For many years, international dance exchange between France and the United States has been thriving. The ability to cultivate new relationships and reinforce dynamic cooperation among individuals and institutions across the Atlantic has nurtured and given rise to a new generation of artists and choreographers. Mutual artistic influences have created a more inclusive and diverse dance scene. To continue the momentum, Villa Albertine, the new French institution for arts and ideas in the United States organizes a Dance Season in 2023 to reflect on the evolution of dance in a post pandemic world and to encourage a new generation of dancers and choreographers.
Albertine Dance Season includes residencies, dance companies on tour, panels and talks, and a professional symposium.
March 23-26 | PerformanceOmbres Portées by Raphaëlle Boitel – Compagnie L’Oublié(e)Peak Performances, Montclair, NJ
March 30 – April 2 | PerformanceOmbres Portées by Raphaëlle Boitel – Compagnie L’Oublié(e) ArtsEmerson, Boston, MA
April 6 | 6PM ET | TalkBlack Archives Dancing with Jay Pather, Nelisiwe Xaba, and Nora ChipaumireModerated by Candace Thompson-Zachary Register here
April 6 | PerformanceOmbres Portées by Raphaëlle Boitel – Compagnie L’Oublié(e)Williams Center, Lafayette College, Easton, PA
April 13 | 5PM ET | TalkLena Blou – Public talk and performance at Slippage Lab
April 17 | Talk “This concerns all of us.” A Somatics of (Political) Agitation.An online conversation between Miguel Gutierrez and Emma Bigé, as part of Skirball’s Office Hours.
April 21 | 7:30PM ET | PerformanceCela nous concerne tous (This Concerns All of Us) choreographed by Miguel Gutierrez – CCN Ballet de Lorraine NYU Skirball – Followed by a Post Show Discussion, with Petter Jacobsson, Thomas Caley, Miguel Gutierrez
April 22 | 7:30PM ET | PerformanceFour for Walls, choreographed by Petter Jacobsson and Thomas Caley – CCN Ballet de Lorraine NYU Skirball
August 23-27 | PerformancePixel by Compagnie Käfig on tour at Jacob’s Pillow Festival, a wondrous merging of virtuosic dance and technology created by Choreographer Mourad Merzouki in collaboration with Adrien Mondot and Claire Bardainne (Adrien M & Claire B)
August 30 – September 1 | PerformancePixel by Compagnie Käfig on tour at The Kennedy Center-Eisenhower Theater
February 6 – March 10 | Ashley Chen and Peter Steven in Los Angeles and San Francisco
February 5 – March 11 | Wanjiru Kamuyu and Dirk Korell in New York, Washington and Philadelphia
March 2 – April 4 | Lena Blou in Houston
March 13 – April 2 | Marlène Saldana & Jonathan Drillet in Los Angeles (Stay #1)
March 14 – April 8 | Jay Pather in Washington, Baltimore, and New York (Stay #2)
March 20 – May 7 | Smaïl Kanouté in New Orleans and Miami
April 2 – 30 | Nelisiwe Xaba in New York
April 4 – 24 | Lena Blou in Chicago
April 4 – May 4 | Amala Dianor & Grégoire Korganow in Chicago, Atlanta, and Los Angeles
April 9 – 15 | Noé Soulier in New York (stay #1)
May 1 – 28 | Flora Détraz in New York
May 2 – July 2 | Sarah Fila Bakabadio in New York
May 22 – June 8 | Marlène Saldana & Jonathan Drillet in Las Vegas (Stay #2)
June | Hamid Ben Mahi and Christophe Huttin in Chicago
Albertine Dance Season is made possible thanks to the generous support of Ardian.