NYC Dance is a mix of Dance Theatre and Latin Dance which is social dancing.
American Ballet, Modern, Broadway, and Tap dance largely developed in NYC.
Latin dance is an expression of family, faith, community and love. Traditionally, dance is both how we pray and socialize. That’s why we tend to be great dancers.
Flamenco is popular. NYC played a role in Tango, twice.
Lindy Hop Swing started in Harlem. Salsa on 2 and Hip-Hop started in The Bronx.
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New York is the World Capital of Dance
New York is a dance city. It was the Vaudeville big time. Broadway remains the center of Jazz Dance and Tap Dance. Modern Dance developed here. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater popularized it around the world.
Ballet in the USA developed here, especially under New York City Ballet founding choreographers George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins. By the way, Ballet is Latin because it’s an Italian court dance developed in France. Cuba, Argentina and Brazil develop world-class Ballet dancers.
Latin dance tends to be social, although Cali, Colombia has a stage Salsa tradition. Lindy Hop Swing started in Harlem. Salsa on 2 started in The Bronx. NYC helped transform Tango from an obscure folkloric dance into the national dance of Argentina and Uruguay. Hip-Hop dancing was created by Black and Latin kids in The Bronx. Latin kids brought their parents’ Palladium Ballroom moves into it. Let’s dance!
NYC Dance Calendar
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January NYC Dance
The 2022 Covid Omicron surge is forcing cancellations.
Ballet
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: Nightcrawlers brings all-male Classical Ballet to The Joyce in Chelsea for three weeks Dec 14, 2021 – Jan 2, 2022. From $26. 🏳️🌈
Tap
Ayodele Casel: Chasing Magic brings together the Puerto Rican Tap master with live music by Cuban Jazz legend Arturo O’Farrill, at The Joyce in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Jan 4-9, 2022. From $26. 🇵🇷🇨🇺
Ballet
The New York City Ballet Winter 2022 Season at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, is Tuesday-Sunday, Jan 18 – Feb 27. 🇧🇷🇫🇷🇮🇹🇵🇷🇪🇸
February NYC Dance
Flamenco
Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca dance Spanish Flamenco at The Joyce in Chelsea for two weeks, Tue-Sun, Jan 25 – Feb 6, 2022. From $26. 🇪🇸
Ballet
The New York City Ballet Winter 2022 Season at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, is Tue-Sun, Jan 18 – Feb 27. 🇧🇷🇫🇷🇮🇹🇵🇷🇪🇸
Hip-Hop
Botis Seva: Far From the Norm dance English Hip-Hop at The Joyce in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Feb 7-12, 2022. From $26. 🇬🇧
Dance Films
The 50th Dance on Camera film festival is at Film at Lincoln Center, Fri-Mon, Feb 11-14. $15.
Ballroom
New York Dance Festival (ballroom competition) is at the New York Hilton Midtown, Mon-Thu, Feb 21-24. nydancefestival.com
Flamenco
Nélida Tirado: Travesia Flamenca dances traditional Spanish Flamenco at Joe’s Pub in NoHo on Sun, Feb 27 at 7pm (6pm doors). $30. 🇪🇸🇵🇷
The Harkness Dance Festival was at the 92nd Street Y, Feb 21 – Mar 21, 2020.
March NYC Dance
2022
Dance
The City Center Dance Festival is at New York City Center, Mar 24 – Apr 10.
The Harkness Dance Festival was at the 92nd Street Y, Feb 21 – Mar 21, 2020.
April NYC Dance
Latin Contemporary Dance
Ballet Hispánico presents the world premiere of its first full-length commission, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Doña Perón at the City Center Dance Festival at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan on April 1-3, 2022. From $35. 🇨🇴
African Diaspora Ballet
Dance Theatre of Harlem at the 1st City Center Dance Festival starts with a Gala Performance that includes the NY premieres of “Higher Ground” and an extended “Balamouk” by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa at New York City Center in Midtown, Tue, Apr 5, and Fri-Sun, Apr 8-10. From $35. 🇧🇷🇨🇴🇨🇺🇭🇹🇺🇸
Spanish Flamenco
Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca dance Spanish Flamenco at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Apr 5-10. From $51. 🇪🇸
Ballet
The New York City Ballet Spring 2022 Season at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, is Tue-Sun, April 19 to May 29, 2022. 🇧🇷🇫🇷🇮🇹🇵🇷🇪🇸
Flamenco Festival
The 20th Flamenco Festival NYC 2022 with Mañuel Liñán and a Gala Flamenca is at New York City Center in Midtown, Fri-Sun, Apr 22-24. From $35. nycitycenter.org 🇪🇸
National Dance Week is Apr 15-24.
