School Programs
The Joyce Theater Dance Education Program
The Joyce Dance Education Program for Schools offers a series of live dance experiences, including school-time matinee performances, residencies, and interactive workshops. Students (grades 1-12) are invited to explore artistic ideas in dance composition with a teaching artist using our inquiry-based approach and talk directly to dancers and choreographers about their artistry and career paths.
We strive to make student performances accessible and welcoming. Each year, The Joyce Theater partners with Parsons Dance and others to offer sensory-friendly performances for neurodivergent students and those on the autism spectrum. For all inquiries contact: DanceEducation@joyce.org.
The Joyce is a NYC Public Schools vendor [JOY030000] and a registered vendor with Eastern Suffolk BOCES.
COMPONENTS INCLUDE:
- Residency planning sessions with an experienced teaching artist
- Exclusive access to live school-time matinees at The Joyce Theater
- Professional Learning Workshops for teachers and administrators
- Resource and reference materials related to each performance
"We have had a partnership with the Joyce Theater for over 10 years and each year is more fulfilling and joyful than the year before.Our teaching artist really knows how to bring about the best and most creative work with our youngest students and is a true and generous collaborator and educator. Drawing upon some challenging abstract concepts from the performance for study, we worked together to create an exciting and enriching series of lessons that can continue to be built upon long after the residency ended. Thank you for such a memorable, enriching experience."
Laurel Lesio, Teacher
Grace Church School
Performance for Study Partner
“I have been bringing my students to The Joyce for over a decade and the students' experience with The Joyce has remained a highlight of their dance education at Friends. Not only do the students value it, but the parents that chaperone also continue to thank me for both exposing their children and themselves to the programming at The Joyce. The parents praise me for being a great dance educator after seeing a performance, and to be honest, I feel a little guilty that I'm taking all the credit for the work of The Joyce and the dance artists!”
Barry Blumenfeld
Friends Seminary School
Dance Educator/Choreographer
Performance for Study Partner
“Working in tandem with the Joyce theater to enrich my students’ continuous exposure to dance has been a fulfilling excursion. My students have had the opportunity to work with the teaching artists who are able to inspire the students of different dance backgrounds along with our many trips to the Joyce theatre to see multiple styles of dance.”
Alycia M. Perrin
Bronxdale High School
Broadway Dance Center
Dance Educator/Choreographer
Performance for Study Partner
“A very delayed thank you!! Nora had a blast - she was so into the word search and then when Music For The Sole came out she kept whispering "Is that Leonardo?!" "Is that Gregory?!" It was helpful to see names and terms in writing before the performance began.
Thank you again for helping us make a memory together. The show was wonderful - as I knew it would be.“
Lauren Kiel
Chelsea Factory
Family Matinee
“WHEN WE ATTEND A PERFORMANCE AT THE JOYCE…
The Jolly, Jammin, Joyful, and Jubilation of THE EXPERIENCE that infuses our students’ hearts is beyond palpable measure! From the kindness and care shown to us, EVERY TIME WE ATTEND A PERFORMANCE to the magical, mystical, mellifluous moves of the dancers…
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT MAKES THIS POSSIBLE!!!"
Ms. Helene Fitzpatrick and Class-Family 310
The Lorge School
Performance for Study Partner