One of the ways Dance/USA connects the ecosystem is through its active listings of dance performances across the nation. Please share your opportunities with us by visiting the Services page of our website. There you’ll be prompted to submit pertinent information about your performance for review and approval. You can anticipate a 3-5 day turn around on your submission.
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| Event or Performance Title | Organization | Location | Short Description | Date & Time | Ticket Cost | Instructions to Buy Tickets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Let's Dance Boston | Vivo Performing Arts | Dewey Square Plaza, Atlantic Ave, Boston, MA 02210 | Your experience begins with a free lesson from top local dance instructors before you dance the night away to music by a live band. Get ready to salsa, Lindy Hop, line dance, and more as Let's Dance Boston returns to the Rose Kennedy Greenway for five days of free, all-ages social dancing. | 9/23/2026 6:00 pm | Free | Click here for more information |
| National Convening on Community-Based Practice | Forklift Danceworks | Austin, Texas | Sindhoor Natya brings a powerful dance-theater work that has had long runs in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Montreal, Boston, and India. First time in San Francisco. A story of an indigenous woman and her community's struggle to protect their land and resources. | 9/23/2026 6:00 pm | Free | Free with advanced registration. Learn more and register here |
| Let's Dance Boston | Vivo Performing Arts | Rose Kennedy Greenway, Dewey Square Park, 600 Atlantic Ave, Boston, MA 02210 | Your experience begins with a free lesson from top local dance instructors before you dance the night away to music by a live band. Get ready to salsa, Lindy Hop, line dance, and more as Let's Dance Boston returns to the Rose Kennedy Greenway for five days of free, all-ages social dancing. | 9/24/2026 6:00 pm | Free and open to the public. | Click here for more information |
| Let's Dance Boston | Vivo Performing Arts | Rose Kennedy Greenway, Dewey Square Park, 600 Atlantic Ave, Boston, MA 02210 | Your experience begins with a free lesson from top local dance instructors before you dance the night away to music by a live band. Get ready to salsa, Lindy Hop, line dance, and more as Let's Dance Boston returns to the Rose Kennedy Greenway for five days of free, all-ages social dancing. | 9/25/2026 6:00 pm | Free and open to the public. | Click here for more information |
| ENCOUNTER by Aparna Sindhoor, Anil Natyaveda and S M Raju | Sindhoor Natya - Navarasa | Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110 | Sindhoor Natya brings a powerful dance-theater work that has had long runs in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Montreal, Boston, and India. First time in San Francisco. A story of an indigenous woman and her community's struggle to protect their land and resources. | 9/25/2026 8:00 pm | TBA | https://navarasa.org/upcoming/ |
| Let's Dance Boston | Vivo Performing Arts | Rose Kennedy Greenway, Dewey Square Park, 600 Atlantic Ave, Boston, MA 02210 | Your experience begins with a free lesson from top local dance instructors before you dance the night away to music by a live band. Get ready to salsa, Lindy Hop, line dance, and more as Let's Dance Boston returns to the Rose Kennedy Greenway for five days of free, all-ages social dancing. | 9/26/2026 6:00 pm | Free and open to the public. | Click here for more information |
| ENCOUNTER by Aparna Sindhoor, Anil Natyaveda and S M Raju | Sindhoor Natya - Navarasa | Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110 | Sindhoor Natya brings a powerful dance-theater work that has had long runs in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Montreal, Boston, and India. First time in San Francisco. A story of an indigenous woman and her community's struggle to protect their land and resources. | 9/26/2026 8:00 pm | TBA | https://navarasa.org/upcoming/ |
| Let's Dance Boston | Vivo Performing Arts | Rose Kennedy Greenway, Dewey Square Park, 600 Atlantic Ave, Boston, MA 02210 | Your experience begins with a free lesson from top local dance instructors before you dance the night away to music by a live band. Get ready to salsa, Lindy Hop, line dance, and more as Let's Dance Boston returns to the Rose Kennedy Greenway for five days of free, all-ages social dancing. | 9/27/2026 3:00 pm | Free and open to the public. | Click here for more information |
| ENCOUNTER by Aparna Sindhoor, Anil Natyaveda and S M Raju | Sindhoor Natya - Navarasa | Dance Mission Theater, 3316 24th St, San Francisco, CA 94110 | Sindhoor Natya brings a powerful dance-theater work that has had long runs in Los Angeles, Vancouver, Montreal, Boston, and India. First time in San Francisco. A story of an indigenous woman and her community's struggle to protect their land and resources. | 9/27/2026 4:00 pm | TBA | https://navarasa.org/upcoming/ |
