j. bouey
JACK
May 10 – 25
Conceived by j. bouey, S A T U R N: A Revelation “introduces the Inter-Dimensional Time-Traveling Disco Space Opera Dance Band: “The Living Ancestors,” and is an immersive dance performance installation, direct action for community support, and multi-camera live broadcast…” according to the release. George Del Barrio is the designer.  Find out more here 

Gibney Company
The Joyce
May 7 – 12
The Company will feature historic restaging of two iconic works by Twyla Tharp, Bach Duets and The Fugue, and a world premiere by Jermaine Spivey and Spenser Theberge. The program also includes a work by Yue Yin. Find out more here 
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Satellite Collective
Satellite Gallery
May 9-21
The Collective's Tribeca Show 2024 will offer premieres and events from artists across all disciplines and new prints, projections, film and photography from featured artists Kevin Draper and Lora Robertson. Find out more here 
Various Artists
Green Space
May 10 - 11
Tina Croll + Company, Ani Javian and Benjamin Roach will share the program.  Find out more here Tina Croll + Ani Javian and Benjamin 
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
NJPAC
May 10 - 12
On their return to NJPAC, the Company will present Amy Hall Garner’s CENTURY; Elizabeth Roxas-Dobrish’s Me, Myself and You, and Alonzo King’s Following the Subtle Current Upstream.  Also, in celebration of Max Roach’s Centennial, the company will perform Survivors, a 1986 work set to Max Roach’s drumming and Abbey Lincoln’s vocals. Each performance ends with Ailey’s signature masterpiece, Revelations.  Find out more here  

Various Artists
Japan Society
May 10-11
The season closes with the contemporary dance program titled "Beyond Ballet, Beyond Hip-Hop," and offers two North American premiere pieces: Dying Swan & Its Cause of Death, by Japanese prima ballerina Hana Sakai and Encounter, by the hip-hop-centered dance group MWMW led by Moto Takahashi.  Find out more here  

Various Artists
Asia Society
May 10 
Asia Society collaborates with World Music Institute for "Dancing the Gods," an annual festival of Indian dance celebrating its 13th year, featuring Kasi Aysola & Archana Raja, and Rama Vaidyanathan.. Each night begins with a slide presentation by Rajika Puri, festival curator, and acclaimed dance storyteller.   Find out more here and here 

Various Artists
BAAD!
May 11
The Boogie Down Dance Compilation returns to BAAD!, where eight NYC choreographers take the stage with original dance performances.  Find out more here 

The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Hostos Community College
May 11-12
The Community celebrates the 2024 Asian American Pacific Islanders Heritage Month with highlights including Betwixt and Between by Jacek Luminski and Peiju Chien-Pott, Reincarnation by Aloe Ao Liu and Carousel Divertimento for 7 dancers by Chen. Find out more here  

Erin McElhone
AOS
May 11-12
Yak Milk, will be performed by Erin McElhone and choreographed in collaboration with Marlee Fleisher.  Find out more here

Tricia Brown Dance Company
Fifth Avenue Association
Through May 18 
Van Cleef & Arpels will celebrate spring along Fifth Avenue, in partnership with the Fifth Avenue Association, the Maison will unveil numerous sidewalk installations as a part of ‘Fifth Avenue Blooms™ Find out more here 

Ella Dawn, Jon Kinzel, and Julie Mayo
WeisAcres
May 12
For this week's Cathy Weis "Sundays on Broadway" where each evening features new and in-progress works, Dawn, Kinzel and Mayo will share the evening. Cathy Weis will show an excerpt of archival footage she shot back in the day.  Find out more here 

Various Artists
THe Guggenheim
May 12 -13
Works & Process presents Caleb Teicher’s This Is The Part When You Go Woo.  Find out more here 

Paul Taylor Dance Company
92Y
May 13-14
Celebrating the past, present & future of modern dance, presented will be new works from from resident choreographer Lauren Lovette, excerpts from Seven New Dances, with NYCB principal Adrian Danchig-Waring, Alicia Graf Mack and Damian Woetzel
and  more.  Find out more here 

