A free (donation based) interactive multi-stage dance festival online! Our very own Laci Chisholm will be teaching at 1:15pm!
Dance Parade is pleased to invite dancers and dance lovers to join our 15th Annual Dance Parade and Festival online Saturday May 22nd from 1 to 4pm New York Time! The event will be a global, interactive event using thousands of Zoom cameras on performance, teaching and party stages.
This past year has been really hard on all of us, including the tens of thousands of dancers we serve. As a service to the community, we've put together a dynamic event with lots of content so that there's something for everyone! This year we celebrate the theme “Dance Brings Us Together” with dancers from around the world.
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony: Kicking off the family-friendly event, is a ceremony officiated by Emcee Jungle to pay homage to healthcare workers and to introduce dance celebrity Grand Marshals: Lisa Lisa, H.T. Chen, Dian Dong and Virginia Johnson cut the ribbon, unleashing everything from ballet to breakdance, tango to tap and Japanese to Scottish!
Three concurrent stages allow you to join the global dance community to celebrate all things dance:
Home Stage: Latina Pop Music Legend Lisa Lisa opens the Parade Grandstand with a live appearance and medley of her life-long work. Join this participatory stage by showing off your dance moves! our scouts go through 1,000 cameras and spotlight those with great energy, costumes and artistry. Get your freak on and dance out to DJ Ali Coleman, participate in akids dance, tutu jam, cultural spotlight, witness the "Dance Police Lockdown," and take part in Jester of the Peace (Barbara Ann Michaels') “I Dance Like You!” showcase. Join a dance battle by busting out your best moves or vote for your favorite as contestants from the world vye for cash prizes. See the winners of the Dare to Dance Video contest that challenged choreographers to connect to their dancers remotely during this period of isolation and social distancing. Thanks to Nancy Steele of STEELE DANCE, three winners will receive cash prizes will have a portion of their video premiered..
Grandstand: Emcee Jamila Holman introduces a range of performances in over 20 styles of dance. Relive the actual Dance Parade in New York City and hear interviews by Artistic Directors to get an inside glimpse of the stories behind dozens of diverse movement cultures...Samba, Hip-Hop, Chinese, African, Bolivian, Mexican and so many more. There's something for everyone! premiered. .
Teaching Stages A & B: Take a dance lesson from Dance Parade's best teachers!Learn BodyMind Movement, Salsa, Breakdancing, African, Hip-Hop, Indonesian, LitFit, Latin Boogaloo, Bollywood, and more! Ask our teaching artists whatever question you like, either live on camera or in the chat!
Teaching Stage A with Emcee Janelle
1:15 pm: Fit4Dance- LitFit (with Laci Chisholm)
1:45 pm: Let's Get Moving! Contemporary & Improv (with Teresa Fellion)
2:15 pm: The Boogaloo Project- Latin Boogaloo (with Amanda Cardona)
2:45 pm: Moksha Arts- Bollywood & Bhangra (with Punchali Kumar)
3:15 pm: Fusha Dance Company- Dance & Rhythms From Around The World (with Funmilayo Chesney)
Teaching Stage B with Emcee Carlye
1:15 pm: *Kids Breaking League- Breakdancing (with Kid Glyde)
1:45 pm: *Saung Budaya- Indonesian Dance (with Amalia Suryani)
2:15 pm: BodyMind Dancing- Somatic Movement (with Tom Sullivan)
2:45 pm: *Mazarte Dance Company- Mexican Folk Dance
3:00 pm: *Reaction Dance Company NYC / PS112Q Dutch Kills School
3:15 pm: *Fusha Dance Company / PS114X Luis Llorens Torres School
3:20 pm: *10tecomai- Japanese Yosakoi Dance
3:25 pm: *Marlon Mills / IS347 School of Humanities / Ft Hamilton Senior Center - Salsa
3:30 pm: The Joy of Salsa (with Marlon Mills)
*Performance
We hope you enjoy!
Register online: https://danceparade.org/register/