Join Adams Company Dance on August 12th for a captivating multimedia performance celebrating 35 years of choreography, filmmaking, and artistic vision.
On Wednesday, August 12 at 7:30 p.m., Adams Company Dance will present a captivating multimedia performance at the Manhattan Movement & Arts Center.
The evening will weave together choreography from my widely performed stage repertoire and film work, alongside five world premieres, creating a powerful reflection on the unseen depths of the human experience. Performed by an ensemble of soulful artists, the program celebrates 35 years of choreography, filmmaking, and artistic vision in what I hope will be an unforgettable evening of movement, film, and storytelling.
One of the evening’s premieres will feature an original solo performed by award-winning artist, dancer, and choreographer Maleek Washington. Titled Spike, the work explores the distorted reality of a superhero figure whose outward sense of invincibility masks deep psychological fragility. At its core, Spike functions as a study of profound insecurity and low self-esteem disguised as absolute power, examining how internal instability can manifest as exaggerated strength, control, and performance of dominance. Another premiere will feature Shawn Lesniak, former Paul Taylor, virtuosic dancer, in Good Karma. Smile from cheek to cheek as this exquisite artist takes joy in his arms and offers it up as a gift. As well, we’ll highlight a spoken word artist, Iyinoluwa Akintoye, one year fresh out of Julliard, who will knock your socks off in a duo performance with a movement artist in a piece entitled, Old Man… a work exploring the emotional weight of living through a time marked by uncertainty, division, and the feeling of diminished leadership.
A centerpiece of the program is Slate, a poignant duet from my repertoire performed by Richard Sayama and Kristen Hedberg. Set to music by seven-time Grammy Award-winning composer, and honored to be her close friend, Maria Schneider, Slate explores the ebb and flow of an intimate relationship with emotional depth and tenderness.
I’m also delighted to share that my new dance film, Something Fake, II, which will be seen on this bill, and has been accepted into New York City’s 2026 Dance on Camera Film Lab, marking another exciting milestone for the company.
For ticket: Click here or go to home screen performance tab.
Hope to see you there!
Kyle Halford Takes the Stage
Shawn Lesniak Takes the Stage
Maleek Washington Takes the Stage
Top Left photo: dancer: Kyle Halford – Photo: Jordan Lombardi
Top right photo: dancer: Shawn Lesniak – Photo: Jeremy Kyle
Bottom photo: dancer: Maleek Washington – Photo: Whitney Browne