The American Dance Guild  (ADG) 
Ailey Citigroup Theater
Feb. 22-25
The ADG Performance Festival  returns with “Leaps Beyond Bounds,” a four-night program celebrating the Guild’s 68th anniversary. Thirty new and historical dance works will be shown, with this year’s honors celebrating the late choreographer Joan Miller (Lifetime Achievement Award), Ron K. Brown/Evidence (Lifetime Achievement Award), and Celia Ipiotis/Eye on Dance (Distinguished Service in Dance – Lifetime Achievement Award).  Find out  more here 
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New York City Ballet
David H. Koch Theater
Jan. 23-Mar. 3
NYCB's winter season continues their year-long 75th Anniversary Celebration with 23 works created by choreographers including Peter Martins, Christopher Wheeldon, Justin Peck, NYCB Artist in Residence Alexei Ratmansky and more.  Find out more here 

Twyla Tharp Dance
The Joyce
Feb. 13-25
Tharp offers two world premieres: "Ballet Master," "Brel," and a revival of "Ocean’s Motion" (1975).  Find out more here 

Jean Butler
Irish Arts Center
Feb. 15-Mar. 3
What We  Hold, Butler’s contemporary exploration of traditional Irish dance will have its North American premiere in a restaged and re-designed, site-specific work for Irish Arts Center after it premiered in 2022 Dublin Theatre Festival. "What We Hold takes the audience on a physical journey through the performance space, encountering an intergenerational cast of renowned dancers, and experiencing what the body holds and what happens when we collectively let go," notes the release.   The New York cast includes, in addition to Butler, performers Tom Cashin, Marion Cronin, Colin Dunne, Kristyn Fontanella, James Greenan, Kaitlyn Sardin, Maren Shanks and Ryan C Seaton. Find out more here

Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker
NYU Skirball
Feb. 22-24
In this dance solo, De Keersmaeker continues her journey with Bach, this time together with pianist Pavel Kolesnikov. She stays true to her main principle of using the musical score as the blueprint for choreography. The Goldberg Variations belong to Bach’s late period, in which the composer pushes the boundaries of musical themes in a play of variations, canons, and fugues. Spanning one aria and thirty variations, the music challenges the choreographer to find a form of dance capable of adaptation and flexibility while retaining an immutable core. Find out more here

Alonzo King LINES Ballet
Lincoln Center
Feb. 22-24
The Company will make their Lincoln Center debut with Deep River, "...a collaboration featuring vocalist Lisa Fischer and jazz musician Jason Moran, melding dance with spiritual music from the Black, Jewish, and Indian traditions, and invites audiences to consider the physical beauty and majesty of humanity as the pinnacle of creation," notes the release.  Find out more here 
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Halifu Osumare
Various Venues
Feb. 22-28
Osumare’s NYC book tour of “Dancing The Afrofuture: Hula, Hip-Hop, and The Dunham Legacy” will include a shared discussion with Camille A. Brown at one venue.  Find out more here 

Various Artists
Central Baptist Church
Feb. 24
In honor of Black History Month, Thelma Hill Performing Arts Center and Central Baptist Church present a dance-narrative piece that tells the story of the Black experience in America. Find out more here 

Ayano Elson + Iris McCloughan
Danspace Project
Feb 24
Danspace Project’s DraftWork series hosts free, informal showings of new works in varying stages of development. This afternoon features performances by two NYC-based artists: choreographer, dancer, and teacher, Elson, and performance maker and writer McCloughan. Admission: Free with RSVP.  Find out more here 

Camilo Godoy
New Museum
Feb. 24 & 29
Godoy presents a new performance work, renacemos a cada instante, exploring mourning practices and the resilience found in bodily joy and pleasure. This performance is the culmination of Godoy’s residency at the New Museum during which he used the Museum’s theater as a space for rehearsal, dialogue, and colla.  RSVP required and tickets here 

The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Flushing Town Hall Theater
Feb. 25
The Company will present Red Firecrackers, the story of Nian and the origin of Chinese Lunar New Year customs.  Find out more here 

Sankofa Danzafro
The Joyce
Feb. 27-Mar. 3
Led by Artistic Director Rafael Palacios and based in Colombia, on their program is “Behind the South: Dances for Manuel” (Detrás del Sur: Danzas para Manuel) which pays tribute to Colombian writer Manuel Zapata Olivella’s “Changó, el Gran Putas.” Find out more here 

Sha Creative Outlet
TRISK
Feb.29-Mar. 2
The Company will present Wild Future, “…the unknown yet powerful future that is rooted in the current moment…” a performance consists of two pieces, \\\ (reads as Three Slashes) and Dis-placement 誤置.  Find out more here  

We are thrilled to announce that applications for the fourth edition of Open Call are now being accepted!

