Events
Sep 18–Oct 13
FIAF's celebrated annual Crossing The Line Festival brings the most compelling French and international artists to New York City in works that transcend nationality, language, and discipline. For its twelfth edition, the festival will feature fourteen trailblazing works and performances—including a dozen world, US, and NY premieres—in seven venues across the city.
Trajal Harrell
Caen Amour
NY Premiere
Tue, Sep 18 & Wed, Sep 19
The Kitchen
Inspired by late 19th-century hoochie-koochie shows, Trajal Harrell investigates inherited prejudices and modes of objectification through dance.
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Claudia Huidobro
Faite Main (Hand Made)
World Premiere
Sep 24-Nov 1
Opening: Sat, Sep 22
FIAF Gallery
Paris-based Claudia Huidobro, a former fashion muse turned artist, challenges the role of beauty and exposes its tribal associations.
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Mohamed El Khatib
A Beautiful Ending
NY Premiere
Sat, Sep 22
FIAF Florence Gould Hall
Mohamed El Khatib creates a theatrical meditation on loss, which combines his personal mourning with his experience of losing his native language.
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David Geselson
Unwritten Letters
US Premiere
Sat, Sep 22
FIAF Le Skyroom
In this participatory project, David Geselson writes and presents the personal missives of strangers in a performance by Compagnie Lieux-Dits.
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Will Rawls & Claudia Rankine
What Remains
NYC Premiere
Tue, Sep 25
Thu, Sep 27–Sat, Sep 29
Danspace Project
Choreographer Will Rawls and poet Claudia Rankine respond to the role of the surveillance state and the violence it inflicts upon its citizens.
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Leila Bordreuil
Episodes et Mutations
World Premiere
Wed, Sep 26
ISSUE Project Room
The Mivos Quartet & Doron Sadja premiere a new work by New York–based French composer Leila Bordreuil exploring the thresholds of perception.
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Boris Charmatz
10000 gestures
US Premiere
Thu, Sep 27 & Fri, Sep 28
NYU Skirball
In his most ambitious stage work to date, Charmatz amasses a choreographic storm of movements featuring more than 20 dancers.
Supported by the Hermès Foundation within the framework of the New Settings ProgramRead More
An Evening
with Syhem Belkhodja
Tue, Oct 2
FIAF Skyroom
Tunisian-French choreographer and activist Syhem Belkhodja discusses how she uses movement to empower youth, combat violence, and effect social change.
Part of BRIDGING, a program of The Edmond de Rothschild FoundationsRead More
Mette Ingvartsen
21 pornographies
US Premiere
Wed, Oct 3–Fri, Oct 5
Performance Space New York
Danish choreographer and dancer Mette Ingvartsen dissects the dynamics of the body, sex, and desire.
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Nacera Belaza
Sur le Fil
NY Premiere
Thu, Oct 4 & Fri, Oct 5
Danspace Project
Sur le Fil, La Nuit, and La Traversée NY Premiere
Sat, Oct 6
Danspace Project
Algerian-born dancer and choreographer Nacera Belaza presents three of her best known works.
Part of BRIDGING, a program of The Edmond de Rothschild FoundationsRead More
tg STAN and Dood Paard
Art
Text by Yasmina Reza
US Premiere
Thu, Oct 4–Sat, Oct 6
FIAF Florence Gould Hall
Yasmina Reza’s award-winning play Art is revived in a surprising and illuminating production by the Belgian and Dutch theater collectives, tg STAN and Dood Paard.
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Bridging Symposium
Performing the Collective
Sun, Oct 7
Gibney
This series of dialogues featuring artists and cultural theorists explores the North African and African-American contexts with regard to youth, performance, and community.
Part of BRIDGING, a program of The Edmond de Rothschild FoundationsRead More
nora chipaumire
#PUNK 100% POP *N!GGA
World Premiere
Thu, Oct 11–Sat, Oct 13
The Kitchen
The Zimbabwe-born, NY–based artist performs the trilogy #PUNK 100% POP *N!GGA in three marathon performances.
Supported by the Hermès Foundation within the framework of the New Settings ProgramRead More
Jeanne Balibar
Les Historiennes (The Historians)