Battery Dance Festival at Wagner Park
This year’s Battery Dance Festival runs from August 11 to 17 and features local dance companies as well as dancers from Austria, Argentina, Curaçao, France, India, Iraq, Lithuania, Netherlands, Sri Lanka and Turkey. All outdoor performances are free.
Sunday, August 11:
Robert F. Wagner Park @ 7pm
Danuka Ariyawansa | Sri Lanka [World Premiere]; Leah Barsky and Cristian Correa | Argentina; M
Music from the Sole | USA; Battery Dance | USA
Monday, August 12:
Robert F. Wagner Park @ 7pm
Water Street Dance Milwaukee | USA; Jon Ole Olstad | USA; Mari Meade Dance Collective / MMDC | USA; Laboration Art Company | France [U.S. Debut]; Pony Box Dance Theatre | USA; Mezopotamya Dans | Turkey [U.S. Debut]; Emma Evelein Dance and Choreography | Netherlands
Tuesday, August 13:
Robert F. Wagner Park @ 7pm
Laboration Art Company | France [U.S. Debut]; Buglisi Dance Theatre | USA; NVA & Guests | USA; YYDC | USA; Emma Evelein Dance and Choreography | Netherlands; Ashlé Dawson - Breaking Conformity Productions | USA
Wednesday, August 14:
Robert F. Wagner Park @ 7pm
Ballet Nepantla | USA; Vanaver Caravan | USA; B-E | Lithuania; VIVO Ballet | USA; Ballet Boy Productions | USA; Konverjdans | USA; Chloe London Dance | USA
Thursday, August 15: Day of Indian Dance - Celebrating Manipuri Dance
Robert F. Wagner Park @ 7pm
Darshana Jhaveri & Drummers and Dancers of Manipuri
Darshana Jhaveri, Sinam Basu Singh, Surbala Devi Bachaspatimayum, Monika Devi Kongengbam. Brojen Kumar Singha Thingom, Angousana Singh Oinam, Premkumar Sign Lourembam, Sanjib Bhattacharya
Friday, August 16:
Robert F. Wagner Park @ 7pm
Battery Dance | USA; MATHETA Dance | USA; Annalee Traylor | USA; SEAD's Bodhi Project | Austria [U.S. Premiere], Reuel Rogers | Curaçao [U.S. Debut]
Saturday, August 17:
Schimmel Center @ 6pm
B-E | Lithuania; SEAD's Bodhi Project | Austria [U.S. Premiere]; Reuel Rogers | Curaçao [U.S. Debut]; Battery Dance | USA;
There will be a closing performance on August 17, from 6 to 8 pm at The Schimmel Center at Pace University. Tickets for the closing performance and post performance party are available here.