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BATTERY DANCE FESTIVAL 2016

sead company bodhi project will be making its U.S. debut at thirty-fifth annual free Battery Dance Festival (photo by Bernhard Müller)

Salzburg’s SEAD Company Bodhi Project will be making its U.S. debut at thirty-fifth annual free Battery Dance Festival (photo by Bernhard Müller)

Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park, Battery Park City
20 Battery Pl.
August 14-20, free
batterydance.org

The thirty-fifth annual Battery Dance Festival takes place August 14 to 20, featuring more than thirty companies from around the world. Formerly known as the Downtown Dance Festival, the event is hosted by the New York City-based Battery Dance, which was founded by artistic director Jonathan Hollander in 1976. The festival will begin with a tribute to Iraqi dancer Adel Euro, who had been training with Battery Dance online before being killed in the July 3 suicide bombing in Karrada that took more than three hundred innocent lives; three of his Iraqi colleagues, refugees in America, will perform in his honor. Sunday’s lineup also includes Florida Dance Theatre, Joshua Beamish/Move: The Company, Razvan Stoian, XAOC Contemporary Ballet, and the U.S. debut of Zeynep Tanbay Dance Project from Istanbul. On Monday, the “Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance” consists of Avijit Das, Battery Dance, Carolina Prada, Pt. Krishan Mohan Mishra, Surabhi Bharadwaj, Sooraj Subramaniam, and Sumeet Nagdev Dance Arts. Tuesday brings together De Funes Dance, Jennifer Muller / The Works, Kilowatt Dance Theater, Shawnbibledanceco, and Zeynep Tanbay Dance Project. Wednesday features FJK Dance, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, Obika Dance Projects, Steps Repertory Ensemble, and Te Ao Mana. On August 18, taking the stage will be DoubleTake Dance, the Martha Graham School, Maxine Steinman & Dancers, Robin Aren/TRAC, SEAD Company Bodhi Project from Salzburg making its U.S. debut, and Y + Y Dance. Friday comprises Amy Marshall Dance Company, Ballet Inc., Battery Dance, Buglisi Dance Theatre, Lori Belilove & the Isadora Duncan Dance Company, Thomas/Ortiz Dance, and Trainor Dance. The festival concludes indoors on August 20 at the Schimmel Center at Pace University with performances by Battery Dance, SEAD Comapany Bodhi Project, and Unnath H.R., along with a reception. In addition, there will be free workshops at 10:30 am on August 15 with Zeynep Tanbay Dance Project, August 16 with Razvan Stoian, August 18 with Battery Dance, and August 19 with SEAD Company Bodhi Project; advance RSVP is needed here.

FREE SUMMER DANCE 2014

Trisha Brown’s “I’m going to toss my arms — if you catch them they’re yours” will be performed June 25-26 as part of the River to River tribute to the legendary company (© Laurent Phillipe)

Trisha Brown’s “I’m going to toss my arms — if you catch them they’re yours” will be performed June 25-26 as part of summer-long River to River tribute to the celebrated choreography (© Laurent Phillipe)

The highlight of this summer’s free dance programs is River to River’s tribute to Trisha Brown, including an exhibition, a conversation and Q&A, an open rehearsal, and live performances, taking place on Governors Island and other locations. Among the other festivals featuring dance are Lincoln Center Out of Doors, SummerStage, Hudson River Park’s Moondance, and Celebrate Brooklyn! Keep watching this space for updates as more events are announced.

