DanceAfrica
BAM
May 23 - 26
Celebrating the 48th year as the nation’s largest festival of African dance and culture, the Memorial Day Weekend festivities  will include performances, films, dance classes, and community events. Under artistic director Abdel R. Salaam, Mozambique is the focus for DanceAfrica 2025, with the theme Mozambique: Movement! Magic! Manifestation!.  Through movement and song, traditions come alive and cultural memory, spiritual connection, and resilience are left. This year’s performance features showcases Mozambique’s internationally recognized Song & Dance Company of Mozambique, alongside Mama Coumba Saaraba, The DanceAfrica Spirit Walkers, and The Billie’s Youth Arts Academy Dance Ensemble. Find out more here 

Estrogenius Festival
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. 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

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 

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, Alexei Ratmansky, Christopher Wheeldon’s Continuum and more.  Find out more here

The Limón Dance Company
92NY
May 21-22
At the 92NY Harkness Dance Center, the Company celebrates its 79th anniversary with works by José Limón (La Malinche and The Moor’s Pavane), Doris Humphrey (Two Ecstatic Themes), and Join, the premiere by Aszure Barton. Find out more here 

KTCO The Company
AOS
May 23 
Founded in 2023 by Katie Corrao, the Company will present the latest work,”SAT.” Find our more here

Jennifer Miller | Jonathan González | Keith Hennessy & Ishmael Houston-Jones
Sundays on Broadway
May 25
Miller will present a new dance piece from her 2025 suite The Concussion Dances and will also be debuting the new Queer Anti-Fascist String Band – Xylocarpm, Gonzalez’s choreographic study entitled Swerve, exploring choreographies of swerving, while  Hennessy and Houston-Jones will present an excerpt of their improvised duet, CLOSER.  Find out more here 
 
EMERGE125
El Museo del Barrio
May 29-31
For the Harlem-based, Black female-led dance company’s 2025 season, repertory and restaged works by artistic director Tiffany Rea Fisher will be presented. Find out more here  

Ballet Hispánico
New York City Center 
May 29-Jun. 1
Led by artistic director and CEO Eduardo Vilaro, the Company celebrates the 150th anniversary of Bizet’s classic opera “Carmen” with a reimagining of Gustavo Ramírez Sansano’s CARMEN.maquia. Find out more here  

Graham 2
Martha Graham Studio Theater
May 29 - 31
The student company will offer a program with Ted Shawn’s Serenata Morisca (1916), and Graham classics including Prelude to Action from Chronicle (1936), Deep Song (1937), Cave of the Heart Suite (1946), Dark Meadow Suite (1946), and Conversation of Lovers from Acts of Light (1981).  Find out more here 

Upcoming project in Los Angeles with Will Rawls. 

AUDITION ANNOUNCEMENT
Performance Project with Will Rawls

Fall 2025-Spring 2026, Exhibition, Los Angeles

Studio Rawls is seeking dancers/performers for a series of performances taking place at a major Los Angeles art institution on the following dates:

Oct 4, 2025
Nov 1, 2025
Dec 6, 2025

Jan 17 or Jan 24 (TBC), 2026
Feb 7 or 14 (TBC), 2026
Feb 28, 2026

Applicants must be available for all performance dates.

Rehearsal schedule:

JUNE
June 7—10a-3p @UCLA
June 9—10a-2p @UCLA
June 19 & 20—10a-2p @UCLA
June 23 & 24—10a-2p @UCLA

JULY
July—Asynchronous, remote rehearsals with each performer, 4hr each

AUGUST
Aug 25, 26 & 27—10a-4p @UCLA

SEPTEMBER & OCTOBER (FINAL REHEARSALS & INSTALL)
Sep 8-13—Hours TBD @UCLA
Sep 15-Oct 4—Rehearsals and install–these will be high-demand days. Please highlight in the application form any conflicts you have for these dates.

Priority will be given to applicants who are available for all rehearsal dates. If you have conflicts with any rehearsal dates, please make note of these in the application form.

We invite movement artists with diverse movement backgrounds, from commercial to experimental performance and time-based work to apply to audition. Artists of color are especially encouraged to apply. All rehearsal and performance time is compensated. We unfortunately cannot accept anyone currently enrolled in a degree program.

AUDITION DETAILS
Location: UCLA
Date & Time: TBC upon application
Audition Rate: $25/hour 

TO APPLY
Please fill out this form.

Deadline to submit is May 28th, 2025 at 11:59pm PT.

Estrogenius Festival
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

​Development & Executive Support Associate
The Development & Executive Support Associate will report to the Development Manager and Executive Director. The position supports Movement Research’s individual giving programs and departmental administration through organization of reporting and tracking across the organization, creation of materials for donation campaigns, and institutional giving materials.

Part-time, 25-hour/week, hourly position at Movement Research.
Compensation: $22/hour
Learn more
Classes & Workshops Associate
The Classes & Workshops Associate will report to the Programs & Events Manager and is responsible for handling daily programming tasks. The Classes & Workshops Associate supports the implementation of MR’s class and workshop schedule, including MELT, and other related programs. 

