31) Works & Process Upcoming Events
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Battery Dance is accepting applications for the 45th Annual Battery Dance Festival, with free performances on August 11-16, 2026. Applications must be submitted online here. The festival application will be live through February 5, 2026.
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2) White Wave Dance DUMBO Dance Festival
WHITE WAVE is thrilled to invite you to submit applications for our 25th Annual DUMBO Dance Festival (DDF), taking place June 26-28, 2026.
For over two decades, WHITE WAVE Dance has proudly showcased contemporary dance artists from across the globe. Join us in celebrating international dance at the renowned Taylor Dance East Theatre. 551 Grand Street, New York, NY 10002.
The 2026 DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL: A THREE-DAY SPECTACULAR PRESENTING 50+ COMPANIES FROM NEW YORK & AROUND THE WORLD.
DUMBO Dance Festival on ABC Eyewitness News:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Promo video from 2025 DUMBO Dance Festival:
https://vimeo.com/1140979226/
APPLICATION DEADLINE(S):
Early Bird Special Application by January 19th at 11:30pm
Regular Application by February 2nd at 11:30pm
Click HERE for the online Application Form!
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“When God closes a door, she opens a bookstore.”
Indie bookstore owner Carey has a special gift for recommending the perfect book.
While trying to survive in New York City, she has created a found family of coworkers who unite over their passion for literature - and a glass of wine. This band of misfits turn the pages of their lives and learn to navigate the plot twists that are thrown their way.
A love letter to small bookstores and the bibliophiles who make them a home.
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For the Culture affinity events will be held on select dates and will include the following:
AfterWords: The Artistic Process of In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat – Thursday January 8
Join us after the performance for an intimate conversation with members of the creative team as they reflect on the world of In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat and the collaborative process behind bringing this story to the stage.
NYTW Night / Preshow Community Mixer – Thursday January 15, 7:30PM
Join us before the performance for a community-centered mixer celebrating the world and legacy of In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Grab a drink, meet fellow audience members, and connect with local artists, and NYTW neighbors.
AfterWords: Legacy, Lineage & the Stories We Carry – Thursday January 15
Stay after the performance for a reflective conversation with invited community voices as we explore the themes of legacy, lineage, and personal storytelling in In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Together we’ll discuss the ways art helps us make meaning of ancestry, memory, and the truths we inherit.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit NYTW.org
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Join Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) and Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company for the AAPI Dance Festival, an annual celebration of dance and choreography that highlights the artistry and innovation of choreographers of Asian descent, presented as part of the Dance Managers Collective’s APAP showcase at City Center and the Ailey Citigroup Theatre.
Alley Citgroup Theatre (405 W. 55th St.)
1/10 - 1/11
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit hwww.aaartsalliance.org/events/aapi-dance-festival
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22) 59E59 Theaters Partners with local bookstores to Celebrate New York’s Literary Heritage
59E59 Theaters and Argosy Book Store, The Drama Book Shop, and McNally Jackson collaborate on a bookmark initiative, bringing together lovers of literature and the performing arts
59E59 Theaters recently announced its collaboration with three iconic bookstores as part of an initiative to build relationships with local businesses. This partnership comes in connection with their upcoming production of The Bookstore, a love letter to small bookstores and the bibliophiles who make them a home.
Two of New York’s oldest independent booksellers, Argosy Book Store and The Drama Book Shop, will join McNally Jackson Books (Rockefeller Center) in distributing branded bookmarks with every book purchase, bridging together their respective audiences.
The partnership comes as 59E59 Theaters premieres Michael Walek’s The Bookstore (January 10 – February 15, 2026), a show produced by New Jersey Repertory Company and directed by William Carden about an indie bookstore owner trying to survive in New York City. Along with her found family of coworkers who unite over their passion for literature, they turn the pages of their lives and learn to navigate the plot twists that are thrown their way.
This shines a light on the shared neighborhood spirit and mutual appreciation for the arts, an invitation to discover new stories beyond the page.
