Join us for THE DANCE LAB HONORS on March 24th // LEARN MORE
Join us for THE DANCE LAB HONORS on March 24th // LEARN MORE
JOSH PRINCE began his career as an actor after graduating from the Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. Along with numerous regional and concert engagements, he appeared on Broadway in Little Me and Saturday Night Fever, Off-Broadway in Forbidden Broadway, toured the country in CATS, and starred as “Carmen Ghia” in The Producers opposite Jason Alexander and Martin Short.
Prince made his Broadway choreographic debut with the blockbuster hit Shrek, The Musical (Outer Critics Circle Nomination), which went on to tour the US, play in London’s West End, and tour the UK. He is also the proud choreographer of the award-winning Broadway show, Beautiful – The Carole King Musical (Olivier, Helpmann, and Astaire Award nominations). Beautiful has since toured the US, UK, Japan, and Australia. Prince choreographed the Disney Cruise Lines adaptation of the mega-hit animated film, Frozen, and his work can be seen in Trevor, The Musical, now on Disney+ (Lucille Lortel nomination, Chita Rivera Award).
Prince has choreographed at multiple prestigious venues across the US and UK, including New York City Center, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, BAM, The New Group, Stage 42, George St. Playhouse, ACT, Fifth Avenue Theater, Signature Theater (DC), The Old Vic, Royal Festival Hall, and Royal Albert Hall. He also served as Directer/Choreographer for Grease starring Janel Parrish at the Winter Garden Theater in Toronto, Canada.
Currently, Prince is collaborating with Tony-nominated director, Sheryl Kaller, on two new musicals, A Walk On The Moon and Bliss.
DLNY operates year-round through a team of dedicated employees, independent contractors, seasonally-hired industry professionals, and pro-bono consulting from our friends at Org-ology.
At the heart of Dance Lab New York’s diverse Lab Cycle programming are our Resident Directors — a group of visionary choreographers, educators, and industry leaders. As artistic guides for our diverse Lab Cycles, the Resident Directors’ leadership ensures that our Labs reflect a broad spectrum of movement languages and cultural voices, fostering bold new work across genres.
We believe everyone should have the right to tell their own story.
We believe that great creative freedom produces great art, so we remove all fiscal and administrative barriers to choreographic invention with no expectation of finished product.
We believe that by giving dancemakers autonomy and agency over their craft, they will be inspired to share their greatest creations.
We believe that by providing choreographers with the same unfettered pathways to creation that are commonly afforded other artists, we advance the art form.
In order to create, a choreographer needs dancers, space, and time—three essential elements that are prohibitively expensive. As a result, even seasoned dance makers are prevented from crafting new work, to say nothing of emerging choreographers. This reality is leaving so many promising choreographers without the means to advance their art. Founded in 2012 by Broadway choreographer Josh Prince, Dance Lab New York (DLNY) exists to provide choreographers the space and time they need to experiment with new ideas, away from the looming pressures commonly associated with creation, commissions, performance, and commercial production.
DLNY is the only independent organization whose sole mission is to support choreographic incubation and invention. At DLNY, no idea is off-limits and the grant comes with no strings attached. DLNY also offers a mentoring program and a summer intensive for both emerging and aspiring choreographers.
The core program of DLNY is The Lab Cycle – a creative period in which a varied cohort of choreographers are each given one week of free incubative time in large pole-free space with a company of professional dancers – assembled and curated by Founding Artistic Director, Josh Prince, or a Resident Director from the genre. Dancers are secured with contracts, competitive salaries, worker’s compensation, and unemployment insurance. Choreographers are also provided with a Rehearsal Director to oversee the daily workings of the room and relieve them of unnecessary administrative stresses.
DLNY recognizes that most of today’s choreographers are independent contractors who wish to work in a wide variety of mediums. Dance Lab New York invites individual artists wishing to push their boundaries to come explore, test, incubate, and experiment with new ideas utilizing tools perhaps never before afforded them. We aim to nurture the choreographic voices of the future by providing a pressure-free environment in which creative thinking can thrive. Please visit our LAB STORIES page to see the full roster of dancemakers who have utilized the services of the lab.
To apply for a Lab Cycle or any of our Programs, please visit our APPLY page.
A unique, highly trained dance company is hired for each Lab Cycle. We utilize a casting director – Jason Styres, CSA – and also hold open calls to search for new talent.
To apply to DLNY as a dancer please visit our DANCERS section of the APPLY page or click here. For dancers ages 14-18 interested in dancing with our NEXTGEN YOUTH COMPANY, click here.
Dance Lab New York is located in the heart of midtown Manhattan at 307 West 38th Street, Dance Lab Studios features a stunning double-height, 80’ x 35’ studio with a sprung floor that can be divided into two large spaces.
Absolutely! Please visit our BESPOKE page for more information on how DLNY can tailor a lab to your needs.
As a 501(c)3 organizations, DLNY is funded by institutional and government grants as well as by the generosity of individual donors.
For information on how you can help DLNY fulfill its singular mission, please email Julia Glawe at jglawe@dancelabny.org or visit our SUPPORT page.
