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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



 



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Sunday, October 18, 2026 @ 7:00pm
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The Temptations & The Four Tops

Sunday, October 18, 2026 @ 6:30pm
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New Brunswick, NJ

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Sunday, October 18, 2026 @ 2:00pm
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