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Ballet West reports a surge in fake and inflated ticket sales for THE NUTCRACKER, urging audiences to verify purchases through official ticketing sites....

American Ballet Theatre returned to Los Angeles to host its annual Holiday Benefit. The special, one-night-only program celebrated the magic of the season. Check out photos here!...

What did our critic think of THE IMAGINING BY AMARI MARSHALL at Powerhouse Arts? Marshall delivers something that truly feels brand new: an immersive, in-the-round dance celebration that positions movement not as an accoutrament, but the main attraction....

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will continue its New York City Center holiday engagement with world premieres, All New programs, Ailey Classics, and multiple performances of Revelations....

ODC/Dance has announced its 2026 Dance Downtown home season at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, featuring world premieres by Brenda Way and Gypsy Snider and a work by Mia J. Chong. The annual season will run in March and includes ODC’s fundraising Gala....

Castrata will present FEELIN’ FESTIVE, a holiday cabaret at Red Eye NY. The one-night production features drag performance, live vocals, and music inspired by Mariah Carey alongside seasonal favorites....

Presented by Works & Process at the Guggenheim, Princess Lockerooo’s The NutWAACKer a seasonal reimagining that also serves as a declaration: dance is art, street styles belong on the world’s most revered stages, and in movement born of resistance, we find freedom....

Kaatsbaan Cultural Park will host an informal showing from Juilliard’s Risk Lab featuring new interdisciplinary student work. The event offers an early look at emerging performance ideas created with faculty mentorship....

Antonia Franceschi has been appointed Interim Artistic Director at New York Theatre Ballet. Franceschi's appointment fills the role of former artistic director Steven Melendez who stepped down in November 2025....

The New York City Ballet has released its latest Super8 Mixtape, celebrating the second half of the Fall 2025 season. Learn more about the season and check out the video here!...

Richard Chappell Dance has announced plans for spring 2026 including the creation period of brand-new production Us Folk, a bold new commissioning programme for Welsh and Wales based dance artists, and the return of its mixed bill BLOOM.  ...

If your festive wish-list includes being whisked away to a land of shimmering magic and charming story-telling, ENB have the ideal antidote to the winter drizzle outside with the first revival of their version of Nutcracker that debuted last year. Aaron S. Watkin and Arielle Smit bring a welcome ch...

The Ballet Hispánico School will present 2026-27 Audition Tour. Ballet Hispánico is searching for the next generation of student dancers for the La Academia Pre & Professional Program, Pro-Up Intensive, and more. ...

gaudanse will present their Key to Your HeART House Raffle. Every $50 ticket sold helps fund access and education for dance and the performing arts, community movement workshops centered on physical and mental wellness, and more....

I couldn't help but get swept away by The Red Shoes. A rich blend of romantic storytelling and cinema, this production showcases the best Matthew Bourne has to offer as a love letter to ballet in its purest (and most haunting) form. If you're unable to find a production of The Nutcracker this holida...

One of the country's premier Asian-American contemporary dance companies, Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers (KYL/D), will present its final home season, Echo and Flame/Fenghuang Awakens, at the Mandell Theate....

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre has received a grant award totaling $25,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support the arts and culture sector. ...

Lincoln Center will launch the new year with a wide range of premieres, returning programs, and multidisciplinary performances across its campus. The month will highlight international artists, major collaborations, and innovative works....

The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company will return to NJPAC with Year of the Horse, a family-friendly Lunar New Year celebration featuring new and returning works. The annual event remains a cornerstone of NJPAC’s winter season and a celebration of renewal for the Newark community....

We attended the exuberant opening night of A Very SW!NG OUT Holiday on Tuesday, December 9 at The Joyce Theater where the remarkably talented dancers brought to the stage their energy, joyous spirit, and passion for the art of dance....

Dancers Over 40 held its 17th Annual Legacy Awards and Holiday Dinner, honoring five members whose careers span decades of contribution to the dance and theatre community. Check out photos of the event....