| Prem | Love : an Occupation | Ananya Dance Theatre | The Southern Theater- 1420 S. Washington Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55455 | PREM: Love in Times of Occupation offers a hyperlocal focus on current events in the Twin Cities, in particular, its history of resistance. Moving through an archive of visceral, nervous, and kinesthetic responses to the horror of hate and persecution, Prem searches for connection and arrives at embodied solidarity among the performers. Dancing grief, resistance, and vigilance, dancers finally arrive at finely woven threads of relationalities among each other, and with the audience. Performances are October 10, 11, 15, 16, 17 at The Southern Theater in Minneapolis. | 10/10/2026 7:00 pm | $5-50 | Buy Tickets Or visit here |
| Rang-E-Ishq - Colors of Divine Love | Katha Dance Theatre | The O'Shaughnessy in St. Catherine University in St. Paul | Rang-E-Ishq – Colors of Divine Love Rang-E-Ishq is a cultural celebration of Divine Love through music, dance, storytelling, poetry, and spirituality, offering a deeply immersive artistic experience. This original Sufi–Kathak production places Love at its center—divine, human, ecstatic, painful, and transformative. Kathak dance becomes the body, music the breath, poetry the soul, and narration the thread that binds them together. Drawing inspiration from the timeless Sufi poetry and teachings of Jalal al-Din Rumi, Amir Khusro, Kabir, and Bulleh Shah, the work weaves together verse, movement, and song to explore the many colors of love and longing. Through dance, poetry, narration, and music, Rang-E-Ishq invites audiences on a spiritual journey—from the individual self toward awakening, surrender, and ultimately, union with the Divine. | 10/10/2026 7:30 pm | $15 for students and Pay-As-You-Able scale of $20–$60 for all other audience members. | https://osh.stkate.edu/Online/default.asp |
| Rang-E-Ishq - Colors of Divine Love | Katha Dance Theatre | The O'Shaughnessy in St. Catherine University in St. Paul | Rang-E-Ishq – Colors of Divine Love Rang-E-Ishq is a cultural celebration of Divine Love through music, dance, storytelling, poetry, and spirituality, offering a deeply immersive artistic experience. This original Sufi–Kathak production places Love at its center—divine, human, ecstatic, painful, and transformative. Kathak dance becomes the body, music the breath, poetry the soul, and narration the thread that binds them together. Drawing inspiration from the timeless Sufi poetry and teachings of Jalal al-Din Rumi, Amir Khusro, Kabir, and Bulleh Shah, the work weaves together verse, movement, and song to explore the many colors of love and longing. Through dance, poetry, narration, and music, Rang-E-Ishq invites audiences on a spiritual journey—from the individual self toward awakening, surrender, and ultimately, union with the Divine. | 10/11/2026 2:00 pm | $15 for students and Pay-As-You-Able scale of $20–$60 for all other audience members. | https://osh.stkate.edu/Online/default.asp |
| Gravity & Other Myths: Ten Thousand Hours | Vivo Performing Arts | Boston Arts Academy, 174 Ipswich St, Boston, MA 02215 | Contemporary circus company Gravity & Other Myths goes beyond jaw-dropping feats to weave a tale of impassioned dedication. Eight acrobats and one musician share a peek behind the curtain of one of Australia's most celebrated circuses. | 10/23/2026 8:00 pm | Multiple price points available | Multiple price points available. Click here for more information. |
| Gravity & Other Myths: Ten Thousand Hours | Vivo Performing Arts | Boston Arts Academy, 174 Ipswich St, Boston, MA 02215 | Contemporary circus company Gravity & Other Myths goes beyond jaw-dropping feats to weave a tale of impassioned dedication. Eight acrobats and one musician share a peek behind the curtain of one of Australia's most celebrated circuses. | 10/24/2026 2:00 pm | Multiple price points available | Multiple price points available. Click here for more information. |
| Gravity & Other Myths: Ten Thousand Hours | Vivo Performing Arts | Boston Arts Academy, 174 Ipswich St, Boston, MA 02215 | Contemporary circus company Gravity & Other Myths goes beyond jaw-dropping feats to weave a tale of impassioned dedication. Eight acrobats and one musician share a peek behind the curtain of one of Australia's most celebrated circuses. | 10/24/2026 8:00 pm | Multiple price points available | Multiple price points available. Click here for more information. |
| Triana Maciel & Nino de los Reyes: PerpetuARTE | Vivo Performing Arts | Roxbury Community College Media Arts Center, 1234 Columbus Ave, Roxbury Crossing, MA 02120 | At a time in which the connective power of art has never been more essential, flamenco duo Triana Maciel and Nino de los Reyes bring us PerpetuARTE, an all-new program offering a full-throated endorsement of creativity, humanity, authenticity, passion, and interdependence. | 11/21/2026 3:00 pm | Free | Multiple price points available. Click here for more information. |