International Dance Day is Apr 29.
May NYC Dance
Ballet
New York City Ballet Spring 2022 Season at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, is Tue-Sun, April 19 to May 29, 2022.
Mexican Folkloric
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company presents “Puebla: The Story of Cinco de Mayo” at Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, New Jersey on Thu, May 5, 2022 at 7pm. 🇲🇽
Contemporary Gala
The Ballet Hispánico Gala 2022 Noche Tropicana, honors Thalía with the Spanish Harlem Orchestra, at The Plaza Hotel in Midtown on Mon, May 16 at 6:30 with dinner and dancing. From $1,500. 🇨🇺🇲🇽🇵🇷
Future Festival
The Future Dance Festival is at the 92nd Street Y on Fri, May 20 at 12pm. $15.
Mexican Contemporary Ballet
Ballet Nepantla “Valentina” is a Contemporary Ballet about the strength and resilience of women in Revolutionary Mexico, at Symphony Space in the Upper West Side, on Fri, May 27 at 8:30pm. From $20. 🇲🇽
Dance Parade
The 16th Dance Parade is Sat, May 21.
Salsa
The BIG Salsa Festival is at the New York Hilton Midtown, Memorial Day Weekend, May 27-30. bigsalsafestival.com
The Queensboro Dance Festival was across Queens, May 15 – Oct 3, 2021.
Dance Africa was at BAM in Fort Greene, Brooklyn on May 29 – Jun 14, 2021. (2020)
June NYC Dance
In the City, ABT dances its summer season, and Latin dancing moves outdoors. Major dance festivals go upstate and in the Northeast.
Dance Theatre
The Queensboro Dance Festival is Jun 4 – Oct 2. queensboroughdancefestival.com
The Jamaica Dance Festival is in Rufus King Park, Jamaica, Queens on Saturdays in June, 2022.
The Hudson River Dance Festival is at Pier 63 in Hudson River Park in Chelsea, Wed-Thu, June 8-9,2022 at 7pm. hudsonriverpark.org
The American Ballet Theatre Summer Season is at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center, Jun 13 – Jul 16. 🇦🇷
Latin Dance
The Drums Along the Hudson Native American and Multicultural festival is at Inwood Hill Park in Inwood on Sun, Jun 5. drumsalongthehudson.org
NYC Dance Week is Jun 16-25, 2022. nycdanceweek.org
Salsa
Salsa Sundays at Orchard Beach, The Bronx. 🇵🇷
Latin Mondays at Taj with Talia Castro-Pozo is at Taj. 🇵🇪
TANGO
Upstate & Northeast
The Kaatsbaan Summer Dance Festival is upstate in Tivoli, New York, weekends Jun 3-19, 2022. kaatsbaan.org
The 90th Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival is in Becket, Massachusetts, Jun 22 – Aug 28, 2022. jacobspillow.org
July NYC Dance
The dance moves Upstate.
American Ballet Theatre
The American Ballet Theatre Summer Season is at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center, Jun 13 – Jul 16. abt.org 🇦🇷
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Summer Season is at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center Jun 15-19, 2022. From $29.
The Mobile Dance Film Festival was at the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center on Jul 31, 2021.
August NYC Dance
The Ballet Festival was at the Joyce Theater (August 2019)
The Battery Dance Festival was at Wagner Park in Battery Park City on Aug 14-20. (2021)
The BAAND Together Dance Festival was at Lincoln Center Aug 17-21, 2021.
September NYC Dance
National Dance Day is Sat, Sep 17.
Salsa
New York International Salsa Congress is Sep 1-5. newyorksalsacongress.com
Kaatsbaan
The Kaatsbaan Fall Dance Festival is in Tivoli, New York, for two weeks, Fri, Sep 16 – Oct 2. kaatsbaan.org
The Little Island Dance Festival was at Little Island in Hudson River Park in the West Village, Sep 15-19, 2021.
NY City Ballet’s Fall 2021 Season was at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, Tue-Sun, Sep 21 – Oct 17, 2021.
October NYC Dance
World Ballet Day is Sat, Oct 1.
Fall for Dance
The Fall for Dance Festival was at New York City Center, Oct 13-24, 2021.
