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If you are part of a dance company based in New Jersey that is not listed here, please email us with the company name, town, and website url. Updated 1/13/2025

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Atlantic County

Atlantic City Ballet
Atlantic City, NJ

Company of Collaborative Artists (CoCA)
Egg Harbor Township, NJ


 

 




Bergen County

Art Of Motion Dance Theatre
17 Chestnut Street, Ridgewood NJ 07450

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company
Fort Lee, NJ

Nikki Manx Dance Project
17 Chestnut Street, Ridgewood NJ 07450

Essex County

Freespace Dance
PO Box 43657
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043

Lydia Johnson Dance
PO Box 1037, South Orange, NJ 07079

Mosaic Dance Theater Company
Glen Ridge, NJ

The Moving Architects
Montclair, NJ

NJ Tap Dance Ensemble
590 Bloomfield Ave, Suite 383, Bloomfield NJ, 07003

Umoja Dance Company
PO Box 1257
Montclair, NJ 07042


 

Gloucester County

Williamstown Ballet Theater
144 Clinton Ave​, Williamstown, NJ 08094

Hudson County

Ariel Rivka Dance
341 Monmouth Street, 408D, Jersey City, NJ 07302

Jersey City Ballet
189 Brunswick Street, Third Floor, Jersey City, NJ 07302

The Kennedy Dancers
79 Central Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07306

Nimbus Dance
329 Warren Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302

Segunda Quimbamba
279 Second Street, Jersey City, NJ 07302

Hunterdon County

moe-tion dance theater
118 Old Croton Rd, Flemington, NJ 08822


Roxey Ballet
6, 7th street, Frenchtown, NJ 08825

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Mercer County

American Repertory Ballet
60 Bayard Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901

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Princeton Youth Ballet
16 Walnut Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540


 

Middlesex County

Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre
101 Main Street, Wooodbridge, NJ 07095

Dance Reflections Teen Dance Company
395 Main Street, Metuchen, NJ

Kalagangothri Foundation
Edison, NJ

Mignolo Dance
272 Lake Avenue, Metuchen, NJ 08840

Monmouth County

Asbury Park Dance Festival
Asbury Park, NJ

Axelrod Performing Arts Academy
101 Crawfords Corner Rd, Holmdel, NJ 07733

Company of Dance Arts
70 Apple Street Suite A, Tinton Falls, New Jersey 07724

Hellenic Dancers of NJ
PO Box 461, Holmdel, NJ

In Good Company
10PRL Street, Long Branch, NJ

The Performing Arts Ensemble

Morris County

New Jersey Ballet Company
7-9 Vreeland Road, Florham Park, NJ 07932

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Extensions Dance Project
Madison, NJ


 

Passaic County

The Inner City Ensemble
Paterson, NJ

Union County

American Liberty Ballet Company
Union City, NJ

Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company
2780 Morris Avenue, Suite 1-A, Union, NJ 07083

New Jersey Dance Theatre Ensemble
315B Springfield Ave, Summit, NJ 07901

Rahway Dance Theatre
1575 Irving Street Rahway, NJ 07065

Warren County

New Jersey Civic Youth Ballet
400D Valentine Street, Hackettstown NJ 07840

More Dance Companies

Dance New Jersey - a statewide organization.

Derling Dance Arts
Central New Jersey

MarDelDance

Mill Ballet School
46 Sugan Road, New Hope, PA 18947

The Outlet Dance Project


 

FEATURED EVENTS


Mariza

Thursday, October 29, 2026 @ 7:30pm
McCarter Theatre Center (Matthews Theatre)
Princeton, NJ

Born in Mozambique and raised in Mouraria, one of Lisbon’s most historic neighborhoods, Mariza grew up surrounded by the voices, guitars, and traditions of fado. From an early age, she embraced that legacy and transformed it into a universal language, becoming the most acclaimed Portuguese artist in the world. 



 

The Mavericks & Friends

Thursday, October 29, 2026 @ 8:00pm
Mayo Performing Arts Center (MPAC)
Morristown, NJ

The music lives on.



 

George Street Playhouse presents The Unexpected 3rd

Thursday, October 29, 2026 @ 2:00pm
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC)
New Brunswick, NJ

Written by and Starring Kathryn Grody  
Directed by Timothy Near  
 
A Radical, Rollicking Rumination on the Optimism of Staying Alive 

 

George Street Playhouse presents The Unexpected 3rd

Thursday, October 29, 2026 @ 7:30pm
New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC)
New Brunswick, NJ

Written by and Starring Kathryn Grody  
Directed by Timothy Near  
 
A Radical, Rollicking Rumination on the Optimism of Staying Alive 

 

Isabel Klee

Thursday, October 29, 2026 @ 4:30pm
Kean Stage - NAAB Auditorium
Union, NJ

Isabel Klee is a writer, content creator, and one of the most prominent voices in the pet advocacy space. Based in Brooklyn, Isabel has built a deeply engaged audience around her writing and her firsthand experience fostering dogs in New York City, bringing visibility to the urgent need for fosters and the animals who depend on them. Her debut memoir, Dogs, Boys, and Other Things I’ve Cried About debuted April 2026 as a New York Times #1 Best Seller.

