The most exciting dance in New York isn’t uptown. It’s here. Rethink what you know about dance at NYU Skirball.
Eight dancers jump. Nonstop. Just pure, intense movement. Jan Martens strips dance down to its basics and shows how powerful simple actions can be. THE DOG DAYS ARE OVER 2.0 fierce, mesmerizing, and impossible to look away.
Co-presented with Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival.
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker returns to Skirball with a work built from the simple act of walking. Set to a beat-driven score inspired by early rock and roll, the dancers move in waves of rhythm and energy. EXIT ABOVE is a stunning piece from one of dance’s great innovators.
Co-presented with Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival.
Robyn Orlin’s We wear our wheels brings a bright, bold tribute to South Africa’s historic rickshaw drivers. With dance, song, and striking visuals, the performers of Moving into Dance Mophatong bring stories of strength, culture, and resistance to life. With live vocals by Anelisa Stuurman (Annalyzer), mixing slam poetry, tradition, and new sounds.
Co-presented with Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival.
Two groundbreaking choreographers share one night. Ivy Baldwin builds bold, physical worlds; Jeanine Durning pushes movement and language into new territory. A sharp, exciting double bill of fresh work from two major voices in dance today.
Kyle Abraham looks back to the music and culture of the ’80s and ’90s, mixing ballet, R&B, and pop into a vivid, movement-driven world full of nostalgia and joy.