Dance in New York City in October 2026

76 events from Saturday, October 17 to Saturday, October 31, 2026. Free: 2. Busiest venues: Leonard & Claire Tow Center for the Performing Arts (Brooklyn College), Peridance Center, Queens Theatre.

Saturday, October 17, 2026

Dance
until Jun 23

English Country Dance

Historic Richmond Town · Richmondtown, Staten Island
- 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
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
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
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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
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
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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

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
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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
Music
7:30 PM

Fefu and Her Friends

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

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

Music
12:30 PM

International Student Coffee Hour

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

Optional Practical Training (OPT) Workshop

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

Mental Health Counseling, M.A. Open House

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

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