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2024-2025 Dance

2024-2025 SEASON
Dance

The best of ballet and dance is yours! Be there for perennial favorites like New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, plus exciting works from Acosta Danza, Japan Society, and Philadelphia Ballet.

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Events Included in this Season

National Ballet of China: Chinese New Year (A Ballet in Two Acts)

Jan. 29 - Feb. 2, 2025

With its dazzling hybrid of western ballet and Chinese culture, National Ballet of China returns to thrill audiences with its luminous fusion of traditions, telling the story of a family’s Chinese New Year celebration—set to Tchaikovsky’s treasured Nutcracker score.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater

Feb. 4 - 9, 2025

For its annual Kennedy Center engagement, the beloved company presents Ailey classics and new works, including Ailey’s signature Revelations.

American Ballet Theatre: Crime and Punishment

Feb. 12 - 16, 2025

Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s novel Crime and Punishment is a devastatingly modern psychological thriller that provided choreographer Helen Pickett and director James Bonas with a startling source for a ballet. Watch as striking movement depicts a young man’s journey towards redemption.

Paul Taylor Dance Company

Feb. 27 - Mar. 1, 2025

The Paul Taylor Dance Company makes a triumphant return to the Kennedy Center as the company commemorates 70 years of extraordinary dance, featuring a world premiere by Hope Boykin (Artistic Advisor for Dance Education at the Kennedy Center).

Complexions Contemporary Ballet

Mar. 20 - 22, 2025

Complexions Contemporary Ballet is recognized for its new, exciting vision of human movement. Its first full company engagement at the Kennedy Center includes a new work by Dwight Rhoden, set to songs from U2’s acoustic album Songs of Surrender.

New York City Ballet: Coppélia

Mar. 25 - 30, 2025

The whole family will delight in the misadventures of the spirited Swanilda, her foolish sweetheart Frantz, and mad inventor Dr. Coppélius in New York City Ballet’s Coppélia. The New York Times calls it a “story ballet done to perfection.”

Twyla Tharp Dance

Mar. 26 - 29, 2025

Celebrate 60 years of impeccable dance from this legendary, ever-changing dance company! Kennedy Center Honoree Twyla Tharp is a living legend—she created Twyla Tharp Dance in 1965 and is renowned for technically precise works that expand the boundaries of ballet and modern dance.

Akram Khan

Apr. 17 - 19, 2025

Akram Khan is one of the most innovative choreographers in the world, drawing on the Indian classical dance form kathak along with contemporary movement. In his new work GIGENIS, The generation of the Earth, Khan boldly stages Greek mythology, ancient legends, and even family memories.

Acosta Danza: Cuban Ecléctico

May 1 - 3, 2025

Acosta Danza is one of the most exciting new dance companies today, touring the world with a vibrant combination of classical, contemporary, and Cuban dance. The company makes its Kennedy Center debut with five vibrant works, each by a different choreographer putting a twist on Cuban culture. 

On Sale to Members Tue. Jan. 28, 2025 10a.m.

Birmingham Royal Ballet: Black Sabbath – The Ballet

Jun. 4 - 8, 2025

Birmingham Royal Ballet makes a thunderous debut with its thrilling, headbanging hit Black Sabbath – The Ballet. Get ready for sparks to fly in the first true heavy metal ballet experience, honoring Birmingham–born band Black Sabbath.

On Sale to Members Tue. Jan. 28, 2025 10a.m.

Local Dance Commissioning Project

I have a secret to tell you…

Aug. 22 - 23, 2025

As Local Dance Commissioning Project Awardees, Jamison Curcio and Shanice Mason will present a new work entitled I have a secret to tell you…, an invitation to discover, reframe, and practice being in community with Black women and femmes.

On Sale to Members Tue. Jan. 28, 2025 10a.m.

2024-2025 Season Announced for Dance

Explore the New Season

The best of ballet and dance is yours! Be there for perennial favorites like New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, plus exciting works from Acosta Danza, Japan Society, and Philadelphia Ballet.

Check out the CENTERBlog for 10 reasons to join us for the 2024–25 Dance season.

Dance 2024-2025 Season Preview

Explore the New Season

The best of ballet and dance is yours! Be there for perennial favorites like New York City Ballet, American Ballet Theatre, and Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, plus exciting works from Acosta Danza, Japan Society, and Philadelphia Ballet.

Check out the CENTERBlog for 10 reasons to join us for the 2024–25 Dance season.

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