New York City’s dance scene includes ballet, flamenco, tango and folkloric dance theater; dance festivals and social dancing
September 17-21, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER ~ NYC Ballet opens its 2019-20 season with the first full-length abstract ballet. Emeralds, Rubies and Diamonds were never so lovely at the David H. Koch Theater.
September 17 – Oct 13, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER ~ New leadership, Lovette and Liang premieres, a centennial tribute to modern dance legend Merce Cunningham, and Brazilian Soloist Jovani Furlan at the David H. Koch Theater
Ballet, the science of dance, is an Italian court dance, developed in France, preserved in Russia and Denmark after the French Revolution, then reintroduced to the world out of Paris.
For us, dance and music are one and the same. Where there is one, there is the other. In fact in Puerto Rican Bomba, the dancer leads and the drummers follow.
How you dance is an expression of who you are, as an individual, and as a member of your community.
In Afro-Indigenous culture, dance is a form of therapy. If you have a problem, you talk to the community healer. They tell you which angel you need to accept in your life. That angel likely has the same problem as you, but they are a God so can overcome problems.
You pray and dance with that angel which helps you heal yourself. You also dance in public, so the entire community understands your problem and can join in helping you overcome it. That’s our therapy. Let’s dance.
New York City Ballet’s David H. Koch Theater is NYC’s premiere dance theater. American Ballet Theatre also performs there and at the Metropolitan Opera House. New York City Center hosts big international companies. The Joyce Theater hosts small international companies.
MIDTOWN, NYC | Off-Broadway & Dance theater | America’s leading international dance theater is home to the Fall for Dance Festival, Flamenco Festival, Alvin Ailey & more, plus Manhattan Theatre Club Broadway revivals
UPPER EAST SIDE, NYC | Performing arts theater | America’s leading thought and culture institution is home to talks, classical and jazz concerts, and the Harkness Dance Festival
CHELSEA, NYC ~ New York City’s independent dance theater is a major international dance producer with a long history developing dance in Cuba
LINCOLN CENTER, dance theater ~ NYC’s big dance theater is the home of the New York City Ballet
New York City Center’s Fall for Dance festival opens NYC’s dance season in October. The Harkness Dance Festival is at the 92nd Street Y in February. The Flamenco Festival comes through NY City Center in March. The Youth America Grand Prix auditions at Lincoln Center in April are NYC’s most exciting ballet festival.
Summer brings the Dance on Camera Festival and the Battery Dance Festival. Jacob’s Pillow is nearby.
PARTIES Sat-Wed, Aug 24-28
FEST Thu-Sun, Aug 29-Sep 1
TIMES SQUARE, NYC ~ A week of dancing in spots all over Manhattan ends with a weekend of salsa workshops, performances and dancing to live music by Tony Vega, Moncho Rivera and Doug Beavers
Sun-Fri, August 11-16, 2019
BATTERY PARK CITY ~ This international dance festival is bringing Argentine, French and Mexican dance companies to Robert F. Wagner Park. FREE
MIDTOWN, NYC | Memorial Day Weekend, Fri-Mon, May 24-27, 2019 | Salsa festival | Salsa workshops, salsa shows, and salsa dancing
FLATIRON, UNION SQUARE, EAST VILLAGE, NYC | Sat, May 18, 2019 | Dance parade & festival | African, Bolivian, Brazilian, Cuban, Dominican, Ecuadorian, Mexican, Panamanian, Puerto Rican & Spanish dances
NYC’s major dance companies are New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Sat, September 21, 2019
JAMAICA, Queens ~ Nepantla performs ‘Valentina’ excerpts at the Making Moves Dance Festival at Jamaica Performing Arts Center
Calpulli should be on Broadway. They are that good. Storytelling is world-class. Dancers have good technique. Costumes will wow you. Shows always have something good to say.
