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Hudson Valley Dance Festival’s virtual edition i

Hudson Valley Dance Festival’s virtual edition in 2020 featured MONUMENT by choreographer @adamhweinert. Next week, he returns to #HVDance with an excerpt of his forthcoming contemporary modern work ANTHEM.

#HVDance returns next Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

@gallimdanceco explored the pain and devastation o

@gallimdanceco explored the pain and devastation of loss in “Dust,” a stirring excerpt from Blush at Hudson Valley Dance Festival in 2018. Choreographed by Gallim’s artistic director, dancers @seanlammer and @daaaaaaaan lunged at and lifted each other in a poignant piece.

#HVDance returns next Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

Congrats to @limondance and choreographer @raultam

Congrats to @limondance and choreographer @raultamezdanza on their recent Bessie Award nomination for “Migrant Mother.” Tamez is the first Mexican choreographer to create a work in the company since founder José Limón.

Be there next Saturday, October 8, when Limón honors its 75th anniversary at #HVDance with the founder’s “Chaconne,” a solo set to Bach’s “Partita No. 2 in D minor,” complete with a live violinist. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

Choreographer @khadijah_movement of the @ladiesofh

Choreographer @khadijah_movement of the @ladiesofhiphop Dance Collective makes her #HVDance debut this year in an excerpt of a choreopoem series exploring Black women being heard, uncontested, unfiltered and uncensored.

#HVDance returns next Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hiphop #ladiesofhiphop
#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

At the last in-person edition of the Hudson Valley

At the last in-person edition of the Hudson Valley Dance Festival, @rioultdanceny explored relationships through movement in “Adagio Movement,” an excerpt from Celestial Tides. The troupe of four dancers paired off, using each other’s forms to creating abstract and elegant shapes.

#HVDance returns Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

During 2019’s Hudson Valley Dance Festival, Josh

During 2019’s Hudson Valley Dance Festival, Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY shared “Albrecht Appears,” an excerpt from “Giselle.” @jjbeamish reimagined the classic ballet featuring The National Ballet of Canada’s @h.j.kiwi.

#HVDance returns Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

At #HVDance 2018, @thewashingtonballet explored th

At #HVDance 2018, @thewashingtonballet explored the comforts and conflicts of small town life in an excerpt of “The Outset.” The piece alternated from rapturous to romantic to heartbreaking as performers @onukimaki and Tamás Krizsa shared vulnerability, love and doubt through balletic moves.

#HVDance returns Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

In 2018 Hudson Valley Dance Festival opened with a

In 2018 Hudson Valley Dance Festival opened with an excerpt from Bryn Cohn + Artists’ “Skin,” a piece exploring how identity is formed in response to gender, sexuality and politics. Dancers Nico Gonzalez and @dustinohalloran rarely lost contact as they pushed and pulled, carving out space for one another in an intimate and intense duet.

#HVDance returns Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

During 2017’s Hudson Valley Dance Festival, Josh

During 2017’s Hudson Valley Dance Festival, Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY shared “Saudade.”

#HVDance returns Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

@stephenpetroniocompany, a cornerstone of the Huds

@stephenpetroniocompany, a cornerstone of the Hudson Valley dance scene building the vision and legacy of choreographer Stephen Petronio, makes a welcome return appearance to #HVDance. The company will perform Petronio’s “”Bloom”” with music by Rufus Wainwright.
Hudson Valley Dance Festival returns Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

Choreographer @raymercer5678, a veteran of Broadwa

Choreographer @raymercer5678, a veteran of Broadway’s @thelionking, shared the premiere of “Pretty Is…” at #HVDance. The movement ranged from turbulent and exposed to strong and powerful, with the cast of 10 dancers ultimately coming together with athletic, rhythmic and passionate force.

Hudson Valley Dance Festival returns Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

@nycballet legend and Hudson Valley resident @wend

@nycballet legend and Hudson Valley resident @wendyw performed the premiere of @balletcollective artistic director @troymacher’s “”Opus 55”” at 2018’s Hudson Valley Dance Festival. Matching her inimitable ballet vocabulary with distinctly modern movement, Whelan was elegant and effortless as she performed the resonant, flowing and fluid piece.

#HVDance returns Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

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Hudson Valley Dance Festival’s virtual edition i

Hudson Valley Dance Festival’s virtual edition in 2020 featured MONUMENT by choreographer @adamhweinert. Next week, he returns to #HVDance with an excerpt of his forthcoming contemporary modern work ANTHEM.

#HVDance returns next Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

@gallimdanceco explored the pain and devastation o

@gallimdanceco explored the pain and devastation of loss in “Dust,” a stirring excerpt from Blush at Hudson Valley Dance Festival in 2018. Choreographed by Gallim’s artistic director, dancers @seanlammer and @daaaaaaaan lunged at and lifted each other in a poignant piece.

