Dance Parade

Dance/NYC Symposium
2022-03-17 00:00 (America/New_York)
When:
Thursday, March 17, 2022, 10:00 a.m. – 9:30 p.m.
Friday, March 18, 2022, 9:45 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 19, 2022, 9:45 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Where:
UPDATE: As of Wednesday, January 26, 2022, the Dance/NYC 2022 Symposium will be held entirely on a virtual platform.
The Dance/NYC 2022 Symposium takes place from Thursday, March 17 to Saturday March, 19, 2022 as a virtual event convening on Whova, an all-in-one digital conference platform. As the only multi-day gathering of its kind for the dance community in the metropolitan New York City area, the Symposium is a meeting place for the dance field to exchange ideas, expand networks, sharpen organizational practices, and deepen the inquiry around New York City’s legacy and trajectory of dance-making.
**For Registered Attendees Only**
About the 2022 Symposium:
Dance/NYC’s 2022 Symposium: Life cycles. Livelihoods. Legacies., focuses on uncovering the generational continuum of lives in dance. Sessions explore career and life navigation, underscoring dance and artistic practice as core human needs while building understanding across generations of audiences and dance workers. This multi-day event invites participants to investigate topics of mentorship, advocacy, leadership, and equity, within an ethos of community care.
As the only multi-day gathering of its kind for the dance community in the metropolitan New York City area; the Symposium is a meeting place for the dance field to exchange ideas, expand networks, sharpen organizational practices, and deepen the inquiry around New York City’s legacy and trajectory of dance-making.
JOIN DANCEPARADE’S SHOWCASE IN OUR VIRTUAL BOOTH:
Friday, March 18 1:30 – 2:15:
Friday, March 18, 5pm – 5:45pm
Saturday, March 19 1:30 – 2:15
Accessibility:
Captioning (open and/or closed) and ASL interpretation will be available during the event. Sessions will be primarily discussion and presentation based with sporadic use of videos and/or slides. Audiences will interact through the Whova conference platform via chat functions or via video and audio presence for select sessions held through the Zoom meeting integration with the Whova platform. Captioning (open and/or closed) and ASL interpretation will be available during the event. Speakers will visually describe themselves and slides and images will be described. Video descriptions will be provided ahead of the event via the Symposium Participation Guide.
If the chat features are not accessible to you, contact our voice-only helpline at 212-966-4452, ext. 1 during the event for technical support, to propose questions, or to comment. For more information about accessibility or if you require additional reasonable accommodation, please contact Brinda Guha via email at sympcoordinator@dance.nyc.
Guest Curators and Symposium Programming Committee:
The guest curator program works to ensure that Dance/NYC is in alignment with, and amplifies the voices of, the communities it aims to serve and is made possible through the generous support of The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The Symposium Programming Committee exists to advise Dance/NYC in the programming and direction of Dance/NYC’s yearly Symposium—and, by extension, further the dance field in NYC.
Guest Curators
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George Emilio Sanchez, Performance Artist
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x sennyuen rance, Transdiciplinary Artist
Symposium Programming Committee
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Albert Blackstone, Director, MOMEN; Faculty, Broadway Dance Center
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Ami Scherson, Equity in Arts Leadership Prog. Associate, Americans for the Arts; Co-Chair, D/NYC Junior Committee
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Ana “Rokafella” Garcia, Managing Director, Full Circle Souljahs
Headshot of Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Photo Credit Scott Shaw
Eva Yaa Asantewaa, Senior Director of Curation; Editorial Director, Gibney
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Juan José Escalante
Executive Director, National Dance Institute
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Julia del Palacio, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Kupferberg Center for the Arts
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Laurel Lawson, Choreographer, Artist-Engineer, Rose Tree Productions
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Nelida Tirado, Artistic Director and Teacher of Nelida Tirado Flamenco
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Niya Nicholson, Managing Director
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Parijat Desai, Artistic Director, Parijata Dance Company
Picture of Remi Harris, Photo Credit by Marc Espinosa
Remi Harris, Programs Manager, Center for Performance Research
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Sydnie L. Mosley, Artistic Director, Sydnie L. Mosley Dances
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zavé martohardjono, Multidisciplinary Dance and Performance Artist

Press Conference at City Hall
2022-05-18 11:30 - 12:30 | New York City Hall (Broadway & Murray St Entrance)
Join us at Dance Parade’s Parade Press Conference hosted by City Councilwoman Carlina Rivera.
Details TBA