Limón Dance Company and Limón2
Aaron Davis Hall
May 16-17
Under artistic director Dante Puleio, and in collaboration with The City College Center for the Arts, both Companies come together in three works by Limón: Missa Brevis, The Exiles, and There is a Time. The evening is titled “Experience the Legacy: Limón Dance Company.”  Find out more here 

Sidra Bell Dance New York
Gibney
May 16 – 18
The Company and saxophonist, composer, and arranger Immanuel Wilkins Quartet will offer the world premiere COMMUNION at Gibney. “This elegiac experience is a series of impressions, human huddles, and hybrid forms of movement set against a wild mixture of textures, design, and sound,” according to the release. Find out more here  

Various Artists
La MaMa
May 16-Jun.2
For the 19th La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival, curated by Nicky Paraiso, new and recent works by 11 choreographers and companies with diverse creative practices and approaches to performance will be presented. Featured will be: Arthur Avilés, Yoshiko Chuma with Dennis O’Connor and composer Dane Terry, Dancers Unlimited, Emerging Choreographers/Hunter College MFA Dance Program, Anabella Lenzu, NUU Knynez, Koma Otake, Ilaria Passeri and Evelyna Dann with composer Stefano Zazzera, Pioneers Go East Collective, John Scott, and Chris Yon & Taryn Griggs. Find ou tmore here 

​​Peridance is excited to present a fully produced performance on Saturday, September 21st, 2024 at the KnJ Theater showcasing four choreographers who span various dance genres, ages, and stages of their careers. Choreographers interested in presenting their work should submit an application to Peridance Center by filling out the form below by no later than Sunday, June 2nd at 11:59 PM EST. 

Selected choreographers will be announced on Friday, June 28th.
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APPLY 

​Are you a dance making organization seeking general operating support? Dance/NYC invites dance making organizations and groups based in the metropolitan NYC area with operating budgets of $25,000-$250,000 to submit Expressions of Interest (EOI) for the fourth iteration of the Dance Advancement Fund, made possible by the generous support of the Howard Gilman Foundation and the Ford Foundation. The deadline for submissions is June 18, 2024, 5:00 p.m. ET.

LEARN MORE AND SUBMIT

Selected dance making organizations and groups will receive:

• two-year general operating support grants of $6,000 to $40,000 per year; 
• professional development support in the form of online webinars and grantee cohort meetings; 
• and goal-directed coaching and consulting to support grantee infrastructure and sustainability goals.

In order to minimize applicant labor, the application will be a two part process:

• Expressions of Interest (EOI) are now open for submissions until June 18, 2024, 5:00 p.m. ET. This is an accessible online form assessing applicant interest and eligibility for the grant.
• Applicants selected through the EOI process will be invited to submit a full application available July 9, 2024.

NOTE: Grantees of the 2022-2023 DAF iteration of the program will not be required to submit an EOI and will automatically be invited to the next tier of the application process, in as much as they are in good standing and in alignment with program goals and management.

​Want to win tickets to the 2024 Gala?

Black Dance Stories is giving away two $75 tickets to Black dance artists if you can answer this question:

When did Kyle's BDS episode air, and who was he in conversation with?

Submit your answer to: 
[email protected] by May 5th at 10AM.

Winners will be announced via our social media platforms!