Saturday, May 24
River to River Festival: Open Studio with Tere O’Connor, LMCC Arts Center at Governors Island, 2:00

Sunday, May 25
River to River Festival: Open Studio with Joanna Kotze, LMCC Arts Center at Governors Island, 3:00

Saturday, June 7
Red Hook Fest, with the Dance Cartel, Dendê and Band, Gallim Dance, Godsell Dance Collective, and Underground System, Louis J. Valentino Jr. Park & Pier, 12 noon – 7:00

Friday, June 13
Bryant Park Presents Modern Dance: Elisa Monte Dance, Buglisi Dance Theatre, Jennifer Muller/The Works, Bryant Park Stage, 6:00

Friday, June 20
Bryant Park Presents Modern Dance: Stephen Petronio Dance, NØA Dance, UnderOneDances, the Dash Ensemble, Bryant Park Stage, 6:00

SummerStage Presents Jason Samuels Smith, All Levels Open Dance Master Class with Jamal Jackson at 7:00, performance by tap-dancer Jason Samuels Smith and composer Owen “Fiidla” Brown at 8:00, Herbert Von King Park

Friday, June 20
through
Sunday, June 29
River to River Festival — Trisha Brown Dance Company: “Embodied Practice and Site Specifity,” exhibition, LMCC Arts Center at Governors Island

Friday, June 20
and
Sunday, June 22
River to River Festival — Eiko: Two Women, duet with Tomoe Aihara, LMCC Arts Center at Governors Island, 2:00

Friday, June 20, 3:00
and
Saturday, June 21, 1:00 & 3:00
River to River Festival — Vanessa Anspaugh: What Was Wasn’t Here, performed by Vanessa Anspaugh, Addys Gonzalez, and Bessie McDonough-Thayer, LMCC Arts Center at Governors Island

Saturday, June 21
SummerStage Presents ChoreoQuest: All Levels Open Dance Master Class with Jamel Gaines at 7:00, performance by ChoreoQuest at 8:00, Herbert Von King Park

Saturday, June 21
River to River Festival Living Room — Ephrat Asherie & Hector Arce-Espasas: Everyday I’m Hustlin’, VBar, South Street Seaport, 9:00

Sunday, June 22
River to River Festival — In Conversation: Susan Rosenberg on Trisha Brown, LMCC Arts Center at Governors Island, 4:30

Sunday, June 22, 7:00 & 8:00
and
Tuesday, June 24, 7:30
River to River Festival — enrico d wey: where we are right now, Pier 15, South Street Seaport

Monday, June 23
through
Wednesday, June 25
River to River Festival — untitled site-specific duet choreographed by Tere O’Connor, performed by Michael Ingle and Silas Riener, Elevated Acre, 1:00

Tuesday, June 24, 3:00
and
Wednesday, June 25, 3:00 & 5:00
River to River Festival — Souleymane Badolo: , of history (Virgule de l’histoire), John Street Church Courtyard

Wednesday, June 25
River to River Festival — Trisha Brown Dance Company: I’m going to toss my arms — if you catch them they’re yours, open rehearsal, Pier 15, South Street Seaport, 7:00

Wednesday, June 25, 2:45
and
Thursday, June 26, 1:45 & 3:45
River to River Festival — Reggie Wilson: …Moses(es), St. Cornelius Chapel, Governors Island

Thursday, June 26
River to River Festival — Trisha Brown Dance Company: I’m going to toss my arms — if you catch them they’re yours, performance, Pier 15, South Street Seaport, 4:00

Thursday, June 26, 5:00
Saturday, June 27, 1:00
and
Sunday, June 28, 1:00
River to River Festival — The Set Up: I Nyoman Catra by Wally Cardona & Jennifer Lacey, 120 Wall St.

Maria Hassabis PREMIERE will move outside to Bowling Green

Maria Hassabi’s mesmerizing PREMIERE will move outside to Bowling Green

Friday, June 27
Bryant Park Presents Modern Dance: Take Dance, Steps Ensemble, BodyStories: Teresa Fellion Dance, Bryant Park Stage, 6:00

River to River Festival — In Conversation: Maria Hassabi, Paolo Javier & Kaneza Schall, Poets House, 7:00

Friday, June 27, 3:00
and
Saturday, June 28, 3:00 & 5:00
River to River Festival — Maria Hassabi: Premiere, Bowling Green

Saturday, June 28
and
Sunday, June 29
River to River Festival — Bronx Gothic: The Oval, Open Studios with LMCC artist in residence Okwui Okpokwasili, LMCC Arts Center at Governors Island, 3:00

