WestFest Dance

WESTFEST DANCE FESTIVAL 2026 CONTINUES! 🪩🎉🌟

We’re officially 3 WEEKS out from WestFest ALL OVER WESTBETH! 💃

All Over Westbeth is a site-specific festival highlighting original works throughout the historic Westbeth 🏘️

FREE guided tours will begin every 30 minutes starting at 1 PM, with the final tour leaving at 3 PM.

JOIN US over the next few weeks as we introduce our 7 incredible artists for this year’s program, as well as some sneak peeks of what you can expect!

🗓️ WHEN: SATURDAY May 2nd & SUNDAY May 3rd 1 PM - 3 PM
📍 WHERE: Westbeth Artists Housing | 155 Bank Street, New York, NY
🎟️ FREE ADMISSION ✨

The countdown begins!! See ya there! ⏳

CREDITS:
📸: Alexander Berg
💃: Stephanie Saywell

*Sponsored by the Westbeth Artists Residents Council
*Westbeth’s programming is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Council.

That’s a WRAP on WESTFEST 2026: TOP FLOOR ON BANK! 🎉🎉🎉

The biggest thank you to our extraordinary artists in Program A & Program B for putting on such a remarkably captivating performance this past weekend! 💃🪩

And a big thank you to all who attended!! We hope you enjoyed the show as much as we’ve enjoyed the process of making it all come to life! ✨

but WAIT! 🚨 WESTFEST 2026 isn’t over just yet! 🗓️ SAVE THE DATE: ALL OVER WESTBETH - coming MAY 2-3rd!
🔜 FREE Guided tours of Westbeth, featuring original site-specific dance works by our 7 wonderful All Over artists this year! Click the link in our bio to learn more.

STAY TUNED! ⏳

POSTER CREDITS:
📸:
💃:

AND WE’RE BACK 🎉🎉 WESTFEST 2026 💃💃

We are thrilled to present to you a BRAND NEW experience with TOP FLOOR ON BANK!

Stepping away from our traditional theatre setting, this year’s historic venue is situated in a loft environment that overlooks the Hudson River. Featuring an immersive three-sided audience, old wood floors, soaring ceilings and professional lighting, we’re excited to curate an intimate and atmospheric performance experience for you all!

FOLLOW ALONG as we will soon begin to introduce you to our 16 amazing TOP FLOOR ON BANK artists and the CUTTING-EDGE works they will be presenting.

DON’T FORGET TO SAVE THE DATE! 🗓️✨

WHERE: Westbeth Artists Housing: 163B Bank Street, 4th Floor Loft

WHEN:
Program A: March 19th , March 21st & 7PM
Carol Nolte
congruency dance collective
cs movement projects
Isaac Martin Lerner
Not A Dance Company
Sophia Nielsen
Stephanie Saywell
MNiverse

Program B: March 20th , March 22nd & 7PM
Ally Ng
Derek Crescenti
Emily Jerant-Hendrickson
Jackie Dodds
Limón2
Louise Benkelmqn & Tommy Seibold
Sophia Perone
Yaroque Dance Theatre

ℹ️ SCAN THE QR CODE or CLICK THE LINK IN BIO 🎟️

PHOTO CREDITS:
📸:
💃:

*Sponsored by the Westbeth Artists Residents Council
*Westbeth’s programming is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Council.

COMING SOON! ⏳⌛️

WESTFEST: ALL OVER WESTBETH 2026

INTRODUCING OUR 7 REMARKABLY TALENTED ARTISTS who will be presenting UNIQUE and IMMERSIVE site-specific works, taking you on a journey throughout Westbeth’s landmarked campus!

FREE tours will begin every 30 minutes starting at 1 PM, with the final tour leaving at 3 PM. No Reservation Required!

WHERE:
Westbeth Artists Residence - 55 Bethune St, New York, NY 10014

WHEN:
Saturday MAY 2nd and Sunday MAY 3rd 1PM - 3PM

SAVE THE DATE and STAY TUNED to learn more about each of the artists presenting in ALL OVER WestBeth 2026 🔜 🗓️

✨ Link in bio for more information ✨

*Sponsored by the Westbeth Artists Residents Council
*Westbeth’s programming is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Council.

WESTFEST DANCE FESTIVAL 2026 LOADING… ⏳

We are SO proud to introduce the 16 EXTRAORDINARILY TALENTED and VISIONARY artists featured in our TOP FLOOR ON BANK lineup!

These artists will be presenting cutting-edge works across 2 programs in a historic venue this year, offering a NEW intimate and atmospheric experience!

