2025/26 Season
Program I featuring “Winter’s Breath” and Special Guest Jon Lehrer Dance Company
Dance NOW! welcomes the holiday season with its iconic “Winter’s Breath” created in 2015 and joined by special guest Jon Lehher Dance Company.
Miami Dance Futures: A Life In Dance
Dance NOW! Joins Miami Dance Futures to present this annual concert celebrating one of Miami’s dance treasures and international Luminary Dr. Daniel Lewis.
Dance & Romance
Dance NOW! returns to the intimate North Beach neighborhood for an evening of romantic dance pieces and company favorites as part of the Miami Beach Culture Crawl/Third Thursdays.
Sanctuary 4th Anniversary featuring a sneak preview of “Love-less”
Dance NOW! at Sanctuary of the Arts 4th Anniversary
Dance NOW! Joins Jon Lehrer Dance Company @ the Sanctuary
Dance NOW! joins Jon Lehrer Dance Company for their second annual performance at Sanctuary of the Arts.
Program III Featuring "Love-less: Dance of the last Moho braccatus”
Dance NOW! Miami Presents Program III, featuring "Love-less:Dance of the last Moho braccatus," a world premiere from Co-Artistic Director Hannah Baumgarten.
Men Who Dance
Dance NOW! is a proud participant in the largest all-male dance festival in the United States, dedicated to showcasing male dancers and challenging traditional perceptions of masculinity in dance.
Men Who Dance
Dance NOW! is a proud participant in the largest all-male dance festival in the United States, dedicated to showcasing male dancers and challenging traditional perceptions of masculinity in dance.
Dance NOW! on Tour
Dance NOW! Travels to Pompano to present an excerpt of “Bridges NOT Walls” and other company works in this closed performance for the residents of the John Knox Village.
Fall for Dance NOW!
Dance NOW! Kicks off its 26th season with an evening of dance under the autumn skies featuring a sneak preview of the season to come.
15th Annual Daniel Lewis Dance Sampler
The Daniel Lewis Dance Sampler showcases Florida’s most dynamic companies and choreographers on one stage, from ballet to contemporary, modern to flamenco.
Miami Dances
Miami Dances explodes onto the Sandrell Rivers stage bringing an inspiring and diverse blend of dance showcasing the vibrancy and electric dance scene in Miami.
Program III Featuring “Terra Mia I My Land”
Dance NOW! culminates its 25th Anniversary Season with Program III featuring the world premiere of Terra Mia I My Land
Dance NOW! Afternoon Aperitivo at the Miami Beach Woman’s Club
An afternoon Aperitivo and a sneak preview of Diego Salterini’s "Terra Mia".
Easter in the Garden: Blossoms For Peace with the South Beach Chamber Ensemble
Dance NOW!’s annual collaboration with the South Beach Chamber Ensemble returns for this site-specific multi-media arts experience!
Limón Technique Master Class Series with Donna Krasnow
Join Donna Krasnow in a Limón Technique Master Class series.
Dance NOW! present Blue Pencil @ Sanctuary of the Arts
Dance NOW! celebrates the 3rd Anniversary of the Sanctuary with an encore performance of “Blue Pencil” after DNM’s international tour to Portugal.
Program II featuring "Blue Pencil"
DNM presents the world premiere of “Blue Pencil,” a cautionary tale of government sanctioned arts censorship based on stories of resistance and resilience in Portugal under the Salazar Regime.
Dance NOW! presents "Clara"
Spice up your holiday season with Dance NOW!’s saucy adult contemporary dance interpretation of the Nutcracker, “Clara.”
Third Thursdays / Late Night Live
Dance Now! Miami’s Ekphrasis Project reemerges at The Bass to create a dialogue between characters and personalities featured in the Performance Perspectives exhibition.
Give Miami Day 2024
Thank you for your support as we celebrate our 25th anniversary this Give Miami Day, November 17 - 21.
Fall for Dance NOW!
Dance NOW! Kicks off its 25th Anniversary season with an evening of dance under the autumn skies featuring a sneak preview of the season to come.
Limón Teacher Training Course
Donna Krasnow and Daniel Lewis lead this this three-day intensive course is for dance teachers who wish to focus their teaching on the work of José Limón.
Daniel Lewis’ 80th Birthday Celebration
Dance NOW Miami celebrates the 80th birthday of advisor, mentor, friend, and international dance luminary Dr. Daniel Lewis with a performance and tributes.