#MEXICAN #FOLKDANCE #DANCECOMPANY #OFFBROADWAY
UPPER WEST SIDE ~ America’s leading Latino dance company
#CONTEMPORARYDANCE #DANCECOMPANY #BALLETSCHOOL #TALKS
A biography of the Italian ballet dancer and actor
NEW YORK CITY; Dec 3, 2018; Cuban ballet leader ~ Lourdes Lopez, Miami City Ballet Artistic Director, former New York City Ballet Principal, talks about being a Cuban immigrant, family, opportunity, dancing for Balanchine and Robbins, the future of ballet and who we really are
DAVID H. KOCH THEATER, LINCOLN CENTER, Fri, April 14,2017 ~ The Youth America Grand Prix tributes the Argentine legend, the Baryshnikov of Latin America
BALLET HISPÁNICO, UPPER WEST SIDE, November 10, 2015 ~ Artistic Director Eduardo Vilaro talks about being a Cuban-American dancer, developing Ballet Hispánico, and what it means to be Latino in the United States today
BALLET HISPÁNICO, UPPER WEST SIDE, November 10, 2015 ~ International Brazilian choreographer Fernando Melo discusses his “Untitled” World Premiere for Ballet Hispanico at the Apollo Theater
ARGENTINE CONSULATE, MIDTOWN, November 10, 2015 ~ Herman Cornejo & Luciana Paris talk about their careers, working with Julio Bocca, and dancing for American Ballet Theatre
MIDTOWN, Mon-Sat ~ Spanish flamenco shoes, clothing and accessories
Once upon a time in New York City…
Monday, August 26, 2019
PARK SLOPE, Brooklyn ~ This Afro-Colombian women’s music and dance from San Basilio de Palenque, the first free African town in the Americas, is at Barbès
Sun-Fri, August 11-16, 2019
BATTERY PARK CITY ~ This international dance festival is bringing Argentine, French and Mexican dance companies to Robert F. Wagner Park. FREE
Wednesday, August 7, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER ~ This charismatic Spanish flamenco dance star of the new generation brings one of his more personal shows to New York. Arooj Aftab opens with Sufi rock.
Friday, August 2, 2019
CROTONA PARK, The Bronx ~ If you never danced African drum, you never lived. Indigenous Honduran Garifuna shake things up for SummerStage at the Crotona Park Amphitheater
Wednesday-Sunday, July 24 – August 11, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER & CONCOURSE, THE BRONX ~ Lincoln Center’s summer festival includes African, Cuban, Dominican, Honduran, Indigenous, Jewish, Mexican, Peruvian, Puerto Rican, & Spanish music, dance, film and word for FREE
Fri-Mon, July 12-15, 2019
LINCOLN CENTER, NYC ~ The world’s longest-running dance film festival is screening Cuban, Disability, French and Spanish dance films
June 1 – August 27, 2019
Summer live music dance theatre festival
NYC PARKS ~ African, Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Creole, Cuban, Dominican, French, Garifuna, Haitian, Indigenous, Italian, Jewish, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Spanish culture and more. FREE
LINCOLN CENTER | Mon-Sat, May 13-20, 2019 | French ballet dance theatre | Ratmansky’s staging stars Stella Abrera, Alexandre Hammoudi and Carlos Gonzalez
RED BANK, NEW JERSEY | Mon, May 6, 2019 | Mexican folk dance theatre | Calpulli tells the real story of why we celebrate Cinco de Mayo
FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK, QUEENS | Sat, Apr 27, 2019 | Latin American dance festival ~ Chilean, Guatemalan, Haitian and Uruguayan dance companies show who we are
