Tuesday, April 2, 1-2 pm Come to a free information session about Gibney’s Dance in Process Residency program. The program offers three-week residencies with financial support to “mid-career” New York City-based artists at the “mid-stage” of a creative project. The info session will discuss the parameters of eligibility, details of what the program provides and […]
BLACK IN BALLET Guest Host: Danni Gee Core Participants: Virginia Johnson, Theresa Ruth Howard, Chris Rudd, Gabrielle Civil. Last autumn, we mourned the passing of the great Arthur Mitchell. This year with the 50th Anniversary of Dance Theatre of Harlem, we pay tribute to his legacy. Let’s talk about the history and current achievements of […]
Thursday, April 4, 6-7 pm Come to a free information session about Gibney’s Dance in Process Residency program. The program offers three-week residencies with financial support to “mid-career” New York City-based artists at the “mid-stage” of a creative project. The info session will discuss the parameters of eligibility, details of what the program provides and […]
Evelyn Lilian Sánchez Narvaez is a wild wom(b)yn/child fighting to understand the depths of their inner power. Evelyn will be unearthing her story of “being cool” as survival. Living Gallery, a monthly program curated by Eva Yaa Asantewaa and produced in the Gibney Gallery, presents live performance of storytelling, monologues, spoken word, stand-up, or creative […]
LES BALLET AFRIK CROSSROADS In his new work in progress, Crossroads, Omari Mizrahi honors the obstacles one must face in life. The work will be built on the human experience of moving through life’s difficulties and aim to expose its vulnerabilities and fears. How will you judge us as we fearlessly let you in? Ousmane […]
Join us for showings by Meghan Herzfeld, Rebecca Margolick, and 江峰 Jiang Feng. Moderated by Mitsuko Verdery. FREE. No RSVP required. ShowDown is a performance and feedback series for works-in-progress. The program provides emerging and mid-career dance artists an opportunity to show unfinished work in an informal, welcoming setting, with a feedback session following the […]
DAncers' economic empowerment program Learn the basics of fundraising, grant writing, and individual giving strategies from a fundraising expert who will share some tools and knowledge that will help you raise money for your dance projects. Dancer’s Economic Empowerment Program (DEEP) investigates the points in an artistic career where dancers most need support and provides […]
KELLY BARTNIK FUCK / LOVE: the poetics of adoration Fuck / Love: The Poetics of Adoration is an exploration of the emotional disconnect between physicality and language. How do we communicate when words aren't enough? How do emotions manifest in our bodies and what is the resulting effect of how we choose to name them? […]
Curated by Gibney’s Equity Action Committee, Immigrant Artistry Week April 15-22, 2019 is Gibney’s celebration of NYC's Immigrant Heritage Week. Join us in Gibney's Gallery at 280 Broadway for interactive storytelling installations and audio from the Queens Borough Public Library archive. Join us April 18th for Home-Cooked featuring a salon style performances by Frank Malloy […]
HOMEBOUND/ALAALA In his new work for Ballet Hispánico, Homebound/Alaala, Filipino-American choreographer Bennyroyce Royon explores the intersection of the Latino and Asian cultures through ideas including the spirit of communal unity (bayanihan), the resilience of women, overcoming hardship, and the quest for home. Royon will be joined by Eduardo Vilaro, Artistic Director & CEO of Ballet […]
APRIL 18, 2019 6:30 PM - 7:00 PM: POTLUCK DROP OFF + INTERACTIVE STORY SHARING 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM: PERFORMANCES Curated by Gibney’s Equity Action Committee, Immigrant Artistry: Home-Cooked is a celebration of food, performance, and stories on April 18, 2019 as part of Gibney’s observance of Immigrant Artistry Week. The evening will include […]
Bobbi Jene's work explores the intersection of physicality, virtuosity, and desire. With a focus on extremes: delicacy and explosiveness, simple and detailed, personal and political, pain and pleasure. She choreographs situations where we are able to see people behave, rather than perform. Asking artists to execute a series of tasks so difficult that it requires […]
canceled. DMI Professional Workshop Everything we search, buy, surf, eat, and photograph is under constant surveillance. As our documented digital lives move toward the increasingly uncanny use of facial and body recognition in public spaces, how can artists bring awareness of how these technologies reveal, distort, and obscure our individual stories and the concept of […]
Join us in studio 5-2 for showings by Chris Bell, Graham Cole and Joanna Warren. Moderated by Megan Williams. FREE. No RSVP required. Show/Share is a sharing and feedback series for works-in-progress at Gibney 890 Broadway. The program provides dance artists an opportunity to show ten minutes of unfinished work in an informal, welcoming setting. […]
DANCE IS SEX POSITIVE Guest Host: Sydnie Mosley Core Participants: Antonio Ramos, luciana achugar, Ashley RT Yergens, David Thomson, Sarah A. O. Rosner This month, our conversation turns to bodily pleasure from the perspective of dance—decolonizing sexuality as a theme in dance and empowering joy as a way of healthy sexuality. Photo of SLMDances' work […]
Living Gallery, a monthly program curated by Eva Yaa Asantewaa and produced in the Gibney Gallery, presents live performance of storytelling, monologues, spoken word, stand-up, or creative talks. Each performance—free and open to the public—runs approximately 30 minutes, usually scheduled within the hour before a dance concert presented in Gibney’s Theater. We welcome you to […]
EMERGE CHANEL DASILVA, BOBBI JENE SMITH & MICAELA TAYLOR EMERGE is an innovative platform for emerging creators to create new work on world-class dancers and present their work in one of the most exciting venues in New York City. The 2019 EMERGE program features New York City-based choreographers Chanel DaSilva and Bobbi Jene Smith alongside […]
Join us for showings by Diane Tomasi, Beth Jucovy, and Magda Kaczmarska. Moderated by Joey Kipp. FREE. No RSVP required. ShowDown is a performance and feedback series for works-in-progress. The program provides emerging and mid-career dance artists an opportunity to show unfinished work in an informal, welcoming setting, with a feedback session following the performances […]