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World Ballet Company will bring The Great Gatsby Ballet to Seattle’s Moore Theatre on November 16, 2025, as part of its national premiere tour. Marking the novel’s 100th anniversary, the production features original jazz music, glamorous Jazz Age costumes, and innovative choreography that fuses ...

American Ballet Theatre will honor Principal Dancer Misty Copeland with a star-studded Fall Gala on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center....

World Ballet Company will bring its national premiere tour of The Great Gatsby Ballet to Sioux Falls, SD, for one night only at The Washington Pavilion on October 26, 2025....

Summer on the Hudson and Kinesis Project dance theatre, the large-scale, outdoor dance company, will present a second September 2025 performance in Riverside Park. Learn more! ...

Millennium Dance Complex in Studio City California is world famous to those involved in the dance community and industry as well as fans of it. The red walls within it are instantly recognizable from the countless music videos, documentaries, and viral dance clips online which have been filmed there...

Wrightwood 659 will present The Joffrey + Ballet in the U.S. October 3–December 20, 2025. The exhibition celebrates The Joffrey Ballet’s 70th Anniversary with rare archival footage, costumes, and documents, tracing the company’s role as a model for American ballet....

There is more news from the Kennedy Center. The D.C. cultural institution just announced the appointment of Stephen Nakagawa as its new Director of Dance Programming. ...

The American Tap Dance Foundation (ATDF) will present the 2024 and 2025 Tap City Awards next month at New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center....

Kinesis Project dance theatre will perform Bridge Matter/The Reach on September 21, 2025 at Riverside Park South as part of Summer on the Hudson. Choreographed by Melissa Riker with costumes by Rebecca Kanach and visual art by Celeste Cooning, the site-specific work combines dance, science, and impr...

Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity has announced that Barbara Kaneratonni Diabo, the Montreal-based award-winning dancer, choreographer, and artistic director, is the recipient of the 2025 Clifford E. Lee Choreography Award....

The Kennedy Center has eliminated its dance programming team, prompting resignations and concerns about censorship as more than 50 employees have left under Donald Trump’s leadership....

Ballet Hispánico will open registration for its 2025–26 school year, featuring early childhood through pre-professional programs in ballet, flamenco, contemporary, salsa, hip-hop, and more. ...

Wolf & Swan will premiere its new dance film Ancestral Shadows at The Common Blue in New York City on August 26, 2025. Directed by Wilma Casal, the film blends contemporary dance and Butoh, featuring performances by Amanda Egan and Akihito Ichihara....

Queens Theatre has announced its 2025–2026 Season, an eclectic mix of dance, theater, family programming, and special events that will celebrate the best of Queens and the world....

Works & Process will present New York City Ballet: Jamar Roberts on Sunday, September 14, 2025, at 7 p.m. in the Peter B. Lewis Theater at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY. Tickets start at $25....

The CUNY Dance Initiative (CDI), an expansive program providing New York City choreographers and dance companies with creative residencies on CUNY college campuses, will present the world premiere of 'Cry Wolf' by NVA & Guests....

Dance/NYC has completed the first round of grantmaking through its Dance Workforce Resilience (DWR) Fund, a new initiative designed to promote fair labor practices, support freelance dance work, and reduce wage inequities across New York City’s dance sector. ...

Dance/NYC has completed the first round of grantmaking through its Dance Workforce Resilience Fund. The Fund received over 120 applications in its first month. Learn more!...

The Joan W. and Irving B. Harris Theater for Music and Dance will present Joffrey at the Harris: Matters of the Heart this November as part of its 2025–26 Harris Theater Presents season....

The National Ballet of Canada Principal Dancers Heather Ogden, Genevieve Penn Nabity and Ben Rudisin will perform at the prestigious Tivoli International Ballet Gala – A Celebration of Dance at the Tivoli Concert Hall in Copenhagen, Denmark from August 28 to 30. ...

Wolfe’s first immersive dance production draws inspiration from Kate Moore’s book 'The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America’s Shining Women,' which chronicles the young women employed in New Jersey and Illinois factories painting watch dials with luminous radium paint. ...

Dance Theatre of Harlem is inviting you to come experience the magic of Dance Theatre of Harlem. Join their upcoming open house, “FROM HARLEM, FOR HARLEM AND BEYOND.' Learn how to attend....

The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company has announced a new resident choreographer program, which will serve as part of the Company’s artistic foundation. In the upcoming year, two prominent Asian American choreographers will join the Company to create new works and lead public and private workshops....

Dances Patrelle will hold auditions for young dancers for its 29th annual production of The Yorkville Nutcracker on Saturday, September 20 and Sunday, September 21, 2025 at Ballet Academy East (1651 Third Avenue, Third Floor, NYC). ...

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (PBT) will present its 2025–26 Master Class Series, offering monthly dance classes taught by company artists and artistic staff, beginning September 9, 2025. New this season, each class will include a post-class Q&A with the teaching artist....

The American Tap Dance Foundation and The Duke Ellington Center for the Arts will host a free outdoor tribute to Duke Ellington on September 28 at the Duke Ellington Statue in Harlem. ...

Works & Process will present a free outdoor dance series at Manhattan West Plaza (385 Ninth Avenue, New York, NY) every Wednesday in September at 5 PM....

New York City Ballet will present its annual Fall Fashion Gala, celebrating choreography and costume design, which will feature a World Premiere by choreographer Jamar Roberts. Learn more and see how to attend....

BalletX, Philadelphia's premier contemporary ballet, will launch its 20th Anniversary Season with a triumphant return to The Joyce Theater, September 24–28. ...

Discover how personal sacrifice and courage led NYC-based artist, Diane Nicole Lee, to persevere into a professional dance career with a mission to increase dance equity and access for BIPOC youth....

AVID Dance (Artistic Ventures in Dance) will return home to close out the season with BOUNDLESS, a genre-defying evening of movement, music, and momentum. Learn more!...

Chicago Repertory Ballet will present the world premiere of its original ballet, The Capulets. The Capulets focuses on the fraught relationships and power dynamics of the Capulet family. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets....

Ballet Co.Laboratory has announced its 2025/26 season, featuring six productions that challenge ballet’s traditions and invite audiences to experience the art form in bold new ways....

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park will present Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company's production of Collage Revisited(2025) and STORY/, which play during the company's 2025 Annual Festival. Learn more!...

Battery Dance has revealed workshop offerings coinciding with the 44th Annual Battery Dance Festival. All workshops take place from 10-11:30am at Battery Dance Studios. Learn how to join! ...

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will welcome back its popular, annual Ballet Under the Stars performance. The performance will include a sneak peek of the 2025-26 season. Learn how to attend!...

Dance St. Louis marks its 60th anniversary with a 2025–26 season featuring ABT Studio Company, MOMIX: Alice, Ailey II’s world premiere Berry Dreamin’, and the 18th Annual SPRING TO DANCE Festival. Tickets and subscriptions are on sale now for performances at the Touhill Performing Arts Center....

The Ballet House will return to the Royal Opera House on Sunday 21 September 2025 for a new masterclass, following its successful launch last year. Founded by Sian Murphy, Repetiteur at The Royal Ballet and former Company dancer, The Ballet House offers comprehensive, inspiring, and inclusive traini...

What does it mean to inherit a legacy of survival? Shany Dagan, John Reed, and Jana Krumholtz, all grandchildren of Holocaust survivors, unveiled three vulnerable and interdisciplinary dance works that explore the answer to that question....

The Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) will bring its flagship event, The Margot Fonteyn International Ballet Competition, to São Paulo, Brazil, from October 11–19, 2025—the first time in the competition’s history it will be held in Latin America....