Pilobolus
Jun. 24-Jul. 13
The Joyce
For both programs, under the title Other Worlds—featured are NYC premieres of their Other Worlds Collection including their interpretation of Martha Graham’s Lamentation, and other titles including: Tales from the Underworld, Awaken Heart, Sweet Purgatory, Flight, Particle Zoo, Rushes and more.  Find out  more here 

Various Artists
The Kitchen
Jul. 10-12
The “School for Temporary Liveness (STL) Volume 4,” will offer a series of performances, sonic convenings, workshops, and conversations with over fifteen artists including nora chipaumire, Denise Ferreira da Silva, Juliana Huxtable, Darrell Jones, Julie Tolentino, Wendy’s Subway, Andrea Zavala Folache & Adriano Wilfert Jensen. Find out more here 

Rochelle Jamila
Prospect Park
Jul. 11-12
Jamila will present Once We Were Free “a land based dance ritual for imagining liberation through the minds, bodies, and hearts of Black women with lineage in the U.S. South,” according to the release. The meetup location will be shared the week of performance. Find out more here 

Various Artists
Jacob's Pillow
Jul. 6-13
Slated for the opening week of celebration for Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, and the new Doris Duke Theatre, will be performances and appearances by Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Annie-B Parson, Shamel Pitts | TRIBE, Eiko Otake, Kinetic Light, Unwired Dance Theatre, Kinetic Light in collaboration with Double Eye Studios and more. Find out more here 

Annie Ming-Hao Wang
Topaz Arts
Jul. 13
Wang, a 2024-2025 Artist-in-Residence at Topaz Arts, will offer an open rehearsal sharing of a work-in-progress. Find out more here  

Various Artists
The New Victory Theater
Jul. 17-Aug 1
The lineup for the New Victory Dance season includes: The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, in Lion in the City, Elizabeth Burke and Luke Hickey (A Dorrance Dance Production) in an excerpt from A Swing Suite, Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCE, A Dance Company in Serving Nia, Max Pollak Group in Ser Humano, Thresh Dance in Speaking in Pointe, Reggie Wilson / Fist and Heel Performance Group in a excerpt from POWER, RudduR Dance in a excerpt from WITNESS: PART III — TOMORROW, Ishita Mili / IMGE Dance in Swords, and Seán Curran Company in an excerpt from Metal Garden. Find out more here 

Happening at the APAP|NYC 2026 conference, the UP NEXT! Artist Pitch Session will highlight new projects from artists or companies from the U.S. and abroad. All are encouraged to apply!

Eligible projects must meet all of the following criteria:
Be U.S. tour-ready for the 2026-27 presenting season (typically September through June)
Not yet premiered, or premiered on or after January 1, 2025
Be a single, specific project or program (not an agency roster or multiple program options).
Artists, producers, agents, and managers are invited to apply by Friday, August 8 at 11:59 p.m. (EDT). While APAP membership is not required to apply, you must become an APAP member if selected. Read the full guidelines here.

For questions, contact Willie Santiago, [email protected].

APPLY HERE

​Join Black Dance Change Makers for our 2025 Summer Intensive!

This transformative 2-day event (July 26–27 in NYC) blends political education, skill-building, and joyful community building. This is a space to root in community, sharpen our tools, and move toward liberation together.

Workshops, panels, and guest speakers include:
Charmaine Warren
Eva Yaa Asantewaa
Sydnie L. Mosley
Catherine Kirk
Alysia Johnson
Antuan Byers
Morgan McDaniel
Etana Sissoko

This isn’t just an intensive. It’s a call to organize. To build. To move differently, in the tradition of those who have always used art to resist, reimagine, and reclaim.

Black Dance Stories community members can register using the Resource Code: “BlackDanceStories” for access to the BDCM HOMIES sliding scale rate.

Register and more information: www.blackdancechangemakers.com/summeruntensive

Now accepting applications for APAP's Emerging Leadership Institute!

Apply by July 25.

Are you or someone you know an emerging leader in the performing arts? ELI is an intensive two and a half-day seminar that takes place during the pre-conference of the annual APAP|NYC conference. Individuals selected to participate in this program will develop critical leadership skills and tools that will help take them to the next steps in their career. Learn more.

Who can apply:
Eligible participants are in the first 3-7 years of their career in the performing arts presenting and touring field who are either APAP members or employed by an active APAP member organization.

