
May 8-24
Judson Church, The Cell, UNDER St. Marks, Downtown Art
Estrogenius presents its 24th year of commitment to breaking the mold of a womxn’s festival. Estrogenius 2025: ALL IN is 3 weeks of experimental performance, dance, theater, music and poetry across New York City. The Festival is curated by Portia Wells, Sabrina Canas, Melissa Riker, John C. Robinson, and short play producer Vincent Marano. 2025 offers the EstroGenius Short Play Series, which sold out in 2024, partners with the historic Judson Church, and features independent New York City dance artists like Em Papineau & Sofia Engelman, VERBAL ANIMAL, Movement of the People, Valentina Bache, Dorchel Haqq and Petra Zanki, plus the work of long-time EstroGenius producer, maura nguyễn donohue and welcomes Seattle artists Kara Beadle and Andy Zacek and their wild, bicycle focused new world. Find out more here
NYCB
David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center
Sept. 16- May 31
Curated by Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan, in collaboration with Artistic Director Jonathan Stafford and Resident Choreographer and Artistic Advisor Justin Peck. Featured will be world premieres and new works by Jamar Roberts, Justin
Peck’s Heatscape, Justin Peck, Alexei Ratmansky, Christopher Wheeldon’s Continuum and more. Find out more here
Ankita Sharma
JACK
May 15-17
The experimental movement-based performance artist Sharma will present dhoka/Betrayal/, where the “Heady and erotic, dhoka entangles Hindu goddess Kali’s ultimate power with present-day authoritarianism and religious violence in a South-Asian diasporic dance-theater duet,” notes the release. Find out more here
Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company
NYLA
May 15-24: For this season, the Company will offer two programs: Program A: Curriculum III: People, Places & Things, “created against the backdrop of a memory of freedom, and with that memory comes a taste for self determination…” And Program B: Jones’ latest work, Memory Piece solo, where he “...reflects on pivotal moments and influential figures throughout his career …” according to the release. Find out more here
Parsons Dance
Joyce
May 13-24
Parsons Dance will feature the world premieres of Her Gifts, a solo by David Parsons and Sheep’s Gothic by Rena Butler, plus Robert Battle’s The Hunt, and Parsons’ iconic Caught. Find out more here
Dancers Unlimited
Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden
May 17
The Company concludes their month-long CUNY Dance Initiative residency with a studio showing of Edible Tales: REST. Inspired by Tricia Hersey’s Rest is Resistance. Find our more here
BBB Block Party
Triskelion Arts
May 17
Trisk, in partnership with KEIGWIN + COMPANY brings their block into a space of celebration, expression, and connection...honoring the power of Black artistry...turning the block into a stage, a dance floor, and a gathering space where culture, creativity, and community take center stage," according to the release. The event is free. Find out more here
JENNIFERCHINdance
AOS
May 17 - 18
The Company will present A Love Letter, "...a celebration of Asian identity through the lens of biology, biography, and migration, bringing a continually evolving perspective of change in a love letter to the world," according to the release. Find out more here
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Ailey CitiGroup Theater
May 18
The Company, founded by Chinese American choreographer Nai-Ni Chen, and now led by Artistic Director Greta Campo and Executive Director Andy Chiang, will launch its 37th anniversary season and celebrates the 2025 Asian American Pacific Islanders Heritage month. The program will include Chen’s Unfolding, Tiger and Water Lilies, plus a new work Ninja Under the Umbrella by director Ying Shi. Find out more here
Nami Yamamoto | Emma Judkins | IV Castellanos
Sundays on Broadway
May 18
Yamamoto will present Mu-chan (working title), Emma Judkins' At Matins or Evensong, and IV Castellanos will perform an excerpt from Leche Hervida. Find out more here
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Taylor Dance East
May 18
For the up close sessions, the Company will present Cascade (1999) and Company B (1991). The event is free and space is limited. Find out more here