Find out what it takes to put on a parade and festival that makes the city smile and DANCE! We are gathering near City Hall at one of our beloved Dance Studios to get to know one another, learn how the parade and festival operate and to sign up for open volunteer positions. All volunteers

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After the "The Cabaret of Life" Dance Parade & DanceFest in Tompkins Sq Park comes our Cabaret Afterlife Party at Studio151 - Just a block away, we continue the celebration of No More Cabaret Law in a bar where dancing used to be illegal!! Shake your groove thang to Dance Parade's Grand Marshall DJ Doc

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

Dance/NYC’s 2019 Symposium will consider the role of New York dance artists and their creativity in a changing United States. It will invite participants to investigate topics of transformative justice, the role of youth in activism and social change, increasing dance education for a thriving workforce, and radical practice, among others, in the context of a changing political climate and following CreateNYC, the City of New York’s first-ever cultural plan.

As the only gathering of its kind for the dance community in the New York metropolitan area, the Symposium aims to share information innovation and to stimulate awareness, interest, and ongoing engagement in dance and dance education. The 2019 Symposium will be hosted campus-style and make use of Hunter College’s expanding dance facilities and performance spaces for panel discussions, case studies, interactive workshops, a networking lunch, and more.

This year's event welcomes guest curators Remi Harris, Stephanie Acosta, and the Hunter College Dance Department.

Symposium Programming Committee

Ana "Rokafella" Garcia, Managing Director, Full Circle Souljahs
Jeffrey Rosenstock, AVP External Relations and Governmental Affairs, Queens College - CUNY Dance Initiative
Juan José Escalante, Executive Director, José Limón Foundation; Dance/NYC Board
Julia del Palacio, Manager of Strategic Partnerships, Kupferberg Center for the Arts
Dr. Layla Zami, Visiting Scholar, Pratt Institute; Artist, Oxana Chi Dance; Dance/NYC Immigrants. Dance. Arts. Task Force
Leah Krauss, Senior Program Officer for Dance & Special Projects, Mertz Gilmore Foundation; Dance/NYC Advisory Committee
Michelle Mantione, Dance Educator
Niya Nicholson, Director of Development, José Limón Dance Foundation
Silas Farley, Dancer, New York City Ballet; Dance/NYC Advisory Committee
Sita Frederick, Director of Community Engagement Programs at Lincoln Center Education; Artistic Director at Areytos Performance Works; Dance/NYC Advisory Committee
Sydnie L. Mosley, Artistic Director, Sydnie L. Mosley Dances; Dance/NYC Advisory Committee
Zavé Martohardjono, Artist

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

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

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