Current Public Programs

April 2025

• Apr 12 — Rhythm of the City: Salsa Saturday

• Apr 12 — Shine Your Light Ball Program

• Apr 21–27 — Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival (Guggenheim, 92nd Street Y & Museum of the City of New York)

• Apr 26 — LaTasha Barnes: Jazz Continuum Workshop

May 2025

• May 16 — Royal Bloom Deluxe Ball (first Vogue Ball in the Museum of the City of New York’s history)

• May 29 — Educator Evening: From the Dance Floor to the Classroom

July 2025

• Jul 8–Aug 22 — Rhythm & Roots: Dance in NYC (Most requested summer field trip in 2025)

• Jul 18 — Carnegie Hall Citywide: La Excelencia and Urban Stomp Dance Classes (Karel Flores & J.C. Diaz)

• Jul 22 — National Jazz Museum: Young Leaders Summer Arts Immersion (private tour)

• Jul 24, 6–9 PM — Uptown Bounce: Retro Rewind (’80s–2000s) [record breaking attendance]

August 2025

• Aug 4–9, 9 AM–5 PM — Professional Credit Course: Culture in Motion

  • Teaching NYC Immigration History Through Dance (A+/P credit)

  • Participants from China, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana

• Aug 16, 1–5 PM — Sound of the City: Swing Saturday

Urban Stomp Curators Club: Lindy Hop Sessions (series page)

• Aug 16 — 11:30 AM

• Oct 18 — 11:00 AM

• Nov 4 — 1:00 PM

• Nov 18 — 1:00 PM

• Dec 13 — 2:00 PM

September 2025

• Sep 20 — National Dance Day Celebration (Alvin Ailey Foundation Inc. & MCNY)

  • 12 PM–1 PM — Mambo with Katherine Jiménez

  • 1:30 PM–2:30 PM — Hip Hop with TweetBoogie

  • Inside Urban Stomp book signing at the Museum of the City of New York

• Sep 27, 1–4 PM — Rhythm of the City: Ritmo Latino Saturday

  • Inside Urban Stomp book signing at the Museum of the City of New York

October 2025

• Oct 3 — MCNY Educator Evening: Fall Open House

• Oct 10 — Dancing Classrooms Gala (receiving Community & Cultural Impact Award)

• Oct 18, 11:30 AM — Move to the Music: Vogue (Family Workshop)

• Oct 18 — Lindy Hop Sessions: Ragtime to Lindy Hop

  • Inside Urban Stomp book signing at the Museum of the City of New York

November 2025

• Nov 1, 11:30 AM — Move to the Music: Cumbia

• Nov 4, 1:00 PM — Election Day PD: Exploring Interdisciplinary Engagement Strategies (Urban Stomp focused)

• Nov 4, 1:00 PM — Lindy Hop Sessions: Hot Jazz & Lindy Hop

  • Inside Urban Stomp book signing at the Museum of the City of New York

• Nov 15, 6–10 PM — Rhythm of the City: Hip Hop Won’t Stop (Alvin Ailey Foundation Inc. & MCNY)

  • Inside Urban Stomp book signing at the Museum of the City of New York

• Nov 18, 1:00 PM — Lindy Hop Sessions: Savoy Ballroom & NYC’s Dance Halls

  • Inside Urban Stomp book signing at the Museum of the City of New York

• Nov 22, 11:00 AM — We Are Still Here! Lunaapeew/Lenape Celebration Day

December 2025

• Dec 13, 2:00 PM — Lindy Hop Sessions: Lindy Hop Meets Mambo

  • Inside Urban Stomp book signing at the Museum of the City of New York

January 2026

• Jan 2026 — Academic Talk on Dance and Defiance Joy, National Arts Club (TBA)

• Jan 31, 11:30 AM — Move to the Music: Hip Hop Family Workshop (Alvin Ailey Foundation Inc. & MCNY)

February 2026

• Feb 2026 — Urban Stomp social dance party at Dana Library (Rutgers University) and Institute of Jazz Studies social dance and music archive tours (TBA)

• Feb 2026 — Academic Talk on Urban Stomp, Dance, and Defiance Joy, Montclair Public Library and Institute of Jazz Studies Collaboration (TBA)

  Feb 14, 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM — Rhythm of the City: Salsa & Mambo Night (Alvin Ailey Collaboration)