Dance, May 2025-May 2026

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Pilobolus will perform at The McCarter Theatre Center in Princeton, May 16.

May 1-2: “Dance Works” (faculty and student works) at Nash Theatre at Raritan Valley Community College, Branchburg.

May 1-3: Nimbus Dance, “Firebird & Other Sagas” at Nimbus Arts Center, Jersey City.

May 1-4: Shen Yun at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.

May 5: Calpulli Mexican Dance Company, “Puebla: The Story of Cinco de Mayo” at The Vogel at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

May 8: New Jersey Ballet, “Timeless Masterpieces” at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

May 9-11: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at Prudential Hall at NJPAC, Newark.
May 9-11: American Repertory Ballet at New Brunswick Performing Arts Center. “Pasión” program in includes works by Marius Petipa, Stephanie Martinez, Luis Napoles.

May 16: Pilobolus re:CREATION at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

May 17-18: New Jersey Ballet, “Timeless Masterpieces featuring “Swan Lake, Act II” and more at Mayo Performing Arts Center, Morristown.

May 22: Kenia Rosete Dance at Art House Productions, Jersey City.

May 31: Montclair Dance Festival at Montclair State University.

June 14: “An Evening of Pas de deux” at Princeton Festival at Morven Museum & Garden. American Repertory Ballet with Princeton Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Rossen Milanov. Program includes excerpts from “Swan Lake” and “Don Quixote” as well as “Delibes Duet” by ARB artist-in-residence Ethan Stiefel.

Sept. 20: The Moving Architects at Crane House & Historic YWCA, Montclair.

Oct. 8: Mark Morris, “The Dance Lives On: Contemplating Artistic Legacy” at Richardson Auditorium at Princeton University. Program includes conversation and selections from Morris’ choreography. Part of Music & Healing series.

Oct. 14 Ailey II at Count Basie Center for the Arts, Red Bank.

Dec. 4: “Dance to the Holidays” at Tropicana Showroom, Atlantic City.

Jan. 31: MOMIX, “Alice” at at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

April 4, 2026: Dorrance Dance, “The Center Will Not Hold” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

May 30, 2026: Mark Morris Dance Group, “Dances to American Music” at McCarter Theatre Center, Princeton.

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