TAKE Dance is a New York City-based contemporary dance company founded in 2005 by Artistic Director Takehiro Ueyama. Known for athletic physicality, musicality, and distinctive sensitivity, the company creates contemporary work that brings powerful movement together with expressive artistry.

TAKE Dance has performed at venues and festivals including The Kennedy Center, The Joyce Theater, Jacob’s Pillow Dance Festival, Vail Dance Festival, Central Park SummerStage, PS/21 Chatham, and the National Cherry Blossom Festival. Ueyama’s choreography has been commissioned and performed by companies and institutions including BalletX, Newport Contemporary Ballet, The Juilliard School, and The Ailey School.

Ueyama received the S&R Foundation’s Washington Award in 2010, the 2015 Jadin Wong Award for Emerging Asian American Choreographer, a 2022 NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellowship, and the 2025 Gross Family Prize for his choreography Heroes.

At the 2026 Sharon Springs Dance Festival, company dancers Corinna Lee Nicholson and Kristen Bell lead community classes, and TAKE Dance performs at 7 p.m.