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NIGHT ONE | THE LOVE LETTER | THURSDAY, JANUARY 9
A love letter from the McKittrick to you, our most cherished guests. Tonight, past and present entwine in celebration, conjuring apparitions of beauty and joy. This is the unforgettable beginning—of the end.
NIGHT TWO | THE FEVER DREAM | FRIDAY, JANUARY 10
As the revelry deepens, the McKittrick transforms into a fever dream, a celestial odyssey where reality and fantasy blur. Night Two unlocks a journey through moonlit wonders, as the night unfurls and dreams take flight.
NIGHT THREE | THE FINAL MASQUE | SATURDAY, JANUARY 11
A night of transformation and revelation—one last, glorious celebration. Come adorned in a mask as we bid farewell with an unforgettable evening of spectacle and decadence. The grand finale, closing out three nights of evolving revelry in true McKittrick splendor.
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The cursed Cassandra, a true prophet that no one believes, desperately tries to save what’s left of her home from self-obsessed siblings, a depressive mother and the machinations of the gods. Wavering between 12th century B.C. and 2024 A.D., CASSANDRA reimagines Euripides’ The Trojan Women as a phantasmagoria of comic selfishness and horror. Using a pre-recorded script and a cast of dancers, dialogue acts only as a score for the movements, gestures, and tableaux vivants on stage, illustrating multiple parallel narratives: of a women-led talent agency, of ancient war, of corporate America, and of the delusions that sustain them.
The Brick (579 Metropolitan Ave., Brooklyn)
1/9 - 1/11
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.theexponentialfestival.org/cassandra
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Local Singles is a musical comedy that explores the human connection without the use of filters and the masks of social media, making it almost feel like a period piece when people gathered, in person, to find comfort and a sense of community with each other. The piece reminds us that, despite our differences and experiences in life, we all struggle with the navigation of love, loss and connection in a world that is obsessed with finding the next best thing.
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| Courtesy of Michelle Tabnick PR 17) 92NY Harkness Dance Center Presents THE LEGACY PROJECT: A DANCE OF HOPE Carolyn Dorfman Dance Carolyn Dorfman – Choreographer In Person Saturday, January 11, 7 pm Sunday, January 12, 3 pm
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| Courtesy of Michelle Tabnick PR 18) Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre/ Notes in Motion Announces Winter Open Rehearsal Monday, January 13, 2025 at 6pm |
Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre announces their Winter Open Rehearsal on Monday, January 13, 2025 at 6pm at Amanda Selwyn Dance Studio: 412 Broadway, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10013. Join the artists and board of Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre for an intimate look at the creative process of our developing work, Awaken. To register please follow the link,
amandaselwyndance.
Join the artists and board of Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre for an intimate look at the creative process of our developing work, Awaken. The FREE Open Rehearsal will be followed by Wine and Cheese.
Awaken will weave original material with resonant choreography from Selwyn’s 25 years of rich repertory. The piece will explore the struggle between distraction, a quest for certainty, and living in an embodied present. Selwyn’s athletic choreography will dramatize the complexities of staying grounded, connected, and present in a modern world of endless distraction, consumerism, and convenience. Shifting sections of the work will zero in on our relationship with ambiguity, control, trust, overthinking, vulnerability, and resilience. Awaken will unpack Selwyn’s 25 years of choreographic work to create a compelling evening of dance. Awaken will premiere in full May 8-10.
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19) BAM Free Music
The Adam Space
30 Lafayette Ave.
Brooklyn, NY
FREE (Entrance is on a first-come, first-served.)
This year BAM’s spring music series will feature seven free music engagements open to the public, kicking off on January 9 with progressive-soul legend Bilal. BAM Free Music series embraces a wide range of genres and traditions including charismatic percussionist Pedrito Martinez, Roots/Dap Kings trumpeter Dave
Guy, and Congolese dance band Loboko are interspersed with emerging talent like Angelica Garcia, Blk Odyssy, and Riccie Oriach. Curiosity seekers and tastemakers will rub elbows on the dance floor, and DJs will keep the music flowing before and after each performance.
Bilal
With DJ Miss Hap Selam
Thu, Jan 9
Philadelphia-born R&B revolutionary Bilal needs no introduction to BAM audiences—This neo-soul revolutionary has rocked our stages before. He returns now to open our newest live-music experience, granting up-close, personal access to his signature mix of emotional directness, spontaneity, and exuberant groove, as heard on his newest album, Adjust Brightness.
