Dance Newsroom

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT)'s annual treasured holiday classic, The Nutcracker, opens this Friday, December 6, at the Benedum Center and runs through Friday, December 27.

What did our critic think of GEORGE BALANCHINE’S THE NUTCRACKER® at Kennedy Center?

Check out video of featured dancer Baily Jones as she performs 'Marzipan' in the New York City Ballet 2024 production of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker, beginning performances tonight at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. 

Dynamically disabled performer Makenzie Morgan Gomez has released an all new A Chorus Line-inspired performance video, 'Music and the Mirror (& Mobility Aids).' Watch the video here!

Billed as a 'weird and wonderful gathering', Eva Recacha's full-length work The Picnic is inspired by the painting The Garden of Earthly Delights by Hieronymus Bosch, dating from the 15th century.  The Picnic is about pleasure, power, privilege, passion, playfulness and partying. It is as hedonistic as it is human, as vibrant as it is visceral, as supportive as it is strange.

The Royal Academy of Dance has received British choreographer Sir Kenneth MacMillan's archive. Sir Kenneth MacMillan (1929-1992) was the leading choreographer of his generation, creating world-renowned ballets.

NYC Ballet is now presenting George Balanchine's The Nutcracker- one of the most complex theatrical, staged ballets in the Company's active repertory. The popularity of the ballet is immense and it provides an unforgettable spark to everyone's holiday season.

New York City Center was transformed into a golden age jazz club this weekend as Dorrance Dance’s 'The Nutcracker Suite' took the stage from Friday, November 22, through Sunday, November 24.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater‘s 2024-25 season celebrating the life and legacy of Artistic Director Emerita Judith Jamison kicks off on Wednesday, December 4 at 7pm with a star-studded Opening Night Gala.

The Joyce Theater Foundation will welcome the return of Ragamala Dance Company, the soulful and imaginative South Indian Bharatanatyam troupe, in their latest full-length work, Children of Dharma. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company has received a grant award totaling $40,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts to support the nonprofit arts and culture sector. Learn more about the grant.

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre/Notes in Motion has revealed its Youth Programming at their NEW HOME in downtown Manhattan! Learn how to join the classes!

Returning to The Beverly Hilton Hotel, American Ballet Theatre will host its Holiday Benefit on Monday, December 16. The evening will ring in the holiday season for a one-night-only performance by ABT's exceptional dancers as they perform excerpts from classical and contemporary ballets.

WHITE WAVE DANCE will present the 9th Annual SoloDuo Dance Festival. The festival showcases 33 exceptional dancemakers from the New York Metro area and across the United States.

The final show of the XX Fuego Flamenco Festival runs through November 23

The US debut of choreographer Hari Krishnan's inDANCE company's World Premiere of ROWDIES IN LOVE will take place next month at the Center For the Arts Theater at Wesleyan University.

The 92nd Street Y, New York will present Lyra, reimagining of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth in a provocative collaborative production from the experimental San Francisco-based guitar/percussion duo The Living Earth Show and contemporary dance company Post:ballet.

The Board of Trustees of Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation has announced that Alicia Graf Mack has been appointed Artistic Director of AILEY. Learn more about Mack here!

On Tuesday, November 19, Dance/NYC celebrated its twelfth anniversary of service, advocacy, and support for the New York City dance community at its annual New Yorkers for Dance event at Performance Space New York. Learn more!

Sadler’s Wells and Universal Music UK have announced that Message In A Bottle, the acclaimed dance theatre production set to the music of Sting, will be available to stream on-demand exclusively on Sadler’s Wells Digital Stage platform.

Jacob's Pillow has announced the opening date of, and artists to perform in, the new Doris Duke Theatre, a landmark international venue for dance and America's only purpose-built new dance theater to open in 2025.

Scientists at Houston University discovered that Butoh dance, performed by Vangeline Theater, induces the slowest brain wave activity, marking a significant breakthrough in neuroscience and performance art.

Trinity Irish Dance Company will celebrate its 35th anniversary with performances at Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art in May 2025, featuring the world premiere of 'The Sash' and more events nationwide. Learn how to purchase tickets.

The American Dance Festival has announced the launch of Planting Seeds: ADF and Modern Dance in China, an oral history project tracing ADF’s involvement in nurturing the development of modern dance in China.

Graham 2, the Martha Graham School’s acclaimed performing ensemble, will present a holiday event this December, featuring some of Martha Graham’s iconic dances.