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The Joyce Theater Foundation has proudly served the dance community and its audiences for three decades. The founders, Cora Cahan and Eliot Feld, acquired and renovated the Elgin Theater in Chelsea, which opened as The Joyce Theater in 1982. Since its inception, the Joyce has welcomed over 320 New York City-based, national and international dance companies to its stage.

Today, the Joyce is considered one of the premiere performance venues for dance and features an annual season of approximately 48 weeks with over 340 performances for audiences in excess of 135,000.  The Joyce has also commissioned more than 130 new dances since 1992.  In 1996, The Joyce created Joyce SoHo, a dance center providing highly subsidized rehearsal and performance space to hundreds of dance artists, as well as special residency opportunities for selected choreographers to support the creation of new work.

In 2009, The Joyce opened Dance Art New York (DANY) Studios to provide affordable studios for rehearsals, auditions, classes, and workshops for independent choreographers, non-profit dance companies, and the dance/theater communities.

• ATM
• Audio Guides
• Box Office: Daily 12-6 pm. On performance evenings, the box office remains open for all advance ticket sales until 30 minutes before curtain time. Tickets to that evening's performance are sold until curtain time.
• Disability Access: Fully accessible, but seating arrangements should be made in advance
• Gift Shops
• On-Site Food: Snack bar serves beverages and desserts; no food permitted in theater

Get involved with Joyce Theater

• Donations through NYCharities.org
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Memberships: Choose four or more companies in our spring/summer '12 performance season, and you'll automatically become a Joyce Member. You'll save 25% and will continue to save 25% on every ticket you purchase for performances now through August 2012. *Discount does not apply for $10 and $19 tickets.
• Subscriptions