Stefanie Batten Bland News

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Department of Theater Arts will present the world premiere of CLOSE UP, an intimate, evening-length performance by choreographer/dancer Stefanie Batten Bland and composer/violinist Daniel Bernard Roumain.

Connecticut College will present preview performances of Stefanie Batten Bland’s Make Granny Great Again. The immersive dance-theatre work was developed through a campus residency and brings together professional artists and students.

L'Alliance New York will present Wanjiru Kamuyu's Fragmented Shadows from October 15-17, 2025 at 7:30pm at New York Live Arts, 219 W 19th Street New York, NY 10011.

HAVEN Boxing and local dance company Danse Theatre Surreality will celebrite Pride Month with a presentation of Staying Strong Sundays: Boxing & Art, a FREE boxing therapy workshop and short performance of Shadowboxing in Blue on Sunday, June 8, 2025 from 12noon-1pm EDT at HAVEN Boxing.

HAVEN Boxing and local dance company Danse Theatre Surreality present Staying Strong Sundays: Boxing & Art, a FREE boxing therapy workshop and short performance of Shadowboxing in Blue.

As BroadwayWorld reported earlier this week, the Off-Broadway production Life and Trust closed without warning on April 19, leaving more than 40 company members without severance or support. Learn more about what happened.

Manhattan Theatre Source will present the 2025 EstroGenius Festival: ALL IN, a performance festival celebrating dynamo women, trans and gender non-conforming artists. Learn more!

HAVEN Boxing and local dance company Danse Theatre Surreality will present Shadowboxing in Blue, Staying Strong Sundays: Boxing & Art, a FREE boxing therapy workshop and short performance. Learn more!

Emursive's production of Life And Trust ended its off-Broadway run abruptly on April 19. From the team behind Sleep Now More, Life And Trust was a site-specific theatrical experience that began in June 2024.

This Summer, as La MaMa Umbria celebrates the 26th year of its flagship program, directors and playwrights will have an opportunity to learn from some of the most renowned theatre-makers in the world.

Founded by choreographer/director Stefanie Batten Bland, CONCRETE is a three-week intensive that explores the hyphenated dance genre of physical theatre and how these techniques function inside kinesthetic awareness in immersive theatre settings.

Works & Process will launch its first-ever Residency Open Call. Applications from New York City-based artists will be accepted for out-of-town residencies that will take place from October 2025-May 2026. Learn how to apply.

Stefanie Batten Bland is a global maker and a 2023 Dance Magazine Cover Artist, straddling the artistic scenes of NYC and France. Read the interview!

Dance/NYC has announced the 25 recipients and three runners-up of the fourth iteration of the Dance Advancement Fund made possible by the generous support of the Howard Gilman Foundation and the Ford Foundation.

Broadway and film star Andrew Barth Feldman (Dear Evan Hansen, Little Shop of Horrors, No Hard Feelings) joined the cast of Life and Trust for one night only in a special guest star role. Check out photos and video from his appearance!

Dance/NYC revealed the recipients of the Dance Advancement Fund, to promote resource equity and resilience for NYC dance makers. Learn more about the Fund and about the awardees!

Last night, Emursive’s Life And Trust, a Faustian world of money, sex, and power unfolding in the heart of New York’s Financial District, celebrated their 100th performance at Conwell Tower with Broadway and film star Andrew Barth Feldman. See photos!

Emursive will present a new monthly series titled Unlocked exploring the creative process hosted by Ilana Gilovich, Chief Storyteller of Emursive. Learn how to attend.

Broadway went downtown to experience Life And Trust: a world of money, sex, and power unfolding in the heart of New York’s Financial District. Life And Trust celebrated a starry Broadway night at Conwell Tower (69 Beaver Street). Check out photos from inside the the event.

Check out photos from opening night of Life and Trust!