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Tere O’Connor’s Construct-a-Guy and The Lace at New York Live Arts reveal forty years of choreographic multiplicity, precision, and expanded consciousness.

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Tere O’Connor’s Construct-a-Guy and The Lace at New York Live Arts: Architectures of Multiplicity

Tere O’Connor’s Construct-a-Guy and The Lace at New York Live Arts bring forty years of choreographic thinking into a single program. These dances reveal O’Connor’s evolving architectures of multiplicity, rigor, and queer complexity, inviting audiences into a system of movement shaped by

December 5, 2025

In Performance – Lisa Clair, What’s YOUR Problem? (SFX)

Lisa Clair What’s YOUR Problem? // A Deep Space Lounge Act January 6th at 8pm SFX The Wild Project 195 E 3rd St Once Lisa Clair went deaf in one ear. But did it mean she had a disease, or was it

January 12, 2017

In Performance: Anatomy Theater (Prototype 2017)

Anatomy Theater (Prototype 2017) New York City Premiere January 7, 8 and 10-14 at 8 PM Composer: David Lang Librettists: Mark Dion & David Lang Director: Bob McGrath Conductor: Christopher Rountree It is sometime in the nineteenth century, somewhere in the western

January 12, 2017

In Performance – Yehuda Duenyas, CVRTAIN (COIL 2017)

Yehuda Duenyas CVRTAIN January 3 5-7pm January 4-6 12-6pm January 10-15 12-6pm COIL 2017 151 Gallery 132 West 18th St CVRTAIN Employee: Have you ever had a VR experience before? Me: Not really. CVRTAIN Employee: It’s okay. This was my first, too.

January 12, 2017

In Performance: Jen Rosenblit, Clap Hands (American Realness 2017)

CLAP HANDS Jen Rosenblit Jan 6-10, 2017 Abrons Arts Center, Experimental Theater Metal bleachers line the walls of the Abrons Experimental Theater at the top of Clap Hands, the latest movement-text mashup from creator Jen Rosenblit. With only a breath of separation

January 11, 2017

In Performance: Trajal Harrell, Twenty Looks…(S) (American Realness)

American Realness Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church (S) Trajal Harrell (USA) Abrons Arts Center, Playhouse 466 Grand St January 6-10 The stage of the Abrons Playhouse has been transformed into a runway, a black strip running down

January 11, 2017

In Performance: Karol Tyminski, This Is A Musical (American Realness)

American Realness This is a musical Karol Tyminski (Poland) Abrons Arts Center, Underground Theater 466 Grand St January 6-10 Karol Tyminski’s searing This is a musical offers up the queer body as a site of pleasure, trauma, and defiance. Tyminski begins by

January 11, 2017

In Performance – Sarah Small, Secondary Dominance (Prototype Festival)

Sarah Small Secondary Dominance January 6, 7, & 11-14, 9pm Prototype 2017 HERE 145 6th Avenue, New York In Secondary Dominance, the multi-media concert debuting at Prototype after over a decade in development, creator Sarah Smalls and director Wade McCollum build an evening

January 11, 2017

In Performance – Britt Hatzius, Blind Cinema (COIL 2017)

Britt Hatzius Blind Cinema January 9-12, 5:30pm COIL SVA Theatre 333 West 23rd Street, New York “It’s white. Nothing is happening… Still nothing is happening…” a high, breathy voice begins to whisper through frequent “ums” and pauses into a black funnel pressed against my

January 10, 2017

In Performance: Ligia Lewis – Minor Matter (American Realness 2017)

Ligia Lewis – Minor Matter (US Premier) Sunday, January 8, 5pm – SOLD OUT* Monday, January 9, 7pm – SOLD OUT* Tuesday, January 10, 4pm – SOLD OUT* Abrons Arts Center, Experimental Theater 466 Grand Street, Manhattan Minor Matter is uncomfortable. Rage

January 10, 2017

In Performance – Juliana F. May, Adult Documentary (American Realness 2017)

Juliana F. May Adult Documentary January 7, 5:30pm January 8, 8:30pm January 9, 1pm January 10, 10pm American Realness Abrons Art Center 466 Grand St, New York What is the relationship between the form of language and it’s meaning? Can a word’s “shape”

January 10, 2017

In Performance: AmeriSHOWZ, Circle of Champions 2017 (American Realness)

American Realness Circle of Champions 2017 AmeriSHOWZ (NYC) Gibney Dance: Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center 280 Broadway Jan 6 – 8pm Jan 7 – 8pm Jan 8 – 8pm AmeriSHOWZ, the brainchild of choreographer Alex Rodabaugh, advertises itself as “one of the

January 10, 2017

IN PERFORMANCE: MOLLY LIEBER + ELEANOR SMITH – BASKETBALL (COIL 2017)