LINCOLN CENTER; Wed-Sat, Apr 17-20, 2019; Ballet dance audition ~ The best ballet shows in NYC are the Finals, Gala Performance & International Dance School Festival
EAST VILLAGE; Wed-Sun, Apr 10-14, 2019; Contemporary ballet Mexican style ~ ‘Valentina’ is a collection of stories that speak to the strength and resilience of women during the Mexican Revolution
NEW YORK CITY CENTER, MIDTOWN; Wed, Fri-Sat, Apr 10, 12 & 13; African-American classical ballet ~ One of New York City’s great ballet companies honors its founder who we lost last year
MANHATTAN, BRONX, QUEENS; PREFEST Apr 5-8, FEST Apr 9-16, 2019; Latin American film festival ~ Argentine, Brazilian, Chilean, Colombian, Cuban, Dominican, Mexican, Peruvian & Spanish movies, red carpet & parties, plus Cuban ballet legend CARLOS ACOSTA
LINCOLN SQUARE; Fri-Sat, Apr 5-6, 2019; Mexican-American modern dance theatre ~ One of New York’s great Mexican-American choreographers
CHELSEA; Tue-Sun, Mar 26-31, 2019; Cuban contemporary dance theatre ~ Explore the Latin diaspora with Annabelle Lopez Ochoa (Colombian), Edwaard Liang (Chinese) & Bennyroyce Royon (Filipino)
DUMBO, BROOKLYN, Fri, Mar 22, 2019, Mexican contemporary ballet gala fundraiser ~ Support this young dance company who explores being “nepantla” (in-between) with grace and beauty
UPPER EAST SIDE; Wed, Mar 13, 2019; Cuban contemporary dance theatre ~ U.S. debut dancing three Pedro Ruiz ballets
Tue-Sun, March 8-31, 2019
EAST VILLAGE ~ The latest version of this Spanish flamenco dance theatre company’s show about prowling for partners feels like a village theater in Spain with star power. At the Connelly Theater.
MIDTOWN, Thu-Sun, Mar 7-10, 2019, FLAMENCO FESTIVAL, Spanish flamenco dance theatre ~ Sara Baras, one of the world’s great flamenco dancers (really) celebrates her company’s 20th Anniversary and plays with gender in the shadows of flamenco
FLUSHING MEADOWS CORONA PARK, QUEENS, Sat, Mar 2, 2019, Mexican contemporary ballet dance theatre ~ What New York City Ballet’s George Balanchine did with the folkloric dances of his native Russia, Ballet Nepantla is doing with the folkloric dances of Mexico
MIDTOWN, Fri, Feb 22, 2019, Spanish flamenco dance theatre ~ “Greatest flamenco dancer of the century” (The New York Times)
LINCOLN CENTER, Tue-Sun, Feb 13-17 & 19-24, 2019, French ballet dance theatre ~ One of NYC Ballet’s most elaborate productions with over 100 dancers.
LINCOLN CENTER, Jan 22 – Feb 2, 2019 ~ Balanchine’s neoclassical masterpieces “Apollo,” “Orpheus” and “Agon” set to Stravinsky. Russian-French ballet dance theatre.
CHELSEA, Jan 18-20, 2019, Fri-Sun ~ One of Cuba’s leading flamenco companies returns to the Joyce. Cuba was New Spain.
# cuban flamenco dance theater
CHELSEA, Tue-Wed, January 15-16, 2019 ~ One of Cuba’s most daring contemporary dance makers, George Céspedes, makes his U.S. debut at the Joyce Cuba Festival.
# cuban contemporary dance festival
CHELSEA, Jan 9-13, 2019, Wed-Sun ~ Cuba’s leading international contemporary dance company opens the Joyce Cuba Festival with Ohad Naharin’s “Tabula Rasa.”
# cuban israeli contemporary dance
APOLLO THEATER, HARLEM, Fri-Sat, December 7-8, 2018 ~ America’s leading Latino dance company shows a Spanish contemporary take on Bizet’s French opera about the fiery Romani woman “Carmen”
SUNNYSIDE, QUEENS, Fri-Sun, Nov 30-Dec 16, 2018, Mexican dance Christmas show. NYC’s leading Mexican dance company premieres a new Off-Broadway holiday production.
