Fall for Dance Festival

Fall for Dance is an annual dance festival presented by New York City Center in New York City. Established in 2004 as a means to introduce new audiences to dance, and loosely based on the Delacorte Dance Festival model of the 1960s and 1970s, Fall For Dance showcases as many as five different dance companies on each of the festival's six nights. In response to the Festival's popularity, in 2006 the number of performances was expanded to ten, with four of the six programs being repeated; in 2009 the number of performances remained ten, with five programs, each repeating.

Roster of performances

2004

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• Dance Theatre of Harlem: Agon (choreographer: George Balanchine)
• Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company: Continuous Replay (choreographer: Arnie Zane)
• STREB: Ricochet, Wild Blue Wonder
• David Neumann: Dose
• Merce Cunningham Dance Company: How to Pass, Kick, Fall and Run
• Martha Graham Dance Company: Embattled Garden
• Susan Marshall & Company: Kiss
• PEARSONWIDRIG DANCETHEATER: Ordinary Festivals
• Rubberbandance Group: Elastic Perspective (excerpts)
• Noche Flamenca: Siguiriya
• Trisha Brown Dance Company: Groove and Countermove
• Peter Boal: Episodes
• Ballet Hispanico : Dejame Soñar
• Parul Shah & Dancers: Precious Cracked Earth
• Rennie Harris Puremovement: Students of the Asphalt Jungle
• Boston Ballet; Plan to B (choreographer: Jorma Elo)
• Desmond Richardson: Solo
• Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group: BIG BRICK: a man's piece
• Eiko & Koma: Snow
• Paul Taylor Dance Company: Promethean Fire
• Ronald K. Brown\EVIDENCE: Upside Down
• LAVA: Double Trapeze
• Batoto Yetu: Nzinga (excerpts)
• Yin Mei Dance: Empty Tradition/City of Peonies
• Tamango & Roxane Butterfly: Two-way improvisation
• Garth Fagan Dance: DANCECOLLAGEFORROMIE
• American Ballet Theatre: Diana and Acteon
• Big Dance Theater: City of Brides
• Pardigm: One
• Sidi Goma: Kari Damal

2005

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• Black Grace, Minoi
• Bill Irwin & Friends, untitled
• Ballet de l'Opéra National de Lyon, Duo William Forsythe, choreographer
• Jody Sperling/Time Lapse Dance, Water and Fire
• PHILADANCO, Gate Keepers, Ronald K. Brown, choreographer
• Limón Dance Company, Psalm José Limón, choreographer
• Tania Isaac Dance, letter home/Bam Bam excerpts, Tania Isaac, choreographer
• Tania Pérez-Salas Compañia de danza, Los Horas (excerpts)
• Aditi Mangaldas Dance Company, Rhythm & Sound
• Houston Ballet, Nosotros, Stanton Welch, choreographer
• American Ballet Theatre, Le Spectre de la Rose, Michel Fokine, choreographer
• Urban Bush Women, Sacred Vessel, Bridget L. Moore, choreographer
• Keigwin + Company, Angels of Anxiety, Larry Keigwin, choreographer
• Zaccho Dance Theatre, Dance in a Doorway Joanna Haigood and Remy Charlip, choreographers
• Eva Yerbabuena, Del Puente Soleá
• Molissa Fenley & Dancers, Hemispheres excerpts
• Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Cry Alvin Ailey, choreographer
• Tapage, Morango ... almost a tango Mari Fujibayashi and Olivia Rosenkrantz, choreographers
• New York City Ballet, Variations pour une Porte et un Soupir, George Balanchine, choreographer
• Pascal Rioult Dance Theatre, Bolero
• Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montreal, Minus One Ohad Naharin, choreographer
• Nai-Ni Chen, Passage to the Silk River
• Benjamin Millepied, Circular Motion
• Brenda Angiel Aerial Dance Company, Air-Condition excerpts
• Paul Taylor Dance Company, Esplanade
• Charles Moulton, 48 Person Precision Ball Passing
• Vincent Mantsoe, NDAA excerpt
• Compagnie Marie Chouinard, 24 Preludes by Chopin excerpts
• Yoshiko Chuma & The School of Hard Knocks, 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 x 7 excerpts
• Joffrey Ballet, Suite Saint-Saëns, Gerald Arpino, choreographer