Part-time, 28 hour/week, hourly position at Movement Research.
Compensation: $22/hour

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Alethea Pace
Joseph Rodman Drake Park/African Burial Ground
May 10
Pace will reprise between wave and water, a site-specific performance rooted in contesting and reclaiming the history of an African Burial Ground in Hunts Point, the Bronx. "Combining dance, storytelling, and song, between wave and water is an immersive journey where fragments of ancestral memory guide the audience through layers of history. A contemporary Bronx Trickster character leads the way, colliding our present realities with the pervasive yet irretrievable past. Trickster tells stories, invented mythologies that expose and disrupt dominant narratives. The performers mirror and amplify Trickster’s double-talk and duplicity, and at other times translate unspeakable memories into movement," according to the release.  Find out more here 

Various Artists
Judson Church
May 5-19
The Movement Research at the Judson Church continues its monthly offerings with performances by Kiera Bono, Stephanie García | Punto de Inflexión and Leslie Parker (May 5), Mohammadreza Akrami and Abbey McBride (May 12) and Benin Gardner, Zhangxinan Wu 吴张心安, Queer CI Cohort: Robin Ekeya, Leland Hull, Emily Jones, and Hannah Krafcik (May 19).  Find out more here 

Anna Sperber
The Chocolate Factory
May 7-10
Sperber will present Beacons, an evening-length dance that "continues her investigations into the tension between exacting formal clarity and a visceral wildness, mapping the intersections between desire and care. ," according to the release.  Find out more here  

Bebe Miller Company
Harlem Stage
May 8-9
As part of Harlem Stage’s dance series, E-Moves, the Company makes its Harlem Stage debut with the new ensemble work Indifferent Forest, plus solos Rain (1989) and Rhythm Studies (1999).  Find out more here 

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre 
New York Live Arts
May 8-10
Dance Theatre presents the world premiere of Awaken which "weaves original material with resonant choreography from Selwyn’s 25 years of rich repertory...exploring the struggle between distraction, a quest for certainty, and living in an embodied present," according to the release. Find out more here

Various Artists
Arts on Site
May 9-11
In varied productions, Agon/Again, and Mikael Darmanie with Emily Haughton are presented over the weekend.  Find out more here 

The Equus Project
Arts on Site
May 10 - 11
Artistic Director, JoAnna Mendl Shaw's The Equus Projects will present Truth be Told, a new theatre/dance/film work for six dancers about some brutal truths.  ​Find out more here 

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
NJPAC
May 9-11
For their annual Mother’s Day weekend at NJPAC, and continuing to celebrate the life and legacy of artistic director emerita Judith Jamison, the Company, under interim artistic director Matthew Rushing, will present Sacred Songs by Rushing, Jamar Roberts’ Al-Andalus Blues, Hope Boykin’s Finding Free, Lar Lubovitch’s Many Angels, plus repertory works including Ailey’s Revelations.  Find out more here 

Anabella Lenzu 
La Mama
May 10
Lenzu launches her book, “Teaching and Learning Dance Through Meaningful Gestures” with a reading and performance .  Admission is free.  Find out more here 

Harlem Lite Feet with Chrybaby Cozie
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
May 15
At the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, and as part of the Works & Process series, the pioneers of Harlem Lite Feet will share stories of how this New York City dance tradition and culture was created and how it has grown. Find out more here 

Ankita Sharma
JACK
May 15-17
The experimental movement-based performance artist Ankita 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, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane 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 

Graham 2 is a pre-professional dance company drawn from the most advanced students of the Martha Graham School.
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Its mission is to bring the Graham tradition to a younger audience, smaller venues, and cultural communities, and to be a springboard for early career dancers to enter the professional dance world.
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Learn more here

Anna Sperber
The Chocolate Factory
May 7-10
Sperber will present Beacons, an evening-length dance that "continues her investigations into the tension between exacting formal clarity and a visceral wildness, mapping the intersections between desire and care. Through movements that are at once driving, soft, and precise, Beacons seeks an exuberant and expansive generosity of space, feeling, volume, and light; luring its audience toward a heightened sense of our collective rhythms and shared environments. An immersive, saturating sound score (by experimental electronic musician Lea Bertucci) and atmospheric lighting (by Madeline Best) create striking perceptual effects in response to the architecture and the bodies it contains; complicating distinctions between body and space; and challenging the limits of our common awareness, both real and imagined," according to the release.  Find out more here  

The Trisha Brown Dance Company
The Joyce
Apr. 29 - May 4
The Company with a program celebrating Brown’s Unstable Molecular Structure cycle, a period which introduced the geometric style that remains a hallmark of her work. The program will feature Opal Loop/Cloud Installation #72503 (1980) and Son of Gone Fishin’ (1981), plus a new commissioned piece, Time again, by Lee Serle in collaboration with Colombian visual artist Mateo López.  ​Find out more here 
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Various Artists
WestFest
May 1-4
The WestFest Festival returns for their 15th year with performances all over Westbeth Artists Housing. Performances will be by Assaf Salhov - Cardinal Movement and Company, Company of Collaborative Artists (CoCA), Dylan Richmond, Faustine Lavie Dance Project, Jamal Jackson Dance Company, The Bang Group, The DynamitExperience and many more.  Find out more here  

