Martha Graham Dance Company Secures Permanent New York Home

The Martha Graham Dance Company, described as the oldest dance troupe in the United States, has acquired a permanent home in New York. The development was reported by The New York Times on September 13, 2026, in its real estate section. The company had long operated without a dedicated performance space in a city where, as the report noted, physical space is especially difficult to obtain. Dance as an art form depends on physical bodies and physical space, and the latter has been a persistent obstacle in New York even for the nation's most established dance organization. The new permanent base ends that search. The Times framed the acquisition around the scarcity of real estate available to performing arts groups in the city, noting that the Martha Graham company had contended with this constraint despite its longevity and historical standing in American modern dance. The report did not specify the address, purchase price, or square footage of the space. The announcement marks a shift for an institution that has spent decades without a fixed venue of its own in New York.