Dance classes in New York, New York
Dance Theatre of Harlem is an American professional ballet company and school based in Harlem, New York City, founded in 1969 and describing its brand as Classically American. Alongside a touring company and an arts education and community engagement program called Dancing Through Barriers, it runs the Dance Theatre of Harlem School, which provides classical ballet and dance training to children and youth aged 3 to 18 and aims to make students of diverse backgrounds feel supported and physically and emotionally safe. Ballet classes follow the DTH Syllabus, and students also study selected other disciplines to broaden their development. The school is split into a Lower School, taught on Saturdays between 9am and 1.30pm, and an Upper School running weeknights from 5pm to 8pm, with a September-May Fall/Spring program; new students begin with a placement class. Additional offerings include open-level Saturday youth drop-in classes, other drop-in classes and a Summer Intensive for dancers aged 8 to 24.
Dance Theatre of Harlem will present the Los Angeles premiere of Robert Garland's HIGHER GROUND, a critically acclaimed work combining classical ballet and vernacular Black dance set to Stevie Wonder songs.
Ballet Etudes will present THE NUTCRACKER at Chandler Center for the Arts and Mesa Arts Center, marking four decades of the holiday production featuring guest artists and company dancers performing the full-length classical ballet.
Dance Theatre of Harlem will present a four-night season at New York City Center featuring a world premiere co-choreographed by Matthew Rushing and Samantha Figgins, plus more.
Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) returned to DC this weekend for a three-performance engagement co-presented by Washington Performing Arts at The National Theatre.
Clark Center NYC and From the Horse's Mouth will present a three-performance tribute to five pioneering Black ballerinas from Dance Theatre of Harlem, featuring the four surviving Swans and former DTH dancers.
Today’s subject Derek Brockington is currently living his theatre and dance lives onstage as a principal dancer for the esteemed Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH).
Wharton Center for Performing Arts will inaugurate an annual performance designation honoring its namesakes, with Dance Theatre of Harlem as the inaugural selection for the 2026-2027 season.
At The Moth Mainstage: Tightrope five extraordinary storytellers took to the stage to explore risk, survival and the courage to keep moving forward.
The acclaimed American ballet company will present three works including a Caribbean-inspired revival of FIREBIRD, featuring choreography by John Taras and designs by Leo Holder.
Ingrid Silva will premiere her new work at Accent Dance NYC's annual gala at the Ailey Citigroup Theater, with proceeds funding dance education programs for New York City students.
Clark Center NYC and From the Horse's Mouth will present a tribute to the pioneering Black ballerinas of Dance Theatre of Harlem, featuring surviving members Marcia Sells, Sheila Rohan, Karlya Shelton-Benjamin and Lydia Abarca Mitchell.
Wharton Center’s 2026–2027 has announced thier Broadway and Performing Arts Season.
Dance Theatre of Harlem will tour the U.S.
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Dance Theatre of Harlem named Derrick Adams, Sanford Biggers, Virginia Johnson, Fatima Robinson, Marcus Samuelsson and Mickalene Thomas to its first Artistic Council, a group of advisors shaping the company's programming and outreach.
