9 Dance Performances to Add to Your October Slate

Hear’s a breakdown of the provided text, summarizing the two performance pieces highlighted:

1. Drop Dead…Gorgeous by Tamar Rogoff

* Location: new York City (La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club)
* Dates: Oct. 17-Nov. 2
* What it is: A multimedia performance piece presented as a fictional TV game show. Contestants (a ballet dancer, an elderly woman, a plus-sized dancer) compete for their “dream body.”
* Theme: Critiques narrow definitions of beauty, explores body dysmorphia, and advocates for body acceptance.
* Website: https://www.lamama.org/drop-dead-gorgeous/

2. TIMES FOUR / David Gordon: 1975/2025

* Location: New York City (New York Live Arts)
* Dates: Oct. 22-Nov. 1
* What it is indeed: A reconstruction and reimagining of David Gordon and Valda setterfield’s 1975 duet, Times Four.
* How it came to be: Based on a rehearsal video, Setterfield’s notes, and conversations between Gordon and Wally Cardona shortly before Gordon’s death.
* Performers: Wally Cardona and Molly Lieber.
* Significance: The piece is being performed in the same loft space where it originally premiered.
* website: https://newyorklivearts.org/event/times-four-david-go

The text also includes a photograph of Wally Cardona and Molly Lieber alongside an archival image of David gordon and Valda Setterfield.