Since there's no real good way of preserving dance, new pieces must constantly be made.This festival at Dance Theater Workshop corrals together a bunch of the makers of these new pieces including three bright young choreographers: Gregory Dolbashian, Sara Joel and Sydney Skybetter. Read more Read it in print

There are myriad unpredictable elements to take into account when performances take place outside a traditional theatrical setting. For Untitled Corner, the site-specific collaboration between Daniel Arsham, Jonah Bokaer and Judith Sanchez Ruiz, one such consideration was the fact that office workers from the 60 stories looming over the space, One Chase Manhattan Plaza, might be viewing the performance. At the same time, for the four lunch-hour performances, there is likely to be the interaction of a steady stream of traffic through the revolving doors at the front of the 1964 Gordon Bunshaft skyscraper. Read more

They are the aspiring youngsters who dream of making it to the major stages such as those where American Ballet Theater and New York City Ballet have been performing this spring. A few blocks south of Lincoln Center, the 48 entrants in the New York International Ballet Competition will strut their stuff over five evenings at the Rose Theater, as judges scrutinize their every pirouette and bourrée, winnowing down their ranks until the final gala Sunday evening, when the medals are awarded. Read more

Pam Tanowitz’s latest dance, Be in the Gray with Me, glancingly alludes to dance history. But she took a most up-to-the-minute approach in selecting one of the composers for her score. Seeking an additional contemporary Russian composer to complement a piece she had selected by Vladimir Martynov, she identified Pavel Karmanov through a Google search, downloaded some compositions and then e-mailed him through Facebook. Read more

I don’t know if you’ve ever been to the Staten Island Ferry Terminal. I’ve been once. It was OK. But if you’re on your way to Staten Island anyway, check out Naomi Goldberg Haas’ contribution to the River To River Festival via the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Sitelines program, a dance in which a dozen dancers of all shapes and sizes commandeer the terminal to perform to Minimalist composer Michael Nyman’s brass compositions. Read more Read it in print

A buck fitty is a lot for a party, but the reason we’re listing it is because entrance to this party/exhibit at the Aperture space includes a print by one of our favorite photographers, Thomas Allen, who takes close up shots of cut out characters from books. The night also includes a performance by The Willowz, the garage-rock trio. Read more

Ever wonder which dances dancers like to perform versus which ones they are just contractually obligated to? This event, in which Peter Martin, New York City Ballet’s head honcho, who asked regular ol’ dancer Jenifer Ringer to pick a couple of dances dancers like to dance, answers the question. (They like, apparently, Balanchine’s Valse-Fantasie and a world premiere by Principal Dancer Ashley Boulder.) Read more Read it in print

With so much to celebrate in connection with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre’s 50th anniversary, it’s great news that New Yorkers get a second, very different opportunity to view the company this season. Its annual December City Center season is a longstanding tradition, but this is only the second time around for their on-the-eve-of-summer week at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. It serves as a festive coda to the company’s extensive 26-city tour, which launched in January in Washington, D.C. at the Kennedy Center, with the entire first family in attendance. Read more

These days, Camille A. Brown is definitely one of the city’s young choreographers on the move—highly visible and prolific, quietly acquiring a solid representation as someone to watch. This week, she offers her first evening of work in two and a half years although her choreography has had some notable showcases since then. In 2007 alone, the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater commissioned a work, and she gave notable solo performances at Fall for Dance and on the E-Moves series. In two weeks, her recent Those Who See Light will be performed by Philadanco at the Joyce Theater. Read more

June 6, Baryshnikov Arts Center, 450 W. 37th St. (betw. Dyer 10th Aves.); 3:30, $20. Read more Read it in print