Future Dance Festival 2026 is a choreographer’s talent competition that can lead to opportunities at major dance organizations. It’s also a path to artist-in-residence roles at 92NY. This season adds dance filmmakers.
Future Dance Festival 2026
This season’s theme is “Women Move the World.” That’s a great theme because in 20 years of studying Latin culture, I learned that women are the guardians of culture.
24 artists were selected from 290 applicants.
Dance Filmmakers
Future Dance Festival ~ Filmmakers 🇨🇴 🇲🇽
Streaming dance filmmaker festival
92NY.org
Apr 16-26, Thu-Sun
$25+
This is about dance choreographed specifically for screens. TikTok has done more for dance than anything else lately, but it really is a different stage. A key difference is the vertical format which mirrors many Manhattan street views. If you leave NYC, you may notice that you are back in the horizontal world.
Filmmakers: Cristina Camacho (🇨🇴), Idy Vandepas, Katya Holt, Roberta Cornew Nuñez (🇲🇽), Kathleen Dalton & Sonja Petermann, Georgia Dahill-Fuchel, Shoko Tamai, Madeleina Abrahams
Choreographers
Future Dance Festival ~ Choreographers 🇵🇷 🇬🇵
Emerging choreographer festival
92NY, Buttenwieser Hall, Upper East Side
Apr 17-18, Fri-Sat, 7pm
$45+
Choreographers: Madeline Maxine Roman (🇵🇷), Laura Coe, Grace Yi-Li Tong & Stephanie Shin, Lu Wang, Jessee Leigh Robinson, Miho Ryu, Jeevika Bhat, Imani Gaudin, Rylan Joenk, Solenn Etienne (🇬🇵), Victoria L., Hannah French, Avery Renee, Savea Kagan.
92NY is One of NYC’s Homes for Dance
92NY is a Jewish cultural center that serves all communities from core Jewish values.
Its Harkness Dance Center has long played an important role in developing dance in New York City. It is one of the stages where modern dance developed. It’s even been called “The Cradle of Modern Dance.”
Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, and Alvin Ailey are artists who developed their craft at 92NY. The Future Dance Festival carries on the tradition.