NEW YORK CITY CENTER, MIDTOWN, Tue-Sun, November 28-December 30, 2018 ~ Ailey classics and Company premieres by Rennie Harris, Ronald K. Brown, Wayne McGregor & Jessica Lang. Opening night gala.
#AFRICAN #MODERNDANCE
LINCOLN CENTER, Tue-Sun, Nov 23 – Dec 20, 2018 ~ NYC Ballet’s Balanchine Nutcracker is a real sugar plum.
# ballet christmas holiday show
Performance and discussion.
Ballet Hispánico and the Harkness Dance Center
92nd Street Y
Upper East Side, Manhattan
Friday, September 14, 2018
Rumba Flamenca is Spanish Flamenco with Black American and Caribbean influences.
Jamaica Center for the Arts and Learning
Jamaica, Queens
Friday – Saturday
June 22 – 23, 2018
Jessica Lang world premiere, new productions of Judith Jamison and Jawole Will Jo Zollar, and Ailey’s classic ‘Revelations.’
David H. Koch Theater
Lincoln Center
Saturday, June 16, 2018
‘Concerto Barocco,’ ‘Agon’ and ‘The Four Temperaments’
David H. Koch Theater
Lincoln Center
APRIL – JUNE
END OF THE SEASON
Sunday, June 3, 2018
Metropolitan Opera House
Lincoln Center
Alessandra Ferri (Italian), Misty Copeland (African-American) & Herman Cornejo (Argentine)
Friday – Saturday
May 25 – 26, 2018
Ballets by Peter Walker, Alexei Ratmansky and Justin Peck.
David H. Koch Theater
Lincoln Center
APRIL – MAY
Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Metropolitan Opera House
Lincoln Center
Monday – Saturday
May 14 – 19, 2018
Special family program of Latin American dance and culture. Dance with Mom on stage.
United Palace Theatre
Washington Heights, Manhattan
Mother’s Day
Sunday, May 13, 2018
One of the pioneers of Modern Dance in New York was Mexico-born José Limón. Limón ‘Missa Brevis’ 60th Anniversary, Connor ‘The Body is a House Without Walls’ and Limón’s ‘The Unsung.’
Joyce Theater
Chelsea, Manhattan
Tuesday – Sunday
May 8 – 13, 2018
‘Apollo,’ ‘Le Tombeau de Couperin,’ ‘Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux,’ & ‘Symphony in Three Movements.’
David H. Koch Theater
Lincoln Center
APRIL
Sunday, April 29, 2018
The Royal Ballet legend is debuting his new Cuban contemporary ballet company.
New York City Center
Midtown, Manhattan
Wednesday – Friday
April 25 – 27, 2018
Works by Spanish, Colombian, and Mexican choreographers, including two world premieres that salute the beloved Spanish poet Federico García Lorca.
Joyce Theater
Chelsea, Manhattan
Tuesday – Sunday
April 10 – 15, 2018
Amazing African – American, Brazilian & Puerto Rican dancers.
New York City Center
Midtown, Manhattan
Wednesday – Saturday
April 4, 6, 7, 2018
The Joyce Theater
Chelsea, Manhattan
GALA Wednesday, March 21
Tuesday – Sunday
March 20 – 25, 2018
MIDTOWN, Fri-Sat, Mar 9-10, 2018 ~ Yerbabuena celebrates its 20th anniversary with “Carne y Hueso” (Flesh and Bone).
# spanish flamenco festival dance
‘Untitled’ world premiere by resident choreographer Ma Cong, ‘Shibuya Blues’ by Colombian-Belgian dance maker Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and ‘Meðal’ (Among) by Helen Pickett.
Tuesday – Saturday
March 6 – 10, 2018
‘Le Baiser de la Fée,’ ‘Agon,’ ‘Duo Concertant,’ & ‘Symphony in Three Movements.’
