ROVACO DANCE FESTIVAL to Launch in Downtown Brooklyn
Rovaco Dance Company will present its first two-day festival in Downtown Brooklyn, featuring contemporary Indian dance, live music, and queer theater with guest-commissioned artists.
Brooklyn Dance News Coverage
The latest news on performances of Dance in Brooklyn.
Ballet22 to Return to Cowell Theater with Classical and World Premiere Works
Ballet22 will present a summer season at San Francisco's Cowell Theater at Fort Mason Center, featuring selections from Coppélia, the SF premiere of La Follia, and the world premiere of The Fifth Point.
Mark Morris Dance Group Will Present DANCES TO AMERICAN MUSIC at The Joyce Theater
Mark Morris Dance Group closes its 45th anniversary season at The Joyce Theater with three programs featuring jazz, bluegrass, and country, including a world premiere set to music by Hazel Dickens.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Will Perform HYMN & REVELATIONS at BAM
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will present a program at BAM featuring Judith Jamison's Emmy Award-winning HYMN, the company premiere of BLINK OF AN EYE, and Alvin Ailey's REVELATIONS, closing out the inaugural season under Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater to Present Season Finale at BAM
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will close its 2025-26 season at BAM with Judith Jamison's Emmy-winning Hymne and the company premiere of Medhi Walerski's Blink of an Eye, under Artistic Director Alicia Graf Mack.
Rikud Studio to Host 2026 Summer Camps Focused on Street and Club Dance
Rikud Studio, located in Prospect Heights at 607 Vanderbilt Avenue, announced summer camp offerings centered on breaking, hip-hop, and house dance for children ages 5–14, with no ballet, mirrors, or recitals.
BAM Unveils DANCEAFRICA Festival 2026 Lineup and Events
BAM’s annual DanceAfrica Festival will return to Brooklyn from May 16-28, 2026.
DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL Celebrates 25th Anniversary Season In New York
WHITE WAVE Dance announced the 25th anniversary DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL, a three-day event featuring 35 contemporary dance companies from New York and around the world, with a Gala Opening Night honoring two arts community figures.
DIFFRACTION DANCE FESTIVAL Returns to Mark Morris Dance Center in Brooklyn
Samaw Dance will present DIFFRACTION DANCE FESTIVAL at Mark Morris Dance Center's Duffy Theater in Brooklyn, gathering 16 AAPI+ artists and companies spanning house, hip hop, waacking, and contemporary dance during AAPI Heritage Month.
Rikud Studio Opens in Prospect Heights Offering Street and Club Dance Classes
Rikud Studio, a new Brooklyn dance school founded by former Goldman Sachs professional Caila Moed, focuses exclusively on breaking, hip-hop, and house dance — with no ballet, no mirrors, and no recitals.
Trisha Brown Dance Company To Present Pelican Gala At Xanadu Roller Arts
On May 18, 2026, Trisha Brown Dance Company will present a special gala at Xanadu Roller Arts, featuring performances of works by Trisha Brown and Robert Rauschenberg not seen since the 1960s.
ÁNGELES TOLEDANO to Make New York Debut at Flamenco Festival
Angeles Toledano, renowned for her soulful vocal performances, will make her New York debut at the Flamenco Festival.
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company 2026 Year Of The Horse At Carmine Carro Community Center In Marine Park
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company will present a free Lunar New Year celebration at Carmine Carro Community Center, Brooklyn, featuring interactive dance and cultural activities.
THE BROOKLYN NUTCRACKER to Return to Brooklyn Ballet
Brooklyn Ballet will present its annual production of The Brooklyn Nutcracker at The Theater at City Tech, conceived and choreographed by Artistic Director Lynn Parkerson.
McKoy Dance Project to Present The Return Of Collective Voices Dance Festival
McKoy Dance Project will present the return of the Collective Voices Dance Festival, a vibrant platform amplifying boundary-breaking artists and spotlighting voices from historically excluded communities in dance.
Rovaco Dance Party 2025 To Take Place September 27 At Center For Performance Research
Rovaco Dance Company will present Rovaco Dance Party 2025 on September 27 at CPR – Center for Performance Research in Brooklyn.
AVID Dance to Perform At Macky Auditorium Concert Hall
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.
AVID Launches Second Season With BOUNDLESS: WHERE BALLET'S FUTURE TAKES FLIGHT
AVID (Artistic Ventures in Dance), a forward-thinking dance company committed to nurturing emerging choreographic voices and fostering new collaborations in ballet, launches its second season with BOUNDLESS: Where Ballet's Future Takes Flight, June 26-27, 2025 at 8:00 PM at Peter Norton Symphony Spa
Dance For Paws To Host GRACE TO THE RESCUE Inaugural Gala To Benefit Homeless Animals
Dance for Paws, a new non-profit organization dedicated to using the power of dance to raise funds and awareness for homeless animals, has announced its inaugural fundraising event, Grace to the Rescue, on June 2, 2025, at Symphony Space in New York City.
