Joyce SoHo is set to present its Spring/Summer ’12 season featuring a riveting line-up of the dance world’s most innovative choreographers and companies. Among the highlights of the season, Joyce SoHo is presenting the world premiere of a full-length work by David Gordon that will run for the entire month of June in celebration of Gordon’s impressive 50-year career as a dance maker. From April 4 -22, three companies will perform in rep including Alexandra Beller/Dances, skybetter and associates, and Decadancetheatre. Chunky Move is returning to Joyce SoHo with the New York premiere of a moving solo created and performed by Gideon Obarzanek. Additional highlights include two New York premieres from Helen Simoneau, winner of The A.W.A.R.D Show! 2010: New York City, and the New Dance Alliance 26th Annual Performance Mix Festival, a six day event that will feature twenty eclectic and experimental dance and performance artists showcasing a first time look at new work.
Most of these companies will be premiering new works, and several of this season’s artists will host post-performance discussions in addition to the regularly scheduled performances. Below is a detailed roster of companies that will appear at Joyce SoHo from February 17, 2012 through July 29, 2012. Tickets may be purchased online at joyce.org or via JoyceCharge at 212-242-0800. The box office is open one half-hour prior to performance time to sell tickets exclusively for that performance. All programs are subject to change.
LEVYdance
Feb 17—19
Fri–Sat at 7:30pm; Sun at 2pm
$24; $18 stu/sr
Post-performance discussion: Feb 17
San Francisco-basEd Levydance returns to Joyce SoHo with the New York premiere of ROMP, an immersive experience in which audience and performers inhabit the stage together while constructing a welcoming environment that is charged with possibility. Seating dancers and audience members together at banquet tables, ROMP provides a familiar setting for everyday interactions to transform and create an increasingly surreal and hyper-expressive world. The San Francisco Chronicle named ROMP one of the Bay Area’s “Top 10 Dance Moments of 2011.” levydance.org
binbinFactory
Feb 23—25
Thu–Sat at 7:30pm
$20; $15 stu/sr
For the past two years, the New York City-based duo Satoshi Haga and Rie Fukuzawa have been creating unique duet work. This season, the choreographers present an evening of mysterious labyrinths and curious Yin/Yang relationships in the premiere of The Same, Only Different; a re-visioning of Two in a Wild Fancy (2006); and their signature work Thread (2010), a second place winner at The A.W.A.R.D. Show! New York City 2010. binbinfactory.org
Malcolm Low/Formal Structure
Mar 2—3
Fri–Sat at 7:30pm
$18; $12 stu/sr; $25 Mar 2 benefit
Malcolm Low, 2011 fellowship award recipient of the New Directions Choreographic Lab at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, will perform a work about love and loss that features demanding physicality and verbal stories with original text by Malcolm Low and the dancers. Working with Gregory Bain, Low will create a new world vision. wix.com/malcolmlow/formalstructure
Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup
Mar 8—11
Thu–Sat at 7:30pm; Sun at 2pm
$22; $18 stu/sr/artist; $125 Mar 8 benefit (show + off-site party)
Post-performance discussions: Mar 9 & 10
Mar 8 benefit info: info@sndancegroup.org
Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup (NYC) returns to Joyce SoHo with the New York premiere of Prolegomena II, co-produced by Triskelion Arts. This dynamic and provocative work, created in collaboration with visual artist Karolien Soete and composer Alexander Berne, is the result of a year long exploration of literal and metaphoric darkness, characterized by movement that isolates and elevates. Prolegomena II features special musical guests The Beast and violinist Regina Sadowski, and live mural painting. sndancegroup.org
Performance contains partial nudity.
New Dance Alliance 26th Annual
Performance Mix Festival
Mar 13—18
Tue–Sun at 7pm; Tue–Sat at 8pm: Free (first come, first served)
Thu 10am Breakfast Mix - Reservations: info@newdancealliance.org
$15; $10 stu/sr/artist; $30/$60/$120; March 18 benefit
$24 Festival Pass (any 3 shows Tues-Sat)
For six days and thirteen events, twenty eclectic experimental dance and performance artists will provide an amazing first time look at new work. Artists include luciana achugar, Karen Bernard, Nami Yamamoto (USA), Daniel Linehan (USA/Belgium) and Marie Brassard in collaboration with Sarah Williams (Quebec). Another first is the presentation of two Polish artists--Karol Tyminski, and Marta Ziolek. newdancealliance.org
Performance contains nudity.