Launched as part of The Shed’s inaugural-year programming, Open Call is a large-scale commissioning program that supports NYC-based, early-career artists in creating, realizing, and presenting new work across disciplines—from visual arts to live performance and everything in between. Since its inception, Open Call has been committed to serving as a platform that amplifies the voices, perspectives, and lived experiences of emerging artists.

Selected by more than 50 industry leaders, the chosen projects will be supported by The Shed with a commissioning fee up to $15,000 per artist or collective and presented to the public for free in summer 2025 and in 2026. Along with access points created for each piece, these free tickets make the program accessible, welcoming, and inviting for all New Yorkers.

Applications will be accepted via Submittable from Thursday, February 22 through April 4, 2024, at 6 pm.  

Take the opportunity and apply today to become part of the Open Call family, a community of visionaries!

FIND OUT MORE HERE

Jean Butler
Irish Arts Center
Feb. 15-Mar. 3
What We  Hold, Butler’s contemporary exploration of traditional Irish dance will have its North American premiere in a restaged and re-designed, site-specific work for Irish Arts Center after it premiered in 2022 Dublin Theatre Festival. "What We Hold takes the audience on a physical journey through the performance space, encountering an intergenerational cast of renowned dancers, and experiencing what the body holds and what happens when we collectively let go," notes the release.   The New York cast includes, in addition to Butler, performers Tom Cashin, Marion Cronin, Colin Dunne, Kristyn Fontanella, James Greenan, Kaitlyn Sardin, Maren Shanks and Ryan C Seaton. Find out more here

Varioius Artists
NYU Skirvall
Feb. 7-17
The Queer New York International Arts Festival, featuring dance, theater and performance works from a diverse group of international artists (Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, and Germany), explore a range of contemporary issues related to queer identity and more. Find out more here  
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Twyla Tharp Dance
The Joyce
Feb. 13-25
Tharp offers two world premieres: "Ballet Master," "Brel," and a revival of "Ocean’s Motion" (1975).  Find out more here 

Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Feb. 13-17
The Company will present “Remembering” for their annual Black History Month program, where audiences and students come together with American history told by African voices, contemporary and African dance with audio-visual elements including spoken word, music and African drumming. Find out more here

Miro Magloire’s New Chamber Ballet
Mark Morris Dance Center
Feb. 16-17
The Company continues its 2023-24 season with the world premiere of “Vox,” to an original score for piano and violin by Elizabeth Gartman, and Magloire’s “Wood Nymphs,” set to piano pieces by Franz Liszt.  Find out more here  

Joffrey Concert Group
Ailey Citygroup Theater
Feb. 16-17
The Concert Group will present “In My Art,” the culmination of the annual Creative Movers Choreographic Initiative, plus  premieres by artistic director Bradley Shelver, as well as Eryn Renee Young and Vernard J. Gilmore.  Find out more here  

Limón Dance Company
NJPAC
Feb. 17
Under artistic director Dante Puleio, the Company will present iconic Limón works “A Choreographic Offering” and “Missa Brevis” in addition to “Migrant Mother” by Raúl Tamez. This performance celebrates the New Jersey debut of the company’s ensemble of young and emerging dancers, Limón2.  Find out more here 

Pangea Dance Collective
Arts On Site
Feb. 17 
In celebration of Black History Month, the Collective is hosting its first ever Pangea Potluck: a collaborative effort to showcase and celebrate Black artists in our community including dancers, poets, filmmakers, and more! Enjoy a selection of diverse, joy-centered works from artists across the city and stay after the performance to converse with and support likeminded creators. Find out more here 

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Compan
Hostos Center For The Arts
Feb. 18
Celebrating the Lunar New Year, the Company will perform traditional and contemporary Chinese dances, including “Dragon Dance,” “Lion Dance,” and “Peacock Dance.” Find out more here  

