By Rachel Straus<\/p>\n
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May 1-2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Guggenheim Museum<\/p>\n The popular Works + Process<\/a> series presents \u201cAmerican Ballet Theatre on to Act II.\u201d Current ABT dancers will perform excerpts from their upcoming Metropolitan Opera House season. ABT alumni will discuss the challenges dancers face in the second act of their careers. \u00a0You can watch the event each night at 7:30 via livestream<\/a>.<\/p>\n \n May 2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Baryshnikov Arts Center<\/p>\n In the final spring installment of BAC Flicks: Mondays With Merce<\/a><\/span>, two Charles Atlas films of Merce Cunningham’s dances will be projected on widescreen. In \u201cCrises\u201d (1960), <\/span><\/span>elastic cords connect the dancers to each other. Dramatic entanglements ensue. In \u201cNative Green\u201d <\/em><\/strong><\/span>(1985), John King’s music and William Anastasi’s evoke a scintillating spring. Cunningham scholar Nancy Dalva will speak to former Cunningham dancer Gus Solomons, Jr<\/span>.<\/p>\n \n May 3-June 12<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The David H. Koch Theater<\/p>\n The opening week of the <\/span>New York City Ballet<\/a>\u2019s spring season will showcase 12 of Balanchine\u2019s works, which insiders refer to as \u201cblack and white\u201d ballets because the costuming is bare bones. Most often, the women wear black leotards and white tights. The men wear black tights and white t-shirts. The choreography is hardly sparse. Up next will be the May 11 world premiere of Lynne Taylor-Corbett\u2019s \u201cThe Seven Deadly Sins,\u201d <\/span>set to the Kurt Weill score, <\/em>featuring Patti LuPone and Wendy Whelan as sisters (which will be hard to believe). The final week\u2019s performances are titled \u201cSee the Music…\u201d and will highlight NYCB\u2019s musical repertory as performed by its 62-piece orchestra. The June 12 \u201cDancer\u2019s Choice\u201d performance will feature works handpicked by the company\u2019s dancers. Over the seven-week season, the company will perform 19 works by Jerome Robbins, Susan Stroman, Christopher Wheeldon, NYCB Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins, and George Balanchine.<\/span><\/p>\n May 3<\/span><\/p>\n The Apollo Theater<\/p>\n This <\/a>Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater<\/a> benefit performance will showcase Camille A. Brown\u2019s 2007 solo \u201cEvolution of a Secured Feminine,\u201d which catapulted this complex, hip, young choreographer into the spotlight.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n May 10-22<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Joyce Theater<\/span><\/p>\n The two-week engagement of Cuba\u2019s Danza Contemporanea de Cuba<\/a> stands out for its offering of three works: The<\/span> U.S. premiere of \u201cCasi-Casa,\u201d <\/span>created by the quirky, inventive Swedish choreographer Mats Ek<\/span>, set to disco, hip-hop, swing and jazz; the world premiere of \u201cHorizonte\u201d by former Ballet Hispanico dancer Pedro Ruiz; and \u201cDemo-N\/Crazy<\/span>,\u201d made by Sydney Dance Company artistic director Rafael Bonachela<\/span>, which has been said to wow for its athletic partnering and semi nudity.<\/p>\n \n May 12-14<\/span> <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Cedar Lake Theater<\/p>\n Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet<\/a> will present a new installation created by artistic director Benoit-Swan Pouffer. Part choreographed dance performance and part interactive installation, audience members are invited to move freely through the space where the dancers will be performing.<\/p>\n \n May 12-15<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Dicapo Opera Theatre<\/p>\n Dances Patrelle<\/a> will present the world premiere of Francis Patrelle’s \u201cGilbert & Sullivan, The Ballet!\u201d an evening-length work, featuring live music and singers, and inspired by characters drawn from Gilbert and Sullivan\u2019s comic operas.<\/p>\n \n May 13<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Buttenwieser Hall at 92nd<\/sup> St. Y<\/p>\n The \u201cFridays at Noon\u201d<\/a> free series will culminate with informal performances by tap and step dancing virtuosos Marshall Davis, Jr., Andrew Nemr, and their guests. Davis, Jr. <\/span>performed in Savion Glover\u2019s Tony Award winning \u201cBring in \u2018Da Noise Bring in \u2018Da Funk<\/span>.\u201d Nemr has the credentials too, having performed along side the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Jimmy Heath, Les Paul, Harry Connick and the Lionel Hampton Orchestra.<\/p>\n \n May 16-June 29<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Metropolitan Opera House<\/p>\n American Ballet Theatre<\/a> will hold its annual seven-week season. The big event will be the New York premiere (June 9) of Alexei Ratmansky\u2019s \u201cBright Stream.\u201d Also of interest will be two world premieres (May 24-26) by Ratmansky and Christopher Wheeldon, a New York premiere by Benjamin Millepied, and a revival of Antony Tudor\u2019s \u201cShadowplay.\u201d The full-length ballet offerings will be \u201cGiselle,\u201d \u201cSwan Lake,\u201d \u201cCinderella,\u201d \u201cCoppelia,\u201d \u201cDon Quixote,\u201d \u201cThe Sleeping Beauty,\u201d and \u201cLady of the Camellias.\u201d<\/p>\n \n May 20<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Ailey Citigroup Theater<\/p>\n \u201cPerforming the Border\u201d<\/a> aspires\u00a0to blend and build on the grammar of two Indian classical dance forms, Bharata Natyam and Odissi.\u00a0\u00a0David Phoenix Singh, who runs Dakshina Company, a Bharata Natyam and modern dance company,\u00a0and Nandini Sikand, who directs Sakshi Productions, a neo-classical and contemporary Odissi dance company, will collaborate.<\/p>\n \n \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n May 21<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Manhattan streets<\/p>\n