Dance List 22
Through March 29
Diving right in this month. There’s a lot to see!
A few notes for navigating this list:
The events are listed in order of opening date. Where listed as “through” a certain date, the event has already opened.
The list has two main sections: performances (week by week) followed by a roundup of dance-related screenings, talks, and exhibitions. You’ll also find two new mini sections at the end: out of town highlight and virtual highlight.
I often add to Dance List as I learn of new events. The latest is below. To submit an addition or a correction, please write to me at danceletter@substack.com. (To keep the workload of this project manageable, I tend not to list student recitals or showcases, as much as I appreciate them!)
* = free or suggested-donation event, ^ = virtual viewing option
When I have work/news of my own to share, you can find it at the end under p.s.
Performances
Week of Monday, March 2
*March 3: Stage Dive at Triskelion Arts
^March 4: Anh Vo, Experiments with Ca Trù at Roulette (with free livestream)
March 4-5: Fiesta Flamenca at Baryshnikov Arts Center
March 4-5: Noé Soulier, The Waves, part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival, at the Joyce
March 5: Split Bill: Marija & Kristi at Arts on Site
March 5-6: Pageant Presents: (Split Bill) Chloe Friend / Zo Williams at Pageant
March 5-7: Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, EXIT ABOVE, part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival, at NYU Skirball
March 5-7: Scoop Slone, STATES: OBSERVATION: A Butoh Dance Trilogy, presented by Vangeline / New York Butoh Institute, at 3AM Theatre
March 5-8: Sara Baras, Vuela, part of Flamenco Festival, at City Center
March 6: Holly Harkins & Hallie Chametzky: An Evening of Two Choreographers at Arts on Site
March 6-7: Nacera Belaza, La Nuée, part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival, at New York Live Arts
March 6-21: American Ballet Theatre spring season at David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
March 7: Claire Louise Goldes / ABBONDANZA, Only Skylights at Arts on Site
March 7: Jasmine Hearn, Memory Fleet: Time & Trinity, part of Platform 2026: Secret Gardens, at Danspace Project
March 7-15: ILL-Abilities, No Excuses, No Limits at New Victory Theater
March 8: KAŌS Dance Collective, PSYWAR at Arts on Site
Through March 9: Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival at 92NY and Works & Process at the Guggenheim
March 3-4: Performances co-curated by Alison Manning and Michelle Dorrance, feat. Donnetta Jackson / MADD Mixtape, Maria Torres, Nelida Tirado, Liliana Morales, and Leah Banales (3/3) and Chelsea Hoy, Fritzlyn Hector, Irene Koloseus, and Mai Lê Hô’s LayeRhythm (3/4) at 92NY
March 5-6: Ladies in the Shoe performances, conceived and directed by Dormeshia, feat. Demi Remick, Claudia Rahardjanoto, Amanda Castro, Josette Wiggan, and more, part of Ladies in the Shoe Tap Conference, at 92NY
March 8: Kukai Dantza, Yarin and Naomi Funaki, Ikigai at the Guggenheim
Through March 21: Benjamin Millepied / L.A. Dance Project, Romeo & Juliet Suite at Park Avenue Armory
Week of Monday, March 9
March 9: Kukai Dantza, Nire Txokotik and Xianix Barrera, Quebrada, part of Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival, at Works & Process at the Guggenheim
*March 9: Movement Research at the Judson Church, feat. binbinFactory / Satoshi Haga & Rie Fukuzawa, Blaze Ferrer, Margot Mae, and mik phillips + tor breen, at Judson Memorial Church
March 10-15: Compagnie Hervé KOUBI, Sol Invictus, part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival, at the Joyce
March 11: 4:15 Monthly Movement Series, feat. Jelani Taylor, Syd Thiebaut, Thomas Hogan, and Mackenzie Nye + Judette Elliston, at Green Lung Studio
March 11: Fast Forward, feat. Colin Heininger and Kayt MacMaster + Calamity Works, curated by Sangeeta Yesley, at Dixon Place
March 11-12: Soa Ratsifandrihana, g r oo v e, part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival, at New York Live Arts
March 12-13: Leïla Ka, You're the one we love and Robyn Orlin, and when we change the landscape…, performed by Choreographic Ensemble of the Paris National Conservatoire, part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival, at L'Alliance New York
March 12-14: (VACA) Valentina Baché, Dog God//Germ Angels at Triskelion Arts
March 12-14: Footprints Dance Festival, presented by Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre, at Amanda Selwyn Dance Studio
March 12-14: Made by Women: A Women’s Choreography & Film Festival, presented by Dual Rivet, at Arts on Site
March 12-15: Brooklyn Ballet, Soft Power at Mark O’Donnell Theater
March 13: Offerings, feat. Lena Engelstein and Lisa Fagan, River L. Ramirez, and evan ray suzuki, at Church of Saint Mary the Virgin
March 13-14: Accent Dance NYC, “NEXT: New Voices, Shared Stories” at Ailey Citigroup Theater
March 13-14: Robyn Orlin, We wear our wheels with pride, part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival, at NYU Skirball
March 13-14: Heather Robles, “Tender” at BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance
*March 13-14: Spring Movement, feat. Demetris Charalambous, Morgan Gregory, Umber Majeed, Margot Mae, and Rosalie Yu, at CPR
