CHOREOGRAPHY UNLOCKED FESTIVAL

Building on the success of the New Directions Choreography Lab, created by artistic director Robert Battle in 2011, the Ailey organization will present its first Choreography Unlocked Festival over two weekends, October 12–14 and October 26–28, at the Joan Weill Center for Dance.

The Festival will include a variety of events, including:

• Performances of works by Lab alumni Camille A. Brown, Juel D. Lane, and Netta Yerushalmy

• Master choreographer workshops, including some open to the public, led by Robert Battle and choreographers Matthew Rushing and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

• Watch the Nurturing New Voices panel from Oct 13 below. The Discussion is about how arts institutions can nurture new voices, moderated by Robert Battle with participants including Thelma Golden (Director and Chief Curator of The Studio Museum in Harlem), Rennie Harris (Founder of Rennie Harris Puremovement and Ailey’s 2018–19 Artist-in-Residence), Tarell Alvin McCraney (playwright), Shanta Thake (Senior Director of Artistic Programs at the Public Theater), and Darren Walker (President of The Ford Foundation).