Pedrito Martinez
With Discoslocas
Thu, Feb 13
Since arriving in New York City in 1998, Cuban percussionist Pedrito Martinez has collaborated on records and onstage with superstars like Bruce Springsteen, Paul Simon, Wynton Marsalis, and Camila Cabello. Martinez, a consummate master of the batá drum, has played, sung, and danced with dozens of Cuban rumba groups. A founding member of the successful crossover band Yerba Buena,
he formed his own group in 2005, winning hearts and topping polls worldwide with concerts and recordings. His vitality, charisma, and megawatt smile onstage never fail to make an impression.
Dave Guy
With L3ni
Thu, Feb 27
Trumpeter Dave Guy is well known to music lovers for his soulful, fiery work with hot bands like The Roots, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, and the Menahan Street Band, as well as guest shots with such icons as Al Green, Amy Winehouse, and Pharell. For this BAM outing, the East Village native will lean into charts from Ruby, a sophisticated debut solo album that shows how he brings together
his disparate influences and experiences in classic R&B, hip hop, and jazz into a signature sound all his own.
Angélica Garcia
With Laura Se Fue
Thu, Mar 20
Raised in a musical household, Angeleno singer-songwriter Angélica Garcia embraces identity and heritage on her third album, Gemelo, vocalizing in Spanish and English over electronic backing, lush vocal loops, and urgent drums in a style she developed while living in Brooklyn for a year and a half.
Earthy, ethereal, and soaked in spirit, Garcia’s music is intoxicating and instantly persuasive.
Blk Odyssy
With Niara Sterling
Thu, Apr 24
Formerly active as an Americana artist under his given name, Juwan Elcock turned his keen eye for detail and storytelling prowess toward a new signature sound as Blk Odyssy—a style informed by D'Angelo, Kendrick Lamar, Funkadelic, and swinging jazz. Born in Plainfield, NJ, and now based in Austin, TX, Blk Odyssy reached nearly 290,000 listeners with a January 2024 appearance on NPR’s
Tiny Desk Concerts series, fronting an 11-piece band as he brought to life the urgent messages and relaxed grooves from his 2021 LP, BLK VINTAGE.
Lollise x Loboko
Thu, May 8
Botswana-born Brooklynite singer, artist, and fashion designer Lollise sprinkles transfigured play-songs from her childhood with boldly contemporary statements of identity and purpose on her recent debut LP, I Hit the Water. She teams up here with Loboko, an infectious Brooklyn dance band anchored by Congolese guitar virtuoso and vocalist Yohni Djungu Sungu, for a powerful fusion of
trans-African pop styles, featuring original music from both acts.
Riccie Oriach
Thu, Jun 5 (Doors open at 8:30pm)
Dominican singer, guitarist, percussionist, and sound engineer Riccie Oriach has forged a distinctive musical style that fuses punk and hard rock with traditional Caribbean rhythms like merengue, bachata, and samba. Collaborating with eminent artists including the illustrious producer Eduardo Cabra, formerly of Calle 13, Oriach has created a signature sound deeply rooted in tradition, but
always looking to the future—and guaranteed to make listeners move on the dance floor.
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Start the New Year with Centenary Stage Company’s Winter Thaw Music Festival. This year, the music festival will feature concert performances by Good Co. on January 11 at 8PM, Judy Carmichael on January 19 at 2PM, TAKE3: Where Rock Meets Bach on January 26 at 2PM, and Gangstagrass on Februrary 1 at 8PM. All performances will take place in The Sitnik Theatre of the Lackland Performing Arts Center on the campus of Centenary University at 715 Grand Avenue, Hackettstown, NJ. Ticket prices for the three concerts in January are $29.50 for adults and $15 for students of any age & children under 12. Gangstagrass tickets are $30.00 for all seats. For more information, or to purchase tickets, visit centenarystageco.org or call the Centenary Stage Company box office at (908) 979-0900.
21) DEVELOPMENTAL READING OF
SHTUMER SHABES
A DARK COMEDY BY ROKHL KAFRISSEN
TO BE PRESENTED JANUARY 8
The Congress for Jewish Culture will present a developmental reading of SHTUMER SHABES, an exciting new play by Rokhl Kafrissen, next Wednesday, January 8 at 7:30 pm at Theatre 154, 154 Christopher Street (between Greenwich & Washington Streets).
The invitational reading is directed by dramaturg Lynn Thomson (Rent) and features recent star students of YIVO's Uriel Weinreich Program in Yiddish Alona Bach and Noah Mitchel together with Yiddish stage veteran Mitzi Manna. SHTUMER SHABES steps back in time to the Lower East Side of the 1990s, when a graduate student working on her dissertation gets more than she bargained for when she befriends an aging Yiddish diva.
Rokhl Kafrissen is a playwright and cultural critic. She writes the Rokhl’s Golden City column at Tablet and blogs about Jewish life at Rootless Cosmopolitan.
For inquiries or additional information, visit www.
