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    NORTH AMERICAN Newsline                                                   MAY 29, 2026     |  The Indian Eye 31

                        Battery Dance Presents Free

                     Performances in Wagner Park

                             America 250: Moving Together on Saturday, July 25, 2026 at 7pm and

                               The 45th Annual Battery Dance Festival from August 10 - 16, 2026.

            OUR BUREAU
            New York, NY

                  his August, Battery Dance re-
                  turns to the waterfront in spec-
            Ttacular fashion, transforming
            Wagner  Park  into  a  vibrant  hub of
            movement, music, and cultural cel-
            ebration in partnership with Battery
            Park City Authority. The Festival
            begins  on  August  10  with  dynamic
            community workshops led by se-
            lected local dance groups, inviting
            New Yorkers of all ages to connect
            directly with  artists  through  shared
            movement and cultural exchange. On
            Tuesday, August 11, 2026, the perfor-
            mances officially begin as the Festival
            proudly celebrates its legacy as New
            York City’s longest-running free pub-
            lic  dance  festival—an  unforgettable
            annual tradition that brings together   citywide celebration transforms the   noontime dance performances to   home community in New York City,
            extraordinary  artists  and  audiences   park into a vibrant hub of creativity—  lower  Manhattan public  spaces  in-  extending  programming  throughout
            from around the world.            featuring  performances,  hands-on   cluding South Street Seaport, One   the U.S., and building bridges world-
                The 45th Annual Battery Dance   workshops at Battery Dance Studios,  Chase Plaza, City Hall and for many   wide through international cultural
            Festival marks a milestone mo-    and immersive experiences designed   years, the World Trade Center Plaza.  exchange with programs in 75 coun-
            ment, honoring 50 years of Battery   to engage and inspire audiences of   Gratefully in partnership with Bat-  tries to date https://batterydance.org/
            Dance and the visionary leadership   all ages.                      tery Park City Authority, the Festi-  The 2026 Battery Dance Festi-
            of founder and Artistic Director      On Saturday, July 25, 2026, Bat-  val will present the 45th iteration at   val is presented in partnership with
            Jonathan Hollander. This landmark   tery Dance presents America 250:   the stunning waterfront at Wagner   Battery Park City Authority. Public
            edition showcases a dazzling, mul-  Moving Together, a one-night-on-  Park,  offering  exhilarating  perfor-  Funds have been contributed by the
            ticultural lineup of artists, featuring   ly performance commemorating   mances, and building community   National Endowment for the Arts,
            bold voices and movement tradi-   the U.S. semi-quincentennial. Set   where audiences are  invited  to en-  the New York City Department of
            tions from across the globe—uniting   against the backdrop of the Statue of   joy, move, connect, and celebrate   Cultural Affairs in partnership with
            genres, cultures, and creative per-  Liberty, the evening honors the many   together. https://batterydance.org/  the New York City Council; New
            spectives in a powerful celebration of   histories, cultures, and communities   battery-dance-festival/  York State Council on the Arts with
            artistic expression.              that have shaped this land for gen-   Founded by Jonathan Hollander   the support of Governor Kathy Ho-
                Returning  to the  stunning  wa-  erations—highlighting the Indige-  in 1976 in lower Manhattan, Battery   chul and the New York State Legis-
            terfront at Wagner Park, the Festival   nous peoples who stewarded these   Dance now serves as one of Amer-  lature; and New York City Council
            unfolds over a full week of dynamic   territories long before the founding   ica’s leading cultural ambassadors,  member Christopher Marte’s Office.
            programming. Each evening offers   of the United States. Through the   connecting the world through dance.  Generous support has been provid-
            two  exhilarating  hours  of  perfor-  expressive  power  of  dance,  the  per-  With its exceptional team of dancers   ed by The Shubert Foundation, The
            mances, including the beloved in-  formance invites audiences to reflect   who also serve as teaching artists   Harkness Foundation for Dance,
            teractive segment Everybody Dance   on the evolving story of identity, re-  and choreographers, the Company   The  Seth  Sprague  Educational and
            Now, where audiences are invited   silience, and belonging in America.  pursues  artistic  excellence  and  so-  Charitable  Foundation,  Indian
            to move, connect, and celebrate to-   Presented in partnership with   cial relevance, creating vibrant new   Council for Cultural Relations, Con-
            gether.                           Battery Park City Authority.      works, performing on the world’s   sulate General of India in New York,
                With a distinct theme each night,   BATTERY DANCE FESTI-        stages, presenting dance in public   State Bank of India, the Taipei Cul-
            the Festival remains rooted in its   VAL, New York City’s longest-run-  spaces,  serving  the  field  of  dance   tural Center of TECO in New York,
            core mission: to present an eclectic   ning free public dance festival, was   with low-cost studios in its home in   the Ministry of  Culture in  Taiwan,
            spectrum of dance to New York au-  established by Battery Dance as the   Tribeca and teaching people of all   the Consulate General of Spain in
            diences, expand access to the arts for   Downtown Dance Festival in 1982.  ages with special attention to the   New York, the Romanian Cultural
            all, and uplift emerging New York-  Originally envisioned and conducted   disadvantaged and areas of conflict.  Center, the Consulate General of
            based  companies  as  vital  voices  in   as an “art in the workplace” series,  Battery Dance is committed to en-  Germany,  Weill  Cornell  Medicine,
            today’s  dance  landscape.  This  free,  the festival brought hundreds of free   hancing the cultural vibrancy of its   and many individual donors.

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