The DC theatre community and artists across the United States are mourning the loss of  the visionary musical theatre and choreography genius, LaVerne Reed. A student of Maria “Libby” Hill (Apollo Theatre, Nicholas Brothers) Reed began her arts exploration as a young girl, eventually landing at...

Repertory Dance Theatre will bring EMERGE 2026 to the Leona Wagner Black Box Theatre with an evening of original works created by company dancers and artistic staff. The program will highlight emerging voices, community partnerships, and a tribute to RDT’s six-decade history....

vildwerk. will present DANCING FOR OUR WONDERFUL WORLD at New York Live Arts in its upcoming season. The program will include works by Christopher Wheeldon and Bradley Shelver and more....

WHITE WAVE Dance will present the 10th Annual SOLODUO DANCE FESTIVAL at Dixon Place with three distinct programs of solo and duet choreography. This year’s edition will continue the partnership with the ChangMu International Dance Festival....

Philadelphia Ballet dancer Nick Patterson, now in remission from Stage 4 Hodgkin’s lymphoma, will debut as Cavalier in this year’s production of The Nutcracker....

The Driehaus Museum will present Brendan Fernandes: In the Round as the next iteration of its A Tale of Today series that places contemporary art in dialogue with the art, architecture, and design of the Museum....

DanceHouse and The Cultch will present the North American premiere of Recirquel’s Paradisum, a full-length cirque and contemporary dance work directed by Bence Vági. ...

Canada’s Royal Winnipeg Ballet will return to Vancouver as part of a multi-stop British Columbia tour. The mixed program will include Carmina Burana alongside the West Coast premiere of T’əl: The Wild Man of the Woods....

The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company will celebrate Lunar New Year: Year of the Horse with a lineup of performances in NYC, New Jersey, and more. The company will present two world premieres by choreographers Lawrence Jin and Zhongmei Li....

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s annual six-week celebration of contemporary dance expands in its ninth year, doubling the number of offerings and spilling over into a second space at the Odyssey’s three-theater complex in West L.A....

The date has been revealed for the 2026 Chita Rivera Awards, which will take place at the NYU Skirball Center for the Performing Arts. The Chita Rivera Awards celebrate dance and choreographic excellence....

Everyone’s favorite holiday classic, Nutcracker Rouge by Company XIV, hits the stage again this season at Bushwick’s Théâtre XIV. The show, now running for 16 years, returns to tantalize its guests with a 12-week limited engagement in the unassuming warehouse-style building, where everyone on ...

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will continue its New York City Center holiday engagement with two world premieres and the debut of an Ailey & Jamison Tribute program....

Emmy, Golden Globe and Honorary Oscar Award winner Debbie Allen brings her acclaimed holiday spectacular, the Debbie Allen Dance Academy (DADA)'s 15th Annual Hot Chocolate Nutcracker. ...

92NY Harkness Dance Center will present What Flows Between Us: A Festival of India's Classical Arts in Cross-Cultural Dialogue, a day-long immersion into the depth, rigor, and expansive imagination of the Indian classical arts. ...

The National Ballet of Canada has announced the lineup of guest Cannon Dolls for the 2025 run of The Nutcracker, including Toronto Raptors Scottie Barnes and Jamal Shead, who made their debuts on December 19....

Purdie Entertainment and Theatre Raleigh will present THE SARAFINAS, MY WAY, a dance-theatre concert featuring Emmy-nominated television host and Broadway performer Amanda Kloots. Watch the trailer....

gaudanse has received a grant award totaling $35,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts to support the arts and culture sector. NYSCA has awarded $80.9 million in FY 2026 to arts and culture nonprofits....

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre will debut an all-new production of The Nutcracker in December 2027. This is an opportunity for both PBT and for Pittsburgh audiences to experience an updated adaptation of this cherished holiday tradition. ...