Dance Reflections by Van Cleef & Arpels Festival 2026

A flurry of dance productions will seed this year’s abundant Dance Reflections Festival sponsored by Van Cleef & Arpels. Countless styles, aesthetics and practices are featured in this jam packed festival that runs from February 19 – March 15.
Get your dance calendars ready!

The season bursts open with the Lyon Opera Ballet at City Center Feb. 19 – 22 performing works by Merce Cunningham; 

Age of Content by (La) Horde Ballet Nacional de Marseille at BAM Feb. 20-22; 

Reflections: A Triptych by Benjamin Millipied and the L.A. Dance Project at PAC NYC on Feb. 21-22; 

The Dog Days Are Over 2:0  by Jans Martens at NYU Skirball Feb. 25-26; 

Dancing With Bob: Rauschenberg, Brown, & Cunningham on Stage by the Trisha Brown Dance Company and Merce Cunningham Trust at BAM Feb. 26-28; 

Maldonne by Leila Ka at NY Live Arts Feb. 27-28; 

Save The Last Dance For Me by Alessandro Sciarroni at Leichhardt Town Hall on Feb. 28 – March 1; 

 Romeo & Juliet Suite by Benjamin Millipied and The LA Dance Project appears at the Park Avenue Armory March 2 – 21 ; 

The Waves by Noel Soulier appears at the Joyce Theater March 4-5;  

Exit Above, after the tempest by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker lands at NYU Skirball March 5-7; 

La Nuee by Nacera Belaza at NY Live Arts on March 6-7; 

Sol Invictus by Herve Koubi at BRAM Goldsmith Theater March 10-15; 

Groove by Soa Ratsifandrihana at NY Live Arts on March 11-12; 

You’re The One We Love/And When We Change The Landscape... by Leila Ka, Robyn Orlin with the Choreographic Ensemble of the Paris Conservatoire at L’Alliance on March 12-13; 

We Wear Our Wheels With Pride… by Robyn Orlin at NYU Skirball on March 13-14; 

Early Works by Lucinda Childs at Guggenheim NY Works & Process March 14-15.

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