An ode to the richness of Nigerian culture—Re:INCARNATION celebrates the cycle of birth, death, and rebirth and Africa’s powers of reinvention in a show that draws on Afrobeats, Afro dances, and Black aesthetics. Opening PS21’s 2022 summer season on June 3–4, the QDance Company’s “Re:INCARNATION” is a 2021 dance, music, fashion, and visual art creation ... Read more

Free for students and youth! PS21 is excited to welcome pianist/composer Sean Mason and his quintet to Pathways 2022. Originally from Charlotte, North Carolina, Sean has lived in New York City since 2017, where he is a Jazz at Lincoln Center Emerging Artist, leading his own ensemble and a much sought-after sideman. He has been ... Read more

Vox Sambou, spearhead of the Montreal hip-hop collective Nomadic Massive, lifts music lovers’ spirits with an original blend of his native Haitian Compas mixed with elements of Afrobeat, jazz, reggae, and hip-hop. He has appeared across North and South America, Europe, and Africa, in concert and at festivals including the Montreal International Jazz Festival, Festival ... Read more

Our annual Modern Music series, brewed with audiences in mind, PS21’s provocative House Blend programs, a three concert series, features celebrated soloists and ensembles, and marry classic virtuosity with contemporary ingenuity. House Blend Concert I: June 24, 8 PM J.S. Bach: Ricercar a 3 voci (1747) Charles Wuorinen: Horn Trio #1 (1981) Paul Lansky: Three ... Read more

Our annual Modern Music series, brewed with audiences in mind, PS21’s provocative House Blend programs, a three concert series, features celebrated soloists and ensembles, and marry classic virtuosity with contemporary ingenuity. House Blend Concert II: June 26, 5 PM Mauricio Kagel: MM51 (1976) Robert Helps: Postlude (1964) Javier Alvarez: Temazcal (1984) Franz Schubert: Lieder (Various) ... Read more

athleticism, emotion, and fearlessness. The company is returning to PS21 with a program of Paul Taylor‘s groundbreaking earlier work, Diggity (1978) is a “A mysteriously joyous… wonderful, crazy excursion into the unknown.” (New York Post).Cloven Kingdom (1976) “A sharp comedy of manners the conflicting natures within people and, more specifically, the darker side that surfaces ... Read more

Our annual Modern Music series, brewed with audiences in mind, PS21’s provocative House Blend programs, a three concert series, features celebrated soloists and ensembles, and marries classic virtuosity with contemporary ingenuity. House Blend Concert III: July 8, 5 PM Jacob Druckman: Synapse/Valentine (1969) Gia Kancheli: Nach Dem Weinen (1994) From The Great American Songbook with ... Read more

Playwright/performer Sylvia Milo and composer/percussionist Nathan Davis were in residency at PS21 to develop Magdalene: I am the utterance of my name, a music-theater piece about the web of clashing myths, beliefs, symbols, and decrees surrounding the life of Mary Magdalene. The creators of The Other Mozart, about the forgotten genius sister of Amadeus, return ... Read more

Through its fusion of hip-hop and contemporary dance with elements of silent comedy, mime, and circus arts, the twelve dancers of Art Move Concept, founded by Soria Rem and Mehdi Ouachek, blend and blur established genres to create movement that expands and enriches our sense of the range of physical and emotional possibility. Inspired by ... Read more