#HVDance returns next Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

Congrats to @limondance and choreographer @raultam

Congrats to @limondance and choreographer @raultamezdanza on their recent Bessie Award nomination for “Migrant Mother.” Tamez is the first Mexican choreographer to create a work in the company since founder José Limón.

Be there next Saturday, October 8, when Limón honors its 75th anniversary at #HVDance with the founder’s “Chaconne,” a solo set to Bach’s “Partita No. 2 in D minor,” complete with a live violinist. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

Choreographer @khadijah_movement of the @ladiesofh

Choreographer @khadijah_movement of the @ladiesofhiphop Dance Collective makes her #HVDance debut this year in an excerpt of a choreopoem series exploring Black women being heard, uncontested, unfiltered and uncensored.

#HVDance returns next Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hiphop #ladiesofhiphop
#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

At the last in-person edition of the Hudson Valley

At the last in-person edition of the Hudson Valley Dance Festival, @rioultdanceny explored relationships through movement in “Adagio Movement,” an excerpt from Celestial Tides. The troupe of four dancers paired off, using each other’s forms to creating abstract and elegant shapes.

#HVDance returns Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

During 2019’s Hudson Valley Dance Festival, Josh

During 2019’s Hudson Valley Dance Festival, Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY shared “Albrecht Appears,” an excerpt from “Giselle.” @jjbeamish reimagined the classic ballet featuring The National Ballet of Canada’s @h.j.kiwi.

#HVDance returns Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

At #HVDance 2018, @thewashingtonballet explored th

At #HVDance 2018, @thewashingtonballet explored the comforts and conflicts of small town life in an excerpt of “The Outset.” The piece alternated from rapturous to romantic to heartbreaking as performers @onukimaki and Tamás Krizsa shared vulnerability, love and doubt through balletic moves.

#HVDance returns Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

In 2018 Hudson Valley Dance Festival opened with a

In 2018 Hudson Valley Dance Festival opened with an excerpt from Bryn Cohn + Artists’ “Skin,” a piece exploring how identity is formed in response to gender, sexuality and politics. Dancers Nico Gonzalez and @dustinohalloran rarely lost contact as they pushed and pulled, carving out space for one another in an intimate and intense duet.

#HVDance returns Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

During 2017’s Hudson Valley Dance Festival, Josh

During 2017’s Hudson Valley Dance Festival, Joshua Beamish/MOVETHECOMPANY shared “Saudade.”

#HVDance returns Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

@stephenpetroniocompany, a cornerstone of the Huds

@stephenpetroniocompany, a cornerstone of the Hudson Valley dance scene building the vision and legacy of choreographer Stephen Petronio, makes a welcome return appearance to #HVDance. The company will perform Petronio’s “”Bloom”” with music by Rufus Wainwright.
Hudson Valley Dance Festival returns Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

Choreographer @raymercer5678, a veteran of Broadwa

Choreographer @raymercer5678, a veteran of Broadway’s @thelionking, shared the premiere of “Pretty Is…” at #HVDance. The movement ranged from turbulent and exposed to strong and powerful, with the cast of 10 dancers ultimately coming together with athletic, rhythmic and passionate force.

Hudson Valley Dance Festival returns Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

@nycballet legend and Hudson Valley resident @wend

@nycballet legend and Hudson Valley resident @wendyw performed the premiere of @balletcollective artistic director @troymacher’s “”Opus 55”” at 2018’s Hudson Valley Dance Festival. Matching her inimitable ballet vocabulary with distinctly modern movement, Whelan was elegant and effortless as she performed the resonant, flowing and fluid piece.

#HVDance returns Saturday, October 8. Click our bio link for tickets.

#hudsonvalleydancefestival #hudsonvalley #upstatenewyork #upstateny #dance #dancer #dancelover #dancelife #dancelove #dancelovers #danceshow #dancefestival #balletlife #balletworld #contemporarydancers #blackdancers #dancefamily #charityevent

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Dancers Responding to AIDS · May 4, 2021 at 4:46pm
@DRAdance

After careful consideration, we've decided that the Fire Island Dance Festival and Hudson Valley Dance Festival will be on hiatus until 2022. We look forward to returning to the Pines and Catskill, NY, next year. More at https://t.co/WhLNds1EWt https://t.co/QrMl6N4vPe

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Dancers Responding to AIDS · May 4, 2021 at 4:46pm
@DRAdance

After careful consideration, we've decided that the Fire Island Dance Festival and Hudson Valley Dance Festival will be on hiatus until 2022. We look forward to returning to the Pines and Catskill, NY, next year. More at https://t.co/WhLNds1EWt https://t.co/QrMl6N4vPe

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