DECEMBER SELECTS

Winding down this year with a few highlights in NYC! Goodbye 2024, you were...a lot :)

Dec 03, 2024

Dec 3-14: Kyle Abraham: Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful at Park Avenue Armory

Kyle’s latest project, Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful, is an exciting new evening-length work featuring a diverse group of dancers from across the country, including Abraham himself. This performance, commissioned by the Armory, showcases stunning visuals by Cao Yuxi (JAMES) and a live score by the incredible ensemble yMusic. The choreography weaves together themes of empathy and change while capturing the delicate balance between nature and humanity in today's hectic world. He showcases his signature style—a unique mix of modern dance techniques from ballet to hip-hop.

Dec 4-Jan 5: Alvin Ailey at City Center

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Every year, the world-class Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre graces City Center, making it a cherished ritual in the NYC dance community. If you haven’t seen Revelations, be sure to catch it this year—it’s a must! Other highlights include Al-Andalus Blues by Jamar Roberts, set to music from Roberta Flack and Miles Davis, and Hope Boykin’s Finding Free, which explores personal freedom with live music by Matthew Whitaker. Plus, don’t miss the 25th anniversary of Ronald K. Brown’s iconic Grace, one of the company’s most celebrated pieces.

Dec 12-13: Joel Dean and Tenaya Kelleher: A Reenactment of Events That Are About to Take Place at PAGEANT

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“Tomorrow you’ll walk across yesterday’s stage. Your memory a voice carefully waged against the discovery of each new step”. If you haven’t visited Pageant, now’s the time! This artist-run space in Williamsburg is a hub for experimentation and creativity, buzzing with a vibrant community vibe. Pageant regularly hosts a local array of dance makers and yoga classes— you never know what you’re going to see, but that’s the fun of it.

Dec 13-15: Third Rail Projects: True Love Forever at Art x NYC

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From the creators of Then She Fell comes True Love Forever, an immersive performance meets indie rock concert, the heartbroken find comfort and connection in this live theater experience debuting in New York City. Blending quirky takes on love with soulful live music, audiences are greeted like old friends—immersed in love, exploring its depths, laughing through tears, and leaning on one another.

Dec 12: Pauchi Sasaki presents ARTEMIS at Lincoln Center, David Rubenstein Atrium

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THIS LOOKS GREAT! The New Latin Wave brings their popular Latine Composers Showcase to the Atrium with composer-performer Pauchi Sasaki presenting another installment of her opera ARTEMIS, a multi-year project inspired by NASA’s program to bring the first woman to the moon’s surface in 2026. Known for her interdisciplinary approach, integrating musical composition with multimedia performance, new technologies, and self-designed instruments, she invites women from all times, cultures, and territories to celebrate together and support the journey of the first woman to the moon as a multitudinous and trans-temporal coven, as a great rite of passage.

Dec 5: Marquis Hill: Composers Collective w/ Melanie Charles at LPR

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Trumpeter Marquis Hill’s 2024 album Composers Collective: Beyond the Jukebox is 🔥 VERY GOOD! Inspired by the Blue Note days when the label’s artists recorded their colleagues’ tunes alongside their own, the Chicago native reached out to his own peers, asking them to write tunes with him in mind. He then invited them to join him in the recording, filtering their contributions through a pan-musical vision that recognizes all Black music - jazz, r&b, hip-hop, etc. as one long continuum. Big time bonus: Melanie Charles to open.

Dec 17: Keenan O’Meara at Union Pool