David H. Koch Theater is the home of New York City Ballet, and host of major New York and international dance companies.
David H. Koch Theater Dance
DECEMBER
Christmas and Holidays Ballet
New York City Ballet “The Nutcracker” is at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; from November 29, 2024 through January 4, 2025. Tickets go on sale on September 23, 2024 at 12pm. From $112. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇵🇷 🇪🇸
NOVEMBER
Modern Dance
Paul Taylor Dance Company presents World Premieres by Robert Battle and resident choreographer Lauren Lovette, Taylor classics, Jody Sperling tributes to Loïe Fuller, plus Lovette’s “Echo,” Dove’s “Vespers,” and Keigwin’s “Rush Hour;” with live music by Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Grammy-winning trio “Time for Three” joins special performances. It’s at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center, from November 5-24, 2024. From $10. 🇺🇸 🇧🇲
New York City Ballet Winter 2025 Season Tributes Osage Dancer Maria TallChief, America’s First Prima Ballerina
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Paul Taylor Dance Company Fall Season Features World Premieres by Robert Battle and Lauren Lovette Backed by the Orchestra of St. Luke’s
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American Ballet Theatre Fall 2024 Features World Premieres of Helen Pickett’s “Crime and Punishment,” Gemma Bond, and Kyle Abraham
STREAMING World Ballet Day
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE, Lincoln Center, Manhattan 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇳 🇫🇷 🇰🇷 🇪🇸
BAAND Together Dance Festival 2024 Brings Alvin Ailey, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Hispánico, Dance Theatre of Harlem, and New York City Ballet to Summer For the City at Lincoln Center
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Julio Bocca, the Baryshnikov of Latin America (Interview)
Friday, April 14, 2017
YOUTH AMERICA GRAND PRIX
DAVID H. KOCH THEATER, Lincoln Center
David H. Koch Theater Tickets
About David H. Koch Theater
New York City’s premiere dance theater seats 2,586 guests on six levels.
When it opened in 1964 as the New York State Theater, it was run by New York City Center, which was New York City’s main performing arts center before Lincoln Center. The theater was renamed the David H. Koch Theater in 2008, after the oil-and-gas billionaire, one of the richest New Yorkers at that time, made a $100 million donation.
Latin Artists
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the African American dance company that popularized modern dance around the world, usually dances a summer season.
American Ballet Theatre, America’s Ballet Company, dances a fall season.
New York City Ballet, the legacy of George Balanchine, dances fall, winter, Nutcracker, and spring seasons.
Paul Taylor Dance Company, one of New York’s leading modern dance companies, usually dances a fall season.
Youth America Grand Prix (YAGP), the big ballet scholarship competition of the Americas, arrives in April.
Major international dance companies also perform.
Recent Latin Programming
OCTOBER
Ballet
American Ballet Theatre Fall 2024 Season features World Premieres of Helen Pickett’s “Crime and Punishment,” Gemma Bond and Kyle Abraham; plus classics by Balanchine, Lander, Tharp, and Makarova; at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; from October 16 – November 3, 2024. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇨🇳 🇫🇷 🇰🇷 🇪🇸
JULY ~ AUGUST
Ballet, Modern, and Contemporary Dance
BAAND Together Dance Festival 2024 brings five of New York City’s leading dance companies: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, American Ballet Theatre, Ballet Hispánico, Dance Theatre of Harlem and New York City Ballet; to dance ballet, modern, and contemporary; at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center; from Tuesday-Saturday, July 30 – August 3, 2024. Tickets on sale May 16, 2024 $35 or choose-what-you-pay as low as $5. It sells out immediately. 🇺🇸 🇨🇺 🇫🇷 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
JUNE
Broadway Awards
The 77th Tony Awards are live on CBS from the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; on Sunday, June 16, 2024.
APRIL
Ballet Scholarship Auditions
The 25th Youth America Grand Prix 2024 is at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center with: Junior Finals (ages 12-14) on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 4pm, from $50; Senior Finals (ages 15-19) on Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 8pm, from $50; 25th Anniversary Gala and Dancing with the Stars on Thursday, April 18, 2024 at 7pm, from $95; and the “Stars of Today Meet the Stars of Tomorrow: Best of 25 Years” Gala on Friday, April 19, 2024 at 7pm, from $95.
Neoclassical Ballet
New York City Ballet’s 75th Anniversary Spring Season includes classic programs of All Balanchine, Masters at Work, Spring Gala, Classic NYCB, All Stravinsky, and “A Midsummer Night’s Dream;” but looks to the future with Contemporary Choreography, Sensory-Friendly Performance programs; at the David H. Koch Theater in Lincoln Center; from April 23 to June 2, 2024. From $40. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇵🇷 🇪🇸