The latest news on performances of Dance in Brooklyn.
Mark Morris Dance Group Will Present DANCES TO AMERICAN MUSIC at The Joyce Theater
by A.A. Cristi - May 15, 2026
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
by Stephi Wild - May 15, 2026
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
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 14, 2026
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
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 11, 2026
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
by A.A. Cristi - May 08, 2026
BAM’s annual DanceAfrica Festival will return to Brooklyn from May 16-28, 2026. The long-running celebration of African and diasporic dance and culture will feature performances, films, dance classes, and community events across the BAM campus....
DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL Celebrates 25th Anniversary Season In New York
by A.A. Cristi - May 01, 2026
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
by A.A. Cristi - April 23, 2026
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
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 22, 2026
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
by A.A. Cristi - March 24, 2026
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
by A.A. Cristi - February 12, 2026
Angeles Toledano, renowned for her soulful vocal performances, will make her New York debut at the Flamenco Festival. This event, a collaboration between Robert Browning Associates, Lotus Music & Dance, and Roulette, showcases the vibrant traditions of Flamenco, direct from Spain....
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company 2026 Year Of The Horse At Carmine Carro Community Center In Marine Park
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 13, 2026
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
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 11, 2025
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
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 30, 2025
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
by A.A. Cristi - August 27, 2025
Rovaco Dance Company will present Rovaco Dance Party 2025 on September 27 at CPR – Center for Performance Research in Brooklyn. The evening includes live music, dance-theater premieres, cultural exchange, and a DJ party, plus complimentary Indian snacks and drinks. Tickets available now....
AVID Dance to Perform At Macky Auditorium Concert Hall
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 13, 2025
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!...
AVID Launches Second Season With BOUNDLESS: WHERE BALLET'S FUTURE TAKES FLIGHT
by A.A. Cristi - June 16, 2025
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
by A.A. Cristi - May 13, 2025
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
by A.A. Cristi - May 05, 2025
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. Featuring Sami Frost, Alyssa Fuhrman, Anri Nakano, Deena Spaner, Grace Arts, and Quality 97....
Mark Morris Dance Group to Launch 45th Anniversary Season with Two Weeks at The Joyce This Summer
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 22, 2025
This summer, the Mark Morris Dance Group will return to The Joyce Theater to usher in a milestone: the company’s 45th anniversary season. Learn more and see how to attend....
Sci-Fi Danceplay SUBJECT Begins at 3AM Theatre In April
by A.A. Cristi - March 25, 2025
From April 17–20, Welcome to Campfire invites the public to step inside a high-stakes clinical trial. Subject, a movement-driven psychological thriller, unfolds in a near-future NYC where Memredux Laboratories, a top-tier pharmaceutical corporation, is on the verge of developing the first-ever mem...
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater And BAM Reveal June Program
by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 07, 2025
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. Learn how to purchase!...
651 Arts Launches 2024 Season With Move To Permanent Home In Downtown Brooklyn And A World Premiere
by A.A. Cristi - September 30, 2024
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
by A.A. Cristi - September 30, 2024
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
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 10, 2024
Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute will present a new duet, MAN WOMAN, featuring Butoh dancers Akihito Ichihara and Vangeline. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...
RESONANCE Explores the Asian American Experience At We Are Here Brooklyn
by A.A. Cristi - August 27, 2024
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
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 20, 2024
SOULSKIN DANCE will present the world premiere of BEAUTY, a new dance production exploring themes of identity and transformation. Learn how to purchase tickets....
World-Renowned Interdisciplinary Artist Eiko Otake Returns To The Green-Wood Cemetery With STONE I
by A.A. Cristi - June 24, 2024
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
by A.A. Cristi - May 15, 2024
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
by A.A. Cristi - May 08, 2024
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
by Stephi Wild - March 13, 2024
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
by A.A. Cristi - February 02, 2024
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
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 31, 2024
Gran Kyiv Ballet's Giselle @ Kings Theatre. Experience the timeless beauty and haunting romance of Giselle performed by the Gran Kyiv Ballet at Kings Theatre....
Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet Continues Season With VOX
by Stephi Wild - January 16, 2024
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
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 14, 2023
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
by A.A. Cristi - November 09, 2023
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
by Chloe Rabinowitz - November 02, 2023
Brooklyn Ballet's annual production of 'The Brooklyn Nutcracker' continues to grow with new scenes and live music. The production features a ballet/hip hop mash-up and dances from various cultures. This year, the role of the Rat King is originated by 'Krump King' Brian Hallowdreamz Henry....
National Sawdust And The Center For Ballet And The Arts Announce 2023-2024 Toulmin Fellows
by A.A. Cristi - October 02, 2023
The Center for Ballet and the Arts at New York University (CBA) and National Sawdust, with continued support from the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation, announce the 2023-24 Fellows: composers Erica “Twelve45” Blunt and Wang Lu and choreographers Ausia Jones and Tiler Peck....
Brooklyn Ballet Appoints Four New Board Of Directors In Celebratory 20th Anniversary Season
by A.A. Cristi - June 23, 2023
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...
White Wave Dance to Present 2023 DUMBO Dance Festival Opening Night Gala This Month
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 01, 2023
WHITE WAVE Dance will celebrate their 22nd Anniversary season of the DUMBO Dance Festival with a GALA Opening that heralds the most anticipated four-day festival of contemporary dance in the greater New York City region, as well as its 35th anniversary as a company....
WHITE WAVE DANCE to Present THE 2023 DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL at Mark Morris Dance Center Next Month
by Blair Ingenthron - May 07, 2023
On Thursday, June 22nd, WHITE WAVE Dance celebrates our 22nd Anniversary season of the DUMBO Dance Festival with a GALA Opening that heralds the most anticipated four-day festival of contemporary dance in the greater New York City region....