Dance Parade New York

Dance Parade New York A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to everyone who celebrated our 20th anniversary with us! Thank you for putting a smile in our hearts! We can’t wait for 2027!
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The joy and feeling of community at Dance Parade and DanceFest is a feeling we will carry until next year! Our mission is to inspire dance through
the celebration of cultural equity & diversity. On Saturday May 21, 2022 the 16th Annual Dance
Parade and Festival will be the world’s largest
display of cultural diversity. The parade route starts on 21st street at 1pm
through Union Square to a Grandst

and in Astor Place. Concluding the
parade is DanceFest on 5 stages in
Tompkins Square Park. Dance Parade’s Community Engagement
Programs allow participants of all ages –
from schools to community and senior centers
– an opportunity to discover their own innate
capacity for the communication of ideas,
thoughts, and feelings through the medium of
dance. Program groups often culminate their
explorations by performing in the Parade and
in Dance Fest. For more info, visit https://www.danceparade.org

09/03/2026

Dance is Life gave us LIFE Monday night with a packed Pier 76 of Hudson River Park filled with groovy music, inter-generational and multicultural community and just so much joy! Only two more of these FREE outdoor dance parties left! Don’t miss the next one September 14 at Pier 84! Follow at Dance Is Life for the details!

Video by Josef Pinlac Josef Pinlac.

Fun moments from this year’s 20th Anniversary Dance Parade and Festival! One more month before registration opens for th...
09/01/2026

Fun moments from this year’s 20th Anniversary Dance Parade and Festival! One more month before registration opens for the 21st Annual Dance Parade happening on May 15, 2027! SAVE the DATE and join us for a full day of DANCE!

All photos by Gia Trovela Gia Trovela Photo Gia Trovela.
Dance groups as follows:

1. Lei Pasifika Lei Pasifika
2. Kinding Sindaw Kinding Sindaw
3. The Physical Plant/Queensboro Dance Festival The Physical Plant Queensboro Dance Festival
4. CarNYval Dancers CarNYval Dancers
5. Samba New York Samba New York!
6. Pirate Queens Revenge Pirate Queens Revenge
7. I Dance Like You with NIA PS 216 float and students I Dance Like U NIA Community Services Network PS 216 Arturo Toscanini
8. House Coalition
9. The RED Project TheREDprojectNYC
10. JBelly School of RAQ JBelly’s School of RAQ: Bellydance Janelle Jalila Issis Lee
Janelle Jalila Issis Leel The Spirit of Italy
12. iThe Spirit of Italyance i KADA Dance Company, Inc i KADA Dance Company, Inc 🇰🇷🇺🇸LÁ NEW YORK
14. BrokeBATALÁ NEW YORKen Box Mime Theater
1Broken Box Mime Theater Ephrat Asherie Dance (EAD)Ephrat Asherie Dance (EAD)Thoreau School
17. Sunflower Dance Association Sunflower Association er
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You may have seen them at Dance Parade and maybe even saw the movie when it first came out. Relive the moments of this j...
08/31/2026

You may have seen them at Dance Parade and maybe even saw the movie when it first came out. Relive the moments of this joyful film on ballroom dance featuring Dancing Classrooms New York City!

08/31/2026

As always so much fun at the Tropicalfete Caribbean Pop Up Carnival in Times Square! Now on its fifth year and always so much joy and culture! The Moko Jumbies giving the energy and getting us ready for the West Indian Carnival coming up in one week! Follow them at Tropicalfete for classes, performances and more!

Video by Josef Pinlac Josef Pinlac.

More memorable moments from this year’s 20th anniversary of Dance Parade! We loved having so many new groups and returni...
08/31/2026

More memorable moments from this year’s 20th anniversary of Dance Parade! We loved having so many new groups and returning favorites! Did you have a favorite dance group this year? Join us for next year’s 21st anniversary on May 15, 2027! SAVE the DATE!

All photos by Celia Santos Celia Luz.
Dance groups as follows:

1. Fit4Dance Fit4Dance
2. Elite Dance Nation
3. Alison Cook Beatty Dance Alison Cook Beatty Dance
4. Hamilton Grange Middle School Hamilton Grange Middle School
5. The RED Project TheREDprojectNYC
6. Kalmyk Heritage Center Halmg Oirats
7. Folk Dance Club Kaleidoscope FOLK DANCE CLUB KALEIDOSCOPE
8. Brassy Bombshells Brassy Bombshells
9. The Empire Kittens The Empire Kittens
10. Thai Life NY Thai Life New York
11. iKada Dance Center i KADA DANCE CENTER, INC
12. Sunflower Dance Association Sunflower Association

08/30/2026

Excerpt from Arbor by Jody Sperling performed by Time Lapse Dance earlier today at the Harborview Terrace Community Celebration! We love attending this yearly celebration of the community at Harborview Terrace! Follow Jody Sperling and Time Lapse Dance for upcoming performances.

Video by Josef Pinlac Josef Pinlac.

08/29/2026

We are not sure how to feel about this….

Dance Parade started as a protest against the Cabaret Law at a time when it was having a devastating effect on nightlife. With the help of other nightlife advocates and lawmakers, the law that violated first amendment rights of self expression was repealed in 2017. Not exactly recently.

There are still laws on the books that restrict dance so I guess if this administration is pro-dancing we are okay with it.

08/28/2026

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5 West 17th Street, NY (Check-In Tent At Parade Start)
New York, NY
10011

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