New Victory Dance 2020

In Coco, Ballet Nepantla blends the two cultures of Veracruz together in a thrilling fusion of West African and Mexican folk dance. This celebrated company provokes the audience’s imagination with tales of family, love, struggles and triumphs to celebrate the Latin American community.

Kate Weare upends tango’s traditional gender politics to explore how the partner-based fire of tango and the solitary beauty of contemporary dance can speak to, wrestle with and, ultimately, embrace each other in Sin Salida (“No Exit”).

The three women of Mozaik Dance use popping mixed with other street styles and contemporary influences to look inward with Sad Hope. Mapping our connection to love, anxiety and the ways we relate to one another, they ask, “How do we deal with emotion in a world that numbs our feelings?”

Hailed “the most moving dance show of the year” by The New York Times, And Still You Must Swing brings together three of the best tap dancers in the world—Dormeshia, who leads the project alongside Derick K. Grant and Jason Samuels Smith—to capture the heart and legacy of tap dance and honor the jazz roots of this American art form.

Celebrating 40 years of creating electrifying dance theater, Jane Comfort and Company’s You Are Here is an ode to urban dwellers—the millions who improvise movement on the city’s stage of busy sidewalks and streets.

Ego. Judgement. Jealousy. In these excerpts from Envy—India 91 and Malamente—IMGE Dance uses rhythmic footwork, world music and storytelling to explore the darker side of human nature. Intertwining mudras (Indian hand gestures), footwork and powerful body language, the company forms a global language that examines different narratives from our cultural history using dancers from diverse perspectives.