The Tabula Rasa Dance Theater tops this month’s dance calendar with an evening titled “Sin Fronteras – No Borders,” “…a bold contemporary dance program inspired by the heritage and lived experiences of Mexicans in both their homeland and across borders. Featured will be ‘Border of Lights’ and the world premiere of ‘Escaramuza.’ ‘Sin Fronteras – No Borders’ proposes that Mexicans, wherever they go, carry no borders. Through movement, music, costume, lighting, and the body, this production explores how cultural identity transcends geographical boundaries while drawing on the collective and individual memories that shape and enrich the immigrant experience,” according to the release. Performances will run June 20–22 at El Museo del Barrio.
For more information, visit tabularasadancetheater.com.
Also this month
June 5–8: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to BAM with a program that includes “Holy Blues,” the world premiere by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar in collaboration with Samantha Figgins and Chalvar Monteiro, Elisa Monte’s “Treading,” Ronald K. Brown’s “Grace,” and Ailey’s iconic “Revelations.” This program is part of the Company’s 2024–2025 season celebrating the life and legacy of Artistic Director Emerita Judith Jamison.
For more information, visit bam.org.
June 9: Danspace Project’s Platform series continues with a conversation, part of the year-long celebration of their 50th anniversary. The conversation will feature Judy Hussie-Taylor, Danspace Program director, and associate curator Seta Morton, plus some of the artists who have curated the series in recent years, including Okwui Okpokwasili, Eiko Otake, and Reggie Wilson.
For more information, visit danspaceproject.org/.
June 12: Artist and engineer Johann Diedrick organized “If the stars align …,” an OPEN STUDIOS program inspired by Samuel L. Delany’s novel “Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand.” Diedrick invited artists with works in development, including Rena Anakwe, Sonic Liberation Devices, and Femi Shonuga-Fleming.
For more information, visit cprnyc.org.
June 13–14: The Chocolate Factory Theater concludes its spring 2025 season with the premiere of “Tacos de Lengua,” a new, evening-length performance by Martita Abril, “…in an exploration of her — and our — relationship to border life, and its distortions, contradictions, oppressions, and deep emotional resonance,” according to the release.
For more information, visit chocolatefactorytheater.org/.
June 13–14: Eiko Otake and DonChristian Jones will premiere “SOAK,” a place-specific work created at Harlem Stage that is part of Otake’s ongoing Duet Project: Distance is Malleable, an evolving series of experiments in collaboration. In “ SOAK,” they explore water as a shared origin, and the body as rivers of memories.
For more information, visit harlemstage.org.
June 18: At Baryshnikov Arts, artistic director Mikhail Baryshnikov continues the 20th anniversary year of “IN CONVERSATION WITH MERCE: New Arrangements,” with choreography by Merce Cunningham, one on film and three performed live, offering an opportunity to revisit and reimagine work spanning five decades.
For more information, visit baryshnikovarts.org.
June 20–21: Miro Magloire’s New Chamber Ballet will present two world premieres — “I Wonder” and “In Between” — plus repertory works, at the Mark Morris Dance Center.
For more information, visit newchamberballet.com.
June 26: At Abrons Arts Center, IV Castellanos is part of the Kinstillatory Mappings in Light and Dark Matter series by Emily Johnson and Kai Recollet. Castellanos’s “… practice prioritizes skill sharing and creating space for queer, trans, and diasporic Indigenous communities and people of color,” said the release.
For more information, visit abronsartscenter.org.
June 26–29: WHITE WAVE Dance will present the 24th season of the DUMBO Dance Festival, showcasing 45 dance companies combining over 400 artists nationally and internationally at the Mark O’Donnell Theater.
For more information, visit whitewavedance.org.
June 27–28: The Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center will present “A Ramp to Paradise,” a dance narrative paying tribute to Paradise Garage, the underground Black gay dance club that revolutionized nightlife and music culture, at the Ailey Citigroup Theater.
For more information, visit thelmahill.org.