"A night of inspiration and entertainment." - Examiner.com

Celebrating 5 years of YCF!

The 2024 Young Choreographer's Festival will present the works of the most up and coming 18-27yr old choreographers at Symphony Space in NYC on Friday, June 13th, 2025.

Applications available on our website: www.YCFdance.com

YCF and its young artists have been featured in Dance Spirit Magazine, Dance Magazine, and Dance Informa, among others!

Our Mission: The Young Choreographer's Festival, now in its 14th year, presents the work of some of the most up and coming 18-27year old choreographers in all genres of dance at Symphony Space in NYC. We aim to educate, foster, and cultivate talented young artists by providing them with the tools, education, resources, and platform to successfully pursue a career in dance.

YCF’s Educational Programming Element puts our young choreographers directly in contact with established professionals. We provide selected choreographers with a Mentor to help them throughout their process, private workshop classes, and an Industry Talk Back Panel.

Advisory Board: Melinda Atwood, Michele Assaf, Sheila Barker, Ginger Cox, Maurice Brandon Curry, Tabitha and Napoleon D’Umo, Andy Funk, Diane Grumet, Shelly Hutchinson, Laurie Kanyok, Diane King, Laura Diffenderfer, Bill Prudich, Doug Post, Desmond Richardson, Pascal Rekoert, Andrea Snyder, Tracie Stanfield, Wes Veldink, Kat Wildish.

Contact YCF
email: info@youngchoreographersfestival.com
instagram: @ycfdance