UPCOMING EVENTS
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The Brooklyn Nutcracker 2025
A re-imagined holiday classic, The Brooklyn Nutcracker fuses ballet, hip-hop and a rich tapestry of global dance genres to create a new family tradition for the modern era.
At the Piano
Produced by Arts on Site, "At the Piano" will be shown in the Studio 3R blackbox theatre on Friday, October 24, 2025 at 6:30 pm and 8:30 pm. Click below to purchase tickets.
"At the Piano" is a compassionate gaze into the complexities of post-pandemic social reintegration. Set to a soundtrack of contemporary Flamenco music, including the Jerezana vocalist Maria Terremoto, Sevillian pianist Pedro Ricardo Miño and Granadino vocalist Antonio Campos, as well as Chopin and original song compositions, the artists use the movement languages of Flamenco, Danza Estilizada, and more to dance the themes of isolation, togetherness, and survival. "At the Piano" will be performed by Aliesha Bryan (Pájaro Negro), Georgia Dahill-Fuchel, Freddy Ruiz, Qi Yang, and guests Antonio "Tiriti" Tran and Vinay Maloo.
Workshop: Therapeutic Movement in the Face of Climate Change
Come join us on Friday April 25th, 2025 for this virtual workshop where participants, through lecture and embodied experience, will learn about and address the mental health effects of climate change on a personal level. Using dance/movement therapy principles, workshop participants will experience first-hand how tapping into the body’s wisdom can help them to access, practice and build needed resilience for the times ahead.
Join us virtually on Friday May 23rd, 2025 for a workshop designed to guide participants in understanding how climate change affects our mental health. Through a mix of talks and hands-on activities, participants will learn about those impacts, how our bodies respond to stress, and how movement can be a tool for healing. They will also explore how using the body’s natural wisdom can help build the strength and resilience needed to cope with the challenges ahead.
Join us on December 18th at 7:30 at Chez Bushwick for Sacred Bodies, Sacred Sounds, a mesmerizing performance by the brilliant Aliesha Bryan.
In this thought-provoking piece, Aliesha takes us on a journey into the depths of ownership - of things, of people, and of oneself. Through raw, evocative movement, she explores what it means to truly be your own and how survival can transform into art. Her work, grounded in Flamenco, African diaspora dances, contemporary forms, and somatic practices, pulses with power, vulnerability, and truth. This is not just a dance; it's an experience, an exploration of the body as sacred, of sound as healing, and of art as transformation.
Why You Should Come: Witness the work of a multidisciplinary artist whose performances have graced venues like the UN Headquarters, the African American Museum, and the Victoria Flamenco Festival. Be inspired by themes of healing and resilience, as Aliesha invites us to consider, "What does it mean to be fully your own?"Support an evening that holds space for questions, growth, and the healing potential of art.
Location: Chez Bushwick, 304 Boerum Street, #23
Date: December 18, 2024
Time: 7:30 PM
Tickets are available now! Don't miss this intimate, unforgettable performance
The Brooklyn Nutcracker 2024
The Message
A meditation on the human experience of living under the specter of climate change
Arts on Site Studio 3R
(For tickets, click on a date below):
A re-imagined holiday classic, The Brooklyn Nutcracker fuses ballet, hip-hop and a rich tapestry of global dance genres to create a new family tradition for the modern era. Culturally immersive, The Brooklyn Nutcracker transforms familiar Nutcracker characters and scenes to represent the heart of Brooklyn's cultural mosaic.
The Brooklyn Nutcracker
Saturday, December 17, 2022
2 PM & 7 PM
Kings Theatre
Brooklyn, NY
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Additional matinée performance on Friday, December 16!
"The Nutcracker is a fairly classical idea. It centers around one house, one home, one way of life. But what we're attempting to do here is to really pull out a part and talk about the layering of cultural identities ...".
NAVIDAD FLAMENCA
Holiday traditions from the Spanish-speaking world come alive through music and dance -- the perfect holiday experience!
In Bodies We Think: The Legacies of Brenda Dixon-Gottschild
Please join us on October 28, 2022, from 4-7 PM EST for “In Bodies We Think: The Legacies of Dr. Brenda Dixon-Gottschild, " a symposium inaugurating Dr. Dixon-Gottschild’s new archive and honoring her life's work. We celebrate her contributions across dance performance and theory, scholarship, dance journalism, archival memory, and Black movement legacies in dance history.
Bruno Walter Auditorium at Lincoln Center
Friday, October 14, 2022 – 7pm
Appearing in a reframed choreographic offering by Sara Jiménez
El Duende Talk & Performance Series Part 1:
Transformation through Artistry:
Poetry, Music, and Dance
A Trinity Church Wall Street event at St. Paul’s Chapel
New York City September 20th - October 1st