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New York & Denver · Fall 2026
Every dance worth seeing

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10 venues

David H. Koch TheaterNew York City CenterThe Joyce TheaterBrooklyn Academy of Music (BAM)New York Live ArtsGibney (Agnes Varis Performing Arts Center)Martha Graham CenterSt. Mark's Church in-the-BoweryState Theatre New JerseyThe Performing Arts Center, Purchase College

This Week

Tue Oct 20 – Mon Oct 26, 2026
American Ballet Theatre

Fall Season — Three Programs

DatesOct 21 – Oct 31TicketsPrices at presenter
Program 1 — Fresh Visions and Timeless Classics
Petal (Helen Pickett, company premiere) · Petite Mort (Jiří Kylián) · Paquita
Oct 21, 22 & 27 at 7:30 PM · Oct 25 at 5:30 PM
Program 2 — Neoclassical Works
Birthday Offering (Ashton) · Mercurial Son (Kyle Abraham) · Ballet Imperial (Balanchine)
Oct 23 at 7:30 PM · Oct 24 at 2:00 & 7:30 PM · Oct 25 at 12:00 PM
Program 3 — An Elegy and A Dream
Trio Élégiaque (Brady Farrar, world premiere) · Flight (company premiere) · The Dream (Ashton, after A Midsummer Night’s Dream)
Oct 28 & 30 at 7:30 PM · Oct 31 at 2:00 & 7:30 PM
The Oct 31 evening show hosts ABT’s Halloween costume contest at intermission.
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What you’ll see — Fresh Visions and Timeless Classics

One brand-new-to-ABT work, Kylián’s sleek modern classic, and a glittering 19th-century showcase — a perfect sampler of what ballet can be.

What you’ll see — Neoclassical Works

Balanchine’s grand Tchaikovsky showpiece bookended by British elegance and a contemporary premiere team favorite.

What you’ll see — An Elegy and A Dream

A world premiere, a company premiere, and Ashton’s Shakespeare — the season’s most theatrical bill.

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Dorothée Munyaneza

Toi, moi, Tituba… U.S. Premiere

DatesFri Oct 23 & Sat Oct 24 · 7:30 PMRuns60 minutesTicketsFrom $30

Presented with BAM’s Next Wave / Crossing The Line.

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What you’ll see

A solo drawn from Elsa Dorlin’s writing on Tituba — the performer uses her own body as a living archive of suppressed voices.

Running time

60 minutes

Price detail

From $30

Coming Up

Oct 27, 2026 – Jan 3, 2027
London City Ballet · The Joyce Theater

London City Ballet at the Joyce

DatesOct 27 – Nov 1TicketsSeason tickets at the Joyce run $32–$72 (per TDF’s season listing)

Two mixed programs including Robbins’ Quiet City — its first New York performances since 1991 — and Tetley’s Firebird revival. Guest star Alina Cojocaru.

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What you’ll see

A beloved British company reborn, dancing treasures New York hasn’t seen in decades.

Price detail

Season tickets at the Joyce run $32–$72 (per TDF’s season listing)

Ballet Hispánico
Worth the trip · NYC Metro

CARMEN.maquia

DatesFri Oct 30 · 7:30 PM
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What you’ll see

Carmen reimagined through Picasso’s palette — physically charged contemporary ballet.

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Prices at presenter — the presenter publishes no prices on its page.

What the critics say

“Ballet Hispánico dances with elegance and lyricism.”
— The Washington Post, via the company’s press page
Ballet Hispánico
Worth the trip · NYC Metro

CARMEN.maquia

DatesSun Nov 1 · 3:00 PMTickets$34–$93
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What you’ll see

Carmen reimagined through Picasso’s palette — physically charged contemporary ballet, an easy train ride from Penn Station.

Price detail

$34–$93

2026 Lincoln Center Season

DatesNov 3 – 22TicketsOpening night, Tue Nov 3: every seat $10
Opening night — every seat $10

Live music by Orchestra of St. Luke’s. Opening night (Tue Nov 3): Airs, Piazzolla Caldera, and the company premiere of Robert Battle’s No Longer Silent.Season repertory includes Taylor masterworks Esplanade (Nov 6, 10, 18, 21 eve), Brandenburgs (Nov 4 gala, 8, 11, 13, 22), Cloven Kingdom, Piazzolla Caldera and Arabesque — plus two world premieres, Lauren Lovette’s “30 Incoming” and Robert Battle’s “A Starling,” and a New York premiere by Pam Tanowitz.

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What you’ll see

The great American modern-dance repertory — Esplanade is joyful Bach set to running, falling, and catching; Piazzolla Caldera is tango-drenched and smoldering. If you see one modern-dance program this year, this is the one.

Price detail

Opening night, Tue Nov 3: every seat $10

What the critics say

“…both danced brilliantly by this company’s artists, remind us how profoundly Taylor’s choreography captures the full range of human experience”
“One of the most exciting, innovative, and delightful dance companies in the entire world.”
Garth Fagan Dance · The Joyce Theater

55th Anniversary Season

DatesNov 4 – 8 · six performances

The program includes two NYC premieres and Fagan’s Prelude: Discipline is Freedom and Never Top 40 (Jukebox).

