Residency program offering NYC dance-makers rehearsal and performance space on @CUNY campuses across the boroughs. Link 👇
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CUNY Dance Initiative retweeted
Ready to move? 🕺🏾✨ Dancing on the Plaza is BACK at Hillel Plaza (Flatbush Junction)! Join us Sat, June 13 (10 a.m.–7pm) for an open-air celebration of Afro-Caribbean culture, sound & movement. 🎧🔥
đź“· Ron Wallace
🔗 eventbrite.com/e/dancing-on-…
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CUNY Dance Initiative retweeted
“Thanks to @jamaicaarts and the CUNY Dance Initiative, I’ve been able to spend countless hours in the studio bringing this solo to life.” - Elinor Kleber Diggs
Elinor is about to premiere "Crimson" at Triskelion Arts.
MAY 28-30 at 8PM
LEARN MORE: triskelionarts.org/spring-20…
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STARTING TODAY! Tap becomes testimony. Rhythm becomes resistance. Joy becomes rebellion.
Gerson Lanza's "To Dance Is To Be Free", is art meets advocacy through live music, spoken word & percussive dance.
MAY 14-15 | 7:30PM
@CityCollegeNY @CCNYARTS
TIX: eventbrite.com/e/to-dance-is…
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CUNY Dance Initiative retweeted
Join this high-octane expression of Latin ICONS with Migguel Anggelo & wild array of musicians, dancers & drag queens!
This setlist hits every note, from the soul of Buena Vista Social Club to dance-floor energy of La Lupe.
MAY 15 | 8PM
@QC_News
INFO: kupferbergcenter.org/event/i…
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FREE ON SATURDAY! Knee Heart Co's visually arresting mix of tap, theater & mask work draws from years of creation at @NewYorkLiveArts, @JacobsPillow & @worksandprocess at @CatskillBST as seen in this video.
5/9 - 7:30PM
@HostosCollege @HostosCenter
FREE: eventbrite.com/e/orlando-her…
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CUNY Dance Initiative retweeted
Nubian Nene was awarded a joint residency with @worksandprocess and @KupferbergArts. Take a peek at her master class exploring the history of waacking for the @QC_News dance department.
Cheer her on as she begins a week-long W&P residency at @bethanyartsorg.
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CUNY Dance Initiative retweeted
Orlando Hernández opens up about his journey with OCD, redefining masculinity & using tap & masks to honor Afro-Indigenous legacies. LEARN MORE: cafeconpam.com/the-pour-over…
SEE THE WORK IN PROGRESS
May 9 @ 7:30pm
@HostosCollege's @HostosCenter
FREE w/RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/orlando-her…
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CUNY Dance Initiative retweeted
GET READY! Tap becomes testimony. Rhythm becomes resistance. Joy becomes rebellion.
Gerson Lanza's "To Dance Is To Be Free", is art meets advocacy through live music, spoken word & percussive dance.
MAY 14-15 | 7:30PM
@CityCollegeNY @CCNYARTS
TICKETS: eventbrite.com/e/to-dance-is…
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CUNY Dance Initiative retweeted
Each June, our Fellows live, train & perform together at @PS21Chatham, surrounded by meadows, trails, and open sky.
Days are full of rehearsals, workshops & community engagements.
Then, a live performance in an open-air pavilion on JUNE 5th!
LEARN MORE: ps21chatham.org/event/next-f…
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CUNY Dance Initiative retweeted
THIS SATURDAY, help us celebrate 100 YEARS OF COLTRANE.
2026 marks the John Coltrane Centennial, a global celebration of a sound that changed music forever. That legacy is alive onstage with @RaviColtrane.
MAY 9 | 8PM
@QC_News
GET TICKETS: kupferbergcenter.org/event/r…
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CUNY Dance Initiative retweeted
THIS JUNE, Next Fest brings our world premiere program centering immigrant women composers to Brooklyn's @NationalSawdust, "The city's most vital new-music hall" (@nytimesmusic).
JUNE 6 | 7:30 PM
LEARN MORE: nationalsawdust.org/event/th…
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CUNY Dance Initiative retweeted
JUNE 11! Our Choreographer, Composer & Performance Fellows cross the disciplinary divide to create something truly original for an open showing, after a week of spontaneous creation.
THURSDAY, JUNE 11 | 7:30pm
@GibneyDance (Lower Manhattan)
Free Tickets: eventbrite.com/e/the-next-fe…
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CUNY Dance Initiative retweeted
SUNDAY: @yeyasmiles, the Latin GRAMMY-winning vocalist, violinist, & @flordetoloache front-woman, makes her KCA #CincodeMayo debut, bringing powerhouse vocals to an all-star line up of @tlenhuicani, @RealDeMexico & @BFMNY.
MAY 3 / 3PM
@QC_News
TICKETS: kca.nyc/cinco
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THIS WEEK!
Kizuna Dance returns to John Jay College with a powerhouse triple bill 12 years in the making, each pulling from the textures, tensions, and poetry of Japanese language and culture.
May 2, 2026 | 7p
Gerald W. Lynch Theater
GET TICKETS: eventbrite.com/e/kizuna-danc…
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CUNY Dance Initiative retweeted
Caribbean memory & colonial myths collide in KneeHeart’s "Too soon to discover planets, too late to discover islands", after years of creation at @NewYorkLiveArts, @SnugHarborCCBG, @worksandprocess & @CatskillBST.
5/9, 7:30PM
@HostosCenter
FREE w/RSVP: eventbrite.com/e/orlando-her…
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