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MAJOR
Opening Date: Jan 7, 2026
Closing Date: Jan 10, 2026
Playing @
New York Live Arts
219 West 19th Street, New York City, NY 10011
MAJOR is a dance theater project exploring the physicality, history, sociopolitics and interiority of majorette dance, a form that originated in the American South within Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the 1960s. These Black femme teams accompanied by marching bands created a movement style that requires master showmanship with allegiance to count, undulation, groove and sensual yet strong performativity. In MAJOR, six Black femmes embrace majorette form—a fundamental relic of Black girlhood—to pursue the intimate journey of returning to bodies they thought lost. Experiments in improvised and verbatim language intertwine with a music score that integrates Southern rap, horns, drumlines and melodic R&B and soul by Lambkin. The Chord Archive is showcased alongside performances, a physical and digital documentation of the creative process and personal historical accounts from former majorette dancers. A fierce investigation of physical memory, sexuality, sensuality and community, MAJOR is a nuanced love letter to the folks who taught the team how to be proudly Black and proudly femme.
Performance Schedule
WEDNESDAY-FRIDAY @ 7:30 PM
SATURDAY @ 12 PM
TDF Tickets Offers:
TDF Member tickets:
Not currently available for this show
Listed at 
Never
Full-price tickets:
$34.00 - $254.00
Accessibility
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Box Office
Lobby level; accessible -
Restroom
The ground floor restrooms and theater are wheelchair accessible. -
Elevator/Escalator
Elevator to all floors -
Telephone
None on premises -
Entrance
The lobby is accessible via the double doors to the left of the revolving door at 219 W 19th Street. -
Wheelchair Info
The first floor lobby is a communal public space and wheelchair accessible via the street facing double doors next to the main entrance at 219 W 19th Street. Theater, dressing rooms and 3rd floor studios are accessible by elevator. Restrooms throughout the building and theater are wheelchair accessible. -
Folding Armrests
None available -
Parking
Street parking only -
Water Fountain
Lobby level; wheelchair accessible
