Dance in New York City

133 events from Friday, October 16 to Saturday, November 14, 2026. Free: 4. Busiest venues: Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College), New York Live Arts, Alvin Ailey (Ailey Citigroup Theater).

Friday, October 16, 2026

Dance
until Jun 23

English Country Dance

Historic Richmond Town · Richmondtown, Staten Island
- Dance
until Oct 16

Eclectic NYCB I

New York City Ballet (David H. Koch Theater) · Lincoln Center, Manhattan
- Dance
Dance
until Nov 7

Martha Graham: The Mother of Psychological Dance

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts · Lincoln Square, Manhattan
- Dance
- Visual arts
Free
Dance
Open run

Petite Rouge

Company XIV (Théâtre XIV) · Bushwick, Brooklyn
- Dance
- Cabaret
Tickets
until Oct 17

All Balanchine I

George Balanchine

New York City Ballet (David H. Koch Theater) · Lincoln Center, Manhattan
- Dance
Dance
until Oct 18

KHAṄKHAṆĀ

Nrityagram Dance Ensemble

The Joyce Theater · Chelsea, Manhattan
- Dance
Dance
until Oct 17

Warm Greetings from one long day in the desert

Kimiko Tanabe · Nora Alami

Triskelion Arts · Williamsburg, Brooklyn
- Dance
$17–$50
Music
12 PM

Volunteer to Winterize the Garden

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
Music
5:45 PM

OH NY: Little Island After Dark

Organization

Little Island (The Amph and The Glade) · West Village, Manhattan
- Music
- Dance
Music
7:30 PM

Urban Love Suite

Lincoln Center Presents (Legacies of San Juan Hill Festival) · directed and choreographed by Sekou McMiller

Alice Tully Hall · Lincoln Square, Manhattan
- Music
- Dance
Tickets

Saturday, October 17, 2026

Music
2 PM

Bebop Porú

Governors Island · Governors Island, Manhattan
- Music
- Dance
- Bebop
Dance
2 PM

Calpulli Mexican Dance Company: Día de Muertos

Calpulli Mexican Dance Company

Queens Theatre · Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
- Dance
$25–$40 Tickets
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6:30 PM

Flamenco Certamen USA 2026

Flamenco Vivo

Symphony Space · Upper West Side, Manhattan
- Dance
$48 Tickets
Dance
7:30 PM

Floor 13

Peridance Center · East Village, Manhattan
- Dance
Tickets
Dance
Time not announced

Drifters by Fitos Dezső Társulat

Fitos Dezső Dance Company

Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) · Fort Greene, Brooklyn
- Dance
Tickets

Sunday, October 18, 2026

Music
10 AM

Undergraduate Open House

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
- House
Dance
2 PM

Calpulli Mexican Dance Company: Día de Muertos

Calpulli Mexican Dance Company

Queens Theatre · Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
- Dance
$25–$40 Tickets
Dance
4 PM

Floor 13

Peridance Center · East Village, Manhattan
- Dance
Tickets
Music
5:45 PM

OH NY: Little Island After Dark

Organization

Little Island (The Amph and The Glade) · West Village, Manhattan
- Music
- Dance
Time not announced

Adrian Danchig-Waring Farewell

New York City Ballet (David H. Koch Theater) · Lincoln Center, Manhattan
- Dance

Monday, October 19, 2026

Music
12 AM

First day to submit a request to cancel the spring 2027 portion of a Federal Direct Loan

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
Music
6 PM

Media Studies, M.S. Open House

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
- House
Music
6 PM

Music Programs Open House

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
- House
Music
6 PM

Political Science, M.A. Open House

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
- House
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Music
6:30 PM