Ballet
American Ballet Theater’s Fall 2021 Season was at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, Oct 20-31, 2021.
November NYC Dance
Ballet
New York City Ballet George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker is at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, Fri, Nov 25, 2022 – Sun, Jan 1, 2023. 🇧🇷🇫🇷🇮🇹🇵🇷🇪🇸 [To be confirmed]
Holidays
The Radio City Rockettes Christmas Spectacular is at Radio City Music Hall in Midtown almost daily, Fri, Nov 5, 2021 – Sun, Jan 2, 2022.
International Flamenco Day
UNESCO’s International Flamenco Day is Wed, Nov 16. 🇪🇸
December NYC Dance
Modern
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Fall Season celebrates Artistic Director Robert Battle’s 10th Anniversary and Resident Choreographer Jamar Roberts at New York City Center in Midtown, for three weeks from Wed, Dec 1-19, 2021. From $29. 🇺🇸
Ballet
New York City Ballet’s George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker is at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, Fri, Nov 25, 2022 – Sun, Jan 1, 2023. 🇧🇷🇫🇷🇮🇹🇵🇷🇪🇸 [To be confirmed]
Holidays
The Radio City Rockettes Christmas Spectacular is at Radio City Music Hall in Midtown almost daily, Fri, Nov 5, 2021 – Sun, Jan 2, 2022.
Latin Dance Origins
In the Latin world, Flamenco is a community dance, but in New York is mostly theatrical. Tango is a community dance with the occasional New York Tango show. Broadway’s “Tango Argentino” (1985-86) seeded Argentine Tango in New York and the United States. A few of that first generation of American Tango dancers are still part of the New York Tango community.
In both Indigenous America and Mother Africa, dance is essential in Latin communities. It’s surprising how similar the traditions are. Through singing, drumming and dancing together, we connect with family, faith, community and love. We start dancing as soon as we can walk, so traditionally, everybody dances. That is why we are great dancers.
Communal drumming, singing and dancing are core organizing principles in Latin communities. In Indigenous and African Diaspora traditions, dance is an expression of family, faith, community and love, so most everyone dances.
Like most human culture, dance is secular now, but originated in religious ceremony. In Latin traditions, dance also has a therapeutic function in which you dance with the spirit who balances your character flaws.
Country Dance, Contredanse, Contradanza, Danzón, Habanera, Tango, Salsa, Bachata, Reggaeton
Latin dance, both ballet and social dances, derives from a blend of English country dance and Italian court dance in the court of French King Louie XIV. This is not an academic summary, but is our best understanding of the origins of our dance traditions for the moment.
We tend not to think of ballet, the science of dance, as a Latin dance, but it is. Ballet began as an Italian court dance brought to France by Catherine de’ Medici (1519-1589), when she was queen consort and then Queen mother of France (1547-1589).
French King Louis XIV (1643-1715), the “Sun King” loved to party. Ballet developed in his court, but in a way, so did the social dances of the Americas.
English country dancing began influencing dancing in the court (1558-1603) of Queen Elizabeth 1 of England. It was later introduced to the court of Louis XIV where it became the French contredanse.
The Spanish brought “contradanza,” flamenco and Africans to the Americas. The French brought contredanse and the English brought country dance.
Africa has diverse song and dance traditions. African dances can be spiritual, healing or purely social for fun. Like many social dances, African dance is both an expression of belonging to a group and of one’s own individuality within that group. That probably became even more important during the time of human enslavement because family separation was a standard slaver’s tactic. Separated from family, we create our own families and that is still true in New York City today.
In Cuba Spanish contradanza and flamenco began mixing with West African movement into the “habanera,” the way they dance in Havana. Nobody claims Indigenous origins in the dances, but the music has some, so the dances must too. Colonizers didn’t control everything. If you got free, you fled to the mountains where free Africans and remaining Indigenous mixed together. Anyway, from all this we get danzón, the national dance of Cuba.
French Saint-Domingue was the richest Caribbean sugar colony so it influenced the entire region including Puerto Rico and Trinidad. The Haitian Revolution (1791-1804) caused a French and African (Creole) diaspora which influenced the habanera and even New Orleans.
Out of the Caribbean we get cumbia, merengue, salsa, bachata and reggaeton. The habanera is the root of tango, the national dance of Argentina with origins in Uruguay. Cuban flamenco traditions even made the round trip back to Spain (flamenco ida y vuelta) and influenced flamenco there. Dictator Trujillo (ruled 1930-1961) liked his island’s country dance, merengue, and made it the national dance of the Dominican Republic. Swing was created by African-Americans in Harlem.
