2022 Annual Production: Born in the USB Steve, a millennial obsessed with technology, is newly single after getting dumped for ordering UberEats for his anniversary. In a moment of desperation, he tells his Alexa that she is the only person he loves anymore. Steve is shocked to hear that she agrees and is even more [...]
Emmett Till, A New Opera When: Wednesday, March 23rd at 7pm & Thursday, March 24th at 7pm Tickets: https://emmett-till-opera.ticketleap.com/tickets/ Emmett Till, A New Opera, an exciting profoundly moving new opera by composer Mary Watkins and librettist Clare Coss premieres in a concert performance in association with Opera Noire International, and The Harlem Chamber Players on [...]
Emmett Till, A New Opera When: Wednesday, March 23rd at 7pm & Thursday, March 24th at 7pm Tickets: https://emmett-till-opera.ticketleap.com/tickets/ Emmett Till, A New Opera, an exciting profoundly moving new opera by composer Mary Watkins and librettist Clare Coss premieres in a concert performance in association with Opera Noire International, and The Harlem Chamber Players on [...]
CUNY Dance Initiative and the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College Present Fly-by-Night Dance Theater in the World Premiere of Where Shall I Send My Joys? Performances with Aerial-Dance & Live Music Friday, April 1, 2022 @ 7:30 pm Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College524 West 59th Street between 10th [...]
Join us for the 70th Annual ISRAEL FOLK DANCE FESTIVAL And Festival of the Arts A Celebration of our resilience in Dance and Song! Sunday, April 3, 2022 at 3:00 PM featuring dancers and musicians from across the United States, South America and Israel! Tickets: www.israelidanceinstitute.org | E-mail: [email protected] Embracing the theme, "We Will Not Stop!", the Festival [...]
The John Jay Department of Anthropology and the Gerald W Lynch Theater present Seeing Rape April 6, 7:00 pm | April 7, 1:40 pm | April 8, 7:00 pm Each performance will be followed by a post-show talkback Tickets: www.seeingrape.com Free with any student ID | $20 for non-students John Jay College student playwrights represent sexual [...]
The John Jay Department of Anthropology and the Gerald W Lynch Theater present Seeing Rape April 6, 7:00 pm | April 7, 1:40 pm | April 8, 7:00 pm Each performance will be followed by a post-show talkback Tickets: www.seeingrape.com Free with any student ID | $20 for non-students John Jay College student playwrights represent sexual [...]
The John Jay Department of Anthropology and the Gerald W Lynch Theater present Seeing Rape April 6, 7:00 pm | April 7, 1:40 pm | April 8, 7:00 pm Each performance will be followed by a post-show talkback Tickets: www.seeingrape.com Free with any student ID | $20 for non-students John Jay College student playwrights represent sexual [...]
By Brent Buell & Charles Moore Directed by Ro Boddie Location: The Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College When: April 12, 2022@7pm Click Here to Reserve Tickets All attendees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as defined by the CDC, wear a mask, and present both photo identification and a valid vaccine card. THE GATE [...]
The CUNY Dance Initiative and the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College present the New York return of Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY, on Saturday April 23, 2022, at 8:00pm. The Gerald W. Lynch Theater is located 524 W. 59th Street, NYC (between 10th & 11th Avenues). Tickets are $55/$35/$10 for students and are available [...]
Featuring Differential Cohomology; Dance of the Diagram Followed by panel discussion with Jim Simons, moderated by Heather Berlin April 29 & 30 2022 at 8pm Doors open at 7:15pm Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/barkinselissen-project-41385433243 Light the way to a greater understanding of the space and structure around us with the NYC premiere of An Evening of Math & Dance: [...]
Featuring Differential Cohomology; Dance of the Diagram Followed by panel discussion with Jim Simons, moderated by Heather Berlin April 29 & 30 2022 at 8pm Doors open at 7:15pm Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/o/barkinselissen-project-41385433243 Light the way to a greater understanding of the space and structure around us with the NYC premiere of An Evening of Math & Dance: [...]
CUNY Dance Initiative and the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College present Jon Lehrer Dance Company featuring the World Premiere of Through The Storm with music by Composer Zeno Pittarelli on Friday, May 6, 2022, at 7:00 pm at The Gerald W. Lynch Theater, John Jay College The CUNY Dance Initiative and the [...]