| Ballet BC | Vivo Performing Arts | Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, 219 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116 | Vancouver's Ballet BC arrives with a program that moves through tenderness, ecstasy, and raw human longing 20 dancers under artistic director Medhi Walerski bringing precision and a rare openness that will be a highlight of the season. | 11/21/2026 8:00 pm | Multiple price points available | Multiple price points available. Click here for more information. |
| Ballet BC | Vivo Performing Arts | Cutler Majestic Theatre at Emerson College, 219 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116 | Vancouver's Ballet BC arrives with a program that moves through tenderness, ecstasy, and raw human longing 20 dancers under artistic director Medhi Walerski bringing precision and a rare openness that will be a highlight of the season. | 11/22/2026 2:00 pm | Multiple price points available | Multiple price points available. Click here for more information. |
| Limón Dance Company | Vivo Performing Arts | Boston Arts Academy Theater, 174 Ipswich St, Boston, MA 02215 | Witness a conversation across decades and generations with the return of Limón Dance Company to Boston. The company brings us an essential José Limón classic Mazurkas, set to music of Chopin and marks its 80th anniversary season with a new creation by Akram Khan that reimagines Limón's indelible The Moor's Pavane. Through Limón and Khan's shared histories as storytellers of the immigrant experience, don't miss this retelling of Othello for today's dancers, today's outsiders, today's world. | 2/12/2027 8:00 pm | Multiple price points available | Multiple price points available. Click here for more information. |
| Limón Dance Company | Vivo Performing Arts | Boston Arts Academy Theater, 174 Ipswich St, Boston, MA 02215 | Witness a conversation across decades and generations with the return of Limón Dance Company to Boston. The company brings us an essential José Limón classic Mazurkas, set to music of Chopin and marks its 80th anniversary season with a new creation by Akram Khan that reimagines Limón's indelible The Moor's Pavane. Through Limón and Khan's shared histories as storytellers of the immigrant experience, don't miss this retelling of Othello for today's dancers, today's outsiders, today's world. | 2/13/2027 2:00 pm | Multiple price points available | Multiple price points available. Click here for more information. |
| Limón Dance Company | Vivo Performing Arts | Boston Arts Academy Theater, 174 Ipswich St, Boston, MA 02215 | Witness a conversation across decades and generations with the return of Limón Dance Company to Boston. The company brings us an essential José Limón classic Mazurkas, set to music of Chopin and marks its 80th anniversary season with a new creation by Akram Khan that reimagines Limón's indelible The Moor's Pavane. Through Limón and Khan's shared histories as storytellers of the immigrant experience, don't miss this retelling of Othello for today's dancers, today's outsiders, today's world. | 2/13/2027 8:00 pm | Multiple price points available | Multiple price points available. Click here for more information. |
| Huang Yi & KUKA | Vivo Performing Arts | Museum of Science's Public Science Common, 1 Museum of Science Drive, Boston, MA 02114 | Taiwanese dancer and choreographer Huang Yi takes the stage with an unconventional dance partner: an industrial robot arm made by the KUKA corporation. In a time when our dance with technology can feel daunting, Huang Yi & KUKA dovetail beauty, tenderness, and nuance. They showcase the fascinating push and pull between humanity and our creations, through choreography, proving that this dynamic doesn't always need to be a battle: it can also be a duet. | 2/25/2027 8:00 pm | Multiple price points available | Multiple price points available. Click here for more information. |
| Huang Yi & KUKA | Vivo Performing Arts | Museum of Science's Public Science Common, 1 Museum of Science Drive, Boston, MA 02114 | Taiwanese dancer and choreographer Huang Yi takes the stage with an unconventional dance partner: an industrial robot arm made by the KUKA corporation. In a time when our dance with technology can feel daunting, Huang Yi & KUKA dovetail beauty, tenderness, and nuance. They showcase the fascinating push and pull between humanity and our creations, through choreography, proving that this dynamic doesn't always need to be a battle: it can also be a duet. | 2/26/2027 8:00 pm | Multiple price points available | Multiple price points available. Click here for more information. |
