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Léa Fleytoux in The Kingdom of the Shades, part of American Ballet Theatre's fall season. Photo by Emma Zordan.
Catch American Ballet Theatre, Tiler Peck and her talented pals, Paris Opera Ballet and more
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In addition to many celebrated American dance icons, including a farewell performance by American Ballet Theatre's Misty Copeland and an evening of contemporary dance curated by New York City Ballet's Tiler Peck, there are many international companies visiting NYC this month. France is particularly well-represented, with the venerable Paris Opera Ballet at New York City Center, Ballet Preljocaj at The Joyce Theater and additional French offerings courtesy of L'Alliance New York's adventurous Crossing The Line Festival.
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New York Live Arts, 219 West 19th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in Chelsea
Runs October 9-11
Kinetic Light, a pioneering ensemble showcasing queer dancers with disabilities, presents this world premiere billed as a "multimedia disability arts experience." Performed by company founder Alice Sheppard alongside three collaborators, The Next TiMes uses video projections and movement to conjure a dystopian future where love and connection are the only escape. Tickets are pay-what-you-wish starting at $5 and masks are required.
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New York City Center, 131 West 55th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in Midtown West
Runs October 9-12
The illustrious Paris Opera Ballet returns to NYC after more than a decade's absence with Red Carpet, created by Hofesh Shechter, the London-based Israeli dance-maker who earned a Tony nomination for choreographing the most recent Broadway revival of Fiddler on the Roof. In this boldly contemporary new work, Shechter explores the blurry line between glamour and art as 13 dancers in Chanel and four tuxedoed musicians preen, pose, play and perform in a collision of movement and sound.
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The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street in Chelsea
Runs October 14-19
In honor of its 80th anniversary season, the Limón Dance Company returns to The Joyce with a pair of seminal works by its namesake, José Limón, a leading figure in the birth of American modern dance. His elegant 1942 solo Chaconne, set to Bach, is reimagined as a multigenerational ensemble piece featuring both current and former company dancers. There's also a reconstruction of The Emperor Jones (1956), his powerful exploration of authority, vulnerability and male identity inspired by the Eugene O'Neill play of the same name. More than a half century after Limón's death, the troupe continues to thrive by celebrating his legacy while also commissioning invigorating new works. Accordingly, this program includes a world premiere by Mexican choreographer Diego Vega Solorza, Jamelgos, that explores gender in his home country.
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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 15-November 1. If you're a TDF member, log in to your account and search for ABT to purchase discount tickets to select programs.
American Ballet Theatre marks its 85th year with a three-week fall season encompassing a broad range of dynamic repertory. There are early works from its first decade by Agnes de Mille, Antony Tudor and George Balanchine; timeless touchstones such as Les Sylphides and "The Kingdom of the Shades" from La Bayadère; contemporary creations by Alexei Ratmansky and a world premiere from Juliano Nunes set to music by Luke Howard. The run launches with an all-Twyla Tharp program, including her iconic Push Comes to Shove, which hasn't been performed for 25 years. There's also an array of pas de deux showcasing ABT's roster of principals, along with the October 22 gala featuring a farewell performance by the legendary Misty Copeland, which will also be live-streamed at Alice Tully Hall for free (tickets will be given out starting at 4 p.m., first come, first served).
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Powerhouse Arts, 322 Third Avenue between Carroll and 3rd Streets in Gowanus, Brooklyn
Runs October 16-18
The inaugural Powerhouse: International—an ambitious, multidisciplinary festival—presents the US premiere of Greek choreographer Christos Papadopoulos' Larsen C. Taking its title from the large Antarctic ice sheet that broke away in 2017, this piece translates the transformations taking place in our environment into compelling motion.
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New York City Center, 131 West 55th Street between Sixth and Seventh Avenues in Midtown West
Runs October 16-19
A few days after closing out her busy New York City Ballet fall season, the company's versatile and stellar principal dancer, Tiler Peck, leads an ensemble of her peers in a program of contemporary choreography she curated. The bill features William Forsythe's The Barre Project (Blake Works II) set to tunes by singer-songwriter James Blake; Peck's serenely beautiful Thousandth Orange, performed to a score by Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw; Alonzo King's Swift Arrow and Time Spell, a celebratory fusion of tap, ballet and improvisation choreographed by Michelle Dorrance, Jillian Meyers and Peck. Peck dances in all the works save for Thousandth Orange, which stars a cast of leading NYC Ballet members.
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92NY, 1395 Lexington Avenue at 92nd Street on the Upper East Side
Runs October 17-18
With an eclectic background that includes training in Chinese traditional and folk dance in her native Shanghai along with a master's in dance from NYU, Yue Yin brings a wealth of influences and experience to the choreography she creates for her YY Dance Company. For 92NY's Harkness Dance Center, the troupe presents the world premiere of Elsewhere, the final part of a trilogy exploring identity, purpose and our place in the cosmos.