Theater, M.F.A. Open House

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
- House
Music
7 PM

Creative Writing, M.F.A. and English, M.A. Open House

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
- House

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Music
12:30 PM

Brooklyn College’s Clean Energy Future

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
Music
12:30 PM

STEM Optional Practical Training (OPT) Workshop

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
Music
6 PM

Art, M.F.A. Open House

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
- House
Music
6:30 PM

Feirstein Graduate School of Cinema Open House

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
- House
Music
7 PM

Faculty Recital: Abendlider/Liebeslieder

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
- Recital
Music
7 PM

Performance & Interactive Media Arts, M.F.A. Open House

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
- House
Music
7 PM

Reading Between the Lines: Spotting Workplace Red Flags

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

Music
5 PM

Music from the Conservatory I

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
Music
6 PM

Asian American Studies Matters

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
Dance
6:30 PM

OUT OF LINE: NYC'S NEWEST LINE DANCE PARTY

Pianos · Lower East Side, Manhattan
- Dance
$13.60 Tickets
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Thursday, October 22, 2026

Music
11 AM

Road to 100: A Day of Renewal, Achievement, and Vision

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
Music
12:15 PM

Women in Medicine

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
Music
6 PM

Honors Programs Open House (Virtual)

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
- House
Dance
6 PM

Kinstillatory Mappings in Light and Dark Matter

Emily Johnson · Kai Recollet

Abrons Arts Center · Lower East Side, Manhattan
- Dance
Tickets
Music
6 PM

Migrant Lives: Whose Responsibility?

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
Music
7 PM

Workplace Horror Stories: What Would You Do?

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
until Oct 25

Untold Wajda: Blokowisko (The Estate)

Blanka Barbara Stahl

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club · East Village, Manhattan
- Dance
- Theatre
Tickets

Friday, October 23, 2026

Music
7:30 PM

Fefu and Her Friends

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
Dance
7:30 PM

Toi, moi, Tituba…

Dorothée Munyaneza / Kadidi Company

New York Live Arts · Chelsea, Manhattan
- Dance
$30 Tickets
Dance
Time not announced

¡Baila Bachata! Dance Class & Happy Hour

SOB's · West Village, Manhattan
- Dance
$0–$25 Tickets
until Oct 24

Toi, moi, Tituba…

Munyaneza

Brooklyn Academy of Music (BAM) · Fort Greene, Brooklyn
- Dance
Tickets

Saturday, October 24, 2026

Music
10 AM

Image-Guided Photodynamic Therapy for Oral–Lesions: Technology Development, Translation, and Global

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
Music
2 PM

Fefu and Her Friends

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
Dance
7 PM

Georgian National Ballet "Sukhishvili"

Oceana Theater
- Dance
Dance
7:30 PM

Robert Mark Dance

Peridance Center · East Village, Manhattan
- Dance
Tickets
Dance
7:30 PM

Toi, moi, Tituba…

Dorothée Munyaneza / Kadidi Company

New York Live Arts · Chelsea, Manhattan
- Dance
$30 Tickets

Sunday, October 25, 2026

Music
8 AM

Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk at the Coney Island Boardwalk

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
Music
3 PM

Violines Para Ochún

Louis Bauzó

Hostos Center for the Arts & Culture · Concourse, Bronx
- Music
- Dance
Tickets
Dance
4 PM

Robert Mark Dance

Peridance Center · East Village, Manhattan
- Dance
Tickets
Music
5 PM

Tango In America 2026

Juan Alessandrini · Carolina Jaurena · Anton Gasenbeeck · Adriana Dance Fusion · Natalie Larussa · Daniel…

Queens Theatre · Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens
- Music
- Dance
- Dance
- Jazz fusion
- Tango
$45–$50 Tickets

Monday, October 26, 2026

Music
11 AM

The Poetry of Picture Books: Matthew Burgess and Mariahadessa Ekere Tallie in Conversation

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
Music
6 PM

Computer Science, M.S. Open House

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
- House
Music
6 PM

Earth and Environmental Science Programs Open Houses

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
Music
6 PM

Psychological Research, M.S. Open House

Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College) · Midwood, Brooklyn
- Music
- Dance
- House

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