July 4, 2025

Alien of Extraordinary | April 23-24

April 23-24, 7pm

Ellen Stewart Theatre
66 East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003

Tickets:

$30 Adults ($50 Support The Artist Ticket)
$25 Students/Seniors
$10 La MaMa Members
First ten tickets to every performance $10 each (limit 2 per person)
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by Sun Kim Dance Theatre

About

Alien of Extraordinary is an immersive dance-theatre work by Sun Kim, transforming her immigration journey in the U.S. into a powerful call for empathy and shared belonging. Choreographed by Sun Kim, a South Korean immigrant who specializes in the street dance style of popping, the piece takes its name from the “alien of extraordinary ability” (O-1) visa and her own experiences with it. Performed by a cast of eight dancers, Alien of Extraordinary features theme music by klezmer musician and composer Michael Winograd. The piece is an invitation to witness the immigrant artist’s journey in all its fragility and resilience, creating a meeting ground for empathy, imagination, and shared belonging.

La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival 2026

La MaMa Moves! 2026, the 21st season of La MaMa’s annual dance festival, brings together
dance artists at all stages of their careers to experiment, collaborate, and share new work.
Curated by Nicky Paraiso, the festival will take place over five weeks in April and May of 2026
and will include twelve productions across La MaMa’s four venues, and up to four in-person
community workshops and public discussions. This year’s festival line-up features dancemakers Donald Byrd, Beth Corning with guest puppeteer Tom Lee, Vangeline, Patricia Hoffbauer, Dancers Unlimited, Sun Kim Dance Theatre, Green Cow, Iver Findlay, BamBam Frost & Ori Flomin, Pioneers Go East Collective, and ms. z tye & Mina Nishimura in a shared evening curated by La MaMa Curatorial Residents Martita Abril & Blaze Ferrer.

La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival continues to support La MaMa’s commitment to presenting diverse performance styles that challenge audience’s perception of dance by featuring performance/installations, experimental film screenings & public symposiums which address dance artists’ engagement with the current political climate, as well as honoring diasporic histories and legacy, ancestral inspirations and inter-generational dialogue.