announcing
winter/spring 2022 season
JACK is back in 2022 with a packed season of dance, music, and a new program, JACK Labs, designed to incubate theatrical work.
Jasmine Hearn:
WEDDING
January 15 - 16, 2022 | Online program
Magnetic dancer/choreographer (and three-time Bessie winner) Jasmine Hearn shares WEDDING, a weekend-long online experience, including a live-streamed performance by Hearn intertwined with an original film and album, as well as live screenings of the film itself, What soil lines my vessel, followed by a live discussion with Jasmine and a collaborator. This convergence of Hearn’s work offers a clear showcase of why they are considered one of the most exciting and inventive dance artists in the city. Tickets & more info available here.
JACK LAB #1:
Saguaros
By Angélica Herrera
March 24 - 26, 2022
Five teenagers incarcerated in an ICE Detention Center must navigate daily life as best as they can. On the surface everything seems fine; they make jokes, plan surprise parties, and recount fond memories, but once the big secret is revealed everything falls apart. More info here.
JACK Labs are made possible by the support of Jody Falco & Jeffrey Steinman and the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the State Legislature.
Niall Noel Jones:
dark de luxe: a mess for body, shadow and other rogue im/materials
April 7 - 9, 2022
Swerving between forms, against containment, dark de luxe is unruly, maybe turbulent. Something like a fall.
And a few are dancing. More info here.
JACK LAB #2:
trash
By Andrew Morrill & James Caverly
April 28 - 30, 2022
In this play — part of our new series, JACK Labs — Tim and Jake may be Deaf roommates sharing an apartment in the city, but they are polar opposites — each with very different worldviews on what it means to be Deaf in a hearing world. When it comes to taking out the trash, they take a comical and insightful dive into their trash and their perceptions of each other’s lives. More info here.
Rakia Seaborn:
A Ruin
May 13 - 15, 2022
Following a catastrophic climate disaster, three Black women are tasked with rewriting America. Inspired by Giselle's madness, classical mythology, and breakup albums, dance artist Rakia Seaborn crafts a surrealist wasteland by inverting and decaying 1970’s Eastern European ballet. More here.
Anaïs Maviel:
Before before & After after
June 3 - 4, 2022
Composer/musician Anaïs Maviel shares an extension of her work with The Commons Choir. The work revolves around the capacity of “song” to exceed language, or “myths” to exceed narration, in the metaphysical telling of our origins and rites of passage. More info here.
JACK's programming is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, City Council Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, The New York Community Trust, Howard Gilman Foundation, The Lozen Foundation, The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation New York Theater Program in partnership with Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, The Hyde & Watson Foundation, the DuBose and Dorothy Heyward Foundation, The Lida Foundation, Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Bains Family Foundation, and Ridgewood Savings Bank, in addition to many generous individuals.