In 2009-2010 the 92nd Street Y Dance Center will celebrate its 75th Anniversary. As one of New York's founding institutions supporting contemporary dance and as the oldest U.S. dance institutions still in its original location, we have much to celebrate. We invite new and returning dance artists, patrons and lovers of dance of all generations to teach, perform, reminisce and dance with us!
Video: Spirit of 92nd Street: The Harkness Dance Center at 75, documentary aired on Channel Thirteen/WNET
Since 1935, the 92nd Street Y has been a historic home of modern dance, nurturing the talents of such dance pioneers as Martha Graham, Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman, Anna Sokolow, Hanya Holm, Alvin Ailey, Merce Cunningham, Robert Joffrey, Pearl Primus And Lester Horton. These artists created, performed and taught at the Y, building the foundation for contemporary dance as we know it. Today, with generous support from the Harkness Foundation for Dance, the 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center continues to be a home for dance teaching, creation and performance, serving the professional world and the community at large.
For more information about the Harkness Dance Center, call 212.415.5552 / email.
The 92nd Street Y Harkness Dance Center receives major funding from the Harkness Foundation for Dance; Jody and John Arnhold; and the Mertz Gilmore Foundation. Additional funding is also provided by The Mary Duke Biddle Foundation; Capezio/Ballet Makers Dance Foundation Inc.; and Bernard Laterman, among others.
The Harkness Dance Center is made possible, in part, by public funds from: the National Endowment for the Arts as part of American Masterpieces: Three Centuries of Artistic Genius; the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; and the New York City Department of Youth and Community Development and the New York City Council.
The 92nd Street Y is a vendor of professional development services listed with the New York City Board of Education.