14th Annual Daniel Lewis Dance Sampler
The Daniel Lewis Dance Sampler showcases Florida’s most dynamic companies and choreographers on one stage.
Program III featuring Pop
Get ready to be captivated by Dance Now! Miami's sensational world premiere, “Pop,” from Artistic Director Diego Salterini. With additional works from Miami Dance Luminary Daniel Lewis and DNM Co-Director Hannah Baumgarten
Miami Dances
Miami Dances showcases a diverse lineup of vibrant multi-genre and multi-cultural dance.
Ralph Pucci Miami Grand Opening
Dance NOW! shines at the Ralph Pucci Gallery featuring sculptures by John Koga
Dance NOW! at Sanctuary of the Arts
Dance NOW! returns to Sanctuary of the Arts celebrating the venue’s third anniversary.
Program II featuring Italy’s Compagnia Opus Ballet
Dance NOW! welcomes Florence’s Opus Ballet to share the stage in the culmination of this international cultural partnership.
Dance & Romance
Dance & Romance at the Normandy Fountain
A Valentine’s Day Concert
AS PART OF THE NORMANDY FOUNTAIN ACTIVITIES AND THE MIAMI BEACH CULTURE CRAWL
Thursday, February 15, 2024 7:00 pm
Normandy Fountain, 7802 Rue Vendome, Miami Beach, FL 33141
FREE
Celebrate the day of love at the historic Normandy Fountain with Dance NOW!'s world-class dancers performing duets of passion, love, friendship and intimacy.
Free street parking available after 6 pm
Havisham!
Dance NOW! Miami Artistic Director Hannah Baumgarten reimagines Miss Havisham, the infamous character from Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations providing a compassionate backstory to this much-hated literary villain who was never even afforded a first name.
Dance NOW! Program I featuring Random Patterns of Falling Leaves
Dance NOW! celebrates the end of autumn presenting the fiery and poetic ode to the changing seasons, “Random Patterns of Falling Leaves” and other audience favorites in Broward and Miami Dade
Fall for Dance NOW!
Welcome the autumn season with the poetic and fiery “Random Patterns of Falling Leaves” and a special performance from the Dance NOW! Youth Ensemble
The 13th Annual Daniel Lewis Dance Sampler
The 13th Annual Daniel Lewis Dance Sampler
Friday to Sunday October 6, 7, & 8, 2023
Artis—Naples and New World School of the Arts
The highly anticipated annual Daniel Lewis Dance Sampler returns for its 13th edition with performances on two Florida coasts, featuring 10 of the best of Florida’s companies and choreographers. From ballet to modern, contemporary to flamenco, the curated showcase includes Arts Ballet Theatre of Florida, Ballet Flamenco La Rosa, Ballet Vero Beach, Dance NOW! Miami, Dimensions Dance Theatre of Miami, Omayra Amaya Flamenco Dance Company, Emily Ricca, Syncopate Collective, New World Dance Ensemble and the Zest Collective.
Friday, October 6, 2023 • 8:00 pm
Artis–Naples Hayes Hall, 5833 Pelican Bay Blvd, Naples
Tickets $29-$59
Saturday, October 7, 2023 • 8:00 pm Sunday, October 8, 2023 • 2:30 pm
New World School of the Arts, 25 NE 2nd Street, 8th floor, Miami
Tickets $25 general admission, $15 students
DLDS Video Dance Showcase
Available online starting September 29, 2023
The Sampler also recognizes the work of “dance for the screen” with the DLDS Video Dance Showcase. These unique video works will be available to view starting September 29 free of charge.
Participating artists include Ballet Vero Beach, Enrique Villacreses, Maya Billing and Ariel Rose.
The Florida Dance Sampler is produced by Miami Dance Futures in collaboration with Dance NOW! Miami, New World School of the Arts, Artis–Naples and the Florida Dance Education Organization . Support for the Sampler is provided in part by the Florida Department of State, Division of Arts & Culture; the Florida Council of Arts and Culture and the State of Florida (Section 286.25, Florida Statutes); the Miami-Dade County Department of Cultural Affairs and the Cultural Affairs Council, the Miami-Dade County Mayor and the Board of County Commissioners; Miami Dance Futures; Dance NOW! Miami; New World School of the Arts; the Florida Dance Education Organization; and Artis–Naples.