BAAND TOGETHER DANCE FESTIVAL:
Ballet Hispánico, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater,
American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet,
and Dance Theatre of Harlem
July 29-August 2, 2025
Five of NYC’s most iconic dance companies—Ballet Hispánico, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, American Ballet Theatre, New York City Ballet, and Dance Theatre of Harlem—reunite on one stage to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the BAAND Together Dance Festival, sharing the spotlight and a stage for five performances from July 29-August 2 as part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City.
The Festival began when the performing arts were coming back after the height of the pandemic in 2021 as a new form of collaboration in celebration of the return to live performance.
This is a rare chance for audiences to experience five exceptional performances of beloved programming curated collaboratively by the artistic directors of each company, featuring repertory favorites.
PROGRAM:
- Dance Theatre of Harlem – Nyman String Quartet No. 2 by Robert Garland
- New York City Ballet – After the Rain (Pas de Deux) by Christopher Wheeldon
- Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater – Many Angels by Lar Lubovitch
- American Ballet Theatre – Midnight Pas de Deux by Susan Jaffe
- Ballet Hispánico – House of Mad’moiselle by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
This summer, for the first time, audiences will get an off-stage perspective of the extraordinary on-stage collaboration between these five iconic NYC dance companies during a free panel discussion on Tuesday, July 29 at 5:00pm in the David Rubenstein Atrium, featuring the artistic leaders of all five companies: Eduardo Vilaro, Ballet Hispánico; Alicia Graf Mack and Matthew Rushing, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater; Susan Jaffe, American Ballet Theatre; Wendy Whelan and Jonathan Stafford, New York City Ballet; and Robert Garland, Dance Theatre of Harlem, moderated by Shanta Thake, Ehrenkranz Chief Artistic Officer of Lincoln Center.
Each afternoon, one of the companies brings its unique teaching style to participants of all ages with free dance workshops in the David Geffen Hall lobby. The series will offer a variety of dance forms, appropriate for all ages and abilities.