STAY TUNED to learn more about each artist presenting in TOP FLOOR ON BANK and SAVE THE DATE! We can’t wait to see you there!! 💃

WHERE: Westbeth Artists Housing: 163B Bank Street, 4th Floor Loft

WHEN:
Program A: March 19th , March 21st & 7PM

Program B: March 20th , March 22nd & 7PM

Link in bio for tickets and more information 🎟️✨

*Sponsored by the Westbeth Artists Residents Council
*Westbeth’s programming is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and the New York City Council.

Happy (almost) New Year, WestFest Fam!! The All Over application deadline has been extended to ✨Sat, Jan 3✨

If you’ve already gotten to apply - fantastic. And if you haven’t had a chance - you’ve got 3 days!!🪩

All Over is for any dance maker excited about creating new site-specific work throughout the historic campus of Westbeth. 🗓️Performances May 2 & 3.
Reach out with any questions!
💌[email protected].

Choreography: Chloe Sonnet Brown .sonnet
Photo by: Alexander Berg

Top Floor Early Bird Deadline is FRIDAY!!🪩 Boogie on over to our website to learn more about this year’s show, happening March 19-22 at The Kitchen at Westbeth! We can’t wait to see your work🎉

Regular Application Deadline: Jan 9

DM us or email us at [email protected] with any questions!❤️

Choreography: The Bang Group
Photography: Alexander Berg

🐣TONIGHT (12/15)!!🐣 All Over Early Bird Submissions due by 11:59 - head to the link in our bio to learn more and apply!!🎉

Regular Application Deadline: Dec 31

Choreography by
Photography by Alexander Berg

Top Floor looks new this year, and we can’t wait to share our 2026 venue… *drum rolllllllll* 🥁
✨THE KITCHEN!✨

Application now open! Apply by January 9🗓️

ABOUT:
WestFest: Top Floor 2026 presents two programs of visionary artists at The Kitchen’s Westbeth location: a historic 3,000+ square foot loft space with 25 windows overlooking the Hudson River. Stepping away from our traditional proscenium venue, this year’s program invites artists to share work for an immersive three-sided audience within a loft environment. Complete with old wood floors and soaring ceilings, the space will be professionally lit to create an intimate and atmospheric performance experience. Selected artists will present an up-to 8-minute piece—new or adapted—across three shared performances.

🔗Click on the link in our bio to learn more and APPLY TODAY!

Early Bird Deadline: December 26
(Additional $5 off application fee for early submission by December 15!)
Regular Deadline: January 9

PERFORMANCE DATES: March 19-22, 2026

We can’t wait to see your work!❤️
With any questions email [email protected].

Photos by Alexander Berg
Photo 1 Choreography:
Photo 2 Choreography:
Photo 3 Choreography:

Meet 2026 WestFest All Over Guest Curator STEPHANIE SAYWELL!✨👋

We’re thrilled to have Stephanie join our All Over curation process this year🎉 Learn more about her below and on our website - 🔗 in bio.

aaaand APPLY FOR ALL OVER TODAY!
Early Bird Deadline: Dec 15th
Regular Deadline: Dec 31st

—————————

Stephanie Saywell (she/her) is a NYC-based choreographer, performer, clown, dramaturg, devised-theatre maker, and published poet. She holds a Certificate of Completion from the Dell’ Arte International School of Physical Theatre, plus a BA in Dance and a BA in Written Arts from Bard College. In addition to apprenticing for the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, Saywell has had the pleasure of performing for Arthur Avilés, Paul Matteson, Peter Kyle, Peggy Florin, Sharleen Chidiac, Witness Relocation, Sam Asa Pratt, Ainesh Madan, and at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She is a graduate of Doug Varone’s DEVICES choreography mentorship program and a recipient of both the Ana Itelman Prize for Choreography and the Streb GO! Commissioning Program for Emerging Artists. Her work has been presented by Streb Lab for Action Mechanics, All Over Westbeth, CreateART, Gibney, Movement Research, Triskelion Arts, Mark Morris Dance Center, Green Space, BAAD!, and Bard College, among others. www.stephaniesaywell.com

✨ARTIST SPOTLIGHT: Beatriz Castro ✨

See Beatriz’s site-specific work at WestFest All Over, Saturday & Sunday May 3 & 4. Tours leave every 30 minutes starting at 1 PM, with the last tour leaving at 3 PM.
FREE!!

Beatriz Castro (she/they) is a latinx, q***r movement artist from Costa Rica, currently based in New York City. Their choreography has been performed at venues such as Abrons Arts Center, The Visionary, Triskelion Arts, Arts On Site, Bridge for Dance, Green Space, The Mark O’Donnell Theater, and Dixon Place. Beatriz has been a member of Spark Movement Collective and Verbal Animal, and worked with artists such as Lauri Stallings, Elena Vazantaris, Antonin Rioche, Elisabeth Motley, Catherine Cabeen, and Damani Pompei.

📸
Photo 1: Ed Cotton edbrookline
Photo 2: Catalina Kulczar