2006

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• Yi-Jo Lim Sun Dance Company: Heaven and Earth
• Dutch National Ballet: Before After (choreographer: Annabelle Lopez Ochoa)
• Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company : Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin (excerpt)
• Trisha Brown Dance Company:Set and Reset
• Pennsylvania Ballet: 11:11 (choreographer: Matthew Neenan)
• Stephen Petronio Company: Lareigne
• nathantrice/RITUALS: Prophet & Betrayer (choreographer: Nathan Trice)
• Coleman Lemieux & Compagnie: Fifteen Heterosexual Duets (excerpt) (choreographer: James Kudelka)
• Compagnie Franck II Louise: DROP IT! (excerpt)
• Paul Taylor Dance Company: Syzygy
• Alonzo King LINES Ballet: The MOROCCAN Project (excerpt)
• The Martha Graham Dance Company–Satyric Festival Song
• New York City Ballet: In the Night (choreographer: Jerome Robbins)
• Compagnie La BARAKA / Abou LAGRAA: Ou Transe (excerpt)
• The Parsons Dance Company: Swing Shift (choreographer David Parsons)
• Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company: Tensile Involvement (choreographer: Alwin Nikolais)
• Maureen Fleming Company:–The Stairs (excerpt)
• American Ballet Theatre: White Swan/Black Swan pas de deux (choreographers: Lev Ivanov and Marius Petipa)
• Robert Moses Kin: Cause (excerpt)
• Honvéd Dance Company:Black Pearls
• Pacific Northwest Ballet:The Piano Dance (choreographer: Paul Gibson)
• Christopher Williams:–ginja sem caroço (excerpt)
• Random Dance: Polar Sequences (choreographer: Wayne McGregor)
• Bridgman/Packer Dance: Under The Skin (excerpt) (choreographers: Art Bridgman and Myrna Packer)
• Farruco (choreographer: Antonio Fernández Montoya)
• STREB Extreme Action:Streb vs. Gravity (excerpt) (choreographer: Elizabeth Streb)
• ASzURe & Artists–Mais We (excerpt) (choreographer: Aszure Barton)
• George Piper Dances/BalletBoyz – Torsion (choreographer: Russell Maliphant)
• Odile Duboc-Contre Jour: boléro, one (excerpt) (choreographer: Odile Duboc)
• Jason Samuels Smith’s A.C.G.I.: Peace of Mind (choreographer: Jason Samuels Smith)

2007

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• American Ballet Theatre … choreographer: George Balanchine
• … choreographer: Arnie Zane
• :,
• Boston Ballet …
• Buckets & Tap Shoes:,
• Camille A. Brown and Dancers:,
• Carmen deLavallade / Jane Ira Bloom: Kiss
• :,
• Doug Varone and Dancers …
• :,
• Johan Kobborg …
• Juilliard Dance: Episodes
• …
• Kirov Ballet of the Mariinsky Theatre of St. Petersburg, Russia …
• Rennie Harris Puremovement: Students of the Asphalt Jungle
• Boston Ballet; Plan to B (choreographer: Jorma Elo)
• Desmond Richardson: Solo
• Reggie Wilson/Fist and Heel Performance Group: BIG BRICK: a man's piece
• Eiko & Koma: Snow
• Paul Taylor Dance Company: Promethean Fire
• Ronald K. Brown\EVIDENCE: Upside Down
• LAVA: Double Trapeze
• Batoto Yetu: Nzinga (excerpts)
• Yin Mei Dance: Empty Tradition/City of Peonies
• Tamango & Roxane Butterfly: Two-way improvisation
• Garth Fagan Dance: DANCECOLLAGEFORROMIE
• American Ballet Theatre: Diana and Acteon
• Big Dance Theater: City of Brides
• Pardigm: One
• Sidi Goma: Kari Damal

