CUNY Dance Initiative

CUNY Dance Initiative Residency program offering NYC choreographers rehearsal and performance space on CUNY campuses.

08/19/2026

What do we carry within us? Our dreams, a lineage?

This September, Princess Grace Award-winning kathak artist Barkha Patel brings icchā to the stage, a new 60-minute solo rooted in ancestral memory, and inherited longing.

SAVE THE DATES
September 25 and 26 - 7:30pm
BMCC Tribeca Performing Arts Center

DETAILS: tickets.tribecapac.org/barkha-patel-dance-company-presents-icch

Also supported by Princess Grace Awards Special Projects Grant, Topaz Arts, and NEFA NDP finalist award 2024

Music by Sushma Soma

CDI residencies give artists room to follow an idea further, take it somewhere unexpected, and discover what it becomes....
08/15/2026

CDI residencies give artists room to follow an idea further, take it somewhere unexpected, and discover what it becomes.

Jeevika Bhat’s Clothesline- a contemporary Indian dance work told from the perspective of a sari passed through generations of Karnataka women premiered at The City College of New York in 2025.

Now, Jeevika will continue to explore her work as a 2026–27 CDI resident at the College of Staten Island.

📸: Dora Nano

08/12/2026

A spell is being cast right now at Baruch Performing Arts Center. A Palo Seco Flamenco is deep in the process of developing Brujas- a new evening-length work.

Through Flamenco, music, rhythm, voice, and spoken word, Brujas digs into the stories of women branded as witches.

From director Rebecca Thomas and collaborator Elisabet Torras, with an original score by GRAMMY®-nominated composer Gonzalo Grau.

Stay tuned for updates!

🎥: Pamela Warshay

Opportunity for NYC dance artists with CPR-Center for Performance Research!Looking for time, space, and support to deepe...
08/07/2026

Opportunity for NYC dance artists with CPR-Center for Performance Research!

Looking for time, space, and support to deepen your creative practice. Applications are now open for CPR's 2027 Artist-in-Residence Program.

Six NYC-based artists working in contemporary dance, performance, and time-based art will receive a year-long residency featuring:

-A $2,000 stipend
-Rehearsal space
-Curatorial mentorship
-Public presentation

APPLICATIONS DUE: August 24
Visit cprnyc.org for details and guidelines.

Photos by:
2025 AiR Latif Askia Ba with Sophie Frizzell. Photo by Elyse Mertz.
2025 AiR Crackhead Barney with DeliaDelia! The Flat Chested Witch! Photo by Jose Miranda.
2025 AiR DANIRO. Photo by Elyse Mertz.
2025 AiR Kyle b. co. Photo by Elyse Mertz.

From residency to stage. Help us celebrate CDI alum Enya Kalia Creations' newest work, developed in part as an Arts and ...
08/05/2026

From residency to stage.

Help us celebrate CDI alum Enya Kalia Creations' newest work, developed in part as an Arts and Social Justice resident with BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange and Brooklyn College School of Visual, Media and Performing Arts for 2023-24 and 2024-25.

See the premiere of "Performance By The Girls", an experimental dance exploring womanhood, Black feminism and more on FRIDAY, AUGUST 14 at 7pm.

And continue the conversation in their free symposium on SATURDAY, AUGUST 15, from 12-5pm.

Both at The Mark O'Donnell Theater at Entertainment Community Fund Arts Center in Downtown Brooklyn.

LEARN MORE: bashiarts.org

Come experience what grows when artists are given the time, space, and support to create.

Congratulations to CDI residents Kayla Farrish and j. bouey on being named two of the three resident artists for BAX/Bro...
07/30/2026

Congratulations to CDI residents Kayla Farrish and j. bouey on being named two of the three resident artists for BAX/Brooklyn Arts Exchange'a 2026–2028 AIR cohort!

BAX's acclaimed AIR program has supported groundbreaking dance, theater, and multidisciplinary artists for more than 30 years, providing long-term resources for artists committed to social justice.

Congratulations to the entire cohort!

j. bouey was a resident at College of Staten Island / Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden in 2022-23 and is currently at Lehman Center for the Performing Arts for 2026-27.

Kayla Farrish was a resident at Brooklyn College School of Visual, Media and Performing Arts in 2025-26 and is currently with Hunter College for 2026-27.

Submission period ENDS July 31st for the 2026 Mobile Dance Film Festival (MDFF).All film submission information and requ...
07/28/2026

Submission period ENDS July 31st for the 2026 Mobile Dance Film Festival (MDFF).

All film submission information and requirements are found: mobiledancefilmfestival.com

MDFF is the first film festival to screen dance film shot solely on mobile devices.

The Festival was initially encouraged and supported by John-Mario Sevilla and incubated at the 92nd Street Y in NYC from 2018 - 2021.

07/23/2026

CDI alums Kinesis Project dance theatre are looking for two to three new members for shows in September with a chance to step into the core company in November.

If you know dancers who would thrive in a collaborative environment and are interested in dancing in site-specific works, please share this call with them!

Dance/NYC Listing: dance.nyc/for-artists/listings/2026/07/Kinesis-Project-is-auditioning-July-30

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