Friday, July 4
Bryant Park Presents Modern Dance: Booking Dance Festival Edinburgh, with Art of Motion, Antara Bhardwaj, Barkin/Selissen Project, Buggé Ballet, Dzul Dance, Michael Mao Dance, Rebecca Stenn, Reed Dance, Synthesis Dance, and Compagnie Christiane Emmanuel, Bryant Park Stage, 6:00

Wednesday, July 2
SummerStage Presents Urban Bush Women, Laurie M. Taylor, and Soul Movement, Central Park, 8:00

Friday, July 11
SummerStage Presents Ballet Hispanico’s BHdos, All Levels Open Dance Master Class at 7:00, performance at 8:00, St. Mary’s Park

Saturday, July 12
SummerStage Presents Urban Bush Women, All Levels Open Dance Master Class at 7:00, performance at 8:00, St. Mary’s Park

Sunday, July 13
Moondance: Swing with David Berger Jazz Orchestra, Pier 84, Hudson River Park, lessons at 6:30, live music at 7:00

Wednesday, July 15
SummerStage Presents Ballet Hispanico and A Palo Seco, Central Park, 8:00

Thursday, July 17
Celebrate Brooklyn! Shen Wei Dance, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Friday, July 18
SummerStage Presents Harambee Dance Company, All Levels Open Dance Master Class at 7:00, performance at 8:00, Queensbridge Park

Sunday, July 20
Moondance: Salsa with Los Hermanos Colon, Pier 84, Hudson River Park, lessons at 6:30, live music at 7:00

Tuesday, July 22
Lincoln Center Out of Doors Brasil Summerfest — screening of Passinho Dance Off: The Movie, David Rubenstein Atrium, 6:30

Tuesday, July 22
Lincoln Center Out of Doors Brasil Summerfest — Behind the Groove: Welcome Party for A Batalha do Passinho, with DJ KS*360, David Rubenstein Atrium, 8:00

Thursday, July 24
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Rennie Harris Puremovement (Get it, Church, Spirit Migrations, Students of the Asphalt Jungle) and A Batalha do Passinho, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Pam Tanowitz’s PASSAGEN is part of Lincoln Center dance program (photo by Yi-Chun Wu)

Pam Tanowitz’s PASSAGEN is part of Lincoln Center dance program on June 25 (photo by Yi-Chun Wu)

Friday, July 25
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Pam Tanowitz Dance (PASSAGEN featuring violinist Pauline Kim Harris, excerpt from The Spectators featuring FLUX Quartet) and eighth blackbird (Erase by Andy Akiho, Murder Ballades by Bryce Dessner, Counting Duets by Tom Johnson/“Études” by György Ligeti, these broken wings 3 by David Lang), Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, July 26
Lincoln Center Out of Doors — Family Day: Baby Loves Disco — A Family Dance Party, Roslyn and Elliot Jaffe Dr., 11:00 am and 2:00 pm; A Batalha do Passinho Dance Class, Hearst Plaza, 1:00; National Dance Day, Josie Robertson Plaza, 4:00

Sunday, July 27
Moondance: Swing with Vince Giordano & the Nighthawks, Pier 84, Hudson River Park, lessons at 6:30, live music at 7:00

Thursday, July 31
Celebrate Brooklyn! Dance Theatre of Harlem and Leyla McCalla, Prospect Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, August 1
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Paul Taylor Dance Company (Fibers, Aureole, Piazzolla Caldera) and Pablo Ziegler’s New Tango Ensemble, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Saturday, August 2
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Camille A. Brown and Dancers (Mr. TOL E. RAncE) and Stew & the Negro Problem, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

Germaul Barnes of Viewsic Expressions Dance will lead a master class at SummerStage program in East River Park on August 8

Germaul Barnes of Viewsic Expressions Dance will lead a master class at SummerStage program in East River Park on August 8

Sunday, August 3
Moondance: Salsa with Nu D’Lux, Pier 84, Hudson River Park, lessons at 6:30, live music at 7:00

