Fall for Dance Festival

Dates

Sep 16 – 27, 2025

On Sale

Sun Aug 24 at 11am

All visitors who join the online waiting room between 9:30am and 11am will be assigned a random number, creating a digital line at 11am.

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Times

All shows 7:30pm
Sun Sep 21 at 2pm

Price

All tickets still $30 (fees included) via phone & online; $23 (fees included) at box office

the most international lineup

The New York Times

The Fall for Dance Festival returns for its 22nd year of bringing the best in dance from all over the world to your neighborhood, with every seat in the house still $30. This beloved New York City tradition offers you a taste of different dance styles and artists with three unique performances each night, from tap dance to tango and everything in between.

This Festival is set to be the most international since the pandemic, including performances from The Stuttgart Ballet from Germany in its Festival debut, Argentina’s Social Tango Project, Paris Opera Ballet Étoiles Hannah O’Neill and Hugo Marchand, and Dutch National Ballet stars Olga Smirnova and Jacopo Tissi. Plus, the best of American dance is represented by Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, San Francisco Ballet, and more.

This year’s Festival features two commissioned works—the award-winning Roderick George returns with another powerfully prescient piece, and Canadian multidisciplinary artist Clara Furey creates a new staging of the hypnotic Dog Rising.

Get ready to fall in love with dance all over again—or for the first time!

Online and phone ticket purchases incur a $10 fee ($3 facility fee plus $7 handling fee). Ticket purchases in-person at the box office incur a $3 facility fee only.

Casting and programming subject to change.

Photo: Ballet BC; photo by Michael Slobodian

Dates

Sep 16 – 27, 2025

On Sale

Sun Aug 24 at 11am

All visitors who join the online waiting room between 9:30am and 11am will be assigned a random number, creating a digital line at 11am.

Sign up for our email list to be notified when Fall for Dance tickets go on sale.

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Times

All shows 7:30pm
Sun Sep 21 at 2pm

Price

All tickets still $30 (fees included) via phone & online; $23 (fees included) at box office

Schedule

COME EARLY!

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Pre-Show Dance Lessons

Wed Sep 17 at 6:30pm

Fri Sep 19 at 6:30pm

Sun Sep 21 at 1pm

Thu Sep 25 at 6:30pm PLUS post-show milonga: TANGO WITH US! Led by Social Tango Project in the through block, just west of the entrance to City Center

Sat Sep 27 at 6:30pm

Space is limited, so please arrive early. Free to ticket holders for that day's performance. Doors for pre-show dance lessons will close 45 min before the performance begins, or when capacity is reached.

Video & Photos

  • Jeroboam Bozeman, Ghrai DeVore-Stokes, Anna Greenberg, Sara Mearns, Jamar Roberts; photo by Julieta Cervantes
    Featured in Program 1

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  • Dario Natarelli; photo by Christopher Duggan
    Featured in Program 1

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  • Dores André and Victor Prigent in the pas de deux from Akram Khan's Dust; San Francisco Ballet; photo by Lindsey Rallo
    Featured in Program 1

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  • Clara Furey/Bent Hollow; photo by Mathieu Verreaul
    Featured in Program 2

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  • Davóne Tines & Lil Buck; photo by Christopher Duggan
    Featured in Program 2

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  • Hubbard Street Dance Chicago; photo by Michelle Reid
    Featured in Program 2

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  • Gibney Company; photo by Whitney Browne
    Featured in Program 3

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  • Amandine Albisson & Hugo Marchand; photo by Seìbastien Matheì
    Marchand featured in Program 3

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  • kNoname Artist | Roderick George; photo by Jack Baran
    Featured in Program 3

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  • Ballet BC; photo by Michael Slobodian
    Featured in Program 4

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  • Olga Smirnova & Jacopo Tissi; photo by Altin Kaftira
    Featured in Program 4

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  • Social Tango Project; photo by Facundo Suarez
    Featured in Program 4

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  • The Stuttgart Ballet; photo by Roman Novitzky
    Featured in Program 5

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  • I-Ling Liu X Dance on Fluid; photo by Sugawara Kota
    Featured in Program 5

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  • Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; photo by Danica Paulos
    Featured in Program 5

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Festival History

Past Highlights

  • Jamar Roberts (2020); photo by Christopher Duggan

  • Dormeshia (2020); photo by Christopher Duggan

  • Misty Copeland (2019); photo by Stephanie Berger

  • Vuyani Dance Theatre (2019); photo by Stephanie Berger

  • Ephrat Asherie & Michelle Dorrance (2023); photo by Christopher Duggan

  • Kaleoolakaikahikinaokalā (2023); photo by Christopher Duggan

  • Tayeh Dance (2019); photo by Stephanie Berger

  • The Verdon Fosse Legacy (2021); photo by Stephanie Berger

  • STREB EXTREME ACTION (2021); photo by Stephanie Berger

  • Ayodele Casel and dancers (2021); photo by Stephanie Berger

Your support helps all New Yorkers see the world’s best in dance at City Center. For 22 years, The Fall for Dance Festival has welcomed 290 companies from around the world performing over 450 works, sponsored over 40 commissions, and celebrated with 422,000 cheering dance fans, all for no more than $30 per ticket. If you are able, please consider donating the cost of a ticket ($30) to help ensure this treasured Festival continues for years to come.

I-Ling Liu X Dance on Fluid; photo by Terry Lin.

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