Gibney Company, led by Artistic Director Gina Gibney and Company Director Gilbert T. Small II, commissions and performs works by renowned and emerging choreographers from New York and around the world who are committed to exploring connections between the rigorous, often superhuman physicality of contemporary dance alongside responsive, humanistic storytelling. Presenting a broad range of aesthetics and techniques, Gibney Company has an unrelenting focus on artistic excellence and social integrity.
Since its expansion in 2020, the Company has commissioned works from a wide range of choreographers including Rena Butler, Lucinda Childs, Peter Chu, William Forsythe, Emilie Leriche, Mthuthuzeli November, Alan Lucien Øyen, Gustavo Ramirez Sansano, Jermaine Spivey and Spenser Theberge, Sonya Tayeh, and Yue Yin, and performed works by Sharon Eyal, Johan Inger, Ohad Naharin and Twyla Tharp. Performances at prestigious festivals and venues include New York City Center’s Fall for Dance Festival, Fall for Dance North, Dance Victoria, Holland Dance Festival, Jacob’s Pillow, Global Arts Live, The Joyce Theater, Festival des arts de Saint-Sauveur, DANCECleveland, TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND, among many others.
Gibney Company’s model for a 21st-century dance company supports sustainable careers for dancers and healthy working relationships for artists and collaborators. The company members, known as Artistic Associates, advance the quality of the organization’s artistry through performance and deepen its community engagement through Moving Toward Justice Fellowships designed to address social issues and inequities in the dance field. Gibney received a 2025 Bessie Award for Outstanding Service to the Field of Dance.