For the twenty first annual La MaMa Strikes! Dance Pageant, Apr. 9-Might 10, at La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theatre and The Downstairs Theatre, and The Membership and Group Arts House, dance artists in any respect phases of their careers will experiment, collaborate, and share new work. Curated by Nicky Paraiso, the competition will embody 12 productions throughout La MaMa’s 4 venues, and as much as 4 in-person group workshops and public discussions. This 12 months’s competition line-up options dancemakers Donald Byrd, Beth Corning with visitor puppeteer Tom Lee, Vangeline, Patricia Hoffbauer, Dancers Limitless, Solar Kim Dance Theatre, Inexperienced Cow, Iver Findlay, BamBam Frost & Ori Flomin, Pioneers Go East Collective, and ms. z tye & Mina Nishimura in a shared night curated by La MaMa Curatorial Residents Martita Abril & Blaze Ferrer, and so March extra. For more information, go to lamama.org.
Apr. 2: As a part of the BAAD! Ass Ladies Pageant, in this system titled “Decolonize The Pelvis: A Dialogue,” Awilda Rodríguez-Lora, Priscilla Marrero, and Megan Curet will talk about works rooted in Caribbean traditions. For more information, go to baadbronx.org.
Apr. 10-11: The Kitchen presents Jonathan González: “Swerve Fatigue,” a brand new efficiency work unfolding on the boundaries of dance and sound. González shall be joined by Ananda Naima González, India Lena González, Marguerite Hemmings, Kingsley Ibeneche, AJ Wilmore, and Wayne Arthur Paul, plus sonic practitioners Alexis De La Rosa (Delabae) and GENG PTP. For more information, go to thekitchen.org/on-view.
Apr. 10-11: In “Legends & Visionaries (2026)” at Judson Church, New York Theatre Ballet’s spring season will provide works by Antony Tudor, Merce Cunningham, plus world premieres by Julian Donahue and Kevin Iega Jeff. For more information, go to nytb.org.
Apr. 11: Danspace Mission’s “Dialog With out Partitions” returns with Jasmine Hearn, Victoria Lynn Awkward, Myssi Robinson, and Charmaine Warren providing a long-form, roundtable dialogue centered on Black femme dance writing and archiving. For more information, go to danspaceproject.org.
Apr. 12: As a part of the BAAD! Ass Ladies Pageant assortment at BAAD!, comes the student-designed recital led by Maya McGuire (Juilliard), highlighting underrepresented feminine creatives and alluring dialogue round womanhood, illustration, and the longer term. For more information, go to baadbronx.org.
Apr. 14-15: Clark Heart NYC and The American Dance Guild be part of forces to current “The Politics of Motion: When Dance Speaks Out,” on the Theater on the 14th Avenue Y. Eight corporations and choreographers will symbolize generations, aesthetics, and cultural lineages: Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble, Dances We Dance, Francesca Todesco, Catherine Gallant (Dances by Isadora), Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama, H.T. Chen & Dancers, Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance Firm, Eleo Pomare, Monét Motion Productions, Arthur Avilés Typical Theater, Ted Shawn, and Jamel Gaines Inventive Outlet. For more information, go to clarkcenternyc.org.
Apr. 14-19: Choreographers Jamar Roberts, John Heginbotham, Caili Quan, and Melissa Toogood come along with violinist Johnny Gandelsman within the New York premiere of “Johnny Loves Johann” at The Joyce, pairing Johnny’s folk-inspired violin interpretation of Johann Sebastian Bach’s full Cello Suites. For more information, go to joyce.org.
Apr. 16-18: A.I.M by Kyle Abraham brings the New York premiere of “Cassette Vol. 1” to NYU Skirball. Abraham “weaves collectively the pop, R&B, and New Wave sounds of his youth, to craft “Cassettee Vol. 1,” which strikes between camp and critique, honoring the influences that formed him,” notes the discharge. For more information, go to nyuskirball.org.
Apr. 16-19: Dance Theatre of Harlem returns to New York Metropolis Heart with their tackle the legendary “Firebird,” the basic Russian folks story of affection, however in a Caribbean setting. It was initially created in 1982 by John Taras with units and costumes by Geoffrey Holder. This system additionally contains new and up to date works by DTH Inventive Director Robert Garland. For more information, go to nycitycenter.org.
