NYSDEA Winter Conference @ Hunter College
2019-02-02 | Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10065
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DP Steering Committee Meeting
2019-02-21 18:00 - 19:45 (America/New_York) | Secret Location (same as January meeting!), West Village, New York, NY, 10011
The Steering Committee are for the passionate folks that drive our non-profit mission forward by pitching in to plan and make the Community Engagement (education residencies), Parade and Festival a success. Some of us get paid to lead a team, others are volunteers but we ALL LOVE DANCE.
To join our team, it’s first required to fill out a short team intake form here. From there our team coordinators Henya and Jessii should be reaching out to you. You can also contact them at volunteer@danceparade.org If you are on Facebook, we encourage you to click on the link at the end of the application to join the online 2019 team page to follow along.
If you are a dancer wanting to join the parade, this is not the right meeting for you–Dancers should check out how to dance in the parade, here!
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Dance/NYC 2019 Symposium
2019-02-23 19:00 - 2019-02-24 19:00 | Hunter College, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY, 10065

Parade Group Coordinator Meeting at Taj
2019-03-02 16:30 - 18:00 | TAJ Lounge & Restaurant, 48 West 21st Street, New York, NY, 10010, United States
If you’re in or around NYC, come join us for an in-person meeting to go over logistics of parade participation!
We will cover:

How to maximize exposure to your dance organization
How to dance in the parade (do’s and don’ts)
How to use amplified sound in the parade.
Vehicles and Floats (deadlines approaching!)
DanceFest Participation

This meeting is for registered groups. If you have not registered, please do so here.
Only one or two Parade Group Coordinators should attend.
After the meeting we welcome you to stay for LIFT OFF! Our Season 13 launch party where you can meet the rest of our team, enjoy drinks and food (cash bar & kitchen) and see performances that will be a part of the upcoming 13th Annual Parade and Festival!
Thank you for being apart of this MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE!

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LIFT OFF! Season 13 Launch Party at Taj
2019-03-02 18:00 - 22:00 | TAJ Lounge & Restaurant, 48 West 21st Street, New York, NY, 10010, United States
Show your support for Dance Parade—and be a part of a very special evening!

Celebrate with us at the beautiful Taj lounge as we kick-off the planning season with performances you’ll see at Dance Parade this year — Hosted by Parade Director Greg Miller and Board Chair “Fight Dr!“

Spinning Soulful House and Classics: DJ Ali Coleman

Enjoy drinks and New American cuisine (cash bar & kitchen) in the exotic setting of the Taj Lounge. Hang with the “movers and shakers” behind this awesome non-profit organization that inspires dance throughout the city. Parade Group coordinators are invited to join our pre-party meeting from 5 to 6pm and may stay for the party and performances.

Emcee Donnie D’Amato presents:

* Xianix Berrera & dancers (Flamenco)

* Xochipili Dance Ensemble (Mexican Folkloric)

* Dalia Carella (Mid-East Fusion)

* B.A.D. (Body All Dancers, Lite Feet & Hip-Hop)

* Yosakoi Dance Project 10tecomai (Japanese Fusion)

Come be apart of this MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE!

TICKETS: Earlybird $15, Tier2 $20, Tier3 $25 and $30 at the Door

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Parade Group Coordinators Meeting
2019-03-21 18:00 - 19:15 | Jefferson Market Library, 425 Sixth Avenue (at W10th St), Ground Floor's South End Conference Room, New York, NY, NY, 10009, United States
If you’re in or around NYC, come join us for an in-person meeting to go over logistics of parade participation!
We will cover:

How to maximize exposure to your dance organization
How to dance in the parade (do’s and don’ts)
How to use amplified sound in the parade.
Vehicles and Floats (deadlines approaching!)
DanceFest Participation

