Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch"

Dance Magazine's "25 to Watch" is an annual list published by Dance Magazine of leading young dancers and choreographers, as well as new dance companies and trends in dance. The list is printed in the January issue of the magazine each year.

2024

"25 to Watch" for 2024:^[1]

Clarissa Rivera Dyas
Danielle Swatzie
Grace Rookstool
Erina Ueda
Donovan Reed
Kaitlyn Sardin
Jake Roxander
Jindallae Bernard
Kia Smith
Hohyun Kang
Karla Puno Garcia
Kuu Sakuragi
Sydnie L. Mosley
Laila J. Franklin
Lucy Fandel
Miguel Alejandro Castillo
Naomi Funaki
Olivia Bell
Pauline Casiño
Rafael Ramírez
Yuval Cohen
Sean Lew
Solal Mariotte
Kamala Saara
Water Street Dance Milwaukee

2023

"25 to Watch" for 2023:^[2]

Dandara Veiga
Cameron Catazaro
Guillaume Diop
Adelaide Clauss
Andrew McShea
Ishida Dance Company
Mac Twining
Amanda Castro
Águeda Saavedra
Vidya Patel
Ashton Edwards
Quinn Starner
Elijah Richardson
Dominic Moore-Dunson
Becca Robinson
Tendayi Kuumba
Mikaela Santos
Simone Acri
Elwince Magbitang
Erin Casale
Gianna “Gigi” Todisco
Jordan Demetrius Lloyd
Musa Motha
Madeline Maxine Gorman
STL Rhythm Collaborative

2022

"25 to Watch" for 2022:^[3]

Ogemdi Ude
Adriana Pierce
Ballet22
Christina Carminucci
Courtney Nitting
Maxfield Haynes
Adriana Wagenveld
Imre and Marne van Opstal
Arielle Smith
Sienna Lalau
Bo Park
Ashley Green
Carter Williams
Ilya Vidrin and Jessi Stegall
PARA.MAR Dance Theatre
Baye & Asa
Sierra Armstrong
Brianna Mims
Simone Stevens
Darvensky Louis
Johnathon Hart
Joya Jackson
Darian Kane
Mthuthuzeli November
Genevieve Penn Nabity

2021

"25 to Watch" for 2021:^[4]

Keerati Jinakunwiphat
Laura Morton
Aaron Samuel Davis
Vincenzo Di Primo
Bianca Scudamore
Amanda Morgan
Gaby Diaz
Rohan Bhargava
Raianna Brown
Leonardo Sandoval
Boston Dance Theater
Sorah Yang
Project Home
Rebecca Margolick
Rhodnie Désir
Paula Comitre
Christine Flores
Khoudia Touré
DeMarco Sleeper
Oona Doherty
Kennedy Brown
Melanie Greene and J. Bouey
Yesenia Ayala
Nia-Amina Minor
Maria Coelho

2020

"25 to Watch" for 2020:^[5]

Gabrielle Hamilton
LED
Maya Taylor
Luke Hickey
Annie Morgan
Ashley Yergens
Abdiel Figueroa Reyes
Jay Carlon
Hannah Garner
Joseph Sissens
Luis Beltran
Joyce Edwards
Zenon Zubyk
Julie Crothers
Lizzie Tripp
Tatiana Desardouin
Tommie Kesten
Zimmi Coker
Mira Nadon
Khalia Campbell
Maya Man
Kara Chan
Tobias Praetorius
Airi Igarashi
Oluwadamilare "Dare" Ayorinde

2019

"25 to Watch" for 2019:^[6]

Evan Ruggiero
Siphesihle November
Sophie Miklosovic
Micaela Taylor
Aran Bell
Nic Gareiss
Chisako Oga
Maria Khoreva
Roman Mejia
Benjamin Freemantle
Pioneer Winter Collective
Wubkje Kuindersma
Adeene Denton
Tanya Chianese
Jessica He
Joshua Culbreath
Jasmine Harper
Sydney Dolan
Cristina Hall
Shamar Wayne Watt
Paul Morland
Easton Payne
Hadar Ahuvia
Matty Davis
Stephanie Troyak

2018

"25 to Watch" for 2018:^[7]

