UPCOMING
As of February 1, 2018, Mattocks will take over as Director of Programming at The Joyce Theater. Read the New York Times announcement here.
Aaron Mattocks
Director of Programming
The Joyce Theater
amattocks@joyce.org
212-691-9740 ext 213
2017
November 14 – 18 — Brooklyn Academy of Music/BAM Harvey Theater
Big Dance Theater: 17c (NY premiere)
November 9 – 10 — Carolina Performing Arts (Chapel Hill, NC)
Big Dance Theater: 17c (world premiere)
October 28 — Mass MoCA (North Adams, MA)
Big Dance Theater: 17c (preview performance)
September 7 – 9 — FringeArts (Philadelphia, PA)
Big Dance Theater: 17c (preview performances)
June 26 – July 22 — Abrons Arts Center (New York, NY)
Big Dance Theater: 17c (creative development residency)
January 11 – 12 — American Realness/Gibney Dance (New York, NY)
Big Dance Theater: 17c (work-in-progress)
2016
November 17 – 20 — Brooklyn Academy of Music (Brooklyn, NY)
Phantom Limb Company: Memory Rings (NY Premiere)
October 18 — Brooklyn Academy of Music (Brooklyn, NY)
2016 New York Dance and Performance (Bessie) Awards ceremony
October 14 – 15 — The Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, MA)
Big Dance: Short Form
August 15 – 28 — The Yard (Chilmark, MA)
Residency with Big Dance Theater (New Work 2017)
August 13 — Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (New York, NY)
Mostly Mozart Festival: David Lang/the public domain
July 13 – 15, 2016 — New Victory Theater/Victory Dance (New York, NY)
Short Ride Out (3): He Rides Out (choreography: Annie-B Parson)
June 1 – 26, 2016 — Brooklyn Academy of Music (Brooklyn, NY)
Residency with Big Dance Theater (New Work 2017)
April 28, 2016 — PS122 GALA 2016 (New York, NY)
Guest appearance with David Byrne
April 7 – 8, 2016 — Fusebox Festival (Austin, TX)
Big Dance: Short Form
March 12, 2016 — French Institute Alliance Française (New York, NY)
600 Highwaymen: The Total People (work in progress)
January 7 – 16, 2016 — The Kitchen (New York, NY)
Big Dance: Short Form (NY premiere)
2015
November 6 – 8, 2015 — American Dance Institute (Rockville, MD)
Big Dance: Short Form (world premiere)
August 17 – 28, 2015 — The Kitchen (New York, NY)
Residency with Big Dance Theater for Big Dance: Short Form
August 10, 2015 — Classic Stage Company (New York, NY)
Reading of Mac Wellman’s The Invention of Tragedy, directed by Paul Lazar
part of GREEK FESTIVAL at CSC
July 8 – 12, 2015 — Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival (Becket, MA)
Big Dance Theater: Alan Smithee Directed This Play: Triple Feature
June 18 – 20, 2015 — OZ Arts (Nashville, TN)
Phantom Limb Company: Memory Rings world premiere
April 23 – May 3, 2015 — Mass MoCA (North Adams, MA)
Phantom Limb Company: Memory Rings residency
March 2 – 27, 2015 — Baryshnikov Arts Center (New York, NY)
BAC Space 2015: Residency with Big Dance Theater
February 9, 2015 — DANCEROULETTE @ Roulette (Brooklyn, NY)
Showing of new work by Courtney Krantz
January 8 – 11, 2015 — American Realness 2015 @ Abrons Arts Center (New York, NY)
Karen Sherman: One with Others
2014
September 30 – October 4, 2014 — BAM Next Wave Festival (Harvey Theater)
Big Dance Theater: Alan Smithee Directed This Play: Triple Feature
September 16, 2014 — PS122 Season Launch Party (New York, NY)
Guest appearance with Steven Reker/People Get Ready
August 21 – 23, 2014 — Tanz im August (Berlin, Germany)
Big Dance Theater: Alan Smithee Directed This Play
August 13 – 17, 2014 — Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival (Becket, MA)
Doug Elkins: Hapless Bizarre
July 24, 2014 — D49 Dance Festival (Chicago, IL)
