The Joyce Theater News

From The Horse's Mouth, the multi-disciplinary dance/theater production acknowledged for its meaningful storytelling and exceptional dancing, will be celebrated for its 25th year showcasing the 'Heart and History of Dance.' 

AXIS Dance Company has announced the recipients of the 2024 AXIS Choreo-Lab Fellowship, taking place May 28–June 8, 2024 in Berkeley, CA.

Jacob’s Pillow announced that critically-acclaimed American choreographer Pam Tanowitz will receive the 2024 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award. Tanowitz will accept this award at Jacob’s Pillow’s Season Opening Gala in the Berkshires on Saturday, June 22.

Dance Iquail!, the Philadelphia-based company founded and directed by Dr. Iquail Shaheed, returns to the Ailey Citigroup Theater with a program of New York premieres by choreographers Christian von Howard, Maleek Washington, and Shaheed, April 19 & 20 at 7:30 PM.

Join Stefanie Nelson Dancegroup and David Shenk for The Moving Memory Project: what we share, an interactive festival devoted to memory and forgetting. Learn more about the event!

Mayo Performing Arts Center will present PILOBOLUS re:CREATION Tour, Saturday, April 6 at 8 pm. Tickets are $39-$69. 

 The Joyce Theater Foundation will welcome a collective of talented artists to celebrate the legacy and music of jazz legend Max Roach in Max Roach 100.

Arts, community, and civic leaders came together to celebrate Smuin Contemporary Ballet at its Annual Gala, hosted by co-chairs John Konstin and Lee D. Baxter along with Smuin’s Board of Trustees and Friends of Smuin committee. Check out photos from inside the special event.

Watch an all-new trailer for Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca Preview 'Searching for Goya' at The Joyce Theater. Choreographed by artistic director Martin Santangelo and Bessie Award-winning principal dancer Soledad Barrio, Noche Flamenca’s Searching For Goya pays homage to the longstanding influence of visual artist Francisco de Goya.

Watch an all new trailer for the American Ballet Theatre Studio's upcoming run at The Joyce Theater, from May 1st through May 5th, 2024.

Experience the UK premiere of IMAGO, a new work presented by BALLET NIGHTS. Choreographed and performed by British dance duo Pett|Clausen-Knight, this dynamic performance is not to be missed.

Fresh on the heels of a successful world tour, Ailey II, the celebrated second company to Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, returns to The Joyce Theater from April 9 – 14 with a golden anniversary celebratory program.

The Central Park Café is bringing the finest in New York cabaret to their restaurant across the street from Carnegie Hall. Learn more about the venue!

Noche Flamenca will perform the New York premiere of its new work, Searching for Goya this spring. Learn more about the company and the performance and learn how to purchase tickets.

The Joyce Theater Foundation is now presenting Colombia’s Sankofa Danzafro in the U.S. premiere of Behind the South: Dances for Manuel. The enthralling work effectively utilizes the art of dance to preserve and highlight the history and culture of the Afro-Colombian people.

Ballet Tech will return to The Joyce Theater for the 30th anniversary of its Kids Dance student performance troupe, May 30–June 2. Learn how to purchase tickets!

DANCE IQUAIL! returns to Philadelphia with three world premieres at the Suzanne Roberts Theatre on March 22-23. Featuring choreography by Christian von Howard, Maleek Washington, and Dr. Iquail Shaheed.

Signature Theatre has revealed the cast of Spotlight Resident Sarah Ruhl’s Orlando, adapted from Virginia Woolf’s novel and directed by Will Davis.

The Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company has been awarded a $30,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the Year of the Snake Celebration in the NY and NJ area.

As part of its new 2024 Spring Season, Baryshnikov Arts will present MERCE / MISHA / MORE_A Film Event, featuring Cunningham, Baryshnikov, Jacquelin Harris, Chalvar Monteiro and the Merce Cunningham Dance Company.