The 40th Annual Performance Mix lineup is now live!
This June, we are celebrating 40 years of Performance Mix Festival. Our highly anticipated Performance Mix 40 will bring together over 35 artists at the Underground Theater at Abrons Arts Center.
Both Festival alumni and emerging artists were invited to perform at this year’s Mix. Join us to experience some of the most compelling contemporary voices in experimental performance!
Performance Mix is a vital platform for artists who challenge convention and embrace artistic risk-taking. Described by The New York Times as “the most elaborate festival of the unpredictable,” this four-day festival brings together more than 35 artists with deeply personal and expansive approaches to performance, inviting audiences to engage with some of the most compelling voices in experimental dance today.
The Fall/Winter 2025 LiftOff final studio showing was full of exciting developments!
The LiftOff Residency takes place at NDA’s Studio in Tribeca and provides six physical-based performance artists with 30 hours of rehearsal space each, an introductory meeting, and two feedback sessions.
In early February, the artists wrapped up their residencies with a final studio showing. Artists shared some powerful works in progress, followed by a discussion moderated by Executive Director Karen Bernard and board member Lisa Parra.
We can’t to see the LiftOff Artists’ finished works at Performance Mix Festival #40 in June, at Abrons Arts Center! Stay tuned for more.
This holiday season, we want to celebrate our steadfast and inspiring arts community.
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.
Join us in supporting NYC performance artists by making a contribution today!
“My creative history with New Dance Alliance goes a way long. Since my friend, Chivas Sandage brought me to New Dance Alliance to rehearse in early 90’s, the place has become a part of my creative life. The long time existence of the studio and Performance Mix Festival are vital to the artists who seek and explore deep into their process. Whenever I step into the studio, it’s a new space with a lot of memories. I lie down on the floor, listen to my body, and I dance. It is valuable. The time in the space nurtures my practice and artistic vision. Karen’s vision of Lift-Off residency, feedback sessions, providing peer to peer connections are more significant than ever. It has been helping us to get through 2020 and we are going into 2021.”
– Nami Yamamoto
New Dance Alliance
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