Dance/NYC

The April Dance Worker Digest is out now. This month we're covering union negotiations at New York Live Arts, NYC's long-overdue Preliminary Racial Equity Plan, the City Council's budget response and what it means for arts funding, and federal proposals to dramatically cut the NEA. Check it out at bit.ly/DWD04_26

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Open Call – Equilibrio Dinamico Ensemble MA in Contemporary Dance Performance (Bari, Italy) An intensive programme in creation, performance, and international touring with renowned choreographers. Join a post-graduate company and develop your artistic identity. 📅 Oct 2026 – Jul 2027 ⏳ Deadline: June 1, 2026

Email [email protected] for more info.

Thinking about applying to the Dance Advancement Fund? We're here to support! 🧡

Join our FREE Info Session on Thursday, May 7, 4:30–6:00 p.m. ET on Zoom. 📅

Our Grantmaking team will cover how to complete the expression of interest and full application forms, and will be available to answer your questions. Closed Captioning and ASL interpretation provided.

Can't join live? A recording will be available on YouTube after the event.

Want one-on-one help? Sign up for a 30-minute Technical Assistance Session via Zoom or phone.

Learn more and register at https://ow.ly/kQFe50YQM9U

The Japanese Folk Dance Institute of New York by Kevin Mooney

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Brooklyn-based dance makers! Book your next rehearsal at CPR-Center for Performance Research for a rate of as low as $6/hour! Visit CPR’s website to reserve space.

Through the NYC Dance RSS Program, subsidized rehearsal space across NYC is made available to dance workers of our city. This program was established to address financial barriers to accessing artistic development space within the New York City dance field. Take advantage of these low-cost rates next time you’re booking dance space.

Made possible the Mellon Foundation.

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Reminder: Join our Field-Wide Call this Thursday, April 23 at 12:00 p.m. on Zoom. Register at bit.ly/DNYCFWC.

We will equip participants with the tools they need to better advocate for Our New York City Dance: ensuring we can all work together to build a better future for our field, one testimony to City Council at a time!

Do you want to learn how to give testimony to better advocate for Our New York City Dance?

Join us Thursday, April 23, 2026, 12:00–1:00 p.m. ET on Zoom for our first Field-Wide Call of the year.

Participants will:
🏛️ Learn how the city budget process works and how it impacts dance
✍🏻 Get the tools and resources they need to advocate through testimony to the City Council

No matter your role in the dance field—performer, educator, student, administrator, or supporter—your participation in advocacy matters. Join us and get equipped with the skills to guide you forward.

Register at bit.ly/DNYCFWC



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Collective advocacy in action ✨

At the NYC Council Cultural Affairs Committee Preliminary Budget Hearing, Dance/NYC was proud to testify alongside a powerful group of advocacy partners calling for a more equitable cultural funding landscape in New York City.

Thank you to ID Studio, People’s Theatre, BAX | Brooklyn Arts Exchange, LxNY / Latinx Arts Consortium of New York, and Asian American Arts Alliance for showing what it means to move in coalition across communities, disciplines, and cultural organizations.

Together, we uplifted the need for sustained public investment and funding structures that better reflect the realities of the artists, workers, and communities who make this city possible. Dance/NYC’s testimony was delivered alongside fellow arts service organizations in the Cultural Equity Coalition.

This is part of building Our New York City Dance—through coalition, care, and collective action.



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Expressions of Interest are now open for the fifth iteration of the Dance Advancement Fund.

Dance/NYC invites eligible dance-making organizations and groups based in the New York City metropolitan area to apply.

Made possible by the generous support of the Howard Gilman Foundation and the Ford Foundation, the Fund supports dance makers with operating budgets between $25,000 and $250,000 through:
- two years of general operating support
- ongoing professional development
- additional resources designed to support sustainability and capacity

Selected grantees will receive annual grants of $6,000–$40,000 over a two-year period.

To help minimize applicant labor, the application process takes place in two parts:
1. Expressions of Interest (EOI) are now open and due June 2, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. ET.
2. Applicants selected through the EOI process will be invited to submit a full application available in June.

Need support with your application? Application assistance includes:
- virtual one-on-one technical assistance sessions
- a live informational webinar on the EOI and full application process
- 4 recorded professional development webinars

📌 Learn more and submit your EOI at Dance.NYC/DAF5



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📢 Dance workers! This one's for you.

If you've ever wished it was easier to get discovered, find collaborators, or grow your presence in the dance ecosystem, the Dance Workforce Directory is here for exactly that.

This free, accessible online platform by Dance/NYC connects dance workers, organizations, and businesses across the field, making it easier for the right people to find YOU.

Whether you're looking for your next project, building new relationships, or simply want to be seen, your profile puts you on the map.

👉 Join today: Hub.Dance.NYC/Directory

Peridance Contemporary Dance Company presents Intersections, an evening of contemporary dance exploring where artistic voices, cultures, and ideas meet.The program features world premieres by Davidson Farias, Igal Perry, Kate Skarpetowska, alongside reimagined works by Marco Goecke and Lar Lubovitch.
https://www.peridancecontemporary.org/season43