Summer in New York means more indoor and outdoor productions. Marina Harss, who reports on dance for the New Yorker and the New York Times, spoke with WNYC’s Richard Hake about three shows to catch this month that mix dance with visual arts.

First, Benjamin Millepied's L.A. Dance Project at the Joyce Theater. This season the company will featuring a work Millepied created for two retired, New York City Ballet dancers, Janie Taylor and Carla Korbes.

"This is kind of a special occasion to see them dance together," said Harss. "To see them again and to kind of see their interactions, as women who have been in the art form for a long time."

Over on Governors Island, as part of the River to River Festival, choreographer Jodi Melnick will present "Moat," a collaboration with visual artist John Monti. The two have transformed the moat surrounding Fort Jay with a site-specific "playground" featuring psychedelic patterns, bright colors and giant three-dimensional flowers where dancers will perform on top of.

Finally, Harss said a can't-miss event is a video installation at Danspace Project featuring people dancing at a super slow speeds. Creator David Michalek used specialized cameras, often used to film car crash videos, to slow down and analyze movement.

"At this speed you can really see every detail of the mechanics of movement and I think that's kind of the underlying idea," said Harss.

Michalek took the work "Trio A" by Yvonne Rainer and recreated it, but filmed at 1/50th of the regular speed. Harss said what is a five minute dance ends up lasting several hours and features 46 different dancers performing seven-section sections.

To hear the full interview, click on "Listen" above.

L.A. Dance Project at The Joyce Theater

June 13-25, 2017

Jodi Melnick: Moat at Fort Jay on Governors Island National Monument

June 16-18, 2017

SlowDancing at Danspace Project 

June 23-July 1. 2017