Fresh off the overwhelming success of last summer’s presentation of four female choreographers, Gotham Arts Exchange presents the Gotham Dance Festival, returning to The Joyce Theater with expanded programming and a newly branded festival. Gotham Dance Festival presents six programs featuring ten choreographers from June 1-12, 2011 at The Joyce Theater, 175 Eighth Avenue, NYC. The festival will also present six talented emerging artists in Summer Sampler Matinees. Tickets start at $10 and are available at 212-242-0800 or www.joyce.org.

CorbinDances celebrates its first Joyce Season with the World Premiere of "Shady", an evening-length suite of dances based on a single phrase of movement.  "Shady" features new music composed by DJ/Producer Quinn Raymond, lighting by Joe Novak and costumes by the venerable Liz Prince.  Michael Trusnovec (Paul Taylor Dance Company) and Sharon Milanese (Lucinda Childs Dance Company) join the company’s core dancers for its Joyce debut.  Once one of Paul Taylor Dance Company’s most beloved dancers and now a proven choreographer in his own right, Patrick Corbin’s work has been described as “fully and uncompromisingly danced… uninhibited, brash, spirited, musical, [and] space engulfing,” said Lisa Traiger, Dance Magazine.

Wednesday, June 8 at 7:30pm (Opening Night); Friday, June 10 at 8pm; Sunday, June 12 at 7:30pm