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Joyce Theater is New York City’s Big Little Dance Theater

Joyce Theater (courtesy)
Joyce Theater (courtesy)

The Joyce Theater is one of New York City’s leading dance theaters. It’s the New York City home of many New York, American, and international dance companies. The Joyce is a producer that also develops contemporary dance in Cuba. Malpaso Dance Company is an Associate Company. 🇨🇺

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Latin Dance at the Joyce Theater

AUGUST

Ballet Festival

The Joyce Ballet Festival 2025 tribute to Jerome Robbins, curated by New York City Ballet Principal dancer Tiler Peck, features three combinations of City Ballet Principals, including Peruvian American Principal Roman Mejia, and Portuguese Royal Ballet Principal Marcelino Sambé; at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from Tuesday-Sunday, August 12-17, 2025, with a curtain chat on Thursday, August 14. From $47. 🇵🇪 🇵🇹

JULY

Spanish Flamenco

Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca dances the world premiere of their flamenco show “Legacy of Our Dreams;” at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; for two weeks from Tuesday-Sunday, July 29 to August 10, 2025. There is a curtain chat on Wednesday, July 30, 2025. 🇪🇸

FEBRUARY

Argentine Contemporary Ballet

Herman Cornejo (ABT) with Grupo Cadabra dance “Anima Animal,” an Argentine contemporary ballet inspired by Vaslav Nijinsky’s “Caapara” (1917), a ballet about the Indigenous Guaraní legend of the mystical Urutau ghost bird. The Urutau sings a nightly death song for its lost love after an angry father murdered his daughter’s lover and turned her into a bird so she could not tell on him. What a great ballet story. “Caapara” was never staged because Nijinsky became ill, but it would have been the first Argentine ballet. “Anima Animal” is at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from Tuesday-Sunday, February 18-23, 2025 at 7:30pm with a Wednesday curtain chat, and weekend matinees at 2pm. From $72. joyce.org 🇦🇷

Argentine Tango Show

“Tango After Dark” is an Argentine tango show featuring tango world champions Germán Cornejo and Gisela Galeassi, dancing to live music composed by Astor Piazzolla; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from Tuesday-Sunday, February 25 – March 9, 2025, with a Wednesday curtain chat, and weekend matinees at 2pm. From $52. joyce.org 🇦🇷

NOVEMBER

Limón Dance Company "Missa Brevis" (Hisae Aihara)
Limón Dance Company “Missa Brevis” (Hisae Aihara)

Limón Dance Company’s 78th season includes Doris Humphrey’s solo “Two Ecstatic Themes,” Limon’s “The Traitor,” the return of his drumming quartet “Scherzo” after 45 years, his “Missa Brevis” about the destruction of war, and a Kayla Farrish world premiere that reimagines two lost Limón works. It’s at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from November 5-10, 2024. 🇲🇽

Latin Artists at The Joyce Theater

These are some of the Latin artists who have performed recently:

Past Joyce Theater Features

About the Joyce Theater

The Joyce Theater is New York City’s main dance theater, after Lincoln Center and New York City Center. It really is New York City’s busiest dance theater. The 472-seat theater runs a 45-48 week season for over 150,000 dance lovers every year. Since the Joyce opened in 1982, it has been the New York home for over 400 dance companies from around the world.

It is the legacy of Publishers Clearing House founders LuEsther Turner Metz and her daughter Joyce. The Joyce Foundation also develops dance in Cuba and around the world. The theater first opened in 1941 as the Elgin Theater, a movie house.

Joyce Theater annual programs include:

  • American Dance Platform is the Joyce Theater’s January showcase for booking agents and presenters during the APAP convention.
  • Ballet Festival is the Joyce Theater’s August ballet showcase.

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Joyce Theater Tickets

Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Avenue
(at 19th St)
Chelsea, Manhattan

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The Joyce supports New York’s dance community with special very-discounted tickets, available by calling the box office directly at (212) 242-0800.