Fall for Dance Festival

Dates

Sep 18 – 29, 2024

Times

Evening performances at 7:30pm
Matinee Sun Sep 29 at 2pm

Run Time

Program 1: Approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes with one intermission
Program 2: Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes with one intermission
Program 3: Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes with one intermission
Program 4: Approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes with one intermission
Program 5: Approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission

Price

All tickets $30 (fees included)

Digital Program PDF

Download Week 1 program
Download Week 2 program

About

Wildly popular and popularly priced

The New York Times

The Fall for Dance Festival returns to City Center for its 21st season of bringing the best in dance from all over the world to 22,00 dance fans. This year’s Festival features five genre-spanning programs, including A.I.M by Kyle Abraham, Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Dutch National Ballet, GALLIM, Gandini Juggling, M.A.D.D. Rhythms, Sara Mearns, free pre-show dance lessons, and more.

This year’s Festival also presents the world premieres of three commissioned works—ballet icon Herman Cornejo reimagines the beloved Le Spectre de la Rose, choreographer Cameron sinkʷə Fraser-Monroe creates a new work for the dancers of Canada's Royal Winnipeg Ballet co-commissioned with Bard College Center for Indigenous Studies, and American Ballet Theatre’s Aran Bell performs a new solo by Tiler Peck co-commissioned with the Vail Dance Festival.

Whether you’re interested in seeing artists from around the world or around the corner, Fall for Dance has something for you—all still for just $30. Come fall in love with dance all over again—or for the first time!

Casting and programming subject to change.

A $3 facility fee is applied to all performances, plus $7 handling fee for phone and web orders. No handling fee applies to in-person box office orders.

Photo: CCN/Aterballetto; photo by Nicola Stasi.

Dates

Sep 18 – 29, 2024

Times

Evening performances at 7:30pm
Matinee Sun Sep 29 at 2pm

Run Time

Program 1: Approximately 1 hour and 10 minutes with one intermission
Program 2: Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes with one intermission
Program 3: Approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes with one intermission
Program 4: Approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes with one intermission
Program 5: Approximately 2 hours and 30 minutes with one intermission

Price

All tickets $30 (fees included)

Digital Program PDF

Download Week 1 program
Download Week 2 program

Schedule

COME EARLY!

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All events begin one hour before curtain and are free to ticket holders for that day's performance. Space is limited, so please come early! Doors for lessons will close 45 min before the performance begins, or when capacity is reached.

Pre-Show Dance Lessons

Thu Sep 19 at 6:30pm
Andrea Miller, Artistic Director, Choreographer, Founder of GALLIM

Sat Sep 21 at 6:30pm
Desmond Richardson, Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Complexions Contemporary Ballet

Wed Sep 25 at 6:30pm
Starinah “Star” Dixon, Assistant Director, Choreographer, Original Principal Dancer of M.A.D.D. Rhythms

Fri Sep 27 at 6:30pm
Tamisha Guy, Dancer with A.I.M by Kyle Abraham 

Sun Sep 29 at 1pm
Sean Gandini, Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director of Gandini Juggling 

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Festival History

Past Highlights

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Past Seasons

Your support helps bring the best in dance from all over the world to New Yorkers at an affordable price. Over the past two decades, the iconic Fall for Dance festival has welcomed 360 companies from around the world and celebrated with 400,000 cheering dance fans. If you are able, please consider donating the cost of a ticket ($30) to help ensure this treasured Festival continues for years to come.

A.I.M by Kyle Abraham dancers Jamaal Bowman & Donovan Reed; photo by Steven Pisano

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