The National Song and Dance Company of Mozambique PC: Tony Turner 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
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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
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
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