Global Update:

Happening This Week

• Xenia Wiest and Ana Isabel Casquilho for Ballet de l’Opéra de Bordeaux – Program: Quatre Tendances
  • April 8, 2025 – April 16, 2025: Ballet de l’Opéra de Bordeaux will present Quatre Tendances, a program featuring world premiere Xenia Wiest (female), and the winner of the 2024 Young Choreographers Competition Ana Isabel Casquilho (female), alongside works by Sol Leon (female) & Paul Lightfoot (male), and Wayne McGregor (male).
• Ashley Dean and Cina Espejord at The Royal Ballet’s International Draft Works 2025
  • April 9, 2025 – April 10, 2025: The Royal Ballet will present International Draft Works 2025, a program featuring “Exciting new work by emerging choreographers from around the world.” The program includes works by Ashley Dean (female) for The Royal Ballet, Cina Espejord (female) for Norwegian National Ballet, Lars de Vos (male) for Dutch National Ballet, George Liang (male) for Northern Ballet, Emanuele Babici (male) for Stuttgart Ballet, Tumelo Lekana (male) for Joburg Ballet, Kit Holder (male) for Birmingham Royal Ballet, and Marcelino Sambe (male) for The Royal Ballet.
• Jodie Gates for Dance Theatre of Harlem – Program: 2025 New York Season
  • April 10, 2025 – April 13, 2025: Dance Theatre of Harlem will present its 2025 New York Season, which will feature a world premiere work by Jodie Gates (female), and Robert Garland (male) alongside works by William Forsythe (male) and George Balanchine (male).
• Sidra Bell for ODC/Dance – Program: Dance Downtown
  • April 10, 2025 – April 13, 2025: ODC/Dance will present Dance Downtown, a program featuring a new work by Sidra Bell (female), alongside works by Brenda Way (female) and Kimi Okada (female).
• Jaime Kotrba for Columbus Dance Theatre – Program: Homegrown 3
  • April 11, 2025 – April 13, 2025: Columbus Dance Theatre will present Homegrown 3, a program featuring new works by Jaime Kotrba (female), and Seth Wilson (male), alongside works by Alfred Dove (male), Gamal Brown (male), and Emily Bass-Glinsk (female).
• Marika Brussel and Naomi Sailors for Peninsula Ballet – Program: Don Quixote & 3 New Dance Works
  • April 11, 2025 – April 12, 2025: Peninsula Ballet will present Don Quixote & 3 New Dance Works, a program featuring a new version of Don Quixote by Artistic Director Gregory Amato (male) and Ballet Mistress Nina Amato (female) after Marius Petipa alongside world premiere works by Marika Brussel (female), Naomi Sailors (female), and Gregory Amato (male).

Female Choreography Commissions, World Premieres, and Programming

• Kathryn Posin and Danielle Diniz for East Coast Contemporary Ballet – Program: Continuum
  • May 15, 2025 – May 17, 2025: East Coast Contemporary Ballet will present Continuum, a program featuring new works by Kathryn Posin (female) and Danielle Diniz (female).
• Tânia Carvalho for Biennale Danza Venezia 2025
  • July 29, 2025 – July 31, 2025: Biennale Danza Venezia 2025 will present a world premiere work by Tânia Carvalho (female), entitled Ventre Do Vulcão.
• Bobbi Jene Smith for Little Island – Program: Seven Scenes
  • August 22, 2025 – August 28, 2025: Little Island will present Seven Scenes, a program featuring a collaborative new work by Bobbi Jene Smith (female) & Or Schraiber (male) featuring music by Caroline Shaw (female) & Danni Lee Parpan (female).
• Cathy Marston for the Royal Ballet – Program: Perspectives: Balanchine, Marston and Peck
  • November 14, 2025 – December 2, 2025: the Royal Ballet will present Perspectives: Balanchine, Marston and Peck, a program featuring a world premiere by Cathy Marston (female), alongside works by Justin Peck (male), and George Balanchine (male).
• Jessica Wright and Morgann Runacre-Temple for Paris Opera Ballet – Program: Impressions
  • March 11, 2026 – March 28, 2026: the Paris Opera Ballet will present Impressions, a program featuring a new creation by Jessica Wright (female) and Morgann Runacre-Temple (female), alongside a work by Marcos Morau (male).
• Tiler Peck for New York City Ballet – Program: Eclectic NYCB III
  • May 9, 2026 – May 28, 2026: New York City Ballet will present Eclectic NYCB III, a program featuring a new work by Tiler Peck (female), alongside a work by Alysa Pires (female), and Jerome Robbins (male).
• Penny Saunders for Ballet West – Program: Choreographic Festival
  • May 13 2026 – May 16, 2026: Ballet West will present Choreographic Festival, a program featuring world premiere works by Donald Byrd (male) and Penny Saunders (female).
• Micaela Taylor for Paris Opera Ballet – Program: Vibrations
  • June 27, 2026 – July 14, 2026: the Paris Opera Ballet will present Vibrations, a program featuring a creation by Micaela Taylor (female), alongside works by Mats Ek (male) and Crystal Pite.

Leadership Changes

• Visceral Dance Chicago Announces Executive Director
  • On March 31, 2025: Visceral Dance Chicago announced that Irina Skarzynska Lapteva (female) has been appointed Executive Director of the company.
• New York Theatre Ballet School Announces New Director
  • On April 1, 2025: New York Theatre Ballet School announced that Melissa Sadler (female) will succeed Diana Byer (female) as director of the school effective June 1, 2025.
• Dresden Semperoper Ballett Appoints New Artist in Residence
  • Stephanie Lake (female) has been appointed as Artist in Residence of Dresden Semperoper Ballett, effective at the beginning of the 2025/2026 season.
• PS21 Announces New Artistic & Executive Director
  • On April 2, 2025: PS21 announced that Vallejo Gantner (male) was appointed as Artistic & Executive Director.

For continual updates on leadership changes see Dance Data Project® – Artistic Director Transitions 2024 Spreadsheet

Artist Opportunities

This section focuses on new or upcoming deadlines for artist opportunities, in conjunction with our Fellowships, Competitions and Initiatives Guide. For a more comprehensive list of artist opportunities, please see the link above.  

Outstanding Artists (lighting, music, tech, design, etc. 

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