Ballet in NYC is presented by some of the world’s leading ballet companies including New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre and Dance Theatre of Harlem.
NYC’s main ballet theaters include the David H Koch Theater and Metropolitan Opera House at Lincoln Center, New York City Center, the Joyce Theater and Chelsea Factory.
Ballet schools in NYC include the School of American Ballet (New York City Ballet), Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School (American Ballet Theatre), and Joffrey Ballet School.
NYC’s Ballet festivals include the Youth American Grand Prix (YAGP) international ballet audition, and the Joyce Theater’s Ballet Festival. In summer, there are dance festivals across the Northeast.
In the Latin world, Argentina, Brazil and Cuba produce world-class ballet dancers. In fact, dancing in Cuba is a jumping off point to an NYC dance career for dancers across Latin America.
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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 at 7pm and regular performances Fri-Sun, Apr 8-10. From $35. 🇧🇷🇨🇴🇨🇺🇭🇹🇺🇸
Queer Women’s Ballet
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. 🏳️🌈
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Thu, June 9 – Sat, June 18, 2022
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Ballet Companies in NYC
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New York City Center brings productions from London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre, the world’s top international dance theater. The Joyce Theater also produces. Both City Center and The Joyce have long worked to develop dance in Cuba.
Ballet Festivals in NYC
In summer, Ballet moves upstate. New York City Ballet produces a season in Saratoga Springs.
The Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival is in Becket, Massachusetts.
Former ABT dancer Stella Abrera launched Kattsbaan in Tivoli, New York.
Ballet Schools in NYC
- Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School (American Ballet Theatre)
- Joffrey Ballet School
- School of American Ballet (New York City Ballet)
Ballet schools don’t just teach dance. They teach self-discipline, teamwork and confidence that helps dancers throughout their adult lives.
Ballet in NYC Calendar
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January Ballet NYC
Ballets Trockadero
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. 🏳️🌈
New York City Ballet
The New York City Ballet Winter 2022 Season at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, was Tuesday-Sunday, Jan 18 – Feb 27, 2021. 🇧🇷🇫🇷🇮🇹🇵🇷🇪🇸
February Ballet NYC
New York City 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. 🇧🇷🇫🇷🇮🇹🇵🇷🇪🇸
March Ballet NYC
Dance
The City Center Dance Festival is at New York City Center, Mar 24 – Apr 10.
April Ballet NYC
Ballet Auditions
The Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP) NYC semi-finals are at Symphony Space, Feb 13-15. yagp.org The finals are in Tampa, Florida this year on Wed, Apr 13.
New York City 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. 🇧🇷🇫🇷🇮🇹🇵🇷🇪🇸
May Ballet NYC
New York City 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 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. 🇲🇽
June Ballet NYC
American Ballet Theatre
The American Ballet Theatre Summer Season is at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center, Jun 13 – Jul 16. 🇦🇷
July Ballet NYC
American Ballet Theatre
The American Ballet Theatre Summer Season is at the Metropolitan Opera House in Lincoln Center, Jun 13 – Jul 16. abt.org 🇦🇷
August Ballet NYC
Battery Dance Festival
The Battery Dance Festival was at Wagner Park in Battery Park City on Aug 14-20. (2021)
BAAND Together
The BAAND Together Dance Festival was at Lincoln Center Aug 17-21, 2021.
The Ballet Festival was at the Joyce Theater (August 2019)
September Ballet NYC
New York City Ballet
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 Ballet NYC
American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theater’s Fall 2021 Season was at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, Oct 20-31, 2021.
World Ballet Day is Sat, Oct 1. [To be confirmed.]
November Ballet NYC
Nutcracker
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]
December Ballet NYC
Nutcracker
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]
Ballet Trockadero
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. 🏳️🌈
Ballet is a Latin Dance
Using the term “Latin” in reference to the Americas is a French construct from the time when a Napoleon tried to conquer Mexico and join the US Civil War in support of the confederacy. The term was adopted by South American politicians when France was the leader of the world, and then adopted by the United Nations in New York in the 1950s.
Ballet is a fifteenth-century Italian court dance brought to France by Italian Queen of France and later Queen Mother Catherine de’ Medici (from the Italian banking family of Florence). [She doesn’t deserve any respect because to stay in power, she set her own people to fight each other.] In France, Ballet developed in the royal court of King Louis XIV. The “Sun King” loved to party.
The dance almost died when the French Revolution shut down the royal court in 1789, but was preserved in the Russian and Danish royal courts. In the modern era, ballet was popularized by Ballets Russes (1909-1929) out of Paris.
New York City is blessed with a connection to Ballet’s European origins through George Balanchine. “Mr. B” danced and choreographed for Ballets Russes before co-founding New York City Ballet. In Europe he was the bridge from Classical Ballet to NeoClassical Ballet to Contemporary Ballet. He also seeded leaders at Dance Theater of Harlem, Washington Ballet and Miami City Ballet. The entire East Coast is Balanchine technique.
Balanchine and America’s first prima ballerina Maria Tallchief (Native American Osage Nation) transformed “The Nutcracker” from an obscure ballet into the world’s most popular ballet. Its performances now support Ballet companies all year long.
Ballet training starts early and is expensive, so it’s long been a sport for rich kids. We tend to lack the technique that years of training produces. Balanchine loved the skinny waif body type. Many Latins have, shall we say “derrière,” and we are regularly told that we don’t have the right bodies for ballet.
Lourdes Lopez at New York City Ballet and Misty Copeland at American Ballet Theatre broke the mold. So did Carlos Acosta, Julio Bocca and Arthur Mitchell. We dance with the best. Don’t let anybody tell you that Ballet isn’t for Latins.
Past Ballet in NYC
COMPLEXIONS Contemporary Ballet is at The Joyce in Chelsea at 7:30pm. Runs for two weeks to Nov 28. From $26. 🇺🇸
NY City Ballet presents George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center from Fri, Nov 26 through Jan 2, 2022.
World Ballet Day gives you a look behind the scenes at a day in the world’s leading ballet companies at worldballetday.com on Tue, Oct 19. 🇧🇷🇨🇦🇨🇺🇲🇽🇵🇷🇺🇸 | 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇷🇺🇪🇸 | 🇨🇳🇭🇰🇰🇷🇯🇵🇸🇬🇹🇭 | 🇦🇺🇳🇿
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. 🇧🇷🇨🇺🇭🇹🇺🇸
The NY City Ballet Fall 2021 Season is at the David H Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, Tue-Sun, Sep 21 – Oct 17. 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇲🇽🇵🇭🇵🇷🇪🇸