Molly Lieber + Eleanor Smith – Basketball (World Premiere) Saturday, Jan 7, 7pm Sunday, Jan 8, 4pm + 7pm Monday, Jan 9, 4pm Tuesday, Jan 10, 7pm at Howard Gilman Performance Space, Baryshnikov Arts Center, 450 West 37th Street, Manhattan Basketball is a team sport. It

January 10, 2017

In Performance: Tina Satter/Half Straddle, Ghost Rings (American Realness)

Tina Satter/Half Straddle Ghost Rings Sunday, January 8, 10:00pm Monday, January 9, 2:30pm and 8:30pm Tuesday, January 10, 2:30pm American Realness Abrons Arts Center, Playhouse 466 Grand Street A neon outline of a ghost and a heart hangs above the audience of

January 10, 2017

In Performance: Forced Entertainment’s Real Magic (Coil 2017)

Forced Entertainment’s Real Magic Thursday, January 5, 6pm Friday, January 6, 3pm Saturday, January 7, 9pm Sunday, Jan 8, 12pm PS122’s COIL Festival at La MaMa, Ellen Stewart Theatre 66 East 4th Street, Manhattan Forced Entertainment’s Real Magic is simple. Three performers

January 9, 2017

In Performance: Big Dance Theater, Cage Shuffle (American Realness)

Big Dance Theater Cage Shuffle Saturday, January 7, 4:00pm and 7:00pm Sunday, January 8, 4:00pm and 7:00pm American Realness Abrons Arts Center, Studio G05 466 Grand Street On each audience seat was a card with a simple explanation of what was about

January 8, 2017

In Performance – Kate McIntosh, Worktable (COIL 2017)

Kate McIntosh Worktable January 5-7, 12-8pm January 8, 11-7pm January 9, 12-8pm COIL 2017 The Invisible Dog Art Center 51 Bergen Street, Brooklyn Destruction and renewal are the central themes of Kate MctIntosh’s remarkable installation, Worktable, however the piece also inspires

January 8, 2017

In Performance: Ni’ja Whitson: A Meditation on Tongues (American Realness)

Ni’ja Whitson: A Meditation on Tongues (World Premiere) Sunday, January 8, 8:30 PM Monday, January 9, 4 PM American Realness Festival Abrons Arts Center, Underground Theater 466 Grand Street New York, NY United States The performance begins in the cramped corridor of Abrons

January 8, 2017

In Performance: Custodians of Beauty – Pavel Zustiak/Palissimo (COIL 2017)

PS 122 COIL 2017 Custodians of Beauty Pavel Zustiak/Palissimo (NYC) La MaMa, The Downstairs 66 E 4th St Jan 5 – 8pm Jan 6 – 5pm Jan 7 – 5:30pm Jan 8 – 2pm A dancer in all black, barely visible, folds

January 8, 2017

In Performance: Meg Stuart, An evening of solo works (American Realness)

In the four solos making up this program, Meg Stuart passes through phrases, gestures, and poses with a rapid fluidity. Like a swimmer tapping the side of the pool between lengths, her body moves towards an image or an idea, touches it

January 6, 2017

In Performance: Coil 2017 – Meeting – Antony Hamilton and Alisdair Macindoe (Australia)

PS122 COIL Meeting Antony Hamilton and Alisdair Macindoe (Australia) La MaMa Ellen Stewart Theater 66 E 4th St Jan 6- 9pm Jan 7- 1pm, 4pm Jan 8- 5pm On the floor of the stage space, 64 small machines arranged in a circle

January 6, 2017

Special Effects Festival Jan 6-8, 2017 NYC

Contemporary Performance announces the festival Special Effects from January 6-8, 2017. The festival consists of artists from the Contemporary Performance Network presenting work at The Wild Project in the NYC’s East Village. Curated by network editors Caden Manson and Jemma Nelson. Artist

December 14, 2016

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In Performance: The Builders Association’s Elements Of Oz December 1-18, 2016 (NYC)

Builders Association ELEMENTS OF OZ Co-presented with 3LD Center for Art & Technology December 1-18, times vary Tickets $15-$25 Use code GLINDA2020 to get $5 off opening weekend tickets (December 1-4). Location: 3LD Center for Art & Technology Address: 80 Greenwich St, New

November 26, 2016

In Performance – RECESS: Dance of Light, June 6 & 7, 8pm (NYC)

RECESS: Dance of Light Created and performed by Michael Helland Presented June 6 & 7, 8pm NDA Performance Mix Festival at Abrons Arts Center Tickets $20 “It’s time for RECESS: recharge your batteries and combat the symptoms of neoliberal fatigue!” RECESS:

June 6, 2016

In Performance: Go down, MosesRomeo Castellucci June 9-12, 2016 (NYCish)

American Premiere Go down, MosesRomeo Castellucci Jun 9 7:30 pm; Jun 10 7:30 pm; Jun 11 8:00 pm; Jun 12 3:00 pm BUY TICKETS “Staggering…enigmatic…revolutionary” – Télérama (France) Italian director Romeo Castellucci, one of the most innovative artists of our time, returns to Peak

May 26, 2016

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