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Gallim Dance Brings Youthful Exuberance to PS21

(CHATHAM, N.Y.) – Brooklyn-based contemporary dance company Gallim Dance brings its inventive combination of quick wit, movement, introspection, youthful exuberance, and technical virtuosity to PS21: Performance Spaces for the 21st Century on Friday and Saturday, August 14 and 15, 2015, at 8pm. Gallim will be performing two pieces by company founder, artistic director and choreographer…

ZviDance Previews New Work at Kaatsbaan

(TIVOLI, N.Y.) – ZviDance concludes its residency at Kaatsbaan International Dance Center on Saturday, April 4, 2015 at 7:30pm with a work-in-progress showing of “Escher/Bacon/Rothko,” set to premiere in at New York Live Arts in Manhattan in June 2015. ZviDance, a company comprised of athletic and lyrical dancers, blends contemporary aesthetics with lush, full-bodied movement.…

Stephen Petronio Offers Preview of World Premiere at Kaatsbaan in Tivoli

(TIVOLI, N.Y.) – The Stephen Petronio Company will perform its new two-part work, “Locomotor/Non Locomotor,” at Kaatsbaan International Dance Center on Saturday, March 28, 2015, at 7:30 pm, one week before its official world premiere at New York City’s Joyce Theater. Last year’s dance, “Locomotor,” cast the virtuosic dancers careening forward and backward through time…

Camille A. Brown & Dancers to Perform at Williams

(WILLIAMSTOWN, Mass.) – Camille A. Brown & Dancers perform a new work about black female identity at the ’62 Center for Theatre and Dance at Williams College on Tuesday, November 4, 2014, at 8pm. Using Angela Davis’ book “Blues Legacies and Black Feminism” and Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” as inspiration, the multimedia work, performed…

Choreographer Kyle Abraham to Unveil New Work at MASS MoCA

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – Choreographer/dancer Kyle Abraham and his ensemble, Abraham.In.Motion, will unveil “The Watershed,” a new, evening-length work in Abraham’s signature blend of classical form, postmodern invention, and urban influences in the Hunter Center at MASS MoCA on Saturday, October 18, at 8pm, and Sunday, October 19, at 3pm. Tackling subject matter from the…

Festival Brings All-Star Modern Dance Lineup to Catskill

(CATSKILL, N.Y.) – An all-star lineup of dance ensembles, including Dorrance Dance, Gallim Dance, KEIGWIN + COMPANY, Paul Taylor Dance Company, and Pontus Lidberg Dance are taking part in the second annual Hudson Valley Dance Festival at the Historic Catskill Point on Saturday, October 11, 2014, at 5pm. The event is produced by and benefits…

Paul Taylor Dance Company Returns to Mahaiwe with New England Premiere

(GREAT BARRINGTON, Mass.) – Paul Taylor Dance Company returns to the Mahaiwe for its sixth consecutive summer season on Friday and Saturday, May 24 and May 25, 2013, at 8pm and Sunday, May 26, 2013, at 3pm and 7pm. The performances include the New England premiere of Taylor’s Perpetual Dawn (2013), which depicts young people…

Alaskan Dance Work About Salmon Swims into MASS MoCA

(NORTH ADAMS, Mass.) – After a week-long dance residency, Alaskan choreographer Emily Johnson and her company, Catalyst, present a work-in-progress showing of her newest work, Niicugni (Listen), in MASS MoCA’s Hunter Center on Friday, November 16, 2012, at 8 pm. Up to 40 participants from the local community will participate in this piece. Johnson will…