Peridance Contemporary Dance Company
Peridance Center
May 2-4
The Company’s Season 42 will feature works by Igal Perry, Roderick George, Mizuho Kappa and Lar Lubovitch.  Find out more here 

Michael Greenberg
CUNY
May 3
Choreographer and dancer Michael Greenberg creates a site-specific work for City College’s Cohen Library titled Intuitive Imprints.  Find out more here 

Various Artists
Guggenheim Museum
May 4
As part of the Works & Process series, the Vail Dance Festival is highlighted. Every summer, leading and rising choreographers, composers, companies, dancers, and musicians all come together at the Vail Dance Festival in Colorado. Directed by Damian Woetzel, the festival features a mosaic of offerings, including premieres.  Find out more here   

Various Artists
Judson Church
May 5-19
The Movement Research at the Judson Church continues its monthly offerings with performances by Kiera Bono, Stephanie García | Punto de Inflexión and Leslie Parker (May 5), Mohammadreza Akrami and Abbey McBride (May 12) and Benin Gardner, Zhangxinan Wu 吴张心安, Queer CI Cohort: Robin Ekeya, Leland Hull, Emily Jones, and Hannah Krafcik (May 19).  Find out more here 

Julia Antinozzi
The Brooklyn Peace Center
May 8
Antiozzi will present a new work in progress, danced by Sienna Blaw, Leah Fournier, Dasol Kim, Shane Larson, Paulina Meneses and Kelsey Saulnier.  Find out more here 

Cleo Reed and Symara Sarai
Abrons Arts Center
May 8
As part of CPR's Open Studios series and in partnership with Abrons'; AIRSpace Residency, Reed and Sarai, will share works in process. Find out more here

Bebe Miller Company
Harlem Stage
May 8-9
As part of Harlem Stage’s dance series, E-Moves, the Company makes its Harlem Stage debut with the new ensemble work Indifferent Forest, plus solos Rain (1989) and Rhythm Studies (1999).  Find out more here 

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre 
New York Live Arts
May 8-10
Dance Theatre presents the world premiere of Awaken which "weaves original material with resonant choreography from Selwyn’s 25 years of rich repertory...exploring the struggle between distraction, a quest for certainty, and living in an embodied present," according to the release. Find out more here

Various Artists
Arts on Site
May 3 - 9
In varied productions, Erin Maher, JacoTayl Dance! And Friends, Finding Compassion and Agon/Again are presented over the weekend.  Find out more here 

​THE CLIVE BARNES FOUNDATION CELEBRATES ~ 15TH ANNIVERSARY OF DANCE AND THEATRE AWARDS,
AT NATIONAL ARTS CLUB

The Clive Barnes Foundation (CBF) has announced the 2024 Honored Artists for The Clive Barnes Award in Dance and Theatre. David Gabriel (New York City Ballet), Isaiah K. Harvey (EVIDENCE), and Kanon Sugino (Doug Varone and Dancers) have been named Honored Artists in Dance, and Ava Lalezarzadeh (English), Tom Francis (Sunset Boulevard), and Helen J Shen (Maybe Happy Ending) are the Honored Artists in Theatre. The 15th Annual Clive Barnes Award ceremony will be held Monday, June 9, at 5:30pm at the National Arts Club in New York City.

For more information and to support the Clive Barnes Foundation, click here

​NYC cultural nonprofits: apply for the next cycle of the Cultural Development Fund (CDF)! Open to eligible non-profit arts and cultural organizations, the CDF is the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs’ annual grantmaking process that supports a broad, multidisciplinary group of diverse non-profit cultural organizations for their public programming. Each year the CDF receives hundreds of applications for programmatic funding from groups working across the five boroughs, and convenes peer panels of individuals with expertise in NYC’s cultural community to review all eligible applications.

This public support for cultural activity is intended to reach New Yorkers in every corner of the city, so eligible groups are encouraged to apply. Potential applicants are encouraged to attend a CDF application webinar, four of which will be offered from April 9 through May 1. The Fiscal Year 26 CDF application deadline is Thursday, May 8, 2025, at 5:00 PM (ET). Learn more about eligibility, guidelines, webinar dates, and more at nyc.gov/CDFapply.

​Hello, Culture Stewards.

We Are Bound: Developing Equitable Artists’ Contracts crew here. Greetings to you! 

As you know, we have been working to develop guidelines for more equitable artists’ contracts.
We asked artists nationwide which contractual issues have the greatest impact on their current and future earnings, ownership rights, and protections.  
We engaged lawyers to offer guidelines and recommendations to top artist-named issues.
Now, we sincerely ask that you invite all artists you know to a virtual sharing and listening session to overview the emerging recommendations that lawyers have offered.

DIGITAL DISCOVERY LAB™  MAY 1,  1 - 3 PM ET

Artists can pop in at any time during the two-hour window. 

Zoom link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83610142400?pwd=9vb72sA4WpgfNi665yIFWMPHoxSNbG.1
Meeting ID: 836 1014 2400. Passcode: 146679