Belgian dance artist Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui is one of the world’s most internationally sought-after choreographers, Artistic Director of Ballet Flanders, and most recently, choreographer of Jagged Little Pill, the new musical featuring the music of Alanis Morissette and choreographer for Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s newest music video Apes**t. Cherkaoui performs with his company Eastman in Fractus V, a work originally created … Continued
A new generation of activist dance artists has arisen in the American black community, seeking to address unfolding real-world events. Hip-hop veterans The Wondertwins (Billy and Bobby McClain) and Jamaican- American choreographer Davalois Fearon explore and provoke searing questions about being black – about dancing black – in today’s America.
“RED BARAAT brings high energy, scalding hot bhangra music to The Yard’s annual benefit. There will be delicious bites, desserts, libations, and a sunset to remember. Come support The Yard! Red Baraat can mesmerize an audience with a funk groove, turn a switch, and drive the same crowd to the brink of delirium. Since its … Continued
LE PATIN LIBRE is a contemporary ice skating company from Montreal, which uses ice, skates, and glide as media. Le Patin Libre, whose members are all highly trained skaters, caused a sensation in 2014 with Vertical Influences, a revolutionary display of contemporary dance on ice. They will present their new work Threshold, a poem-in-motion about … Continued
Guggenheim Creative Arts Fellow and two time Bessie Award winner DOUG ELKINS will present his new work, O, round desire. In intricate encounters, the performers dive through apertures that suddenly appear, and one person may duck beneath another’s limbs to peer out at the world or crawl into a new structure composed of bodies. Much … Continued
In this dance/theater performance based on her experience growing up with a learning disability, dancer, choreographer, and spoken word artist LIDA WINFIELD shares the gifts and heartache that accompanied her struggle to learn to read – which did not occur until her early twenties. Mixing vignettes woven in a creative and captivating format, the show … Continued
“Odeon is the second collaboration between sister and brother team EPHRAT ASHERIE and EHUD ASHERIE (choreographer and musical director, respectively). Set to the music of Brazilian composer Ernesto Nazareth, this work takes a hybrid approach to movement. Odeon delves into what happens when you bring together the extended family of street and club dances — … Continued
The Yard is excited to welcome back AZRO CADY for a second year. The NYC based rock and roll combo is driven by the songs of singer/guitarist Philip Hoffman and features Flip Scipio on guitar, Trina Hamlin on drums and harmonica, and Mark Dzubia on bass. Join us for an evening of moving and grooving … Continued
“As part of The Yard’s 6th Annual TapTheYard: A Vineyard Festival of Rhythm and Beats, THE BANG GROUP presents A Mouthful of Shoes. This work continues choreographer David Parker’s adventurous exploration of the sonic potential of the dancing body in a varied, interlocking suite of percussive dances. “I’ve taken a set of musical scores both … Continued
Bessie Award Winner CALEB TEICHER will present two works – Meet Ella and Small and Tall as part of The Yard’s 6th Annual TapTheYard: A Vineyard Festival of Rhythm and Beats. In Meet Ella, Caleb Teicher collaborates with Nathan Bugh to bring new depth to Ella Fitzgerald’s well-known catalogue through jazz dance forms. Caleb and … Continued