| Huang Yi & KUKA | Vivo Performing Arts | Museum of Science's Public Science Common, 1 Museum of Science Drive, Boston, MA 02114 | Taiwanese dancer and choreographer Huang Yi takes the stage with an unconventional dance partner: an industrial robot arm made by the KUKA corporation. In a time when our dance with technology can feel daunting, Huang Yi & KUKA dovetail beauty, tenderness, and nuance. They showcase the fascinating push and pull between humanity and our creations, through choreography, proving that this dynamic doesn't always need to be a battle: it can also be a duet. | 2/27/2027 2:00 pm | Multiple price points available | Multiple price points available. Click here for more information. |
| Huang Yi & KUKA | Vivo Performing Arts | Museum of Science's Public Science Common, 1 Museum of Science Drive, Boston, MA 02114 | Taiwanese dancer and choreographer Huang Yi takes the stage with an unconventional dance partner: an industrial robot arm made by the KUKA corporation. In a time when our dance with technology can feel daunting, Huang Yi & KUKA dovetail beauty, tenderness, and nuance. They showcase the fascinating push and pull between humanity and our creations, through choreography, proving that this dynamic doesn't always need to be a battle: it can also be a duet. | 2/27/2027 8:00 pm | Multiple price points available | Multiple price points available. Click here for more information. |
| Modern Connections Collective: Four Here or To Go | Vivo Performing Arts | Roxbury Community College Media Arts Center, 1234 Columbus Ave, Roxbury Crossing, MA 02120 | Boston's Modern Connections Collective presents excerpts from four powerful works by choreographer and founder Jenny Oliver. Rooted in moments of empowerment and guided by themes of connection, these pieces invite audiences to come together as stories of relationship and resilience unfold through the language of movement. | 3/6/2027 3:00 pm | Free | Multiple price points available. Click here for more information. |
| Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater | Vivo Performing Arts | Boch Center Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116 | For more than six decades, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has captivated audiences around the world with performances that blend breathtaking athleticism, expressive storytelling, and the rich traditions of modern dance celebrating the depth, resilience, and beauty of the human spirit. | 4/30/2027 8:00 pm | Multiple price points available | Multiple price points available. Click here for more information. |
| Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater | Vivo Performing Arts | Boch Center Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116 | For more than six decades, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has captivated audiences around the world with performances that blend breathtaking athleticism, expressive storytelling, and the rich traditions of modern dance celebrating the depth, resilience, and beauty of the human spirit. | 5/1/2027 2:00 pm | Multiple price points available | Multiple price points available. Click here for more information. |
| Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater | Vivo Performing Arts | Boch Center Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116 | For more than six decades, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has captivated audiences around the world with performances that blend breathtaking athleticism, expressive storytelling, and the rich traditions of modern dance celebrating the depth, resilience, and beauty of the human spirit. | 5/1/2027 8:00 pm | Multiple price points available | Multiple price points available. Click here for more information. |
| Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater | Vivo Performing Arts | Boch Center Wang Theatre, 270 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116 | For more than six decades, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater has captivated audiences around the world with performances that blend breathtaking athleticism, expressive storytelling, and the rich traditions of modern dance celebrating the depth, resilience, and beauty of the human spirit. | 5/2/2027 3:00 pm | Multiple price points available | Multiple price points available. Click here for more information. |
| Triana Maciel & Nino de los Reyes: PerpetuARTE | Vivo Performing Arts | Roxbury Community College Media Arts Center, 1234 Columbus Ave, Roxbury Crossing, MA 02120 | At a time in which the connective power of art has never been more essential, flamenco duo Triana Maciel and Nino de los Reyes bring us PerpetuARTE, an all-new program offering a full-throated endorsement of creativity, humanity, authenticity, passion, and interdependence. | 5/2/2027 3:00 pm | Multiple price points available | Multiple price points available. Click here for more information. |