Green Space Reveals Lineup for June FERTILE GROUND Presentation
Green Space has announced a diverse roster of artists for its signature program Fertile Ground, showcasing new works-in-progress on June 8th at 7pm.
Mark Morris Dance Group to Launch 45th Anniversary Season with Two Weeks at The Joyce This Summer
This summer, the Mark Morris Dance Group will return to The Joyce Theater to usher in a milestone: the company’s 45th anniversary season.
Sci-Fi Danceplay SUBJECT Begins at 3AM Theatre In April
From April 17–20, Welcome to Campfire invites the public to step inside a high-stakes clinical trial.
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater And BAM Reveal June Program
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will return to Brooklyn with a spring program that includes a world premiere from choreographer Jawole Willa Jo Zollar in collaboration with Samantha Figgins and Chalvar Monteiro.
651 Arts Launches 2024 Season With Move To Permanent Home In Downtown Brooklyn And A World Premiere
651 ARTS has announced the Fall/Winter programs for its 2024-25 season – 651 ARTS: A Homecoming - to include major programming details as well as news of the organization’s official move into its first-ever permanent space at 10 Lafayette in Downtown Brooklyn.
THE HARD NUT Returns to BAM for the Holidays
Celebrate the holidays with the Mark Morris Dance Group's boisterous reimagining of Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker.
Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute to Present Duet MAN WOMAN
Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute will present a new duet, MAN WOMAN, featuring Butoh dancers Akihito Ichihara and Vangeline.
RESONANCE Explores the Asian American Experience At We Are Here Brooklyn
Resonance, debuting November 2nd at We Are Here Brooklyn, explores the Asian American experience through dance and interactive cultural experiences.
SOULSKIN Dance to Present World Premiere of BEAUTY at Mark Morris Dance Center
SOULSKIN DANCE will present the world premiere of BEAUTY, a new dance production exploring themes of identity and transformation.
World-Renowned Interdisciplinary Artist Eiko Otake Returns To The Green-Wood Cemetery With STONE I
Explore the intersection of performative art and historic architecture in a unique study of stone, featuring a historic chapel, a Swedish quarry, and a Brooklyn cemetery.
BAM To Present Two Alvin Ailey Programs In June
Experience the powerful performances of Alvin Ailey's dance company at BAM from June 4-9, featuring two captivating programs that showcase the artistry and innovation of contemporary dance.
Ringland and Swim Club #4 Present WE'VE BEEN HUMAN FOREVER
Join Ringland and Swim Club #4 for WE'VE BEEN HUMAN FOREVER, a live dance collaboration exploring the essence of humanity.
Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet Brings SECRET PLACE to the Mark Morris Dance Center
Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet will return to the Mark Morris Dance Center with a revival of Magloire's 'Secret Place,' a tribute to the power of the group, a casual gathering of five people dancing.
Brooklyn Ballet To Present BLESSINGS AND BLUES, March 7-10
Brooklyn Ballet, now celebrating over two decades of interdisciplinary dance that confronts convention through collaboration and inclusion, presents Blessings and Blues, an evening of dance and music that bridges ballet and street dance with works of the past and the now, March 7-10, at the Mark O'D
Gran Kyiv Ballet's GISELLE to be Presented at Kings Theatre in March
Gran Kyiv Ballet's Giselle @ Kings Theatre.
Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet Continues Season With VOX
Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet continues its 2023-24 season with the world premiere of Vox, to an original score for piano and violin by young composer Elizabeth Gartman, and Magloire's Wood Nymphs, set to romantic piano pieces by Franz Liszt, February 17 & 18 at the Mark Morris Dance Center,
Kayla Hamilton to Receive Pina Bausch Fellowship for Dance & Choreography
Disabled dancer/choreographer Kayla Hamilton, Artistic Director of K Hamilton Projects, receives the Pina Bausch Fellowship for Dance and Choreography.
National Sawdust Presents a Trilogy of Collaborative Live Music and Dance-Theater Pieces From Tiffany Mills Company and Ensemble Ipse
National Sawdust (Paola Prestini, Artistic Director; Ana De Archuleta, Managing Director) presents a program of three collaborative pieces from Tiffany Mills Company and Ensemble Ipse conceived for seven violas and seven dancers, including the world premiere of Vapor/Blood, on December 2 and 3.
THE BROOKLYN NUTCRACKER to be Presented at the Kings Theatre in December
Brooklyn Ballet's annual production of 'The Brooklyn Nutcracker' continues to grow with new scenes and live music.
National Sawdust And The Center For Ballet And The Arts Announce 2023-2024 Toulmin Fellows
The Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University (CBA) and National Sawdust, with continued support from the Virginia B.
Brooklyn Ballet Appoints Four New Board Of Directors In Celebratory 20th Anniversary Season
Brooklyn Ballet, an innovative, interdisciplinary dance company that confronts convention and defies expectation, is pleased to announce the appointment of four exceptional individuals to its esteemed Board of Directors this 20th Anniversary season: Douglas Apple, Elena Bonifaci
