This event is in the past.It took place on May 21, 2026 at The DiMenna Center for Classical Music.










28th Annual MATA Festival: Night One: Positive Void – Evolving Things
Hudson Yards
The MATA Festival kicks off with The Bang Group's audacious tap-dance reinvention of Steve Reich's Clapping Music and Morton Feldman's For John Cage. New solo and duo works by emerging composers complete a program exploring transformation through movement and sound.
avant-garde performance
experimental dance
contemporary classical
emerging composers
Tips
🎵"The acoustic is phenomenal! Pure delight."
👟The Bang Group uses 10 pointe shoes and 8 tap shoes for Sparkle Too
🎭Evening concludes with dancers in Velcro-covered suits
28th Annual MATA Festival: Night One: Positive Void – Evolving Things
Hudson Yards










The MATA Festival kicks off with The Bang Group's audacious tap-dance reinvention of Steve Reich's Clapping Music and Morton Feldman's For John Cage. New solo and duo works by emerging composers complete a program exploring transformation through movement and sound.
avant-garde performance
experimental dance
contemporary classical
emerging composers
Tips
🎵"The acoustic is phenomenal! Pure delight."
👟The Bang Group uses 10 pointe shoes and 8 tap shoes for Sparkle Too
🎭Evening concludes with dancers in Velcro-covered suits
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