Over the next two months, a bevy of new works have their premieres and a major festival returns to London.

Here are the latest promotions, appointments, and departures, as well as notable awards and accomplishments, from October 2024—plus a newly available resource for dance artists, organizations, and businesses.

A long-awaited world premiere, a festival filled with experiments, two New York City mainstays and a trio of new works tackling environmental issues head-on—there are a lot of performances to be excited about this month, and our top picks are just the tip of the iceberg.

Breeanne Saxton isn’t afraid of taking risks. Last spring she left her comfortable contract with Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company to pursue a freelance career performing and choreographing in Berlin. The bold decision has turned out to be an auspicious one: Within just a few months of moving, she had a piece accepted into the popular Artlake […]