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We all seek to find our 'place', be it how we fit into our communities, our career, our relationships or the world around us. But at the root of it all, our 'place' is more often defined by where we find ourselves at the end of the day-our home.

On the bare stage of BAM's vast Howard Gilman Opera House, clad in attire befitting a Calvin Klein advertisement, the acrobats of the world-renowned Australian Contemporary Circus company -- Circa -- demonstrated breathtaking acts of enormous strength and delicate, alternatingly humorous and heartbreaking vulnerability. Humans is a tribute to our shared nature as people: we can be weak, limited and fragile, but we can also showcase incredible feats of bravery, trust and fortitude -- especially when working together.

The 3rd annual Hip Hop Film Festival was held, fittingly, at the historic National Black Theatre founded by Dr. Barbara Ann Teer who moved to Harlem in 1968 and saw that the once vibrant neighborhood was suffering from a sense of hopelessness after the losses of African American leaders Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X and desperately needed a community space and cultural arts institution that would 'be reflective of the power, grace and excellence of a people' (according to her daughter and current CEO Sade Lythcott).

Dancers for Good, a glitzy gala benefitting The Actors Fund brought top dance talents from Martha Graham, Paul Taylor Dance Companies and more to East Hampton in a flawless, echanting evening of dance honoring two legends and true 'dancers for good': Bebe Neuwith & Chita Rivera.

As if a prelude to the Independence Day fireworks, Artistic Director/Choreographer Shoko Tamai's Ninja Ballet: 'Ma' (Negative Space) debuting at the Secret Theatre in Long Island City, explodes with a dynamic blend of Eastern and Western dance styles, theatrics and the elegance of classical ballet fused with thrilling martial arts fight choreography and live musical accompaniment featuring traditional instruments from Asian, Middle Eastern and Native American cultures that transport the viewer to another place and era.

Just after the glitter had settled from her sold-out headliner performance on Pier 97 for the second year of Pride Island, an evolution of NYC Pride 'Dance on the Pier' (a 30+ year institution now transformed into a multi-day LGBTQ cultural experience), Australian dance-pop diva and gay icon, Kylie Minogue, and her band played an intimate concert at Bowery Ballroom on a Monday evening to another sold-out throng of adoring fans.

The first installation of the Contemporary Dance Series, curated by Tiffany Rea-Fisher (which runs Fridays from June 22-July 20 at 6pm) kicked-off with a strong start on the debut evening with performances from Harlem School of the Arts, AThomasProject, Eryc Taylor Dance and Graham 2.

Seven Souls in the Skull Castle (Dokurojo no Shichinin), The Ultimate Fighting Fantasy Spectacle at IHI Stage Around Tokyo, Makes History for Japan and the Global Entertainment Industry. #japan #ihistagearoundtokyo #360theater #japanesetheater #revolutionary #success

Hold on to your lashes ladies and strap that wig down with a babushka, because @TheBiancadelRio is back and strutting with the Soviets in Hurricane Bianca: From Russia with Hate! @RuPaul eat your heart out! #biancadelrio #rupauldragrace #hurricanebiancafromrussiawithhate #drag #lgbtq #fierce

In her new works: 'Moving Through Tea' & 'Universal Emotions,' for her Symphony Space debut on May 11th, Nuo An brings a delightful, charming and irreverent sense of childlike play and inquisitiveness to her work that explodes in powerful, surprising and deeply moving representations of the true essence of things we might overlook such as the journey of a tea leaf or the source of our strongest feelings.

Adham Hafez, Egyptian creator, performer, academic and the founder of Adham Hafez Company and HaRaKa Platform, is no stranger to delving deep into controversial topics and forcing his audiences to examine everything they think they know about particular cultures, beliefs, and histories. Hafez is a bold, highly-intelligent provocateur, deliberately messing with the minds of those who experience his work. His world premiere of 'To Catch A Terrorist' debuts at the La MaMa Moves Festival May 12-13.

Batman and the whole Gotham gang, finally get the Anime treatment when they are whisked away to medieval Japan in Batman Ninja, now available on Digital and out on Blu-ray Steelbook, DVD and Blu-ray Combo Pack on May 8th. Fans of both American comics and Japanese Anime genres are in for a particular treat as this is the Dark Knight in his most eye-popping, action-packed, ingenious and visually-mesmerizing adventure yet! It's a fantastic collaboration between the best of the best which results in a flawless piece of astounding cross-genre cinematic art.

FJK Dance Works in Progress: UnTold explores and blends various dance forms: passionate tango and Latin dance with classical ballet, modern, contemporary and Broadway styles all with an Arabic twist! The company, lead by partners Fadi Khoury and Sevin Ceviker breathtakingly tell stories of human emotion through their bodies.