New York City Center is one of New York’s premiere homes for dance and Broadway musical revivals. Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre and the Manhattan Theatre Club are in residence. Encores! is a program of Broadway musical revivals, many of which return to Broadway.
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MAY
Latino Contemporary Dance
Ballet Hispánico, America’s premier Latino dance company, dances their signature work, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano’s CARMEN.maquia; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; from Thursday-Sunday, May 29 – June 1, 2025. From $45. nycitycenter.org 🇪🇸
APRIL
African American Ballet
Dance Theatre of Harlem’s 56th Season, the world’s first African American ballet company, features a Jodie Gates world premiere, works by Artistic Director Robert Garland, plus William Forsythe and George Balanchine company premieres; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; from Thursday-Sunday, April 10-13, 2025. From $45. nycitycenter.org 🇺🇸
MARCH
Spanish Flamenco
Flamenco Festival New York City Center 2025 features three great and unique flamenco talents: Alfonso Losa & Patricia Guerrero, Compañía Manuel Liñán, and Compañía Eva Yerbabuena; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; from Thursday-Sunday, March 6-9, 2025. From $45. nycitycenter.org 🇪🇸
DECEMBER
African American Modern Dance
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater celebrates “Legacy in Motion” and Artistic Director Emerita Judith Jamison (1943-2024) with world premieres of “Sacred Songs” by Matthew Rushing, “Finding Free” by Hope Boykin, “Many Angels” by Lar Lubovitch, and “Al-Andalus Blues” by Jamar Roberts; a 25th Anniversary staging of Ronald K. Brown’s “Grace;” a new production of Elisa Monte’s “Treading;” and beloved Ailey classics including his masterpiece “Revelations.” It’s at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; from December 4, 2024 to January 5, 2025. From $42. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇫🇷 🇬🇫
NOVEMBER
Tap Dance Nutcracker Suite
Dorrance Dance “The Nutcracker Suite,” by Michelle Dorrance and Josette Wiggan, is a jazzy new holiday tradition set to Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn’s jazz arrangement of the Tchaikovsky classic; at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; on Friday-Sunday, November 22-24, 2024. From $45. 🇺🇸
OCTOBER
Off-Broadway Musical Revival
“Ragtime,” 1998 winner of four Tony Awards, tells the story of three New York families, an establishment White family in New Rochelle, a Black family in Harlem, and a Jewish Latvian immigrant family in the Lower East Side. Their lives intersect in unexpected ways with historical figures at the dawn of the 20th century, when New York City and America were changing rapidly. It’s at New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan; from October 30 – November 10, 2024. From $45. 🇺🇸
New York City Center Gala
The New York City Center Gala celebrates the opening of “Ragtime” by honoring original Broadway cast member Brian Stokes Mitchell and philanthropist Denise Littlefield Sobel, at the Ziegfield Ballroom in Midtown; on Wednesday, October 30, 2024 at 6pm. From $2,500.
SEPTEMBER
International Dance Festival
The 21st Fall for Dance Festival 2024 brings the world of dance to New York City Center in Midtown, Manhattan. Tickets go on sale on Sunday, August 25, 2024 at 11am (it sells out in one day), for performances from September 18-29, 2024. $30. 🇺🇸 🇦🇷 🇨🇦 🇳🇱 🇪🇸
Off-Broadway Play
“Fatherland,” a new play by Stephen Sachs, tells the true story of the American 18-year old who reported his father to the FBI for participating in the January 6 U.S. Capitol Insurrection; at New York City Center Stage II in Midtown, Manhattan; from September 18 – November 23, 2024. From $55. 🇺🇸
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About New York City Center
New York City Center is New York’s original performing arts center. It was founded by beloved Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in 1943 to make the performing arts accessible for all New Yorkers. It is still fulfilling that original mission.
City Center has a relationship with Sadler’s Wells Theatre in London, another of the world’s leading dance theaters. Many Sadlers Wells productions start their American tours at New York City Center. City Center also has a long history developing contemporary dance in Cuba. 🇨🇺
Artists in Residence
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater dances a Holiday Season in December.
Artists at the Center is a heavy-hitter choreographer’s residency.
Manhattan Theatre Club is a major Broadway producer.
Signature Programs
City Center Dance Festival is usually in July, but was not staged in 2023 or 2024.
Fall For Dance Festival brings the world of dance to New York City. It is usually in September and October. Tickets usually go on sale at the end of August. It always sells out in hours.
Flamenco Festival New York City Center brings the best flamenco dancers and musicians direct from Spain in March. It’s the anchor of the Flamenco Festival New York.
Studio 5 gives intimate looks at great dancers’ creative process.
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Latin Artists
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is the African American dance company that popularized modern dance around the world. 🇺🇸
Ayodele Casel is one of todays’ leading tap dancers and choreographers. 🇵🇷
Ballet Hispánico is one of America’s leading Latino dance organizations. It’s a contemporary dance company. 🇨🇺 🇲🇽 🇵🇷
Ballet Nacional de España is Spain’s national flamenco ballet. 🇪🇸
Dance Theatre of Harlem is an African American and Afro-Latin ballet company that spun off from New York City Ballet. 🇺🇸 🇧🇷 🇨🇴 🇨🇺 🇭🇹 🇮🇹