Live to Dance? 7 Kid-Friendly Performances to Watch

There are many reasons we don’t take our kids to dance performances: expensive tickets, tantrum potential, and post-bedtime start times. So yes, your tiny dancer has been leaping, twirling, and tip-toeing at classes all around town, but seeing an actual dance performance is still on the to-do list. Time to check one off! These dance companies welcome kids in the (matinee) audience, offer affordable tickets and sometimes even offer a chance to dance with the professionals.

Photo: Paul Kolnik

Summer Family-Friendly Saturday Shows

When Alvin Ailey returns to Lincoln Center this June, buy tickets to Ailey's Saturday Family Matinee Series which includes a post-performance Q&A with Ailey's dancers. Back at the Ailey School, kids 2 and up can learn West African, Salsa, Hip Hop, Ballet, and Horton classes all year round.

Ailey's Saturday Family Matinee Series
June 2015, check website for updated showtimes and ticket prices

Lincoln Center

David H. Koch Theater

20 Lincoln Center
Upper West Side
Online: alvinailey.org

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Have you taken your kids to a dance performance in the city? Tell us about it!

--Anna Knoebel