​​Celebrate the multitude of street dance movements emerging from New York City and beyond with Motion/Matter: Street Dance Festival, featuring legendary DJs, epic battles, and concert dance premieres.

The Barefoot Diva

Five divas. Five women. Five Black women.
Five women united in their fight and their faith in the power of dance.

The dawn comes gently; everything seems to be cleansed of what might have happened the day before. It is with this sense of renewal that the divas stand up and take the stage. The essence of each of the five performers is revealed as one by one they assert themselves with increasing urgency. Urgency to be heard. Urgency to be seen. At dawn, consciences must be awakened. It is time for this magical, hopeful morning to bring wisdom, peace and harmony.

Embodying the ethos of choreographer Nicolas Huchard’s internationally acclaimed company, The Barefoot Diva is an exploration of boundaries —gentle yet forceful, feminine and masculine, spanning continents and disciplines. It’s a political terrain where dance inscribes activism in bodies. And it is contagious.

P is For Pop and D is For Dip

Pop, Dip and Spin, referred to as The Old Way, is the original art form known as Voguing.  P is For Pop and D is For Dip, a theatrical work created by Artist Kia LaBeija, honors the legacy of Voguing through a colorful conversation between two friends. Kia co-stars with acclaimed Ballroom Legend Lerone Bennett, who most recently appeared as a Principal Dancer in Ryan Murphy’s drama POSE. Creative direction by Taína Larot and original score by multimedia artist DonChristian Jones. This is a World Premiere work commissioned by PAC NYC for Motion/Matter.

The Barefoot Diva photo courtesy of Company Nicholas Huchard.