Dance List 23
July 6-Aug. 2
Dear readers,
I last wrote to you at the end of March, thinking I’d be away for a month. Turns out I needed more time. I’m glad to be back after a(nother) longer-than-expected hiatus.
I’m not quite sure what the future holds for Danceletter. In the span of 11 months, I became a parent, and I lost a parent — seismic shifts. It’s been hard to slip back into the rhythm of monthly publishing. But I know I like putting together this resource, so for now, I plan to keep sending it out when I can. I’ll be thinking this summer about if/how it needs to evolve, and I welcome your thoughts about what’s working for you or what changes you’d like to see.
Thanks for reading,
Siobhan
A few notes for navigating Dance 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 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 donation-based event
When I have work/news of my own to share, you can find it at the end under p.s.
Updated July 23, 2026 at 12:21am ET
Performances
Week of Monday, July 6
*July 6: Practice Space Recital at Supr Omen
July 7 and 9-11: Dorrance Dance, SOUNDspace at Danspace Project
*July 10: Gabriella Ruiz, Exive II at the Whitney
*July 10-11: Nehprii Amenii, HUMAN, part of Open Call, at the Shed
July 11: Suz Murray, KACHONK, at Life World
Through July 12: Pilobolus, Trips at the Joyce
Through July 18: American Ballet Theatre summer season at the Metropolitan Opera House
Week of Monday, July 13
*July 13: How Do We Move In Public?, feat. Argelia Arreola, Ana “Rokafella” García, Paloma McGregor / Angela's Pulse, and Alethea Pace, presented by Social Practice CUNY and BAAD! Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, at The Hub
July 14-25: Mark Morris Dance Group at the Joyce
July 15: 4:15, a monthly movement series, feat. Jelani Taylor, Megan Siepka, Bella Donatelli, and FishFranklin (Aviana Goodman-Fish and Clara Franklin), at Green Lung Studio
July 15: New Victory Dance: Program A, feat. Urban Bush Women, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, and Shamel Pitts | TRIBE, at New Victory Theater
July 16-17: Pageant Presents: Split Bill - Devi Rayne / Nailah Murray + Lucie Parker at Pageant
July 17: HOT!Dance at Dixon Place
July 17-18: Hung Dance, BIRDY at NYU Skirball
*July 18: Christopher Núñez, The Ocean Keeps No Memory of the Lines, part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City, at David Rubenstein Atrium
July 19: Molissa Fenley, State of Darkness/Bardo, performed by Cassandra Trenary and Michael Trusnovec, at the Joyce
Through July 18: American Ballet Theatre summer season at the Metropolitan Opera House
Week of Monday, July 20
July 22: New Victory Dance: Program B, feat. Ballet Hispánico presents BH2, Trisha Brown Dance Company, and Umami Playground Dance Inc., at New Victory Theater
*July 22: SummerStage: Complexions Contemporary Ballet / Paul Taylor Dance Company / LaTasha Barnes’ The Jazz Continuum presents The Look of Love at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park
*July 22: Zhao Family Lion Dance Company and Fumei Youth Yingge Team, Awakening Lion + Yingge Dance (南国醒狮 x 英歌), part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City, at The Dance Floor at Josie Robertson Plaza
*July 22-25: Shen Wei Dance Arts and Guangdong Modern Dance Company, MindScape, part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City, at Hearst Plaza
July 23: PITCH: Tamás Marquardt and Iris McCloughan at Supr Omen
July 23-24: DOUBLES: Sara Thoreson + Syd Thiebaut at Green Lung Studio
July 23-24: Pageant Presents: Hayley Stahl at Pageant
July 23-26: Hugo Marchand: Artists at the Center at New York City Center
July 24: Nora Sharp, Cosmic Docks, part of HOT Festival, at Dixon Place
*July 24: Quartet Workshop Showings, presented by the Merce Cunningham Trust, at Mark Morris Dance Center
*July 25: America 250: Moving Together, presented by Battery Dance, at Robert F. Wagner, Jr. Park
*July 25: Chinatown Records and Red Silk Dancers, part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City, at David Rubenstein Atrium
July 25: Not Bad! Dance Company, The Magic of Daily Life at CPR
July 26: lu yim, Bottom Edge Air, hosted by RE/VENUE NYC, at Mabou Mines
Through July 25: Mark Morris Dance Group at the Joyce
Week of Monday, July 27
July 28-Aug. 1: BAAND Together Dance Festival, part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City, at David H. Koch Theater
July 29: New Victory Dance: Program C, feat. Michael Mao Dance, Gibney Company, and EMERGE125, at New Victory Theater
*July 29-31: Benjamin Akio Kimitch, Tiger Hands, part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City, at Hearst Plaza
July 29-Aug. 2: PHILADANCO! at the Joyce
*Aug. 1: Fana Fraser, A Sweet Victory, presented with JACK, at Governors Island
*Aug. 1: Tamisha A. Guy, In the Depths of Blue, part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City, at David Rubenstein Atrium
Aug. 1: Takahiro Yamamoto, Approaches to Hollow Center at the Chocolate Factory
*Aug. 2: Street Dance Takeover: Beats, Battles and Breaking, part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City, at David Geffen Hall and The Dance Floor
Screenings, Talks & Exhibitions (etc.)
*July 10: BORN TO FLY: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity (screening), part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City, at Hearst Plaza
*July 12: Care Making zine launch at Mercury Store
*July 15-17: Movement on Film: Athletic Shorts, part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City, at Hearst Plaza
*July 16: MELT Movie Night: Lines, Lineage, and Legacy – Transformations in Majorette Dance, hosted by Ogemdi Ude, at MR Courtyard Studio
*July 16-Aug. 19: Consider Dwelling Here Too Long: Photography by Casandra Trenary, presented by Gray Matters, at Studio 9BC
*July 23: About Face: Disrupting Ballet (screening), part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City, at David Rubenstein Atrium
*July 23: MELT Reading Group: Ways to Move – Black Insurgent Grammars, hosted by Jonathan González, at MR Courtyard Studio
*July 28: Panel Discussion: BAAND Together Dance Festival, part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City, at David Rubenstein Atrium
*July 30: Black on Film: Bronx Gothic at Harry Belafonte 115th Street Library
*July 30: MELT Event: Listening Session – Holy Defiance, hosted by Angie Pittman, at MR Courtyard Studio
*Through Aug. 1: Alexa West, Witch Baseball, video installation in Rara, curated by Blake Oetting, at D.D.D.D.
*Through Nov. 7: Martha Graham: The Mother of Psychological Dance, curated by Jack Ferver, at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (with free tours July 11 and 29)
*Ongoing: When the Bronx Moved: Histories of Dance, 1970-84 at Museum of Bronx History
Out of Town Highlight
Something to see outside the five boroughs:
July 10-31: Bates Dance Festival 2026 Performance Series, with works by Cynthia Oliver, Kyle Marshall, Leslie Cuyjet, and Jesse Factor; in-progress showings by Cara Hagan, Miguel Gutierrez, Dan Safer and Tommy DeFrantz; and more! At Bates College, Lewiston, ME.
Virtual Highlight
Something to watch or do on the internet:
*July 9: FUTURE FIGURES: Dance and Emerging Technologies, keynote address by Sydney Skybetter, streamed live from the Doris Duke Theatre at Jacob’s Pillow