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Art has long been a way to wrestle with the contradictions of human existence. The ugly — injustice, violence, discrimination — and the tender — love, strife, loneliness — often surface most potently on stage....

Giordano Dance Chicago will bring its 63rd Ignite the Soul season to the North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie on October 18–19, 2025. The program will include Al Blackstone’s Gershwin in B, Brock Clawson’s Give & Take, Simon Schuh’s Interlinked, and more. ...

Ballet Hispánico will perform at UMass Amherst’s Frederick C. Tillis Performance Hall on October 2, 2025, at 7:30 p.m. The performance is part of the Fine Arts Center’s 50th anniversary season....

The Ballet Hispánico School has announced its 2025 Adult Program Fall Session with registration available now. Learn more about the upcoming classes and how to book here!...

​​​​​​​Clark Center NYC will present three tribute performances honoring African American dancer, choreographer, and teacher Charles Moore. Learn more and see how to join!...

Convergence Ballet has announced its 2025–2026 season under new Artistic Director Ian Parsons. Highlights include The Nutcracker at Herberger Theater Center (December 12–14, 2025) and a Spring Gala at Dorrance Theater (April 26, 2026) featuring Parsons’ new choreography....

Jacob’s Pillow has revealed selected to participate in the prestigious Pillow Lab residency program as part of the organization’s continued year-round programming. Learn more!...

American Ballet Theatre will welcome young audience members and their families to ABTKids in November at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. Learn more here!...

Penn Live Arts will open its 2025–26 season with Mark Morris Dance Group and the Branford Marsalis Quartet. The weekend of performances runs September 26–28 at the Michael Young Theatre....

Boston Ballet will stage George Balanchine’s Jewels November 6–16, 2025, at the Citizens Opera House. Featuring Emeralds, Rubies, and Diamonds, the three-part ballet will return to Boston for the first time in over a decade, showcasing the choreographer’s neoclassical brilliance....

The Music Center in Downtown Los Angeles will present a wide-ranging Fall 2025 lineup across Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, the Ahmanson Theatre, the Mark Taper Forum, Jerry Moss Plaza, and Gloria Molina Grand Park....

As an ongoing commitment to make ballet and the performing arts accessible to everyone in the community, the Carolina Ballet has partnered with the Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts to host five free children's classes....

​Next month, the Tobin Center for the Performing Arts will welcome the internationally acclaimed Koresh Dance Company with their groundbreaking production Masquerade. Learn more! ...

DELIRIOUS Dances, The Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor, and Creative Producer Lai-Lin Robinson have revealed the Mural Honorees and Green Award Recipients. Learn more! ...

Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers has revealed the company plans to sunset the dance company following their fall fundraiser and spring home season in March 2026. Learn more. ...

Lam Dance Works, founded by former Boston Ballet Principal John Lam, launches its inaugural season with Act II: An Intimate Evening of Dance on November 15, 2025, at the Paramount Center. ...

The National Ballet of Canada has announced the winners of its 2024/25 season awards. Honorees include Nio Hirano and Oliver Yonick (Patron Award of Merit), Clare Peterson (David Tory Award), and Apprentices Ryan Kao Cheng and Karin Laldjising (RBC Emerging Artist Award)....

Saratoga Performing Arts Center (SPAC) has announced that Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana, one of the nation's most prominent flamenco dance companies, will return to Saratoga Springs for a week-long residency October 12–16, 2025....

gaudanse will perform mamihlapinatapai, choreographed by Imani Gaudin, at the FUSA Dance Festival in Paris on September 19, 2025. Presented at the Fondation des États-Unis, the interdisciplinary collective joins an international lineup celebrating the exchange between French and American contempora...

Japan Society will present the North American premiere of LE TAMBOUR DE SOIE (THE SILK DRUM), conceived and co-created by Yoshi Oida and Kaori Ito with a script by acclaimed French screenwriter and novelist Jean-Claude Carrière, based on Yukio Mishima’s modern noh play....