This meeting is for registered groups and if you have been to a PGC meeting there is no need to attend once again as the material covered will be the same. If you have not registered, please do so here: Dance in the Parade
Only one or two Parade Group Coordinators should attend. If you cannot attend, we strongly recommend that you review all the videos and maps under Parade Logistics on our Dance In the Parade Page.
Thank you for being apart of this MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE!
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Parade Group Coordinators Meeting
2019-04-07 18:00 | Stone Creek Bar & Lounge, 140 East 27th Street (bet Lex & 3rd aves), New York, NY, NY, 10016, United States
If you’re in or around NYC, come join us for an in-person meeting to go over logistics of parade participation — this time we’re meeting in a place that has food and drinks and the first round of yummy appetizers are on us!
We will cover:

How to maximize exposure to your dance organization
How to dance in the parade (do’s and don’ts)
The need to register individual dancers in your group(https://www.danceparade.org/dance-in-the-parade)
How to use (and not abuse) amplified sound in the parade.

*New in 2019: Sound Pod Rentals*

Vehicles and Floats (deadlines approaching!)
DanceFest Participation

This meeting is for registered groups and if you have been to a PGC meeting there is no need to attend once again as the material covered will be the same. If you have not registered, please do so here: Dance in the Parade
Only one or two Parade Group Coordinators should attend. If you cannot attend, we strongly recommend that you review all the videos and maps under Parade Logistics on our Dance In the Parade Page.
Thank you for being apart of this MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE!
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Parade Group Coordinators Meeting
2019-04-28 13:00 - 14:15 | Playwrights Rehearsal Studios (440 Studios, Studio 3G), 440 Lafayette St, New York, NY, NY, 10003, United States
If you are in or around NYC come join us for our last Parade Group Coordinators Meeting!

With just a few weeks ahead of the city’s biggest and best dance event ever, we’d like to invite you to this in-person meeting to go over logistics for participation in the 13th Annual Dance Parade and Festival Saturday May 18th.
We will cover:

How to maximize exposure to your dance organization
How to dance in the parade (do’s and don’ts)
The need to register individual dancers in your group: https://danceparade.org/individual-registration
How to use (and not abuse) amplified sound in the parade.
New in 2019: $250 Sound Pod Rentals! https://www.danceparade.org/sound-pods
Vehicles and Floats (last chance to order a pre-packaged float April 30th: email floats@danceparade.org and put specs through at www.danceparade.org/floats
DanceFest Participation (deadlines have passed for participating)

This meeting is for registered groups and if you have been to a PGC meeting there is no need to attend once again as the material covered will be the same. If you have not registered, please do so here: https://danceparade.org/dance-in-the-parade. This page also has useful videos and information about parade logistics.
Only one or two Parade Group Coordinators should attend. If you cannot attend, we strongly recommend that you review all the videos and maps under Parade Logistics on our Dance In the Parade Page.
After the meeting: Join us 2:30-5pm to poster & flyer the East Village followed by a circle up– Win a pair of tickets to the hit musical The Prom on Broadway. Also 1st round of drinks on us!
Not in NYC: Join us by Google Hangout!
Thank you for being apart of this MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE!

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All Hands Volunteer Meeting
2019-05-05 12:00 - 13:30 | LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
Find out what it takes to put on a parade and festival that makes the city smile and DANCE!
Learn how the parade and festival operate and to sign up for open volunteer positions. All volunteers must fill out our to participate.

Volunteers will get a commemorative MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE t-shirt, staff credentials and free admission to the pizza after-party.
A team of over 150 is needed to manage “day-of” parade and festival logistics!
Volunteer Shifts:
9-3pm Parade Setup & Registration (21st & Bway)
9-3pm Festival Setup & Registration (Ave A & 7th St)
11-5pm Parade Operation (Grandstand & Parade route)
2-8pm Festival Operation and Strike (Ave A & 7th St)

