Battery Dance is now accepting applications for the 46th Annual Battery Dance Festival, with free performances scheduled for the second week of August 2027. Applications are open to U.S.-based dance companies and individual artists, including independent artists and collectives, and must be submitted online by December 30, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EST.
Battery Dance Festival, New York City’s longest-running free public dance festival, was established by Battery Dance as the Downtown Dance Festival in 1982. It draws in-person audiences of approximately 1,500 people each night and is streamed online, reaching thousands of international viewers.
The festival provides professional dancers and choreographers across all genres an opportunity to present original works of high artistic merit in a free public forum against the backdrop of the Hudson River at sunset. Group works featuring two or more dancers should run 10–20 minutes, while solo performances should run 5–10 minutes. Excerpts of longer works are also accepted, and world premieres and New York debuts are welcomed and encouraged.
Selected artists receive a performance stipend based on the number of dancers appearing onstage, ranging from $200 for solo performances to a maximum of $1,200 per company. The festival does not provide housing or transportation. All performances must be family-friendly and suitable for the outdoor venue.
Over the years, the festival has welcomed an extraordinary range of artists and dance companies from New York City, across the United States and around the world, celebrating the richness and diversity of dance cultural traditions and contemporary artistic expression.
For application details and submission guidelines, visit https://batterydance.org/apply/.
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