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| Courtesy of Michelle Tabnick PR 22) GAUDANSE Announces APAP Schedule of Events |
New York City and New Orleans-based nonprofit dance organization gaudanse is pleased to announce that collaborating artist, Christian Warner, was selected for the APAP Works in Progress Pitch Session that will be held on Saturday, January 11, 2025 from 2-3:30pm at the Hilton Hotel, 1335 6th Ave, New York, NY 10019. Pitch sessions are open for all APAP members and conference attendees. For more information visit, https://apap365.org/meet-the-
Christian Warner will present a contemporary dance theatre piece titled, WHITE HOT ROOM. Drawing inspiration from Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, WHITE HOT ROOM explores the dissociative effects of long-held traumas within a body. Originally conceived in 2019 utilizing Warner’s personal experiences with addiction, loss, and mental wellness as source material, WHITE HOT ROOM belongs to a larger collection of movement-based work entitled “Letters To Bunney." Utilizing themes recognizable in the themes of Afrofuturism, the room serves as a cocoon in which he reconciles with the traumatic binds of his past to move into an audacious unknown future. Most recently, this work has garnered creative development support from the Heinz Endowment. christianawarner.com
GAUDANSE APAP SCHEDULE OF EVENTS: #APAPNYC2025
Sashay by to say ‘hi’ @ GAUDANSE BOOTH # 315 – LEVEL A1
EXPO HALL – AMERICAS HALL 1, 2ND FLOOR - HILTON MIDTOWN
Date/Time: Friday, Jan 10, 2025 – 12:30-2:00pm
Event: APAP Showcase presented by Pepatián: Bronx Arts ColLABorative
RSVP: pepatian@gmail.com
Artist Showcase: Imani Gaudin presents nanibu (work in progress)
Location: Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture
450 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10451
Date/Time: Friday, Jan 10, 2025 - 12:30-2:00pm
Event: APAP Showcase presented by Pepatián: Bronx Arts ColLABorative
RSVP: pepatian@gmail.com
Artist Showcase: Christian Warner presents White Hot Room (work in progress)
Location: Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture
450 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY 10451
Date/Time: Saturday, Jan 11, 2025 - 2:00-3:30PM
Event: APAP Works-in-Progress Pitch Session
Location: Hilton Midtown, NY
Artist Participant: Christian Warner, White Hot Room
23) TADA! YOUTH THEATER INVITES YOU TO JANUARY 11TH OPEN HOUSE
Dancing! Singing! Acting! Celebrating the New Year & the Magic of Musical Theater!
Please join then for a sample class
to explore the joy of TADA! Youth Theater programs!
EVENT: TADA! Youth Theater January 2025 Open House
DATE/TIME:
Saturday January 11, 2025
10:00 am to 12:45 pm
Children, ages 3 to 14
Groups are divided by ages throughout the day
PLACE:
TADA! Youth Theater
15 West 28th Street, 3rd floor
Between Broadway & Fifth Avenue in Manhattan
Please join them on January 11th for an Open House to find out more about TADA! Youth Theater programs. Young people will explore the essential skills of singing, dancing and acting to start the New Year with a new adventure. Following a sample class, TADA! Director of Education will lead a Q&A.
To register for the January 2025 Open House, please visit: https://tadatheater.com/open-
Ready to discover your inner star? Registration is now open for TADA! Youth Theater's Winter and Spring musical theater classes and camps for ages 3-14! Discover the magic of musical theater with exciting choreography, vocal training, and fun theater activities in TADA! Youth theater afternoon and weekend Winter/Spring Semester Classes starting on February 3, 2025. Or, spend your school break in February, March, or April 2025 creating an original mini-musical in just 5 days at our Week-long School Break Camps. Endless options, endless fun—register today!
No child should be turned away because of their inability to pay. For more information, https://tadatheater.com/
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| Courtesy of Prana PR 24) WHARTON ARTS PRESENTS VIOLINS OF HOPE IN A CONCERT FOR PEACE AT NJPAC Youth Musicians to Perform on Instruments Saved from the Holocaust Sunday, January 12, 2025 @ 3PM NJPAC Prudential Hall One Center Street Newark, New Jersey 07102 www.njpac.org |
Led by Artistic Director and Principal Conductor Helen H. Cha-Pyo, this special concert showcases the extraordinary Violins of Hope, precious stringed instruments that survived the Holocaust. These instruments, some of which were played by prisoners of ghettos and death camps, have been meticulously restored by Israeli luthiers Amnon and Avshi Weinstein. Today, they serve as symbols of survival and perseverance, bringing hope to audiences worldwide. Join us for an unforgettable performance of remembrance, reflection, and renewal as we commemorate the resilience of the human spirit and honor the legacy of those who perished in the Holocaust.
