After a three-year hiatus from live performance, DANCE NOW (DN) returns to Joe’s Pub at The Public, Wednesday, September 6 through Saturday, September 9, 2023. Celebrating its 20th annual season at Joe’s Pub, DN resumes its 'right' place after Labor Day, once kicking off the fall New York City dance season.

 

DN will present in its traditional festival-like format, placing young, established, and mature voices side by side to offer 5-minute or less bite-size gems. Reimagining the new and evolving needs of today’s dance artists and their audiences, post the pandemic in a ‘new and now’ moment, DN returns in 2023 as DANCENOW / NOW to feature a presentation of all new works, commissioned from a diverse roster of 25 artists. The four-day run will offer two different programs of 11 artists each night, hosted by Deborah Lohse as TruDee.

 

The season will include a  film, ‘The Dandelion Project’, created by Katherine Helen Fisher and Shimmy Boyle of Safety Third Productions, documenting the story of the DN community during these past three years as COVID scattered and reseeded them across the country, and the globe, affecting their careers, creative process, and lifestyles.

 

Performances will take place at Joe’s Pub at the Public, located at 425 Lafayette Street at Astor Place in New York City at 7pm. Doors open at 6pm.

 

Tickets are $30 at the box office at The Public. A per-ticket service fee applies when purchased through the Joe’s Pub at The Public website. Fees, are waived when buying in person at the Taub Box Office and for all Public Theater Supporters, Supporter Plus, Young Partners, and Partners.  

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DANCENOW / NOW Programs

Hosted by TruDee (Deborah Lohse)

The Dandelion Project: A documentary film by Katherine Helen Fisher and Shimmy Boyle of Safety Third Productions

 

Sept 6 (Wed) Program A

Ballez Company/Katy Pyle

doug elkins choreography

Orlando Hernández

Dual Rivet- Chelsea Ainsworth and Jessica Smith

Jamal Jackson Dance Company
Cori Marquis
Portables/Claire Porter

Amber Sloan

The Bang Group

Nicole Wolcott

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Sept 7 (Thurs) Program B
BAIRA MVMNT PHLOSPHY / Shaina and Bryan Baira

binbinFactory /Satoshi Haga & Rie Fukuzawa
Jane Comfort and Company
Dual Rivet- Chelsea Ainsworth and Jessica Smith

Khaleah London / Layers
Tsiambwom M Akuchu
doug elkins choreography
More Fish / Doron Perk
Subject: Matter
Nicole Vaughan-Diaz
Megan Williams Dance Projects

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Sept 8 (Fri) Program A
Ballez Company/Katy Pyle

Sarah Chien
Cori Marquis
Mark Gindick
Orlando Hernández
Jamal Jackson Dance Company Portables /Claire Porter
Amber Sloan
The Bang Group
Jane Comfort and Company

Nicole Wolcott

TAKE Dance

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Sept 9 (Sat) Program B
BAIRA MVMNT PHLOSPHY / Shaina and Bryan Baira binbinFactory /Satoshi Haga & Rie Fukuzawa
Sarah Chien
Mark Gindick
Khaleah London / Layers
Tsiambwom M Akuchu
TAKE Dance
More Fish / Doron Perk
Subject: Matter
Nicole Vaughan-Diaz
Megan Williams Dance Projects

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Image: BAIRA by Effy Grey