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What you’ll see

The choreographer of Broadway’s The Lion King brings his Rochester company’s polyrhythmic fire to Chelsea.

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Prices at presenter — the presenter publishes no prices on its page.

Cynthia Oliver · BAM Next Wave

Turn. Turning. TURNT.

DatesNov 4 – 7Runs1 hr 5 min, no intermissionTicketsFrom $40
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What you’ll see

A Bessie Award winner’s three-part evening — Double Dutch play, pandemic stillness, and re-emergence — built before, during, and after 2020.

Running time

1 hr 5 min, no intermission

Price detail

From $40

Kyle Marshall Choreography · Danspace Project

Bound Premiere

DatesNov 5, 6 & 7 · 7:30 PM
Free open dress rehearsal Nov 3 · RSVP

Text by Frederick Douglass; cast of five. A free open dress rehearsal runs Nov 3 (RSVP at the presenter).

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What you’ll see

A rising choreographer’s new work in a church sanctuary — intimate, physical, and priced for everybody.

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Prices at presenter — the presenter publishes no prices on its page.

GALLIM · The Joyce Theater

GALLIM at the Joyce

DatesNov 11 – 15

A repertory program ahead of the company’s 20th anniversary season.

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What you’ll see

Andrea Miller’s company — athletic, theatrical, unmistakably of-this-moment contemporary dance.

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Prices at presenter — the presenter publishes no prices on its page.

sweat variant — Okwui Okpokwasili & Peter Born · BAM Next Wave

adaku, part 2: she shivers with it

DatesNov 11 – 15Runs1 hr 30 min, no intermissionTicketsFrom $45
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What you’ll see

Part two of a speculative trilogy at the crossroads of dance, theater, and visual art.

Running time

1 hr 30 min, no intermission

Price detail

From $45

What the critics say

“Okpokwasili organizes blood, sinew, diaphragm, and muscle into devastating constellations.”
— BOMB Magazine
Complexions Contemporary Ballet · The Joyce Theater

Homecoming Season

DatesNov 17 – 29
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What you’ll see

Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson’s company — ballet technique supercharged with contemporary heat.

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Prices at presenter — the presenter publishes no prices on its page.

Gibney Company Artistic Associates · Gibney

Off The Record

DatesNov 20 · 7:30 PM — Nov 21 · 2:00 & 7:30 PMRunsAbout 90 minutes
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What you’ll see

Five works choreographed and performed by the dancers themselves — the downtown scene at its most personal.

Running time

About 90 minutes

Price detail

Prices at presenter — the presenter publishes no prices on its page.

New York City Ballet

George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker®

DatesNov 27 – Jan 2

NYCB lists the season Nov 27, 2026 – Jan 2, 2027; one announcement says Jan 3 — check nycballet.com for the closing weekend.

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What you’ll see

The 1954 classic — a growing Christmas tree, a battle of toy soldiers and mice, and the Sugarplum Fairy in Balanchine’s hometown staging.

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Prices at presenter — the presenter publishes no prices on its page.

A Very SW!NG OUT Holiday · The Joyce Theater · a Joyce production, live music

A Very SW!NG OUT Holiday

DatesDec 1 – 6
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What you’ll see

Lindy hop virtuosos and a live band turn the Joyce into a holiday dance hall.

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Prices at presenter — the presenter publishes no prices on its page.

New York City Center Season

DatesDec 2 – Jan 3 · evenings 7:30 PM, matinees 2:00 PMTicketsFrom $45 (fees included)
$20 student tickets — day-of, box office, with ID

The season runs Dec 2 – Jan 3. Highlights: the world premiere of Jamar Roberts’ “Power of Love,” a Luther Vandross tribute; Yue Yin’s “A Matter of Time” (Dec 10); the company premiere of William Forsythe’s “In the Middle, Somewhat Elevated” (Dec 11); Judith Jamison’s “Hymn,” unseen for 15+ years; and Revelations — Ailey’s 1960 masterpiece to gospel and spirituals — closing most programs. All Ailey night Dec 9: Memoria, Cry, Revelations.

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What you’ll see

America’s most beloved dance company in its home season. Revelations alone is worth the ticket — thirty-six minutes that reliably bring a theater to its feet.

Price detail

From $45 (fees included)

What the critics say

“It is breathtaking to watch.”
“Revelations (Alvin Ailey) is, simply, a revelation.”
Antonin Rioche · Gibney · Studio Works

WE ARE DOING GREAT

DatesFri Dec 4 · 7:00–8:30 PMRuns55 minutesTicketsFree — RSVP required
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Running time

55 minutes

Price detail

Free — RSVP required

Graham 2 · Martha Graham Center

Graham 2 Holiday Show

DatesDec 11 & 12

The company’s second company performs at home. Note: the main Martha Graham Dance Company is on its GRAHAM100 centennial world tour this fall (see On Tour, in Companies) and returns to New York at the Joyce in April 2027.

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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo · The Joyce Theater

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

DatesDec 15 – Jan 3
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What you’ll see

The world’s funniest ballet company — all-male, en pointe, and technically dazzling underneath the comedy. A holiday tradition.

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Prices at presenter — the presenter publishes no prices on its page.