As we look ahead to our 39th Performance Mix Festival (June 5-8, 2025), we’re pausing to think deeply about where we’ve come from, where we’re going and what makes our work possible.
For 39 years, our jam-packed Performance Mix Festival has featured local, national, and international emerging and mid-career choreographers and dance artists. It has offered new perspectives on how we experience dance, ranging from traditional venues to site-specific installations, open-rehearsals to video screenings.
Described by Eye On Dance as “…a performance festival whose work feels necessary, not only for an audience but also for the development of the presenting artists,” the first Performance Mix Festival (1986) was groundbreaking as the only festival at that time dedicated to performance art in lower Manhattan. Its continuing success is testimony to its vital necessity in New York’s cultural community.
The year ahead promises to be an exciting one for New Dance Alliance. In response to the changing dance landscape and the evolving needs of today’s dance artists, we’re making a few key changes for our Performance Mix Festival:
We’re also thrilled to share that, after a long hiatus, Executive Director Karen Bernard will be performing in the festival she started, on a shared program with long-time collaborator Lisa Parra.
In short, you!
With your support, New Dance Alliance will continue to be a catalyst for new dance works and a home base for artists to explore new content and forge creative collaborations. Make a donation today to make our 39th Performance Mix Festival a success!
MOLLY&NOLA
“This current global situation is immensely sad and challenging, including the necessary cancellations/ postponements/ restructuring of opportunities, but we are so grateful for how you and the Performance Mix #34: Remotely Yours team has honored all of the artists involved – artistically, financially, and emotionally. In these uncertain, confusing times, we feel taken care of & clearly communicated with. Thank you.”
–MOLLY&NOLA
New Dance Alliance
182 Duane Street
New York, NY 10013
(646) 510-1824
All venues are wheelchair accessible.
