For 25 years, the American Tap Dance Foundation (ATDF) has served as a vital institution dedicated to preserving and advancing tap dance. Its flagship event, Tap City, the New York City Tap Festival founded by Tony Waag, returns to the Joyce Theater from May 19 to 24, 2026, marking its silver anniversary with a program that honors the form’s legacy while
Battery Dance
has announced its
50th Anniversary Gala, set for Wednesday, May 20, 2026 at The Rooftop at Edison Ballroom, 240 W. 47th Street, New York, NY. Cocktails begin at 6:30pm, with dinner and a performance at 7:30pm. Tickets to the gala start at $500 and can be purchased
here.
The 50th Anniversary Battery Dance
Little Women Ballet Company is excited to announce a new partnership with Pasadena Civic Ballet to launch the Choreography Mentorship Program, a four-week summer intensive designed for young dancers ready to explore the creative side of their art. Every dancer has a story to tell. This program invites movers ages 13 to 18 to step behind the curtain and
Ballet Arizona’s Ballet in Bloom: An Evening at Desert Botanical Garden returns May 13–30, bringing back its signature magic with an elevated new format. Set against the desert’s sweeping vistas and the glow of the setting sun, this audience favorite now unfolds as a double feature experience. Audiences can take in the U.S. premiere of Reset by Daniela
Oakland Ballet Company’s annual Dancing Moons Festival, a celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander artists, continues for two weekends April 30 - May 9 in San Francisco. The Great Star Theater will host the first weekend’s program featuring world premieres by Phil Chan and Wei Wang. Over the second weekend the company moves to Herbst Theatre for
Love really is the pulse that creates the rhythm for our lives. Sometimes it slips away, sometimes it is found again, but love in the end is what brings us meaning. For their season finale,
Dance NOW! Miami’s (DNM) Program III
features two world premieres that examine this universal emotion, and three repertory works.
Broward
EMERGE125, a Black, female-led dance company based in Harlem, presents its
2026 NYC Season, celebrating 10 years of Artistic Director
Tiffany Rea-Fisher’s leadership. This season features three dynamic new works choreographed by Rea-Fisher, exploring themes of progressive social change through powerful, physically charged
92nd Street Y, New York (92NY)
presents
GALLIM:
BLUSH
on Thursday, April 30, 2026 at 7PM and Friday, May 1, 2026 at 7PM at Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center, 1395 Lexington Ave., New York, NY, 10128.
GALLIM founder
Andrea Miller,
one of today’s most celebrated choreographers, returns
Harlem Stage is proud to announce its E-Moves Festival 2026. For more than 25 years, E-Moves has convened the world’s leading choreographers, dancers, dance companies, and artists from Black, Indigenous, and other communities of color, in an exploration of movement and message. Founded on the belief that art is a fundamental right for all people, Harlem
Works & Process
presents a first look at
In the Folds of Her Purple
by
Xin Ying, set for Sunday, April 26, 2026 at 7PM at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, 1071 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY, 10128.
Martha Graham Dance Company
principal dancer and interdisciplinary artist
Xin Ying,
a
Convergence Ballet
enters a new artistic chapter this spring as newly appointed
Artistic Director
Ian Parsons
makes his Phoenix choreographic debut with
The Space Before, an evening of transformative ballet on
April 26 at 6:00 PM
at the
Dorrance Theatre, 2835 E.
The Arts Incubator for Change-Making is a new year-long program by Artichoke Dance Company aimed at developing the arts and culture sector as an agent for change. The program starts with 40 hours of in-person training held from June 22–26, 2026 in Brooklyn, NY, continues with 20 hours of individual mentorship, includes a half-day reconvening of the cohort in
