Studio 5
In Person and On Demand
This popular evening series of conversations and performance excerpts offers audiences the unique opportunity to get closer to today’s great dance artists. Most evenings feature previews of our mainstage dance programming and are moderated by leading scholars and writers in the dance world. We’re also proud to offer select Studio 5 evenings as livestreamed online events, and as on-demand video content.
On-Sale Dates |
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Members | General Public | ||
Sep 6 | Sep 13 | ||
Tickets on sale at noon |
FALL FOR DANCE FESTIVAL | STAGING THE VIRTUAL
Thu Sep 15 at 6:30pm
All tickets $35
In anticipation of the 19th annual Fall for Dance Festival, join selected artists in our historic studios as they perform excerpts from work previously commissioned for our 2020 Digital Fall for Dance Festival, and discuss the intricacies of restaging these works for a live audience.
Sara Mearns previews The Two of Us with choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, a piece set to classic Joni Mitchell music that will be performed as part of Program 4.
Choreographer and original performer Jamar Roberts discusses his solo work Morani/Mungu (Black Warrior/Black God) with moderator Brian Schaeffer before the piece’s Live Premiere in Program 3.
Enjoy this event livestreamed on Sep 15 at 6:30pm and then on demand through the run of the Festival to October 2, 2022.
MR. B: GEORGE BALANCHINE’S 20TH CENTURY
Mon Nov 14 at 6:30pm
All tickets $35
Celebrate the launch of the new book Mr. B: George Balanchine’s 20th Century with author Jennifer Homans (Apollo’s Angels: A History of Ballet). Moderated by Alastair Macaulay, this evening of conversation and performance features excerpts from Balanchine’s Agon and The Four Temperaments, performed by Gilbert Bolden III, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Emilie Gerrity, and Miriam Miller.
Excerpts from GEORGE BALANCHINE’S THE NUTCRACKER®
Mon Dec 5 at 6:30pm
All tickets $35
Experience excerpts from Balanchine’s classic vision of The Nutcracker, performed by New York City Ballet Principal dancers Unity Phelan and Indiana Woodward with special guest teacher Suki Schorer. The evening is moderated by Alastair Macaulay.
AYODELE CASEL | ARTISTS AT THE CENTER
Mon Mar 6, 2023 at 6:30pm
All tickets $35
Collaborators Torya Beard and Ayodele Casel discuss their carefully curated showcase of tap’s infinite expressions with moderator Aaron Mattocks in advance of their Artists at the Center evening. Featuringperformers Naomi Funaki, Crystal Monee Hall, and Dre Torres.
CITY CENTER DANCE FESTIVAL | STREET DANCE EDITION
Mon May 22, 2023 at 6:30pm
All tickets $35
Festival curators Ephrat Asherie and Adesola Osakalumi, moderate this conversation about the upcoming showcase of street dance styles, featuring Festival participants.