Annual DanceNOW festival will take place in newly renovated Joe’s Pub
Joe’s Pub
425 Lafayette St. between East Fourth St. & Astor Pl.
October 19-22, $15-$20, 7:00
212-967-7555
www.joespub.com
www.dancenownyc.org
Encouraging innovative dance by giving companies five minutes on a tiny stage, DanceNOW returns to a newly redesigned Joe’s Pub this week for four nights of specially created presentations from some forty choreographers. The ninth season features new names as well as more familiar groups offering unique, intimate experiences; the lineup includes, among others, Camille A. Brown, Dash/Gregory Dolbashian, Sean Curran, and Sidra Bell Dance on Wednesday, Jamal Jackson Dance Company, Luke Murphy/Movement Underground, binbinFactory, and small apple co. on Thursday, Hilary Easton + Company, Gina Gibney Dance, Nicholas Leichter Dance, Amber Sloan, and TAKE Dance on Friday, and BANGdance, Jane Comfort and Company, Doug Elkins Choreography, Liberation Dance Theater, Ellis Wood Dance, and zvidance on Saturday. The companies will be competing in a nightly DanceNOW Challenge, complete with audience voting, with the winners receiving $1,000 for development, a week-long residency, and a twenty-hour space grant.