The Joyce Theater is a 472-seat dance performance venue located in the Chelsea area of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The Joyce Theater Foundation, the organization founded in 1982 that operates the theater, also owns the Joyce SoHo dance center located in a former firehouse on Mercer Street.
The Foundation won a 1986 Drama Desk Special Award for its American Theatre Exchange program.
REPERTORY
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE
February 25 - March 1
Ronald K. Brown/EVIDENCE celebrates its 35th anniversary with the return of High Life and Grace, two works that exemplify Brown’s contemporary African style. A newly commissioned companion piece, Mercy, is an ethereal movement meditation set to music by Meshell Ndegeocello, originally composed for the company.
Ballet Vlaanderen
March 3 - 7
“One of Europe’s top ballet companies” (New York Times), Ballet Vlaanderen, known locally as Royal Ballet of Flanders, celebrates its 50th anniversary with a Joyce debut.
Scottish Ballet
March 10 - 15
“Characterized by vibrant energy, brilliant coherence, and an effortless visual elegance” (The Daily Telegraph), Scotland’s national dance company returns to The Joyce with THIS IS MY BODY…, a double bill that showcases radically contrasting dance styles, equally compelling in emotional impact.
Lyon Opera Ballet
March 18 - 22
The “versatile and daring” (The New York Times) Lyon Opera Ballet returns to The Joyce Theater, joining the citywide Beethoven Celebration honoring the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth. Movement and musicality interact in distinct ways in Trois Grandes Fugues, a stunning triple bill presenting the work of trailblazing choreographers Maguy Marin, Lucinda Childs, and Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker.
Malpaso Dance Company
March 24 - 29
“Sparklingly present…and remarkably strong,” (The New York Times), Cuba’s Malpaso Dance Company returns to New York with its dazzling, classically trained dancers
