Tompkins Square Park, the destination of the parade at Avenue A and Saint Marks Place, comes alive with choreographed performances, workshops and social dance–all free to the public. For 2012, there will be 3 stages: A Performance Stage, Family Friendly Stage and Teaching Stage. A social dance / party area will rock out in the Northeast Corner of the Park!
A: MAIN STAGE (Old Band Shell)
3pm Emcees Shireen Dickson and Erik Bryan Slavin Open the Main Stage
3:06 Elisa Monte Dance
3:12 Boston Community Dance Project
3:20 Latin Dance Connection
3:25 Asha Dance Company
3:31 Dance Manhattan
3:41 Council Member Rosie Mendez gives awards to Grand Marshals: Elisa Monte, Ashley Tuttle,
Bill Shannon and Jonathan Peters
4:00 The Pink Tutu Ballet Company
4:05 Xianix Barrera & Sabor Flamenco
4:13 Korean Traditional Music & Dance Institute of New York
4:20 Neville Dance Theatre
4:25 Grand Marshal Bill Shannon
4:31 Nimbus Dance Works–> Vaydra’s Dance Fusion
4:35 Philippine Dance Company of Rochester
4:41 The UnOfficial Dancers of the NY Giants
4:46 Kathakas
4:52 Fusha Dance Company–> NYU Steinhardt Kaleidescope Dancers
5:03 Zouk Nation
5:09 Broadway Dance Center
5:16 Rise Dance Company
5:23 OUTSalsa NYC
5:27 Carolyn Dorfman Dance Company
5:38 VueLA
5:45 Anthony Rodriguez
5:50 The Hip-Hop Dance Conservatory
6:01 NYU Steinhardt Kaleidescope Dancers–>Fusha Dance Company
6:12 Vaydra’s Zumba Fusion–> Nimbus Dance Works
6:17 Lori Belilove and The Isadora Duncan Dance Company
6:30 DP Volunteers
B: TEACHING STAGE (Northwest Corner of Tompkins Square Park)
3:00 Cumbe: Center for African Dance, Daniel Fetecua Soto/Pajarillo Pinta’o Columbian
Traditional Dance; Collaboration with Colombian musician
3:30 Jamaican DanceHall Aerobics, Adina Pink, Jamaican Danchall
4:00 NY Tango For All, Diego Mango: Tango
4:30 Dance Manhattan, Teddy Kern: Lindy Hop
5:00 Alvin Ailey Extension, Sharon Zaslaw: SharQui – The Bellydance Workout®
5:30 Dance New Amsterdam, Chris Heller: Simonson Technique
6:00 Broadway Dance Center, BDC Faculty: Hip-Hop
6:30 NYC Bhangra, Megha Kalia: Indian Bhangra
C: FAMILY STAGE (Northwest Corner of Tompkins Square Park)
3:00 Dance Parade Community Kinect Education Program
DhoonyaDANCE, Jamaican Dancehall, Broadway Bodies
3:26 Gorana Dance & Gorana Jr.
3:32 The Amazing Amy
3:41 NYC Dance Arts
3:48 Stage Stars
3:54 Queens Dance Fusion
4:00 Cape Ann Center for Dance
4:11 Carmen Caceres & Unsteady Collective
4:22 Herencia
4:33 Hoboken Hip Hop
4:37 El Teatro Rodante Hispanico
4:47 Energy In the Middle
4:55 Abela Dance
4:59 Flamenco con Magdelina!
5:26 NIWA
5:35 TAP the Art Project
5:44 NYC Bhangra
5:53 K.Shoy Entertainment
5:58 JuxtapOlé Presents Beacon Flamenco
6:04 Yosakoi Dance Project-10tecomei
6:13 Ring O’Bells Morris Dances
SOCIAL DANCE AREA (Northeast corner of Tompkins Square Park)
DJ’s Erik Tucker, Nutritious, Jonathan Peters
SITE SPECIFIC PERFORMERS (Throughout Tompkins Square Park)
Thrill the World, Michael Jackson Thriller Flashmob
The Loft Practice
Broadway Bodies, Aerobic
Energy in the Middle, Roller Disco
Sky Box, Aerial
Cheer NY, Cheerleading
Open Movement NYC
Xquisite Corpse, Contemporary
Marni Halasa’s Blading Belly Dancing Bombshells
OFFICAL AFTER PARTY 10PM – 4AM
Webster Hall: DJ Jonathan Peters