Education Programs

Coffee and Conversation Pre-Show Talks

Free and open to the public. Come early to Lar Lubovich Dance Company, Trajal Harrell, luciana achugar, and Bebe Miller to get an insiders look into the artists’ creative process. Coffee and Conversation is a pre-show series for new and experienced audiences alike. Refer to individual performance descriptions for date and moderator information.

Post-Show Talks

Free To Ticket Holders. Post-Show Talks provide the audience with an opportunity to ask questions, hear more about the artists’ process and vision and take part in dialogues about the art itself. Refer to individual performance descriptions for date and moderator information.

Culture Shifters with Joe Salvatore

Making live performance art a priority, high school students from all over the city gather at Dance Theater Workshop with docent and NYU Professor Joe Salvatore. This group of students receives an exclusive behind the scenes look into the creative process as they sit in on rehearsals, attend performances and participate in pre and post show talks with three artists on Dance Theater Workshop’s season. In addition, Culture Shifters are dedicated to building audiences for live performance and play an active role in bringing new people to dance.

Dance TRaC with Brian McCormick

Dance Theater Workshop and High 5 co-produce the Dance TRaC program, an initiative that exposes high school juniors and seniors to the full range of contemporary dance, while also helping them develop critical writing skills. Dance TRaC students attend eight dance performances over the course of the year (two at Dance Theater Workshop, six at other venues in New York City) and work with dance critic and New School Professor Brian McCormick to develop and workshop written reviews of the work they have seen. The program is supplemented by lectures with professional dance artists and critics focused on topics related to each semester’s performances.

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The College Partnership Program

The College Partnership Program fosters regular dialogue between college students, professional artists, faculty, and arts administrators living and working in New York City. Students from participating schools are connected to life as a performing artist though educational workshops, creative exchanges, networking opportunities, exposure to unique performances, and Dance Theater Workshop membership.

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PS 106 Parkchester School

Since 2006 Dance Theater Workshop, PS106, and teaching artist and choreographer Arthur Aviles have collaborated on an after school dance program that teaches forty second and third graders Arthur’s Swift Flow movement technique. These classes culminate in a final performance at P.S. 106, where students present their work to their family members, teachers, and schoolmates.