Highlighted in this month’s very full dance calendar is the world premiere of Makini’s (jumatatu m. poe) TERRESTRIAL: The Sprout. Makini is a New York Live Arts (NYLA) Live Feed creative residency and commissioning program participant. The program will present Makini’s first performance of the collaborative series of works from March 13-15 at NYLA. Conceived by Makini with co-direction by Anderson Feliciano and Nefertiti Charlene Altán, the multidisciplinary project “ … weaves together performance, choreography, speculative futurist thought, and equity-based models of cooperation to re-calibrate social, cultural, and physical existence.” Germaine Ingram will dance this first performance, a solo titled The Sprout, which “wonders about the legacy of a single human lifetime as it relates to the broader expanse of a planet’s geological history. It wanders through the terrain of identity amidst the impossibility of individuation,” according to the release. Other collaborators are Melanie George, Angel Edwards, Germaine Ingram, Ishmael Houston-Jones, Lou Pires, Majesty Royale-Jackson, Marco Farroni, Saúl Ulerio and Sweet Corey-Bey. Audiences join the performer on stage, occasionally invited to move within and through the space. For more information visit newyorklivearts.org.
STILL RUNNING:
Feb. 25-March 9: Led by Buenos Aires’ tango dancers Germán Cornejo and Gisela Galeassi, the Joyce will present Tango After Dark, which “…fuses the rich traditions of tango with a contemporary flair,” by creator and choreographer Cornejo. For more information, visit www.joyce.org.
ALSO THIS MONTH:
March 3-9: The 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center season continues with Harkness Dance Center — Celebrating 90 Years, performances and more throughout the Harkness Dance Center, as well as the New York Public Library. Featured events are: Art Bath x 92NY in shared experiences with Xin Ying and Katherine Crockett, John Manzari & Dancers, Joey Arias, Flower Shark, Christopher Williams, plus film footage, live DJ sets, and more (March 6-7); DEL Movement Sentence Choir, Baye & Asa and DEL Facilitator Randi Sloan, plus Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE, A Dance, PHILADANCO! (March 8) and Graham, Limón, Ailey: Tracing Three Generations of Titans of Dance at 92NY at New York Public Library (March 10). For more information, visit www.92ny.org.
March 8 and 15: The performance series at CARVALHO PARK returns with a newly commissioned work by New York City Ballet principal Taylor Stanley, soloist Alec Knight, and UK-based sculptor and installation artist Nicola Turner. Stanley and Knight will engage with Turner’s site-responsive installation, “Fabric of Undoing,” for a new work titled “Ephemeral solace (in passing).” For more information visit www.carvalhopark.com.
March 6-8: At Trisk, Kashia Kancey will present the Closties Variety Hour, a show that surrounds themes of reminiscence, mystery, and surreality. For more information visit www.triskelionarts.org.
March 6-8: Kayla Farrish’ “Put Away the Fire, Dear,” a dance-theater work that “…unravels American cinema, following six marginalized characters who defy their inherited roles and reimagine their own narratives as the piece unfolds,” notes the release, comes to the Chelsea Factory. For more information visit www.chelseafactory.org.
March 6-9: For over 20 years, the Flamenco Festival has brought flamenco dancers and musicians from Spain City Center. This year’s festival features Alfonso Losa & Patricia Guerrero, Compañía Manuel Liñán, and Compañía Eva Yerbabuena. For more information visit www.nycitycenter.org.
March 13-15: Raja Feather Kelly and TF3T return to The Invisible Dog with Bunny Bunny, one of the last live performances as the venue closes. Written, directed, and choreographed by Kelly, Bunny Bunny “is an ensemble Devised danced-theatre production and installation exploring desire and surveillance … a fictional story based on the real-life events of six bunny rabbits who are stuck in a house,” according to the release. For more information visit www.theinvisibledog.org.
March 13-15: Donna Uchizono performed her first choreographic works as part of Danspace Project’s Access program in 1988. For this season’s 50th anniversary celebration of Danspace Project, Uchizono is reimagining State of Heads (1999) for a new generation of dancers. Also on the program are three dance Dedications, “redefining audience engagement to one of audience-shared authorship,” notes the release. For more information visit danspaceproject.org.
March 14-15: At Trisk, Miz Jade curates “Synthesis,” a “theatrical variety show presenting nightlife performers in the queer community and celebrating an array of disciplines and identities,” notes the release. For more information visit www.triskelionarts.org.
March 21-22: Dormeshia returns to the 92nd Street Y with “Ladies in the Shoe” showcasing guest female tap dancers and ambassadors of this art form. For more information visit www.92ny.org.
March 21-22: At Lincoln Center’s Alice Tulley Hall, comes the New York premiere of Carnival of the Animals, a reimagining of Camille Saint- Saëns’ classic work conceived by Marc Bamuthi Joseph, choreographed and directed by Francesca Harper, and performed by Wendy Whelan, and in response to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, “navigates the reality of today’s political complexities through music, poetry, and dance,” according to the release. For more information visit www.lincolncenter.org.
March 26-April 6: Ailey II returns to the Ailey Citigroup Theater for its annual New York season. Led by Artistic Director Francesca Harper, slated for their two-program season titled “Echoes” is Harpers’ Luminous, Houston Thomas’ Down the Rabbit Hole, plus Alvin Ailey’s Streams, and for the “New Vintage” program Jamison’s Divining (excerpt), Ailey Highlights, Thomas’ Down the Rabbit Hole, and Baye & Asa’s John 4:20. For more information visit ailey.org.March 27-29: The U.S. premiere of Cycles, from the U.K. dance company Boy Blue’s comes to the Lincoln Center, bringing their exploration of hip-hop dance in all its forms. For more information visit www.lincolncenter.org.