Am posting this on both the ballet and modern dance forums, because it includes both disciplines.

Attention to those in the NYC vicinity: Don’t forget the upcoming FREE dance concerts at Damrosch Park as part of the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival. Here are a few of the offerings:

August 18, 19, 20 Paul Taylor Dance Company
August 25 Stephen Petronio Company & Complexions Contemporary Ballet
August 27 Limon Dance Company
September 4 Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder & Sourdough Slim (okay, not dance, but you’ll be tapping your feet.)

The full calendar with lots more performances is up on LincolnCenter.org.

Posted by cmartin:

(August 18, August 19, August 20) – 50th Anniversary celebrating half a century of brilliant dance

Paul Taylor’s work, masterful, extraordinarily varied in spirit and subject, fundamentally American, has been acclaimed worldwide. A living legend of dance, Mr. Taylor brings his majestic dancers to the outdoor stage at Lincoln Center for three performances in varied programs each evening. FREE screenings of Dancemaker, the award-winning documentary, will be held in the Bruno Walter Auditorium of the New York Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center on August 18 at 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. and August 20 at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. These performances mark the sixth appearance by Paul Taylor Dance Company in the Out of Doors festival.

8:00 pm Damrosch Park Bandshell
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts



Flow to the Groove: A Salute to Disco Dancin’ (Saturday, August 20)

Renowned choreographer and former Bill T. Jones dancer, Arthur Aviles has been commissioned to create a work that is part pageant, part dance, and all about communities. This salute to the disco era features the Arthur Aviles Typical Theatre in re-creations of disco events, in roller-disco, and new dances created to disco music, while voiceovers by veterans of the Bronx disco scene recall the joyous, non-stop dancing that defined an era.

5:45 pm Josie Robertson Plaza
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts


Celebrating five years of Brooklyn dance

(August 23) – A project of the Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation, ChoreoQuest, which marks its fifth anniversary in 2005, has launched such important young African American choreographers as Ronald K. Brown, Jamel Gaines, Obediah Williams and Nathan Trice. Out of Doors brings together five of ChoreoQuest’s most famous graduates and their companies: Restoration Dance Theatre Junior Company; The Balance Dance Ensemble; Ronald K. Brown/Evidence; Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn; and Nathan Trice/Rituals.

5:30 pm Josie Robertson Plaza
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts


(August 25) – Stephen Petronio’s cutting edge choreography is internationally recognized. Characterized by its drama and emotion, Petronio’s often deeply-personal choreography has addressed topics as wide-ranging as post-modern alienation and the collapse of the Twin Towers. 2005 marks the company’s 20th anniversary. Complexions, founded by Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson over a decade ago, is built on a concept of diversity in dance. Mr. Rhoden’s choreography, rooted in classical dance, is deeply human; inspired by social issues, it ponders the human condition and the range of human emotion. Featuring, Mr. Richardson – recently hailed as one of the outstanding male dancers in America – this stellar, predominantly African-American company draws on individual personalities to create an electrifying unity.

7:30 pm Damrosch Park Bandshell
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts


August 27) – Acclaimed for its dramatic expression, technical mastery and expansive yet nuanced movement, the Limón Dance Company illustrates the timelessness of Jose Limón’s work and vision. Founded in l946 by Mr. Limón and Doris Humphrey, the company has been in continuous existence since, touring, teaching, and commissioning extraordinary new works from such masters as Donald McKayle and Lar Lubovitch. The company has made five previous appearances at Out of Doors, dating back to 1980.

8:00 pm Damrosch Park Bandshell
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts


Classic Hip-Hop dancing

(August 31) – An all-male contemporary dance company from Houston, FLY crosses street dance with classical choreographic principles, creating a visual spectacle. FLY is known for its high-energy performances using a variety of music, including classical, jazz, pop, Hip-Hop, experimental, drumming, and live sound effects. The Propellerheads, Debussy, James Brown, The Flamingoes, Nat King Cole, and Vivaldi are a few of the artists and composers in the company’s music/dance repertoire.

10:30 am “Just for Kids”—Josie Robertson Plaza
6:00 pm Josie Robertson Plaza
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts

www.lincolncenter.org or 212-LINCOLN

free admission!!!

quote]Pops and Locks Set to Bach
by EVA YAA ASANTEWAA for the New York Times

FLY Dance Company - an all-male black and Hispanic quintet from Houston, appearing at the Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival - sets old-school moves to everything from Debussy's "Claire de Lune" to James Brown's "I Feel Good" and exotica by the Peruvian singer Yma Sumac. This spirited ensemble has been noted for its confident stage presence, brio and comedic ease.

published: August 28, 2005[/quote]more...