FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

MEDIA ALERT

FIFTH ANNUAL DANCE PARADE IGNITES BROADWAY

Followed by DanceFest in Tompkins Square Park
Estimated 45,000 Spectators

What: 5th Annual Dance Parade and DanceFest

When: Saturday, May 21, 2011
Parade, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
DanceFest 3:00 PM - 7:00 PM

Who: More than 8,000 dancers celebrate and showcase the diversity of dance, including 176 groups and more than 70 styles represented. 

Where: Parade Route: The Dance Parade begins on 21st Street and Broadway,
travels south through Union Square onto University Place and continues
to 8th Street, where the parade turns east into Tompins Square Park.

Post-parade DanceFest:  The event culimates with DanceFest, a free
festival offering performances on two stages, dance lessons, workshops
and social dancing throughout the basketball courts. 

Grand Marshals: Charles Reinhart, Joseph Harrington and Kat Wildish will be honored as 2011 Grand Marshals at stage A, 4:00 PM at Tompkins Square Park.

Stage A (located at “Old Band Shell") performances include:
One Love Drum & Dance Circle; Dance Manhattan, Broadway Bodies, Korean Tradition Music & Dance Institute of NY; Fully Focused Dancers; Neville Dance Theater; Manhattan Tribal; Checkit! Dance; Dance Aveia; Flamenco Nueva York; Pink Tutu Ballet Company; Sol Dance Center; 10Tecomai Yosakoi Dance Project; Latin Dance Connection; Cheer New York.

Stage B - Teaching Stage:
Journey Dance; Pink Tutu Ballet Company; Zouk Nation; Dance Manhattan; Dhoonya Fita; Sol Dance Center; NYC Bhangra Club; Stage Stars; HYPNOkidz.

Stage C - Family Friendly Stage:
Joffrey Ballet School; Hoboken Hip Hop; Amazing Amy; Mar Del Dance; HYPNOkidz; Energy in the Middle; NYC Bhangra Club; Dhoonya Fita; JT Lotus Dance Company; BEAT IT NYC; The Pulse Performing Arts Studio; The Professionals Dance Company; Inner Spirit Dance Company; Queens Dance Fusion; SIRPAUL.

Festival map and schedule available here.

Why: Dance Parade New York is the world’s only parade to exclusively showcase and celebrate the diversity of dance.

Contact: Amber Henrie, (917) 270-0550,