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 […]
CELEBRATE Join us as we celebrate 20 years of Community Action using movement to transform lives in shelters, in schools, and on stage. Gibney's 2019 Gala honors a collective of Champions who continue to make this work possible. The evening will feature delicious food and drinks, moving performances by Gibney Dance Company and Sanctuary for […]
LOOKING FORWARD/LOOKING BACK AT 50 In its 50th year, Dance Theatre of Harlem has a long history of redefining the look and feel of classical ballet. Artistic Director Virginia Johnson brings together three generations of DTH dance artists for a conversation on the impact of the company and school on the Harlem community and the […]
HEAD, FAIRIES, AND TALES WITH MARTIN DUROV AND LAJA FIELD Price: $275.00 Awaken the body's full capacity, ignite the senses and embody vastly different movement qualities. Digging in through physicality to spark the mind and encourage theatricality to stem from impulse. Fully enlivened explore the endless possibilities of performance. ABOUT LAJAMARTIN Co-Founders, Laja Field and […]
HILARY EASTON + CO. NOTHING IS PERFECT, NOTHING IS FINISHED. Nothing is perfect, nothing is finished. is a dance work by choreographer Hilary Easton with longtime collaborators/dancers Alexandra Albrecht and Michael Ingle, and many audience-collaborators. The dance examines a state of “overripeness”, looking at decay or devolution as essential and exquisite. Nothing is… will be […]
Envisioned and designed collaboratively with Miguel Gutierrez, LANDING is an experiment in pedagogy, research, mentorship, and possibility. As a part of the conclusion of this year’s program, join us for an open house with the LANDING participants! No RSVP required. ABOUT LANDING Envisioned and designed collaboratively with Miguel Gutierrez, LANDING is an experiment in pedagogy, research, […]
DMI TECH TUESDAY INTENSIVE February - June 2019 TWICE Monthly on the First & Third Tuesday 4:00 - 5:30 pm Price: $100 Participants are required to attend every session and must sign up by the first session on Tuesday, February 5th. Gibney’s DMI staff lead this intensive that will teach students every aspect of creating […]
WITH Jawole WILLA JO ZOLLAR & URBAN BUSH WOMEN Price: $500.00 Earlybird Special: $425.00 Before March 18, 2019 Urban Bush Women share their process of art making involving iterative cycles of rigorous embodied research informed by culture, politics and history. Engage with UBW-led physical practices, explore how they develop solo practice as a rigorous discipline […]
MARKED DANCE PROJECT BROKEN/OPEN TICKETS: $15 IN ADVANCE, $20 AT THE DOOR broken/open will be a full-evening of some of MDP's most popular pieces from the past year. Choreographed by Mark Travis Rivera, broken/open will explore the human experience of being broken and how one heals and becomes open to the possibilities of their lives. broken/open […]
MAY 19 & 26 4:00 - 6:00 PM 2-CLASS SERIES: $42 SINGLE CLASS: $25 Join Master Teacher Baba Richard Gonzalez in this series that melds modern dance with the flavor of Afro-Caribbean and African-American dance styles. Classes begin with a classic modern warm up to enhance dancers’ technique then moves into dance phrases that encompass […]
DMI Professional Workshop While these might just sound like technology buzzwords, big data and machine learning can yield rich and topically relevant source material that can be translated into visual, audio, narrative, or choreographic patterns to inform your work. In this workshop we’ll discuss how to identify sources relevant to your creative investigation from a […]
GDC Curated is an outlet for Gibney Dance Company to present the work of diverse choreographers who share the values of its unique model, viewing dance artists as innovators, generators, and activists. Now in its third annual season, GDC has curated this series prioritizing creators who work with an aesthetic of physical rigor, uncompromising tenacity, […]