Dates and Deadlines:
Tuesday June 24, 2025 - Applications open. Apply now.
Friday, July 25, 2025 - Application deadline, 11:59 p.m. (EDT).
Wednesday, January 7, 2026 - Emerging Leadership Institute begins at the APAP|NYC 2026 conference.
Please forward this message to eligible participants in your organization!

APPLY HERE

Artists must have history with or a relationship to Clark Center

The Artist as Griot
A group exhibition
at El Barrio Artspace, NY NY
Sept. 3 to Sept. 16, 2025

Clark Center NYC is looking for artists for a juried exhibition. Through our lens as dancers and visual artists, this exhibition will highlight stories told through visual art, dance and other creative ideas. In African tradition, a “griot” is the person whose role it is to preserve the history, tales and oral traditions of the tribe through storytelling, poetry and music. Featuring paintings, prints, and photographs ranging from realistic to abstract art, “The Artist as Griot” will highlight the legacy or stories of Clark Center, the artist’s personal anecdotes, and/or address narratives of global events we share and how all of these examples may affect the lives and work of creators.

Work can be two or three dimensional and must be original. All work must be wired securely and ready to hang. Artwork does not have to be for sale. If work is for sale, artists will receive 80% with a commission of 20% going to Clark Center NYC.

Exhibition Dates: September 3 to September 16, 2025
Location: El Barrio’s Artspace, PS 109, 215 East 99th Street, New York, NY

Artists must have a relationship to Clark Center (e.g. student, choreographer, company member, dance photographer, musician, etc)
Artists may submit up to three images for consideration. This exhibition will be juried by selected artist and curator friends of the Clark Center community

TIMELINE:

Due by July 31
 up to three jpegs – labelled “lastname_firstname_1”, “lastname_firstname_2”, etc.
 Word doc which includes titles, dimensions, date of creation and price (if for sale)
 artist bio (250 words or less) – send as Word doc
 artist statement about work (100 words or less) – send as Word doc. Include one sentence describing your connection to Clark Center (student, company member, faculty, etc)
 Send jpegs & docs to [email protected] with CCNYCart in subject line.

August 16  Artists will be notified and agreements sent out to those selected.
August 23  Artist Agreement due – email to [email protected]
August 27  Deliver work to gallery El Barrio’s Artspace, PS 109
August 28  215 East 99th Street between 2 - 6pm
Sept 3        Opening reception
Sept 16      Artist Talk and Closing party
Sept 16 & 17 Pick up work

​Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center
Jun. 27-28
Ailey CitiGroup Theater
In the evening titled “A Ramp to Paradise,” the performance offers a dance narrative paying tribute to Paradise Garage, the underground Black gay dance club that revolutionized nightlife and music culture, at the Ailey Citigroup Theater.  Find out more here

Various Artists
Jun. 25-Aug. 24
Jacob’s Pillow
Returning for a 93rd season, the Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival 2025 will feature indoor performances in the landmark Ted Shawn Theatre and the newly-opened Doris Duke Theatre, as well as outdoor performances on the Henry J. Leir Stage. In chronological order, companies included are: The Center Will Not Hold (A Dorrance Dance Production), BODYTRAFFIC, Trinity Irish Dance Company, The Sarasota Ballet, Stephen Petronio Company, Sekou McMiller & Friends, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company, Ballet BC, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.  And for week-long engagements: Andrew Schneider, Elle Sofe Company, Eun-Me Ahn, Shamel Pitts | TRIBE, Faye Driscoll, and Huang Yi. ​Find out more here

Various Artists
Jun. 26-28
Arts On Site
In the evening titled "Evening for You," solos and vignettes highlights Juliette Mapp and Vicky Shick’s "...common interest in the gentle oddities and vulnerabilities of being alive," notes the release.  Collaborating performers are Jennifer Lafferty, Marilyn Maywald-Yahel, Mor Mendel, Jimena Paz and Cherrie Yu.  Find out more here

Various Artists
​Jun. 26-29
The Mark O'Donnell Theater
The WHITE WAVE Dance will present the 24th season of the DUMBO Dance Festival showcasing 45 dance companies combining over 400 artists nationally and internationally at The Mark O’Donnell Theater.  Find out more here  

