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Beginning of the End of the... is a new movement/theater/music work by David Gordon. For his latest investigation, the postmodern Judson dance pioneer uses emotionally loaded narratives generated from Nobel Prize-winner Luigi Pirandello and the music of Giacomo Puccini to explore the absurd inconsistencies of what we see and how we see it. The world premiere work is a Pick Up Performance Co(s) production in collaboration with The Joyce Theater Foundation. Performance Schedule Previews: Jun 1-3…See More

The Festival returns for two weeks with programs featuring cutting-edge artists, world premieres, and Joyce debuts. Week One begins with Brian Brooks Moving Company in the premiere of BIG CITY, a work that examines the concept of rebuilding after a destructive event. The week also highlights choreographer Jodie Gates, who will set work on Ballet X and Colorado Ballet. Sharing the program with Gates will be Peter Quanz, whose Canadian-based company Q Dance/Quanz Danse will perform two works,…See More

Apr 25-29 & May 2-6After twenty years making works for individuals, groups, and his own company, Chunky Move, Gideon Obarzanek has created Faker, a disarmingly personal solo performance of his own, exposing the expectations and disappointments, creative aspirations, and personal doubts of dance and theatre making. Frank and darkly humorous, Faker offers a rare insight into the mind of one of Australia's most acclaimed creators.After Hours @ Joyce SoHo: Apr 27 A post-performance Q&A…See More

Beginning in 1923, with the yearly residencies of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, ballet in the form of total art works--productions that equally emphasize choreography, music, and design--has been as closely associated with Monte Carlo as its glamorous casinos. Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, the company that currently calls the city home and that makes its Joyce Theater debut in February, was founded in 1985 by the Princess of Hanover in accordance with the wishes of her late mother, Monaco's…See More

FOCUS Dance, an exciting week-long celebration showcasing eight dance companies, is a new initiative aimed at promoting American dance to the national and international community.  The Joyce partners with Gotham Arts Exchange and the Dance/USA Agents Council for this exciting project that will feature some of the most riveting companies in America today. Tue 7:30pm & Sat 8pm          zoe | juniper (Seattle, WA)KEIGWIN + COMPANY (New York, NY) Wed & Sun 7:30pm               Susan…See More

Complexions Contemporary Ballet returns to The Joyce!

The "high‐octane, high‐flying" (The New York Times) energy of DanceBrazil takes center stage at The Joyce when the company returns for its 2011 season, with A Jornada (The Path), Artistic Director Jelon Vieira's landmark work that premiered at The Joyce in 2001. A Jornada follows the path of Africans to Brazil, using the Afro‐Brazilian traditional art form of Capoeira as the base, the link to, and an expression of the struggle and liberation of Afro‐Brazilian culture.See More

After electrifying audiences with its first solo Joyce season in 2010, "a thrilling coup de theater" (Vanity Fair), KEIGWIN + COMPANY comes back with the world premiere of Dark Habits, an evening‐length work that, through Keigwin's indomitable theatricality, examines fashion and drama. Driving the dancers' vigorous physicality is a score that features original music by cellist Chris Lancaster and pianist Jerome Begin, joined with instantly familiar rock music.See More