Point of Contact
Date: Friday, November 13, 2026
Time: E.D.T.
Three Dances. All Live Music. Experience the Unexpected.
November 13–15, 2026
- Friday, November 13 | 7:30 PM
- Saturday, November 14 | 7:30 PM
- Sunday, November 15, 2026 | 3:00 PM — w/ Artist Talk following the performance
Location: Nimbus Arts Center, 329 Warren Street, Jersey City, NJ
Nimbus Dance presents Point of Contact, three dances set to live music that make up an unforgettable evening at Jersey City’s Nimbus Arts Center.
Bringing together some of today’s most fascinating and boundary-pushing performing artists, Point of Contact features a world premiere by Princess Grace Award-winning choreographer Omar Román de Jesús, visiting Atlanta artists Lauri Stallings and glo, and the return of Samuel Pott’s acclaimed Surface Tension.
The experience extends beyond the stage with motion, a live art gallery activation by Stallings featuring Nimbus dancers, and a special movement workshop exploring glo’s choreographic practice. Scroll down for more information!
The Performances
Lamentos — World Premiere
Choreography by Omar Román de Jesús
Hailed as “one of the most exciting new voices in American dance,” Princess Grace Award-winning choreographer Omar Román de Jesús unveils Lamentos, a world premiere created for Nimbus Dance in collaboration with Jersey City’s own Segunda Quimbamba, a celebrated Puerto Rican percussion ensemble.
Bringing contemporary concert dance together with the Puerto Rican traditions of Bomba and Plena, the work fuses the ensemble’s rhythms with an electronic score by composer Jesse Scheinin and costumes by Karen Young.
Artistic Collaborators
- Choreography: Omar Román de Jesús
- Percussion Ensemble: Segunda Quimbamba
- Electronic Score: Jesse Scheinin
- Costumes: Karen Young
Lamentos is commissioned in part by New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC).
Adventure 1 (in Preview)
Choreography by lauri stallings | glo
Visiting Atlanta artists lauri stallings and glo present Adventure 1, the first part of a new choreographed work performed to Philip Glass’s Mad Rush.
Featuring Jersey City pianist Yukiko Tanaka and four glo moving artists—Noëlle Dave’, Ashley Ianna, Alyssa Lucas, and Mary Jane Pennington—the work meditates on the ancient practice of “letting,” allowing flow and exchange between fragile ecosystems.
Recently returned from a residency in the Dordogne region of France, stallings’ work is celebrated internationally, in Atlanta, and throughout communities across the American South for its meticulous attention to detail and willingness to reconfigure how we think about performance and artmaking.
Artistic & Production Credits
- Choreography: lauri stallings
- Music: Philip Glass, Mad Rush
- Musician: Yukiko Tanaka, piano
- Moving Artists: Noëlle Dave’, Ashley Ianna, Alyssa Lucas, Mary Jane Pennington
- Costumes: Maggie Ann Phillips
- Lighting & Production: Richard Carvlin
Adventure 1 is made possible with support from Dunvagen Music Publishers for Philip Glass and ongoing artist residency support from The Goat Farm, Atlanta.
Surface Tension
Choreography by Samuel Pott
Samuel Pott’s “exquisite” Surface Tension returns to the stage, with pianist Yukiko Tanaka performing works by Johannes Brahms and Franz Liszt live, accompanied by the sounds of rocks and seaweed.
As music and dance rise and recede like the ocean itself, this seminal 2014 work explores and blurs the meeting point where one body ends and another begins.
Through fluid movement and shifting relationships between dancers, Surface Tension examines connection, separation, and the boundaries of the human form.
Artistic Credits
- Choreography: Samuel Pott
- Music: Johannes Brahms and Franz Liszt
- Live Piano: Yukiko Tanaka
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Before the Show: motion
A Live Art Gallery Activation by lauri stallings
Firmament Gallery at Nimbus Arts Center
For Nimbus Dance, lauri stallings presents motion, a new live art gallery activation featuring Nimbus dancers throughout Firmament Gallery, created specifically for Nimbus Arts Center at The Lively.
Stallings’ choreographic practice examines how people come together, exploring how physical proximity, collective movement, and shared social rituals can transform everyday spaces into emotional arenas.
Drawing on the industrial history of Jersey City’s Powerhouse Arts District and the legacy of the former Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Powerhouse, motion fuses dance, sculpture, and relational systems into ongoing actions and living environments that explore how bodies feel and transmit.
Working with disused sites, rail stations, and dance spaces as “powerhouses” of creative practice and community gathering, stallings approaches motion as a fluid, orchestrated environment where bodies must slow down, synchronize, and navigate the physical presence of others.
Rather than separating the audience from the performance, the work invites a different relationship with space and movement, creating opportunities to observe how individuals move together and respond to one another.
motion offers a preview of ideas and creative processes taking shape in Jersey City and Atlanta for a new project commissioned for Nimbus Dance in 2027.
Activation Schedule: You can catch this immersive activation 30 minutes before each Point of Contact performance.
Entrance is included with your purchase of a Point of Contact ticket.
After the Show
Post-Performance Artist Talk – Sunday, November 15
Join us following Sunday’s performance for a special Artist Talk featuring the creators and collaborators behind Point of Contact.
Hear directly from Omar Román de Jesús, Juan Cartagena, Samuel Pott, and Lauri Stallings as they discuss their artistic practices, collaborations, and the creative processes behind the works presented.
Included with Sunday’s performance.
Move with glo: People Movement Mapping
A FREE Two-Hour Movement Workshop with lauri stallings & glo
Feel Together by Moving Together
Nimbus is excited to welcome dancers and people movers to People Movement Mapping, an immersive workshop exploring lauri stallings’ physical practice, choreographic mapping, and creative environments.
Guided by stallings and longtime glo moving artists Mary Jane Pennington and Noëlle Dave’, this two-hour experience offers participants a deep encounter with the movement practices and creative processes that shape glo’s work.
Through guided movement and collective exploration, participants will engage with the ideas of proximity, connection, and shared physical experience that are central to stallings’ choreography.
Who Should Attend? Pre-professional and professional dancers are encouraged to participate, but glo welcomes everyone who wishes to move. No previous dance experience is required. Must be age 14 or older.
Workshop Information
– Date & Time: Saturday, November 14 at 10:00 AM
– Location: School of Nimbus Dance at Nimbus Arts Center
Catch glo & Lauri Stallings at Mana Contemporary!
Friday, November 13 | 11 AM–1 PM
Experience motion, a two-hour immersive performance by lauri stallings featuring glo moving artists alongside Nimbus dancers. Inspired by Mana Contemporary’s industrial architecture, the work transforms the building’s lobby into a living environment of movement, sculpture, and collective connection.
Location: Mana Contemporary, 888 Newark Ave, Jersey City, NJ 07306
Acknowledgments & Support
Point of Contact is funded in part through the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s A.R.T. – Phase II Grant Program and by the Hudson County History Partnership Program administered by the Hudson County Office of Cultural & Heritage Affairs/Tourism Development, Craig Guy, Hudson County Executive, and the Hudson County Board of County Commissioners.
Lamentos is commissioned in part by New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
Adventure 1 is made possible with support from Dunvagen Music Publishers for Philip Glass and ongoing artist residency support from The Goat Farm, Atlanta.
About Nimbus Dance
Founded in 2005 by Artistic Director Samuel Pott, Nimbus Dance is a Jersey City-based contemporary dance company dedicated to artistic excellence, collaboration, and community engagement.
Through innovative performances, arts education, and partnerships with artists from across disciplines, Nimbus brings world-class dance to audiences throughout New Jersey and beyond.
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