A NEW CHAMBER OPERA In the century of discovery, of empire and emancipation, six characters confront each other with their fears and doubts about what science demands, and what it may cost them and those whose world it is about to transform. Music by Zaid Jabri. Libretto by Yvette Christiansë and Rosalind Morris Directed by Crystal Manich, Conducted by Mark Shapiro Featuring Glenn Seven Allen, Jesse Blumberg, Kearstin Piper Brown, Sarah Heltzel, Juliet Petrus and Kevin Thompson with Flux Quartet, Maciej Frackiewicz and Jared Soldiviero Get Tickets Here: https://www.southerncrossingsopera.net/tickets All attendees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as defined by the CDC, wear a mask for the duration of their time on campus, and present both photo identification and a valid vaccine card. Your cooperation helps us operate at full capacity to allow the maximum [...]
A NEW CHAMBER OPERA In the century of discovery, of empire and emancipation, six characters confront each other with their fears and doubts about what science demands, and what it may cost them and those whose world it is about to transform. Music by Zaid Jabri. Libretto by Yvette Christiansë and Rosalind Morris Directed by Crystal Manich, Conducted by Mark Shapiro Featuring Glenn Seven Allen, Jesse Blumberg, Kearstin Piper Brown, Sarah Heltzel, Juliet Petrus and Kevin Thompson with Flux Quartet, Maciej Frackiewicz and Jared Soldiviero Get Tickets Here: https://www.southerncrossingsopera.net/tickets All attendees must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as defined by the CDC, wear a mask for the duration of their time on campus, and present both photo identification and a valid vaccine card. Your cooperation helps us operate at full capacity to allow the maximum [...]
The Gerald W. Lynch Theater and CUNY Dance Initiative presents:
CDI 2023 Spring Artist in Residence
FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 7:30 PM
Tickets are $30 for adults, and $20 for students and seniors. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit https://mordance.ticketleap.com/mordance/.
Celebrating the company’s tenth anniversary performance season, the program’s collaborations are committed to dancemaking that embodies artistic excellence while promoting civic engagement and social awareness. Choreographer Morgan McEwen will be joined by composer Polina Nazaykinskaya to create a new work inspired by Emily Dickinson's poem They Shut Me Up In Prose with live accompaniment by Konstantin Soukhovetski and Jesus Rodolfo. An additional partnership with composer Josh Knowles is influenced by visual artist Chris Jordan's film Albatross. The much anticipated revival of McEwen's 2018 ballet Stabat Mater will round out this triple bill.
MorDance CUNY Dance Initiative The Gerald W. Lynch Theater and CUNY Dance Initiative presents: CDI 2023 Spring Artist in Residence FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 7:30 PM SATURDAY, APRIL 29, 7:30 PM Tickets are $30 for adults, and $20 for students and seniors. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit: MorDance 10th Anniversary Season Tickets in [...]
Jenny Rocha is a choreographer, dancer, costume designer and Artistic Director of Rocha Dance Theater, a Brooklyn-based dance company since 2001. She is also the Director of The Painted Ladies, a cabaret group that was admitted into the Burlesque Hall of Fame in Las Vegas. A first generation Portuguese-American from New Bedford, Massachusetts, Rocha attended Roger Williams University for Dance and Performance, where she graduated with an Outstanding Achievement in Dance Award. She then moved to New York City, where Jenny served as a member of Sean Curran Company, Heidi Latsky Dance and other freelance choreographers for 12 collective years. Her choreography has been presented by esteemed venues such as The Philadelphia Museum of Art,The Boston Center for the Arts, Danspace Project, La MaMa, Galapagos Art Space, and more. Rocha has received awards and residencies including The Puffin Foundation grant, Galapagos Art Space Residency from 2008-2014, Armitage Gone! Dance/MANA Contemporary Space Residency and CUNY Dance Initiative in 2015 and 2018. The US Embassy in Lisbon awarded her an Innovation Grant to perform her work Battledress in Azores, Portugal, as well as host educational workshops in September, 2018. Rocha’s choreography has received critical acclaim in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, and The Village Voice, among others. As a teaching artist, she has taught dance at universities and colleges nationwide, including Roger Williams University, Connecticut College, West Virginia University, and Lehman College. Rocha currently teaches choreography at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and serves on the guest faculty of Mark Morris Dance Center.
A technology-infused reimagining of the iconic ballet masterwork that examines the ways social media has leveraged an unexpected change on the nature of modern love and relationships.
A technology-infused reimagining of the iconic ballet masterwork that examines the ways social media has leveraged an unexpected change on the nature of modern love and relationships.