about

WAXworks is an inclusive performance showcase that offers emerging and established artists the opportunity to present their work on a professional stage with substantial and versatile lighting, sound and technical systems. Any kind of stage work is welcome - we invite dance, theater, music, video, performance art, poetry, comedy, juggling, singing, puppetry, acrobatics, monologues or anything else that can be performed on a stage. There is no audition process and few technical limitations. 

WAXworks is designed to help artists advance their creative process by viewing their work through the objective eyes of a live, enthusiastic audience. Guided by the WAX staff, audience members are invited to share their reactions and thoughts with the artists in anonymous written feedback. An involved audience is a supportive audience. 

For a nominal fee, artists receive a half hour tech slot and a split bill performance opportunity for work up to 12 minutes in length; in addition to the performance, participants receive high quality photo & video documentation of their work. WAX staff members also offer constructive criticism on press kits, artist statements, and project descriptions submitted as a part of the WAXworks application. Artists "learn-by-doing" as they prepare and refine the materials that they will need for other opportunities.

Now in its 24th year, WAXworks annually provides 70 performing artists of all genres the opportunity to present their work.

 
 

WAXworks is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.

PAST ARTISTS

SPRING 2023 SEASON

SPRING 2022 SEASON

  • Aimee Plauche

  • Alyssa George

  • Anne Marie Robson Smock

  • Augie Sherman

  • cashed collective

  • Emma Lee

  • five two Dance Company

  • Gabriella Di Giuseppe & Dancers

  • Jiaoyang Li + He Tianding

  • Julian Donahue Dance

  • Liiiam

  • Lindsey Jennings

  • LOGOS DANCE COLLECTIVE

  • Malvina Lorida

  • Miranda and Noa

  • Next Reflex Dance Collective

  • Sofia Engelman + Em Papineau

  • Sophie Visscher-Lubinizki

  • Stephanie Peña

SPRING 2020 SEASON

  • Aya Jane Saotome

  • At the Brink Dance Projects

  • Carly Oskar

  • Erica MacLean

  • GORN & evan ray

  • Kelsey Saulnier

  • Rachael Lieblein-Jurbala

SPRING 2019 SEASON

  • Aleth Berenice

  • Allison Dyke

  • Camila Del Mar

  • Caroline Olivia Ciferno + Dancers

  • Cassie Burns Dance Project

  • Dance Visions NY

  • DanceAction

  • Dancing Atlas

  • Dangerous Brood

  • Elisabeth Archer

  • Emma Colton, eSKay Arts Collective

  • Futile Gestures

  • Heath in Progress

  • HEIDCO

  • Heidi McFall

  • Hollis Bartlett and Nattie Trogdon

  • Jasmine Nunn / Alyssa Brown

  • Kit District

  • Laura Neese

  • Leigh Ann Kabatra

  • MarDelDance

  • Mariah Eastman

  • Mariam Dingilian

  • Mia Martelli

  • Micayla Wynn & Adriana Santoro

  • Molly Gorin

  • MotionVivid

  • Phoebe Ballard

  • RANNVA

  • Ronco & Wild

  • Shauna Sorensen and Dancers

  • Spare/Change Dance Company

  • T.MAJ DANCE Company

  • Tal Eshel

  • Tiffany Mills Company

SPRING 2018

  • ADVC

  • Aleixa Maria & AMFcollective

  • Amanda Krische

  • Ambika Raina

  • Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama

  • Anna Witenberg

  • Bethany Logan

  • Brianna Taylor/Confluence Performance Project

  • Cayleen

  • DanceKerr & Dancers

  • Danielle Lydia Sheather

  • Gabrielle Burgess and Bethany Chang

  • JACKS I Kelsey Kramer + Lexie Thrash

  • Jiyon Song

  • Joan Bradford

  • Jordyn Kahler Dance

  • Juli Brandano

  • Julia Burrer

  • Kathleen Dalton/Sonja Petermann

  • Kim Sauers

