CUNY Dance Initiative Announces NVA & Guests in the World Premiere of “Cry Wolf”

The CUNY Dance Initiative (CDI), an expansive program providing New York City choreographers and dance companies with creative residencies on CUNY college campuses, announces the world premiere of “Cry Wolf” by NVA & Guests October 24-25 at Tribeca Performing Arts Center at 199 Chambers St, New York, NY, 10007. General admission is $40, with student tickets available for $30. Get tickets here.

Blending highly physical choreography, text, and audience interaction, “Cry Wolf” navigates a world where truth and deception blur. Rooted in the fable of “The Boy Who Cried Wolf”, the work embraces the story’s inherent playfulness while reimagining it to speak to our present reality. What happens when warnings are ignored? And what are real warnings and what are false? Through humor, movement, and theatricality, the piece explores responsibility, misinformation, and the weight of collective consequence.

The Saturday, October 25 at 4pm performance includes a brief talk-back, post-show. The performance lasts approximately 60–75 minutes.

NVA & Guests exists as a platform to produce and share the artistic work of choreographer Nicole von Arx, providing opportunities for the exchange of ideas across cultures and cultivating community on a local and international level. Through a rotating roster of performers representing a diverse array of backgrounds, the company offers a repertory of individualized dance/theater works that can be seen on large stages as well as in flexible/non-traditional performance spaces. With roots in New York City and Switzerland, NVA & Guests invites audiences across the globe to forge genuine connections with performances that present the company’s unique combination of dynamic physicality and theatrical narrative.

NVA & Guests is known for highly physical productions that have a strong emotional and dramatic drive. Since its founding in 2014, NVA & Guests has been invited to perform in Switzerland at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices, Théâtre de Grand Champ, Théâtre Nuithonie, and Theatre am Gleis; and in the United States at The Joyce Theatre, The Westside Theatre, Joe’s Pub, The New Victory Theatre, Triskelion Arts, CPR – Center for Performance Research, Judson Memorial Church, The Ailey Citigroup Theatre, The Museum of Moving Images, Sam Houston State University, TACAW, and the Chop Shop Festival.

Cry Wolf Rehearsals, Photo by Garrett Parker