Showing posts with label Dance Parade 2025. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dance Parade 2025. Show all posts

Sunday, May 18, 2025

A few moments from the annual Dance Parade and DanceFest

Photos by Stacie Joy 

The 19th Annual Dance Parade and Festival took place yesterday... with 150-plus dance groups taking part on the route from 17th Street and Sixth Avenue to its conclusion on Avenue A and St. Mark's Place, where EVG's Stacie Joy was stationed ...
The dance party continued afterward with DanceFest in Tompkins Square Park ... where no one looked as if they just walked and danced a few miles in mid-80s temps...

Saturday, May 17, 2025

Saturday's parting shot

Photo on St. Mark's Place by Stacie Joy 

Just one of the 10,000 (or so!) dancers who took part in the 19th Annual Dance Parade and Festival today. 

We'll have more of Stacie's pics from the parade and DanceFest in Tompkins Square in another post...

Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Step by step: Dance Parade returns this Saturday

More than 10,000 dancers are expected to participate in the 19th Annual Dance Parade and Festival on Saturday. 

The event will begin with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at 11:30 a.m. at West 17th Street and Sixth Avenue. Grand Marshals Danny Tenaglia, Mercedes Ellington, Funmilayo Chesney, and David Parsons will be recognized for their contributions to dance. 

The parade, featuring 150 dance groups representing a range of styles, starts at noon ... and makes its way across Eighth Street to Astor Place, where there's a grandstand at St. Mark's Place. The festivities end at Tompkins Square Park ... when the DanceFest is on tap from 3-7 p.m. 

Via the EVG inbox: 
At the conclusion of the parade in Tompkins Square Park, the public can enjoy a festival featuring performances on two stages, a teaching stage, site-specific works, and a dedicated dance party area with DJs spinning an eclectic mix of genres. 

Five dedicated dance studios will offer free dance classes from some of New York's most esteemed instructors. The festival is designed to be an immersive and participatory celebration of dance.
Expect some street closures for all this on Saturday, including Astor Place between Fourth Avenue and Third Avenue, St Mark's Place between 3rd Avenue /Astor Place and Avenue A, and Avenue A between St. Mark's Place and 10th Street. 

Relive last year's event in photos here.