Cora Cahan News

The Joyce Theater Foundation will bring literature to life with the return of Vuyani Dance Theater’s production of Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Boléro, back by popular demand following a wildly successful sold-out engagement in January 2020.

The Joyce Theater Foundation has announced the trio of celebrated companies that will call The Joyce home this summer in sit-down engagements sure to delight audiences through the end of the season.

The Joyce Theatre has announced that effective March 27, 2023, it will lift its mask requirements for all visitors inside the theater. Visitors are encouraged to wear masks by choice and consider receiving booster shots to bolster preventative measures against new variants.

The Joyce Theater Foundation has announced the organization’s intention to expand into New York City’s East Village with the lease of an extraordinary 58,000 square-foot multi-level building located at 287 East 10th Street at Avenue A.

The Joyce Theater Foundation welcomes the Joyce debut of New Zealand's Atamira Dance Company, the world's foremost creator and presenter of Māori contemporary dance theater, with the New York premiere of the evening-length Te Wheke from March 29-April 2.

The Joyce Theater Foundation has announced the opening of its Spring 2023 season with a powerhouse performance from the world-famous Batsheva Dance Company performing in house choreographer Ohad Naharin’s Hora.

The Joyce Theater Foundation will takes audiences back in time to the ‘90s—the 1990s and the 1590s simultaneously—with Rennie Harris presents: Rome & Jewels, the first breakout masterwork of Rennie Harris Puremovement American Street Dance Theater, to celebrate the company’s 30th anniversary.

The Joyce Theater Foundation will welcome the contemporary dance company of Staatstheater Mainz, tanzmainz, for its Joyce debut. The 21-strong company of dancers brings one its most recent commissions, Sharon Eyal’s Soul Chain, to The Joyce Theaterfrom January 24-28.

The Joyce Theater Foundation will be home once more for the annual New York home season of Brooklyn’s EVIDENCE. The troupe’s visceral, vital work will play The Joyce Theater from January 17-22.

The Joyce Theater Foundation will continue its championing of burgeoning choreographic voices in the seventh iteration of its American Dance Platform. Hand-picked by celebrated dance maker Ronald K. Brown, three companies representing the best in dance from across the country will each perform twice at The Joyce Theater from January 10-15. 

The Joyce Theater Foundation has announced the complete calendar of performances from renowned U.S. and international dance companies slated for The Joyce Theater’s Spring 2023 season.

The Joyce Theater Foundation will welcome the return of the worldwide dance and comedy phenomenon Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo for two uproarious programs of unparalleled classical ballet mastery.

The Joyce Theater Foundation has announced the return of Dorrance Dance to Chelsea’s home for dance. The extended two-week engagement will play The Joyce Theater from December 7-18. 

The Joyce Theater Foundation will continue its long-standing relationship with in-demand director and choreographer Camille A. Brown with a historic cross-borough presentation of her trilogy of works on black identity.

 The Joyce Theater Foundation  celebrates the music and dances from across the Black diaspora with LaTasha Barnes Presents: The Jazz Continuum. This intergenerational and intercommunal arts experience, marking Ms. Barnes's choreographic Joyce debut, will play The Joyce Theater from October 11-16. 

The Joyce Theater Foundation and its producing and touring division Joyce Theater Productions will welcome the return of Malpaso Dance Companywith a triple bill of envelope-pushing works that reflect the company’s ever-expanding presence in the world of dance.

Baryshnikov Arts Center (BAC) announced that Sonja Kostich has been appointed Executive Director of BAC, subject to Board approval. She will assume the role in mid-October 2022. Ms. Kostich succeeds Cora Cahan, who has served as the organization's President and CEO from October 2019.

The Joyce Theater Foundation will celebrate the opening of its Fall ‘22/Winter’23 season with not only a Joyce debut, but the U.S. dance theater debut of award-winning multihyphenate artist Alan Cumming in Burn.

The Joyce Theater Foundation has announced the complete roster of unparalleled dance talent slated to showcase their artistry at The Joyce Theater during the Fall ‘22/Winter ‘23 season. Among the ranks of celebrated dance makers and award-winning companies is a refreshing combination of highly-anticipated return engagements and Joyce debuts.

The Joyce Theater Foundation will close a landmark season of dance with the athleticism and artistry of The Sarasota Ballet. Under the Directorship of Iain Webb, the company’s triple bill, featuring hallmark works by Frederick Ashton and a world premiere from Jessica Lang, will play The Joyce Theater from August 16-21.