Ballet Hispánico
92 Y
Feb. 21
Ballet Hispánico will present a night of historic and new works celebrating Latine cultures with classics including a re-staging of Talley Beatty’s “Recuerdo de Campo Amor,” “Línea Recta” by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and “Club Havana” by Pedro Ruíz. Find out more here 

Various Artists
Ailey Citigroup
Feb. 22-25
The American Dance Guild Performance Festival titled “Leaps Beyond Bounds,” is a four-night program celebrating the Guild’s 68th anniversary. Thirty new and historical dance works will be shown, with this year’s honors celebrating the late choreographer Joan Miller (Lifetime Achievement Award), Ron K. Brown/Evidence (Lifetime Achievement Award), and Celia Ipiotis/Eye on Dance (Distinguished Service in Dance – Lifetime Achievement Award).  Find out more here  

Halifu Osumare
Various Venues
Feb. 22-28
Osumare’s NYC book tour of “Dancing The Afrofuture: Hula, Hip-Hop, and The Dunham Legacy” will include a shared discussion with Camille A. Brown at one venue.  Find out more here 

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Return with us to Brooklyn for a night of celebration featuring a raffle and silent auction throughout the event, hors d'oeuvres and signature cocktails, and special guests 😉.

Date: Saturday, March 2nd
Time: 5pm-9pm
Location: The Invisible Dog Art Center 
*subsidized artist tickets available
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Dress for the past, witness our present and build our future by helping us get to the eclipse and our premiere of The Absolute Future (or Death, Loneliness, and The Absolute Future of the Multiverse, or How to Cover the Sun with Mud). 

TICKETS

If you can't join us and would still like to support the feath3r theory make sure to grab tickets to our premiere of Death, Loneliness, and The Absolute Future of the Multiverse or How to Cover the Sun with Mud on April 5th and 6th at NYU Skirball. Click here for more info!

Various Artists
22 Boerum Pl. Theater
Feb. 9
This Winter, between phases of renovation, ISSUE returns for a series of limited capacity Artist-In-Residence and Fellowship events. Suzanne Fiol Curatorial Fellow and interdisciplinary artist Lina Azalea Dahbour presents the first program in her “Blind Date” series—Tiny Conversation Hearts. 

Tiny Conversation Hearts asks four performers to complete a series of risky tasks: take a singular score (in this case, a newly commissioned score by choreographer Alexa West), go home by their lonesome, create a piece based on the score, and show up on the night of the event to perform their piece at the same time as another artist working in a different medium, with no knowledge of the other artist’s plans. This first dance/music cross-genre “Blind Date” experiment includes multimedia dance artist Dominica Greene is paired with cathartic, aural channeler Nyhne; geometrically-minded movement investigator Emily Kessler is paired with sonic collagist Holy People. Find out more here 

Philadanco!
The Joyce
Feb. 6-12
The Philadelphia Dance Company, also known to many as Danco, returns to The Joyce for their 32nd season, in an evening of dance titled “Intangible” and includes Nijawwon K. Matthews’s From Dystopia to Our Declaration, Christopher Rudd’s Mating Season, Ray Mercer’s Balance of Power, and Tommie-Waheed Evans’s Somewhere Between Heaven and Earth, made in collaboration with the Philadanco dancers. Find out more here 

Various Artists
NYU Skirball
Feb. 7-17
The Queer New York International Arts Festival will feature dance, theater and performance works from a diverse group of international artists from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Croatia, and Germany whose works explore a range of contemporary issues related to queer identity and more. Find out more here 

Various Artists
Dixon Place
Feb. 8-9
Whitr Wave Dance returns with the 8th annual “SoloDuo Dance Festival” under founder and Artistic Director Young Soon Kim, and will feature 30 national dancemakers, plus international dancers from Korea, Japan and Germany. Find out more here  

Dance On Camera and Film
Lincoln Center
Feb. 9-12
For the 52nd edition of Dance On Camera, featured will be 11 programs with a total of 36 films selected from countries around the globe, including eight world premieres, five North American premieres, two U.S. premieres, and more than 10 New York premieres. Find out more here 
 
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
NJPAC
Feb. 10-11
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company will present “Year of the Green Wood Dragon, a lunar new year celebration. Find out more here  

Tiffany Rea-Fisher and Alicia Graf Mack
The Philips Club
Feb. 12 
EMERGE125's ongoing Artist's Corner series features an evening of conversation with two Black female dance directors –Artistic Director Rea-Fisher and Dean and Director of Juilliard Dance Graf Mack – as they discuss experiences, successes, and challenges within the field. Find out more here 

Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet 
Brooklyn Academy of Music
Feb. 13-17
Gaines will present Remembering at their annual Black History Month program, where audiences and students come together with American history told by African voices, contemporary and African dance with audio-visual elements including spoken word,
music and African drumming. Find out more here 

Twyla Tharp Dance
The Joyce
Feb 13-25
Tharp will present two world premieres,The Ballet Master and Brel, Twyla Tharp Dance, plus the revival of Ocean’s Motion (1975).  Find out more here

Lori Belilove and Company Dance
The Isadora Duncan Dance Foundation
Feb. 14-17
The Foundation will present three one-hour performances of Duncan’s early works including performances by Belilove  Company and Company Apprentices. Find out more here

Jean Butler
Irish Arts Center
Feb. 14-Mar. 3
Butler will offer the north American premiere of What We Hold, which "...breaks down the barriers of audience and stage and illuminates the personal and cultural histories contained within the Irish dancing body," according to the release. Find out more here

Joffrey Concert Group
Ailey Citygroup Theater
Feb. 16-17
The Group will present In My Art the culmination of the annual Creative Movers Choreographic Initiative with premieres by artistic director Bradley Shelver, and Eryn Renee Young and Vernard J. Gilmore. Find out more here

Limón Dance Company
NJPAC 
Feb. 17
Under new Artistic Director Dante Puleio, iconic Limón works incluidng A Choreographic Offering and Missa Brevis in addition to Migrant Mother by Raúl Tamez will be part of this return engagement, plus the New Jersey debut of Limón2. Find out more here  

Miro Magloire/New Chamber Ballet
Mark Morris Dance Center
Feb. 18-18 
Magloire's New Chamber Ballet continues its 2023-24 season with the world premiere of Vox, to an original score for piano and violin by Elizabeth Gartman, and Magloire's Wood Nymphs, set to piano pieces by Franz Lisz.  Find out more here 

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Hostos Center For The Arts
Feb. 18
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company with traditional and contemporary Chinese dances, including Dragon Dance, Lion Dance, and Peacock Dance. Find out more here 

​February ALLways: Intro to Accessibility Thinking & Practice

When: February 22, 2024 • 1-4pm ET/10am-1pm PT
Where: Online! 
Who: This session is led by Laurel Lawson and is customized specifically for organizations, presenters, and teams who want to begin to implement accessible practices in their culture. It is best suited for arts workers with new experience with disability/accessibility. What: Learn the fundamentals, such as booking access workers, accessible communications, and anti-bias practices, that create equitable accessibility. Develop strategies to implement these learnings within your internal organization and your external events. Identify how these principles can continue to root into disability culture and expertise. 
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For more details and fees, please visit February’s registration page linked here. Early bird rates through February 8th!

Ballet Hispánico is seeking professional dancers to join the Company for the 2024-2025 Season, beginning August 2024. As part of the Company, dancers perform on New York City's greatest stages, tour nationwide and internationally, and are an integral part of community engagement programs. 

Invitation-only auditions will take place on Monday, February 19, 2024 in Miami, FL. For more information and to register for an audition invitation, visit https://www.ballethispanico.org/company/artistic/auditions.

Registration ends Friday, February 9. 2024. Contact [email protected] for more information or with questions.
***​Additional auditions will take place in NYC on May 5, 2024.

​This year, Creative Capital welcomes innovative and original new project proposals in visual arts, performing arts, film/moving image, technology, literature, multidisciplinary, and socially engaged forms.

Applications open on March 4, 2024 at 10AM ET. The deadline for submitting is April 4, 2024 at 4PM ET.
Find out more here

Grant Info Session
Join a live, virtual information session on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 1:00PM ET.

During this one hour Zoom information session, we will provide an overview of the application process and answer audience questions. Live captioning (CART services) and ASL interpretation will be provided. The session will be recorded and made available on our website.

The Perelman Performing Arts Center (PAC NYC) and Galvan Initiatives (Galvan) are pleased to announce the launch of The Democracy Cycle, a new commissioning program designed to support new works that illuminate the promise, practice, imperfection, and opportunity of democracy.

Proposals are requested for new performing arts works following that theme from artists working in theater, dance, music, opera, and multi-disciplinary performance. See below for how to submit.

​Find out more here