Madeline Wilcox
Jun. 27-28
TheaterLab
In Primordial Sadness, Wilcox "...Stages as a shifting constellation of movement, song, and text, [and] the dance oscillates between choreographic structure and improvisational risk," according to the release.  Find out more here

Pam Tanowitz
Jun. 27-29
Fisher Center
Drawing on Beethoven’s evocation of the natural world, Pastoral unites three renowned artists—Fisher Center LAB Choreographer in Residence Pam Tanowitz, visual artist Sarah Crowner, and composer Caroline Shaw—for a bold new collaboration in dance, design, and music.  Find out more here

Prehistoric Body Theater ensemble
Jun. 28-29
Asia Society
In Ghosts of Hell Creek: Stone Garuda, the Indonesian dancers "...channel prehistoric dinosaurs as they explore themes of mass extinction, climate crisis, and evolutionary ancestry through movement," according to the release.  Find out more here

​Danse Theatre Surreality announced today that they will audition for Actors, Dancers, Boxers, Musicians, and Martial Artists to join their team for performances of Shadowboxing in Blue in October and beyond. Weekly rehearsals will begin mid-July. Click here to find the audition form, which must be filled out in advance of the audition.

Shadowboxing in Blue follows an individual's fight to survive depression, told through dance, boxing, and live music. This project includes boxing therapy workshops for the community as part of all performances. Danse Theatre Surreality’s work focuses on dynamic physical work, being able to convey emotion and storytelling, and cross-disciplinary performance.

The theatre is looking specifically to hire BIPOC, size inclusive/range of body types, and a variety of age groups at a rate of $20/hr for all performers.

Read more here

​Marketing Toolkit – Dancer Wellness Series

Find out more here 

jaamil olawale kosoko
Abrons Arts Center
Jun. 20-22
kosoko will debut Voncena’s Spell, a new work and an amalgamation of practices and theories combining personal and political in a whole new way.  Using choreography, poetry, video installations, and sculpture, jaamil immerses the audience in their own personal Black and queer existence facing family trauma and how to reclaim loss that is tremendously shaped by the past. Boundary pushing and avant garde in nature, jaamil wants to create a space of safety for the audience to have their own personal reckoning with past, present, and future.  Find out more here 




​The Paul Taylor Dance Company
The Joyce Theater
Jun. 17–22
Led by Artistic Director Michael Novak, for the Company's return engagement the program features two early masterworks--Tablet (1960) and Churchyard (1969), plus these rarely seen works will be performed alongside Cloven Kingdom (1976), Polaris (1976), and the 50th anniversary of Esplanade.  Find out more here 

Cornfield Dance
Arts On Site
Jun. 20
The Bang Group presents Ellen Cornfield's Cornfield Dance, featuring excerpts from Scrambled Legs and Small Stages. Find out more here

​Tabula Rasa Dance Theater
El Museo del Barrio
Jun. 20-22 
In the evening titled Sin Fronteras – No Borders, “…a bold contemporary dance program inspired by the heritage and lived experiences of Mexicans in both their homeland and across borders, featured is Mexican-born choreographer Felipe Escalante’s “Border of Lights” and the world premiere of “Escaramuza.”  Find out more here 

Miro Magloire's New Chamber Ballet
Mark Morris Dance Center
Jun. 20-21
Magloire's New Chamber Ballet will present two world premieres I Wonder and In Between plus repertory works.  Find out more here 

Various Artists
Abrons Arts Center
Jun. 26
IV Castellanos, is part of the Kinstillatory Mappings in Light and Dark Matter series by Emily Johnson and Kai Recollet.  Castellanos’ “…practice prioritizes skill sharing and creating space for Queer, Trans and diasporic Indigenous communities and people of color,” notes the release. Find out more here 

Various Artists
The Mark O'Donnell Theater
Jun. 26-29
The WHITE WAVE Dance will present the 24th season of the DUMBO Dance Festival showcasing 45 dance companies combining over 400 national and international artists.  Find out more here  

Felice Lesser
NYLA
Jun. 26-28
Lesser’s “live documentary” I AM A DANCER 2020, a real-time journey into the effects of the pandemic on the dance world, will premiere during the 50th anniversary of Felice Lesser Dance Theater. Find out more here 

Caitlin Adams: Assembly
CPR – Center for Performance Research
Jun. 26 
This dance theater work offers movement and text scores, punctuated by moments that asks: "where does the stage begin and end?  Find out more here