The organization moves beyond traditional dance forms to teach participants how all dance genres benefit mind, body and spirit.

 

NYC Dance Week 2016 Events

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NYC Dance Week Festival 2016
Date: Thursday, June 16 – Saturday, June 25, 2016
Time: Varies
Where: Noted studios
Registration: https://nycdanceweek2016.eventbrite.com
Class Offers: https://www.nycdanceweek.org/how-to-take-free-classes/

Dance enthusiasts are invited to participate in 10 days of free dance, fitness and wellness classes at noted studios in the boroughs of New York City. Check the https://www.nycdanceweek.org/how-to-take-free-classes/ for class offers.  In addition, other events are happening throughout the week.  See below.

 

NYC Dance Week Kick-off Party with DJ Tasha Blank’s The Get Down (Birthday Edition) Dance Party
Date: Thursday, June 9, 2016
Time: 7:00 – 10:00 PM
Where: Cielo, 18 Little West 12th Street, New York, NY 10014
Cost: $5 – 20, https://thegetdownnyc.splashthat.com/
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In partnership with DJ Tasha Blank of the get down party, Dance Week invites all dance enthusiasts and the general public to its official Festival Kick-Off Party at Cielo with high energy, boasting endless dancing to the great beats supplied by DJ Tasha Blank and her guest DJ’s.

 

Brooklyn Kick-Off
Date: Thursday, June 16, 2016
Time: 5:00 PM
Where: Albee Square (corner of Fulton and Bond Streets), Brooklyn
All ages welcome.
Cost: FREE

Brooklyn Borough President, Eric L. Adams, will be doing a kick-off event for NYC Dance Week which includes performances by seven dance companies.

 

Fitness Labs during NYC Dance Week Festival
Date: Thursday, June 18 – Saturday, June 25, 2016
Time: Varies
Where: DANY and Moving Visions Studios
RSVP Details: http://nycdanceweek.org/the-festival/fitness-labs

During the festival, dance enthusiasts may also participate in a series of unique, ethnic Fitness Labs sponsored by festival affiliate FitEngine, Inc., a trusted source for inside information on fitness and wellness. FitEngine is providing studio space for approved instructors who need studio space to teach. Labs range from nutrition class to techniques like Richard Marsden’s ballet vocabulary and technique class. .

 

Injury Prevention Seminar by Harkness Center for Dance Injuries
Date: Monday, June 20, 2016
Time: 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
Where: Peridance Capezio Center, 126 E 13th St. (btw 3rd & 4th Avenues), New York, NY 10003
RSVP HERE (view by month)

The Harkness Center’s Injury Prevention Workshop provides information to the dance community on all aspects of physical and psychosocial well-being, to encourage healthy and safe training for career longevity. In this seminar, you will learn to apply kinesiological principles and functional anatomy to your dance practice in this hands-on lecture and workshop presented by the Harkness Center for Dance Injuries. This injury prevention lecture and workshop will address all aspects of injury prevention, including work hardening and cross-training, evidence-based warm-up, nutrition and hydration, pointe-readiness, anatomy, and environmental safety.

 

Performance Event with NYC10 Dance Initiative
Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Time: 7:30 PM
Where: Dixon Place, 161 Chrystie St. (btw Delancey & Rivington), New York, NY 10002
Tickets: http://dixonplace.org/performances/nyc10-dance-initiative-4/

Dance Week participants are also invited to watch performances of new dance works at a special showcase by its sister project, NYC10, at Dixon Place on Wednesday, June 22nd. 10 selected emerging choreographers and dance companies will be performing for up to 10 mins and the audience and reviewers will provide feedback of their work to them.

 

Closing Party at The Downtown Brooklyn Get Down featuring Big Daddy Kane
Date: Friday, June 25, 2016
Time: 4-8:00 PM
Where: Albee Square Plaza | Fulton Street Between Bond St + Albee Square West, Brooklyn, NY
https://www.facebook.com/events/1727250074214928/

On Friday, June 24th, H+ | The Hip-Hop Dance Conservatory is celebrating the 10th Birthday of Downtown Brooklyn Partnership with an H+ | SOUL SCIENCE® Workshop, a Hip-Hop Dance Party, and an exclusive concert with Big Daddy Kane at Albee Square Plaza | Fulton Street Between Bond St + Albee Square West, Brooklyn, NY!!!

And if that’s not enough we’ll also be celebrating the close of NYC Dance Week!!! This is not the night to miss!

 

FREE EVENTS HOSTED BY STUDIOS

The Ailey Extension
405 West 55th Street at 9th Ave., New York, NY 10019
212-405-9500
www.AileyExtension.com

Free Class Event Offers for Existing and New Students:

GingaFlex with Tiba
Saturday, June 18
12:00pm – 1:00pm

West African with Yah Ya Kamate
Wednesday, June 22
6:30pm – 8:00pm

H+ | The Hip-Hop Dance Conservatory
800-697-4698
www.hdcny.org

H+ | SOUL SCIENCE® Workshop & Big Daddy Kane Concert (Downtown Brooklyn Birthday Bash)
June 24th, 2016 | 5:30PM to 8:00PM
Willoughby Plaza on Willoughby St. and Pearl St, Downtown Brooklyn

H+ | Dance Mart® {Beta Program}
June 25th, 2016 | 6pm to 10pm
Pearl Studios, 500 8th Ave, Rm. 1214

Anabella Lenzu/DanceDrama
Open field behind the red building in Mccarren Park on Lorimer Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
678-643-3162
www.anabellalenzu.com

Event Offer: Unveiling Motion and Emotion, Reading and Performance, June 25th, 12 PM