Founded in 1925, Argosy Book Store has been a staple for rare book lovers in New York City– just steps away from 59E59 Theaters. Now in its third generation of family ownership, Argosy specializes in Americana, modern first editions, autographs, art, photography, and antique maps and prints.
Founded in 1917 by the Drama League, the Drama Book Shop became an independent book store in 1923 and since that time has been deemed a quintessential New York City cultural institution. Over the past 100 years, the Drama Book Shop has secured its reputation as the city’s best source for theatrical works, with over 8,000 plays regularly in stock. In 2011, the Drama Book Shop received a Tony Award® Honor for Excellence in the Theatre.
McNally Jackson Books was founded in 2004 by Sarah McNally. McNally has used a combination of traditional insight with cutting-edge literary practices and figured out a way for booksellers to succeed in a time when print has gone through seismic changes with online retailers.
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23) 92NY Harkness Dance Center Presents
Heidi Latsky Dance: WHO AM I NOW? When our worlds turn upside down, what are the stories we tell? In Person January 10, 2026 at 7PM | January 11, 2026 at 1PM |
The 92nd Street Y, New York (92NY) presents Heidi Latsky Dance’s WHO AM I NOW? When our worlds turn upside down, what are the stories we tell? at Buttenwieser Hall at The Arnhold Center, 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY, 10128, on Saturday, January 10, 2026 at 7PM and Sunday, January 11, 2026 at 1PM. Tickets start at $45 and are available here.
Heidi Latsky changed the world by making space for everybody. A pioneering voice in contemporary dance, she has spent her life confronting assumptions — about beauty, ability, movement, and value. In WHO AM I NOW?, she turns that lens inward and asks, “When our worlds turn upside down, what are the stories we tell?”
This special presentation, created by Heidi Latsky in collaboration with the dancers, shows excerpts from her newest work, Tracking Parallel, including a surreal film as its backup – offering a rare and intimate encounter with one of today’s most influential artists. A conversation with the audience will follow the performance.
Latsky’s journey — through dance, activism and, most recently, recovery from brain surgery — becomes a meditation on identity and resilience. As she reclaims her own body, she invites us to rethink ours. Through decades of work with disabled performers and a radical redefinition of who gets to be seen, Latsky has reshaped dance — and, in doing so, expanded our collective idea of freedom. Like the great women who helped reimagine justice and visibility in this country, her art has become a form of resistance.
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24) American Museum of Natural History
Upcoming Event:
Year in Review
with Neil deGrasse Tyson
What's new in the universe? Neil deGrasse Tyson’s yearly recap returns with highlights from 2025. Discover the latest cosmic developments as Tyson, the Frederick P. Rose Director of the Hayden Planetarium, takes you on a journey through this year’s most important scientific breakthroughs and happenings, including major space missions, astronomical discoveries, science in popular culture, and more.
American Museum of Natural History (200 Central Park W.)
Thursday January 8 at 7:00 PM
For tickets, see the Museum's online calendar
25) Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio
announce
Broadway Magic Hour
January 2026 Shows
Select Saturdays and Sundays
Broadway Comedy Club
318 W. 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019
Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio, the stars of The Broadway Magic Hour, a family-friendly hour of fun-filled magical entertainment, announce shows on selected Saturdays and Sundays throughout January at Broadway Comedy Club, 318 W. 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019. The shows on January 24 and 31 are part of NYC Must-See Week, with two-for-one admission offered! Use promo code “MSW26” at checkout. Tickets start at $25 for general admission, and can be purchased here.
Join Jim Vines and Carl Mercurio this January for their hit show Broadway Magic Hour.. Complete with audience participation, comedy, grand illusion, mind-reading, and expert sleight-of-hand magic, there’s something for every member of the family in this one-of-a-kind, all-ages show!
