Harkness Dance Center

Celebrating 90 Years
Mar 6-10, 2025

Hope Boykin, Sylvia Waters, Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE, Art Bath, PHILADANCO! and many more gather to celebrate 90 years of dance!

92NY’s Harkness Dance Center — the birthplace of American modern dance — fosters an incredible community of all who love dance. Join us as we honor the past while celebrating the innovation, artistry and passion that continue to move dance forward.

Thu, Mar 6 & Fri, Mar 7 
The festivities begin on Thu, Mar 6 with a two-night performance sweeping through 92NY’s iconic spaces — Hall of Mirrors, Buttenwieser Hall, the new Arnhold Center and Studio — with live performances, stunning spectacles, DJ beats, craft cocktails, all curated by Mara Driscoll, Elizabeth Yilmaz, Art Bath and Alison Manning.

Sat, Mar 8
Join us for a special DEL Movement Sentence Choir celebrating the Harkness Dance Center’s 90th Anniversary with Amadi ‘Baye’ Washington and Sam ‘Asa’ Pratt of Baye & Asa, and DEL Facilitator, Randi Sloan.

Sat, Mar 8
On Sat, Mar 8, a powerhouse double bill: Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE and PHILADANCO! take the David Geffen Stage in Kaufmann Concert Hall, performing works that echo with the legacy of this legendary space.

Mon, Mar 10
With Janet Eilber, Dante Puleio, Sylvia Waters, Ronald K. Brown, David Dorfman, Doug Varone Hope Boykin, Omar Román De Jesús, Yin Yue, and Joan Finkelstein — FREE.

Join some of dance’s most iconic figures at the New York Public Library to reflect on how giants like Martha Graham, José Limón and Alvin Ailey shaped the future of the art form.

Photos from top to bottom: Jamie Kraus Photography; Julieanne Harris; Martha Graham, Photographer unknown, Audience by Bob Krasner; Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE in Upside Down at Jacob's Pillow ©2022, Photo by Jamie Kraus; ©2024 Joseph Sinnott