Accent Dance NYC celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month with a series of performances at New York City high schools from September 19 and October 14, 2025. The company will perform its special Hispanic Heritage Month program, featuring tango, cumbia, salsa, bachata, and merengue sections throughout the month for young audiences.

Hispanic Heritage Month Performance Schedule
Friday, September 19, 2025
PS/MS 161 Pedro Albizu Campos, 499 W. 133rd Street, New York, NY
Friday, September 26, 2025
PS 18X, 502 Morris Avenue, Bronx, NY
Friday, October 3, 2025
PS246X, 2641 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
International School for Liberal Arts High School (ISLA), 2780 Reservoir Avenue, Bronx, NY
Friday, October 10, 2025
Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health Sciences Charter HS (X482), 800 Home Street, Bronx, NY
Friday, October 10, 2025
Baruch College Campus High School, 55 East 25th Street, New York, NY
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Park East High School, 230 E. 105th Street, New York, NY 10029
Thursday, October 23, 2025
Arturo Schomburg Satellite Academy High School, 1010 Rev. James A Polite Avenue, Bronx, NY

Last year, Accent Dance NYC performed a record number of times in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. The company also reached over 10,000 students through their educational programming, more than doubling the number of students reached from the last fiscal year. Additionally, Accent Dance NYC acquired final public charity status after five years as a private operating charity. This milestone is a recognition by the IRS that the company has achieved a broad base of support, opening the door to a far greater number of entities and foundations that are now able to support them.

About Accent Dance NYC Company
The Accent Dance NYC Company is a professional concert dance company committed to exploring the artistic, cultural, and humanistic connections among people of all backgrounds. We commission and showcase the work of a diverse array of emerging and established choreographers, including Cuban choreographer Pedro Ruiz, Mexican choreographer David Fernandez, Argentinian choreographer Dardo Galletto, and American choreographers Will A Ervin, Jr., Christina Coleman, and Danielle Diniz. As a metaphor for cultural acceptance and convergence, the Company fuses diverse dance styles, including ballet with Hip Hop, flamenco with contemporary dance, tap with Hip Hop. Pressing issues of social justice, climate change, inclusion, and identity also are explored and highlighted. Artists hail from across the globe, perform a wide range of dance styles, and have danced with prestigious dance companies including Alvin Ailey, the Cuban National Ballet, New Jersey Ballet, and Dance Theatre of Harlem, as well as with well-known hip hop artists, folkloric dance companies, and in international tango competitions. The Company had its first full-length season on March 7 and 8, 2025 at the Ailey Citigroup Theater in Manhattan, which featured Pedro Ruiz’s Danzón, a reinvention of Cuba’s traditional dance, Danielle Diniz’s A Place for Us, an exploration of the immigrant experience, Will Ervin’s Narcissus, a bold reimagining of the classical myth, along with other works highlighting the Company’s breath of movement and storytelling. In addition to its professional seasons, the Company partners with cultural institutions throughout New York City and beyond, performing as part of NYC’s Summer Streets Festival, Battery Park Dance Festival, iHeart Dance NYC Festival, the City of New Rochelle’s ArtsFest, at the Bronx Music Heritage Center, Teatro LATEA, and Ballet Arts, and contributes to community celebrations of Hispanic and Black history, Juneteenth, and LGBTQ Pride.