JANUARY 2026 DATES
January 3, 2026, 2:00 PM (Tickets)
January 10, 2026, 2:00 PM (Tickets)
January 11, 2026, 2:00 PM (Tickets)
January 17, 2026, 2:00 PM (Tickets)
January 24, 2026, 2:00 PM (Tickets)*
January 31, 2026, 2:00 PM (Tickets)*
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26) El Museo del Barrio
48th Annual
Three Kings Day Parade and Celebration
El Museo del Barrio proudly announces the 48th Annual Three Kings Day Parade and Celebration, taking place on Tuesday, January 6, 2026, in East Harlem (El Barrio).
This year’s theme, ¡Pa’lante, Siempre Pa’lante! (“Forward, Always Forward!”), draws inspiration from the legacy of the Young Lords and celebrates the enduring traditions of cultural resistance, community care, and solidarity that define El Barrio.
27) Ellen’s Stardust Diner Raises a Glass to Freedom in Times Square, Celebrating Alexander Hamilton’s Birthday Bash
On Thursday, January 8, 2026, at 11 am, the iconic diner invites all to be in “The Room Where It Happens” for a Broadway-style birthday bash celebrating Founding Father and Revolutionary War Officer Alexander Hamilton with live performances, special menu items and interactive trivia.
Ellen’s Stardust Diner, located at 1650 Broadway at 51st Street
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L’Alliance New York announces upcoming Winter 2026 programming. From January 9 through March 23, 2026, L’Alliance will bring an exciting array of dance, theatre, film, and visual arts to New York audiences. For more information and to purchase tickets, please visit here.
bLUr
Kimberly Bartosik
Friday, January 9 at 9pm & Monday, January 12 at 7pm | L’Alliance New York Le Skyroom
bLUr by Kimberly Bartosik is co-presented with Live Artery | New York Live Arts
Back after its stunning, sold-out world premiere at New York Live Arts as part of the 2025 Crossing The Line Festival, choreographer Kimberly Bartosik’s bLUr navigates urgent interventions within a landscape of physical and emotional crisis, reminding us of our fragility, power, and need to care for and rescue one another.
https://lallianceny.org/event/
COMÉDIE-FRANÇAISE HD SCREENING SERIES
La Nuit des rois ou Tout ce que vous voulez (Twelfth Night or What You Will)
By William Shakespeare, Directed by Thomas Ostermeier
Thursday, January 22 at 7pm | L’Alliance New York Florence Gould Theater
One of Europe’s preeminent theater directors, Thomas Ostermeier interprets Shakespeare’s
classic comedy with his signature physicality, textual rigor, and distinctly modern sensibility in
this collaboration with the Comédie-Française.
https://lallianceny.org/event/
The Illusion
Pierre Corneille
Monday, February 16 at 7:30pm | L’Alliance New York Florence Gould Theater & Livestream
The Illusion is presented by L’Alliance New York, in partnership with Red Bull Theater
This family-friendly collaboration with Red Bull Theater spotlights French playwright Pierre
Corneille’s 1636 singular masterwork, L’Illusion Comique—a startlingly meta-theatrical tale of
love and regret presented as a staged reading of Ranjit Bolt’s English translation, directed by
Mirabelle Ordinaire, followed by a post-reading Q&A with the cast and creative team.
https://lallianceny.org/event/
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels and L'Alliance New York present
Save the Last Dance for Me
Alessandro Sciarroni
Saturday, February 28 at 2pm and 4pm & Sunday, March 1 at 2pm, followed by a two-hour workshop at 3pm | L’Alliance New York Le Skyroom
A dazzling revival of the nearly forgotten Italian folk dance Polka Chinata, Save the Last Dance
for Me is a breathtaking duet of whirling spins and sweeping knee bends. Hailed as “engaging,
delicate, and terribly attractive” (La Terrasse), this acclaimed work reimagines tradition with
boldness, beauty, and contemporary flair. Following Sunday’s performance, at 3pm, dancers Gianmaria Borzillo and Giovanfrancesco Giannini will host a workshop to teach Polka Chinata to the public.