 

Aziz Ansari: Hypothetical Tour

Thursday, October 29, 2026 @ 7:00pm
State Theatre New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ

Aziz Ansari is an award-winning actor, director, writer, and comedian. He co-created, writes, directs, and stars in the Netflix original series Master of None for which he has won two Emmys® for Outstanding Comedy Writing, as well as an Emmy® and DGA Award nomination for directing. He recently released the film Good Fortune, which he wrote, directed, and co-starred in with Keanu Reeves and Seth Rogen.

 

Aziz Ansari: Hypothetical Tour

Thursday, October 29, 2026 @ 9:30pm
State Theatre New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ

Aziz Ansari is an award-winning actor, director, writer, and comedian. He co-created, writes, directs, and stars in the Netflix original series Master of None for which he has won two Emmys® for Outstanding Comedy Writing, as well as an Emmy® and DGA Award nomination for directing. He recently released the film Good Fortune, which he wrote, directed, and co-starred in with Keanu Reeves and Seth Rogen.

 

Real talk: a conversation with Governor Chris Christie

Thursday, October 29, 2026 @ 8:30am
NJPAC - Chase Room
Newark, NJ

Join us as New Jersey’s 55th governor, and two-time Republican presidential candidate, Chris Christie, sits down with NJPAC’s John Schreiber for a wide-ranging conversation on the state of New Jersey and the state of the nation. In addition to his two terms leading the Garden State, Christie has served as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey, as the Chairman of the Republican Governors Association, and as a Fellow at both Yale and Princeton. His work has had an enormous impact on everything from the regulation of sports betting to the struggle to end the nation’s opioid crisis, and he has always excelled at translating complex concerns into plainspoken language, delivered with his trademark Jersey candor.

 

Stephen King 35mm Double Feature: Carrie and Pet Sematary

Friday, October 30, 2026 @ 7:00pm
Union County Performing Arts Center (UCPAC) - Main Stage
Rahway, NJ

Join us in October for a terrifyingly great Stephen King 35mm double feature: “Carrie” and “Pet Sematary.” Come early to shop our vendors, grab cocktails and snacks, and enjoy a spooky organ concert played on our “Biggest Little Wurlitzer.”

 

Get The Led Out

Friday, October 30, 2026 @ 8:00pm
State Theatre New Jersey
New Brunswick, NJ

From the bombastic and epic, to the folky and mystical, Get The Led Out (GTLO) have captured the essence of the recorded music of Led Zeppelin and brought it to the concert stage. The Philadelphia-based group consists of six veteran musicians intent on delivering.

 

 

EVENT PREVIEWS

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Kean University Welcomes New York Times Bestselling Author and Animal Advocate Isabel Klee on October 29th for President's Distinguished Lecture Series

(UNION, NJ) -- New York Times bestselling author Isabel Klee will discuss her journey as a writer and animal welfare advocate at Kean University on Thursday, October 29, 2026, as part of the President's Distinguished Lecture Series. The event, which is open to the public, will offer insights into the connections between compassion, community engagement and storytelling. The event begins at 4:30pm.



Atlantic City Ballet to make Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Debut with "Dracula"

(ATLANTIC CITY, NJ) -- For the first time, Atlantic City Ballet's Dracula comes to Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City on Thursday, October 29, 2026 at Sound Waves. The performance welcomes audiences ages five and older for a wickedly unforgettable start to Halloween weekend. Guests are invited to dress up and enter the costume contest, with prizes awarded at the show. Showtime is 7:00pm.



Arden Theatre Company presents "Topdog/Underdog"

(PHILADELPHIA, PA) -- Philadelphia-based Arden Theatre Company continues its 2026/27 Mainstage Season with Suzan-Lori Parks' Pulitzer Prize- winning play Topdog/Underdog, a gripping two-person drama exploring brotherhood, rivalry, survival, and the ties that bind families together. Directed by three-time Barrymore Award-winning artist Amina Robinson and co-produced with People's Light, Topdog/Underdog starts its run on the Arden's Arcadia stage on October 29, with opening night on November 4, and performances running through December 13, 2026.



Seton Hall Theatre presents "Twelfth Night" at SOPAC

(SOUTH ORANGE, NJ) -- Seton Hall Theatre presents William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night from October 29 to November 1, 2026 at South Orange Performing Arts Center (SOPAC). The production is directed by Stephanie ila Silver-Silberstein.



The Broadway Theatre of Pitman presents Psycho with Jamie Wolf on Thursday

(PITMAN, NJ) -- The Broadway Theatre of Pitman presents Psycho with Jamie Wolf on Thursday, October 29, 2026 at 7:30pm. The lineup also includes special guests Tyler Wolf and Chris Aileo.