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Dance Top 5: February/March 2026

by Sharon Hoyer | January 27, 2026

by Sharon Hoyer
January 27, 2026January 21, 2026Filed under:
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Two female dancers perform on stage; one dances on pointe with arms raised and leg extended, wearing a leotard and open shirt, while the other, in pants and a shirt, mimics her pose and smiles. The background is dark.

Tiler Peck’s “Time Spell”/Photo: Christopher Duggan

1
Turn It Out with Tiler Peck & Friends
(Auditorium Theatre)
New York City Ballet star Tiler Peck directs a mixed rep program with collaborations by William Forsythe, Alonzo King and tap icon Michelle Dorrance.
March 7 & 8

2
American Icons
(Lyric Opera House)
The Joffrey spring program highlights short works by prominent twentieth-century choreographers Martha Graham, Glen Tetley and company founders Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino.
February 19-March 1

3
Floe
(Dance Center of Columbia College)
The Seldoms bring their deeply researched dance theater piece about climate change to the Dance Center, with set design by Bob Faust and book by Seth Bockley.
March 12 & 13

4
La Nuée
(MCA)
Algerian Parisian choreographer Nacera Belaza takes inspiration from First Nation Dakota tribes with a meditation on ritual and communion, performed in near darkness.
February 27-March 1

5
Here: In Our Bodies
(Steppenwolf 1700)
Burlesque artists Red Velvet Riot and Ellis Centric team up to present a cabaret of puppetry, performance art, drag and burlesque exploring our relationship to our bodies.
February 26-28

Tagged:
  • Alonzo King
  • Auditorium Theatre
  • Bob Faust
  • Dance Center of Columbia College
  • Ellis Centric
  • Gerald Arpino
  • Glen Tetley
  • Joffrey Ballet
  • Lyric Opera House
  • Martha Graham
  • MCA
  • Michelle Dorrance
  • Nacera Belaza
  • Red Velvet Riot
  • Robert Joffrey
  • Seth Bockley
  • Steppenwolf 1700
  • The Seldoms
  • Tiler Peck
  • William Forsythe

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