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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has opened its 2025–26 season with a gala evening honoring Board Chair Daria L. Wallach and featuring appearances by Ciara and Colman Domingo. See video from inside the celebration....

Repertory Dance Theatre will host an Open House at its Dance Center on Broadway, offering the public the chance to try multiple dance styles in a single day. The event will include drop-in classes for all levels and a discounted punch-card offer....

New York City-based dance company, Ballets with a Twist, has announced the premiere of Hot Toddy: A Dance and Music Film Extravaganza. The debut will feature the company’s own B-Twist Orchestra, a collection of internationally-acclaimed musicians....

Inland Pacific Ballet will present its annual production of THE NUTCRACKER this holiday season, with four performances at Bridges Auditorium at Pomona College in Claremont (December 13–14) and three performances at the Fox Performing Arts Center in Riverside (December 20–21)....

Los Angeles Ballet has announced the addition of a sensory-friendly performance of The Nutcracker, on December 26 at 2:00 pm at Dolby Theatre in Hollywood. ...

Throughout spring 2026, Works & Process will present a full slate of dynamic programs at Guggenheim New York, along with a special Martha Graham Dance Company performance at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice on May 8, coinciding with the opening of the Venice Biennale....

Executive Producer of Australian Dance Theatre (‘ADT'), Viviana Sacchero has announced South Australian independent choreographer Zoë Dunwoodie as the recipient of the 2026 EXPOUND Residency to further develop her work LLAMA. ...

New Jersey Ballet's presentation of the The Nutcracker comes to Mayo Performing Arts Center for 15 performances beginning Friday, December 12 at 7:30 pm....

BODYTRAFFIC will return to The Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts with a mixed repertory program featuring a world premiere by Creative Partner Trey McIntyre....

Dixon Place will conclude its 39th Anniversary Season with the return of its annual 30-30-30 dance benefit, featuring 30 companies sharing three minutes of new work each....

In an industry where young dancers often burn out before their careers really start, twin brothers Ayden and Ethan Valdriz have beaten the odds. When they were young, Ayden would watch his brother dance to his heart’s content....

The Joyce Theater Foundation has revealed its programming for the Spring/Summer 2026 season in the newly named Tino & Rajika Puri Auditorium at The Joyce Theater....

Varna International Ballet and Orchestra will return to the UK in 2026, with its most extensive tour to date. Presented by RG Live, Varna International Ballet brings beloved classics Swan Lake, and more to the stage....

Next week, Marquee TV will release a documentary centering on Ukrainian ballet dancers from executive producer Sarah Jessica Parker. Front Row, directed by Miriam Guttmann, will debut on the streamer on Monday, December 8....

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....

Choreographer David Appel will premiere Radiate (watchful eye) at 100 Grand in New York. Admittance is by a $20 suggested donation (cash only, no reservations), or pay what you can. ...

Dancers Over 40 will celebrate five fabulous performers at its 17th Annual Legacy Awards and Holiday Dinner. The evening will be hosted by celebrated journalist, theater critic, and nightlife columnist Michael Musto. ...

American Repertory Ballet (ARB) | Princeton Ballet School (PBS) has appointed Samantha Dunster as its next Artistic Director, effective November 2025....

STRICTLY COME DANCING LIVE will announce the first two celebrity–professional pairings for the 2026 UK arena tour, with Harry Aikines-Aryeetey and Karen Hauer, and La Voix and Aljaž Škorjanec joining the lineup. ...

Ballet Hispánico's second Company BH2 will perform in The Catskill Mountain Foundation's annual presentation of The Nutcracker. Ballet Hispánico is the nation's leading Latino dance company and the largest cultural institution of its kind....

This Thanksgiving weekend, New York City Ballet principal Tiler Peck returns to Westside Ballet of Santa Monica-performing as the Sugar Plum Fairy at the nonprofit performance arm of the academy where she trained as a young girl....

Considering Ballet Black has been around for 24 years, it seems unbelievable that the current double bill Shadows is also a Sadler's Wells debut. Unfortunately it isn't their strongest work to date, choreographically speaking....

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater‘s 2025-26 season–which raises the curtain on AILEY's next era under the leadership of new Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack, the renowned dancer and educator....

Ballet Hispánico has announced that their second Company BH2 will perform in The Catskill Mountain Foundation's annual presentation of The Nutcracker from December 6-14....

Internationally-acclaimed Ballet Hispánico has announced the lineup for their December Diálogos, their signature conversation series led by Artistic Director & CEO Eduardo Vilaro....

Due to demand, Dancing with the Stars is adding a second show at Shea's Buffalo Theatre in Buffalo, NY, on May 10, 2026. Seven DWTS Season 34 fan favorites and finalists will join the tour for select dates! ...

When a night is all about the music, and the music isn't for you, things aren't going to go smoothly. A case in point is Marking Time at Sadler’s Wells. The triple bill uses and celebrates the work of composer Nico Muhly, and features choreography by Jules Cunningham, Maud Le Pladec and Michael K...

Ballet lovers will all have their own relationship with Sir Peter Wright’s The Nutcracker....

Falling snow, a rapidly-growing Christmas tree and an army of sword-fighting rats: it can only be Sir Peter Wright's The Nutcracker. Birmingham Royal Ballet's opulent, charming and whimsical production returns to Birmingham Hippodrome - where Wright's version received its premier in 1990 - and bring...

Birmingham Royal Ballet will tour Carlos Acosta’s production of Don Quixote to five UK venues in spring 2026, beginning at Birmingham Hippodrome on February 12....

The Ballet Hispánico School, celebrating its 55th anniversary, has opened registration for its 2025 Winter Intensive, taking place December 26–30 in New York City. Dancers ages 12–23 can now sign up for this five-day immersive training experience designed to refine technique and deepen artistry...

The renowned company, Dutch National Ballet (DNB) is performing at New York City Center through Saturday, November 22nd....

The Ballet Hispánico School, currently celebrating its 55th anniversary, has announced its 2025 Winter Intensive for dancers aged 12–23 running from December 26–30, 2025....

On Tuesday, November 18, Dance/NYC gathered advocates, donors, and dance workers from across the city for its annual NEW YORKERS FOR DANCE event. ...

Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts will present its annual “Dance Soup” concert, featuring student-choreographed works developed through the school’s Creative Process curriculum. ...

We attended the exhilarating opening night of the two-week annual engagement of Complexions Contemporary Ballet at The Joyce Theater....

L’Alliance New York has announced its Winter 2026 programming, featuring dance, theatre, cinema, and interdisciplinary events across its Skyroom and the Florence Gould Theater. ...

Centenary Stage Company has opened registration for the 2026 session of The Conservatory of Dance at Centenary University, offering affordable, high-quality, collegiate-level dance training to the northwest New Jersey community of all skill levels. ...

Misty Copeland, dancer, author, and advocate, has joined American Ballet Theatre's Board of Trustees. Copeland joined ABT Studio Company in 2000 and became the first Black woman promoted to Principal Dancer in 2015....

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre will present First Light: Winter Preview Performance at Amanda Selwyn Dance Studio. ...