Apr. 17-18: 92NY’s Future Dance Pageant, now in its fifth 12 months, continues to highlight new expertise and new work. This 12 months, as a part of 92NY’s Ladies Transfer the World 2025/26, featured artists are: Madeline Maxine Roman, Laura Coe, Grace Yi-Li Tong & Stephanie Shin, Lu Wang, Jessee Leigh Robinson, Miho Ryu, Jeevika Bhat, Imani Gaudin, Rylan Joenk, Solenn Etienne, Victoria L. Awkward, Hannah French, Avery Renee, and Savea Kagan. This system will stream Apr. 16-23. For more information, go to 92ny.org.
Apr. 17-25: Symara Sarai presents “Angelic Architectures,” “a dance play that showcases the inside anarchy of Black queer femininity,” in accordance with the discharge. Featured shall be Kentoria Earle, Kashia Kancey, CHIMI, and Sarai. For more information, go to abronsartscenter.org.
Apr. 18-19: The Joffrey Live performance Group, NYC, brings again their ICONS Dance Pageant with performances by The Joffrey Live performance Group, Limon2, and BH2 (Ballet Hispanico) on the Ailey Citigroup Theater. Featured shall be works by José Limón, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and extra. For more information, go to joffreyconcertgroupnyc.com.
Apr. 19: At CPR, “Open AiR” artist Yiseul LeMieux gives a participatory night of efficiency, titled “Die Cute,” that “makes use of cuteness to softly disarm individuals and information them via grief in a method that’s each playful and deeply empathetic,” notes the discharge. For more information, go to cprnyc.org.
Apr. 20-27: The annual E-Strikes Pageant at Harlem Stage returns with a masterclass and dialog with Camille A. Brown, CEO & Inventive Director of Harlem Stage Dr. Indira Etwaroo, rising choreographers Kamani Abu, Derick McKoy Jr., Naia Neal, and Kasey Orava, a screening of “Paris Is Burning” with a post-show dialog, and “Black Males in Dance,” a dialog with Donald Byrd, Robert Battle, and Lil Buck, alongside stay efficiency. For more information, go to harlemstage.org/.
Apr. 21-26: Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana returns to The Joyce with the premiere of “QUINTO ELEMENTO (Fifth Component),” an evening-length work by Patricia Guerrero that explores the fifth factor of the earth. For more information, go to joyce.org.
Apr. 23-25: Mufutau Yusuf returns to the Irish Arts Heart with “Deadlock,” a duet with
Shafiki Sseggayi, “that seeks to know the politics and illustration of the Black physique in modern Western society,” notes the discharge. For more information, go to irishartscenter.org.
April 23: An “Open Door” program at CPR, Tesora Garcia and Zacarías González come collectively to construct a night that questions our bodily and religious nourishment inside extractive, colonial methods. For more information, go to cprnyc.org.
Apr. 24-25: jaamil olawale kosoko involves Lincoln Heart with “//shrouded,” a brand new work integrating dance, poetry, visible artwork, authentic music, and ceremony “to recast the physique as an archive of reminiscence and transformation,” in accordance with the discharge. For more information, go to lincolncenter.org.
Apr. 23-25: At Danspace Mission, Stacy Matthew Spence brings the solo “With in, Round, With out… me,” persevering with Spence’s curiosity in navigating inner and exterior terrains. For more information, go to danspaceproject.org.
Apr. 23-26: Ballet Hispánico presents “MUJERES: Ladies in Movement” — the corporate’s second program devoted to feminine choreographers. Included are two world premieres: “Trança (Braid)” by Brazil’s Cassi Abranches, and “Reactor Antígona (Reacting to Antigone)” by Cuba’s Marianela Boán. Additionally on this system is “Línea Recta” by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Stephanie Martinez’s “Otra Vez, Otra Vez, Otra Vez.” For more information, go to ballethispanico.org.
Apr. 26: Every “Sundays on Broadway” efficiency is a singular, one-time-only occasion, curated by Cathy Weis with co-curators David Guzman and Zo Williams. Marguerite Hemmings, Jonathan Matthews-Guzmán, and Jodi Melnick share a day. For more information, go to cathyweis.org.
Apr. 30-Might 2: EMERGE125 celebrates 10 years beneath Inventive Director Tiffany Rea-Fisher at El Museo del Barrio. On this system are new works by Rea-Fisher and collaborators. For more information, go to emerge125.org.
Apr. 30-Might 2: At Trisk, Dorchel Haqq will current “the underscore,” “an immersive bodily theatre work…providing a lens into the Black fragility, Afropessimism, Afrofuturism, and extra,” notes the discharge. For more information, go to triskelionarts.org.
