Cedar Lake Contemporary Ballet
May 15-27
Combining voluptuous physicality with classical technique created by the most provocative dance makers in the world, Cedar Lake...
Photo by: Erez Sabag
The Performance Calendar
Gotham Dance Festival
May 30-Jun 10
The Festival returns for two weeks with programs featuring cutting-edge artists, world premieres, and Joyce debuts. Week One...
Photo: BODYTRAFFIC by Grant Barbeito
KEIGWIN + COMPANY
Jun 12-17
Pop culture fuses with high art in KEIGWIN + COMPANY's electrifying brand of contemporary dance. K+C returns to The Joyce in 2012...
Photo by: Matt Murphy
Limón Dance Company
Jun 19-24
As part of its 65th anniversary celebration, Limón Dance Company, under the direction of Carla Maxwell, will perform the...
Photo by: Beatriz Schiller
Shantala Shivalingappa
Namasya
Jun 27-Jul 1
Born in India and raised in Paris, the "divinely gifted" (The New York Times) Shantala Shivalingappa combines elements from the...
Photo by: Laurent Philippe
Jason Samuels Smith
Jul 3-7
Emmy Award winning choreographer Jason Samuels Smith celebrates his first season of full-length programming at The Joyce with a...
Photo by: Eduardo Patino
Ronald K. Brown/Evidence
Jul 9-14
Applauded by The New York Times his "highly developed craft" and music choices that are "irresistible for their sly sensuality...
Pilobolus
Jul 16-Aug 11
A fungus that grew into an international dance phenomenon, Pilobolus performs a season full of "stunning physical feats and...
Photo by: John Kane
Smuin Ballet
Aug 13-18
"One of the country's most entertaining, original ballet troupes," (Dance Magazine), San Francisco's Smuin Ballet returns to The...
Photo by: Scot Goodman
Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca
Sep 18 – 30
Bessie Award winner Soledad Barrio, heralded by The New York Times as "one of today's great dancers of any genre," and her...
Photo by: Telam
Philadanco
Oct 2-7
Founded by the esteemed Joan Myers Brown in 1970, Philadanco, a Joyce favorite, performs a characteristically rousing program...
Photo by: Lois Greenfield
Doug Varone & Dancers
Oct 9-14
Whether creating whirlwinds of movement that dazzle with complexity or tracing the interior landscape of terse gesture, Doug...
Photo by: Cylla von Tiedemann
Aspen Santa Fe Ballet
Oct 16-21
"Simply breathtaking," proclaims the Chicago Sun Times about Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, whose Joyce season features a new program of...
Photo by: Sharen Bradford
Ballet Next
Oct 23-28
After last season's sold out gala performance, Ballet Next–the new classical ballet company founded by former American...
Photo by: GeneSchiavone
Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal
Oct 30-Nov 4
Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal takes on the sounds, rhythms, and music of the city in Night Box, its high-voltage new piece...
Photo by: Benjamin Von Wong
Morphoses
WITHIN (Labyrinth Within)
Nov 7-11
Morphoses returns to The Joyce with the New York premiere of WITHIN (Labyrinth Within) by Swedish choreographer and filmmaker...
Photo by: Martin Nessir
Complexions Contemporary Ballet
Nov 13-25
"Explosive energy, ferocious technique, and eye-watering hyper flexibility," proclaims The New Zealand Herald about Complexions...
Photo by: Jae Man Joo
Kidd Pivot
The Tempest Replica
Nov 28-Dec 2
Grabbing well-deserved international attention, former Ballet Frankfurt dancer Crystal Pite fuses classical dance with structured...
Photo by: Jorg Baumann
Russell Maliphant
The Rodin Project
Dec 4-9
Following his Olivier Award-nominated and Critics' Circle National Dance Award-winning AfterLight, Russell Maliphant comes to The...
Photo by: Laurant Phillips
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Dec 18 -Jan 6
Take the chill out of winter with the Trocks, the all-male troupe whose brilliant pointe work and hilarious parodying produce...
Photo by: Sascha Vaughn
FOCUS Dance
Jan 8-13
An exciting week-long celebration, now in its second season, FOCUS Dance is a partnership between Gotham Arts Exchange and The...
Steven Petronio Company by Sarah Silver
Parsons Dance
Jan 15-27
"One of modern dance's greatest living dance-makers" (New York Magazine), David Parsons brings Parsons Dance back to The Joyce...
Photo by: Lois Greenfield
Performances are subject to change.
Le Grand Continental
This summer, The Joyce Theater and the River To River Festival will present the U.S. premiere of Le Grand Continental by Montréal-based choreographer Sylvain Émard at the South Street Seaport. This exciting performance event brings together 200+ participants of all ages, ethnicities and backgrounds – dancers and non-dancers alike – to perform a contemporary re-imagining of a traditional festive line dance.