Global Update:

Happening This Week

• Jenni Large for Sydney Dance Company – Program: Current
  • September 3, 2026 – September 20, 2026: Sydney Dance Company will present Current, a program featuring world premiere works by Raghav Handa (male), Jenni Large (female), and Azzam Mohamed (male).
• Sasha Waltz & Guests at Troika Dance – Program: Beethoven 7
  • September 3, 2026 – September 6, 2026: Sasha Waltz & Guests will be at Troika Dance and will present Beethoven 7, a program featuring a new work by Sasha Waltz (female).
• Serena Graham and Lilla Harvey for Australian Ballet – Program: Bodytorque: Gravity
  • September 3, 2026 – September 5, 2026: Australian Ballet will present Bodytorque: Gravity, a program featuring new works by Timothy Coleman (male), Serena Graham (female), Lilla Harvey (female), Mason Lovegrove (male), Maxim Zenin (male), Pol Andrés Thió (gender expansive).
• Faye Driscoll for Cullberg – Program: Flesh Chariot / Chariot of Flesh
  • September 4, 2026 – September 27, 2026: Cullberg will present Flesh Chariots / Chariots of Flesh, a world premiere by choreographer Faye Driscoll (female).

Female Choreography Commissions, World Premieres, and Programming

• Lee Namyoung for Korea National Contemporary Dance Company – Program: Choreo Connection
  • September 4, 2026 – September 5, 2026: Korea National Contemporary Dance Company will present Choreo Connection, a program featuring new works by Lee Namyoung (female), Kim Yujin (male), and Shin Seungmin (male). 
• Tiler Peck for Northern Ballet – Program: Three Short Ballets
  • September 8, 2026 – September 26, 2026: Northern Ballet will present Three Short Ballets, a program featuring a world premiere work by Tiler Peck (female) alongside works by Alex Wilson (male), and Mthuthuzeli November (male).
• Yuiko Masukawa and DaYoung Jung for BalletMet – Program: Future Icons: A Choreography Project
  • September 10, 2026 – September 12, 2026: BalletMet will present Future Icons: A Choreography Project, a program featuring new works by DaYoung Jung (female), Yuiko Masukawa (female), and Eric Figueredo (male).
• Maia Montgomery and Anneliese Guerin for Nashville Ballet – Program: Live in Studio A
  • September 11, 2026 – September 20, 2026: Nashville Ballet will present Live in Studio A, a program featuring world premiere works by Anneliese Guerin (female), Maia Montgomery (female), and Garritt McCabe (male) alongside works by George Balanchine (male) and Travis Bradley (male).
• Alesandra Seutin for National Dance Company Wales – Program: Blue | Glas
  • September 11, 2026 – November 19, 2026: National Dance Company Wales will present Blue | Glas, a new touring program featuring a world premiere work by Alesandra Seutin (female), alongside a work by Theo Clinkard (male).
• Michelle Reid for Cape Ballet Africa – Program: Elysium
  • October 3, 2026 – October 11, 2026: Cape Ballet Africa will present Elysium, a program featuring new works by Michelle Reid (female) and Kenneth Tindall (male), alongside works by George Balanchine (male) and Nacho Duato (male). 
• Jess & Morgs for Sadler’s Wells – Program: DEEPFAKE
  • October 1, 2026 – October 3, 2026: Sadler’s Wells will present DEEPFAKE, a world premiere evening-length work by choreographic duo Morgann Runacre-Temple (female), and Jessica Wright (female). 
• Anne-Marie Talmadge for Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble – Program: Queen of the Sky
  • October 21, 2026 – November 7, 2026: Not a Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble will present Queen of the Sky, a program featuring choreography by Anne-Marie Talmadge (female) and direction by Jones Talmadge (male).
• Georgia Tegou for Sadler’s Wells – Program: In the Quiet of Us 
  • November 19, 2026 – November 21, 2026: Sadler’s Wells will present In the Quiet of Us, a new work by Georgia Tegou (female). 

Leadership Changes

• Louisville Ballet Announces New Executive Director
  • On August 21, 2026, Louisville Ballet announced that Felicia Swoope (female) has been appointed as Executive Director of the company. Swoope succeeds Leslie Smart (female) in the role. 
• Nashville Ballet Announces Rehearsal Director Appointment
  • On August 20, 2026, Nashville Ballet announced that former company dancer Michael Burfield (male) has been appointed as a rehearsal director for the company. Burfield retired from the stage in April 2026. 

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