KAREN YOUNG COSTUME
UPCOMING SHOWS
RECENT SHOWS
A.I.M. by KYLE ABRAHAM
April 16-18, 2026, NYU Skirball Center, NYC
CASSETTE VOL.1 by Kyle Abraham
Finally in NYC! Young's colorful retro tracksuits enhance a joyful contemporary dance work set to 1980's pop music by choreographer Abraham.
With lighting, set, and video design by Dan Scully
Stay tuned for more touring of this piece in late 2026!
photo: Christopher Duggan
MARTHA GRAHAM DANCE COMPANY
April 8-12, 2026, City Center Theater, NYC
EN MASSE by choreographer Hope Boykin
A sea of vivid blue costumes created for Boykin's fluid movement set to newly discovered music by Leonard Bernstein
WE THE PEOPLE by Jamar Roberts
Young dresses the company in contemporary denim designs
for Robert's evocative protest piece.
With ongoing touring: https://marthagraham.org/events/
photo: Luis Luque
ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
Touring the U.S. through 2026
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN by Matthew Neenan
A collection of flowing and textured clothing designs in teal and copper help create a poetic world of characters for Neenan's new work for Ailey, with lighting design by Brandon Stirling Baker.
With ongoing touring: https://ailey.org/repertory/difference-between
photo: Jennifer Mitchell
A.I.M. by KYLE ABRAHAM
Jan. 23- 29, 2026
MEDITATION REPRISE
A revival and redesign of a 2018 work by Abraham, with a powerful set design by visual artist Titus Kaphar
Jan. 23- 29, 2026 Hellarau, Dresden & Real Dance, Hanover
May 19, 2026 Pittsburgh, PA
"AN UNTITLED LOVE" Feb. 20-21, 2026 - Holland Dance Festival, The Hague
With ongoing US & European touring:
http://www.abrahaminmotion.org
photo: Klaus Gigga
BALLET X
March 18-22, 2026, Suzanne Roberts Theater, Philadelphia
SQUARES by Matthew Neenan
Dancers dressed in four different color groups create a striking visualization of the patterns of Neenan’s choreography and the changing colors of the Christopher Ash’s set and lighting design. With a new electronic score by Scott Ordway.
photo: Christopher Ash
MALPASO DANCE
February 10 - 15, 2026
YEAR OF THE LEOPARD by Keerati Jinakunwiphat
A group of regal flowing dresses in organic jewel tones reflect the mood and rhythm of the live jazz score of Adam O'Farrill for Jinakunwiphat’s dynamic new work for the Cuban dance company Malpaso.
World premiere - Joyce Theater NYC, February 10 - 15, 2026
photo: Steven Pisano
PEIJU CHIEN-POTT x AI WEI WEI
September 2025
LAMENTATION VARIATION: THE BODY IN CAMOUFLAGE
Choreographed and performed by: Peiju Chien-Pott
Costume and lasercut fabric design: Karen Young and Ura Ruiz
Set and costume concept: Ai Weiwei
Music: Jacobo Baboni-Shilingi
A performance created in response to artist Ai Weiwei's monumental installation "Camouflage" at Four Freedoms State Park, New York City, September 2025.
RICHARD MOVE
Oct. 28 - Nov. 1, 2025, Brooklyn Academy of Music
MARTHA@BAM, THE 1963 INTERVIEW
Here Young draws on her long history with the Martha Graham Dance Company to support Richard Move's highly acclaimed performance as Martha Graham, in this theatrical recreation of a recording of an interview between dance critic Walter Terry and Martha Graham.
photo: Steven Pisano
GIBNEY COMPANY
May 6-11, 2025
THREE DANCES (FOR PREPARED PIANO) JOHN CAGE
by Lucinda Childs
Minimal and elegant costume design created to emphasize the patterns and shapes of Lucinda Childs choreographic response to the John Cage score.
May 6-11, 2025 Joyce Theater, NYC
Fall For Dance Festival 2025, City Center Theater, NYC
photo: Whitney Browne
NEW YORK CITY BALLET
May 16-24, 2025, Lincoln Center, NYC
WHEN WE FELL by Kyle Abraham, stage version
The ballet dancers are dressed in sleek rose gold and copper metallic unitards that enhance the sculptural forms their bodies make in this contemplative work, accompanied by four pianists playing the contemporary score. With lighting and a mirrored set design by Dan Scully.
photo: Erin Baiano
AMERICAN BALLET THEATER
April 24-27, 2025, Lincoln Center, NYC
MERCURIAL SON - new work by Kyle Abraham
The movement and changing colors of the translucent and iridescent costumes designed for this ballet help create an otherworldly place for Abraham’s daring choreographic vision.
With music by Grischa Lichtenberger
April 24-27, 2025 Seoul, South Korea
October 16 - 24, 2024, Lincoln Center, NYC
photo: Emma Zordan
DEAR LORD MAKE ME BEAUTIFUL
December 3-15, 2024, Park Avenue Armory, NYC
Direction and choreography: Kyle Abraham
Music: yMusic
Visual design: Cao Yuxi (James)
Lighting design: Dan Scully
Textured, printed, and transparent clothing created to interact with and echo the epic video set design of Cao Yuxi for this organic and emotional work by Abraham.
photo: Stephanie Berger, Courtesy of Park Avenue Armory