Ballet almost died when the French Revolution (1789-1799) ended the French court. It survived in the courts of Russia and Denmark and was reintroduced to the world by Ballets Russes of Paris on tours of the Americas (1909-1929).
Choreographer George Balanchine started his rise at Ballets Russes and in New York founded New York City Ballet. His first prima ballerina and the first New York City ballet star was Native American dancer Maria Tallchief. As the Sugarplum Fairy she helped make “The Nutcracker” the iconic ballet.
In New York Broadway dancing mixed together African-American, Jewish and other theater traditions. Modern dance pioneers include Alvin Ailey (African-American) and José Limón (Mexican-American). Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater popularized modern dance around the world. Contemporary dance follows.
In dance, as in most other things, to say this is mine and that is yours is usually ignorant and foolish. We are all mixes of each other.
“Just dance.”
The Palladium Ballroom
The Palladium Ballroom at 1698 Broadway on the northeast corner of Broadway and 53rd St became legendary when it opened its doors to Latins on Sundays in 1947. It was the first place in New York where all peoples could mingle freely, regardless of skin color or social class. The format was so successful that the Palladium soon went all-Latin.
Two bands performed nightly. The “Big Three” most popular bands were Machito and his Afro-Cubans, Tito Puente and Tito Rodríguez. The club was near the row of jazz clubs on 52nd St from Fifth Avenue to Seventh Avenue. Latin musicians would go to 52nd St to listen and sit in with the jazz cats, and jazz musicians would do the same at the Palladium. There was a whole lot of mixing going on.
In 1948, the Mambo Craze swept the United States. It wasn’t really Cuban mambo and nobody dances quite like that today, but Palladium Mambo popularized Latin dancing across the United States and paved the way for the Cha-Cha-Cha craze of 1953 that spread from Havana to Mexico City and around the world in 1955.
The essence of Palladium Style evolved in the late 1960s and early 1970s into salsa dancing and even break dancing when Puerto Rican kids in the Bronx brought their parents’ Palladium moves to hip-hop.
The Origins of Latin Dancing
This is where culture begins. In the same way that European classical music developed from the chanting of monks, African Diaspora culture (the roots of popular music and dances of the Americas) developed from rituals of faith in Mother Africa.
We learn at home to drum, sing and dance with our family, from the womb really. As soon as we can walk, we start to dance because that’s what Mom and Dad and our brothers and sisters and aunts and uncles and cousins do. It is an expression of belonging to our family and community, but also an expression of our individual identity within those frameworks. It’s also a way that we heal our problems. We dance them away to face another day.
The dances in the video are already one step removed in Cuba, but the same rhythms and movements have been used in ceremonies for thousands of years and probably from the beginning of people time. That’s why the “batey” (what we call the dance circle in Puerto Rico) is sacred space.
The music in the video is Afrosideral, an Afro-Cuban Electronic Ensemble. It’s the project of Kumar Sublevao Beat.
Once you are aware of the sacred rhythms and movements, you start to see them everywhere in cumbia, tango, salsa, meringue, merengue, bachata, and reggaeton. They are probably in swing too. Most people don’t realize how that cool dance move you like is a direct connection to Mother Africa.
The chorus says, “they are children of the sea.” Yemayá is the mother of the fishes and that would be us. We come from the sea and your mother’s womb was filled with basically her own seawater.
¡Maferefún Yemayá!
(God Bless You!)
Dance Me to the End of Love
“Show me slowly what I only know the limits of.
Leonard Cohen, “Dance Me to the End of Love” (1984)
Dance me to the end of love.”
Leonard Cohen, a Jewish poet who wrote in English from French Canada, wrote some of the most romantic words ever.
Previously in NYC Dance
20th Flamenco Festival NYC 2022
Returns to New York City Center
The 20th Flamenco Festival NYC 2022 with Mañuel Liñán and a Gala Flamenca is at New York City Center in Midtown, Fri-Sun, Apr 22-24. From $35. nycitycenter.org 🇪🇸
“Viva!” is Flamenco in Drag with Manuel Liñán and six men performing as women. In Spain, Flamenco is a very traditional community, so for Spain this is wild. But the men can really dance. It’s great to feel the joy of being whoever you want to be.
