Performance Cancellation

While vaccine and mask protocols and negative PCR testing continue to allow venues to safely move forward with performances, The Joyce Theater has made the difficult decision to postpone Malpaso Dance Company from January 19-23, 2022 to a date that has yet to be decided. 

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Performance Cancellation

While vaccine and mask protocols and negative PCR testing continue to allow venues to safely move forward with performances, The Joyce Theater has made the difficult decision to postpone Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca from January 25-February 6, 2022 to a date that has yet to be decided.

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Performance Cancellation

While vaccine and mask protocols and negative PCR testing continue to allow venues to safely move forward with performances, The Joyce Theater has made the difficult decision to postpone Botis Seva | Far From The Norm from February 8-13, 2022 to a date that has yet to be decided.

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FEB 15-20

Showcasing powerful Afro-Colombian and Afro-contemporary dance with live music and singing, Colombia-based Sankofa Danzafro presents Accommodating Lie, a full-length work by Rafael Palacios that seeks to dismantle stereotypes and beliefs about the Black body and what it means to be of African descent.

FEB 22-27

In Chapter 3: The Brutal Journey of the Heart, the final installment of a trilogy on love, acclaimed choreographer Sharon Eyal explores the unexpected, yet wonderful ways we heal from wounds of the heart. Propelled by Ori Lichtik’s original soundscape, L-E-V creates a dreamlike atmosphere with pulsating and sensual movement that demonstrates the power of human sensitivity.

MAR 1-6

With a compelling style that reflects the “invention, attitude, and urban edge” (The Boston Globe) of its Los Angeles home, BODYTRAFFIC returns to The Joyce with a program that captures the company’s audience-captivating joyfulness. Highlights include former BODYTRAFFIC dancer Micaela Taylor’s SNAP, displaying her hip-hop roots, and a world premiere by the collaborative team of Baye & Asa, fusing intricate patterns of rhythm and form.

MAR 8-13

New York City Ballet principal dancer Sara Mearns invites new collaborators in her artistic orbit in this upcoming Joyce Theater Production. Continuing her process of creative self-discovery, Sara will challenge herself and her partners in a series of pieces that span mediums and reimagine genres. Works by Beth Gill, Jodi Melnick, Guillaume Côté, and others take center stage as this world-class ballerina reveals herself through the bold act of trying something new.

MAR 15-20

“Sophisticated and commanding” (Los Angeles Times), the Trinity Irish Dance Company (TIDC) is the birthplace of progressive Irish dance, an innovative movement genre that “ushered in a new era for Irish step dance” (Chicago Tribune).

MAR 22-27

Returning to The Joyce for their 2022 home season, Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE offers a compelling program, bringing a spiritual awareness that touches the human heart. Acclaimed choreographer Ronald K. Brown utilizes music and movement rich in thematic content drawn from the African and African American diaspora. His works are performed with a depth of physicality that reflects Brown’s meditations on cultural legacy, community, and socio-political history.

MAR 29-APR 3

Conceived and led by world-renowned tap artist Michela Marino Lerman, Once Upon a Time Called Now fuses iconic tap dance improvography with live jazz and music performance – featuring her unique ensemble of musicians and dancers, Love Movement. 

Performance Cancellation

While vaccine and mask protocols and negative PCR testing continue to allow venues to safely move forward with performances, The Joyce Theater has made the difficult decision to cancel Sydney Dance Company from April 6-10, 2022. 

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APR 12-17

Founded in 1979, Compañía Nacional de Danza, currently under the artistic direction of former New York City Ballet principal Joaquin de Luz, makes its Joyce debut with Carmen, a new reimagining by award-winning choreographer John Inger. Set to the beloved music of Georges Bizet, arranged by Rodion Shchedrin, Inger’s Carmen strips the classic tale down to its mythic and universal elements of passion and revenge.

