Even More Dance in Store for City Center's 2016–17 Season

May 10, 2016

Last summer, Bill Irwin and Tiler Peck debuted Time It Was/116 at Vail before bringing it to Fall for Dance. Photo by Kyle Froman.

Though we haven’t even reached summer, now’s the time when dance companies and fans alike are setting their sights towards fall. Today, New York City Center announced its 2016–17 lineup. Aside from the popular two-week Fall for Dance Festival (yes, all tickets are still just $15), City Center will host another fest, a Big Apple iteration of the Vail International Dance Festival.

Could this be a trend of late? It’s not the first time this year a summer festival has announced special programming in NYC. Just this March, the American Dance Festival unveiled that it will close its regular season with performances at The Joyce Theater, August 1–3. For summer outlets like ADF and Vail, the additional performances offer a chance for NYC audiences, who may not have the chance to travel to North Carolina or Colorado, to get in on the action. It’s particularly a keen move for Vail, since many of its dancers are already based in New York. A press release from City Center mentioned that Vail Dance Festival: ReMix NYC, with shows November 3–6, will feature many Vail regulars, including American Ballet Theatre’s Isabella Boylston (the festival’s artist in residence for 2016) and Herman Cornejo; New York City Ballet’s Sara Mearns, Robert Fairchild and Tiler Peck; tapper extraordinaire Michelle Dorrance; and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s rehearsal director, Matthew Rushing. Former Pacific Northwest Ballet star Carla Körbes, jukin’ phenom Lil Buck, tango artist Gabriel Missé, and others will also be in tow.

The full Fall for Dance lineup has not yet been released, but City Center promised 20 different companies and artists from around the world and two world premiere commissions for its 13th edition, September 26–October 8. Featured performers include ABT, Ailey, Australia’s Bangarra Dance Theatre, London’s Richard Alston Dance Company, Brazil’s Grupo Corpo, France’s Compagnie Accrorap, classical Indian dancer Shantala Shivalingappa and Hong Kong Ballet.

If that isn’t enough, the always cool Nederlands Dans Theater will make a tour stop at City Center, November 16–19, with four U.S. premieres. For tickets and more info on the rest of the upcoming season as it becomes available, see nycitycenter.org.

 

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