Eduardo Guerrero
Angelo Greco
Alanna Morris-Van Tassel
Erica Lall
Alston Macgill
Raven Barkley
Leal Zielińska
Kelsey McCowan & Caley Carr
Annie Arnoult
slowdanger
Cesar Corrales
May Nagahisa
Connie Shiau
MK Abadoo
Sam Pinkleton
Daina Ashbee
Mackenzie Richter
Marcelino Sambé
Maine Kawashima
Yeman Brown
Kate Ladenheim
Jacob Jonas
Kolton Krouse
Jeroboam Bozeman
Alice Klock

2017

"25 to Watch" for 2017:^[8]

Unity Phelan
Shimon Ito
Amanda DeVenuta
Jeffery Duffy
Chun Wai Chan
Paige Fraser
Parris Goebel
Elise Cowin
Kayla Collymore
Elizabeth Wallace
Omari Mizrahi
Jess LeProtto
Karissa Royster
Reed Tankersley
Chitra Vairavan
Mario Bermudez Gil
Zhiyao Zhang
Marc Crousillat
Martha Nichols
Sirui Liu
Sarah Lapointe
Meg Foley
Ching Ching Wong
Charlotte Edmonds
Margarita Shrainer

2016

"25 to Watch" for 2016:^[9]

Jovani Furlan
Cora Cliburn
Kaleen Miller
Francesco Gabriele Frola
Miriam Miller
Renata Shakirova
Sterling Baca
Katarzyna Skarpetowska
Alex Sanchez
Jim Nowakowski
Shahar Dori
Myles Thatcher
Janelle Figgins
Caitlin Cucchiara
Jacquelin Harris
Litebulb
Caitlin Trainor
Norbert De La Cruz III
Tamisha Guy
Léonore Baulac
Kiara Flder
MADBOOTS DANCE
Hiroki Ichinose
Michelle Veintimilla
Nayara Lopes

2015

"25 to Watch" for 2015:^[10]

Emilie Leriche
Andrew Bartee
Silas Farley
Jaclyn Walsh
Alyssa Mann
Kate Wallich
Tale Dolven
Chyrstyn Fentroy
Shiori Kase
Osnel Delgado
Joshua L. Peugh
Visceral Dance Chicago
Ana Turazashvili
Skylar Campbell
François Alu
Stephanie Williams
Danica Paulos
Indya Childs
Ida Praetorius
Ryan P Casey
Robyn Mineko Williams
Stuart Singer
Jay Armstrong Johnson
Danielle Agami

2014

"25 to Watch" for 2014:^[11]

2013

"25 to Watch" for 2013:^[12]

Emily Kikta
Johnny McMillan
Michael Montgomery
Frederick (Pete) Leo Walker II
Olga Smirnova
Kayla Rowser
Victor Alexander
Rashaun Mitchell and Silas Riener
Cassandra Trenary
Claire Calvert
Juel D. Lane
Alan Obuzor
Melinda Sullivan
Nozomi Iijima
Monica Cervantes
Ida Saki
Jonathan Royse Windham
Amanda Cochrane
BODYTRAFFIC
Leta Biasucci
Ballet BC
Bryan Strimpel
Gregory Haney
The Playground
Frances Chiaverini

2012

"25 to Watch" for 2012:^[13]

2011

"25 to Watch" for 2011:^[14]

2010

"25 to Watch" for 2010:^[15]

2009

"25 to Watch" for 2009:^[16]

2008

"25 to Watch" for 2008:^[17]

2007

"25 to Watch" for 2007:^[18]

Dawn Fay [2]^{[permanent dead link‍]}
Meisha Bosma
Columbus Movement Movement (cm2)
Natalia Osipova
Kenta Shimizu
Grease on Reality TV
Attack Theatre
Webdance (dance videos on the internet)
Tiit Helimets [3]
Vivian Nixon
Ephrat Asherie
Nelida Tirado
Holly Johnston
Zane Booker
Peng-Yu Chen
Peggy Dolkas
The Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School at ABT
Chris Elam: Misnomer Dance Theater
Helen Pickett
Sean Patrick Mahoney
Lauri Stallings
Rulan Tangen
Max Pollak
Jamar Roberts
Melody Herrera

2006

"25 to Watch" for 2006:^[19]