Wednesday, August 6
Uptown Bounce: Summer Nights at 104th & Fifth — Throwback, with DJ D’Marquesina, DJ Grand Master Caz, breakdancers the NBS Crew, video projections and sidewalk art by the Murcielagos Fumando Collective, and discussion with Perla de Leon, 6:00

SummerStage Presents Spectrum Dance Theater and Sidra Bell Dance NY, Central Park, 8:00

Thursday, August 7
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Ragamala Dance with Rudresh Mahanthappa (Song of the Jasmine), Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers (Be/Longing 2), and Chinese American Arts Council Dancers (From Chinatown with Love), Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, August 8
SummerStage Presents Spectrum Dance Theater, All Levels Open Dance Master Class with Germaul Barnes at 7:00, performance at 8:00, East River Park

Saturday, August 9
SummerStage and Valerie Gladstone present Dance Off the Grid, Master Class with Evidence at 7:00, performance at 8:00, East River Park

Sunday, August 10
Moondance: Swing with George Gee Swing Orchestra, Pier 84, Hudson River Park, lessons at 6:30, live music at 7:00

Sunday, August 10
through
Saturday, August 16
Downtown Dance Festival, Battery Park

August 13
Uptown Bounce: Summer Nights at 104th & Fifth — Remix, with DJ D’Marquesina, DJ Grand Master Caz, Kelly Peters and his Generation X Hip Hop Dancers, video projections and sidewalk art by the Murcielagos Fumando Collective, and El Museo founder Raphael Montañez Ortiz in conversation with Chon Noriega, 6:00

Friday, August 15
SummerStage and the Firehouse Present: The Harlem Dance Caravan: Erasing the Boundaries, All Levels Open Dance Master Class with Theresa Lavington at 7:00, performance at 8:00, Marcus Garvey Park

Saturday, August 16
SummerStage and the Firehouse Present: The Harlem Dance Caravan: Erasing the Boundaries, All Levels Open Dance Master Class with Calvin Wiley at 7:00, performance at 8:00, Marcus Garvey Park

DOWNTOWN DANCE FESTIVAL

DOWNTOWN DANCE FESTIVAL
August 11-15, Battery Park, free, 12 noon or 1:00
The Dance WE Made: August 9, 10, 12, multiple locations
La Intrusa Danza, August 12-13, multiple locations
www.batterydance.org

Despite undergoing major renovations, Battery Park will once again host the annual Downtown Dance Festival, now in its the thirty-second year. The festivities begin on Sunday, August 11, at 1:00, with performances by the Battery Dance Company, Greece’s Chapter Two, Dancing Earth, Limón Dance Company, SLK Ballet, and France’s Vendetta Methea & Co. Monday at noon features Chapter Two and Dancing Earth, Tuesday at noon Limón Dance Company and Vendetta Mathea & Co., and Wednesday at noon Battery Dance Company, SLK Ballet, England’s the Dance WE Made, and Spain’s La Intrusa Danza. The Dance WE Made, in which dancer and choreographer Tim Casson creates a perpetual work in progress based on moves demonstrated to him by random people on the street, will also be at the South Street Seaport on August 9 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm, Bowling Green on August 10 from 11:00 to 1:00, and City Hall from 3:00 to 5:00. La Intrusa Danza, which consists of Virginia García and Damián Muñoz, will also be at City Hall Plaza on August 12 at 5:00 and 55 Water St. on August 13 at 5:00. The programming concludes in Battery Park on August 15 at noon with the Erasing Borders Festival of Indian Dance, with Rama Vaidyanathan, Rani Khanam, Vijaya Lakshmi, Rahul Acharya, and the Gurukul Dance Company.