2008

Week one, September 17–21

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program one ^{[2008 Playbill 1][2008 review 2][2008 review 3]}

• • Shen Wei Dance Arts, Map (excerpts), choreography by Shen Wei
  • Pichet Klunchun Dance Company, Chui Chai, choreography by Pichet Klunchun
  • Keigwin + Company, Fire, choreography by Larry Keigwin
  • The National Ballet of Canada, Soldiers' Mass, choreography by Jirí Kylián

program two ^{[2008 Playbill 1][2008 review 4]}

• • Merce Cunningham Dance Company, Sounddance, choreography by Merce Cunningham
  • Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Awassa Astrige / Ostrich, choreography by Asadata Dafora
  • American Ballet Theatre, The Leaves Are Fading (pas de deux ), choreography by Antony Tudor
  • Louise Lecavalier, Lone Epic (excerpt), choreography by Crystal Pite
  • Ayodele Casel, Sarah Savelli & Dancers, Tap Into Peace (excerpts), choreography by Ayodele Casel and Sarah Savelli

program three ^{[2008 Playbill 1][2008 review 4]}

• • Les Ballet Jazz de Montréal, [bjm_danse], Les Chambres des Jacques (excerpt), choreography by Aszure Barton
  • Oregon Ballet Theatre, RUSH (pas de deux), choreography by Christopher Wheeldon
  • Madhavi Mudgal, Odissi:PRAVAHA, choreography by Madhavi Mudgal
  • Sheron Wray, Harmonica Breakdown, choreography by Jane Dudley
  • Hofesh Shechter Company, Uprising (excerpt), choreography by Hofesh Shechter

Week two, September 23–27

program four ^{[2008 Playbill 1][2008 review 5]}

• • BeijingDance / LDTX, The Cold Dagger (excerpt), choreography by Li Hanzhong and Ma Bo
  • Houston Ballet, Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, choreography by George Balanchine
  • Richard Siegal/The Bakery, The New 45, choreography by Richard Siegal
  • Fang-Yi Sheu, Single Room (excerpt), choreography by Bulareyuang Pagarlava
  • The Gentlemen of Hälau Nä Kamalei, Kahikilani, choreography by Robert Uluwehi Cazimero

program five ^{[2008 Playbill 1][2008 review 6]}

• • The Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Pithoprakta, choreography by George Balanchine
  • Talia Paz, Love (excerpt), choreography by Sharon Eyal
  • The Lombard Twins, Lombard Play Piazzolla – The Dance Concert, choreography by Martin and Facundo Lombard
  • Kate Weare Company, The Light Has Not the Arms to Carry Us, choreography by Kate Weare
  • Garth Fagan Dance, From Before, choreography by Garth Fagan

program six ^{[2008 Playbill 1][2008 review 7]}

• • Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Sweet Fields, choreography by Twyla Tharp
  • San Francisco Ballet, In the Night, choreography by Jerome Robbins

• • Compañia Nacional de Danza, Artistic Director Nacho Duato, Cor Perdut, choreography by Nacho Duato
  • Paul Taylor Dance Company, Esplanade, choreography by Paul Taylor

2009

Week one, September 22–27

• Tuesday, September 22 ^{[2009 Playbill 1][2009 review 1][2009 review 2]}
  • Boston Ballet
    • Afternoon of a Faun by Vaslav Nijinsky to music of Claude Debussy

• • Paul Taylor Dance Company
    • Offenbach Overtures
  • Batsheva Dance Company by Ohad Naharin to music of Maurice Ravel
    • B/olero

• • Savion Glover & The OtheRz
    • THE STaRz and STRiPes 4EVeR for NoW

• Wednesday, September 23 ^{[2009 Playbill 1][2009 review 1][2009 review 2]}
  • Boston Ballet
    • Afternoon of a Faun by Vaslav Nijinsky to music of Claude Debussy

