This fall, Powerhouse Arts will launch Powerhouse International, a new cross-disciplinary, multi-week festival that will bring large-scale performance works from around the world to the Brooklyn venue. The festival aims to serve as a haven for endangered ideas and international, interpersonal, and artistic exchange.
Conceived and curated by Artistic Director David Binder, the festival's first season, running September 25–December 13, will feature the American premieres of numerous works. In commitment to making art accessible for all, 10,000 tickets will be released for just $30.
From September 25–27, Denmark-based choreographer Mette Ingvartsen’s Skatepark will foster a joyous community around skateboarding in Powerhouse Arts’ massive Grand Hall.
Running October 4–November 9 will be New Zealand artist Kate McIntosh’s site-responsive live installation Worktable, in which participants enter a room filled with various objects, given instructions, equipment, and safety goggles, and are encouraged to make a mess.
From October 8–11, South African artist William Kentridge’s Sibyl will be presented. The modern chamber opera, integrating dance and visual art, won the 2023 Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in Opera.
Greek artist Christos Papadopoulos’ Larsen C, a dance inspired by the behemoth melting ice sheet of the same name, will run October 16-18.
Coming from Brazil, Carolina Bianchi and Cara de Cavalo’s award-winning, visceral examination of sexual violence,CADELA FORÇA TRILOGY, Chapter I: The Bride and the Goodnight Cinderella, will make its premiere October 23–25, co-presented with L’Alliance New York’s Crossing The Line Festival.
Arriving from Belgium October 28–30 will be Malagasy and French artist Soa Ratsifandrihana’s Fampitaha, fampita, fampitàna, a dance work creating a dialogue between the children of the diaspora and their places of origin, co-presented with L’Alliance New York’s Crossing The Line Festival.
Ireland's Dead Centre and Emilie Pine’s Good Sex, in which celebrated guest stars each night join with an intimacy director to tell a story of desire, betrayal, and loneliness, will run November 5-8.
From the U.K., Hofesh Shechter Company’s choreographic journey into the subconscious Theatre of Dreams will run November 13-15.
Acclaimed choreographer and dance captain of Beyoncé’s Renaissance and Cowboy Carter tours Amari Marshall’s The Imagining will close the festival. The celebratory performance that brings audiences and artists together onto the dance floor, will run one night only December 13.
A music series curated by Adam Shore will also be presented throughout the season, each an original creation or U.S. premiere by artists from around the world.
