DANCE LAB NEW YORK is the only independent organization exclusively dedicated to promoting and advancing the art form of choreography by gifting vital resources to a diverse range of dancemakers.
In order to create, a choreographer needs dancers, space, and time—three essential elements that are prohibitively expensive. DLNY is an artist-centered, artist-led organization designed to alleviate the substantial fiscal and administrative burdens that stifle creativity. Our residencies provide dancemakers with a salary, a company of professional dancers, expansive studio space, a rehearsal director, key administrative support, and structured time for incubation.
By focusing on process over product, Dance Lab New York provides an oasis where choreographers can feel safe to take the risks that bring forth their boldest visions.
“JOSH PRINCE HAS CREATED A CRITICAL PLATFORM — A SAFE SPACE TO RISE AND FALL WITHOUT THE PRESSURE OF PRODUCING A COMPETITIVE PRODUCT. DLNY IS A CELEBRATION OF PROCESS.”
APPLY FOR A RESIDENCY
DLNY has multiple programs to which choreographers of diverse levels of experience can apply. We accept applications for all programs on a rolling basis.
dance with dlny
Dance Lab New York curates multiple dance companies in service to the art of choreography. We hire highly trained, stylistically versatile dancers of all backgrounds to work with various cohorts of choreographers in #thelab throughout the year. We invite dancers of all backgrounds, races, genders, abilities, and ages to apply.
To learn more and submit your materials to casting, click below.
DLNY ALUMNI
CHOREOGRAPHERs
To date, DLNY has supported over 95 choreographers with grants of space, time and dancers.
Take a look inside each choreographer’s time in #TheLab through videos, photos, podcasts and more!
DLNY’S COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
Dance Lab New York was created to support choreographers who represent and reflect a diverse spectrum of identities, life experiences, personal and professional perspectives, and cultural backgrounds. Through our programming, DLNY works to consistently elevate and celebrate differences of race, class, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, ability, and more. We believe that doing so makes our industry stronger and results in the creation of art that speaks to everyone.
Our Founder, Board and Staff are committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion across all sectors of the organization, and will promote anti-racist and anti-sexist practices both internally and with our partners. In doing so, we endeavor to create a more socially just and equitable world.
Our Founder and Board have further outlined their commitments to anti-racism below.
Scroll to view some of the companies, institutions and festivals in which our alumni have presented work incubated in The Lab:
After The Lab: Logo Gallery