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Rematriation: Native American Seed Planting with PS34
2019-05-06 15:15 - 16:30 | Campos Community Garden, 640- 644 E 12th St, New York, NY 10009, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Corn seed plantings represent a way to acknowledge the 10,000 year history of the occupation of Mannahatta and its adjacent land by Native American people who call themselves the Lenape. We will gather at the Campos Garden on East 12th Street — long ago within a low lying marsh –along with Dance Parade’s Community Engagement youth from the neighboring PS34 Middle School to participate in a ceremony to remember the Lenape people’s long stewardship on an island that they never ceded to the European colonists that invaded it. Campos Garden urban farmers Christopher Batenhurst, long a professional dancer, and Alexia Weidler will welcome us as guests to the circle plot in their Children’s Garden.

This year Dance Parade will open it’s 13th Annual event with a Native American Circle Dance. The Dance Parade theme MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE recognizes and embodies both the latest refugees and immigrants alongside the original inhabitants of Manhattan now returning from their displacement and erasure to stand against hate rhetoric and hate crimes built around false narratives around walls, “criminals” and “invaders.” Says Executive Director, Greg Miller, “When we honor Native American dance, we acknowledge that we all share this land.”

Led by Grand Marshal Native American Louis Mofsie, the Circle Dance reflects different experiences and ways of being in the world. It kicks off a vast procession of dance styles and movement vocabularies representative in the Dance Parade. Native round dances ultimately remind people of their connection to all living things and unite people with the world around them.

The Dance parade begins on Broadway under parts of which lies Wickquasgeck, a former Native American trail along the ridge of the glacial moraine that forms the backbone of the island and winds past Kintecoying, meaning Crossroads of Three Nations, near the Parade’s Grandstand and the East Village schools whose pupils will plant corn, beans and squash — the traditional three sisters of native planting –in a ceremony of rematriation of the garden’s land. Our seed planting seeks to pay our respects to the Lenape ancestors, elders and future generations.
The Parade ends at Tompkins Square Park with a four hour long free Festival within blocks blocks of the schools and community garden. There we will enact the ceremony under the witness of such Native dance and performance artists as Emily Johnson, Dance Parade’s teaching artists, school teachers including science teachers, and school Principals and PTA coordinators.

More info on Dance Parade’s Community Engagement Programs:

Dance Parade’s Community Engagement Programs allow participants of all ages – from schools to community and senior centers – to discover their own innate capacity for the communication of ideas, thoughts, and feelings through the medium of dance.

All participants in Dance Parade’s Community Engagement Programs have the unique opportunity to dance alongside their teaching artists in our annual parade on Broadway and Festival in May! See all the locations and types of dance offered here.

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All Hands Volunteer Meeting
2019-05-11 12:00 - 13:30 | LGBT Center, 208 West 13th Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
New York City’s largest dance event will be one week away and we need YOU!

Find out what it takes to put on a parade and festival that makes the city smile and DANCE. All those attending will receive a raffle ticket to the hit Broadway musical THE PROM. (7 Tony Award nominations). At the end of Saturday’s meeting we will pick a winner! And an extra raffle ticket will be given to anyone who commits to putting flyers and posters up in their neighborhoods and workplaces!

Learn how the parade and festival operate and sign up for open volunteer positions. All volunteers must fill out our brief team registration form to participate.

Volunteers will get a commemorative MOVEMENT OF THE PEOPLE t-shirt, staff credentials and free admission to the pizza after-party.
A team of over 150 is needed to manage “day-of” parade and festival logistics!
Volunteer Shifts:
9-3pm Parade Setup & Registration (21st & Bway)
9-3pm Festival Setup & Registration (Ave A & 7th St)
11-5pm Parade Operation (Grandstand & Parade route)
2-8pm Festival Operation and Strike (Ave A & 7th St)