As part of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival in New York
https://lallianceny.org/event/
COMÉDIE-FRANÇAISE HD SCREENING SERIES
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
By Molière, Directed by Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq
Thursday, March 5 at 7pm | L’Alliance New York Florence Gould Theater
Acclaimed directing partners Valérie Lesort and Christian Hecq reimagine this 17th-century
classic as a deliciously relevant class farce, complete with fantastical costumes and Balkan-
inspired music.
https://lallianceny.org/event/
Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels and L'Alliance New York present
You’re the one we love/and when we change the landscape...
Leïla Ka/Robyn Orlin with the Choreographic Ensemble of the Paris Conservatoire
Thursday, March 12 & Friday, March 13 at 7:30pm | L’Alliance New York Florence Gould Theater
Ten exceptional young artists come together in a bold program from Paris’s leading dance
school, The Choreographic Ensemble of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de
Danse de Paris. Featuring works by choreographers Leïla Ka and Robyn Orlin, blending
repertoire and original creations, the evening explores freedom, belonging, and social
engagement through movement.
As part of the Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival in New York
https://lallianceny.org/event/
Vincent Dedienne en concert (un lendemain soir de gala)
Vincent Dedienne
Monday, March 23 at 7:30pm | L’Alliance New York Florence Gould Theater
After touring the world with his one-man show, Un soir de gala, acclaimed French comedian
Vincent Dedienne collaborated with over a dozen songwriters to create an album of songs
based on the characters from the show. Dedienne performs those songs live, bringing new
depth to the stories that have charmed audiences around the world. US Premiere. In French with no English subtitles.
https://lallianceny.org/event/
Chabrol Suspense! Restored!
Claude Chabrol
Starting January 13 | L’Alliance New York Florence Gould Theater
Cinema at L'Alliance returns on January 13 with Chabrol! Suspense! Restored! - seven newly restored masterpieces from Claude Chabrol's 'golden age', including Les Biches, The Unfaithful Wife, Le Boucher, Wedding in Blood, This Man Must Die, La Rupture, and Just Before Nightfall.
Animation First, the largest animation festival in the U.S., launches its biggest edition yet on February 3 with the Opening Night selection of Dandelion’s Odyssey—an official selection of the 2025 Cannes Critics’ Week—presented in person by filmmaker Momoko Seto. This year’s program also shines a special spotlight on Belgian animation.
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29) TONY AWARD-WINNER
KELLI O’HARA
TO PERFORM ONE-NIGHT-ONLY CONCERT
“AN EVENING WITH KELLI O’HARA”
AT
LINCOLN CENTER THEATER’S
VIVIAN BEAUMONT THEATER
ON MONDAY JANUARY 12, 2026
Lincoln Center Theater recently announced Tony Award-winner Kelli O’Hara will return to the Vivian Beaumont Theater stage in a one-night-only concert titled An Evening with Kelli O’Hara on Monday, January 12, 2026 at 7:00PM ET. Previously seen at Lincoln Center Theater giving career-defining performances in The Light in the Piazza (2005), South Pacific (2008), and The King and I (2015), the concert will feature a night of music that has shaped her remarkable career: a shimmering blend of American Songbook gems, Broadway favorites, and timeless pop standards. For LCT audiences, this is more than a concert. It’s a reunion with one of Broadway’s most beloved voices.
For more information or to purchase tickets, visit LCT.org.
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30) South Street Seaport Museum
Announces
Hybrid Sea Chanteys & Maritime Music
January 4 | 2–4pm ET | 12 Fulton Street & On Zoom | Free
Throughout the cooler months, the South Street Seaport Museum’s beloved chantey sing, held on the first Sunday of every month, moves to the hybrid format, inviting participants to gather music lovers both in person at 207 Water Street and online via Zoom. Reserve your free tickets here.