Gala Flamenca is an exquisite taste of the many flavors of Spanish Flamenco. Mercedes Ruiz is known for her virtuosity. Eduardo Guerrero is loved for his wild solos. María Moreno dances the traditional Flamenco of Cádiz. María Terremoto is a rising star, the youngest winner of the Giraldillo Award for New Artists at the Seville Flamenco Biennial which is one of the world’s most respected Flamenco festivals.
In the past, present, and future of Flamenco, there is something for everyone at New York City Center. ¡Olé!
Moncho Rivera tributes his uncle, El Sonero Mayor Ismael Rivera, at Stepping Out Studios in Hell’s Kitchen on Sat, Apr 16 at 11:30pm (8pm doors). From $50. 🇵🇷
Uptown Salsa Royalty plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Thu, Apr 7 at 9:30 & 11:30pm. $10.
Daniel Calderon y Los Gigantes play Colombian Vallenato, and Arelys Henao sings Colombian Rancheras for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Fri, Apr 8 at 10pm. From $48. 🇨🇴
Willy Torres plays Puerto Rican Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Fri, April 8 at 11:45pm & 1:30am. $20. 🇵🇷
Astoria Salsa Project plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sat, Apr 9 at 9:30pm & 11:30pm. $20
DJs Hova, Manny Mills and All Out spin the Spanglish Saturdays Reggaeton dance party at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sat, Apr 9 at 10pm. Guestlist free before midnight. Then $25.
El Yaki plays Regional Mexican Banda music for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sun, Apr 10 at 10pm. 🇲🇽
Dance Theatre of Harlem at the 1st City Center Dance Festival starts with a Gala Performance that includes the NY premieres of “Higher Ground” and an extended “Balamouk” by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa at New York City Center in Midtown, Tue, Apr 5 at 7pm, and continues Fri-Sun, Apr 8-10. From $35. 🇧🇷🇨🇴🇨🇺🇭🇹🇺🇸
The 1st City Center Dance Festival features Ballet Hispánico, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Martha Graham Dance Company, and Paul Taylor Dance Company at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan on Mar 24 – Apr 10, 2022.
Queer the Ballet, an Adriana Pierce project (New York City Ballet, Miami City Ballet) focused on queer women and non-binary dancers, is at Chelsea Factory, Tue-Wed, Apr 5-6 at 7:30pm. $45. 🏳️🌈
Paul Taylor Dance Company performs Kurt Jooss’ legendary antiwar ballet “The Green Table” at the 92nd Street Y in the Upper East Side, on Wed, Apr 6 at 7:30pm. From $15.
Latin Contemporary Dance
Ballet Hispánico presents the world premiere of its first full-length commission, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa’s Doña Perón at the City Center Dance Festival at New York City Center in Midtown on Apr 1-3. From $35. 🇨🇴
African Diaspora Tap Dance
New Yorker Michela Marino Lerman and Love Movement dance tap to live Jazz in “Once Upon a Time Called Now” at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Mar 29 – Apr 3. From $26. 🇺🇸
African Diaspora Modern Dance
Ailey II performs African American Modern Dance at the Ailey Citigroup Theater in Hell’s Kitchen, Mar 23 – Apr 3. From $59. 🇺🇸
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Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE presents African Diaspora Contemporary Dance at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea Tue-Sun. From $26. 🇺🇸
Grupo Kual? plays Mexican Cumbia for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sun, Mar 20 at 10pm. $60. 🇲🇽
DJ Mad, DJ Hova, DJ Chocomambo and DJ Rod spin the Spanglish Saturdays dance party at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sat, Mar 19 at 10pm. Guestlist free before midnight. Then $25. 🇩🇴
Jimmy Bosch “El Trombon Criollo” (Spanish Harlem Orchestra) plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Fri, Mar 18 at midnight & 1:30am. $20. 🇵🇷
Mora and Omy de Oro sing Puerto Rican Reggaeton for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Fri, Mar 18 at 10pm. From $45. 🇵🇷
Flamenco Vivo’s Peña Flamenca NYC brings Spanish Flamenco Tablao to the 4W43 Ballroom in Midtown, Manhattan on Fri, Mar 18 at 7:30pm. $35. 🇪🇸
Anthony Almonte & Yeisson Villamar play Puerto Rican Peruvian Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Thu, Mar 17 at 9:30 & 11:30pm. $10. 🇵🇷🇵🇪
Danza España presents Mosaico Flamenco at the Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside, Queens, Fri-Sun, Mar 4-20. From $40. 🇪🇸
Nélida Tirado: Dime Quién Soy dances traditional Spanish Flamenco con sabor Caribeño for the CUNY Dance Initiative at Hostos Center in Mott Haven, The Bronx on Sat, Mar 12 at 7:30pm. Free with registration. 🇪🇸🇵🇷
Orquesta Broadway celebrates its 60th Anniversary with Cuban Charanga (flute, strings & percussion) for dancing at the David Rubenstein Atrium in Lincoln Center on Fri, Mar 11 at 7:30pm. FREE. 🇨🇺
DJ John John, “El Boricua Del Sabor,” plays Salsa and Bachata for dancing at the 230 Fifth Rooftop Bar in NoMad, Manhattan on Thu, Mar 10 from 9pm – 1am. 21+. From $10. 🇵🇷
Balmir Dance Society leads a Salsa Dance Party with live music at the Brooklyn Museum in Prospect Park on Thu, Mar 10, from 6-9:30pm. Free with registration.
