Choreography Showcases and Festivals
Looking for showcases or festivals to present your work? Start your search here. If you know of additional opportunities for choreographers, please email information to Lauren Wingenroth at [email protected].
American Swiss Ballet Company’s Choreographers Showcase
New York, NY
646-580-7311
Breaking Glass Project
New York, NY and Los Angeles, CA
Eligibility: Female choreographers ages 18-30
Includes: Performance opportunity, artistic mentorship from the top female choreographers, administrative consultation, cash grant
Chop Shop: Bodies of Work
Belleuve, WA
The Current Sessions
New York, NY
Includes: 3-day event of curated performances, movement workshops and an open forum/discussion
Dance Up!—The Next Generation
92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center
New York, NY
212.415.5552
ShowDown
Gibney Dance
New York, NY
A performance and feedback series for works-in-progress. The program provides emerging and mid-career dance artists an opportunity to show unfinished work in an informal, welcoming setting.
gibneydance.org/center/showdown/
Work Up
Gibney Dance
New York, NY
Emphasizing the articulation of a choreographer’s ideas in writing, the program guides artists through a two-tiered application process including a written submission of an idea and a live audition. Eligible works should be completed pieces between 10 and 20 minutes in length.
gibneydance.org/center/work-up/
First Look
Gowanus Art and Production
Brooklyn, NY
A quarterly performance series featuring a variety of live artists who have been selected from submissions.
Midwest Regional Alternative Dance Festival
Kalamazoo, MI
269.342.4354
New American Talent/Dance
Ballet Austin
Austin, TX
512.476.9051
balletaustin.org
New York Jazz Choreography Project
Jazz Choreography Enterprises, Inc.
New York, NY
212.369.9036
jazzchoreographyenterprises.org
newsteps
Chen Dance Center
New York, NY
212.349.0126
International Choreographers’ Showcase
Dance-Forms Productions
Louisville, KY
502.222.2273
Choreographic Showcase
The Hong Kong Ballet
Hong Kong, China
2573 7398
Dance Project, Youth Dance Project, Percussive Dance Project
Joy of Motion Dance Center
Washington, DC
202.399.6763
Mudson Works-in-Progress Series
loveDANCEmore
Salt Lake City, Utah
National Choreographers Initiative
Corona del Mar, CA
949.675.4579
Emerging Choreographers Showcase
Pasadena Dance Festival
Pasadena, CA
626.844.7008
The Moving Beauty Series
Contact: Erienne Elisabeth Poitier [email protected]
New Prague Dance Festival
Prague, Czech Republic
REVERB Choreographic Project
Reverb Dance
Purchase, NY
ChoreoProject Award
sjDANCEco
San Jose, CA
408.924.5041
Performances Lab Series
Steps on Broadway
New York, NY
212.874.2410
Chop Shop: Bodies of Work
Stone Dance Productions
Seattle, WA
GO! Emerging Artist Commissioning Program
STREB
Brooklyn, NY
718.384.6491
WAXworks
Triskelion Arts
Brooklyn, NY
718.599.7997
The Young Choreographer’s Festival
New York, NY
917.675.7311
youngchoreographersfestival.com
Modern Atlanta Dance Festival
Full Radius Dance
Atlanta, GA
fullradiusdance.org/experience/mad/apply
NYC Festival of Dance Schools
Kat Wildish Presents
New York, NY
Performing in NY Showcase
Kat Wildish Presents
New York, NY
PUSH
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PUSH Dance Company
ODC Theater, San Francisco, CA
