PERFORMANCES

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