ZviDance performed last year at the LMCC program Siteliines and will be at Celebrate Brooklyn! this summer
Some of New York’s most exciting dance companies will be presenting free performances this summer at such annual festivals as Celebrate Brooklyn!, SummerStage, CityParks Dance, River to River, and other special events. Among the companies scheduled to participate are Laura Peterson Choreography, Abakuá Afro-Latin Dance Company, Alice Farley Dance Theater, Armitage Gone! Dance, Deganit Shemy and Company, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Paul Taylor II, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Lucinda Childs, and many more to be announced.
Saturday, June 5 Red Hook Fest – Back to Front: La Excelencia, Joseph Webb & Beautiful Fire, decadancetheatre, Cora Dance, M.U.G.A.B.E.E., and more, Louis J. Valentino Jr. Park and pier, 11:00 am – 7:00 pm
Saturday, June 5 Pathmark MultiCultural Festival: Casym Steel Drums, Sunrise Chinese Dancers, Niall O’Leary Irish Step Dancers, Samba Novo, and Zon del Barrio, South Street Seaport Pier 17, 12 noon – 4:00
Saturday, June 12
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Sunday, June 13 Square One: i actually love this, rooftop dance, Hand & Foot at Available Space, 260 Butler St. between Nevins & Bond Sts., 7:30 & 9:30
Tuesday, June 22
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Friday, June 25 River to River — LMCC Sitelines: Laura Peterson Choreography: Everyone, the Elevated Acre, 12:30
Saturday, June 26 CityParks Dance: Abakuá Afro-Latin Dance Company and Areytos Performance Works, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00
Thursday, July 1 Celebrate Brooklyn!: Zoom: ZviDance, Son Lux with Lottdance, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00
Wednesday, July 7
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Thursday, July 8 River to River — LMCC Sitelines: Yoshiko Chuma: A-C-E ONE, LentSpace, Canal and Varick Streets, 5:30 and 7:30
Thursday, July 8 River to River: Alice Farley Dance Theater, HellGate Love Letter, World Financial Center Plaza, 12:30
Thursday, July 8 Celebrate Brooklyn!: Itutu: Armitage Gone! Dance featuring Burkina Electric, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00
Friday, July 9 River to River: Alice Farley Dance Theater, HellGate Love Letter, One NY Plaza, 12:30
Friday, July 9 Passport Fridays: South Africa (World Cup Edition), with dance by S.A.G.A., live music by Tuelo Minah, and screening of STREETBALL (Demetrius Wren, 2010), Queens Museum, 6:30
Saturday, July 10 River to River: Rochester City Ballet, Michael Schimmel Center for the Arts, 2:00
Sunday, July 11 MoonDance: David Berger Jazz Festival, Hudson River Park Pier 54, dance lessons 6:30, concert 7:00
Monday, July 12
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Thursday, July 15 River to River — LMCC Sitelines: Deganit Shemy and Company: 2 kilos of sea, John St. United Methodist Church, 44 John St., 12:30
Friday, July 16 CityParks Dance: Seewe African Dance Company and BalAfroHop, Queensbridge Park, 8:00
Friday, July 16
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Saturday, August 14 River to River: Paul–André Fortier: Solo 30×30, One New York Plaza, 12 noon
Friday, July 16 Passport Fridays: Colombia & Ecuador, with dance by Estampas Negras, live music by GeoPro and ACES and Diego Obregon & Grupo Chonta, and screenings of WE PAINT HOUSES, WITH PAINT! (Celectivo El Deposito & Juan Zabala, 2008), THE HOUSE OF THE STIFF CAT (Nancy Burneo Salazar, 2009), and FREKUENCIA KOLOMBIA (Vanessa Goksch, 2009), Queens Museum, 6:30
Saturday, July 17 CityParks Dance: THE DANCE OF LIGHT, choreographed by Vernard J. Gilmore and Abdur-Rahim Jackson, Queensbridge Park, 7:00
Sunday, July 18 MoonDance: Los Hermanos Colon, Hudson River Park Pier 54, dance lessons 6:30, concert 7:00
Sunday, July 25 MoonDance: Nu D’Lux, Hudson River Park Pier 54, dance lessons 6:30, concert 7:00
Thursday, July 29 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Ansanm (In Love We Stand), Emeline Michel, Beethova Obas, BélO, Zili Misik, and Peniel Guerrier in collaboration with the Mikerline Dance Company Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30
Friday, July 23 Passport Fridays: South Korea, with dance byVongKu’s Traditional Korean Drum & dance Troupe, live music by the Blue & White, and screening of CASTAWAY ON THE MOON (Lee Hae-jun, 2009), Queens Museum, 6:30
Friday, July 23
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Saturday, July 24 SummerStage: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Rumsey Playfield, 8:00
Friday, July 30 CityParks Dance: Creative Outlet Dance Theater, Kyle Abraham and Abraham.in.Motion, Jackie Robinson Park, 7:00
Friday, July 30 Passport Fridays: Taiwan, with dance by Sun Son Theater, live music by the Formosa Chamber Music Society, and screening of ORZBOYZ! (Ya-che Yang, 2008), Queens Museum, 6:30
Friday, July 30 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Nona Hendryx, Nicholas Leichter Dance with Monstah Black: THE WHIZ: Over the Rainbow, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30
Saturday, July 31 CityParks Dance: Earl Mosely’s Institute of Dance, Motion Theater Lab, Jackie Robinson Park, 7:00
Saturday, July 31
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Sunday, August 1 River to River — LMCC Sitelines: Phil Soltanoff: SIT, STAND, WALK, LIE DOWN…, Governors Island, 3:30
Sunday, August 1 MoonDance: Hector Del Curto’s Eternal Tango Orchestra, Hudson River Park Pier 54, dance lessons 6:30, concert 7:00
Monday, August 2
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Thursday, August 5 River to River — LMCC Sitelines: Christopher Williams: The Voyage of Garbhglas (excerpt), Irish Hunger Memorial, Battery Park, 12:30
Thursday, August 5 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Paul Taylor Dance Company: 80th Birthday Celebration, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 8:00
Friday, August 6 Target Passport Fridays: Middle East, with dance by Sramzi El-Edlibi Dabke Dance Group, live music by Salaam Middle Eastern Music Ensemble, and screening of AMREEKA (Cherien Debis), Queens Museum, 6:30
Sunday, August 8 MoonDance: George Gee Swing Orchestra, Hudson River Park Pier 54, dance lessons 6:30, concert 7:00
Monday, August 9
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Thursday, August 12 River to River — LMCC Sitelines: LoVid: Trichrome Navigation, location to be announced, 12:30
Tuesday, August 11 SummerStage: Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Dancin’ Downtown Contest Winners, Rumsey Playfield, 8:00
Thursday, August 12 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Chinese American Arts Council: Lion Dance, Josie Robertson Plaza, 7:00
Friday, August 13 Passport Fridays: Brazil, with dance by Carioca Capoeira, live music by Quenia Ribeiro, and screening of THE MAN WHO BOTTLED THE CROWDS (Liro Ferreira, 2000), Queens Museum, 6:30
Friday, August 13 CityParks Dance: Paul Taylor II and Naganuma Dance, East River Park, 7:00
Saturday, August 14 CityParks Dance: Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Wideman, Davis Dance, East River Park, 7:00
Saturday, August 14 Complexions Contemporary Ballet + Wideman/Davis Dance, East River Park, 7:00
Sunday, August 15 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Lucinda Childs: Dance, Brian Brooks Moving Company: Motor, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00