One of the ways Dance/USA connects the ecosystem is through its active listings of dance performances across the nation. Please share your opportunities with us by visiting the Services page of our website. There you’ll be prompted to submit pertinent information about your performance for review and approval. You can anticipate a 3-5 day turn around on your submission.
This is a complementary member benefit and costs $50 per post for non-members.
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| Event or Performance Title | Organization | Location | Short Description | Date & Time | Ticket Cost | Instructions to Buy Tickets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Future in Motion Youth Dance & Discovery | Indy Dance Council | Indianapolis Central Library | Let's dance! Join the Indy Dance Council for an exciting afternoon of performances featuring young talent from across Indy, followed by an open level movement workshop onstage (no experience necessary). | 6/7/2026 3:00 pm | FREE | Click here |
| Public Love Summer Intensive Series | Ananya Dance Theatre | The Shawngrām Institute for Performance & Social Justice | Public Love! Ananya Dance Theatre’s 2026 Public Love Summer Intensive explores love’s many facets as a public practice: what does it mean to expand our notions of love beyond personal experiences of emotion and into the realm of collective action? What resistive possibilities does love teach in times of tyranny, fascism, and genocide? How does love shape what comes after? And what does love require of us? The Public Love Summer Intensive offers two tracks of participation. The first is Jugaad; the second is Buniyaad: Foundations in Yorchhā. Students may participate in one or both. | 6/22/2026 9:00 am | $500-1200 | Application Link |
| Pittsburgh Dance Workshop & Pittsburgh Choreography Festival | Pittsburgh Dance Workshop | University of Pittsburgh, Charity Randall Theater, Pittsburgh, PA | Pittsburgh Dance Workshop is a week-long summer dance intensive taking place June 22nd–27th for dancers ages 16 and up. Featuring classes in ballet, contemporary, jazz, and hip hop, plus public evening performances, PDW brings together artists and movers to celebrate the energy and creativity of Pittsburgh’s dance community. Learn more, register for the workshop, and purchase performance tickets on our website. | 6/22/2026 10:00 am | $20-$300 | Buy Tickets |
| Moving Spirits, Inc. Past & Present | Moving Spirits, Inc. | Gibney Dance (Gibney 280 BroadwayNew York, NY) | Moving Spirits, Inc. celebrates 15 years of dance, storytelling and cultural preservation. This special 15th year anniversary performance honors the spirit and traditions of Black dance while reflecting on the company’s journey from its earliest NYC performances to its continued global impact through the arts of the African diaspora. | 6/27/2026 7:00 pm | $20 (until June 20th), $25 (after June 21st) | Buy Tickets |
| Indy Dance Festival | Indy Dance Council | Indianapolis, IN | On July 18-19, the Indy Dance Festival will showcase some of the best dance organizations across Indiana and beyond. A week full of events including: a Community dance jam & 4 free classes, a panel discussion on dance-adjacent careers, 12 masterclasses, and 2 unforgettable performances at The Tobias Theater at Newfields. | 7/18/2026 7:00 pm | $25 | Visit |
| National Convening on Community-Based Practice | Forklift Danceworks | Austin, Texas | The National Convening on Community Based Practice, hosted by Forklift Danceworks, will take place September 23–25, 2026 in Austin, Texas. The convening will bring together artists, organizers, educators, students, and cultural workers from across the country for conversations, workshops, activations, and collaborative exchange centered on community-based and socially engaged artistic practice. | 9/23/2026 12:00 am | Free | Free with advanced registration. Learn more and register here |
| Prem | Love : an Occupation | Ananya Dance Theatre | The Southern Theater- 1420 S. Washington Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55455 | PREM: Love in Times of Occupation offers a hyperlocal focus on current events in the Twin Cities, in particular, its history of resistance. Moving through an archive of visceral, nervous, and kinesthetic responses to the horror of hate and persecution, Prem searches for connection and arrives at embodied solidarity among the performers. Dancing grief, resistance, and vigilance, dancers finally arrive at finely woven threads of relationalities among each other, and with the audience. Performances are October 10, 11, 15, 16, 17 at The Southern Theater in Minneapolis. | 10/10/2026 7:00 pm | $5-50 | Buy Tickets Or visit here |