FREE SUMMER DANCE 2013

(photo by David Rosenberg)

Stephen Petronio Company will perform the site-specific LIKE LAZARUS DID on June 29 at St. Paul’s Chapel (photo by David Rosenberg)

Saturday, June 1
Red Hook Fest: Brown Rice Family, Gangstagrass, Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Avenida B, Nicholas Leichter Dance, the Hungry March Band, Louis J. Valentino Jr. Park & Pier, 12 noon – 7:00 pm

Sunday, June 2
SummerStage: Harborlore Festival: Dancing the Waters, with Annie Ferdous, Kaina Quenga, and Rita Silva, Kaiser Park, 3:00

Friday, June 14
SummerStage: Jamal Jackson Dance Company, Movement for the Urban Village, all levels open dance master class, Herbert Von King Park, 7:00

Friday, June 14, and Saturday, June 15
Hudson River Dances, with Naomi Goldberg Haas/Dances for a Variable Population, 14th St. Park, 5:00 & 6:30

Thursday, June 27
Celebrate Brooklyn! Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Saturday, June 29
SummerStage Kids: Bronx Family Day with KR3TS Dance Company, the Gizmo Guys, LuckyBob: Variety Performer, Double Dutch Dreamz, and DJ set by Idlemind “the Appropriate Agent,” St. Mary’s Park, 4:00

River to River: Stephen Petronio Company, Like Lazarus Did (LLD 6/29), St. Paul’s Chapel, 7:30

Tuesday, July 2
River to River: luciana achugar with Elastic City, Feeling Is Believing, walk begins at 100 Wall St., advance RSVP required beginning June 1, 7:00

Saturday, July 6, 13, 20
and
Sunday, July 7, 14, 21
4Chambers, Judy Oberfelder Dance Projects, Officers’ House #15, Nolan Park, Governors Island, 11:30 am, 1:00 pm, 2:30, 4:00, 5:30

Advance RSVP is required for luciana achugar's special River to River walking performances

Advance RSVP is required for luciana achugar’s special River to River walking performances

Tuesday, July 9
through
Thursday, July 11
River to River: luciana achugar with Elastic City, Feeling Is Believing, begins at 100 Wall St., 7:00

Friday, July 19
SummerStage: Rennie Harris Collective Inc., Queensbridge Park, 8:00

Saturday, July 20
SummerStage: Dance Iquail!, with live music by Iquail Shaheed, Christopher Ralph, and Amber Perkins, Queensbridge Park, All Levels Open Dance Master Class by Karisma Jay at 7:00, performance at 8:00

Tuesday, July 23
SummerStage: Martha Graham Dance Company with special guest, Dancin’ Downtown at the Joyce contest winner, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 8:00

Wednesday, July 24
SummerStage: Martha Graham Dance Company with special guest, Dancin’ Downtown at the Joyce contest winner, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 8:00

Wednesday, July 24
and
Thursday, July 25
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Kronos at 40, with Mark Dendy Dance & Theater Projects presenting the world premiere of Ritual Cyclical, Hearst Plaza, 6:00

Wednesday, July 31
SummerStage This Is_Hip-Hop: RSC Ghetto Made, by Rock Steady Crew, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, 8:00

Thursday, August 1
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: A Tale of Two Nations, open rehearsal with Maracatu Nação Estrela Brilhante, and Nation Beat, Josie Robertson Plaza, 6:00

Celebrate Brooklyn! Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Pavement by Kyle Abraham & Abraham.in.Motion, and The Living Word Project: Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s Word Becomes Flesh, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, August 2
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: A Tale of Two Nations, with Maracatu Nação Estrela Brilhante, and Nation Beat, and Big Chief Monk Boudreaux & the Golden Eagles, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

Saturday, August 3
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: El Gusto, ZvidDance: Dabke,, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:00

TWIN is one of three pieces Dance Heginbotham will perform at River to River Festival (photo by Julia Cervantes)

TWIN is one of three pieces Dance Heginbotham will perform at Lincoln Center on August 8 (photo by Julia Cervantes)

Thursday, August 8
Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Dance Heginbotham with the Raymond Scott Orchestrette (world premiere of Manhattan Research, plus Twin and throwaway), and Butler, Bernstein & the Hot 9, Damrosch Park Bandshell, 7:30