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Press Conference at City Hall
2019-05-15 14:00 - 14:30 | New York City Hall (Broadway & Murray St Entrance)
MEDIA ALERT
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
MEDIA CONTACT:
Rebecca Myles
917-326-0802
Rebecca@danceparade.org
***MEDIA ADVISORY***
ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIGHLIGHTS TO EXPECT AT THIS YEAR’S 13TH ANNUAL DANCE PARADE AND DANCEFEST
WHO: 2019 Grand Marshals Baayork Lee, and Louis Mofsie, as well Dance Parade New York organizers – Greg Miller, Janelle Issis, Jamila Holman, dancers, dance groups, supporters and volunteers.
WHAT: Rally on the steps of City Hall where the City’s “Nightlife Mayor”, Ariel Palitz, (Senior Executive Director NYC Office of Nightlife Mayors Office of Media and Entertainment) will read a proclamation from Mayor de Blasio, making Saturday May 18th, “Dance Parade Day”. plus highlights about this year’s 13th Annual Dance Parade and DanceFest with some of the over 10,000 dancers that will appear at the free street parade and dance festival. Details on the Native American Dance Circle, floats, free dance lessons. In addition, at City Hall today, there will be dance exhibitions by the PS 124 Theatre Club, under the artistic direction of Tony Award winning Baayork Lee, performing a section of “Let It Go” from their spring musical, Frozen Kids and the CATS Dance Company and School performing Contemporary Ballet.
Plus dance performances:

The PS 124 Theatre Club, under the artistic direction of Tony Award winning Baayork Lee, is to perform a section of “Let It Go” from their spring musical, Frozen Kids
Talara Kristin Ruth, Artistic Director of CATS Dance Company and School, and her performers (Contemporary Ballet)
Jerron Herman will be representing Heidi Latsky Dance (Modern Dance)
Kid Glyde (Victor Alicea), coach of the Dynamic Kids and president of the KBL-Kids Breaking
League (Break Dance)
Martha Zarate-Alvarez artistic director of Mazarte Dance Company Inc. (Mexican Folkloric)
Svetlana Batrak of Kaleidoscope Folk Dance Club (Slavik)
Jiali Wang, Founder and Artistic Director of 7MPR Themed Cultural Dance Collective (Classical Chinese Folk Dance)
Louis Mofsie of the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers (Native American)
Avni Garg of StuyNach (Bhangra / Indian Folk Dance)
Yan Zhuang of YZ Performing Arts Center (Rhythmic Gymnastic Ribbon Dance)
Rysa Childress of All Star Studios NYC (Contemporary Jazz/Hip-Hop)
Performers from Xochipilli Dance Ensemble (Mexican Folkloric)
Karen Kriegel, Artistic Director and Choreographer of World Dance Initiative (Korean)
Nia Leary of Dwana Smallwood Performing Arts Centern (Afro-Fusion)
and Many More Dancers and Performing Artists

WHERE: New York City Hall steps
WHEN: May 15, 2019
TIME: 2:00pm – 2:30pm
(Please meet half hour before to allow time for security screening)

About The Dance Parade: Dance Parade New York is an entity of Dance Parade Inc, a 501(c)3 non-profit organization whose charitable mission is to promote dance as an expressive and unifying art form, while educating the public about opportunities to experience dance. The organization celebrates diversity by showcasing all forms of dance around the world through sponsorship of a yearly, citywide Dance Parade and Dance Festival.
For our Media Kit including high-resolution photos and more
information about Dance Parade and our Education programs please visit https://danceparade.org/media-kit-press-releases/

