MADE BY WOMEN 2026

Dual Rivet is excited to announce our 6th annual MADE BY WOMEN Festival, highlighting women* choreographers & filmmakers. This festival advocates and celebrates inclusion by connecting underrepresented creators with networking, resources, and an opportunity to present their work amongst the NYC community with the goal of impacting meaningful change in the industry. Through this festival the company is dedicated to advancing the careers of cis, trans, and gender expansive women creators in dance, dance theater, and movement on film.

This 3-day festival includes 4 nights of LIVE PERFORMANCES, a 6-hour movement WORKSHOP and a new experiential FILM NIGHT followed by a CLOSING PARTY! This years festival will take place March 12-14, 2026 at Arts On Site NYC.

** The directors of MADE BY WOMEN understand that gender and womanhood- to be specific- is an expansive expression that surpasses binaries. Trans, queer, BIPOC, and gender expansive women are highly encouraged to apply. **


TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW!! 

JOIN US FOR ALL 3 NIGHTS!!

MADE BY WOMEN
2026 Events

  • LIVE PERFORMANCES

    MARCH 12 & 13 | 6:30PM & 8:30PM

    Dual Rivet is excited to host their 6th annual MADE BY WOMEN Festival highlighting women choreographers, filmmakers, and creators. The 3-day festival includes FILM NIGHT, 4 LIVE PERFORMANCES, and a WORKSHOP! 6 Festival Choreographers will be selected for the LIVE PERFORMANCES.

    2026 CHOREOGRAPHERS

    MARCH 12 - PROGRAM A
    Evelyn Tejeda
    Ally Ng
    Hannah Grove

    MARCH 13 - PROGRAM B
    Nia Davis
    Shoshana Sklar
    Heather Dutton | Middle Child Dance Theatre

  • FILM EXPERIENCE (New!)

    MARCH 14 | Doors open at 7PM

    This year features a new experiential FILM NIGHT (7pm doors - Ticketed), where audiences move through multiple transformed rooms, inspired by the selected films, through color, texture, environment, and feeling. We will wrap the night and the entire festival weekend with a celebratory CLOSING PARTY (8:30pm - FREE)!

    2026 FILMMAKERS

    Noelle Kayser x Open Space Dance
    Ashtar Muallem
    Eva Julliere
    Hannah Straney
    Francesca Arri

  • SPRING WORKSHOP

    MARCH 14 | 10AM - 5PM

    MADE BY WOMEN is excited to host this high intensity, 7-hour workshop in honor of our Festivals 5th year! The workshop will dive deep into floorwork, partnering, movement exploration and theatrical exploration/character development at the Joyce Studios. Dual Rivet is excited to bring on guest teachers Chantelle Good & Ingrid Kapteyn for this year’s workshop!

  • FESTIVAL PASS

    Consider a FESTIVAL PASS! Join us for ALL THREE NIGHTS of Dual Rivet’s 6th Annual MADE BY WOMEN Festival, celebrating women* choreographers and filmmakers from all around the globe at Arts On Site, for only $65 ($90 value)

    The FESTIVAL PASS includes access to 1 ticket per day (for your selected performance time)

    - March 12 (6:30pm or 8:30pm)
    - March 13 (6:30pm or 8:30pm)
    - March 14 (7pm doors)

  • CLOSING PARTY (Free!)

    MARCH 14 | 8:30PM

    JOIN US in celebrating the 2026 MADE BY WOMEN Festival Artists and the closing of our 2026 Festival weekend! The incredible DJ FLWRSHRK will lead us into a party with donation based drinks, incredible giveaways, and a celebration of women in the arts.

-Meet the 2026 Curators-

ANYA
CLARKE-VERDERY

MITSUKO
CLARKE-VERDERY

KE’RON WILSON

MONICA NYENKAN

LAUREN FLACK

JOY-MARIE THOMPSON


-Meet the 2026 Producers-

JESSICA SMITH

CHELSEA AINSWORTH

JESSICA SMITH

CHELSEA AINSWORTH

MONICA NYENKAN

LAUREN FLACK

CHING-I CHANG

Donate

Donate

Help support MADE BY WOMEN and the incredible artists involved in this festival by donating to our Sponsor Program!
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Dual Rivet is asking that you and/or your business consider becoming a part of Dual Rivet’s mission to uplift women, gender-expansive individuals and underrepresented creators in the arts. As a Sponsor, you will be listed in our program and recognized during the night of the festival in the pre show introductions/projections for the night. The more you give, the more you get - with the potential of receiving ample marketing, MADE BY WOMEN swag and free tickets to the shows.

Support levels start at $10 and go to $1,500.

Regardless of your support level, we would be so grateful and honored to have you be a part of this amazing community as a Sponsor. 

Donate!

Dual Rivet is  fiscally sponsored through Arts On Site, a non-profit, tax-exempt, 501(c)(3) organization serving the performing arts community. Your generous donations will be considered as tax deductible.  Thank you for your support.

PAST PARTICIPANTS

We want to give a huge thank you to our past participants!
This festival would be nowhere without you! We love you!


  2021 Choreographers  

Chelsea Hecht
Wild(flwr)
Grace Tong
Banae Beamon
Annie Rigney
Claire Deane

  2022 Choreographers  

Rachel Lockhart
Courtney Conovan
DoubleTake Dance
Joelle Santiago
Larissa Leung
Mayu Nakaya

    2023 Filmmakers    

Hannah Weinmaster
Rachel Harris
The Coronation / Kelsey Burns
McKay House and Utam Moses
Irina Khokhlova
Rizoma Laboratorio Escénico

  2023 Choreographers  

Olga Rabetskaya / OR Dance Projects
Khala Brannigan
Dorchel Haqq
Majella Bess, Laja Field & Jessie Lee Thorn
Ashley Pierre-Louis
Ke'Ron Wilson

  2024 Choreographers  

Priscilla Tom
Jeevika Bhat
Graciela Portillo
Sydney Burtis
Starla Edwards & Rachel Lockhart
Kanami Kusajima

    2024 Filmmakers    

Marta Chierego
Jessie Lee Thorne
Ankita Sharma
Lilit Hakobyan
Morgan Gregory
Ali Kenner Brodsky

  2025 Choreographers  

Sydney Burtis
Jeevika Bhat
Rachel Lockhart & Starla Edwards

2025 HONOREE:
Stefanie Batten Bland