New York City Center Announces Digital 2020 Fall for Dance Festival Live from the Stage
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New York City Center announces digital
2020 Fall for Dance Festival live from the stage,
October 21 & 26
Available on demand through November 1, highlights include:
Four World Premiere City Center Commissions from
Kyle Abraham, Dormeshia, Jamar Roberts,
and Christopher Wheeldon
Hosted by Alicia Graf Mack and David Hallberg
Digital access $15 per program
New York City Center President & CEO Arlene Shuler today announced programming for an unprecedented 2020 Fall for Dance Festival in two programs premiering October 21 and 26, and available on demand through November 1. Reflecting this singular moment in history, this season marks the first time the Festival will be filmed live on the City Center stage and presented digitally—making the annual sold-out “highlight of the city’s cultural calendar” (The New York Times) accessible to the entire world to experience.
For seventeen seasons, the Fall for Dance Festival has welcomed dance lovers, both existing and new, to experience an array of international dance artists and a variety of genres. Hosted by Alicia Graf Mack and David Hallberg, the 2020 Festival features exclusively artists from New York City performing on the City Center stage—highlighting the resilience of dance and dance artists, and the power of coming together in solidarity through the arts.
“The fall has always signaled the beginning of a new season of performing arts across the city. In that tradition, we are turning the lights back on and presenting the Festival live from our stage as the first steps toward City Center’s reopening to the public,” said President & CEO Arlene Shuler. “We are steadfast in our commitment to support artists at this crucial time, and, with rigorous health and safety protocols in place, we are thrilled to have them back in our building where they belong. We have deep, longstanding relationships with many of the artists and companies in this year’s Festival and we are all eager to get them back on the stage. While we may not be able to welcome audiences into the theater yet, I’m delighted that we are able to capture the energy of live performance on our stage and bring these artists directly to our audience—across the city, country, and around the world.”
FALL FOR DANCE FESTIVAL
OCT 21 & 26, 2020
Digital access $15 per program (through Nov 1)
PROGRAM 1
October 21|7:30PM ET
Ballet Hispánico
Excerpts from 18+1 | New York Premiere
Choreography by Gustavo Ramírez Sansano
Performed by Ballet Hispánico Company Dancers: Shelby Colona, Dandara Veiga, & Lenai Wilkerson
Jamar Roberts of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Morani/Mungu (Black Warrior/Black God) World Premiere City Center Commission Choreography by Jamar Roberts
Martha Graham Dance Company
Lamentation
Choreography by Martha Graham
Featuring Natasha M. Diamond-Walker
Sara Mearns & David Hallberg
The Two of Us World Premiere City Center Commission
Choreography by Christopher Wheeldon
PROGRAM 2
October 26|7:30PM ET
Ashley Bouder, Tiler Peck, & Brittany Pollack
Excerpts from Who Cares?
Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust
Calvin Royal III of American Ballet Theatre
World Premiere City Center Commission
Choreography by Kyle Abraham
Lar Lubovitch Dance Company
Duet from Concerto Six Twenty-Two
Choreography by Lar Lubovitch
With guest artists Adrian Danchig-Waring & Joseph Gordon
Dormeshia
Lady Swings the Blues World Premiere City Center Commission
Conceived and Choreographed by Dormeshia
Accompanied by Noah Garabedian, Winard Harper, & Gabriel Roxbury