Showing of new work by Joanna Furnans
June 7, 2014 — CATCH 62 @ The Invisible Dog (Brooklyn, NY)
Chris Giarmo: Kimberly Clark with special guests Georgia Pacific and Marcal
May 31, 2014 — ODC Theater (San Francisco, CA)
Doug Elkins: Hapless Bizarre
May 15 – 18, 2014 — Museum of Contemporary Art (Chicago, IL)
Baryshnikov Productions: Man in a Case (dir. Paul Lazar/Annie-B Parson)
April 24 – May 10, 2014 — The Broad Stage (Santa Monica, CA)
Baryshnikov Productions: Man in a Case (dir. Paul Lazar/Annie-B Parson)
April 7, 2014 — Abrons Arts Center (New York, NY)
Sarah Maxfield’s Now and Then
March 10 – 31, 2014 — Les Subsistances (Lyon, France)
Big Dance Theater world premiere: Alan Smithee Directed This Play
February 25 – March 2, 2014 — ArtsEmerson (Boston, MA)
Baryshnikov Productions: Man in a Case (dir. Paul Lazar/Annie-B Parson)
February 18, 2014 — Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY)
Performance master class and lecture
January 25 – February 16, 2014 — Berkeley Rep (Berkeley, CA)
Baryshnikov Productions: Man in a Case (dir. Paul Lazar/Annie-B Parson)
January 11, 2014 — Baryshnikov Arts Center (New York, NY)
APAP showcase: Big Dance Theater: Alan Smithee Directed This Play
January 3 – 8, 2014 — RED Arts Project (Philadelphia, PA)
Residency with Big Dance Theater: Alan Smithee Directed This Play
2013
December 5 – 22, 2013 — Shakespeare Theatre Company (Washington, D.C.)
Baryshnikov Productions: Man in a Case (dir. Paul Lazar/Annie-B Parson)
November 15 – 16, 2013 — Duke Performances (Durham, NC)
Steven Reker/People Get Ready: Specific Ocean
November 4, 2013 — Movement Research at the Judson Church (New York, NY)
Showing of new work by Courtney Krantz
October 26, 2013 — Kingsland Ward (Brooklyn, NY)
Then She Fell
October 25, 2013 — Dixon Place (New York, NY)
Amanda Villalobos: Light Keepers
October 21 – November 21, 2013 — The Joyce Theater Foundation (New York, NY)
Doug Elkins: Joyce Theater Creative Residency (Hapless Bizarre, 2014)
October 1 – 20, 2013 — Brooklyn Academy of Music (Brooklyn, NY)
Residency with Big Dance Theater (Alan Smithee Directed This Play, 2014)
October 10, 2013 — Center for Performance Research (Brooklyn, NY)
Showing of new work by Courtney Krantz
October 3, 2013 — Prelude Festival (New York, NY)
Showing of Alan Smithee Directed This Play by Big Dance Theater
September 29, 2013 — Abrons Arts Center (New York, NY)
Sarah Maxfield’s In and Out of Uniform
September 28 – 29, 2013 — Kingsland Ward (Brooklyn, NY)
Then She Fell
September 16 – 22, 2013 — MANCC (Tallahassee, FL)
Residency with Big Dance Theater (Alan Smithee Directed This Play, 2014)
September 10-14, 2013 — Kingsland Ward (Brooklyn, NY)
Then She Fell
August 28 – September 1, 2013 — Kingsland Ward (Brooklyn, NY)
Then She Fell
August 20-22, 2013 — Kingsland Ward (Brooklyn, NY)
Then She Fell
August 12 – 18, 2013 — The Yard (Martha’s Vineyard, MA)
Doug Elkins: Hapless Bizarre preview performances
August 10 and 11, 2013 — Kingsland Ward (Brooklyn, NY)
Then She Fell
July 18-21, 23 and 24, 2013 — Kingsland Ward (Brooklyn, NY)
Then She Fell
June 25 and 27, 2013 — Kingsland Ward (Brooklyn, NY)
Then She Fell
June 24 – July 14, 2013 — Brooklyn Academy of Music (Brooklyn, NY)
Residency with Big Dance Theater (new work, 2014)
June 23, 2013 — Toy Theater Festival at St. Ann’s Warehouse (Brooklyn, NY)
Amanda Villalobos and Kate Scelsa: Sister Adorers in the Cardboard Convent
June 18 – 22, 2013 — Kingsland Ward (Brooklyn, NY)
Then She Fell
June 11 – 16, 2013 — Mount Tremper Arts (Mount Tremper, NY)
Residency and performance of new work with Abigail Levine
