Dance Newsroom

The promotion was made by NYCB Artistic Director Jonathan Stafford and Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan. Click here for more details on Gilbert Bolden III.

This inaugural festival marks the 25th anniversary of the center’s first full performance and includes four public performances with a lineup that engages cutting-edge technological innovations within music, dance, and drama.

New York City Ballet has announced that Gilbert Bolden III has been promoted to Principal Dancer. The promotion was made on Friday, February 28 by NYCB Artistic Director Jonathan Stafford and Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan.

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park will present a NEW WORK PREVIEW from Gibney Company in Tivoli, NY. Learn more and see how to attend the preview performance here!

You will be awed by the beauty, energy and excitement of 'Tango After Dark' now being performed at The Joyce Theater through March 9th. 

Kronos Quartet will appear the guest ensemble at Next Festival Of Emerging Artists, which is running this Summer in New York. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

The Martha Graham Dance Company’s Studio Series will continue with a Graham and technology event hosted by the Martha Graham School in March. Learn more here!

CLYMOVE DANCE, founder/director Clymene Aldinger, will celebrate its 5th Anniversary with performances at New York Live Arts next month. Learn more here!

With its 66-year legacy of excellence, the New Jersey Ballet will return to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) for a weekend performance series, Friday-Saturday, April 24-25, 2025. The new program LEGACY & VISION centers around Twyla Tharp's Nine Sinatra Songs and a world premiere by Harrison Ball.

Art House Productions and Kenia Rosete Dance will resent FOCUS, a dynamic contemporary dance series returning for Spring 2025. The program showcases innovative choreography and boundary-pushing movement, offering audiences an immersive experience in cutting-edge dance.

San Francisco Ballet and The Joffrey Ballet have announced the world premiere commission of Yuri Possokhov's Eugene Onegin, based on Alexander Pushkin's classic novel and marking the first full-length co-production between the two renowned companies.

The Joffrey’s 2025-2026 season at Lyric Opera House has been revealed, featuring U.S. and Chicago premieres by Liam Scarlett and Yuri Possokhov, and a celebration of dance legends Martha Graham, Glen Tetley and more. Learn more!

The Trisha Brown Dance Company (TBDC) with the Merce Cunningham Trust will celebrate the Centennial of the iconoclastic American artist Robert Rauschenberg with a national tour.

'My work is really rooted in connectivity and community,' says New York based dancer and choreographer Keerati Jinakunwiphat. Jinakunwiphat, born in Chicago IL, received her BFA from the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase and was a recipient of the Adopt-A-Dancer Scholarship. She has worked with and performed works of artists such as Kyle Abraham, Nicole von Arx, Trisha Brown, Jasmine Ellis, Hannah Garner, Shannon Gillen, Paul Singh, Kevin Wynn, Doug Varone and more. Keerati joined A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham in 2016 and performed and collaborated with the company for seven seasons. 

Argentinian-based dance group Grupo Cadabra made their New York premiere on February 18th at The Joyce Theater with the dazzling contemporary ballet, Anima Animal. Featuring ABT Principal Dancer Herman Cornejo, who reimagined this ballet from a century-old Nijinsky idea, the piece was a true exploration on the power of evolution: what does it mean to be part of a collective? And then, what does it mean when an individual defies the status quo to go their own way?

The National Ballet of Canada has announced its 2025/26 season, a rich selection of work that showcases the company's distinct and enduring artistry.

Royal Academy of Dance will get the whole nation moving in celebration of Let's Dance 2025. Let's Dance 2025 is designed to raise awareness of the social, physical and mental health benefits of dance and the positive impact it has on communities.

​The Grainger Academy of The Joffrey Ballet will celebrate the 15th Anniversary of its choreographic competition, Winning Works, with five world premieres over two weekends in March. Learn more!

FORM Dance Projects and Riverside Theatres will present That's Two, Thank You, FORM's  inaugural two-week dance festival, celebrating the art of the duet at Riverside Theatre's Lennox Theatre from Friday 28th March to Saturday 5th March.

Campbelltown Arts Centre will present High Octane, a daring new dance theatre performance from visionary artist Emma Harrison, from Thursday 27th to Saturday 29th March 2025. 

Central Indiana Dance Ensemble is looking ahead for their annual MixedRep performance at The Tarkington Theater at The Allied Solutions Center for the Performing Arts. Learn how to attend.

Herman Cornejo is a modern-day ballet legend. For over 25 years, he’s graced stages all across the world, known for his transformative gift of embodying each and every role, no matter how different. From Son in Prodigal Son, to Rose in Le Spectre de la Rose, to Albrecht in Giselle, Cornejo is a master class in ballet technique, equally commanding in both power and precision.

 New York City Dance Alliance Foundation has announced the return of Destiny Rising at the Joyce Theater in March. Learn more about the upcoming performance here!

This March, the Dennis C. Moss Cultural Arts Center will present the Twyla Tharp Dance 60th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee, celebrating six decades of groundbreaking work by legendary choreographer Twyla Tharp.

On a dimly lit stage enveloped in an air of mystique, a melodious bandoneon tenderly caresses the night's silence, its haunting notes reverberating through the hushed theater. Bathed in a solitary spotlight, the instrument's melancholic melody sets the stage, foretelling an evocative and passionately intense performance that is soon to unfold.