The wait is finally over… PERFORMANCE MIX Festival #40 starts tonight!
Meet us at Abrons Arts Center at 7pm tonight, Thursday, June 4th to kick off a weekend of riveting performances. Program A features our first ever commission by NYC-based dancemaker Ursula Eagly!
Don’t have tickets yet? Do not fear! There’s still time to secure a seat to one (or more) shows, pending availability.
Get a taste of what the artists are bringing to the table today…
Thursday, June 4th
7pm Program A
IV Castellanos presents Leche Hervida en Vivo, an ongoing abstract performance with low tech, sculptural wearables, a living set, and a physically direct and embodied choreography. A self-sufficient piece coming out of activist livelihoods.
chameckilerner presents Transmissions, a film that studies the ways we imprint ourselves on one another. Borrowing from the childhood game of Telephone, chameckilerner create a movement phrase from a collage of segments that appeared on their social media during a single day in 2025. The phrase is passed on to a series of willing participants and street passersby. The work unfolds as an accumulation of different translations, exposing the mechanics of learning, communication, interference, and communion.
Ursula Eagly presents a new commission by NDA titled Collective Imagination, a landing place for Ursula Eagly’s long-term work with group action and using dreamwork as choreographic material. Imagining together is easy and hopeful and needed right now.
8:30pm Program B
Julia Antinozzi presents Tarantella, a new variation of a duet exploring the relationship between the form of postmodern dance and ballet.
CoCoMotion presents a mixed-media performance featuring still photography of parents with their children. In addition, they will expand and revamp a solo from their work Movement Mamas.
Antonio Ramos & The Gangbangers in collaboration with Saúl Ulerio presents an excerpt of El Pueblo de los Olvidados, an experimental piece set in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, the 2018 catastrophe that devastated Puerto Rico and exposed the fragile reality behind the island’s postcard image. Through satire, irony, and moments of raw humanity, the piece confronts the contradiction between the paradise sold to tourists and the daily struggles of the people who call the island home.
REMINDER! FREE Breakfast Mix and Workshop tomorrow
Join us for a Breakfast Mix: a convivial meeting with festival artists followed by a movement workshop with Elena Lev.
Breakfast Mix Friday, June 5th 10:00 am – 12:00 pm 182 Duane Street, 3rd Floor.
Hoop Technique with Elena Lev Friday June 5th 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm This year the breakfast will be followed by a free workshop from internationally renowned artist Elena Lev:
Join Elena Lev, circus artist and performer in ‘Looper’ for an introduction to her unique approach to hoop manipulation. This workshop is for adult dancers and movers who are interested in exploring the basics of Lev’s technique. Participants will learn how to turn the hoop on their hands and body: a precise, playful and meditative challenge. Please wear comfortable, close-fitting clothes to move in (socks and leggings are ideal). Hoops will be provided.
These events are FREE to attend, but RSVP is required. Please RSVP today by emailing admin@newdancealliance.org.
Hot off the press
Dance Enthusiast Interview with Ursula Eagly
Experimental Artist Ursula Eagly on the 40th Anniversary of the Performance Mix Festival
“My creative history with New Dance Alliance goes a way long. Since my friend, Chivas Sandage brought me to New Dance Alliance to rehearse in early 90’s, the place has become a part of my creative life. The long time existence of the studio and Performance Mix Festival are vital to the artists who seek and explore deep into their process. Whenever I step into the studio, it’s a new space with a lot of memories. I lie down on the floor, listen to my body, and I dance. It is valuable. The time in the space nurtures my practice and artistic vision. Karen’s vision of Lift-Off residency, feedback sessions, providing peer to peer connections are more significant than ever. It has been helping us to get through 2020 and we are going into 2021.”
– Nami Yamamoto
New Dance Alliance
182 Duane Street
New York, NY 10013
All venues are wheelchair accessible.
