On Thursday, May 7, 2026, New York City Ballet will present its 2026 Spring Gala, Set in Stone: Creation & Preservation, with a one-time only gala program featuring a World Premiere by choreographer and NYCB Principal Dancer Tiler Peck.
92nd Street Y will present a unique concert featuring Third Coast Percussion, Simone Porter, and Jlin on February 13, 2026, showcasing new works and rare compositions.
Troy Schumacher, New York City Ballet Soloist, will transition into the full-time role of Artistic and Executive Director of BalletCollective, marking a new chapter for the interdisciplinary dance organization he founded in 2011.
Dixon Place will present the prestigious Bessies award ceremony, recognizing outstanding dance and performance artists, on January 20. This event highlights the achievements in dance and provides a platform for artists to be acknowledged.
Darius 'Zenith' Case has joined the workshop cast of the new musical XTRAVAGANZA, which tells the true story of ballroom icon and voguing trailblazer José Xtravaganza.
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts has appointed Donald Borror to the newly created position of Director, Pasculano Collaborative for Contemporary Dance.
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.
New York Live Arts will present its largest Live Artery festival to date from January 7–17, 2026, featuring 21 events across theater, studio, lobby, and partner venues citywide.
Jacob's Pillow's beloved summer dance festival in the Berkshires, returning to a ten-week schedule next summer, will include week-long engagements in the Ted Shawn Theatre by Martha Graham Dance Company in the company's 100th anniversary year.
A new musical titled XTRAVAGANZA is currently in development with an invited workshop presentation at Gibney Studios in New York. Featuring music and lyrics by Khiyon Hursey and a book by R. Eric Thomas, the project is inspired by the life of ballroom pioneer José Xtravaganza.
In celebration of the release of Wicked: For Good next week, Tony-Award winner Cynthia Erivo, who stars as Elphaba, has teamed up with ballerina Misty Copeland for a stripped-down, reimagined version of Elphaba's song 'No Good Deed.' Check out the collaboration now.
The Carpenter Performing Arts Center on the campus of California State University, Long Beach welcomes contemporary dance company A.I.M by Kyle Abraham back to the stage for their fifth appearance at the Center.
Pianist, composer, and vocalist Samora Pinderhughes’ exhibit at MOMA, Call and Response, will open January 24 and run through February 15. The exhibit caps Pinderhughes’ tenure as the 2025 Adobe Creative Resident at MoMA.
Jacob's Pillow will present Dance Your Purpose, its first-ever winter dance intensive, as the organization expands its year-round dance initiatives. Learn more here!
New York City Ballet has announced the promotion of six corps de ballet members to Soloist: Victor Abreu, Dominika Afanasenkov, India Bradley, Naomi Corti, Mary Thomas MacKinnon, and Andres Zuniga.
GALLIM, the internationally acclaimed company led by choreographer and artistic director Andrea Miller, will present its return to The Joyce Theater with the world premiere of MOTHER.
A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, the world-renowned contemporary dance company driven by a mission to amplify Black culture and Queer stories through dance, honored visionary arts leaders Sarah Arison and Antwaun Sargent at its annual Homecoming Gala. The event was held on Friday, September 26, 2025, at Jazz at Lincoln Center, (Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway at 60th Street) and marked the official launch of A.I.M’s 20th Anniversary season.
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.
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!
The Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts will open its 2025–26 Dance Series on Saturday, October 4 at 8 p.m. with Searching for Goya, performed by internationally acclaimed flamenco troupe Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca.
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