Evolving artist Sheetal Gandhi will collaborate with mentor David Rousseve on contemporary dance as part of “E-Moves” series (photo by Cedar Bough T. Saeji)
Harlem Stage Gatehouse
150 Convent Ave. at West 135th St.
April 20-21, 27-28, $15, 7:30
www.harlemstage.org
The thirteenth season of the “E-Moves” dance series will take place at Harlem Stage over the next two weekends, pairing emerging and evolving choreographers with well-established mentors, creating works in a variety of styles. On April 20 and 27, the emerging artist section joins Nikki Hefko with Nia Love (ballet), Daisuke Omiya with Patricia Hoffbauer (contemporary/tap), Simone Sobers with Kevin Wynn (contemporary), and Jaamil Olawale Kosoko with Tania Isaac (postmodern), followed by evolving artist Sheetal Gandhi with David Rousseve (contemporary). The April 21 and 28 sessions feature emerging artist Jenni Hong with Francesca Harper (contemporary), Leslie Parker with Edisa Weeks (contemporary), Franklin Diaz with Ronald K. Brown (contemporary flamenco), and Marjani Forté with Earl Mosley (contemporary), followed by evolving artist Souleymane Badolo with Reggie Wilson (contemporary). The program also includes screenings of Joan Frosch’s Movement (R)Evolution Africa: A Story of an Art Form in Four Acts and Rousseve’s Two Seconds After Laughter. All of the emerging artists are local choreographers from Brooklyn, the Bronx, and Manhattan (including two from Harlem), while Badolo is a native of Burkina Faso who is currently based in Bennington, Vermont, and Gandhi arrives from Los Angeles. “E-Moves” offers a fabulous opportunity to experience what is coming next in the world of dance.