2005

"25 to Watch" for 2005:^{[citation needed]}

2004

"25 to Watch" for 2004:^{[citation needed]}

George Piper Dances
Noémie Lafrance
Benjamin Levy
Dominic Walsh Dance Theater
Stella Abrera
David Hallberg
Verb Ballets [7]
Cathy Marston
Matjash Mrozewski
Nicolas Blanc
Viengsay Valdes
Revealing the Emotional Body (works by New York choreographers Aviva Geismar, Fiona Marcotty, Mollie O'Brien, and RoseAnne Spradlin)
Emily Patterson
Janice Garrett
Seth Orza
Peter Boal and Company
Jason Samuels-Smith
Margie Gillis
Erick Montes
Bradon McDonald
Paulette Beauchamp
Train Wreck Dance Company [8]
Vincent Mantsoe
Larry Keigwin
Christopher Stowell

2003

"25 to Watch" for 2003:^{[citation needed]}

Bahiyah Sayyed-Gaines
Jerry Mitchell
Tamieca McCloud
Taryn Kaschock
Veronika Part
Christopher Hampson
Jamie Farquhar
Johannes Wieland
The Foundry's
Sduduzo Ka-Mbili
Misty Copeland
Diane Coburn Bruning
Narrative Ballets (as a rising genre; choreographers Paul Vasterling, Trey McIntyre, Todd Bolender)
Justin Jones and Chris Yon
Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal [9]
Daisuke Takeuchi
Henri Oguike
Ruben Martin
Carrie Imler
CityDance Ensemble
Irina Golub
Jose Mateo
Alexandra Ansanelli
Amanda Miller
Guillaume Cote

2002

"25 to Watch" for 2002:^{[citation needed]}

Akram Khan
Mariellen Olson
Andrian Fadeyev
Genevieve Guerard
Thaddeus Davis
Melissa Barak
Sonya Delwaide
Maia Wilkins
David Shimotakahara
Roxane Butterfly
Gillian Murphy
Jorden Morris
Philadelphia (as an up-and-coming city for dance)
Wade Robson
Anita Sun Pacylowski
Tamar Rogoff
Sean Steward
Chica Mori
Cleo Mack
Sarah Hughes
Tony Powell
Alison Roper
Ashley Canterna
Nicholas Leichter
Williamsburg (as an artistic community)

2001

"25 to Watch" for 2001:^{[citation needed]}

Xiao Nan Yu
Calvin Kitten
Shawn Bowen
Michael Moschen
3 point juncture (choreographers Yanira Castro, Tiffany Mills, and Pam Tanowitz)
Yasuko Yokoshi and Gonnie Heggen
T.J. Espinoza
The Young Hoofers (Traci Mann)
Kaori Nakamura
Adam Hendrickson
Daniel Ulbricht
Marcelo Gomes
Daniel Marshall
Richard Move
Retail Dance (choreographer Kim Shipp)
Ashley Bouder
Paule Turner
Wayne McGregor
Caroline Rocher
Li Chiao-Ping
Bill "Crutchmaster" Shannon
Kyra Nichols
Dancewear's Junction: Fashion, Function (towards more stylish dance clothes)
Paul S. Abrahamson
Miami City Ballet

References

^ "Introducing Our 2024 "25 to Watch"". Dance Magazine. January 2024.
^ "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2023.
^ "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2022.
^ "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2021.
^ "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2020.
^ "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2019.
^ "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2018.
^ "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2017.
^ "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2016.
^ "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2015.
^ "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2014.
^ "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2013.
^ "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-04-23.
^ "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2011.
^ "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2010.
^ "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2009.
^ "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-10-15.
^ "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2007. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14.
^ "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14.

[1] "Introducing Our 2024 "25 to Watch"". Dance Magazine. January 2024.

[2] "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2023.

[3] "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2022.

[4] "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2021.

[5] "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2020.

[6] "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2019.

[7] "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2018.

[8] "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2017.

[9] "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2016.

[10] "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2015.

[11] "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2014.

[12] "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2013.

[13] "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2012. Archived from the original on 2012-04-23.

[14] "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2011.

[15] "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2010.

[16] "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2009.

[17] "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2008. Archived from the original on 2009-10-15.

[18] "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2007. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14.

[19] "25 to Watch". Dance Magazine. January 2006. Archived from the original on 2012-02-14.

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