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Celebrating world class companies and performances, both established and new

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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.

Ann Sofie Clemmensen's program: In To and Out Of - Millennium Stage (October 18, 2019)

Local Dance Commissioning Project

Supporting the metro DC dance community by commissioning artists for world premieres.

Go behind the scenes at the Kennedy Center to explore the people, stories, and projects that bring dance to life.

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Dance Videos

Digital Stage Original Reframing the Narrative: Blacks in Ballet

Eleven black dancers from historically white ballet companies were commissioned by ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵÃâ·Ñ°æapp to create and perform a brand new ballet in just two weeks. This is their story...

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Support the Kennedy Center's Dance program when you designate your Membership to Ballet and Dance.