Joyce Theater

The Joyce Theater is one of NYC’s leading dance theaters. It’s also a dance producer with a long history developing Contemporary Dance in Cuba. It’s the home theater for many NYC dance companies.

Thank you Joyce Theater for sponsoring New York Latin Culture Magazine!

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The Year at The Joyce Theater

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August 2022

Black Grace from New Zealand performs Contemporary Dance rooted in Pacific Folkloric traditions at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Aug 2-7. From $26. joyce.org 🏳️‍🌈

Rennie Harris of Philadelphia dances Gospel, Hip-Hop and House street dance at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Aug 9-14. From $26. joyce.org 🇺🇸

Harris is for real. He got his start touring with Hip-Hop legends when the music was breaking out in the 1980s. Thank you Harris for acknowledging that Hip-Hop dance is African American and Latin. It’s from The Bronx, hello. Latin kids in The Bronx brought their parents’ Palladium Ballroom moves into Hip-Hop.

June 2022

Paul Taylor Dance Company, one of NYC’s leading Modern Dance companies is at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Jun 14-19. The program includes a Manzanales world premiere. From $26. joyce.org 🇲🇽

Flamenco Vivo, NYC’s big Flamenco company, brings its Flamenco show Fronteras to The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Jun 21-26. From $26. joyce.org 🇪🇸

Christopher Williams dances queer versions of Ballets Russes ballets at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Jun 28 – Jul 3. From $26. Not Latin, but very creative. joyce.org 🏳️‍🌈

Ballets Russes was the Russian dance company from Paris that seeded Ballet in the Americas. It’s also where City Ballet’s George Balanchine began developing NeoClassical Ballet.

May 2022

L.A. Dance Project, directed by French dancer Benjamin Millepied (NY City Ballet), dances four female choreographers at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, for two weeks, Tue-Sun, May 3-15. From $26. joyce.org 🇫🇷

Stephen Petronio Company is at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, May 17-22. From $26. joyce.org 🇮🇹

Petronio is a connection to the Judson Dance Theater era of Contemporary Dance in NYC.

April 2022

Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca dance Spanish Flamenco at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Apr 5-10. Curtain chat, Wed, Apr 6. From $51. joyce.org 🇪🇸

Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca dance Spanish Flamenco at the Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Apr 5-10. Curtain chat, Wed, Apr 6. From $51. joyce.org 🇪🇸

Compañia Nacional de Danza, led by former City Ballet principal Joaquín de Luz, dances John Inger’s new “Carmen” at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Apr 12-17. Curtain chat Wed, Apr 13. From $26. joyce.org 🇪🇸

It’s a great time to rethink “Carmen.” Once considered a fallen woman, today we see her as a one who lives life to the fullest (like a New Yorker). Bizet was French, and the famous Habanera is not Spanish. It’s the Cuban root of Salsa and Tango. Habanera means “the way they dance in La Habana.”

Limón Dance Company celebrates its 75th Season at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, for two weeks, Tue-Sun, Apr 19 – May 1. From $26. joyce.org 🇲🇽

New York Mexican founding choreographer José Limón created one of the great Modern Dance techniques.

March 2022

BodyTraffic brings Los Angeles Contemporary Dance to The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Mar 3-6. From $26. joyce.org 🇺🇸🇨🇺🇪🇸

Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE is at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Mar 22-27. From $26. Brown has done a lot of work developing Cuban Contemporary dance. joyce.org 🇺🇸

New Yorker Michela Marino Lerman and Love Movement dance tap to live Jazz in “Once Upon a Time Called Now” at The Joyce Theater in Chelsea, Tue-Sun, Mar 29 – Apr 3. From $26. Lerman is one of the great tappers of her generation, a bridge from the legends to the present. joyce.org 🇺🇸

February 2022

Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca dance Spanish Flamenco for two weeks, Tue-Sun, Jan 25 – Feb 6, 2022. From $26. joyce.org 🇪🇸

Botis Seva: Far From the Norm dance English Hip-Hop, Tue-Sun, Feb 7-12, 2022. From $26. joyce.org 🇬🇧

Sankofa Danzafro: Accommodating Lie is Afro-Colombian Contemporary dance, Tue-Sun, Feb 15-20. From $26. joyce.org 🇨🇴

January 2022

Ayodele Casel: Chasing Magic brings together the Puerto Rican Tap master with live music by Cuban Jazz legend Arturo O’Farrill, Tue-Sun, Jan 4-9, 2022. From $26. joyce.org 🇵🇷🇨🇺

Malpaso Dance Company performs Cuban Contemporary Dance, Wed-Sun, Jan 19-23, 2022. From $26. joyce.org 🇨🇺

December 2021

AXIS Dance Company: Roots Above Ground streams Disability Dance, Tue-Sun, Dec 7-12. Free. joyce.org 🇺🇸

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: Nightcrawlers dances Classical Ballet for three weeks, Dec 14, 2021 – Jan 2, 2022. From $26. joyce.org 🏳️‍🌈

November 2021

Indigenous Enterprise performs Native American dance, Tue-Sun, Nov 9-14. From $26. joyce.org 🇺🇸

COMPLEXIONS Contemporary Ballet is two weeks, Tue-Sun, Nov 16-28. From $26. joyce.org 🇨🇴🇮🇹🇺🇸

October 2021

Swing Out is Caleb Teicher dancing Lindy Hop to live music for two weeks Tue-Sun, Oct 5-17. From $26. joyce.org 🇺🇸

The 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center’s Future Dance Festival finalist performances are with the Martha Graham Dance Company on Sat, Oct 30 at 2pm. From $61. joyce.org

September 2021

Ragamala Dance Company Fires of Varanasi: Dance of the Eternal Pilgrim is South Asian Bharatanatyam Classical Indian dance, Wed-Sun, Sep 22-26. From $26. joyce.org 🇮🇳

Alejandro Cerrudo: It Starts Now presents Spanish Contemporary Ballet, Tue-Sun, Sep 28 – Oct 3. From $26. joyce.org 🇪🇸