Ailey Citigroup Theater
December 1 - 4
The American Dance Guild returns to live performance with showings of 33 contemporary choreographers and this year honors will go to choreographers Phyllis Lamhut and the late H.T. Chen, winners of ADG’s Lifetime Achievement Award. An Award for Distinguished Service to the Field will be presented to Christine Jowers, founder of The Dance Enthusiast. Find out more here
Streb Extreme Action
Streb SLAM
November 18 – December 18
Elizabeth Streb’s FAILING FORWARD, AGAIN continues their month-long season and "investigates Streb’s philosophy that failure is an integral part of the creative process, making space for discovery and innovation and leading to unexpected, surprising and truly original moves," according to the release. Find out more here
Complexions Contemporary Ballet
The Joyce
November 22 - December 4
The Company celebrates their 28th anniversary season with two programs under co-founding artistic directors, Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson. On the programs will be the world premiere of Rhoden's Endgame, and William Forsythe’s Slingerland, plus from repertory works. Find out more here
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
New York City Center
November 30 – December 24
Under Artistic Director Robert Battle, the Company's winter tradition of world and company premieres continues with works by Kyle Abraham, Jamar Roberts, Paul Taylor, and Twyla Tharp. The season will also include repertory and new productions, such as Revelations and Survivors, respectively. Find out more here
Jendaya Dash and Julia Antinozzi
Triskelion
December 1 - 2
For the new Our SPLIT BILL program, movement-based and performance artists, Dash and Antinozzi offer contrasting works. Find out more here
Ballaro Dance
Gibney
December 1 – 3
Ballaro Dance presents 2D + 3D = CommuniD, an evening of dances created throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and will be presented in a hybrid concert format. Find out more here
kamrDANCE and SYREN Modern Dance
Arts on Site
December 2
KamrDANCE who fuses tap and contemporary dance and SYREN Modern Dance the-based female-founded non-profit organization will share an evening. Find out more here
Various Artists
Art Bath
December 3
Xin Ying, principal dancer with the Martha Graham Company is joined by Christian Van Horn (Operatic bass-baritone),
Metropolitan Opera Chamber Ensemble String Quartet and harp, Friedrich Heinrich Kern (Glass harmonica, electronic composer), and Justin Robinson (Painter). Find out more here
Various Artists
Cathy Weis Projects
December 4
Weis' Sundays on Broadways, evenings that features new and in-progress works by choreographers will feature Scott Heron, Daniel Lepkoff and Sakura Shimada, and Cathy Weis. Find out more here
Dorrance Dance
The Joyce
December 7-18
In the company’s first appearance since 2019’s holiday tap The Nutcracker Suite, founder and artistic director Michelle Dorrance brings two world premiere works in collaboration with the women of the Off-Broadway sensation STOMP and musician and company member Aaron Marcellus. Find out more here
Ivy Baldwin
The Chocolate Factory
December 7 - 17
Made specifically for the Chocolate Factory Theater’s new space, Baldwin's Folds "...revels in four dancers’ vulnerable, molting, and triumphant bodies; their operatic and primal voices; and the real-time morphing and mending of a large visual art installation made in collaboration with Ukrainian visual artist Inna Babaeva," notes the release. Choreography and performance is Baldwin with Katie Dean, Kayvon Pourazar, and Saúl Ulerio. Find out more here