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14Y Theater, 344 East 14th Street between First and Second Avenues in the East Village
Runs October 17-19
The late Charles Moore (1928-1986) was a pioneering dancer, choreographer and research scholar, whose Brooklyn-based company reconstructed African and Caribbean traditional dances and revived works by African choreographers. For this celebration of his life and legacy, Clark Center NYC joins forces with From the Horse's Mouth, a dance-theatre organization specializing in personal portraits and tributes to major artists through dance and storytelling. Along with performances, the multiday lineup includes remembrances from Moore's students, company members and other colleagues.
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La MaMa's The Downstairs, 66 East 4th Street between Bowery and Second Avenue in the East Village
Runs October 17-November 2. If you're a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
Choreographer and filmmaker Tamar Rogoff's new multimedia piece is a cautionary tale about beauty standards. The setting is a grotesque game show where contestants compete to lose weight and look younger. Humorous and horrifying, Drop Dead… Gorgeous was inspired in part by Rogoff's own body image issues as an adolescent ballerina. Performed by a cast of four, the piece is set to an original score by Avi Fox-Rosen and features video and scenic design by Lianne Arnold. Each performance is followed by a talkback, with Rogoff and cast members joined by experts from the medical and performing arts fields.
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BAM Fisher, 321 Ashland Place between Lafayette Avenue and Hanson Place in Fort Greene
Runs October 21-25
Veteran solo performer Eiko Otake (formerly of Eiko & Koma) can be counted on for hypnotic and resonant works that invite viewers to lean in. She joins forces with Wen Hui of Living Dance Studio for What Is War, which fuses movement, video and their own personal histories to explore the impact of war and its aftermath on society.
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The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street in Chelsea
Runs October 21-26
Angelin Preljocaj, a leading figure on France's contemporary dance scene, brings his company back to The Joyce for the US debut of Gravity. In this highly kinetic work, Preljocaj and his dancers explore literal and metaphysical concepts of connection, what ties us to our planet and to each other, through evocative movement and striking spectacle.
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541 Broadway between Houston and Prince Streets in Soho
Runs October 22-November 8
The late David Gordon (1936-2022) was a wryly imaginative and influential post-modern choreographer and theatre artist. Over many decades, he often performed with his equally venerated and distinctive wife Valda Setterfield (1934-2023). In 1975, they performed Times Four, a duet that has not been seen since, though Gordon long hoped to revive it. That's finally happening thanks to downtown dance luminaries Wally Cardona and Molly Lieber, who have "excavated and reconceived" the piece from video fragments and handwritten notes. Even more poignant: the duo will perform it in the same Soho loft where it debuted!
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Powerhouse Arts, 322 Third Avenue between Carroll and 3rd Streets in Gowanus, Brooklyn
Runs October 28-30
The title of Brussels-based choreographer Soa Ratsifandrihana's work translates as "comparison, transference and rivalry" in Malagasy, the language of her native Madagascar. A collaboration with guitarist Joël Rabesolo and performers Audrey Merilus and Stanley Ollivier, the piece incorporates voices, gestures and rhythms to explore their varied origins and histories. Co-presented by Powerhouse: International and L'Alliance New York's Crossing The Line Festival.
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BAM Fisher, 321 Ashland Place between Lafayette Avenue and Hanson Place in Fort Greene
Runs October 28-November 1
Richard Move, a dancer-choreographer acclaimed for his ability to channel the legendary persona of Martha Graham, recreates a 1963 public interview conducted by Walter Terry, a leading dance critic of that era, with the grande dame of modern dance. Celebrated playwright-performer Lisa Kron takes on the role of Terry, who asks Graham about the meaning and method behind her most iconic works. But this isn't all talk: two eminent former Graham dancers, Catherine Cabeen and PeiJu Chien-Pott, demonstrate some of her signature moves.
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The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street in Chelsea
Runs October 28-November 1
Souhail Marchiche and Mehdi Meghari, the collaborative duo behind this cutting-edge French troupe, were schooled in hip-hop. In Le Grand Bal, an hour-long piece for eight dancers, they combine elements of contemporary dance and hip-hop into viscerally intense, feverish movement to explore fighting against confinement. Patrick De Oliveira supplies the pulsating score. Co-presented by L'Alliance New York's Crossing The Line Festival.
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Baryshnikov Arts Center, 450 West 37th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenues in Midtown West
Runs October 29-30
Two decades ago when Baryshnikov Arts opened, two young choreographers named Aszure Barton and Benjamin Millepied were invited to create works at the new venue as well as collaborate with Mikhail Baryshnikov himself. Both artists made an impact from the start, and they've gone on to have flourishing and wide-ranging careers, leading their own companies and creating pieces for prominent troupes around the world. In honor of Baryshnikov Arts' 20th anniversary season, they return to offer a shared program of their latest choreography.
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