June 5 and 8, 2013 — Kingsland Ward (Brooklyn, NY)
Then She Fell
May 19, 22-26, 28, 2013 — Kingsland Ward (Brooklyn, NY)
Then She Fell
May 17 – 18, 2013 — Museum of Arts and Design (New York, NY)
Doug Elkins: new work showing
May 5 and 7-12, 2013 — Kingsland Ward (Brooklyn, NY)
Then She Fell
April 29, 2013 — Movement Research at the Judson Church (New York, NY)
Showing of new work by Courtney Krantz
April 15 – 20, 2013 — Jacob’s Pillow (Becket, MA)
Creative Development Residency with Doug Elkins
April 14, 23, 26 and 30, 2013 — Kingsland Ward (Brooklyn, NY)
Then She Fell
February 21 – March 24, 2013 — Hartford Stage (Hartford, CT)
Big Dance Theater: Chekhov’s Man in a Case with Mikhail Baryshnikov
January 31 – February 1, 2013 — HERE Arts Center (New York, NY)
Shaun Irons/Lauren Petty: Keep Your Electric Eye On Me workshop performance
January 18 – 20, 2013 — AMERICAN REALNESS/Abrons Arts Center (New York, NY)
Faye Driscoll: You’re Me
January 14, 2013 — City Center Studios (New York, NY)
Doug Elkins: new work excerpts (FOCUS DANCE showcase)
January 11, 2013 — New York Live Arts (New York, NY)
Steven Reker/People Get Ready: Specific Ocean excerpts (Live Artery)
2012
December 20 – 22, 2012 — New York Live Arts (New York, NY)
David Parker/The Bang Group: Nut/Cracked
December 7, 2012 — SteelStacks (Bethlehem, PA)
David Parker/The Bang Group: Nut/Cracked
December 1, 2012 — Emelin Theatre (Mamaroneck, NY)
David Parker/The Bang Group: Nut/Cracked
November 30, 2012 — Brooklyn Arts Exchange (Brooklyn, NY)
Shaun Irons/Lauren Petty: Keep Your Electric Eye On Me workshop performance
November 26 – December 14, 2012 — New York, NY
Workshop for Annie-B Parson/Paul Lazar adaptation of Chekhov’s Man in a Case
November 2 – 3, 2012 — The Institute of Contemporary Art (Boston, MA)
Faye Driscoll: You’re Me
October 22, 2012 — Movement Research at the Judson Church (New York, NY)
on reflections, refractions, & atmospheric optics
performance collaboration with Amanda Villalobos
October 18 – 20, 2012 — New York Live Arts (New York, NY)
Steven Reker/People Get Ready: Specific Ocean
October 5, 2012 — 92nd Street Y/Fridays at Noon (New York, NY)
untitled (excerpt, work-in-progress and world premiere)
performance collaboration with Amanda Villalobos
September 13 – 15, 2012 — Manhattan Movement Arts Center (New York, NY)
John-Mark Owen: Requiem
August 22 – September 30, 2012 — Governor’s Island (New York, NY)
Residency with Steven Reker/People Get Ready
August 13 – 19, 2012 — SILO (Bethlehem, PA)
Residency with John-Mark Owen
July 28 – August 7, 2012 — The Yard on Martha’s Vineyard (Chilmark, MA)
Residency/preview showing with Doug Elkins, Barbara Karger and Michael Preston
July 13, 2012 — Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival’s Inside/Out
OtherShore: Jodi Melnick’s Bird, Bear, Grey Violet-Blue
July 10 – 27, 2012 — Performing Garage/Baryshnikov Arts Center
Workshop for Annie-B Parson/Paul Lazar adaptation of Chekhov’s Man in a Case
July 6, 2012 — Movement Research at Judson Church
Reading of Jill Johnston’s first Judson Dance Theater review, for 50th anniversary celebration
June 23, 2012 — Museum of Arts and Design (New York, NY)
Sarah Maxfield’s improv performance relay, In and Out of Uniform
June 4, 2012 — Movement Research at the Judson Church
Showing of new work by Abigail Levine
June 1 – 30, 2012 — Joyce SoHo (New York, NY)
David Gordon/Pick Up Performance Co.: The Beginning of the End of the…
May 16 – 19, 2012 — New York Live Arts
Big Dance Theater: Comme Toujours, Here I Stand
May 2, 2012 — Capital Center for the Performing Arts (Concord, NH)
