Joyce Theater

The Joyce Theater is a 472-seat dance performance venue located in the Chelsea area of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. The Joyce Theater Foundation, the organization founded in 1982 that operates the theater, also owns the Joyce SoHo dance center located in a former firehouse on Mercer Street between Houston and Prince Streets. The Foundation won a 1986 Drama Desk Special Award for...

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Making History
In 1979, choreographer Eliot Feld and arts entrepreneur Cora Cahan snatched up the Elgin Theater for a song. Then architect Hugh Hardy redesigned the dilapidated blue movie...

From Merce Cunningham to Alvin Ailey, the Joyce Theater is the center of dance in New York. An old movie house renovated in 1981, this art deco space is a haven for modern and traditional dance, offering a wide array of performers from around the world. Group lectures and seminars are also offered. Tickets are available at the box office or online; call or visit the website for more information.

Joyce Theater is located at the address 175 Eighth Avenue in New York, New York 10035.

For more information contact Jean Ross, Senior Development Officer

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Our Mission The mission of The Joyce Theater Foundation is to serve and support the art of dance and choreography, promote the richness and variety of the art form in its fullest expression, and enhance the public interest in, and appreciation of, dance and the allied arts of music, design, and theater. Our programs embrace the entire spectrum of movement styles and traditions, from the...