Introducing a New Weekly Column: "Weekend Roundup" A List of Dance Happenings in NYC

Weekend Roundup: March 18-20, 2011
(Note: This weekend's list only includes contemporary dance events, but look for more genres soon!)

Top Pick:
WHO: Vicky Shick
WHAT: Not Entirely Herself
WHEN: Friday-Saturday, 8pm
WHERE: The Kitchen 512 W 19th St between 10th & 11th Ave. (Subway: C,E to 23rd St.)
TICKETS: 212.255.5793 ext. 11, thekitchen.org, tickets $15
INFO: Shick and guest artist Neil Greenberg will perform a coda at the end of the new work.

Festivals:
WHAT: Harkness Dance Festival 2011
WHO: Souleymane Badolo and Maria Bauman
WHERE: 92nd Street Y, 1395 Lexington Ave. between 91st and 92nd Sts. (Subway: 4,5,6 to 86th St.)
WHEN: Friday-Sunday, 8pm/3pm Sunday
TICKETS: 212.415.5500, 92y.org, tickets $15
INFO: Jawole Willa Jo Zollar (Urban Bush Women) curates the closing week of the festival.

..........................................(Above: Vicky Shick).................

WHAT: Perforations Festival New York
WHO: Mladinksi Theater, Damned Be the Traitor of His Homeland
WHERE: La MaMa E.T.C. Annex 74A E. 4th St. between Bowery & 2nd Ave. (Subway: F to 2nd Ave/6 to Bleecker St.)
WHEN: Friday-Sunday, 10pm/8pm Sunday
TICKETS: 212.475.7710, lamama.org, tickets $15, $10 senior/student
INFO: Movement-based performance works by artists from the Balkans.

WHAT: BAAD! Ass Women Festival 2011
WHO: Fierce Kickers: BAADass Woman 2011 Dance Concert featuring Toni Renee Johnson, Sasha McCarter, Djuna Passman, Denise Perry, Dawn Robinson, Meli Sanfiorenzo and Sandra Passirani, Simone Sobers and Marya Wethers
WHERE: Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance 841 Barretto St. 2nd Floor between Garrison and Lafayette Ave. (Subway: 6 to Hunts Point Ave)

.......(Above: Souleymane Badolo)...............................................................

WHEN: Saturday, 8pm
TICKETS: 718.842.5223, bronxacademyofartsanddance.org, tickets $20
INFO: Eleventh annual festival featuring a diverse line-up of female contemporary choreographers.

Honorable Mentions:
*Laurie Berg + Aynsley Vandenbroucke-"Body Madness" @ Dancespace Project (dancespaceproject.org)
*Trisha Brown Dance Company-"For MG: The Movie," "Foray Fôret" and "Watermotor" @ Dance Theater Workshop (dancetheaterworkshop.org)
*Yvonne Rainer-"Assisted Living: Good Sports 2" and "Spiraling Down" @ Baryshnikov Arts Center (banyc.org)
*Mark Morris Dance Group-"The Muir" and "Petrichor" @ Mark Morris Dance Center (markmorrisdancegroup.org)
*Juilliard Dances Repertory: Nijinska, Feld and Morris @ Peter Jay Sharp Theater (juilliard.edu)
Bronislava Nijinska's Les Noces will be performed by the Juilliard ensemble.