Battery Dance Presents 40TH BATTERY DANCE FESTIVAL

Battery Dance presents companies in the 40^th Annual Battery Dance Festival, including 16 international dance films from 14 countries and in-person performances by 38 companies.

“Before the action starts on stage, three nights of truly riveting dance films from many corners of the globe will be screened. Creativity was running high during the pandemic, and we have harvested a heady mix from voguing on a mountaintop in Lebanon to swing dancing in South Korea; commedia dell'arte in Mexico to birdlike flocking in the Netherlands,” says Jonathon Hollander, President and Artistic Director, Battery Dance Company & Dancing to Connect.

The Battey Dance Festival schedule is as follows:

International Dance Film Festival:

Day 1

Introdans - The Netherlands

Dance Troupe Braveman - South Korea

Chilaquiles Rojos Colectivo – Mexico

Nantea Dance Company – Tanzania

Boca Tuya / Omar Román De Jesús - Puerto Rico/NYC

Day 2

Team AJC - South Korea

Jiva Velázquez - Paraguay

Bollwerkfilm – Switzerland

Arabesque Vietnam - Vietnam

Australian Dance Theatre – Australia

Day 3

Chenglong Tang - China

Jill Crovisier - Luxembourg

Abhilash Ningappa - India

Dancing Earth Creations -United States

Hoedy Saad - Lebanon

Massala Company – France

In-Person Festival Performances:

Day 1 - India Day

KATHAK: Parul Shah Dance Company featuring Parul Shah, Mohip Joarder with guest artist, Jin Won (two duets including "Yugal" by Kumudini Lakhia and a world premiere choreographed by Parul Shah)

BHARATANATYAM: Kasi Aysola & SaiSantosh Radhakrishnan (world premiere choreographed by Kasi Aysola)

KUCHIPUDI: Traditional Solo by Swathi Gundapuneedi-Atluri

BHARATANATYAM: Choreographer Maya Kulkarni presents two world premieres featuring Mesma Belsare, Aishwarya Medhav, and Aishwarya Sriram

MUSICAL INTERLUDES: Eventually Epic with Sachin Premasuthan and Debarun Bhattacharjya

SUTRADHAR (Narrator): Rajika Puri

Day 2 - Young Voices in Dance

Kate Louissaint & Nhyira Asante

Imani Gaudin

Spencer Everett & Isabella Aldridge

Brian Golden

Ramya Durvasula

Lily Summer Gee