Interesting. Unusual. Uniquely NYC. Highlights of this week’s top events include Unreality Bomb, DESCENT, Hardness 10, and more. Get the NYC-ARTS Top Five in your inbox every Friday and follow @NYCARTS on Twitter to stay abreast of events as they happen.

Unreality Bomb
FiveMyles Gallery
Brooklyn
Sat, Mar 17, 2018 - Sun, Apr 15, 2018
“Unreality Bomb “ is a term first coined by Roger White in a seminal book on contemporary art titled The Contemporaries. White used this term to characterize a painting that had pieces deliberately removed from it, as a stylistic choice. White’s statement describes the work chosen for this exhibition; work that has an unseen layer removed from it by artificial and fictional means, to create an impression of space. With Unreality Bomb the painter/curator Alex ...

Black Beauty
New Victory Theater
Fri, Mar 16, 2018 - Sun, Mar 25, 2018
Black Beauty is a fun-filled twist on Anna Sewell’s classic. With storytelling at its finest by Andy Manley and Andy Cannon and a versatile set full of surprises designed by Shona Reppe, Black Beauty canters onto the New Victory stage for its U.S. Premiere from March 16-25, 2018.Synopsis:Brothers and “purveyors of fine equestrian illusions,” Andy McCuddy and Andy McCuddy have fallen on hard times. After all, it’s hard to get a gig these days when you’re the front and back of a theatrical ...

Hardness 10
The Joyce Theater
Manhattan
Tue, Mar 20, 2018 - Sun, Mar 25, 2018
March 20–25 at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Stephen Petronio Company will present the world premiere of Petronio’s Hardness 10, the third collaboration between Petronio and composer Nico Muhly. Petronio’s departure point for Hardness 10 is the nature of the diamond—a dense stone, forged under pressure into an object of brilliance and clarity. Muhly’s score was originally created in response to the “fractal images and gestures” of the Wilton Diptych, a medieval painting, circa 1393, ...

DESCENT
New York Live Arts
Manhattan
Thu, Mar 22, 2018 - Sat, Mar 24, 2018
Choreographer and disability arts innovator Alice Sheppard, along with the Kinetic Light collaborative, announces the New York Premiere of DESCENT. Performed on a custom-designed architectural ramp installation with hills, curves, and peaks, DESCENT explores the pleasures of wheeled movement and reckless abandon. This new evening-length duet takes audiences on a transformative ride and obliterates cultural assumptions of what disability, dance, and beauty can be. This limited engagement spans three performances March 22, 23, and 24 at New York ...

Ailey II
Ailey Citigroup Theater at the Joan Weill Center for Dance
Manhattan
Wed, Mar 14, 2018 - Sun, Mar 25, 2018
Ailey II is returning to The Ailey Citigroup Theater from March 14 – 25 for its annual New York season. Twelve talented young dancers will prove that they are second to none in dynamic works by some of the most exciting emerging choreographers, including premieres by Juel D. Lane, Renee I. McDonald, and Darrell Grand Moultrie, and returning favorites by Jae Man Joo, Bridget L. Moore, and former Ailey dancer Marcus Willis.
Black Beauty
209 West 42nd Street
new york N.Y. 10036
6462233010
Black Beauty is a fun-filled twist on Anna Sewell’s classic. With storytelling at its finest by Andy Manley and Andy Cannon and a versatile set full of surprises designed by Shona Reppe, Black Beauty canters onto the New Victory stage for its U.S. Premiere from March 16-25, 2018.Synopsis:Brothers and “purveyors of fine equestrian illusions,” Andy McCuddy and Andy ...
Unreality Bomb
558 St. Johns Place
brooklyn N.Y. 11238
6465049624
“Unreality Bomb “ is a term first coined by Roger White in a seminal book on contemporary art titled The Contemporaries. White used this term to characterize a painting that had pieces deliberately removed from it, as a stylistic choice. White’s statement describes the work chosen for this exhibition; work ...
Hardness 10
175 Eighth Avenue
new york N.Y. 10011
2122420800
March 20–25 at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Stephen Petronio Company will present the world premiere of Petronio’s Hardness 10, the third collaboration between Petronio and composer Nico Muhly. Petronio’s departure point for Hardness 10 is the nature of the diamond—a dense stone, forged under pressure into an object of ...
DESCENT
219 West 19th Street
New York N.Y. 10011
2126916500
Choreographer and disability arts innovator Alice Sheppard, along with the Kinetic Light collaborative, announces the New York Premiere of DESCENT. Performed on a custom-designed architectural ramp installation with hills, curves, and peaks, DESCENT explores the pleasures of wheeled movement and reckless abandon. This new evening-length duet takes audiences on a transformative ride and ...