March 13-14: Karinne Keithley Syers, Your Ghost Body at the Chocolate Factory
March 14-15: Lucinda Childs, Early Works, part of Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival, at Works & Process at the Guggenheim
March 15: Racoco Productions and JC Project at Arts on Site
March 15: ZCO/DANCEPROJECT, Invisible/Visible - “Telling Like It Is” at The Tank
Through March 15: ILL-Abilities, No Excuses, No Limits at New Victory Theater
Through March 21: American Ballet Theatre spring season at David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
Through March 21: Benjamin Millepied / L.A. Dance Project, Romeo & Juliet Suite at Park Avenue Armory
Week of Monday, March 16
*March 16: Movement Research at the Judson Church, feat. Ariana Speight, Andrea Soto, Stephanie Hewett, and Nattie Trogdon + Hollis Bartlett, at Judson Memorial Church
March 17-22: Ailey II, in works by Renée I. McDonald, Rena Butler, My’Kal Stromile, Chalvar Monteiro, and Alvin Ailey, at the Joyce
March 19: 123/Intersection of Three: Liron Kichler, Brianna Lopez, Michal Ben Lior at Arts on Site
March 19-21: Emma Judkins, At Matins or Evensong at Kestrels
March 19-22: Jane Comfort and Company at La MaMa
March 20: Miro Magloire / New Chamber Ballet at Dance Lab New York
March 20-21: Hiroaki Umeda, assimilating and Moving State 1 at Japan Society
*March 21: Katherine Helen Fisher, Cyborg Mirror, on a shared bill of new media performances, part of Every Woman Biennial, at Pen + Brush Gallery
March 21: Motion/Matter: All-Styles Dance Battle at PAC NYC
March 22: Martha Graham Dance Company: Jamar Roberts at Works & Process at the Guggenheim
March 22: The R.E.A.C.H. Collective, Matriarch at CPR
Through March 21: American Ballet Theatre spring season at David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center
Through March 21: Benjamin Millepied / L.A. Dance Project, Romeo & Juliet Suite at Park Avenue Armory
Week of Monday, March 23
*March 23: Movement Research at the Judson Church, feat. EHQS in The Church of the Unruly & The Cosmic Angels, Jordan Demetrius Lloyd, Maya Schwartz, and Maxi Hawkeye Canion, at Judson Memorial Church
March 24-April 5: Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, in works by Aszure Barton, Nacho Duato, James Gregg, Matthew Rushing, and Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon, at the Joyce
March 25: 8 in Show, curated by Sangeeta Yesley, at Dixon Place
March 25: Neal Medlyn, Made in Heaven at the Chocolate Factory
March 25-28: Juilliard Spring Dances 2026, with works by José Limón, Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, and Alvin Ailey, at Peter Jay Sharp Theater
March 26: Madeline Anderson, Overflow at Arts on Site
March 26: Latif Askia Ba and Sophie Frizzell, Dancing the Pause at CPR
March 26: Maxine Montilus, Our Bodies, No Apologies at BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance
March 26-27: DOUBLES: Tara Hemmer + Chisato Fujii at Green Lung Studio
March 26-28: Pageant Presents: Owen Prum at Pageant
March 26-29: Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble at BAM
March 27: BAAD!Ass Perspectives: Dances and Films by Femmes, feat. Hannah Howell, Dalia Engelberg, Maggie Girgis, and The Bronx Filmmakers Collective, at BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance
March 27-28: Obremski/Works, INVENTS 2026 at Arts on Site
March 27-29: Jodi Melnick and Sara Mearns, Superbloom (Dancing Into Choreographic Forms) at 92NY
^March 28: BAAD!Ass Women Dance Compilation, feat. Ching-I Chang, Imani Gaudin, Megan Curet, Tiffany Mellard, Amina Kolenc, Aryanna Allen, Catherine Messina, and Cece Mitchell, at BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance (and online)
Screenings, Talks & Exhibitions (etc.)
*Ongoing: When the Bronx Moved: Histories of Dance, 1970-84 at Museum of Bronx History, with free guided tour by Popmaster Fabel on March 12 (RSVP)
*March 12: The Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation Evening for Female Choreography at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
March 17: Documenting Dance: The story behind the creation of the new PBS documentary Martha Graham Dance Company: We are Our Time at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Film Center at NYU
March 19-May 2: Maya Man, StarPower at bitforms gallery, with opening reception March 19
*^March 25: The Dance Historian Is In: Dance and Science, feat. Lynn Matluck Brooks and Sariel Golomb, presented online by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
*March 29: American Dance Guild Book Fair at Peridance Center
Out of Town Highlight
Something to see outside of (but still close-ish to) the five boroughs:
March 6: Ice Dance International, The Seasons at Essex County Codey Arena, West Orange, New Jersey. (This pick inspired by my obsession with Alysa Liu!)
Virtual Highlight
Something to watch or do on the internet:
The School at Jacob’s Pillow recently announced a new series of online courses in dance history and appreciation. Register by April 1 for Experiencing Dance with Kate Mattingly, a six-week course “focusing on how audiences interpret performances and engage with the artists' processes and priorities,” April 28-June 2. (Registration is now closed for Dance History 101, taught by Wendy Perron.)