Click image to download pdf of poster
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Official Dance Parade After Party
2019-05-18 19:00 - 22:00 | nublu, 151 Avenue C, New York, NY, 10009, United States
After we dance it up all day, come squeeze the juice and continue the good vibes just a block from Tompkins Square Park!
Shake your groove thang to Dance Parade DJ Jedeye Jaxx as she serves up her soulful house classics to cap off an epic day.
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Reunion Picnic at the Hudson River Dance Festival
2019-06-06 18:00 - 20:30 | Hudson River Park, Pier 65, West 24th & Hudson River, New York, NY, 10009, United States
Now that the 13th Annual Dance Parade and Festival is in the record books, we look forward to more free outdoor events and reuniting with the team and friends!
Join us at the Hudson River Dance Festival on the first night of the two day festival! Curated by the Joyce Theater, the sun will set over the Hudson on an infinity stage for what promises to be a memorable evening of dance with friends of Dance Parade.
Bring a blanket, snack or a drink to share — or just bring your fabulous self to this reunion for lovers of dance and community–The show starts at 7pm but we’ll be there from 6pm, just look for a pair of red balloons!

Bring a blanket – chairs are not allowed on the lawn.
Companies:
Dormeshia & Gabriel Roxbury
RHYTHM MIGRATION by Dormeshia
Taylor 2
AUREOLE by Paul Taylor
doug elkins choreography, etc.
O, ROUND DESIRE by Doug Elkins in collaboration with the dancers
Ballet Hispánico
SOMBERÍSIMO by Annabelle Lopez Ochoa
Camille A. Brown & Dancers
NEW SECOND LINE by Camille A. Brown
RSVP on Facebook!
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Dance Parade Presents: Dance in Hudson River Park Pier 45 - Bhangra & Bollywood Dance Night!
2019-06-11 18:00 - 21:00 | Hudson River Park, Pier 45, Pier 45 at Christopher St., New York, NY, 10014, United States
TUESDAY JUNE 11
6:30 – 7:30 PM Beginner Lessons
7:30 – 9:00 PM Open Dance
Bollywood & Bhangra have origins in India and is a dance form that emphasizes expression, rhythm, and passion – come and capture yours this June with NYC Bhangra and Dance Parade New York
RSVP on Facebook here!
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Dance Parade Presents: Dance in Hudson River Park Pier 45 - Bhangra & Bollywood Dance Night!
2019-06-18 18:00 - 21:00 | Hudson River Park, Pier 45, Pier 45 at Christopher St., New York, NY, 10014, United States
TUESDAY JUNE 18
6:30 – 7:30 PM Beginner Lessons
7:30 – 9:00 PM Open Dance
Bollywood & Bhangra have origins in India and is a dance form that emphasizes expression, rhythm, and passion – come and capture yours this June with NYC Bhangra and Dance Parade New York.
RSVP on Facebook here!

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20th Annual Winter's Eve in Lincoln Square!
2019-12-02 17:30 - 21:00 | Lincoln Square, Between 59th and 72nd Street, New York, 10023, United States
Come out to see Dance Parade’s Multicultural dances at New York’s largest holiday festival!
Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square features free entertainment, family fun, outdoor food tastings and more, and begins with the Upper West Side’s tree lighting ceremony at Dante Park. The event takes place from 5:30pm – 9:00pm (rain or shine!) in public spaces, in select indoor venues and along the sidewalks of Lincoln Square, the gateway to the Upper West Side, from The Shops at Columbus Circle to 70th Street – in and around Broadway.
In addition to the dozens of family fun FREE entertainment (full line up here), Dance Parade featured talent includes:

The Enchantress of Bioluminosity:

Emcee Donnie D’Amato presents Multicultural Dance:

Fuákata’s Rueda de Casino (Cuban Salsa):

Fusha Dance Company (African Dance)