Nicholas Ryan Gant + Shamel Pitts/David Roussève + taisha paggett/Vinson Fraley + Bebe Miller
Danspace Project
May 2 – Jun. 8
Kyle Abraham, choreographer, performer, and artistic director of A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham, curates Danspace Project’s sixteenth Platform.  Titled “Platform 2024: A Delicate Ritual,” this series of performances reflects Abraham’s interest in each performers’ rituals, desires, and artistic exchanges. Featured will be new work by Ryan Gant + Pitts (May 2-4), intergenerational shared evenings of performance with Roussève + paggett (May 23-25), and Fraley + Miller (June 6-8). Find out more here 

"Message in a Bottle"
New York City Center
Apr. 30 - May 12
"Message in a Bottle," initially inspired by Sting’s “Desert Rose” and including “Every Breath You Take,” “Roxanne,” “Fields of Gold,” and 23 more songs, is a dance-theater work coming directly from London’s West End and makes its New York debut.  Find out more here 

Various Artists
Virtual
Apr. 23 - May 7
ALL ARTS’ 2024 “Past, Present, Future Dance Film Festival” will premiere films by Ayodele Casel, Raja Feather Kelly and Katy Pyle. The annual initiative features newly commissioned films in which dance artists partner with filmmakers to explore the past, present and future of their work. Find out more here  

American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
The Joyce
May 1-5
Dedicated to cultivating the next generation of ballet dancers, choreographers, and audiences, the Company performs masterworks and original commissions. This season includes works by Amy Hall Garner, Jamar Roberts, and James Whiteside plus an excerpt from Alexei Ratmansky’s The Seasonsrounds an more. Find out more here

The Moving Architects
AOS
May 2-3 
The Company will present O My Soul by artistic director Erin Carlisle Norton .  Find out more here 

New Jersey Ballet
May 3- 4
NJPAC 
At 65-years old, under artistic director Maria Kowroski, for these performances, included will be Purcell Suite by Harrison Ball, Murder Ballades, by Justin Peck, and Jewel Box, a world premiere by Lauren Lovette.  Find out more here 

Peridance Contemporary Dance Company
KnJ THeater
May 3-5
For the Company's 41st season, featured will be works by Igal Perry, Chanel DaSilva, Mike Tyus, and Dolly Sfeir.  Find out more here 

Heather Kravas
May 3-5
The Chocolate Factory
Kravas will present overly merry "...a springboard for a new kind of collective research and inquiry; a dance-based, post-happening. It responds to her work to launch the performers and audience more deeply into their own research and inquiry," according to the release.  Find out more here 

Rachel Gill
AOS
May 4 
Dancer, choreographer, and amateur filmmaker, Gill, will present the duet, The Eight Positions. Find out more here 

Various Artists
Flushing Town Hall
May 5
For the 11th CrossCurrent Dance Festival, in collaboration with Flushing Town Hall, The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Keerati Jinakunwiphat, Lenora Lee Dance and New Asia Chamber Music Society will be presented.  Find out more here 

The Pocket Fuel Groovers
AOS
May 5 
The Company will present Rubix Rush: An Evening in the Pocket, featuring premieres and classic works by Nick Alselmo in collaboration with the full company. Find out more here 

Various Artists
Symphony Space, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre
May 6
This celebration of the 125th birthday of jazz great Duke Ellington will include performances by The Duke Ellington Center Big Band under the musical direction of Eli Yamin, with guests Arturo O’Farrill and a jam-packed roster of dancers, vocalists, and surprise guests.  Find out more here 

Gibney Company
The Joyce
May 7-12
Gibney Company will offer world premieres and reconstructions including a special collaboration with Twyla Tharp, the Company in two works from the artist’s canon: The Fugue from 1970 and Bach Duet, reconstructed for the first time since its premiere in 1974. Find out more here

​Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Company is looking for highly skilled dancers with experience in acting and singing!

Start date is June 17, 2024. New York Live Arts offers Company members an annual wage starting at $45,000 plus health benefits over 52 weeks with approximately 30-35 scheduled working weeks annually. The position requires a minimum two-year commitment, through June 2026.

PLEASE COMPLETE THE AUDITION BELOW

​FORM

NO LATER THAN
TUESDAY, MAY 7, 2024  AT 11:59PM EST.

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, May 13, 2024 at 167 W. 89th Street, NYC.

For more information and to register for an audition invitation, visit https://www.ballethispanico.org/company/artistic/auditions.

Registration ends Friday, May 3. 2024. Contact [email protected] for more information or with questions.