Nominations Announced for the 2025 BESSIE AWARDS
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 25, 2025
The New York Dance and Performance Awards, known as THE BESSIES, will announce the 2024 and 2025 honorees at a ceremony on January 20 at Dixon Place. This year’s nominations span choreography, performance, design, and revival categories.
CUNY Dance Initiative Unveils 2025"26 Awarded Artists
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 23, 2025
The CUNY Dance Initiative, an expansive program providing New York City choreographers and dance companies with creative residencies on CUNY campuses and beyond, revealed the awarded artists for its 2025-26 cycle.
Conversations with Creators: How Kyle Marshall Sees the Dancing Body as History
by Miranda Stück - Aug 26, 2024
“As a choreographer, I understand the fragility and power of physical gatherings,” says Kyle Marshall, founder and artistic director of Kyle Marshall Choreography (KMC). “It is how our medium exists.” Marshall is a choreographer, performer, and teacher who sees the dancing body as a container of history, an igniter of social reform and a site of celebration. Kyle is a former member of the Trisha Brown Dance Company, Doug Elkins Choreography etc., and Tiffany Mills Company. Kyle received a 2018 NY Dance and Performance Juried Bessie Award, a 2020 Dance Magazine Harkness Promise Award and a 2020 Bessie Honoree for his revival of Colored (2017). He has also received choreographic fellowships from Princeton University, Center for Ballet and the Arts, and residencies from Monira Foundation, 92nd st Y, CPR, and Bethany Arts Community.
Twenty New Dance Projects Awarded Grants From NEFA's National Dance Project
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 20, 2024
The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) awarded $2,000,000 through the National Dance Project (NDP) to support the creation of 20 new dance projects that will be shared across the United States. In addition, NDP has awarded $200,000 in Finalist Awards to 20 new dance projects.
Nimbus Dance Brings SPRING to Morris Museum
by Stephi Wild - Apr 24, 2024
The Morris Museum will present Nimbus Dance, a leading contemporary dance company on Friday, April 26 with two performances at 2 PM and 7:30 PM.
Center for Performance Research Announces 2024 Artists-in-Residence
by Blair Ingenthron - Oct 31, 2023
Center for Performance Research has announced the ten artists selected for the 2024 Artist-in-Residence Program. Now in its 13th year, this year-long residency supports New York City-based artists working within various perspectives of contemporary dance, performance, and time-based forms.
Choreographers & Cocktails Comes to The Joyce Theater This Month
by Stephi Wild - Oct 13, 2023
Continuing its decades-long commitment to cultivating appreciation of all varieties of dance, The Joyce Theater Foundation will once again welcome patrons and dance enthusiasts to its annual Choreographers & Cocktails fundraising event on Monday, October 30 at 6pm.
Kyle Marshall Choreography Makes Joyce Debut in November
by Stephi Wild - Oct 11, 2023
The Joyce Theater Foundation welcomes the Joyce debut of New York’s own Kyle Marshall Choreography with an evening of three New York premieres, playing The Joyce Theater from November 8-12. Learn more about the upcoming performances here!