February 2022
Los Karkiks, from Guerrero, play Mexican Cumbia for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sun, Feb 27 at 10pm (9pm doors). $50. 🇲🇽
Nélida Tirado: Travesia Flamenca brings traditional Spanish Flamenco to Joe’s Pub in NoHo on Sun, Feb 27 at 7pm (6pm doors). $30. 🇪🇸🇵🇷
Johnny “Dandy” Rodriguez Jr (Tito Puente, Fania All-Stars, Típica 73) plays Puerto Rican Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sat, Feb 26 at 12 midnight & 1:30am. $20. 🇵🇷
Nueva York Flamenco City & Juana Cala do the Flamenco at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens on Sat, Feb 26 at 8pm. $15. 🇪🇸
L-E-V: Chapter Three: The Brutal Journey of the Heart brings Israeli Contemporary dance to The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Feb 22-27, 2022. From $26. joyce.org 🇮🇱
New York Dance Festival (ballroom competition) is at the New York Hilton Midtown, Mon-Thu, Feb 21-24. nydancefestival.com
Los Kiero plays Mexican Cumbia and La Sonora Dinamita play Colombian Cumbia for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sun, Feb 20 at 10pm. $40.🇲🇽🇨🇴
Combinación de la Habana makes their NYC debut playing Peruvian Timba at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Fri, Feb 18 at 10pm. $65. 🇵🇪
Sankofa Danzafro: Accommodating Lie brings Afro-Colombian Contemporary dance to The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Feb 15-20. From $26. 🇨🇴
The 50th Dance on Camera film festival is at Film at Lincoln Center, Fri-Mon, Feb 11-14. $15.
DJ Prostyle, DJ Annita and DJ Kass spin the Spanglish Saturdays dance party at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sat, Feb 5 at 10pm. $25.
Zacarias Ferreira and Kiko Rodriguez sing Dominican Bachata Para Enamorados for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Fri, Feb 4 at 10pm. From $50. 🇩🇴
January 2022
Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca dance Spanish Flamenco at The Joyce in Chelsea for two weeks, Tue-Sun, Jan 25 – Feb 6, 2022. From $26. 🇪🇸
Malpaso Dance Company performs Cuban Contemporary Dance at The Joyce in Chelsea, Wed-Sun, Jan 19-23, 2022. From $26. 🇨🇺 CANCELLED BY PANDEMIC SURGE
The New York City Ballet Winter 2022 Season is at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, Jan 18 – Feb 27. 🇧🇷🇫🇷🇮🇹🇵🇷🇪🇸
Grupo Aurora plays Bachata for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sun, Jan 9 from 8:30pm – midnight. $10. 🇩🇴
Bobby Trends (Hot 97) and DJ J Star play the Spanglish Saturdays Latin dance party at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sat, Jan 8. Free before midnight. $25.
Uptown Salsa Royalty plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sat, Jan 8 at 12 & 1:30am. $20.
Luis Esquilin & SalsaVive play Puerto Rican Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Fri, Jan 7 at midnight and 1:30am. $20 🇵🇷
All-blind band Los Ciegos del Barrio plays Latin rhythms for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Thu, Jan 6 at 9:30pm & 11:30pm. $10.
Ayodele Casel: Chasing Magic brings together the Puerto Rican Tap master with live music by Cuban Jazz legend Arturo O’Farrill, at The Joyce in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Jan 4-9, 2022. From $26. 🇵🇷🇨🇺 CANCELLED BY PANDEMIC SURGE
December 2021
DJ Camilo spins a New Year’s Eve dance party at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Fri, Dec 31 at 10pm. $50. 🇨🇴
Abdel Salaam’s Forces of Nature Dance Theater celebrates Kwanzaa at the Apollo Theater in Harlem on Fri, Dec 26 at 7pm. $10 or pay what you wish.
