🎉 PERFORMANCE MIX IS HERE 🎉 Festival DAY 1 Schedule

June 5, 2025  | emily  | General

The wait is finally over… Performance Mix Festival #39 starts TONIGHT!

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Meet us at Abrons Arts Center at 7pm tonight, Thursday, June 5th to kick off a weekend of riveting performances.

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There’s still time to secure a seat to one (or more) shows.

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Get a taste of what the artists are bringing to the table today…

Thursday, June 5th

7 pm Program A

Karen Bernard
Fleeting Glimpse
performed by Johanna S Meyer.
💫Vibes: nuanced minimalism and desire

Lisa Parra
family reunion side two
developed in collaboration with Emma Rose Brown.
💫Vibes: memory, resonance, observing heritage.

8:30 pm Program B

Elle Sofe Sara*
Giitu Giitu (Thank you Lord)
*Ciné-Corps Film
💫Vibes: Lestadian trance

Egbésola Ẹfúnyẹmí
Ẹfúnyẹmí’s journey
💫Vibes: Yoruba ancestral magic

jay beardsley
second movement (on life)
performed by Taylor Bonadies and Andrea Soto
💫Vibes: AI & intimacy

Jo Warren
Neighbors
developed in collaboration with dancers
performed by Chlöe Engel, Maddie Hopfield, Nina Guevera, Rose Cole-Cohen, Meg Herzfeld, Sofia Franklin
💫Vibes: suburbia+Christianity intermingled

Muyassar Kurdi
Body Poetics
💫Vibes: aural tapestry

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Join us for Breakfast (Mix!)

The annual Breakfast Mix is taking place tomorrow, Friday, June 6th, 10am at the NDA Loft in Tribeca. Come for the food, stay for the connections!
Free to attend, RSVP required!

RSVP: admin@newdancealliance.org

FREE Workshop with Lara Kramer

Lara Kramer will lead a FREE movement workshop at the NDA Loft following the Breakfast Mix, from 12-2pm on Friday, June 6th. RSVP required, limited spots available.

RSVP: admin@newdancealliance.org

Working with temporality, we will give time to deceleration to allow new and old embodied knowledge and awareness to unfold, exploring a personal rigorous approach to minimalism. Underlying the creative workshop is a desire for experiential play, storytelling and sharing between us will strive to be open-ended, offering an invitation for reciprocity.

PHOTO CREDITS: Photo 1 – Lisa Parra photographed by Phillip Martinez. Photo 2 – Still from Giitu Giitu (Thank You Lord) dir. Elle Sofe Sara. Ciné-Corps film.