Works & Process has revealed that performance-only tickets are now available for their upcoming Gala Performance, Robert Rauschenberg Dance Collaborations, featuring works by Trisha Brown Dance Company and Paul Taylor Dance Company....

WHITE WAVE will hold company-wide auditions in October at New York Center for Creativity & Dance. Learn more about the company and see how to audition here! ...

The Fall for Dance Festival is now happening at New York City Center through 9/27. This is the 22nd year of this annual, beloved Festival....

Accent Dance NYC is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month with a series of performances at New York City high schools from September 19 and October 14, 2025....

Royal Academy of Dance (RAD) and mental health charity SANE announce that Max McIlvenny has received the inaugural Robin Windsor Dance Award. Learn more here!...

Chitresh Das Dance will premiere Veil of Janki Bai at ODC Theater in San Francisco, November 7–9, 2025. Directed and choreographed by Charlotte Moraga....

Dixon Place will present the fifth annual Dance Bloc NYC Festival on October 29, October 30, and November 1, 2025. Curated by Sangeeta Yesley of Creative Performances, the festival will feature 21 choreographers across four unique programs....

The Paul Taylor Dance Company will return to the David H. Koch Theater for three weeks. The repertoire features classics by Paul Taylor that display his extraordinary range, from romantic to humorous and from poignant to controversial. ...

It's fair to say general consensus is never work with your family, yet Amit Noy is doing the exact opposite in his piece A Big Big Room Full of Everybody's Hope. Marseille-based performer and dance maker Noy makes his Sadler’s Wells choreographic debut with the UK premiere of A Big Big Room Full o...

Ailey will launch its fall season with “Let’s Move: A National Dance Day Celebration” in partnership with the Museum of the City of New York on Saturday, September 20. ...

American Repertory Ballet (ARB) will open its 2025–26 season at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC) with the return of Ethan Stiefel and Johan Kobborg’s acclaimed staging of Giselle. Performances will run Friday, October 10 through Sunday, October 12, 2025....

Dance/NYC will present Collective Motion: Dance/NYC’s 5-Year Commitment to the Field, a free Zoom event on October 8, 2025. The gathering will introduce the organization’s new strategic plan and bring together leaders and artists to envision a more equitable dance ecosystem....

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre has revealed ongoing options for studio space use with the company. Learn more about the studio and see how to use the space! ...

The Mary B. Galvin Artistic Director Ashley Wheater has added three dancers to the Joffrey roster for the 2025-26 season. Learn more about the new dancers here! ...

Clark Center NYC will present three tribute performances honoring African American dancer, choreographer, and teacher Charles Moore (1931–1986) plus a Master Class and Interactive Conversation at the Theater at the 14th Street Y. Learn more! ...

London City Ballet return for their second season with another mixed bill, and the results are also mixed. Director Christopher Marney has chosen the repertoire well, finding chamber-sized works to fit the company of 14, however two out of the four works presented are weak choreographically....

Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company has announced upcoming presentations of Framing Ménerbes in Binghamton, NY (October 15), Ann Arbor, MI (October 25), and Ithaca, NY (November 2). Each screening will be followed by a live Q&A with a guest speaker....

New York Theatre Barn will continue its 12th season of the Choreography Lab with Songs For Hands On A Thursday on Thursday, September 18, 2025, at 7:00 PM ET at Five Angels Theater (789 Tenth Ave., NYC) and via livestream. ASL and Live CART captioning services will be provided for both in-person and...

BalletCollective will return this fall with its 13th Annual Season, Echoes of the Unseen, presented October 28–31, 2025 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The program will feature two world premieres by Alysa Pires and Chloe Crenshaw—recipients of the 2025 Commission for Developing Choreog...

Make your holidays merry and bright with Julia Adams’ The Nutcracker Suite, performing at the Lesher Center for the Arts in Walnut Creek. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets. ...