The fortieth season of Works & Process at the Guggenheim opens with the Underground Uptown Dance Festival, a festival of commissioned dances taking place from January 9-13, 2025. Gather round the Guggenheim in a series of one-night-only events spanning both the Frank Lloyd Wright–designed theater and rotunda. Experience New York City’s extraordinary club, street, and social dance traditions, all rooted in the circle and the cipher and blended with concert dance.

Championing creative process from studio to stage, Works & Process has provided the featured projects with iterative presentations and long-term support through fully funded Works & Process LaunchPAD creative residencies, which offer artists industry-leading fees, 24/7 studio space, on-site housing, transportation, and health insurance enrollment access.

The Works & Process Underground Uptown Dance Festival is part of JanArtsNYC, part of one of the city’s largest and most influential arts gatherings and draws more than 45,000 performing arts leaders, artists, and enthusiasts from across the globe.

Tickets on sale now at worksandprocess.org.
Tickets start at $20.

AT A GLANCE
January 9
KR3TS (Keep Rising to the Top) with Violeta Galagarza
Afro Latin Soul with Sekou McMiller and Friends
Rotunda Dance Party: Salsa

January 10
It’s Showtime NYC! Pyramid by Cal Hunt and Johnathan Moore
Courtney “Balenciaga” Washington’s MasterZ at Work Dance Family
Rotunda Dance Party: Ladies of Hip-Hop All Styles Battle

January 11
Music From The Sole’s House Is Open, Going Dark (working title)
Wus Poppin NYC with Kwikstep and Rokafella
Rotunda Dance Party: The Missing Element with The Beatbox House

January 12
The Scattering by Emily Coates
Djapo by Marie Basse-Wiles and Omari Wiles
Rotunda Dance Party: LayeRhythm

January 13
THE DRAMA by Lloyd Knight, Jack Ferver, and Jeremy Jacob
BalletCollective: The Night Falls by Karen Russell, Ellis Ludwig-Leone, and Troy Schumacher
Rotunda Dance Party: Princess Lockerooo’s Winter Waack Battle