Joyce Theater Foundation News

The Joyce Theater Foundation will welcome the return of Kyle Abraham**, one of the most distinctive and influential voices in movement today. With his incomparable company A.I.M, the celebrated choreographer presents a mixed bill including three world premieres at The Joyce Theater from April 4-9. 

The Joyce Theater Foundation has announced the trio of celebrated companies that will call The Joyce home this summer in sit-down engagements sure to delight audiences through the end of the season.

The Joyce Theatre has announced that effective March 27, 2023, it will lift its mask requirements for all visitors inside the theater. Visitors are encouraged to wear masks by choice and consider receiving booster shots to bolster preventative measures against new variants.

Ragamala Dance Company's 30th season continues with Fires of Varanasi, presented March 15, 2023, at 7:30pm at McCarter Theatre Center.

Ragamala Dance Company's 30th season continues with Fires of Varanasi, presented March 10, 2023, at 7:30pm at Performing Arts Houston.

The Joyce Theater Foundation has announced the organization’s intention to expand into New York City’s East Village with the lease of an extraordinary 58,000 square-foot multi-level building located at 287 East 10th Street at Avenue A.

The Joyce Theater Foundation welcomes the Joyce debut of New Zealand's Atamira Dance Company, the world's foremost creator and presenter of Māori contemporary dance theater, with the New York premiere of the evening-length Te Wheke from March 29-April 2.

The Joyce Theater Foundation has announced the opening of its Spring 2023 season with a powerhouse performance from the world-famous Batsheva Dance Company performing in house choreographer Ohad Naharin’s Hora.

The Joyce Theater Foundation celebrates the 45th anniversary of Hubbard Street Dance Chicago with its first return engagement in three years. The aptly-titled evening of diverse offerings, Sapphire Season, will play The Joyce Theater from February 14-19.

The Joyce Theater Foundation will takes audiences back in time to the ‘90s—the 1990s and the 1590s simultaneously—with Rennie Harris presents: Rome & Jewels, the first breakout masterwork of Rennie Harris Puremovement American Street Dance Theater, to celebrate the company’s 30th anniversary.

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 The Joyce Theater Foundation (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) welcomes the Joyce debut of Swedish contemporary company Cullberg with Horse, the solos, created in collaboration with postmodern dance pioneer Deborah Hay. Still on the cutting edge of dance after more than 50 years, Cullberg brings its bold, boundary-pushing work to The Joyce Theater from February 1-5. 

The Joyce Theater Foundation will welcome the contemporary dance company of Staatstheater Mainz, tanzmainz, for its Joyce debut. The 21-strong company of dancers brings one its most recent commissions, Sharon Eyal’s Soul Chain, to The Joyce Theaterfrom January 24-28.

The Joyce Theater Foundation will be home once more for the annual New York home season of Brooklyn’s EVIDENCE. The troupe’s visceral, vital work will play The Joyce Theater from January 17-22.

Ragamala Dance Company's 30th season will continue with Fires of Varanasi, by Ranee Ramaswamy and Aparna Ramaswamy, Artistic Directors presented February 9-11, 2023 at 8pm at the Meany Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Washington.

The Joyce Theater Foundation will continue its championing of burgeoning choreographic voices in the seventh iteration of its American Dance Platform. Hand-picked by celebrated dance maker Ronald K. Brown, three companies representing the best in dance from across the country will each perform twice at The Joyce Theater from January 10-15. 

The Joyce Theater Foundation has announced the complete calendar of performances from renowned U.S. and international dance companies slated for The Joyce Theater’s Spring 2023 season.

The Joyce Theater Foundation will welcome the return of the worldwide dance and comedy phenomenon Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo for two uproarious programs of unparalleled classical ballet mastery.

The Joyce Theater Foundation has announced the return of Dorrance Dance to Chelsea’s home for dance. The extended two-week engagement will play The Joyce Theater from December 7-18. 

The Joyce Theater Foundation will continue its long-standing relationship with in-demand director and choreographer Camille A. Brown with a historic cross-borough presentation of her trilogy of works on black identity.