A dancer with brown hair wearing a blue and purple tie-dye hoodie and black and silver pants stands on a stage with her feet apart, leaning her upper body towards a human-sized puppet of a red dragon with yellow accents. The dragon leans in towards the dancer.
Two dancers wearing white tap shoes hop on their right foot, kicking their left leg back with both arms raised diagonally behind them at shoulder level. They dance on a stage with blue lighting in front of musicians.
A Black dancer with brown hair and a beard wears a warm yellow and brown tunic and pants. They stand on one foot in releve with the other leg in a back attitude. The dancer holds their front arm to their chest and their other arm over their head.

New Victory Dance: Program A

July 16 – 18, 2025
Recommended Grades
Grades 2 – 12
Price
Free for Education Partners
What Kind of Show?
Dance; dynamic and diverse
Length
75 minutes including interstitials and Talk-Back
Venue
The New Victory Theater 209 W 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
schools public

Partner organizations can book daytime show tickets beginning May 7, 2025.

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Week of July 14 – 20

Jul 16

Wed, 11am

Jul 17

Thu, 2pm

Jul 18

Fri, 11am

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About New Victory Dance

Swing into summer with New Victory Dance, the annual mini-festival of NYC dance curated specifically for kids! MCed by New Victory Teaching Artists, each program showcases a diverse lineup of acclaimed NYC-based dance companies—three per program, nine in total—and features a choreographer Talk-Back with a chance to dance from your seat. It’s a full summer of dance for summer schools and camps!

The Program

Dorrance Dance: Elizabeth Burke and Luke Hickey

A Swing Suite (Excerpt)

Genre: Tap

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company

Lion in the City

Genres: Chinese traditional and hip-hop

Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCE, A Dance Company

Serving Nia

Genre: Contemporary

New Victory Dance

Max out your summer of dance with the full mini-festival lineup!
Program B: Max Pollak Group, Thresh Dance and Reggie Wilson / Fist and Heel Performance Group
Program C: RudduR Dance, Ishita Mili / IMGE Dance and Seán Curran Company

Photos
Dorrance Dance: Elizabeth Burke and Luke Hickey; Photo: Richard Termine
Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company; Photo: Jeff Wang
Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCE, A Dance Company; Photo: Whitney Browne

Accessibility

For every performance at the New Victory Theater…

  • You can request to borrow supports like fidgets, earplugs, assisted listening devices, wheelchairs and more.
  • Our quiet Cozy Zone and a live feed of the performance are available in the lower lobby at all times for those with sensory sensitivities or anyone who needs a break from the theater.
  • Wheelchair-accessible seats are available (see more details when buying tickets).

 
Get additional accessibility details, and prepare for your visit with our New Victory Social Narrative.

New Victory Dance Supporters

New Victory Dance has been made possible through the generous support of our institutional funders, including the Howard Gilman Foundation, Harkness Foundation for Dance, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Curriculum & Trip Planning

A stack of four New Victory School Tool Resource Guide handouts

Access Resource Units

Curriculum and activities!

Expand dance learning with activities, unit plans and videos.

In a classroom, a New Victory Teaching Artist wearing an orange shirt guides four school kids wearing blue shirts through a dance with everyone raising their arms in the air.

Book a Workshop

Led by New Victory Teaching Artists!

Explore dance styles and themes from the show in a pre- or post-show workshop.

School Bus in front of the New Victory Theater

Field Trip Guide

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