After Party with Rich Medina & Friends!
2022-05-21 09:00 - 2022-05-22 04:00 | nublu, 151 Avenue C, New York, NY, 10009, United States
After boogieing down Broadway, sashaying down St. Mark’s and turning it up at Tompkins Square Park at the 16th Annual Dance Parade and Festival … go grab some dinner and then join us for “The Official Dance Parade After Party headlined by Grand Marshal Rich Medina”
Joining Rich Medina are selectors:
DJ Misbehaviour + JustMax + Ali Coleman
The fun times are happening at the super cool Nublu 151
151 Ave C
Party Time: 9pm – 4am
21+ w/ ID
Our 2022 theme “Back to the Streets” offers hope and joy as we work our way through the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic and back to our live in-person event. 10,000 dancers, dance down Broadway, through Union Square, University Place and across East 8th Street to our Grand Stand in Astor Plaza; culminating at Avenue A, where our 5 performance stage Dance Fest begins. Featuring choreographed performances, dance lessons, aerial and social dance – free to the public. There’s something for everyone including performances by culturally diverse participants from the parade and an opportunity to learn dance from the city’s best dance teachers!
Dance Parade is: a 501(c)3 charity whose mission is to inspire dance through the celebration of diversity. Our volunteer supported organization produces the annual Dance Parade on Broadway followed by DanceFest in Tompkins Square Park. In the months leading up to the Parade and Festival we offer Community Engagement Programs in Schools, Recreation Facilities and Senior Centers throughout New York City
Visit www.danceparade.org for more information
Follow us on Instagram @danceparadenyc

All Dance Parade Team Zoom!
2023-03-22 21:30 - 22:00 | Zoom
Our 17th Annual Dance Parade and Festival is two months away and our Team Coordination Co-Leads, Jessii and Sabrina are hosting an All Hands Zoom this Wednesday, March 22 at 9:30pm (approx 30mins max)

Find out what it means to Dance “BEYOND THE ZONE,” meet some of the Steering Committee “Movers & Shakers” and get updates on our fabulous season ahead!

Thank you for being apart of this edition of Dance Parade,
Sabrina, Jessii and Team Dance Parade

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Dance Police Rally
2023-09-18 19:30 | Zoom
We’re having a Zoom to coordinate a Pub Crawl on Friday, September 22nd at 6pm in the East Village. Interested NYDP members should sign up for the 9/22/23 NYDP event here!

Background:
The NYDP (New York Dance Police) was formed in Dance Parade’s inaugural year as a playful protest to the racist 1926 Cabaret Law that restricted dance to licensed venues. The NYDP squad mimics the “Cabaret Task Force” that in the Guiliani administration methodically fined and shut down nigtlife venues that allowed dancing. Despite the 2017 repeal of the Cabaret Law that restricted dance to licensed venues, NYC’s Zoning Laws still do not allow dance in any venue under 200 patrons. And venues above a 200 person capacity can exist only in high density commercial and manufacturing districts.
We see this as a violation of our 1st Ammendment right of freedom of expression–After all, dancing is a healthy activity and there are numerous laws already in place to regulate nightlife.

Ahead of an anticipated hearing at City Hall later this year, the Dance Police has been asked to roam the city to encourage nightlife establishments to sign on to the cause at legalizedance.org and to have them post their petition at change.org/leagliedance
We will get the word out by dawning NDYP shirts, hats, whistles and issue these citations in the East Village and potentially other NYC neighborhoods:

Feel free to pass the invite to other friends or former NYDP members!

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Parade Group Coordinators Feb Meeting
2024-02-27 21:00 - 22:00 | Dixon Place, 161 Christie Street (bet Delancey & Rivington), New York, NY, NY, 10002, United States

18th Annual Dance Parade and Festival
2024-05-18 12:00 - 19:00 | Parade Check-In Tents, 5 West 17th Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States

Parade Group Coordinators Meeting
2026-01-26 20:00 - 21:00 | Zoom
This meeting is for coordinators of registered groups for Dance Parade. The meeting is designed to give an overview of the benefits to Dance Parade participants and to go over how to partipate in the city’s largest dance event happending Saturday May 16, 2026.

20th Annual Dance Parade & Festival
2026-05-16 10:00 - 19:00 | Parade Check-In Tents, 5 West 17th Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
As the city’s biggest dance event, we celebrate by showcasing over 100 unique styles of dance.
If you have a vehicle, please check in between 9am and 10am at 5 West 18th Street @ 5th Avenue
If you are a Parade Group Coordinator, please check your call time on our website: https://danceparade.org/dance-in-the-parade and go to 5 West 17th Street @ 5th Avenue.
Looking forward to celebrating our 20th year with you!