David H. Koch Theater
Lincoln Center
February – March
Saturday – Sunday
March 3 – 4, 2018
French choreographer’s ‘Te Deum,’ ‘Wien,’ and ‘Dream Suite’ inspired by Marc Chagall.
Queens Theatre
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
Saturday – Sunday
March 3 – 4, 2018
Contemporary ballets by international choreographers Millepied, Blanc, Peck, and Ratmansky.
David H. Koch Theater
Lincoln Center
Friday, March 2, 2018
MIDTOWN, Fri-Sun, Mar 2-4, 2018 ~ The world’s premiere Flamenco dance company visits New York.
# spanish flamenco festival dance
LINCOLN CENTER, Tue-Sun, Feb 13-23, 2018, French ballet dance theater. ~ Peter Martins choreography of the classic ballet.
CHELSEA, Tue-Sat, Feb 13-25, 2018, Spanish flamenco dance theater ~ One of NYC’s great flamenco dancers presents her latest show.
David H. Koch Theater
Lincoln Center
Sunday, February 11, 2018
Balanchine’s ‘Square Dance,’ Bigonzetti’s ‘Oltremare’ & Robbins’ ‘Four Seasons’
David H. Koch Theater
Lincoln Center
Saturday, February 10, 2018
David H. Koch Theater
Lincoln Center
Saturday, February 10, 2018
Schumacher, Reisen, Preljocaj, & Peck
David H. Koch Theater
Lincoln Center
Sunday, February 4, 2018
Choreographer thought he was Pied Noir. Found out he is Algerian. Voila!
Joyce Theater
Chelsea, Manhattan
Tuesday – Sunday
January 30 – February 4, 2018
David H. Koch Theater
Lincoln Center
January 24 – February 3, 2018
Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Avenue
Chelsea
Wednesday-Sunday
January 17 – 21, 2018
APOLLO THEATER, HARLEM, Fri-Sat, December 1-2, 2017 ~ “Con Brazos Abiertos” (With open arms)
New York City Center
Midtown, Manhattan
Wednesday – Sunday
November 29 – December 31, 2017
New York City Center
Mainstage
131 West 55th St
between Sixth & Seventh Ave
Midtown, Manhattan
Thursday, October 26 – November 5, 2017
NJPAC Prudential Hall
1 Center St
Newark, New Jersey
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Count Basie Theatre, Red Bank, New Jersey
Thursday, October 26, 2017
Queens Theatre
Sunday, October 29, 2017
The Town Hall, Midtown, Manhattan
Saturday, November 4, 2017
NYU Skirball Center
566 LaGuardia Place
at West 4th St
Greenwich Village
Monday, October 9, 2017
Thursday, October 5, 2017
Australian Ballet, Bolshoi Ballet, Royal Ballet, National Ballet of Canada & San Francisco Ballet
New York City Center
131 West 55th St, Midtown
On sale Sunday, September 10
Shows October 2 – 14, 2017
New York City Ballet
David H. Koch Theater
Lincoln Center
Tuesday – Sunday
September 19 – October 1, 2017
David H. Koch Theater
Lincoln Center
Tuesday – Sunday
September 19 – October 15, 2017
David H. Koch Theater
Lincoln Center
Tuesday – Sunday
October 18 – 29, 2017
EAST HARLEM, Fri, Sep 15, 2017 ~ Cuban, Colombian and Argentine artists find strength in vulnerability.
# argentine tango show
Central Park SummerStage
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
Dominican, Nicaraguan, Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese
David H. Koch Theater
Lincoln Center
Wednesday-Sunday
June 14-18, 2017
Metropolitan Opera House
Lincoln Center
Monday-Saturday, July 3-8
Misty Copeland & Herman Cornejo
Friday, July 7, 2017
Joyce Theater
Chelsea, Manhattan
Tuesday – Saturday
May 2 – 6, 2017
David H. Koch Theater
Lincoln Center
Tuesday-Sunday
May 23-28, 2017
Ballet | Flamenco | Tango | Social Dancing