APR 19-MAY 1

The Limón Dance Company celebrates its 75th Anniversary Season by sharing José Limón's inspiring life story. In two exciting programs, the company brings to The Joyce three Limón works as they have never been seen before and two world premieres, as well as modern dance classics. The dancers travel through time with a tour of Mexican history inside the reconstruction of Limón’s first major solo, Danzas Mexicanas.

MAY 3-15

L.A. Dance Project returns to The Joyce Theater in 2022 with two programs specially conceived by Artistic Director Benjamin Millepied.

MAY 17-22

Stephen Petronio Company offers this season as a call for connection and hope. Initially conceived as a moving meditation filmed during the Covid-19 lockdown, New New Prayer For Now bursts onto the stage as a newly completed world premiere.

MAY 24-29

Trisha Brown Dance Company marks its 50th anniversary with a program celebrating Brown’s extraordinary creative partnership with visual artist Robert Rauschenberg.

MAY 31-JUN 5

Doug Varone and Dancers returns to The Joyce celebrating its 35th year with the New York premiere of Somewhere (2019) and Varone’s masterwork from 1993, Rise. Somewhere reimagines Leonard Bernstein’s timeless West Side Story by stripping the orchestral score of its narrative connotations.

JUN 9-12

“A New York City treasure” (The New York Times), Ballet Tech Kids Dance returns to the Joyce with a program honoring Ballet Tech Founder Eliot Feld. The troupe will present excerpts from Mr. Feld's Kids Dance classic 23 Skidoo and his audience favorite Hello Fancy!, as well as Kids Dance premieres by Ballet Tech Faculty Members Michael Snipe and Men Ca. Of course, there will be a few surprises that audiences will not want to miss.

JUN 14-19

Long have the dancers of the Paul Taylor Dance Company captivated the world with their athleticism, emotion, and fearlessness. In celebration of the Company's first appearance at The Joyce, Artistic Director Michael Novak has curated three unique programs that highlight groundbreaking early works from the master choreographer's canon, including Events II (1957), Fibers (1960), Aureole (1962), and Tracer (1962).

JUN 21-26

One of America’s leading flamenco companies, Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana presents the world premiere of FRONTERAS, a new work choreographed by two of flamenco’s most exciting artists, José Maldonado and Karen Lugo.

JUN 28-JUL 3

Hailed for his ”extraordinary feats of visual imagination" (The New York Times), Christopher Williams offers a program of his own original queer versions of legendary ballets from the Ballets Russes era.

JUL 6-24

Seamlessly blending illusion, acrobatics, magic and whimsy, MOMIX sends audiences flying down the rabbit hole in Moses Pendelton’s newest creation, ALICE, inspired by Lewis Carroll’s classic Alice in Wonderland. Join this dazzling company on a mind-bending adventure, as Alice encounters time-honored characters including the undulating Caterpillar, a lobster quadrille, frenzied White Rabbits, a mad Queen of Hearts, and a variety of other surprises.
 

JUL 26-31

Hailed as “the queen of tap” (The New York Times), Dormeshia returns to The Joyce reaching for new heights. In her latest work, Rhythm Is Life, the dynamic tap dancer and choreographer creates a sensory kaleidoscope that both moves with the collective pulse of life and invites others to find their own groove. Performed by a group of magnetic dancers and a live band, Rhythm Is Life is a meditation, a voyage, and above all, a celebration of life.

AUG 1-7

Black Grace brings its distinct style of “exhilarating, seemingly inexhaustible energy” (The New York Times) to the United States again for its international tour of 2022.

AUG 9-14

According to the gospel of hip-hop dance artist Rennie Harris, “movement is how we worship life.” In his latest work, LIFTED, spirituality and movement traditions intertwine.

AUG 16-21

The Sarasota Ballet returns to The Joyce Theater with a triple bill featuring two ballets by Sir Frederick Ashton and a world premiere by Jessica Lang. Under the Directorship of Iain Webb, The Sarasota Ballet has established itself as not only a company with a diverse and extensive repertoire, but also the main exponent of the choreography of Sir Frederick Ashton.