KYOKO TAKENAKA

i'm here & i love you

JAN 9 - 11, 2026

Don’t miss the limited premiere of i’m here & i love you—Kyoko Takenaka’s raw, soul-stirring return to the NY stage since undergoing chemotherapy. Through butoh dance, visuals created on Yakushima Island, music, and lessons found in community care, this anti-disciplinary intimate solo performance threads rage, relief, and wonder—tuning into nature’s frequencies to broaden our relationship with the grief of the world. 

Miranda Brown &

Noa Rui-Piin Weiss

¿¡¡simon negs≈≈>:(:{{** (work-in-progress)

JAN 15-17, 2026

Two dancers trying their best to follow a series of increasingly difficult and ruthless instructions.

Part two of a diptych, ¿¡¡simon negs≈≈>:(:{{** (work-in-progress) is the Mr. Hyde, the Black Swan, the bad cop, the “you’re not yourself when you’re hungry” alter ego of Miranda and Noa’s recent work, !!simon says~~!:));)$$ (2024). While warming up for their last performance, Noa and Miranda realized that their silly dances may go down in history as “art under the rise of fascism in America.” So then they thought, let’s write some grants about that. Approximately one year later, witness the work-in-progress that is, ¿¡¡simon negs≈≈>:(:{{** (work-in-progress). 

MARIA CAMIA

Maria Reads a Book: Higher Eyes on Aricama

JAN 15-17, 2025

Maria Reads a Book: Higher Eyes on Aricama is a 60-minute solo-performance with a live pianist. The story follows Ari and Cama, as their attention spans shatter into infinite altered dimensions causing their homeland Aricama, the land of practice, play, and healing, to turn into dust. Will they release themselves from their attachments or lose everything they worked for? 

MALEEK RAE

Body COUNT

JAN 22-26, 2026

You dug a hole, now lie in it. BODYCOUNT is a raw, visceral exploration of what it takes to rise from the depths of our own making. Set in a cruising park, this play delves into the simplest, most primal truth—sometimes all we really want is a little connection and to feel held. It follows Gatekeeper, an aspiring photographer yearning to craft a world where large Black queer bodies can simply exist, and be embraced gardens. The story whispers of longing, vulnerability, and the fierceness of reclaiming space in a world that too often deems that that those who be fat and black are of less worth.

STEW

STEWDIO ZERO 2

DEC 2025

Coming soon…

JACK's programming is made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with Mayor Eric Adams, Speaker Adrienne Adams and the City Council, NYC Department of Youth and Community Development with the support of City Council Member Crystal Hudson, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, Assembly Member Phara Souffrant Forrest, Howard Gilman Foundation, Mertz Gilmore Foundation, The Seth Sprague Educational and Charitable Foundation, The Jerome Foundation, The Shubert Foundation, Emma A. Sheafer Charitable Trust, The Hyde & Watson Foundation, Harkness Foundation for Dance, The Bains Family Foundation, The John Golden Foundation, Ridgewood Savings Bank, Jody Falco & Jeffrey Steinman in addition to many generous individuals.