• • Paul Taylor Dance Company
    • Offenbach Overtures
  • Batsheva Dance Company by Ohad Naharin to music of Maurice Ravel
    • B/olero

• • Savion Glover & The OtheRz
    • THE STaRz and STRiPes 4EVeR for NoW

• Thursday and Friday, September 24–25th ^{[2009 Playbill 2][2009 review 3]}
  • Martha Graham Dance Company
    • Diversion of Angels
  • Tangueros del Sur
    • Romper el Piso
  • Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company
    • Softly as I Leave You by Lightfoot León

• • Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal
    • Noces
• Saturday and Sunday, September 26–27th ^{[2009 Playbill 3][2009 review 4]}
  • Basil Twist
    • Petrushka Suite to music of Igor Stravinsky
  • Monica Bill Barnes & Company
    • I feel like

• • Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
    • Go for Barocco

• • DanceBrazil
    • Culture in Motion

Week two, September 30 – October 3

• Wednesday and Thursday, September 30 – October 1 ^{[2009 Playbill 4][2009 review 5]}
  • Ballet West
    • Les Biches by Bronislava Nijinska to music of Francis Poulenc
  • Dendy Dancetheater
    • Afternoon of the Faunes from Dream Analysis by Mark Dendy to music of Claude Debussy

• • New York City Ballet
    • Four Bagatelles by Jerome Robbins to music of Ludwig van Beethoven ^{[2009 Fall for Dance 1]}

• • Mark Morris Dance Group
    • Grand Duo
• Friday and Saturday, October 2–3rd ^{[2009 Playbill 5][2009 review 6]}
  • The Australian Ballet
    • Le Spectre de la Rose by Michel Fokine to music of Carl Maria von Weber

• • Sang Jijia
    • Snow
  • Diana Vishneva, prima ballerina of the Mariinksy Theatre
    • The Dying Swan after Mikhail Fokine to music of Camille Saint-Saëns

• • Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
    • Revelations

Pilgrim of Sorrow

I Been 'Buked

Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel

Fix Me, Jesus

Take Me to the Water

Processional / Honor, Honor

Wade in the Water

I Wanna Be Ready

Move, Members, Move

Sinner Man

The Day is Past and Gone

You May Run On

Rocka My soul in the Bosom of Abraham

footnotes

2010

week one, September 28 – October 3

program one

program two

program three

week two, October 6–9

program four

program five

footnotes

2011

week one, September 27–30

program one

• Mark Morris Dance Group, All Fours
• Lil' Buck, The Swan
• Trisha Brown Dance Company, Rogues
• The Joffrey Ballet, Woven Dreams, Edwaard Liang, chor.

program two

• Vertigo Dance Company, Mana (adapted for FFD), Noa Wertheim, chor.
• Drew Jacoby, new work (commissioned by FFD), Andrea Miller, artistic director of Gallim Dance
• Jessica Lang Dance, Among the Stars
• Richard Alston Dance Company, Roughcut

week two, October 2–7

program three

• Something Different, Steven McRae, principal dancer, The Royal Ballet, London ^[1]

• THREE TO MAX, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Ohad Naharin, chor.

program four

• CCN de Créteil et du Val-de-Marne / Compagnie Käfig, Agwa, Mourad Merzouki, chor.
• Weight x 3, TAO Dance Theater ^[3]
• Royal Ballet of Flanders, The Return of Ulysses, Christian Spuck, chor.^[3]
• Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba, Pa’ Cuba me voy

program five

• Maurice Chestnut, Floating
• Polyphonia, New York City Ballet, Christopher Wheeldon, chor.
• Lichtung/Clearing, Liz Gerring ^[3]
• Festa Barocca, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Mauro Bigonzetti, chor.

footnotes

2012

week one, September 27–30

week three, October 11–13

Footnotes

References

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