Friday, August 9
SummerStage: Harlem Dance Caravan, with Forces of Nature Dance Theatre, Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Illstyle & Peace Productions, and OPUS Dance Theatre, Marcus Garvey Park, 8:00, All Levels Open Dance Master Class by Dana McBroom-Manno at 7:00, performances at 8:00

Saturday, August 10
Dance at Socrates: Julia K. Gleich / Gleich Dances, presented by Norte Maar, Socrates Sculpture Park, 3:00

SummerStage: Harlem Dance Caravan, with Forces of Nature Dance Theatre, Camille A. Brown & Dancers, Illstyle & Peace Productions, and OPUS Dance Theatre, Marcus Garvey Park, 8:00, All Levels Open Dance Master Class by Calvin Wiley at 7:00, performances at 8:00

Saturday, August 10
through
Friday, August 16
Downtown Dance Festival, Battery Park Dance Company, Battery Park

Sunday, August 11
SummerStage Harlem Family Day: Illstyle & Peace Productions, Robbi K, DJ set by Stormin’ Norman, “Sweet Billy & The Zooloos,” Marcus Garvey Park, 4:00

Friday, August 16
SummerStage: The Francesca Harper Project, East River Park, All Levels Open Dance Master Class by Cecilia Marta at 7:00, performances at 8:00

Saturday, August 17
Dance at Socrates: Edisa Weeks / Delirious Dances, presented by Norte Maar, Socrates Sculpture Park, 3:00

SummerStage: Speak featuring live music by Marla Mase and Tomás Doncker, book and lyrics by Marla Mase, choreography by Adrienne Hurd, and direction by Sara Berg, East River Park, All Levels Open Dance Master Class by Craig Smith at 7:00, performance at 8:00

Wednesday, August 21
SummerStage International Contemporary Circus Festival: Circus Now! featuring: AcroArts Productions, Frequently Asked Questions, Hybrid Movement Company, hosted by Bindlestiff Family Cirkus, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Saturday, August 24
Dance at Socrates: Takehiro Ueyama / Take Dance, presented by Norte Maar, Socrates Sculpture Park, 3:00

Saturday, August 31
Dance at Socrates: Rachel Cohen / Racoco Productions, presented by Norte Maar, Socrates Sculpture Park, 3:00

DOWNTOWN DANCE FESTIVAL

Saturday, August 11, and Sunday, August 12, Battery Park lawn, 1:00 – 4:00
Monday, August 13, through Friday, August 17, One New York Plaza, Water St. at Whitehall St., 12 noon – 2:00 pm
Saturday, August 18, Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway (enter on Chambers St.), 6:00
Admission: free
www.batterydanceco.com

The thirty-first annual Downtown Dance Festival grooves into Battery Park this weekend, kicking off eight days of free music and movement from around the world, including global fusion dance theater, soul-driven contemporary dance, a teenage group from New York City, an Indian company from Petrozavosk, Russia, and other troupes and disciplines. Sponsored by the Battery Dance Company, the festival gets under way on Saturday afternoon at 1:00 on the Battery Park Lawn with Figures of Flight, the Jamal Jackson Dance Company, Morales Dance, Phoenix Project Dance, Roschman Dance Company, and Singapore’s Sri Warisan Som Said Performing Arts. Sunday includes the host company as well as Buglisi Dance Theatre, Dancewave Company, Exit 12 Dance Company, Kun-Yan Lin/Dancers, Peridance Contemporary Dance Company, and Jamal Jackson and Phoenix. The festival continues Monday through Friday with performances at One New York Plaza, including Vanaver Caravan’s tribute to Woody Guthrie on Thursday and the Erasing Borders of Indian Dance Festival on Friday with Bageshree Vaze, Jaikishore & Mosilikanti, Mayuri Dance Group, Sonali Skandan & Jiva Dance, and the Trinetra Chhau Dance Company. Things conclude on Saturday night at Dance New Amsterdam with Exit 12 and Battery Dance; DNA and Battery Dance Studios will also hold master classes and workshops through August 17.