Now through April 2026, join a joyful community keeping centuries of seafaring music alive. Each session fills the Museum’s gallery with the rhythm of traditional maritime work songs and ballads. Whether you’re singing along, leading a tune, or just soaking in the sound, you’ll be part of a warm and welcoming tradition that connects voices across the waves.
In-Person Registration
Preregistration is encouraged to join the event at 12 Fulton Street. Walkups will be accommodated as possible. Any in-person attendee is welcome to lead a song during the round-robin. If you have a specific song that you would like to sing in mind, please inform us of the song title when you register.
Zoom Registration
For all Zoom attendees, advanced registration is required. Please note that due to capacity limitations, only a limited number of online participants will be able to lead a song during the event. If you wish to lead a song on Zoom, please provide the song title when you register. You can register to join the Zoom event until the start of the program, but registration for leading a song on Zoom closes one week in advance.
Can’t decide whether to join in-person or via Zoom?
All registrants will receive the Zoom link in their confirmation email, regardless of their registration choice. If there’s a chance you might attend in-person, please sign up for an in-person ticket to help us with our planning.
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Works & Process Announces
Underground Uptown Dance Festival
January 9-13, 2026
Guggenheim New York
A Part of JanArtsNYC
1071 Fifth Ave, New York, NY 10128
Works & Process announces the 2026 Underground Uptown Dance Festival, a festival of commissioned dances January 9-13, 2026.
Gather round the Guggenheim theater and rotunda for one-night-only events bringing together street, social, and club traditions with ballet, contemporary, and modern dance. Continue the conversation with complimentary wine in the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed rotunda.
Transcend the proscenium. Embody joy. Build community. Connect audiences and artists along the continuum of spectating and participating.
Every project in the festival is supported with fully funded Works & Process creative residencies to support the development of new works and commissions spanning intergenerational connections, Afrobeat, Ballet, Ball Culture, Contemporary, Freestyle, Harlem Lite Feet, Hip-Hop, House, Improv, Mambo, Modern, NYC Underground Club Culture, Poppin, Salsa, Street Jazz, Vogue, West African, and more!
DANCE OUT EAST
A Works & Process Collaboration
The Church in Sag Harbor, Guild Hall of East Hampton, and The Watermill Center
January 10-11, 2026
Dance in the New Year at the second annual Dance Out East. Be the first to experience three new Works & Process dance projects on Long Island’s East End at The Church in Sag Harbor, Guild Hall of East Hampton, and The Watermill Center. See the culmination of week-long creative residencies, gain unique insight into the process and preparation of new choreographed works that will sequence into the Works & Process events at Guggenheim New York.
Event Tickets $25
Visit: www.danceouteast.org
Saturday, January 10, 2 pm
The Church in Sag Harbor with Works & Process
The Lineage Project by Kristine Bendul & Abdiel
Dance powerhouses Kristine Bendul & Abdiel are known for their work in Broadway and off-Broadway musical theatre productions, ballet and modern concert dance, and their gender-neutral approach to ballroom partnering, which equally exchanges roles of lead and follow, with both in heels! During a weeklong Works & Process residency at The Church in Sag Harbor, Ron De Jesús will choreograph a new piece for Kristine and Abdiel, blending Adagio partnering with contemporary movement. De Jesús, who had an extensive career with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Twlya Tharp, has been recognized for his work across concert dance and musical theatre. Set to “Black Cream” by The Harold Wheeler Consort (1975), this new duet reimagines classic Adagio patterns through a modern lens—honoring the form’s history while exploring new lifts, transitions, and expressive possibilities.
Join them s for a “first look” at what they’ve created together during the residency, followed by a conversation with the artists.
Saturday, January 10, 7 pm
Guild Hall of East Hampton with Works & Process
Naomi Funaki: Ikigai*
Tino & Rajika Puri Creative Residency
For more information visit www.guildhall.org/events/dance-out-east-naomi-funaki-ikagi
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