Future Dance Festival

Overview

Before they were legends, artists like Martha Graham, Alvin Ailey, and José Limón found a home at 92NY. Today, the Future Dance Festival continues that legacy, spotlighting the next generation of trailblazers in choreography and dance filmmaking.

Now in its sixth year, the festival has become an important incubator for new talent and new work in dance — a place where emerging artists explore their unique voices through bold, original work. As part of this season’s Home series, the festival continues to bring together emerging artists across states, countries, backgrounds, and forms.

For the first time, the festival opens with a live, in-person screening of its Dance Film Program on Thursday, followed by two nights of live performances on Friday and Saturday.

Curated by a panel of industry leaders, the Future Dance Festival connects emerging choreographers and filmmakers with today’s artistic decision-makers. It’s a festival grounded in a clear purpose: to support the future of dance by championing its most promising creators, and to offer audiences a first look at the artists and ideas that will shape the future of the form.

To help make that future more accessible, 92NY offers specially priced $20 Artist/Student tickets for emerging artists, alongside regular-priced admission.

The 2026/27 Harkness Mainstage Series’ Home season explores how dance maps the shifting terrain of home, identity, and belonging, and the borders – visible and invisible – that shape us.