15 Dance Performances to See in June
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Oona Doherty: Navy Blue
The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street in Chelsea
Runs June 4-9. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
The cutting-edge Irish dance-maker Oona Doherty is known for her bracing, highly charged work. She makes her Joyce debut with the evening-length Navy Blue, a fusion of movement, poetry and politics exploring how we can fight for a better future. A dozen dancers perform to an electronic soundtrack comprised of pieces by Sergeï Rachmaninoff and deejay Jamie xx.
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BAM Howard Gilman Opera House, 30 Lafayette Avenue between Ashland Place and St. Felix Street in Fort Greene, Brooklyn
Runs June 4-9. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
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Bryant Park, 40th to 42nd Streets between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in Midtown West
June 6, 7 and 14. FREE
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School of American Ballet Workshop Performances
Runs June 8 and 11.
Many members of New York City Ballet trained at the troupe’s School of American Ballet, and the prodigious students always put on impressive end-of-year performances. This year’s edition includes two pieces created for SAB in different eras: George Balanchine’s 1934 masterpiece Serenade, and Christopher Wheeldon’s 1999 opus Scènes de Ballet, an expansive showcase for students of all levels. Also on the bill, an excerpt from Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, one of Balanchine’s grandest works. Bonus: The June 11 performance includes Tendu, a world premiere by SAB and NYCB alum Lauren Lovette.
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Various outdoor locations in Queens.
Runs June 8-September 15. FREE
Celebrating its tenth anniversary, this ambitious, wide-ranging festival offers FREE outdoor performances by Queens-based dance artists at various locations throughout the borough. Shows are usually 70 minutes and feature six to eight dance companies. Every event is followed by a brief dance lesson led by one of the troupes. Check out the calendar for the full schedule.
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Introdans: ENERGY
The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street in Chelsea
Runs June 11-16.
Returning to the Joyce for the first time in a decade, the adventurous Dutch company Introdans offers a triple bill titled ENERGY. The dancers cover considerable stylistic range performing works by the rigorous American postmodernist Lucinda Childs; the innovative British dancemaker Akram Khan, who seamlessly blends contemporary technique with the Indian classical form Kathak; and Mauro Bigonzetti, who evokes the spirit of southern Italy in Cantata.
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Ailey Citigroup Theater, 405 West 55th Street at Ninth Avenue in Midtown West
Runs June 12-13.
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Ashley R.T. Yergens: Surrogate
New York Live Arts, 219 West 19th Street between Seventh and Eighth Avenues in Chelsea
Runs June 13-15.
This world premiere from Ashley R.T. Yergens, a Brooklyn-based dance-maker who investigates how trans perspectives enter mainstream culture, is an absurdist riff on Oprah Winfrey’s landmark 2008 interview with a pregnant transman. Yergens and his collaborators explore the concept of using other people’s bodies, whether via surrogacy, transmasculine pregnancy or creating choreography.
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NYU Skirball, 566 LaGuardia Place at Washington Square South in the West Village
Runs June 15-18. If you’re a TDF member, log in to your account to purchase discount tickets.
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Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana: EQUILIBRIO (Clásica/Tradición)
The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street in Chelsea
Runs June 18-23.
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana returns to The Joyce with EQUILIBRIO (Clásica/Tradición), an evening-length work honoring the legacy of flamenco while taking the form in new directions. Created by lauded flamenco artist Emilio Ochando for nine dancers, the piece juxtaposes genre traditions with an original score by Daniel Jurado played by multi-instrumentalist Gonzalo Grau.
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American Ballet Theatre: Summer Season
Metropolitan Opera House, 30 Lincoln Center Plaza at 62nd Street on the Upper West Side
Runs June 18-July 20.
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Queer the Ballet: Dream of a Common Language
Baruch Performing Arts Center, 55 Lexington Avenue, entrance on 25th Street between Third and Lexington Avenues in Kips Bay
Runs June 21-23.
Taking inspiration from Adrienne Rich’s 1978 poetry collection Dream of a Common Language, this new evening-length ballet explores the search for community and camaraderie among six queer contemporary dancers. Directed by Queer the Ballet founder Adriana Pierce, the piece includes choreography by Pierce, Minnie Lane, Rosie Elliott and Lenai Alexis Wilkerson.
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The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue at 19th Street in Chelsea
Runs June 25-30.
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Eiko Otake and Margaret Leng Tan: Stone I
Historic Chapel at Green-Wood Cemetery, enter at 500 25th Street at Fifth Avenue in Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn
Runs June 26-29.
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Runs June 27-30.
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Susan Reiter covers dance for TDF Stages.