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
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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 GroveMARCH 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!
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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.
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