
Battery Dance presents the 42nd Annual Battery Dance Festival
in association with
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 in-person and over 35,000 virtual viewers.
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Free Outdoor Performances
August 12-18, 2023
7:00 – 9:00pm
Rockefeller Park – Battery Park City
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Rain Date
August 19
7:00 – 9:00pm
Rockefeller Park – Battery Park City
Battery Dance (World Premiere)
Carolyn Dorfman Dance | New Jersey (NYC Premiere)
Dancers Unlimited | Hawaii (NYC Premiere)
Jerron Herman (World Premiere)
Keturah Stephen (NYC Premiere)
NU-World Contemporary Danse Theatre (NYC Premiere)
SOLE defined | District of Columbia (NYC Premiere)
Trainor Dance Inc. (World Premiere)
Turn of the Century Dance Pioneers
Lori Belilove & The Isadora Duncan Dance Company
Photo: SOLE defined
Photo: Time Lapse Dance
International Companies
Circumstances | Netherlands/Belgium
Citadel + Cie | Canada
Reuel Rogers | Curacao
Rudrakshya Foundation | India (NYC Debut)
Tabanka Dance Ensemble | Norway (U.S. Debut)
Teatrnowszy | Poland
Photo: Rudrakshya Foundation
*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. International Companies are selected by an internal panel at Battery Dance in coordination with international partners.
Directions to the In-Person Festival
Rockefeller Park – Battery Park City
75 Battery Place (Esplanade)
The 2023 Festival is supported by:








Banner image photo credit: Spencer Everett & Isabella Aldridge at the 2021 Battery Dance Festival