  • Lea Torelli

  • Madelyn Sher

  • Mariam Dingilian

  • MARISSA NIEDERHAUSER

  • Megan Doyle Dance

  • Mollét Contemporary Ballet

  • Molly Kennedy

  • Open Dance Ensemble

  • Providance Project

  • Roza Dance Company

  • Stephanie King

  • T2 Dance Project

  • The JGram Project

  • The Rogue Dancers

  • Tingting Zhou

  • Yuki: Performing Artistry

SPRING 2017 SEASON

  • ADVC

  • Aeternus Dance Company

  • Alissa Sharp

  • Ariel Lembeck

  • Barasch Dance

  • Chandler Dance

  • Collin Ranf

  • Copy That Dance

  • Dunn Danse

  • Emily Climer

  • Grant Jacoby & Dancers

  • gual + moves

  • Justin Halle

  • KAKE DANCE Company

  • kamrDANCE

  • Leah Moriarty & Solana Hoffman-Carter

  • LEMI collective

  • Logos Dance Collective

  • Mal Ree Dance

  • Michelle Duvall Dance Collective

  • mo[ve]ments

  • mollymingeyprojects

  • Monica Mordaunt

  • Movement Works

  • Patty Solarzano Dance

  • PVRT Project

  • Robert Marks Dance

  • Sarah Green

  • Shannon Reynolds

  • Tara Hemmer

  • The Dancing Georgina Project

  • Waeli Wang

  • WILD BEAST DANCE

  • WorkHorse Dance Project

  • Zehnder Dance

SPRING 2016 SEASON

  • 96b

  • ADVC

  • Ania Catherine

  • Bryce Dance Company

  • Caitlin Cullen

  • Cat Collective

  • Chris Ferris & Dancers

  • Corian Ellisor

  • Dan Lai

  • Emma Blue Russo

  • Genna Mattana

  • Heath in Progress

  • Helen Myers

  • Joan Bradford

  • Katelyn Halpern

  • Katherine Bergstrom

  • Kathleen Helm & Dancers

  • Katie Skinner

  • Kim Sauers

  • Kimberleigh Costanzo

  • Meghan Frederick

  • mishiDance

  • Molly McSherry

  • Nattie Trogdon

  • Nicole Stanton

  • Phil Lanzetta/Vantage

  • Poorna

  • Sarah Richman Dance

  • Sarita Lou

  • selah dance collective

  • Suku Dance Lab

  • The Lovelies

  • UrbanHumans

  • Yoo and dancers

  • Zoe Allocco

SPRING 2015 SEASON

  • akonissimo

  • Andrew Jannetti & Dancers

  • Boink! Dance and Film Productions

  • Cecilia Seaward

  • Ciao Bella Arts

  • Daughters

  • GrrrlTalk

  • Hollis Bartlett

  • Holly Maddock

  • Jamie Benson

  • Javier Padilla

  • Juliana Garber

  • Julie Rooney

  • Kala Seidenberg

  • Kelsey Wapinsky & Dancers

  • KitchenSink Collective/Caroline Martin

  • Laurel Snyder

  • Liz Maxwell

  • MarDelDance

  • Mari Meade Dance Collective

  • Marija Krtolica

  • max siegling / efemmera

  • Monica Gonzalez & Elizabeth Rose Zwierzynski

  • Monteleone Dance Collective

  • Nessa Dance

  • Renee Gerardo/Dances

  • Reyes Dance

  • Rina Espiritu

  • Samara Seligsohn & Solomon Hoffman

  • St. George Dance Company

  • Stephanie Liapis

  • THE CREATORS COLLECTIVE

  • The Dancing Georgina Project

  • The Impulse Initiative

  • Treeline Dance Works / Lyndsey Vader

SPRING 2014 SEASON

  • Alejandra Iannone and Nolan McKew

  • Alison Coleman

  • Allie Harris

  • Anna Troester and Dancers

  • Ariane Bernier

  • BAXco

  • Carly Czach & Tim O'Donnell

  • CatCo Dance Theatre

  • Derek DiMartini

  • Dirty Soles Dance

  • Fara Greenbaum

  • fOE&FRIENDS

  • Gwen Rakotovao Company

  • Helen Peterson

  • Jaxon Movement Arts

  • literal wash. project

  • Mark Schmidt Kinetic Theater

  • Matty Davis

  • Megan Stewart

  • MOBDance

  • Naakai Addy/Kai

  • Natailie Canizares

  • Natalie N. Johnson

  • Nicole Kadar & Dancers

  • Quentin Burley

  • RAW Delivery/Carrie J. Brown

  • Renee Gerardo

  • Sarah Dahnke/Round Tuit Dance Project

  • Sarah Lewin

  • Sarah Lifson

  • SheMoves

  • Shot in the Dark Productions

  • Stephanie Liapis and Martin Jarmick

  • Sum Bones Co.