The New Jersey Youth Symphony (NJYS) will perform works by Felix Mendelssohn, Paul Frucht, David Winkler, and Leonard Bernstein. During the rise of Hitler's Third Reich in the twentieth century, Mendelssohn's music was banned by the Nazis and his statue in Leipzig was destroyed (now rebuilt). Two ensembles of the New Jersey Youth Chorus, Coriste and Camerata, along with the Harmonium Choral Society, will join NJYS on stage, along with guest artists Asi Matathias and GRAMMY winner Ranaan Meyer. Tickets start at $18 and can be found with more information at WhartonArts.org
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25)Works & Process Announces
Spring 2025 Season
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The fortieth season of Works & Process at the Guggenheim continues in the museum's Peter B. Lewis Theater with events that highlight creative process by blending artist discussion and performance. A highlight of the programming will be a series of social dances in the Guggenheim’s rotunda, including a swing social to open the first Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival in partnership with 92NY. Dance will to a key aspect of this Works & Process season, with new dances by BalletX, Ballet Hispánico, Andy Blankenbuehler, New Jersey Ballet, Miami City Ballet, and the Vail Dance Festival. All events feature post-performance receptions that continue the conversation and help foster understanding, appreciation, and community.
Additional theater programming will spotlight the creative process of Broadway productions BOOP!, Purpose, and SMASH. There will also be commissioned works from the Boston Lyric Opera, Glimmerglass Festival, Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Opera Theatre of Saint Louis, and Williamstown Theatre Festival.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit at worksandprocess.org.
Tickets start at $20 or free.
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| Courtesy of Michelle Tabnick PR 26) Works & Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival January 9-13, 2025 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10128 Part of JanArtsNYC |
The fortieth season of Works & Process at the Guggenheim opens with the Underground Uptown Dance Festival, a festival of commissioned dances taking place from January 9-13, 2025. Gather round the Guggenheim in a series of one-night-only events spanning both the Frank Lloyd Wright–designed theater and rotunda. Experience New York City’s extraordinary club, street, and social dance traditions, all rooted in the circle and the cipher and blended with concert dance.
"We're letting you in on the secret, the magic is in the process. At the Works & Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival, see in the theater at the Guggenheim a blend of artist discussions and performance highlights, then follow that up into the iconic museum rotunda with street and club dance events with a reception to continue the conversation. Join us and embody the continuum of concert and social dance, spectating to participating, all featuring artists that have been supported each step from studio-to-stage with fully funded Works & Process residencies." – Duke Dang, Executive Director, Works & Process
Championing creative process from studio to stage, Works & Process has provided the featured projects with iterative presentations and long-term support through fully funded Works & Process LaunchPAD creative residencies, which offer artists industry-leading fees, 24/7 studio space, on-site housing, transportation, and health insurance enrollment access.
The Works & Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival is part of JanArtsNYC, part of one of the city’s largest and most influential arts gatherings and draws more than 45,000 performing arts leaders, artists, and enthusiasts from across the globe.
Tickets on sale now at worksandprocess.org.
Tickets start at $20.
AT A GLANCE
January 9
KR3TS (Keep Rising to the Top) with Violeta Galagarza
Afro Latin Soul with Sekou McMiller and Friends
Rotunda Dance Party: Salsa
January 10
It’s Showtime NYC! Pyramid by Cal Hunt and Johnathan Moore
Courtney “Balenciaga” Washington’s MasterZ at Work Dance Family
Rotunda Dance Party: Ladies of Hip-Hop All Styles Battle
January 11
Music From The Sole’s House Is Open, Going Dark (working title)
Wus Poppin NYC with Kwikstep and Rokafella
Rotunda Dance Party: The Missing Element with The Beatbox House
January 12
The Scattering by Emily Coates
Djapo by Marie Basse-Wiles and Omari Wiles
Rotunda Dance Party: LayeRhythm
January 13
THE DRAMA by Lloyd Knight, Jack Ferver, and Jeremy Jacob
BalletCollective: The Night Falls by Karen Russell, Ellis Ludwig-Leone, and Troy Schumacher
Rotunda Dance Party: Princess Lockerooo's Winter Waack Battle
KR3TS (Keep Rising to the Top) with Violeta Galagarza
Afro Latin Soul with Sekou McMiller and Friends
Rotunda Dance Party: Salsa
Thursday, January 9
7 pm: Theater
8:30 pm: Rotunda Dance Party
See a first look of new works by Latin Grammy and Bessie Award–winner Violeta Galagarza and Afro-Latin dance pioneer Sekou McMiller. The evening concludes with a salsa lesson and dance party in the rotunda for all.
For information or to purchase tickets, visit worksandprocess.org.
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