hosting the evening will be ABT dancer extraordinaire, Tyler Maloney. Suit up in your favorite dancing shoes and get ready to twirl it out on the dance floor to a style similar to the likes of Rupaul, 80s/90s dance classics, queer-friendly hiphop influence with familiar…

 
A person stands in the middle of a whirling group of people, attempting to find peace amidst the chaos of the world around them.

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