Phantom Limb Company: 69S
April 26 – 28, 2012 — Gavin Brown’s Enterprise (New York, NY)
Michou Szabo/The Mill: The Wild Heart
March 8 – 10, 2012 — Danspace Project (New York, NY)
Dean Moss: some elements raw, repurposed, in-progress
March 2 – 3, 2012 — Brooklyn Arts Exchange
Amanda Villalobos: Sister Adorers in the Cardboard Convent
March 9 – 18, 2012 — Collapsible Hole (Brooklyn, NY)
Residency with Big Dance Theater
February 24 – 25, 2012 — Dance on a Shoestring/New York Theatre Ballet
Amber Sloan duet
February 15, 2012 — Keene State College (NH)
Phantom Limb Company: 69S
February 7 – 12, 2012 — Paramount Theater (Boston, MA)
Phantom Limb Company: 69S
2011
December 21 – 23, 2011 — New York Live Arts
David Parker/The Bang Group: Nut/Cracked
December 7, 2011 — SteelStacks (Bethlehem, PA)
David Parker/The Bang Group: Nut/Cracked
November 29 – December 3, 2011 — BAM Next Wave Festival (Harvey Theater)
Big Dance Theater: Supernatural Wife
November 17 – 19, 2011 — Walker Arts Center (Minneapolis, MN)
Big Dance Theater: Supernatural Wife
November 11, 2011 — Johnson County Community College (Overland Park, Kansas)
Phantom Limb Company: 69S
November 2 – 5, 2011 — BAM Next Wave Festival (Harvey Theater)
Phantom Limb Company: 69S
October 20 – 29, 2011 — New York Live Arts
John Kelly Performance: Find My Way Home
October 7 – 15, 2011 — Mass MoCA (North Adams, MA)
John Kelly Performance residency and preview performance: Find My Way Home
October 6, 2011 — Flynn Theater (Burlington, VT)
Phantom Limb Company: 69S
September 25 – October 1, 2011 — The Hopkins Center (Dartmouth, NH)
Phantom Limb Company: 69S
September 11 – 24, 2011 — Experimental Media and Performing Arts Center (Troy, NY)
Phantom Limb Company residency and preview performances: 69S
July 27 – 31, 2011 — Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival
Big Dance Theater: Supernatural Wife
June 15 – 23, 2011 — Brooklyn Academy of Music
Phantom Limb Company residency: 69S
April 7 – 8, 2011 — Mulhouse, France
Big Dance Theater: Supernatural Wife
March 31 – April 3, 2011 — Lyon, France
Big Dance Theater: Supernatural Wife
March 25 – 26, 2011 — Brest, France
Big Dance Theater: Supernatural Wife
February 22 – March 5, 2011 — Paris, France
Big Dance Theater residency and world premiere performances: Supernatural Wife
February 10 – 12, 2011 — Historic Asolo Theater (Sarasota, FL)
OtherShore: Annie-B Parson/Paul Lazar’s Goats and Stephen Petronio’s The Social Band
January 4 – 14, 2011 — Pace University (New York, NY)
Big Dance Theater residency
2010
December 17 – 20, 2010 — Dance Theater Workshop (New York, NY)
David Parker/The Bang Group: Nut/Cracked
November 1 – December 3, 2010 — Duo Multicultural Arts Center (New York, NY)
OtherShore: residency with Stephen Petronio
July 7 – 8, 2010 — River to River Festival (New York, NY)
Yoshiko Chuma/The School of Hard Knocks: A-C-E One
June 3 – 5, 2010 — Joe’s Pub/The Public Theater (New York, NY)
John Heginbotham: One-Man Show
May 1, 2010 — Arts UC Merced Presents (Merced, CA)
OtherShore: Jodi Melnick’s Bird, Bear, Grey Violet-Blue
February 7 – 21, 2010 — Getty Villa (Malibu, CA)
Big Dance Theater residency: Supernatural Wife
2009
May 29 – June 1, 2009 — Target Margin Theater and The Chocolate Factory
Little Lord: (oh my god I am so) THIRST(y)
May 12 – 16, 2009 — Dance Theater Workshop (New York, NY)
Christopher Williams: The Golden Legend
April 30, 2009 — New Museum (New York, NY)
Ursula Eagly: Aaron Mattocks
January 29 – February 1, 2009 — Dance New Amsterdam (New York, NY)
Ursula Eagly: Aaron Mattocks
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