FREE SUMMER DANCE 2012

Friday, June 22
through
Sunday, June 24 River to River Festival: Le Grand Continental by Sylvain Émard Danse, Pier 16 & 17, South Street Seaport, 7:00

Friday, June 29 SummerStage Dance: Master Class by Limón Dance Company, St. Mary’s Park, 7:00

Saturday, June 30 Washington Square Dances: Naomi Goldberg Haas/Dances for a Variable Population, Garibaldi Plaza, Washington Square Park, 4:00 & 7:00

Saturday, June 30
and
Sunday, July 1 SummerStage Dance: Limón Dance Company with special musical guest Paquito D’Rivera, Central Park, 8:00

Saturday, June 30
through
Tuesday, July 3 River to River Festival: FEELingpleasuresatisfactioncelebrationholyFORM by Luciana Achugar, Staten Island Ferry Terminal, 1:00 or 6:00

Sunday, July 1 River to River Festival: Commentary = Not Thing (In Process) by Juliana F. May, Building 110, Governors Island, advance RSVP recommended, 2:00

Friday, July 6 Passport Fridays: Haiti, with dance by ASE Dance Theatre Collective, music by DJA-Rara, and screening of When the Drum Is Beating (Whitney Dow, 2011), Queens Museum, 6:30

Monday, July 9
through
Thursday, July 12 River to River Festival: Tere O’Connor Dance, untitled new project, Mannahatta Park, Wall St. between Front & South Sts., 2:00

Tuesday, July 10
through
Thursday, July 12 SummerStage Dance: Ill Style & Peace Productions, multiple locations, 10:30 am

Thursday, July 12
through
Saturday, July 14 River to River Festival: The Set Up: Junko Fisher, choreographed by Wally Cardona and Jennifer Lacey, with music by Pete Drungle and danced by Dylan Crossman, 80 Broad St., 4:00

Sunday, July 15 MoonDance: George Gee Swing Orchestra, Hudson River Park Pier 84, dance lessons 6:30, concert 7:00

Friday, July 20 Passport Fridays: Cuba, with dance and music by Oyu Oro and screening of Suite Habana (Fernando Pérez, 2003), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, July 20 SummerStage Dance: Liberation Dance Theater and Jamal Jackson Dance Company, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Saturday, July 21 SummerStage Dance: Malcolm Low Formal Structure and Von Ussar Danceworks, Master Class by Jamel Gaines Creative Outlet Dance Theatre of Brooklyn, Queensbridge Park, 7:00

Sunday, July 22 MoonDance: Los Hermanos Colón, Hudson River Park Pier 84, dance lessons 6:30, concert 7:00

Tuesday, July 24 SummerStage Dance: Uptown Dance Academy, Maria Hernandez Park, 10:30 am

Thursday, July 26 SummerStage Dance: Uptown Dance Academy, Morningside Park, 10:30 am

Friday, July 27 Passport Fridays: Egypt, with dance and music by Egyptian Celebration Company and screening of Microphone (Ahmad Abdalla, 2010), Queens Museum, 6:30

Sunday, July 29 MoonDance: Nu D’Lux, Hudson River Park Pier 84, dance lessons 6:30, concert 7:00

Friday, August 3 Passport Fridays: West Indies, with dance by Something Positive, music by Village Drums of Freedom, and screening of Fire in Babylon (Stevan Riley, 2011), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, August 3 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Phil Kline: “dreamcitynine,” performed by Talujon and friends, Josie Robertson Plaza, Hearst Plaza, Damrrosch Park, 6:30

Friday, August 3 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Chio-Tian Folk Drums and Arts Group, Hearst Plaza, 7:30

Saturday, August 4 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Heidi Latsky Dance: GIMP, Hearst Plaza, 7:30

Sunday, August 5 Lincoln Center Out of Doors: Heritage Sunday: Ayiti Rasanble! Featuring Feet of Rhythm, Kongo featuring Peniel Guerrier, La Troupe Makandal, and Raram, Hearst Plaza, 1:00–6:00

