The Joyce Theater is one of New York City’s leading dance theaters.
It’s the home theater of many New York dance companies, and the New York home of many American and international dance companies.
American Dance Platform is the Joyce’s showcase during the APAP convention of booking agents and presenters in January.
Ballet Festival is the Joyce’s ballet showcase in August.
The Joyce develops contemporary dance in Cuba. Malpaso Dance Company is an Associate Company. 🇨🇺
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Latin Culture at The Joyce Theater
Ailey II Celebrates 50 Years of African American Modern Dance at the Joyce Theater
JOYCE THEATER, Chelsea, Manhattan ~ Ailey II 🇺🇸
NEW JERSEY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, Newark, New Jersey 🇺🇸
BROOKLYN ACADEMY OF MUSIC (BAM), Fort Greene, Brooklyn 🇺🇸
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART, Greenwich Village, Manhattan 🇺🇸
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Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana Tablao at Le Poisson Rouge
LE POISSON ROUGE, Greenwich Village, Manhattan ~ Flamenco Tablao 🇪🇸
JOYCE THEATER, Chelsea, Manhattan “Equilibrio (Clásica/Tradición)” 🇪🇸
MIDTOWN Manhattan
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ABT Studio Company Premieres New Choreography at the Joyce Theater
JOYCE THEATER, Chelsea, Manhattan ~ ABT Studio Company
METROPOLITAN OPERA HOUSE, Lincoln Center ~ Summer Season 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇧🇷 🇪🇸
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Joyce Theater News
FEBRUARY
Afro-Colombian Folkloric Dance
Sankofa Danzafro from Colombia, dances “Behind the South: Dances for Manuel,” a tribute to Afro-Colombian traditions in conversation with Colombian writer Manuela Zapata Olivella, and Yoruba orishas Changó, orisha of the drum and Yemayá, great mother orisha of the sea; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from Tuesday-Sunday, February 27 – March 3, 2024. From $52. joyce.org 🇨🇴
Sankofa is a West African concept that to create your best future, rediscover your past. In Indigenous and African Diaspora tradition, dance is how we pray and how we gather as a community. Learn about the Yoruba orishas: Changó and Yemayá.
APRIL
African American Modern Dance
Ailey II celebrates the Company’s 50th Anniversary of African American modern dance; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from Tuesday-Sunday, April 9-14, 2024. Curtain chat, Wednesday, April 10. joyce.org 🇺🇸
Spanish Flamenco
Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca dance “Searching for Goya,” an homage to the “Goya’s Graphic Imagination” collection of the great Spanish romantic artist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It’s at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from Tuesday-Sunday, April 23-28, 2024. Curtain chat, Wednesday, April 24. joyce.org 🇪🇸
MAY
Classical Ballet
The ABT Studio Company dances New York premieres of Amy Hall Garner, Jamar Roberts, and James Whiteside; plus an excerpt of Ratmansky’s “The Seasons” and classical and neoclassical favorites; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from Wednesday-Sunday, May 1-5, 2024. joyce.org
JUNE
Spanish Flamenco
Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana dances the U.S. Premiere of “Equilibrio (Clásica/Tradición)” by Emilio Ochando, flamenco tradition with creative staging; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from Tuesday-Sunday, June 18-23, 2024. Curtain chat: Wednesday, June 19. Family matinee: Saturday, June 22. joyce.org 🇪🇸
JULY
American Tap Dance
Dorrance Dance tap dances; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from Tuesday-Sunday, July 16-21, 2024. Curtain chat, Wednesday July 17. Family Matinee, Saturday, July 20. joyce.org 🇺🇸
AUGUST
Ballet Festival
ABT Principal dancer Calvin Royal III curates the Ballet Festival on the theme “Unite” with artists from American Ballet Theatre, Boston Ballet, Alonzo King Lines Ballet, and more; at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Manhattan; from Tuesday-Sunday, August 13-18, 2024. Curtain chat: Wednesday, August 14. Family matinee: Saturday, August 17. joyce.org 🇺🇸
Joyce Theater Tickets
Joyce Theater
175 Eighth Avenue
(at 19th St)
Chelsea, Manhattan
Subways
(A)(C)(E) or (L) to 8th Ave – 14th St.
Walk 5 blocks
The Joyce supports New York’s dance community with special very-discounted tickets (usually $10), available by calling the box office. (212) 242-0800.
Past Artists
- Ailey II African American modern dance joyce.org 🇺🇸
- Arturo O’Farrill jazz music. 🇨🇺
- AXIS Dance Company disability. joyce.org 🇺🇸
- Ayodele Casel tap joyce.org 🇵🇷
- Black Grace New Zealand Pacific Folkloric contemporary. joyce.org 🏳️🌈
- BodyTraffic contemporary joyce.org 🇺🇸🇨🇺🇪🇸
- Botis Seva hip-hop. joyce.org 🇬🇧
- Christopher Williams queer ballet. joyce.org 🏳️🌈
- Compagnie Hervé KOUBI French Algerian contemporary. joyce.org 🇩🇿 🇫🇷
- Compañia Nacional de Danza led by former City Ballet principal Joaquín de Luz. joyce.org 🇪🇸
- Complexions Contemporary Ballet ballet of color joyce.org 🇺🇸 🇨🇴 🇮🇹
- Dallas Black Dance Theatre African American contemporary dance. joyce.org 🇺🇸
- Dorrance Dance tap. joyce.org 🇺🇸
- Flamenco Vivo flamenco joyce.org 🇪🇸
- Fouad Boussouf: Näss contemporary Moroccan folk, hip-hop. joyce.org 🇫🇷🇲🇦
- Hope Boykin Dance African American contemporary dance joyce.org 🇺🇸
- L.A. Dance Project contemporary, directed by French dancer Benjamin Millepied (NY City Ballet) joyce.org 🇫🇷
- Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo drag ballet joyce.org 🏳️🌈
- L-E-V contemporary. joyce.org 🇮🇱
- Limón Dance Company Mexican modern dance pioneer joyce.org 🇲🇽
- Malpaso Dance Company contemporary. joyce.org 🇨🇺
- Michela Marino Lerman tap joyce.org 🇺🇸
- Music from the Sole tap, samba, house, and Brazilian Carnival. joyce.org 🇧🇷
- Paul Taylor Dance Company modern dance. joyce.org 🇲🇽
- Rennie Harris hip-hop. joyce.org 🇺🇸
- Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE African and Cuban contemporary joyce.org 🇺🇸 🇨🇺
- Sankofa Danzafro Afro-Colombian contemporary folkloric joyce.org 🇨🇴
- Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca flamenco joyce.org 🇪🇸
- Soles of Duende tap, flamenco, and kathak dance joyce.org 🇺🇸 🇮🇳 🇪🇸
- Stephen Petronio Company contemporary. joyce.org 🇮🇹
About The Joyce
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.
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