Stephen Petronio is widely regarded as one of the leading dance makers of his generation.  Acclaimed by audiences and critics alike, Stephen Petronio Company has performed in 26 countries throughout the world as well as presented over 35 New York City engagements. New music, visual art and fashion collide in Petronio’s dances producing powerfully modern landscapes for the senses. Petronio has built a body of work with some of the most talented and provocative artists in the world including composers Fischerspooner, Rufus Wainwright, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, James Lavelle, Michael Nyman, Sheila Chandra, Diamanda Galás, Andy Teirstein, Wire, Peter Gordon, Lenny Pickett and David Linton; visual artists Cindy Sherman, Anish Kapoor, Donald Baechler, Stephen Hannock, Tal Yarden, Arnaldo Ferrara, and Justin Terzi III; fashion designers Benjamin Cho, Michael Angel, Tony Cohen, Rachel Roy, Tara Subkoff /Imitation of Christ, Tanya Sarne/Ghost, Leigh Bowery, Paul Compitus, Manolo, Yonson Pak and H. Petal; and Resident Lighting Designer Ken Tabachnick.

Founded in 1984, Stephen Petronio Company has been commissioned by Dance Umbrella Festival/London, Hebbel Theater/Berlin, Internationales TanzFestival NRW/Germany, Theater Scene National de Sceaux/France, Festival d’Automne a Paris, CNDC Angers/France, Het Muziektheater/Amsterdam, The Holland Festival, Festival International Montpellier-Danse, Danceworks UK Ltd, International Cannes Danse Festival, and in the United States by San Francisco Performances, The Joyce Theater, UCSB Arts & Lectures, Spirit Square Center for the Arts, Wexner Center for the Arts, Walker Art Center, White Bird, and Carver Community Cultural Center. 

The Company recently completed their largest US tour to date including return engagements to San Francisco Performances, UCLA Live!, New Art New Mexico and UC Santa Barbara as well as returns to Alverno College, UMASS, World Music/Crash Arts, Walker Art Center and UC Santa Cruz. The Company also presented engagements at University Musical Society, Ann Arbor; John Michael Kohler Center, Sheboygan; The Egg, Albany; Seattle Theatre Group; White Bird in Portland, Oregon and Cornell University, Ithaca.  Overseas touring has included performances at Dance Umbrella (London, England), Belfast Festival at Queen’s (Belfast, N. Ireland), Biennale de Val du Marne (Villejuif, France), Galway Arts Festival (Galway, Ireland) and Bolzano Teatro Comunale, (Bolzano, Italy). 

 In the past year, Stephen created new works for Scottish Ballet, Washington Ballet and Norrdans (Sweden). Company repertory has been recently set on Ballet Lorraine, Ballet National de Marseille, Diversions Dance Company of Wales, London Contemporary Dance School and Dance Works Rotterdam. In the coming months the Company will appear at Queerupnorth Festival (Manchester, England), The Venice Biennale (Venice, Italy), and Queen Elizabeth Hall (London, England) followed by a five week tour in the United Kingdom. 

Stephen Petronio Company is currently planning their 25th Anniversary season with an expansion of the Company and the creation of a full evening-length work, I Drink the Air Before Me, in collaboration with composer Nico Muhly.