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Composer, vocalist, and performing and recording artist Tamar-kali presents concert performance excerpts from The Swann — an opera she is developing about the life and times of William Dorsey Swann, the first known person to identify as a “queen of drag.”
Composer, vocalist, and performing and recording artist Tamar-kali presents concert performance excerpts from The Swann — an opera she is developing about the life and times of William Dorsey Swann, the first known person to identify as a “queen of drag.”
Contemporary artist, choreographer, and performer nora chipaumire — a “rock star of dance” (The New Yorker) — has enlivened Harlem Stage with her revolutionary dance performances on numerous occasions. chipaumire returns to E-Moves with the New York premiere of ShebeenDUB, which transforms the historic Harlem Stage Gatehouse into a sonic and visual statement of radical black indictment of Empire.
Contemporary artist, choreographer, and performer nora chipaumire — a “rock star of dance” (The New Yorker) — has enlivened Harlem Stage with her revolutionary dance performances on numerous occasions. chipaumire returns to E-Moves with the New York premiere of ShebeenDUB, which transforms the historic Harlem Stage Gatehouse into a sonic and visual statement of radical black indictment of Empire.
The 2023 Annual Gala kicks off Harlem Stage's 40th Anniversary. The evening will be a start to our yearlong celebration of the transformative artists we showcase and a forward look to the groundbreaking artists that will shape Harlem Stage's future.
First presented in E-Moves in 2004, celebrated director and choreographer Camille A. Brown returns to Harlem Stage’s flagship dance series to curate works on the theme of BLACK JOY by associate choreographers in her theater and commercial work who are pursuing their own careers in the field — Chloe Davis, Juel D. Lane, Mayte Natalio, Rickey Tripp, and Maleek Washington.
First presented in E-Moves in 2004, celebrated director and choreographer Camille A. Brown returns to Harlem Stage’s flagship dance series to curate works on the theme of BLACK JOY by associate choreographers in her theater and commercial work who are pursuing their own careers in the field — Chloe Davis, Juel D. Lane, Mayte Natalio, Rickey Tripp, and Maleek Washington.
Join us for a BENEFIT CONCERT supporting Harlem Stage at its 40th Anniversary! Experience an intimate evening of Ellington’s music played by Jason Moran; Abdullah Ibrahim; Bertha Hope, Joanne Brackeen, and Matthew Whitaker. Plus a post-performance discussion between Moran and Ibrahim on Ellington’s significance, followed by a lively cocktail reception.
Pianist, composer, and educator Jason Moran returns to Harlem Stage with a reimagining of Pianos For Duke, a Harlem Stage program dedicated to the music of Duke Ellington, first presented at our previous home Aaron Davis Hall in 1999. Moran performed in the ’99 program, at the time a young up-and-coming pianist, featured alongside superstars of the instrument.
Choreographer Bill T. Jones has participated in various presentations at Harlem Stage since the 1980s; in 2006, he created the Harlem Stage commission Chapel/Chapter, inaugurating the Harlem Stage Gatehouse. Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company is recognized as one of the most innovative and powerful forces in the dance-theater world.
Choreographer Bill T. Jones has participated in various presentations at Harlem Stage since the 1980s; in 2006, he created the Harlem Stage commission Chapel/Chapter, inaugurating the Harlem Stage Gatehouse. Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company is recognized as one of the most innovative and powerful forces in the dance-theater world.
Ambrose Akinmusire has made a home at the crossroads of different musical forms and languages, from post-bop and avant-garde jazz to contemporary chamber music and hip-hop to singer-songwriter aesthetics. He returns to Harlem Stage during its 40th Anniversary Season to present banyan seed.
Ambrose Akinmusire has made a home at the crossroads of different musical forms and languages, from post-bop and avant-garde jazz to contemporary chamber music and hip-hop to singer-songwriter aesthetics. He returns to Harlem Stage during its 40th Anniversary Season to present banyan seed.
Tony Award-winning playwright, composer, performer, and Harvard University professor Stew (Passing Strange, Notes of a Native Song) premieres HIGH SUBSTITUTE FOR THE HEAD LECTURER.
Tony Award-winning playwright, composer, performer, and Harvard University professor Stew (Passing Strange, Notes of a Native Song) premieres HIGH SUBSTITUTE FOR THE HEAD LECTURER
Join us for an evening of experimental and boundary-defying music featuring work by Bora Yoon. This event is co-presented with National Sawdust.
