Dear Friend of NDA,
As the holiday season is in full swing, we wish to reflect on the joys and challenges brought by this year. We saw a wonderful year of programming and community engagement, most notably with a jam-packed celebration at the 39th annual Performance Mix Festival in June! NDA was also able to continue our Satellite space grant Program, LiftOff Residencies, BASC (Black Artists Space to Create) and WORKSession.
NDA thanks you for your support, in any capacity, of our unwavering commitment to creating career development opportunities for artists and diversity in the arts. In these times, when funding for the arts becomes increasingly at risk, we need our communities to be as resilient as ever. As we enter our 40th year of Performance Mix Festival programming, your support is as vital as ever before.
After 4 decades of devotion to the performance arts community in NYC and beyond, New Dance Alliance hopes to continue providing programming and opportunities for performance artists to develop their voices and craft. Your gift will go towards funding our residencies, space grants, annual Performance Mix Festivals, and more.
With gratitude,
Karen Bernard & NDA staff
New Dance Alliance is proud to announce that we’ve received funding from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). NDA was awarded $69,500 to fuel our programming for 2026.
Satellite provides donation-based rehearsal space at NDA’s Studio in Tribeca. Satellite artists must book a minimum of 8 hours from November to January and February to April. Additional hours as available.
This program operates on a donation-based payment system, suggested $5 per hour. Donations can be made by NDA’s Venmo @New-Dance-1 with the subject: Satellite.
Satellite rehearsal space is available upon request, on a first-come, first-serve, rolling basis. Please fill out this interest form, and we will contact you pending studio availability.
Check out more information on our website.
Satellite Program
PHOTO CREDITS: PMF39 Photo – Travis Amiel/Das Besties performing at PMF39, photo by Elyse Mertz. PMF39 Photo – Makayla Peterson/Monét Movement Productions: The Collective performing at PMF39, photo by Elyse Mertz.
K.J. Holmes, photo by Elyse Mertz
“Performance Mix Festival has its own life, and Karen and the staff continue to evolve with the times in a way I appreciate…it was tremendous to be a Liftoff AIR and then get to show the work I had continued to explore as an AIR a year later at PMF!”
– K.J. Holmes
New Dance Alliance
182 Duane Street
New York, NY 10013
(646) 510-1824
All venues are wheelchair accessible.
