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 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 (Must requested summer field trip in 2025)

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

  • 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

    • 12–1 PM — Mambo with Katherine Jiménez

    • 1:30–2:30 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 10 — Dancing Classrooms Gala

  • 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 PM — Move to the Music: Cumbia

  • 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

    • 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

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

February 2026

  • Feb 14, 6:00 PM — Rhythm of the City: Salsa & Mambo Night (TBA)