Thursday, May 2 | 8PM | Free–$20

Experience an impactful evening of environmental activism through art with dynamic dance solos by Laura Shapiro and Davalois Fearon, a short film exploring the relationship between Black bodies, culture & land by Paloma McGregor, and an interactive address by 2016 White House Champion of Change Kayhan Irani. Followed by a panel discussion between all artists.

Friday, May 3 | 8PM | $20

Three queer Puerto Rican artists share an evening of dance, movement and words. Samir Andrades presents a section of his provocative show Pieles. Indio Melendez offers a mesmerizing tribute to Orisha Ochún and Antonio Ramos delivers boundary-breaking dance!

Saturday, May 4 | 4PM | FREE-$20

Join breakdance master Rokafella for a vibrant movement workshop centering Black creative praxis.

Learn basic floor moves to add to your tool kit as you become more confident with level shifts when you dance.

This class is open to all levels and modifications will be available.

Thursday, May 9 | 7PM | FREE

The Visit is a “tragicomic” play written & directed by Edoardo Di Pietro that portrays weekly meetings with inmates at a prison in Naples, Italy where tense conditions reveal a symbol of humanity crushed by the apparent impossibility of change.

Presented in Italian with English supertitles.

Friday, May 10 | 8PM | $20

John Ollom and his collaborators Perry Brass, Edward Barron and Jim Ferguson present an interdisciplinary exploration into the energetic flow and blocks that we all explore as we search for personal freedom. Discover how movement can open up explorations of the present as trauma no longer defines our existence and threads unite and shape us.

Virtual option available

Saturday, May 11 | 8PM | Free–$20

We invited local choreographers to boogie down with original dance performances showcasing their artistry.

See the eight of the dance artists who enthusiastically accepted the challenge!

Virtual option available

Thursday, May 16 | 8PM | Free

Get to know the rising NYC dance artists chosen for this year’s Dancing Futures Residency! Preview a glimpse of their innovative work in anticipation of their culminating residency showings at BAAD! later this fall.

Friday, May 17 | 8PM | $20

Choreographer, dancer, and facilitator Shavon Norris explores the sounds, words, languages, doctrines, people(s), places, and objects that flooded her developing mind, body, and spirit in this solo performance. It is a love letter and a challenge to the biological, cultural, and historical artifacts and fossils in her blood and in her vision.

Saturday, May 18 | 3PM | $10–$20

Alethea Pace presents an exclusive glimpse into "between wave and water," a multimedia performance-walk rooted in reclaiming the history of an African Burial Ground in Hunts Point scheduled for September 2024. Through storytelling and song & dance, a contemporary Bronx Trickster character leads a time-traveling journey while exposing our complex entanglement with history.