FALL 2022 SEASON

FALL 2019 SEASON

  • Alex Mitchell

  • Bethany Perry

  • Bryce Wagner

  • Copy That Dance

  • CoreDance Contemporary

  • Erica Isakower

  • Falcon Dance

  • Falls Kennedy

  • Grant Jacoby

  • JAC

  • Jennifer Jackson

  • Julia Antinozzi

  • Julie Opiel

  • Kardiá Dance Company

  • kelci greenway

  • Kinsco

  • Kristi Cole

  • Laurel Snyder

  • Linden Movement Lab

  • Muliebris Dance Theatre

  • NYC Dance Arts

  • Ronya-Lee Anderson

  • Ross Daniel Dance

  • Sarah Rose

  • Sophia Zukoski

  • Sophie Tibiletti

  • Yamini Kalluri and Dwayne Beach

  • Zoe Papaeracleous

FALL 2018 SEASON

  • 78moves

  • Abigail Corrigan

  • Adriana Santoro & Artists

  • Anna McDunn/Unhinged Dance

  • Anthony Alterio

  • BA:GYOBI Movement Project

  • Chloe London

  • Chris Ferris & Dancers

  • Corian Ellisor

  • Dance into Deliverance

  • Elephant Collective

  • Elena Notkina

  • Eveline Kleinjans

  • Felicia B Avalos

  • Gabrielle Johnson and Artists

  • Joanna Warren and Meghan Herzfeld

  • KC Connors

  • Kelsey Head and Company

  • Kessler / Drescher : Singer

  • Kiera Bono

  • Laurie DeVito and Dancers

  • Lydia Jackson

  • Madeline Kurtz - MKrep

  • Maggie Golder and Dancers

  • Marissa Masson

  • Nattie Trogdon and Hollis Bartlett

  • Nayana Parsatoon

  • Olivia Dwyer Dance Projects

  • Owen Prum

  • Rae-Ann Thomas and Dancers

  • REDi Dance Company

  • Sarah Chien

  • Sebastian Abarbanell

  • Talissa Bavaresco

  • the lab

  • Yoo and Dancers

FALL 2017 SEASON

  • Aimee Plauche & Performers

  • Aries In flight

  • Ashley Yehoda and Lillian Joergensen

  • BK Dance Project

  • Britta Joy Peterson +

  • Corinne Shearer and Dancers

  • Dana Duren

  • Dani Maloney & Dancers

  • Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company

  • Danielle Schulz

  • Darby Canessa

  • deb&co

  • F.U.N. Collective // Fierce Untamed Niñas

  • Female

  • Glade Dance Collective

  • ingercooper|dancers

  • Jessie Jeanne & Dancers

  • Jordan Demetrius Lloyd

  • Lianna E. King

  • Luca Renzi Smith

  • Luiza Karnas

  • Mary-Kate O'Toole Choreography

  • Melissa Martinez

  • Mira Treatman

  • mute/Luka Kito and Megan Boyd

  • Paige ketsoglou

  • Ramona Sekulovic

  • Rebecca Lloyd-Jones

  • Robin Prichard

  • Roo Carroll

  • Ross Daniel

  • Sarah Rose and Ross Daniel

  • Stephanie Saywell

  • Vector Dance Company

FALL 2016 SEASON

  • Alyssa Gersony

  • Atlanta Dance Collective

  • B.U.M.P

  • Catie Leasca

  • Danielle Staropoli

  • Demarquis Rembert

  • Emily Tarrier

  • Frances Lai Baca

  • Gabriella Carmichael

  • Gio Kusanagi

  • Jacqueline Lynch

  • Janice Tomlinson

  • Jarred Bosch

  • Justin Faircloth

  • Keerati Jinakunwiphat

  • LaNeese Chatal

  • Libby Rush

  • Libby Wolf

  • NCD Company

  • Nicholas LaGesse