Sunday, August 5 MoonDance: Hector Del Curto’s Eternal Tango, Hudson River Park Pier 84, dance lessons 6:30, concert 7:00

Tuesday, August 7 SummerStage Dance: Abada Capoeira NYC and Edna Limia, Columbus Park, 10:30 am

Thursday, August 9 SummerStage Dance: Abada Capoeira NYC and Edna Limia, Van Cortland Park, 10:30 am

Thursday, August 9 Celebrate Brooklyn! Complexions Contemporary Ballet, Prospect Park Bandshell, 8:00

Friday, August 10 SummerStage Dance: Uptown Dance Academy, Poe Park, 10:30 am

Friday, August 10 Passport Fridays: Taiwan, with dance by Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company, music by Taiwanese Music Ensemble of New York, and screening of Fishing Luck (Wen-chen Tseng, 2005), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, August 10 SummerStage Dance: Camille A. Brown & Dancers and MoralesDance, Master Class by Camille A. Brown, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Saturday, August 11 SummerStage Dance: Kùlú Mèlé African Dance and Drum Ensemble and MBDance, Master Class by Kùlú Mèlé African Dance & Drum Ensemble, Marcus Garvey Park, 7:00

Saturday, August 11
through
Saturday, August 18 Downtown Dance Festival, multiple locations

Sunday, August 12 MoonDance: David Berger Jazz Orchestra, Hudson River Park Pier 84, dance lessons 6:30, concert 7:00

Wednesday, August 15 SummerStage Dance: Koresh Dance Company, BalletX, and Dancin’ Downtown at the Joyce, Central Park, 8:00

Friday, August 17 Passport Fridays: Dominican Republic, with music by Irka & the Women of Fire and Los Calientes and screening of Louis Vargas: Santo Domingo Blues (Alex Wolfe, 2004), Queens Museum, 6:30

Friday, August 17 SummerStage Dance: White Wave Yuong Soon Kim Dance Company, DoubleTake Dance, Master Class by Desmond Richardson from Complexions Contemporary Ballet, East River Park, 7:00

Saturday, August 18 SummerStage Dance: Eleone Dance Theatre, Niles Ford, Urban Dance Collective, Master Class by Calvin Wiley, East River Park, 7:00

Tuesday, August 21 SummerStage Dance: Something Positive, Underwood Park, 10:30 am

Thursday, August 23 SummerStage Dance: Something Positive, Faber Park, 10:30 am

Friday, August 24 Passport Fridays: Puerto Rico, with dance by Bombazo Dance Company, music by Orquesta Rovira, and screening of Cayo (Vicente Juarbe, 2005), Queens Museum, 6:30

DOWNTOWN DANCE FESTIVAL 2011

Saturday, August 13, and Sunday, August 14, Battery Park lawn, 1:00 – 4:00
Monday, August 15, through Friday, August 19, One New York Plaza, Water St. at Whitehall St., 12 noon – 2:00 pm
Saturday, August 20, Dance New Amsterdam, 280 Broadway (enter on Chambers St.), 8:00
Admission: free (advance reservations needed for August 20)
www.batterydanceco.com

One of the longest-running free outdoor dance series in the country, the Downtown Dance Festival is turning thirty this year with another diverse lineup of performers taking over Battery Park and One New York Plaza. Running August 13-20, the festival, which is hosted by the Battery Dance Company, includes presentations by BALAM Dance Theater, Ballets with a Twist, Dancewave, Jamal Jackson Dance Company, Lydia Johnson Dance, and Murray Spalding Mandalas as well as Malaysia’s Sutra Dance Theatre and Poland’s Silesian Dance Theatre. The festival will head indoors August 20 for its grand finale, with Sutra Dance Theatre, led by artistic director Ramil Ibrahim, and Silesian Dance Theatre, under artistic director Jacek Luminski, teaming up at Dance New Amsterdam; although all of the outdoor shows are first come, first served, the indoor grand finale requires advance free tickets available here.