The Next Festival of Emerging Artists Announces Details of 13th Season – June 6-19, 2025

New York, NY (May 8, 2025) – The Next Festival of Emerging Artists announces the details of its 13th season, taking place from June 6 to 19, 2025 in Chatham and New York City, NY. A trailblazing arts immersion program for early-career string musicians, composers, and choreographers from around the world, Next Fest welcomes the multiple GRAMMY® Award-winning Kronos Quartet as 2025 Festival…

PS21 Announces 2024 Season

PS21’s 2024 season, diverse, distinctive performances by American and international artists, World, US, and North American premieres, work developed in our growing artists’ residency program, and expanded community programming for Columbia County residents. ADVENTUROUS, COLLABORATIVE, ENGAGED Performances in our open-air Pavilion Theater at 2980 New York Route 66 in Chatham,…

“ANIMA” by Noémie Goudal and Maelle Poesy Comes to PS21

An immersive, multi-media performance installation of aerial acrobatics, photography, and projected video, and electronic music. Fresh from the Venice Biennale 2023 and Tate Modern, ANIMA alters our perspectives on the “sensation of time” and the pace and effects of climate change. An immersive multidisciplinary installation by French visual artist/photographer Noémie…

“Invisible Cities” Workshops and Performance at PS21

Invisible Cities by Processional Arts Help design and build a participatory performance in collaborative multi-generational workshops Workshops July 15–28 take part in any or all workshops, register belowFinal performance July 29 Rain date: July 30 Processional Arts Workshop brings Invisible Cities to life in two weeks of fun, exploratory community workshops. Participants are invited to collaborate…

Paul Taylor Dance Company Returns to PS21

Long have the dancers of Paul Taylor Dance Company captivated the world with their athleticism, emotion, and fearlessness. A favorite staple of PS21’s season, the company is returning to PS21 in Chatham, NY, on June 22 and 23 with a program of Paul Taylor‘s groundbreaking work, Mercuric Tidings (1982), A Field of Grass (1993), and Piazzolla…

“The Director” Comes to PS21 from Australia

“I was shaken as I left the theatre. A masterfully human performance.” – Theatrepeople Warming up to our 2023 Summer Season, don’t miss this gripping pre-season event, a bold theater work in PS21’s Black Box Theater. Following highly-acclaimed seasons at the Sydney Opera House, MONA FOMA, Platform Arts, ANTI Contemporary Art Festival…

PS21 Announces 2023 Summer Season

ADVENTUROUS, COLLABORATIVE, ENGAGED June 1 through October 21—featuring more than 40 events in the PS21 open-air Pavilion Theater, in the fields and meadows, and throughout the region. A constellation of celebrated and emerging dancers and choreographers, musicians and singers, actors, directors, and international street artists breathing life into traditional genres…