2021 Fall for Dance Festival
Dance
Oct 13 – 24, 2021
All tickets $15
On sale Sun, Sep 19 at 11am
Overview
Overview
The 2021 Fall for Dance Festival launches City Center’s re-opening for in-person live performances! The ten-day Festival, now in its 18th year, consists of five unique programs each featuring three different groups of artists and companies, presented this year without intermissions.
Providing artists with valuable opportunities to create new works, New York City Center commissions will be presented by tap dance superstar Ayodele Casel,modern dance legend Lar Lubovitch for New York City Ballet (NYCB) principal dancers Adrian Danchig-Waring and Joseph Gordon, and The Verdon Fosse Legacy reconstruction of a trio of dances featuring NYCB soloist Georgina Pazcoguin that were originally created for Tony Award-winning actor and dancer Gwen Verdon. A fourth co-commission with Vail Dance Festival will be created by sought-after choreographer Justin Peck. Full program details will be announced later.
In keeping with City Center’s mission of accessibility, all tickets for Fall for Dance are $15. Save the date! Tickets go on sale Sunday, September 19 at 11 am.
Festival History
Festival History
The inaugural Fall for Dance Festival was held in 2004 with the goal of building a new audience for dance. In his closing night review of that season, Jack Anderson wrote in The New York Times, “Fall for Dance has proved to be the brightest idea to light up the New York dance scene in a long time.” In keeping with City Center’s founding mission to make the arts accessible to everyone, all tickets for Fall for Dance are $15.
Since its inception, the Festival has received international recognition for its quality and innovation, and successfully engaging new and younger dance audiences. In 2013, City Center began commissioning new works for Fall for Dance. Recent seasons have featured world premieres from some of today’s leading choreographers, including Kyle Abraham, Lil Buck, Dormeshia, Michelle Dorrance, Mark Morris, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, Justin Peck, and Christopher Wheeldon. In October 2020, a digital presentation of Fall for Dance—filmed live on the City Center stage—reached a global audience in 28 countries and all 50 states.
Fall for Dance has presented over 220 companies, 138 premieres, and introduced more than 400,000 newcomers and dance enthusiasts to an international array of choreographers and performers.
Past Highlights
Past Highlights
Pay It Forward
Pay It Forward
Each year, City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival presents some of the world’s most extraordinary dancers and companies for less than the price of a movie ticket. But we can’t do it without you! Please consider making a gift today to help us welcome a new generation of dance lovers and ensure this beloved festival remains affordable for all New Yorkers.
Sponsors
Sponsors
LEAD SPONSOR
MAJOR SUPPORT FOR FALL FOR DANCE IS PROVIDED BY
Jody and John Arnhold
MAJOR SUPPORT FOR DANCE AT NEW YORK CITY CENTER IS PROVIDED BY
SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS ACCESS FUND IS PROVIDED BY
Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller Fund
William and Dewey Edelman Charitable Trust
PRESENTING PARTNERS
Denise R. Sobel
Barbara and David Zalaznick
Perry and Marty Granoff
Caroline Howard Hyman
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT FOR FALL FOR DANCE IS PROVIDED BY
The Shubert Foundation
Joyce F. Menschel
The Fan Fox and Leslie R. Samuels Foundation, Inc.
The SHS Foundation
SUPPORTERS
Con Edison
C.L.C.Kramer Foundation, Inc.
The Jerome Robbins Foundation
SUPPORT FOR NEW DANCE WORKS AT NEW YORK CITY CENTER IS PROVIDED BY
Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation
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