Fall for Dance
Sept. 27 to Oct. 13
New York City Center
135 W. 55th St.
$15, 212-581-1212
Twenty troupes — from both across the States and around the world — populate five different programs with four dances a night. It’s the biggest bargain of the year!
‘To Begin the World Over Again’
Sept. 27 to Oct. 6
Irondale
85 S. Oxford St., Brooklyn
$15-$20, 866-811-4111
Edisa Weeks/Delirious Dances, in collaboration with composer Joseph C. Phillips Jr. and his ensemble Numinous, explores the writings of Thomas Paine and his advocacy of freedom.
PASEO
Oct. 6, 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Casita Maria Center for Arts & Education
928 Simpson St., Bronx
Free, 718-589-2230, ext. 1
Walk the Bronx with mambo dancers, conga players and more, including site-specific choreographer Joanna Haigood and musician Bobby Sanabria, plus 80 dancers and members of Los Pleneros de la 21.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Nov. 28 to Dec. 30
New York City Center
135 W. 55th St.
$25-$135, 212-581-1212
A premiere by Kyle Abraham to the music of Dizzy Gillespie, a new duet by artistic director Robert Battle, and an older work by Garth Fagan highlight the season.
Doug Elkins
Dec. 5-8
Baryshnikov Arts Center
450 W. 37th St.
$20, 866-811-4111
Shakespeare and Jose Limon meet Motown in Elkins’ sharp “Mo(or)town Redux,” a riff on the tale of Othello. Also on stage: the 1996 “Scott, Queen of Marys.”