The Radio City Rockettes Christmas Spectacular is at Radio City Music Hall in Midtown from Fri, Nov 5, 2021 – Sun, Jan 2, 2022. NYC’s Covid-19 outbreak ended the season early.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Fall Season celebrates Artistic Director Robert Battle’s 10th Anniversary and Resident Choreographer Jamar Roberts at New York City Center in Midtown, for three weeks, Wed, Dec 1-19. From $29. nycitycenter.org 🇺🇸
Johnny “Dandy” Rodriguez Jr (Tito Puente, Fania All-Stars, Típica 73) plays Puerto Rican Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sat, Dec 18 from 12 midnight – 2am. $20. 🇵🇷
The Spanglish Saturdays dance party features DJ ProStyle, DJ CochoMambo, DJ Manny Mills, DJ 3Sixty and more at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sat, Dec 18 at 10pm. Guestlist before midnight. $25 after.
Sebastian Natal plays Uruguayan Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Fri, Dec 17 at 11:30pm & 1:30am. $20 🇺🇾
DJ Pereira celebrates his birthday with Reggaeton at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Fri, Dec 17 at 10pm. From $50. 🇩🇴
LowerEastSalsa plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Thu, Dec 16 from 9:30pm – 2am. $10.
Latin Mondays at Taj celebrates 15 years at Taj in the Flatiron District on Mondays at 7pm (5pm doors). From $10 🇵🇪
Grupo 5 plays Peruvian Cumbia at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Fri, Dec 10 at 10pm. From $65. 🇵🇪
Flamenco Vivo Holiday Fiesta, a Zambomba, the Andalusian Christmas caroling tradition, is at 4W43 Gallery in Midtown on Fri, Dec 10 at 7:30pm. $35. 🇪🇸
AXIS Dance Company: Roots Above Ground streams Disability Dance from The Joyce in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Dec 7-12. Free. 🇺🇸
The Bomba Black & White Party is at Le Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village on Sat, Dec 4 at 11pm. From $20.
Feria de Cali, featuring Ray de la Paz, Luisito Carrion and Ray Sepulveda, plays Puerto Rican Salsa for dancing at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Fri, Dec 3 at 10pm (9pm doors). From $40. 🇵🇷
November 2021
Grupo Ocho plays Bachata for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sun, Nov 28 at 8 & 10pm (5pm doors). $10.
Keith y Su Tumbao (Eiko Rikuhashi & Keith Rosello) plays Japanese Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sat, Nov 27 from 11:30pm – 2am. $20. 🇯🇵
DJ Adoni spins the Spanglish Saturdays party at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Sat, Nov 27 at 10pm. $25. @djadoni 🇩🇴
Arturo Ortiz & 7 Con Calle play Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Fri, Nov 26 from midnight – 2am. $20 🇵🇷
Harold Puente’s Añoranza de Colombia (Longing for Colombia) is at the Thalia Spanish Theatre in Sunnyside, Queens, Fri-Sun, Nov 26 – Dec 12 at 8pm (4pm Sun). From $37. 🇨🇴
Johnny “Dandy” Rodriguez Jr (Tito Puente, Fania All-Stars, Típica 73) plays Puerto Rican Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez on Fri, Nov 19 from 12 midnight – 2am. $20 🇵🇷
Jarana Beat / Sones de Fandango plays Mexican Fandango outdoors at Terraza 7 in Elmhurst, Queens on Fri, Nov 19 at 7pm. $10. 🇲🇽
COMPLEXIONS Contemporary Ballet is at The Joyce in Chelsea for two weeks, Tue-Sun, Nov 16-28. From $26. 🇺🇸
Dance the afternoon away with Joe Battaglia and his Big Band Orchestra in support of arts-in-education at the 10th Ballroom Basix Gala at the Edison Ballroom in Times Square on Sun, Nov 7 from 3-7pm. eventbrite.com
Avenida B plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sat, Nov 6 at 11:30pm. $20.
