Fadi J. Khoury’s FJK Dance will return to New York on Friday, February 22 to introduce a series of six “Black Box” monthly repertoire performances, “A Fusion of Culture and Dance.” Each of the FJK “Fusion of Culture and Dance” performances will provide an immersive, cross-cultural dance experience and include a “Talk Back” and reception with the company. The Fusion series will be theme-based; each evening will feature a different work from the company repertoire.

The Friday, February 22 opening performance will feature UNTOLD, FJK’s multimedia performance and art installation that layers ancient Middle Eastern aesthetics with contemporary ballet and ballroom movement. Additional company works will be shown on Friday, April 26, Friday, May 31, Thursday, June 20, Thursday, July 18 and Friday, August 23, all at 6:30pm, program to be announced.

The “Black Box” dance series found its inspiration from FJK’s weekly site specific performance workshops developed for NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County (Brooklyn, N.Y.). Believing dance has the power to bring people together and insert positive energy into our communities, the FJK Dance NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County program hopes to remove the stigma of, and enable the public to better understand, psychiatric illness and wellness. Site specific performances from the FJK repertoire, performed throughout the hospital, hope to create an emotional difference for patients and staff. The John Jay series will help refine that role, with the audience “Talk Back” serving to explore the depth of each repertoire piece and discuss what dance can do to facilitate mental health. Positive images will be explored.

In July 2018 FJK Dance was named “Artist in Residence” at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County.