  • Nicole Assanti

  • Rastro / Julieta Valero

  • ReCo Dance

  • Roxy Company

  • stb x at

  • the redef movement

  • Thomas Choinacky

  • Todd Coulter

  • Tumi Johnson

  • Vanessa Vargas Dance Lab

  • vic + renda

  • Yeujia Low

  • Zachary Richardson

FALL 2015 SEASON

  • 277Dance Project

  • Adi Eytan

  • Advanced Curation

  • Aimee Plauche and Performers

  • Ainesh Madan

  • Alex Tenreiro Theis

  • Amber Schmiessing

  • Ambika Raina

  • Amelia Breed

  • Anthony Alterio

  • rmada

  • Awaken Dance Theater

  • Barbara Mahler’s Dances

  • BOOM! Dance company

  • Bridget Cronin

  • ClancyWorks Dance Company

  • Dance Fabric Compagny

  • Elena Rose Light

  • Emma S. Kimball

  • Emotions Physical theatre

  • Humanistics Dance

  • Kathleen Kelley

  • Kitchen Sink Collect / Claire Baum

  • Knickerbocker Collective

  • Kyla Piscopink/Dance Key West

  • Luisa Martinez

  • Minuchin

  • PsychoSomatic Dance

  • RAD|Renay Aumiller Dance

  • Ro-Creations

  • Sara Gibbons & Doug LeCours

  • Sara Gurevich

  • Sergio R. Mora

  • Sunhwa Chung/Ko-Ryo Dance Theater

  • The Marti Flicker Collective

FALL 2014 SEASON

  • Aimee Plauche

  • AJ Sharp

  • Alyssa Gersony

  • Amanda + James

  • Arielle Petruzella/Zella Dance

  • Ashley Menestrina

  • BAXco

  • Brooklyn Contemporary Ballet Collective

  • B.S. Movement

  • caitlin+dancers

  • Carlo Antonio Villanueva

  • Chandler Dance

  • clark dance theatre

  • cori dances.

  • Daniel Flores Dance

  • Gwen Rakatovao Company

  • Ilana Webber

  • Janice Rosario

  • JT Lotus Dance Company

  • Katherine Maxwell

  • Katie Vason

  • Kelsey Grills

  • Krissy Harris

  • Marissa Rae Niederhauser

  • Micayla Wynn

  • Moira Dance Theatre

  • New Street Dance Group

  • NYC Dance Arts Professional Dance Company

  • Rachel Oliver

  • Raqs Uncommon

  • RedCurrant Collective

  • Sarah Friedland/Motion and Pictures

  • stbdance

  • SuriCo.

  • the feath3r theory

FALL 2013 SEASON

  • Aimee Plauche

  • Alexandra Pinel

  • Amy Love Beasley

  • Barbara Mahler's Dances

  • Carmen Caceres/DanceAction

  • Catie Cuan Dance

  • Cecilia Albertini

  • CoreDance Contemporary

  • dancesbyremi

  • Daniel Holt // Dirt

  • Devon Lodge

  • Dr. Darian Parker

  • Elisha Clark Halpin/ETCH Dance Co.

  • Ellyn Sjoquist

  • Jamie Boyle

  • Jana Prager

  • Jessie Stinett & Dancers

  • Joanna Futral/KitchenSink Collective

  • Julia Burrer

  • Kathryn Reese

  • KitchenSink Collective/Claire Baum

  • Kris Swiat

  • Marcos Duran Performance Group

  • MarDelDance Inc.

  • Marie Whitman

  • Marissa Rae Niederhauser

  • Michelle Cady Dance Collective

  • Michelle Duvall

  • NYC Dance Arts

  • Rebecca Lubart

  • Red Dot Dance

  • Reflections Dance Company

  • Shara Harad and Mark Oaks

  • Vervet Dance

Photography by Elyse Mertz.