Rumba Nation plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Fri, Nov 5 at 11:30pm & 1:30am. $20 🇵🇷🇨🇺🇬🇹
Astoria Salsa Project plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Thu, Nov 4 from 9:30-11:30pm. $10
October 2021
The 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center’s Future Dance Festival finalist performances are with the Martha Graham Dance Company at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan on Sat, Oct 30 at 2pm. From $61. joyce.org
Elvis Martínez plays Dominican Bachata at La Boom in Woodside, Queens on Fri, Oct 29 at 9pm. From $48. 🇩🇴
All-blind band Los Ciegos del Barrio plays Latin rhythms for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Thu, Oct 28 at 9:30pm & 11:30pm. $10
Cosmopolitan Mosaic, a live and digital dance and film performance inspired by NYC’s cultural blend, is at Anita’s Way in the Bank of America Tower in Times Square on Thu, Oct 28 from 3-6pm. FREE. chashama.org 🇵🇷🇮🇳🇺🇸
The Fall for Dance Festival is at New York City Center from Oct 13-24. $15. 🇦🇷🇮🇹🇵🇭🇵🇷
The Flamenco Vivo Gala is at the Hotel Chantelle Rooftop in the Lower East Side on Thu, Oct 21 at 7:30pm. From $150. flamenco-vivo.org 🇪🇸
The NY City Ballet Fall 2021 Season is at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, Tue-Sun, Sep 21 – Oct 17.
Caleb Teicher presents “Swing Out” a lindy hop dance show with live music at The Joyce in Chelsea Oct 5-17. From $26. 🇺🇸
Dance Theatre of Harlem does pop-up performances inspired by Yayoi Kusama’s sculptures in the Kusama garden at the NY Botanical Garden in The Bronx, Sat-Sun, Oct 16-17 from 2-5pm. From $25. 🇧🇷🇨🇺🇭🇹🇺🇸
Jimmy Bosch “El Trombon Criollo” (Rubén Blades, Spanish Harlem Orchestra) plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sat, Oct 16 at 11:30pm and 1:30am. $20. Happy Birthday Jimmy! 🇵🇷
Anissa Gathers sings Puerto Rican Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Fri, Oct 15 from 12-2am. $20 🇵🇷
The Flamenco Certamen USA 2021 Finals are at the NY Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center on Fri, Oct 15 at 7pm. $35. flamenco-vivo.org 🇪🇸
Willy Torres plays Puerto Rican Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Thu, Oct 14 at 9:30pm – 2am. $10 🇵🇷
Sonia Olla & Ismael Fernández and other Spanish immigrants celebrate Indigenous People Day at Columbus Circle in Midtown on Mon, Oct 11 at 4:30pm. FREE. instagram.com 🇪🇸
Afro-Dominicano plays Bachata for dancing at the “Brunchata” Bachata brunch at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sun, Oct 10 from 12 noon to 10pm. $10 cover after 5pm. 🇩🇴
Sebastian Natal plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Fri, Oct 8 at 11:30pm & 1:30am. $20 🇺🇾
September 2021
Alejandro Cerrudo presents ballet at The Joyce in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Sep 28 – Oct 3. From $26. 🇪🇸
Grupo Encanto plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sat, Oct 2 at 11:30pm & 1:30am. $20 cover after 10pm.
Movement Without Borders, a day of performance about humanizing our immigration system, is at Judson Memorial Church in Greenwich Village, Sat, Oct 2 from 11am – 6:30pm. Suggested $20. 🇦🇫🇦🇷🇨🇦🇨🇴🇩🇴🇬🇹🇭🇹🇭🇳🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇷🇸🇻🇺🇸
Sonora Nuyorkina plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Thu, Sep 30 at 9:30 & 11:30pm. $10 cover after 9pm.
Los Hermanos De Leon play Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Sat, Sep 25 at 11:30pm & 1:30am. $20 after 10pm.
Last chance to do the Central Park Tango at the Shakespeare Statue in Central Park, Sat, Sep 25 from 6-8:30pm. $15 suggested donation 🇦🇷🇺🇾
LowerEastSalsa plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Fri, Sep 24 at 11:30pm & 1:30am. $20 after 10pm.
Cosa Seria plays Salsa for dancing at Gonzalez y Gonzalez in Greenwich Village on Thu, Sep 23 at 9:30 & 11:30pm. $10
Ragamala Dance Company dances South Asian Bharatanatyam at The Joyce in Chelsea, Wed-Sun, Sep 22-26, 2021. From $26 🇮🇳.
Los Hacheros play Salsa for dancing at Latin Mondays at Taj in the Flatiron District on Mon, Sep 20, 2021 at 7pm (5pm doors). From $10. 🇵🇷