Bryant Park Dance Party Bryant Park 42nd Street & Fifth Avenue,
Learn dances in a variety of styles with free dance instruction, live music, and social dance. Open to all with no reservations or waiting list; just walk up and join…
Ribbon Dancing Bryant Park 42nd Street & Fifth Avenue,
Wave long ribbons in the air to create rainbows, waterfalls, dragons and ocean waves. Ribbon Dancing is as visually stunning as it is fun and easy to learn. All ages…
Weekends in Bloom Brooklyn Botanic Garden 100 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn
Celebrate cherry blossom season and all the spring blooms at Brooklyn Botanic Garden with casual, pop-up music and dance performances, morning programming for kids and families in the Discovery Garden,…
Fifth Avenue Blooms Activations The Maison 550 Madison at E 55th St,
The Van Cleef & Arpels Maison Garden hosts special treats, live performances, and children’s activities on May weekends in conjunction with installation Fifth Avenue Blooms. From 11 am-4 pm, watch…
New York City Ballet In Motion Workshops Lincoln Center W 65th Street & Broadway,
NYCB Teaching Artists guide children in a ballet warm-up and movement combination inspired by the ballet in that day'a matinee performance. Includes a brief interview with NYCB dancers. No prior…
🎟 $16
The Pa’akai We Bring Lincoln Center W 65th Street & Broadway,
Learn about native Hawaiian traditions around the cultivation of pa‘akai (salt) with ancient stories, hula, live music, original songs, and plenty of audience participation including a tasty potluck of performance,…
🎟 $20 suggested, pay-what-you-wish
Aloha Days Family Festival National Museum of the American Indian - New York One Bowling Green,
Celebrate all things Hawai’i. Watch a hula dance performance and learn the history behind it, get to know Hawaiian musical instruments, watch animated short films about ocean safety, and participate in…
Brooklyn Circus Brooklyn Children's Museum 145 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn
The Muse Brooklyn’s ABCirque company returns to Brooklyn Children's Museum with a day of interactive performances and hands-on workshops around the Museum. The main performances are on the rooftop ensuring…
🎟 $15, free/babies under 1
La MaMa Kids: Creative Dance La MaMa 66 E 4th Street,
Discover the body as an instrument, and explore the elements of dance: space, time and energy, and self-expression through the exploration of creative ideas through movement. This class is designed…
🎟 $15/kids, free/accompanying adults
NYCB Autism-Friendly Access Workshops Lincoln Center W 65th Street & Broadway,
Join New York City Ballet teaching artists in movement workshops designed especially for autistic children and their families. During these one-hour events, children will be guided in a ballet-based warm-up…
🎟 $8/child
Joyce Family Matinee: Parsons Dance The Joyce Theater 175 Eighth Ave at W 19th Street,
Enjoy family-friendly dance in an intimate theater built by dancers for dance. Parsons Dance returns for its annual New York season with an exceptional program of three world premieres alongside company…
🎟 $45-$65, $17/ages 6-16
New York City Ballet – Sensory Friendly Performance Lincoln Center W 65th Street & Broadway,
This specially curated performance is designed to provide a friendly, inclusive environment where individuals with sensory processing challenges, including autism, can experience New York City Ballet. Slight modifications will include…
🎟 $32-$72
Uptown Jazz: New York, the Destination Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Avenue at 105th Street,
With help from the dynamic dancing duo The Uptown Belles, Dandy Wellington and his band will explore the songs that hail the five boroughs as a destination number one. Whether it’s crossing…
🎟 Suggested $20, $14/students & seniors, free/ages 19 & under
The Grand Tour Historic Dance Program Morris-Jumel Mansion 65 Jumel Terrace,
Experience a music and dance program that transports all ages to the 18th Century, to England, France and Spain. The guides are the dancers Julia Bengtsson and Patrick Pride from…
1964/65 World’s Fanfare, Part I Flushing Meadows Corona Park 11101 Corona Ave, Flushing
Join Queens Theatre for a special historical tour with popup dance performances in celebration of the 60th anniversary of the 1964/65 World's Fair. Meet at 2 pm at the Unisphere…
Four Go Wild in Wellies The New Victory Theater 209 W 42nd St,
Explore the great outdoors with an inclusive company of dancers plus all of the foliage and fun of any good forest frolic. What do we need? Tiny tents, bobble hats,…
🎟 $23
New York City Ballet Family Saturday: Ballet By The Numbers Lincoln Center W 65th Street & Broadway,
Discover numbers at the ballet, from three playful sailors in Fancy Free to six waltzing ballerinas of The Concert. Count through the world of New York City Ballet and get insight…
🎟 $25-$38
Jazz Age Lawn Party Governors Island Governors Island,
Time travel to the twenties with jazz music on two stages, a sprawling dance floor, and performances from Michael Arenella & His Dreamland Orchestra, Queen Esther, the Charlie Roman and…
🎟 $55/ages 12 & up, free/ages 11 & under
La MaMa Kids: The Adventures of Seucy and Boto and the River Creature La MaMa 66 E 4th Street,
See the next adventure in Loco7 Dance Puppet Theatre Company's episodic series for kids about the adventures of Seucy, a brave little girl who, along wth her friends Boto, half-boy/half-dolphin,…
🎟 $15
Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School 92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Avenue between 91st & 92nd Street,
Join an original musical retelling based on the bestselling book series by Barbara Park. As she deals with writer’s block and constantly getting into trouble, Junie B. quickly realizes that…
🎟 $20-$35