THE MISSION OF DANCE HEGINBOTHAM IS TO MOVE PEOPLE THROUGH DANCE.
Dance Heginbotham (DH) is a New York-based contemporary dance company committed to supporting, producing, and performing the work of choreographer John Heginbotham. With an emphasis on collaboration, DH enriches national and international communities with its unique blend of inventive, thoughtful, and rigorous dance theater works. 

Founded in 2011, Dance Heginbotham quickly established itself as one of the most adventurous and exciting companies on the contemporary dance scene, and is celebrated for its vibrant athleticism, humor, and theatricality.

Well-known for his 14-year tenure as a dancer with Mark Morris Dance Group, Artistic Director John Heginbotham creates work known for its “tight formal structure and inventive movement, bolstered by a disarming wit and strangeness” (The New Yorker). In recognition of his unique artistic vision, John received the 2014 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Award and a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship.

DH had its world premiere in January 2012 at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts and has since been presented by Bard SummerScape, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Brooklyn Academy of Music Next Wave Festival, Celebrity Series of Boston, Dartmouth College, Duke Performances, Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, The Joyce Theater, La Jolla Music Society SummerFest, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Scottsdale Arts, The Skirball Center for the Performing Arts, Vail International Dance Festival, and Works & Process at The Guggenheim, among others.

DH has shared the stage with luminaries of the music world including Alarm Will Sound, Brooklyn Rider, Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, The Knights, National Symphony Orchestra, Joshua Bell, André de Ridder, Christoph Eschenbach, Gabriel Kahane, Eric Jacobsen, Nathan Koci, and Shara Nova, and has commissioned new scores from composers Tyondai Braxton, Ethan Iverson, and Colin Jacobsen. DH has collaborated with designers and artists Maira Kalman, Isaac Mizrahi, Amy Trompetter, Maile Okamura, and Nicole Pearce in the creation of new works.

In 2016, DH toured Indonesia, Laos, and the Philippines as cultural ambassadors of the United States with the DanceMotion USA℠ program, a project of the US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs (ECA), produced by BAM. DH has also performed internationally in South Korea and Bulgaria.

Dance Heginbotham has been invited to participate in creative residencies at BAM Fisher, The Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Baryshnikov Arts Center, Brooklyn College, CUNY Kingsborough, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, The Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, LMCC's Extended Life program on Governors Island, The National Center for Choreography at The University of Akron (NCCAkron), NYU Center for Ballet and the Arts, The Ringling Museum, The Watermill Center, Wave Hill Public Garden & Cultural Center, and White Oak.

Recent works include the evening-length The Planets, performed to Gustav Holst’s music of the same name, which DH developed in partnership with conductor and music director Eric Jacobsen; and an evening of dance and live music devoted to the collaboration between DH and jazz composer and pianist Ethan Iverson, which premiered at the 2022 Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival. DH is continuing creation on its ongoing project, 24 Caprices, in collaboration with violinist Colin Jacobsen. 24 Caprices is currently streaming on ALL ARTS, with additional Caprices to premiere in the coming months. DH is currently developing a new outdoor site-specific work, You Look Like A Fun Guy, inspired by avant-garde composer John Cage’s interest in mycology, which will premiere in Summer 2024.