Gather round the Guggenheim in a series of one-night-only events spanning both the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed theater and rotunda. Through the Underground Uptown Dance Festival, experience New York City’s extraordinary club, street, and social dance traditions, all rooted in the circle and the cipher.

Championing creative process from studio to stage and artist care, Works & Process provided all these projects with long-term resources through fully funded Works & Process LaunchPAD creative residencies that offer industry-leading fees, 24/7 studio space, on-site housing, transportation, and health insurance enrollment access, with iterative presentations.

The Works & Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival is part of JanArtsNYC, which is one of the city’s largest and most influential arts gatherings and draws more than 45,000 performing arts leaders, artists, and enthusiasts from across the globe.

Schedule:

Thursday, January 9, 2025

7 pm EST:

Works & Process: KR3TS with Violeta Galagarza and Sekou McMiller

Preview new works by Latin Grammy and Bessie Award–winner Violeta Galagarza and Afro Latin dance pioneer Sekou McMiller. Then join a dance party in the rotunda.

8:30 pm EST:

Works & Process Rotunda Dance Party: Salsa

Join Sekou McMiller in the rotunda for a salsa lesson and dance party in the Guggenheim’s rotunda.

Friday, January 10, 2025

7 pm EST:

Works & Process: It’s Showtime NYC!, MasterZ at Work Dance Family

See two Works & Process commissions by It’s Showtime NYC! and MasterZ at Work Dance Family. Then see the Ladies of Hip-Hop All Styles Battle in the rotunda.

8:30 pm EST:

Works & Process Rotunda Dance Party: Ladies of Hip-Hop

Step up and step into the Ladies of Hip-Hop All Styles Battle in the Guggenheim’s rotunda.

Saturday, January 11, 2025

7 pm EST:

Works & Process: Music From The Sole and Kwikstep and Rokafella

See two new works by Music From The Sole and Kwikstep and Rokafella. Then hop into a Rotunda Dance Party with excerpts of The Missing Element.

8:30 pm EST:

Works & Process Rotunda Party: The Missing Element

Discover The Missing Element’s fusion of street dance and beatboxing.

Sunday, January 12, 2025

7 pm EST:

Works & Process Emily Coates and Marie Basse-Wiles & Omari Wiles

See new works about George Balanchine and the intergenerational connections between West African and ball culture. Then see a LayeRhythm Rotunda Party upstairs.

8:30 pm EST:

Works & Process Rotunda Dance Party: LayeRhythm

Led by Mai Lê Hô, LayeRhythm interweaves freestyle dance, live music, and audience interaction in a celebration of street and club dance cultures.

Monday, January 13, 2025

7 pm EST:

Works & Process: Lloyd Knight and BalletCollective

Discover how THE DRAMA and The Night Falls center storytelling as salves. Then join Princess Lockerooo in the rotunda.

8:30 pm EST:

Works & Process Rotunda Dance Party: Princess Lockerooo

Join the “Queen of Waacking” Princess Lockerooo for a lesson and waacking battle in the rotunda.

Dates: January 9 – 13, 2025

Location: Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue at 89th Street, New York, NY 10128

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