MAY

Saturday May 7th – 2 performances – 2:30 PM & 7:30 PM
JOFFREY BALLET SCHOOL PERFORMANCE COMPANY
in new works by Julie Bour, Africa Guzman, Helen Heineman, Brian McSween, Matthew Prescott, Davis Robertson, Daniel Ulbricht
Miller Theatre, 2960 Broadway (entrance on Broadway @ 116th Street)
Tickets: $20; $15 students
Reservations: 212-254-8520 or www.joffreyballetschool.com

Thursday, May 5th-24th
(Bronx, NY ) BAAD! – The Bronx Academy of Art & Dance (BAAD!) presents its annual spring dance festival THE BOOGIE DOWN DANCE SERIES 2011 from Thursday, May 5 through Tuesday, May 24, 2011 at BAAD!, 841 Barretto Street in the Hunts Point section of the South Bronx. The BOOGIE DOWN DANCE SERIES celebrates the growth of professional dance in the Bronx and takes its title from the borough’s nickname, The Boogie Down. The festival features a luscious mix of home grown Bronx dance and dance from around the city, and presents a diversity of dance in the Bronx.

http://www.bronxacademyofartsanddance.org/schedule.htm

Saturday May 7th, 7PM
Bollywood Axion Recital 2011
Tribeca Performing Arts Center
199 Chambers Street, New York, NY 10007
Tickets: Orchestra $40 Mezzanine $30
Partial funds will be donated to Japan Relief Efforts
Buy your tickets online today Via Smarttix.com: http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=REC17
Or Call the Box Office at : (212) 220-1460

Gallant will premiere her Synopses, a dance/music project with music by Lisa Bielawa. The Isadora Duncan dances on the program are two rarely seen 1914 works, Grand Marche, to music by Schubert, and Reflets D’Allemagne, three contrasting waltzes to piano music by Florent Schmitt. The dances were created during Duncan’s year at Bellevue outside Paris, following the tragic deaths of her children. All music on the program will be performed live.
www.catherinegallantdance.com
www.dancesbyisadora.com

Thursday, May 12th – Saturday, May 14th, 8pm
Gina Gibney Dance, Inc. presents Retro-ACTIVE
Celebrating 20 years of evocative choreography
The Ailey Citigroup Theate, 405 W. 55th St. (9th Ave.), New York, NY 10019
Tickets: $40 Reserved Seating; $20 General Admission
Buy here http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=RET11"

Thursday, May 12th – Monday, May 16th
Boston International Ballet Competition – For the first time!
Registration Deadline: Tuesday, February 1st
www.bostonibc.org

Sunday, May 22nd, 3:30pm
Dance at the Gym Workshop – FREE!
The YM & YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood, 3rd Floor Gym
54 Nagle Avenue | New York, NY | 10040
For subway and driving directions: http:www.ywashhts.org

This summer, in partnership with the YM & YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood, Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company presents DANCE AT THE GYM, a four-part series of monthly interactive dance programs designed to attract new audiences and provide a meaningful hands-on dance experience.

Saturday, May 28th & Sunday, May 29th,
Broadway Dance Center’s 2011 AIM Invitational
The Kaye Playhouse at Hunter College, 695 Park Ave. between Lexington & Park Avenues, New York, NY 10065

http://www.broadwaydancecenter.com/ctp/invitational/index.shtml

JUNE

National Dance Week-NYC Events
Wednesday, June 15th, 5:30pm
Kick-Off Party (Happy Hour and Dance Party)
Union Bar, 204 Park Avenue between 16th & 17th Streets, New York, NY 10003
Happy hour and drink specials all night and door & raffle prizes for those who donate.
$10 donation

Sunday, June 26th, 3pm
NDW-NYC Culminating Performance Event
Salvatore Capezio Theater at Peridance, 126 E 13th Street between 3rd & 4th Avenues, New York, NY 10003
Tickets: $15 Advance/$20 at the door

Saturday, June 11th, 8pm
The Young Choreographer’s Festival
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY 10025
$25; Members, Students, Seniors $20
Buy Tickets Here http://www.symphonyspace.org/event/6446-the-young-choreographers-festi val

Sunday, June 26th, 3:30pm
Dance at the Gym Workshop – FREE!
The YM & YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood, 3rd Floor Gym
54 Nagle Avenue | New York, NY | 10040
For subway and driving directions: http:www.ywashhts.org

This summer, in partnership with the YM & YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood, Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company presents DANCE AT THE GYM, a four-part series of monthly interactive dance programs designed to attract new audiences and provide a meaningful hands-on dance experience.

WORKSHOPS

“The Mind – Body Connection” – Special Martial Arts Workshop by Rod Rodgers Dance Company
Saturday, Martch 19th, 2:30pm-5:30pm
62 East 4th street / 5th Floor, New York, NY 10012
(917) 880-0849 / (718) 596-4465

This workshop will bring unity in mind, body and spirit in order to develop the strength, power, centeredness and peacefulness of the warrior way of life. You will learn three fundamental kata in the Art that if practiced regularly, will certainly bring you empowerment from the inside out.

The workshop covers Yin & Yang breathing exercises, karate stances/techniques, 3 kata for centeredness, building chi and speed, and Zen meditation. The workshop is very friendly and is open to everyone, whether you have a martial art background or not.

PMT PERFORMANCE WORKSHOPS
Starting March 27th
Sign up at PMT Dance Studio or call 212-924-5694