Dance Heginbotham will perform this weekend as part of Dance Under the Influence series at the Museum of Arts & Design (photo by Liza Voll, courtesy Jacobs Pillow Dance)
MOLISSA FENLEY, JOHN HEGINBOTHAM, DORMESHIA SUMBRY-EDWARDS, AND ZACK WINOKUR
Museum of Arts & Design, the Theater at MAD
2 Columbus Circle at 58th St. & Broadway
Monthly weekends February 22-23 through May 18, $20, 7:30
800-838-3006
www.madmuseum.org
The third season of the Museum of Arts and Design “Dance Under the Influence” series begins this weekend, as a diverse mix of contemporary dancers and choreographers gather at the Columbus Circle institution to perform works and then discuss them with the audience, sharing their artistic processes. Guest-curated by journalist, teacher, and writer Valerie Gladstone, the programs starts February 22-23 with Molissa Fenley, who will premiere Horizon, inspired by her recent trip to Hawaii, with music by Pauline Oliveros; Dance Heginbotham, the new company founded in 2011 by Brooklyn-based John Heginbotham, a veteran of Susan Marshall & Company and the Mark Morris Dance Group; Michael Jackson choreographer and swing and tap-dancer Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, who is part of Divine Rhythm Productions; and Zack Winokur, codirector of the Troupe with Michelle Mola. Next month’s installment takes place March 22-23 with ABT Studio Company, Decadence Theatre, David Neumann, and Basil Twist, while Jared Angle, Pontus Lidberg, Susan Marshall & Company, and Sara du Jour will be at MAD April 26-27. The series concludes May 17-18 with Doug Elkins, Rashaun Mitchell, Ramya Ramnarayan, and Blakely White-McGuire.