2019 Battery Dance Festival

Battery Dance presents the 38th Annual Battery Dance Festival

in association with

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The Battery Dance Festival is New York City’s longest-running free public dance festival. Each year, the Festival draws a combined audience of over 12,000 people.

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Michelle Tabnick Public Relations
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Free Outdoor Performances

August 11 to 16, 2019

7:00 – 9:00pm

Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park – Battery Park City

Indoor Closing Event + VIP Reception

August 17, 2019

6:00 – 8:00pm

The Schimmel Center

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All Workshops Take Place at Battery Dance Studios – 380 Broadway, 5th Fl.

August 11 – 10:30AM -12PM – Laboration Art Company | France

August 12 – 10:30AM – 12PM – Battery Dance | USA

August 13 – 10:30AM – 12PM – Mezopotamya Dans | Turkey

August 14 – 10:30AM – 12PM – Emma Evelein Dance | Netherlands

August 15 – 10:30AM – 12PM – SEAD Bodhi Project | Austria

August 16 – 10:30AM – 12PM – Manipuri Dance | India

August 17 – 10:30AM – 12PM – B~E | Lithuania

August 17 – 1:30pm – 3PM – Reul Rogers | Curacao

Reserve Your Spot

limited space available

Local Companies

Annalee Traylor

Ashlé Dawson – Breaking Conformity Productions

Ballet Boy Productions

Ballet Nepantla

Battery Dance

Buglisi Dance Theatre

Chloe London Dance

Dancers Seeking Refuge – Hussein Smko [World Premiere]

Janice Rosario & Company

Jon Ole Olstad

Keerati Jinakunwiphat // DIVE

konverjdans

Mari Meade Dance Collective / MMDC

MATHETA Dance

Music from the Sole

NVA & Guests

Pony Box Dance Theatre

The Vanaver Caravan

VIVO Ballet

Water Street Dance Milwaukee | Wisconsin

YYDC

Photo Credit: Whitney Browne of YYDC

Day of Indian Dance

Darshana Jhaveri Dancers & Drummers of Manipur – India
Darshana Jhaveri
Sinam Basu Singh
Surbala Devi Bachaspatimayum
Monika Devi Kongengbam
Brojen Kumar Singha Thingom
Angousana Singh Oinam
Premkumar Singh Lourembam
Sanjib Bhattacharya
Rajika Puri, Sutradhar (Narrator)

Photo: Sinam Basu

International Companies

B*E| Lithuania

Danuka Ariyawansa | Sri Lanka [World Premiere]

Emma Evelein Dance & Choreography| Netherlands

Laboration Art Company | France [NY Premiere, U.S. Debut]

Leah Barsky & Cristian Correa | Argentina

Mezopotamya Dans | Turkey [U.S. Debut]

Reuel Rogers | Curacao [U.S. Debut]

SEAD’s Bodhi Project | Austria [U.S. Premiere]

Photo: Emma Evelein Dance & Choreography

*Local Companies are selected by an independent curatorial panel that evaluates applications received through an open and free online application process. The day of Indian dance is curated by Jonathan Hollander and Rajika Puri. International Companies are selected by an internal panel at Battery Dance in coordination with international partners.