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Upcoming Events & Performances

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NYC Season

The Joyce Theater

​175 8th Ave, New York, NY 10011

November 4-8 (six performances)

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Program highlights include Fagan’s seminal Prelude: Discipline is Freedom and the evocative Never Top 40, returning to New York City for the first time since 2001. Expanding the company’s bold artistic vision are two NYC premieres: Priestess Hill by Artistic Director Norwood “PJ” Pennewell and Messages To The Storm by Executive Director Natalie Rogers-Cropper.

Calling all presenters, venues, businesses, and universities:

bring Garth Fagan Dance to your community in 2027 & 2028

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Contact alec@garthfagandance.org for our EPK, tech rider, scheduling inquiries, and general information.

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We look forward to connecting with you!

Past Performances

2026

  • Fashion Week Rochester at The Fedder Building | October 17

  • Smith Opera House, presented by Geneva Concerts  in Geneva, NY | September 26

  • ESL Rochester Fringe Festival | September 17-20

  • Determined To Be: The Scultures of John Rhoden in collaboration with Memorial Art Gallery | March 29–August 23

  • Summer Movement Institute Culmination Performance at the Sklarsky Glass Box Theater | July 26

  • Caribbean Currents: A Rochester Film Experience at WXXI Studios  | July 23

  • Juneteenth Celebration at Martin Luther King Jr Memorial Park at Manhattan Square | June 20

  • ​55th Anniversary Performance Celebration at Nazareth University Arts Center | May 7-10

  • 55th Anniversary Gala at MAG's M&T Bank Ballroom | May 1 | see photos

  • Town of Brighton Black History Month Celebration at the Golisano Institute of Business & Entrepreneurship | February 20 

  • Rochester Academy Charter School: Lecture Demonstration | February 13

  • ​Video Lecture: History of Garth Fagan and its Significance in Dance at MAG | February 5

  • Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Dance Festival: American Masters with Garth Fagan Dance at Kodak Hall in Eastman Theater | January 24

  • The Bessie Awards at The Dixon Place | January 20

2025

  • First Friday Rochester  at GFD Studio Theater | April 4, June 6, Nov 7 and Dec 5

  • ESL Rochester Fringe Festival at GFD Studio Theater | Sept 11-20

  • Carifesta XV at Frank Collymore Hall in Bridgetown, Barbados | August 27

  • Rochester Summer Soul Music Festival at Innovation Field | August 10

  • Summer Movement Institute Culmination Performance at GFD Studio Theater | July 26

  • Finger Lakes Opera's "The Anonymous Lover" at  RIT/NTID's Panera Theatre | July 20

  • Finger Lakes Residency at Fort Hill Performing Arts Center in Canandaigua, NY | June  20-22

  • Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra's Gala at Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center | May 16

  • Sonnenberg Gardens Mother's Day Duet at Sonnenberg Gardens in Canandaigua, NY | May 11

  • ​Memorial Art Gallery Gala at MAG's M&T Bank Ballroom | May 3

  • Rochester Climate Summit at Joseph A. Floreano Rochester Riverside Convention Center | April 4

  • RIT's Expressions of King's Legacy | January 29

  • APAP Showcase at Ailey Citigroup Theater in New York, NY | January 12

2024

  • Home Showcase at Monroe Community College Auditorium | December 6-8

  • NYC Season at The Joyce Theater in New York, NY | October 29-November 3

  • COCO Dance Festival at Queen's Hall in Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago | October 12-13

  • Rochester Fringe Festival at GFD Studio Theater | September 12-21

  • Summer Movement Institute Culmination Performance at GFD Studio Theater | July 27

  • OSAD/BSLF/EOP Reunion at GFD Studio Theater | July 19

  • Finger Lakes Opera's world premiere of "Two Corners" | June 28 & 30

  • First Friday Rochester at GFD Studio Theater | May 3 & June 7​

  • University of North Carolina, Greensboro | April 5

  • State University of New York, Brockport | March 13

  • ​Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra's "The Rite of Spring" | January 11 & 13

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