Bustling festivals, contemporary premieres, sudden team-ups—the dance scene is simply burning brighter as we enter the ultimate weeks of summer time. Listed below are our prime picks for August.
Reclaiming East-Meets-West
NEW YORK CITY Offered as a part of The Shed’s Open Name commissioning program, Benjamin Akio Kimitch’s Tiger Arms reimagines dance’s East-meets-West stereotypes because the choreographer revisits his formative coaching in non-Western dance and shut connection to Peking opera. Aug. 4–6. theshed.org. —Courtney Escoyne
A Smorgasbord in Scotland
EDINBURGH Scotland’s capital is positively bursting on the seams because the Edinburgh Worldwide Pageant descends. Among the many highlights for dance aficionados: Scottish Ballet premieres a brand new tackle Coppélia by Jess and Morgs (Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple), utilizing the basic to ask questions on synthetic intelligence and whether or not actual life can compete with know-how; Alan Cumming stars as Scotland’s nationwide bard Robert Burns within the Steven Hoggett–choreographed dance-theater automobile Burn; and several other works interact with themes of migration, amongst them Akram Khan’s Jungle Guide reimagined, Farah Saleh’s A Wee Journey and Akeim Toussaint Buck’s Home windows of Displacement. Aug. 5–28. eif.co.uk. —CE
Requiems and Reunions
NEW YORK CITY Lincoln Heart’s Summer season for the Metropolis involves an in depth this month with a variety of occasions, together with three powerhouse dance packages. Reunions, curated by Kyle Abraham, options the work of A.I.M alums Rena Butler, Kayla Farrish, Vinson Fraley, Nicole Mannarino, Chalvar Monteiro, Jie-Hung Connie Shiau and Maleek Washington, Aug. 6–7. Present A.I.M members take the stage with the New York premiere of Abraham’s Requiem: Hearth within the Air of the Earth, which explores reincarnation and Black Futurism to a reimagining of Mozart’s Requiem in D minor by digital dance music artist Jlin, Aug. 11–13. And the BAAND Collectively Dance Pageant, Aug. 9–13, is again after final summer time’s standard preliminary outing, with Ballet Hispánico, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, New York Metropolis Ballet and Dance Theatre of Harlem sharing an outside stage and a brand new fee for dancers from all 5 corporations by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa. lincolncenter.org. —CE
Doherty and Dread
HAMBURG Oona Doherty’s critically acclaimed works, characterised by their gritty realism and visceral motion languages, have explored themes starting from working-class masculinity to the affect of faith on her native Belfast. Nevertheless, as she describes her newest, Navy Blue, as “a rebirth” and “a questioning of what to do subsequent,” it appears the choreographer could also be making ready to take a brand new course. That includes 12 dancers and a soundtrack created with British DJ and producer Jamie xx, Navy Blue guarantees to create an unsettling sense of dread whereas contemplating the place we’ve been, the place we’re going and the way we will attempt for societal change. The evening-length work premieres at Hamburg’s Kampnagel competition on Aug. 10 earlier than touring Europe. oonadohertyweb.com. —Emily Could
Below an Open Sky
TORONTO Nationwide Ballet of Canada kicks off its season early with out of doors performances on the Harbourfront Centre. For Sharing the Stage, the corporate is joined by the soulful Holla Jazz, feminist dance theater troupe Rock Backside Motion, kathak-trained artist Tanveer Alam and Indigenous dancer-choreographer Samantha Sutherland. NBoC’s contributions to the blended rep will embrace choreography by creative director emerita Karen Kain, Wayne McGregor and Christopher Wheeldon. Aug. 16–20. nationwide.ballet.ca. —CE