Chinese Exquisite Art Assembly

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DANCE PARADE Steering Committee Meeting
2020-02-06 19:00 - 21:00 | Stone Creek Bar & Lounge, 140 East 27th Street (bet Lex & 3rd aves), New York, NY, NY, 10016, United States
The Steering Committee is getting together for our first in-person meeting to share some of the highlights of what’s going on throughout the Dance Parade organization! We’ll be ordering the first round of drinks and apps as a thank you for pitching into the effort to produce NYC’s biggest dance event.
Steering Committee members are the passionate folks that drive our non-profit mission forward by pitching in to plan and make the Community Engagement (Education Residencies), Parade and Festival a success. We may all have different or similar roles within our non-profit organization, but we all have in common that WE LOVE DANCE.
To join our team, it’s first required to fill out a short team intake form here. From there our team coordinators should be reaching out to you. You can also contact them at volunteer@danceparade.org. If you are on Facebook, we encourage you to join the online 2020 team page to follow along.
If you are a dancer wanting to join the parade, this is not the right meeting for you–Dancers should check out how to dance in the parade, here! Register, follow us on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter and we will see you on the dance floor!

TEAM work makes the DREAM work!
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Teaching Artist Orientation
2020-02-14 16:00 - 18:00 | Judson Memorial Church, 239 Thompson Street, New York City, New York, 10012
Are you a Teaching Artist? Are you interested in becoming one? We have got you covered!

Dance Parade’s Community Engagement Programs offers participants of all ages – from schools, recreation facilities to senior centers and public events – opportunities to discover their own innate capacity for the communication of ideas, thoughts, and feelings through the medium of dance.
Each year Dance Parade offers 15-20 teaching artists & professionals working in the field of dance opportunities to expand their reach and create impactful relationships via residencies, workshops, and performances in a diverse range of communities.
Teaching artists interested in Dance Parade’s Community Engagement Program are invited to attend an, Orientation on Friday February 14th from 4-6pm at Judson Memorial Church, 239 Thompson Street, Assembly Hall (Basement), NY NY 10012.
To RSVP: Fill in our DP Community Engagement Form and remember to click ‘Yes’ to Attending Orientation Meeting. Consider yourself registered after you hit Submit!
We look forward to meeting you!

Read more about our Community Engagement programs by downloading our digital brochure here!.
For more info, contact our Community Engagement Director Carlye Eckert at Carlye@danceparade.org
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Lift Off! Season 14 Launch Party
2020-02-29 18:00 - 22:00 | TAJ Lounge & Restaurant, 48 West 21st Street, New York, NY, 10010, United States
Show your support for Dance Parade—and be a part of a very special evening

Celebrate with us at the beautiful Taj lounge as we kick-off the planning
season with performances you’ll see at Dance Parade this year — Hosted by Parade
Director Greg Miller, come dance to the music stylings of Grand Marshal
Liquid Todd and DJ Ali Coleman (House Coalition) and see Taste of the Dance
Parade performances by David Dorfman, Masala Bhangra, Mazarte
Dance Company, Ru-Dance and Fuakata Cuban Salsa.

Enjoy drinks and New American cuisine (cash bar & kitchen) in the
exotic setting of the Taj Lounge. Hang with the “movers and shakers” behind this
awesome non-profit organization that inspires dance throughout the city.

Parade Group coordinators are invited to join our pre-party meeting
from 4:30pm to 6pm and may stay for the party and performances.

Come be a part of the DANCE WITHOUT BORDERS

100% of proceeds from this event fund our Community Engagement
Education programs and the parade and festival in May!

Follow @danceparadenyc on Instagram and on Facebook for the most recent updates on this years spotlights! 🙂
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Easter Parade 2020 - style!
2020-04-12 13:00 - 15:00 | NY
Press Inquiries only: Paul Nagle (347) 855 1502 pnagle@stonewallcdc.org
#EasterParade2020 and #OnlineEasterParade

