Bold dance by the beautifully disheveled A Wild.Mess production, curated by Catherine Messina and Emmy Wildermuth, the unKEMpT Dance Festival features the new works of 20-25 local choreographers.

Ariel Lembeck Curates : Solo Dolo - An evening of solo works by Angel Acuña, Ariel Lembeck, Ariana Speight

October 4, 7pm

NICHE is a work-in-progress from Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley that will finally answer the question: Is the specific universal? In answering that question, it winds up confronting another question which is: Can the personal be political? Through storytelling, dance, and music, Michael and Patrick will interrogate their complex relationships with protest performance and attempt to free themselves from ideological tyranny without creating an aesthetic hegemony of their own.

Come out to The TANK on July 2 and see Yu.S.Artistry's newest evening of dance, Memories of the Moon, featuring new works by artistic director, Yuki Ishiguro, and a world premiere, "Beyond the See," by Yoshito Sakuraba. You don't want to miss this!

June 22nd at 7pm

Living OUT LOUD! National Choreographer's Month (NACHMO) presents a night of LGBTQIA+ choreographers creating their best queer narratives, embracing moments of healing, understanding, celebration, and resilience through dance.

Vogue for your life is a showcase where vogue leaves the ballroom competition and meets the stage highlighting some of the icons, legends, statements and stars of the scene. Choreographed by Arturo Miyake Mugler Lyons, he will take you no a tour of ballroom culture mixing various styles of dances and vogue alike.

Thursday, August 4 at 7:00 PM

Sitting by a body of water in the dark is a group dance that explores invisible experiences.

¿Cómo Puedo Amarme? dives inside the mind of a Non-Binary Cuban-Dominican amidst their ongoing fight with depression.

“Surrealism is destructive, but it destroys only what it considers to be shackles limiting our vision." - Salvador Dali

Thursday August 3rd at 9:30 PM

Intentions: Characters in a post-covid state of mind wander a cemetery in search of a plot. You'll be surprised by their intentions.

Banana Man in a Box: A solo tragicomedy clown show about what it means to disappear.

The Trial of the Worm Man: It’s the trial of the century and the fate of the Worm Man rests in the hands of two… uh… children? Babies? Uh... yeah, will they clear his name? Stay tuned.

In The Dark explores “remote viewing”, a mysterious method of clairvoyance, where practitioners claim to be able to explore objects and locations at a distance from not only their physical position but their physical body as well.

Undiscovered Countries has made you a performance mix tape, of ten multidisciplinary artists each reimagining a favorite Break Up Song. Come dance in the squishy insides of our hearts!

Join dance company, wld(flwr), for “the last to bloom,” an evening following the stories of six characters as they embrace the phases of change.

Join dance company, wld(flwr), for “the last to bloom,” an evening following the stories of six characters as they embrace the phases of change.

GREEN is a live performance collaboration between YES Theater and the brand new groovy musical group Grass Future Society. Taking the form of a pared down concert of Grass Future Society's upcoming album GREEN, there will be recycled-mask dancers telling the abstracted narrative of the album, which is essentially about being stuck inside and looking out the window to see the world on fire. (Sound familiar!?) The project is grounded in finding the joy and beauty in community, and to represent the possibility of proving the opposite of the narrative of isolation and destruction.

GREEN is a live performance collaboration between YES Theater and the brand new groovy musical group Grass Future Society. Taking the form of a pared down concert of Grass Future Society's upcoming album GREEN, there will be recycled-mask dancers telling the abstracted narrative of the album, which is essentially about being stuck inside and looking out the window to see the world on fire. (Sound familiar!?) The project is grounded in finding the joy and beauty in community, and to represent the possibility of proving the opposite of the narrative of isolation and destruction.

Reunited in NYC after 20 months apart, Paulina and Camille connect through collaboration using their two artistic mediums: While Paulina dances, Camille weaves a live performance of live musical ideas.

Reunited in NYC after 20 months apart, Paulina and Camille connect through collaboration using their two artistic mediums: While Paulina dances, Camille weaves a live performance of live musical ideas.

Armada Vignettes is a show built with 3 shorts acts giving audience members brief windows into dance from a variety of choreographers including Jen Roit of Armada Dance, Nicole Buggé of Buggé Ballet, Courtney Escoyne, Lindsay Jorgensen, and Viraja Kotamraju.

TICKETS:
$15 Online
$20 Doors

Launch VI is the sixth annual variety showcase presented by Queens-based dance company, Gotham Dance Theater and The Tank NYC. Launch VI features dance, music, and theatre works by artists from subway platform to Broadway stage.

TICKETS
$15

“Palingenesis” is a emotionally driven series of pieces combining contemporary dance with pops of theater. This performance will show the work of Vanessa Long, Zoe Reed Helm, Ai Toyoshima, and Rachael Lieblein-Jurbala.

TICKETS
$17

Think Tank The Showcase is back at The Tank with Season Two! It will be a night dedicated to sharing art with purpose, creating with courage and spreading joy through movement featuring the work of our Think Tank Season Two Alumni Choreographers. Think Tank was co-founded by Taylor DeNapoli (@taylordenapoli) and Adam Wedesky (@adamwedesky). Turning this idea into reality, Taylor and Adam bring in choreographers that come into the space ready to play and maintain an open, positive, safe atmosphere. Think Tank aims to bring the best out of the dancers by allowing them to take a class in a non-judgmental, fun, and most importantly affordable environment. Our mission is to build community, collaborate and create. Life is hard and our industry is even harder, therefore a positive, safe community full of artistic beings is essential. We are the storytellers of the tribe of humanity, so why not come together and create magic!

Enjoy a night filled with some of NYC's finest talent, network with all of Think Tank collaborators and hear what Think Tank has in store for the new season!

Interested in learning more or hosting at Think Tank in 2020? Be sure to email us at createwiththinktank@gmail.com and follow us on IG @thinktank_nyc!

TICKETS
$20

Inspired by the relationships found in Roxane Gay’s collection of short stories “Difficult Women,” this show (created by KGDDance Founder Katya Danko) explores the female complexities within three of these stories: “I Will Follow You” (danced by Madeline Charles and Taylor Marie), “I am the Knife” (danced by Brittany Posas and Song Ravinan) and “Break all the way Down” (danced by Gabriela Vazquez). Within each story line we explore female identity and nature through the impossible situations and circumstances these characters have had to deal with. The key that links these stories together is one girl (dancer Bonnie Bushnell) who tries to understand her own identity while gaining inspiration from the women within these stories. She will be interwoven in the transitions between the story lines, trying to fit into the “types” of woman she should be. Only after she strips herself of this armor, is she able to free her true vulnerable messy self.

Directed/Choreographed by
Katya Danko

Dancers
Bonnie Bushnell
Madeline Charles
Taylor Marie
Brittany Posas
Song Ravinan
Gabriela Vazquez

Lighting Design by
Kent Sprague

Costume Design by
Katya Danko

Original Music by
Trevor Danko