“The energy bounces back between performer and audience … and the live, uninhibited feedback is thrilling in a way you just don’t get sitting in a theatre.”
—The Guardian (UK)
“Sharon Eyal is one of the most startlingly inventive choreographers working today.”
—The Guardian (UK)
Award-winning choreographer Sharon Eyal is known around the world for her intoxicating and boundary-blurring choreography. Along with her creative partner Gai Behar, an imaginative innovator of the underground club scene, the pair create captivating performances bristling with dark hedonism, futuristic androgyny, hypnotic repetition, and remarkable muscular control. They are joined by Caius Pawson of London-based multi-arts organization Young for the North American premiere of a new work that celebrates the freedom, energy, and intimacy that run through the best of club culture and modern dance.
Iconic DJ Ben UFO provides the soundtrack for this scintillating synthesis of contemporary dance, electronic music, and nightlife, playing for both the dancers during performances and the audience’s own movement throughout. Dissolving boundaries between stage, dancer, and spectator to subvert conventional notions of experiencing dance, this Armory commission serves as an open invitation to watch, to dance, to come together on the dance floor—whether you are a club kid who wants their first taste of Eyal’s visceral choreography or a dance fan wanting to experience the artistry of dancers up close in a setting like no other.
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On the evenings of Saturday, September 7 and Sunday, September 8 a lineup of DJs—curated by artist, scholar, and DJ madison moore and SLINK, the NYC-based record label and event series—will spin for audiences in the Armory’s Wade Thompson Drill Hall within the club architecture created for R.O.S.E..
North American Premiere—An Armory Commission
Commissioned by Park Avenue Armory, Factory International, and Sadler’s Wells
Produced by Factory International for Manchester International Festival
Adapted by Park Avenue Armory
Choreography Sharon Eyal
Co-Direction Gai Behar
Co-Direction Caius Pawson of Young
Musical Curation Mattis With of Young
DJ Ben UFO
Creative Direction and Stage Design Daphnée Lanternier
Co-Lighting Design Alon Cohen
Co-Lighting Design Brandon Stirling Baker
Costume Design Maria Grazia Chiuri, Christian Dior Couture
Jewelry and Makeup Design Noa Eyal Behar
R.O.S.E. is supported, in part, by Jody and John Arnhold and the Harkness Foundation for Dance.
Photo: Johan Persson
September 5–12, 2024
Monday–Thursday at 7:30pm
Friday at 8:00pm
Saturday at 2:00pm
Performance Details
Wade Thompson Drill Hall
Please Note: For this event, a nightclub setting has been created within the Wade Thompson Drill Hall that includes low lighting, strobe and flashing light effects, as well as haze and fog. There are ramps and stairs surrounding the dance floor and no seating. Audience members will be standing or dancing for the duration of the show. Adjacent reception rooms with lounge seating will be open during performances.
The estimated running time of the performances is approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes.
Tickets
$55 (plus fees)
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Standby Line
Returned tickets may be released to the in-person standby line starting 1 hour prior to and during the event.
30 Under 30 Standby Line
$30 (including fees) tickets will be available to people aged 30 and under for every performance of R.O.S.E.. 30 Under 30 standby tickets are available in person at the Box Office only; limit one ticket per person/ID. Proof of age will be required via a valid government-issued photo ID or current student ID or NYC Department of Education ID.
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