For Immediate Release
Easter Parade 2020-style
Easter Sunday April 12, 2020 1pm – 3pm EST on any internetable device
Register at https://bit.ly/2020-Easter-Parade Or Facebook https://bit.ly/2xIDl62
$5 suggested donation https://bit.ly/easter-donate – All proceeds benefit Stonewall Community Development Corporation
New York, NY April 5, 2020…Don your Easter bonnets, your floral hats, your PEEPed-out fedoras, and other springtime finery, and connect with your fellow Easter revelers for Easter Parade 2020-style, a “promenade-in-place” community Zoom event. This year, NYC invites everyone across the globe to participate. Don’t miss this interactive, once-in-a-lifetime event, as Stonewall Community Development Corp brings the Annual Fifth Avenue Easter Parade directly to your home screen!
Easter Parade 2020-style features two interactive virtual rooms – The Promenade Room and The Bunny Hop Room.
The Promenade Room will recreate the century-old tradition of strolling Fifth Avenue, this year right from your living room, with the added bonus of strolling music. “Stroll and Pose” in front of iconic backgrounds such as Fifth Avenue and St. Patrick’s Cathedral. You will be able to check out everyone else’s bonnets and Sunday best!
The Promenade Room offers all registrants access to free festive computer background templates and easy instructions in advance of the event. Or you can create your own set or just be your fabulous self!
The Bunny Hop Room will feature dancing with live DJs from 1pm – 2pm, where you can show off your springtime moves. At 2pm, the Bunny Hop Room will host a Grand Bonnet Showcase, where festive participants can grab their 15 seconds of fame by being a featured guest.

Easter Hats and Costumes – Extravagant or Simple! Upholding social distancing, you are encouraged to reprise your favorite Easter outfit from years past or create something ingenious from supplies around the house. Repurpose all of those toilet paper tubes and make bunny ears, or perhaps glue some of your dry pasta into spring designs. Bedazzle your facemask. Spectators are welcome.
Proceeds from the event will support Stonewall Community Development Corporation – working to see New York City’s LGBTQ older adults and their allies in safe, welcoming housing they can afford, with access to health and mental services that meet their unique needs. www.stonewallcdc.org www.StonewallVillageNYC.org

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About the Stonewall Community Development Corporation
Stepping Up to Respond to COVID-19 Isolation for Seniors
Our mission at Stonewall Community Development Corporation is to see LGBTQ older adults and their allies in safe, welcoming housing they can afford, with access to health and mental health services that meet their unique needs.
As part of our work, after two years of testing and development, we launched an interactive, virtual village platform in December of 2019. The platform allows us to reach and engage seniors, many of whom are isolated at home. Stonewall Village NYC has robust, interactive technology, including message forums, hipaa-compliant video chat and Zoom for meetings and events. As part of our rollout, we were doing live monthly events with partner senior centers throughout the City.
From our work, we know that isolation kills. Now that our senior center partners have suddenly had to close their physical spaces, we have quickly pivoted and expanded our staff, in order to be able to create pop-up senior centers for them on our platform. With a homepage on Stonewall Village NYC, and access to all of the technology, the centers have been able to create some interactive programs with their clients and resume some services.
In addition to providing the centers with free access to all of the technology, we are providing technical training and support to their staff and meeting facilitators at no charge.
Each senior client must also be introduced to the technology and onboarded, so that they can fully engage in the interactive programming. We are providing the individual technical support to enable each client to participate, whether the issue is equipment challenges or general lack of familiarity and comfort with the technology. Once onboarded, that senior is now empowered to use technology interactively into the future.
Finally, we are creating a learning hub to document and track the challenges, the hacks and the longer-term solutions we are discovering as we address, on a case by case basis, the tech divides that keep seniors isolated.
Because we know that everyone is struggling, we are making all of this available without charge. We ask you to make a tax-deductible donation to help keep this work going. Thank you!
For further information go go www.StonewallCDC.org
www.StonewallVillageNYC.org Press Inquiries only: Paul Nagle (347) 855 1502 pnagle@stonewallcdc.or
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Dance/NYC Symposium
2022-03-17 00:00 | NY
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
Photograph of Nelida Tirado, Photo Credit by Chasi Annexy
Nelida Tirado, Artistic Director and Teacher of Nelida Tirado Flamenco
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Niya Nicholson, Managing Director
MOVE|NYC|
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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!
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