The Joyce Theater News

Hudson River Park has unveiled its programming lineup for the 2023 season, with hundreds of free events announced from May through November.

The Joyce Theater Foundation is celebrating the return of in-demand South African choreographer Dada Masilo with one of her newest works, The Sacrifice.

After more than 40 years as a New York City-based dance company, the Mark Morris Dance Group (MMDG) will make its debut at The Joyce Theater in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York. The company's 10-day engagement will feature two programs of work, including audience favorites and rarely seen pieces, as well as a world premiere and a stage premiere.

Following the sensational, critically-lauded world premiere of FRONTERAS in summer 2022, Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana is set to storm the stage of The Joyce Theater once more from June 13-18 with their signature flair and percussive footwork.

On Thursday, June 22nd, WHITE WAVE Dance celebrates 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.

The Martha Graham Dance Company opened their season at The Joyce Theater on Tuesday evening with Program A. Dance enthusiasts and many more now have the opportunity to experience the Company performances that present Graham’s treasured classics along with stunning new choreographies. 

Jennifer Muller/The Works has announced the passing of its Founding Artistic Director, Jennifer Muller. Jennifer was a world-renowned choreographer, artist, and dear friend. She died peacefully in her home early Wednesday morning, March 29.

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company announces its participation in the 10th CrossCurrent Dance Festival, in collaboration with Flushing Town Hall, on Friday, May 12, 2023 at 7:30pm..

Broadwayworld had the pleasure of interviewing the Artistic Director of the Martha Graham Dance Company, Janet Eilber. She gave us fascinating insights about her career, the Company and the season ahead at Joyce Theater.

American Ballet Theatre (ABT) returns to the Lied Center this May to present two performances of its universally acclaimed production of the heartbreaking romance Giselle. 

Playwrights Horizons and MCC Theater will present the world premiere of John J. Caswell, Jr.'s Wet Brain, directed by Dustin Wills. A terrifyingly inventive look at addiction's ability to transform one's existence and relationships, Wet Brain offers an American family drama that is not only freed from realism, but also, perhaps unmoored from Earth itself.

Silence whispers over the seats of The Joyce Theater as Atamira Dance Company's Artistic Director Jack Gray and Executive Producer Marama Lloydd greet the audience in Māori, the Austronesian language spoken primarily by Maōri people; the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand.

The world-renowned Martha Graham Dance Company, celebrating its 97th season this year, will host its Spring 2023 Gala on Thursday, April 20, at 7pm.

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company will participate in the 2023 NuVu Festival, in the Little Theater of the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, on Wed/Thu April 12 and 13, 2023 at 7:30pm.

Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup presents the 2nd Edition of The Moving Memory project: ONLY NOW on Thursday, April 20 at 7:30pm at The Broadway Presbyterian Church, 601 W. 114th Street New York, NYC.

The Joyce Theater Foundation will present the New York premiere of a momentous partnership between two revered South Asian dance companies. See how to purchase tickets!

Atlanta Chinese Dance Company is  celebrating the humanity of the Chinese community and amplifies the history and solidarity of past and present Asian American civil rights movements through an original production We Belong Here: Rising Against Asian Hate on April 15-16 at Gas South Theater.

Seattle Theatre Group (STG) will present Indigenous Enterprise, a Native American dance troupe consisting of dancers from the US and Canada, in “Indigenous Liberation” for one night only on Friday, April 21 at 7:30 PM at the Moore Theatre. This event is part of STG's 2022/23 Performing Arts Season.

Gibney Company returns to New York City's The Joyce Theater May 17-21 with a powerful program that features two world premieres: one from Yue Yin and the other from duo Tiffany Tregarthen and David Raymond of Out Innerspace Dance Theatre. The program also includes the return of Johan Inger's Bliss.

Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company will present e-Motion, an intermission-less program-length dance from May 26 to June 4, 2023 at The Cherry Arts.