The
Breaking Ground Contemporary Dance Festival
returns to the
Tempe Center for the Arts
for its
2026 season, celebrating 19 years of bold, boundary-pushing contemporary dance. Curated by national adjudicators, the festival features work by
16 choreographers
and
over 50
School of Nashville Ballet has announced dates and cities for the national audition tour for their 2026 Summer Intensives to include Nashville Ballet’s Company Immersion Intensive, Contemporary Intensive and more. The 2026 audition tour will kick off on January 10, 2026, in Oceanside, CA and run through January 31 in Dallas, TX. The auditions will conclude
Works & Process announces the 2026 Underground Uptown Dance Festival, a festival of commissioned dances January 9-13, 2026.
Gather round the Guggenheim theater and rotunda for
one-night-only events bringing together street, social, and club traditions with ballet, contemporary, and modern dance. Continue the conversation with complimentary
Shen Yun Performing Arts, the world’s premier classical Chinese dance and music company, is celebrating its 20th anniversary with a historic global tour.
This season, Shen Yun will captivate audiences worldwide with an unprecedented spectacle, featuring eight equally large troupes performing simultaneously across five continents. These
Dance Camera West’s Artistic/Executive Director,
Kelly Hargraves,
has announced that the 26th season of the world-renowned Los Angeles–based Dance Camera West Festival—recognized for its innovative intersection of choreography, filmmaking, and visual storytelling—will take place
Thursday, January 22, through Sunday, January
Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, Tivoli, NY is pleased to announce auditions for the Kaatsbaan Ballet Intensive (KBI), January 16–18, 2026. In-person auditions will take place January 16–17 at Gibney Studios, located at 890 Broadway, New York, NY 10003, in Studio 5-2. An additional audition will take place in Tivoli at Kaatsbaan (120 Broadway, Tivoli, NY 12583) on
The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble's beloved annual contemporary dance festival, Dance at the Odyssey, expands to two stages in its ninth year, offering double the cutting-edge performances across six thrilling weeks. Curated by series co-founder Barbara Müller-Wittmann, the festival showcases innovative works by over 17 Los Angeles-based choreographers, including
gaudanse has announced a grant award totaling $35,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) to support the arts and culture sector. Through New York State’s continued investment in arts and culture, NYSCA has awarded $80.9 million in FY 2026 to arts and culture nonprofits across all 10 regions and a historic number of artists. “New York’s
Pacific Ballroom Dance is delighted to announce the appointment of new Executive Director, Tigran Arakelyan. Tigran joins PBD from his previous role as Executive Director of Music Works Northwest—an organization closely aligned with PBD’s mission, though focused on music education and performance. Throughout his career, Tigran has been deeply rooted in the
Inland Pacific Ballet, Southern California’s Premier Professional Ballet Company presents its annual spectacular production of
The Nutcracker
this holiday season with four performances at
Bridges Auditorium at Pomona College
in
Claremont
between
December 13-14,
and<br
Experience the holiday classic in a new light, featuring over 100 dancers and musicians performing at the London Coliseum. Against an Edwardian London backdrop, this
Nutcracker
is reimagined to centralize Clara throughout the story. Set to Tchaikovsky’s iconic score, the film features choreography by English National Ballet artistic
Brooklyn Ballet, the interdisciplinary dance company known for challenging convention and celebrating collaboration, proudly presents its annual production of
The Brooklyn Nutcracker
at The Theater at City Tech in Downtown Brooklyn,
December 6–14, 2025. Following last year’s sold-out run, the production returns for
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