Introduction to Dance Magazine’s “25 to Watch” in 2025

Where will the dance scene go next? Dancers, Choreographers, Directors and Company dance magazineThe annual “25 to Watch” list offers exciting, imaginative, and exciting possible answers to this question. Whether you’re already familiar with these up-and-comers or not, our editors and writers from across the dance world predict we’ll be hearing a lot more from these breakout artists in 2025 and beyond. Click here to learn more.

Title collage photo credits, left to right, top to bottom: Primera Generación Dance Collective, Photography: Steve Rosa, courtesy of Primera Generación Dance Collective; Joseph Markey at Swan Lakephoto by Emma Zordan, courtesy American Ballet Theater; Kendall Ramirez by George Staib Araratphoto by Christina J. Massad, courtesy of Ramirez; Enzo Sogal by Maurice Béjart Song of Pedestriansphoto by Julien Benhamou, courtesy Paris Opera Ballet; Ruby Lister by Pam Tanowitz mosaic rulephoto by Erin Baiano, courtesy New York City Ballet; Kyle Sangil as Ihsan Rustem’s Go and research. reunionPhotography by Allina Yang, Courtesy of Whim W’Him; Melisa Guilliams, Photography by Angela Sterling, Courtesy of Pacific Northwest Ballet; Leïla Ka, Photography by Duy-Laurent Tran, Courtesy of Ka; Jasmine Hearn in their Memory Fleet: Return to the Matrixphoto by Jakayla Monay, courtesy of Hearn/DiverseWorks; Genna Moroni, photo by Madelyn Deutch, courtesy of Moroni; Kayla Hamilton, photo by Travis Magee (Travis Magee), courtesy of Hamilton; Gilbert T. Small II, photo by Whitney Browne, courtesy of Gibney Company; Kuwenga in his boulderphoto by Stefan Colson, courtesy of Qwenga; Rachel Lockhart, photo by Jon Taylor, courtesy of Lockhart; Symara Sarai in their blushing cherryPhoto by Whitney Browne, courtesy Sarai; Julia Antinozzi, Photography by Spencer Weidie Photography, Courtesy of Antinozzi; Yoel Vargas, Photography by Farruk , courtesy of Vargas; Brett Fukuda, photo by Agathe Poupeney, courtesy of Rheinland Opera Ballet; Francisco Lemus, photo by Gustavo Barrios, by Trinity Irish Dance Company; Loveland Pryor Loughlan Prior (right) rehearses with Harrison James and Ana Gallardo Lobaina. Photo: Ross Brown, Prior/New Zealand Courtesy of The Royal Ballet; Alvin Ailey’s Isaiah Day Revelationphotographed by Daniel Azoulay, courtesy of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre; Miguel Vincen Lorio as Dana Genshaft Genshaft) AwakeningPhotography by Jennifer Zmuda, courtesy of BalletMet; Dava Huesca, Photography by Alice Chacon, courtesy of Huesca; Jainil Mehta, Photography by Anusha, Courtesy of Mehta; Mayfield Myers in George Balanchine nutcrackerphoto by Alexander Iziliaev, courtesy of Philadelphia Ballet