As part of its Uptown Nights music series, Harlem Stage collaborates with Harlem-based Sugar Hill Salon — one of the first chamber music series and artistic collectives that centers on black and brown woodwind artistry in classical music — and Concert Artists Guild.
Described by The New York Times as a “social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker, and multicultural gateway,” composer and pianist Vijay Iyer is one of the leading music-makers of his generation.
Described by The New York Times as a “social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker, and multicultural gateway,” composer and pianist Vijay Iyer is one of the leading music-makers of his generation.
Join us for an evening of experimental and boundary-defying music featuring works by yuniya edi kwon and SUN HAN GUILD. This event is co-presented with National Sawdust.
As part of its beloved music series, Uptown Nights, Harlem Stage presents an electric double bill that promises to get you on your feet — Ian Isiah and Kimberly Nichole.
Steeped in memory and ancestral magic, this ensemble dance-theater work will flow through the historic landmarked Harlem Stage Gatehouse, taking the audience to a place where spirits share their legacies, journey onward, and leave the thick residue of their knowing behind.
Steeped in memory and ancestral magic, this ensemble dance-theater work will flow through the historic landmarked Harlem Stage Gatehouse, taking the audience to a place where spirits share their legacies, journey onward, and leave the thick residue of their knowing behind.
Steeped in memory and ancestral magic, this ensemble dance-theater work will flow through the historic landmarked Harlem Stage Gatehouse, taking the audience to a place where spirits share their legacies, journey onward, and leave the thick residue of their knowing behind.
In this culminating WaterWorks Emerging Artists program work-in-progress showcase, Harlem Stage presents works by the 2023 WaterWorks Emerging Artists cohort: interdisciplinary performing artist and painter Shantelle Courvoisier Jackson; singer/songwriter Hannah Lemmons aka LEMMONS; choreographer and dancer Bobby Morgan; interdisciplinary artist, composer, and pianist Mary Prescott; and trumpeter and composer Kalí Rodríguez-Peña.
Harlem Stage presents Afro-Dominican bandleader and guitarist Yasser Tejeda performing a combination of traditional folkloric music, jazz, rock, and Caribbean rhythms. Keeping us moving before and after the performance, DJ Sabine Blaizin (Oyasound) will spin Global House and Soul, Afrotech, Afrobeat, and other diasporic Afro-Caribbean dance music with a nod to her Haitian roots.
Latin GRAMMY winners Flor de Toloache, New York City’s first and only all-women mariachi group, make their Harlem Stage debut, presented in collaboration with Carnegie Hall.
In the Court of the Conqueror features a solo performance by george emilio sanchez and visual storytelling by his collaborator, visual artist Patty Ortiz. Together, they confront the history of how the U.S. Supreme Court has diminished the Tribal Sovereignty of Native Nations.
GRAMMY-winning Cuban-born drummer, composer, bandleader, and 2011 MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Dafnis Prieto presents the New York debut of his heralded 2022 album, Cantar.
GRAMMY-winning Cuban-born drummer, composer, bandleader, and 2011 MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Dafnis Prieto presents the New York debut of his heralded 2022 album, Cantar.
Trombonist, composer, and sonic shaman Craig Harris presents TONGUES OF FIRE (in a harlem state of mind), a concert of music, poetry, and movement.
Trombonist, composer, and sonic shaman Craig Harris presents TONGUES OF FIRE (in a harlem state of mind), a concert of music, poetry, and movement.
First presented at our previous home, Aaron Davis Hall, in 1998, Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE returns for two nights of not-to-be-missed performances featuring dances that are “pure Brown: otherworldly, charged, urgent in their undulating sweep and unaffectedly fervent” (The New York Times).
First presented at our previous home, Aaron Davis Hall, in 1998, Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE returns for two nights of not-to-be-missed performances featuring dances that are “pure Brown: otherworldly, charged, urgent in their undulating sweep and unaffectedly fervent” (The New York Times).
Join us at the Harlem Stage Gatehouse for a block party that will be a blast of community fun and flavor! Don’t miss the FREE bites and the DJ dance party.
Kicking off the new Uptown Nights Latin Music Series is Pablo Mayor and his powerhouse 13-piece Folklore Urbano Orchestra.
Co-presented by Harlem Stage and Bryant Park on the occasion of Harlem Stage’s 40th Anniversary, James performs On & On: José James Sings Badu, his latest record honoring the legendary high priestess of neo-soul, singer-songwriter Erykah Badu.
