34 Global Dancemakers Set for WHITE WAVE’s Landmark 10th Annual SoloDuo Festival

WHITE WAVE DANCE presents the 10th Annual SoloDuo Dance Festival on Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 7:30PM and Friday, February 6, 2026 at 7PM & 9PM at Dixon Place. Tickets are $30 in advance, $35 at the door, and $25 for students and seniors for each program, with tickets available for all three programs for $70. Tickets can be purchased online.

Founded in 2016 by WHITE WAVE’s Artistic Director Young Soon Kim, the SoloDuo Dance Festival showcases 34 exceptional dancemakers from the New York Metro area, across the United States, and around the world—including artists from China, Israel, Korea, Mexico, and Poland. Participating artists were selected by a distinguished panel of presenters and dance professionals.

In 2025, WHITE WAVE Dance partnered with the ChangMu International Dance Festival in Seoul, Korea, to launch the SoloDuo Dance Festival New York | Seoul. Through this collaboration, two outstanding companies from the 2025 SoloDuo Dance Festival—Sean Howe Dance (New York) and Rebecca Laufer and Mats van Rossum (Netherlands)—were selected to perform at the ChangMu International Dance Festival in August in Seoul.

Building on this successful partnership, two companies from the 2026 SoloDuo Dance Festival will once again be selected and invited to perform in Seoul in 2026, continuing this exciting international exchange.

The Festival celebrates the artistry of the solo and duet, forms that often serve as vital expressions for choreographers developing their artistic voices. By presenting both emerging and mid-career artists, SoloDuo offers audiences a vivid, intimate experience while fostering the discovery and growth of new talent.

Dixon Place provides an ideal setting for this festival—an intimate venue uniquely suited to showcase the nuance and emotional depth of solo and duet performances.

WHITE WAVE DANCE presents its SoloDuo Dance Festival with three captivating programs featuring an international lineup of talented choreographers and companies.

Program One takes the stage on Thursday, February 5 at 7:30 PM, showcasing works by Freespace Dance (NJ), Yaroque Dance Theatre (NY), Emilia Hamburg (CA), Julia Bentkowska x Julia Litwin (Poland), Limón2 (NY), Charlie Leung (Hong Kong), milkleaf (CA), Feathers Dance Company (NY), Brian Lawson & Aaron Loux (WI), Well Seasoned Works (VA), and WHITE WAVE Dance (NY).

Program Two follows on Friday, February 6 at 7 PM, with performances from Alison Cook Beatty Dance (NY), TheCo (México), McKoy Dance Project (MDP) (NY), Cara Marguerite Collective (NY), The People Dance Theater Company (Israel), Julia Weber (NY), Violet Danse (TX), P2 (PA), Jin-Wen Yu Dance (WI), Kat Reese Dance (NJ), Joel K. Linebach & Bird Thurman (OH), and Eric Mullis Projects (NC).

Program Three closes the evening on Friday, February 6 at 9 PM, featuring N/A Dances (NY), Alexandra Light (TX), Amos Pinhasi (NY), Le Ballet Fou (NY), Koin & Co (NY), HYEONWOO BAE (Korea), Terraformers (PA), Orphic (NY), Stevie Lamblin (OH), Siye Tao (China), and WHITE WAVE Dance (NY).

For more information, visit www.whitewavedance.org.

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