Renowned dance companies and emerging artists return to the heart of the Hudson Valley when Hudson Valley Dance Festival presents its seventh annual edition. The festival will again transform the 120-year-old wooden warehouse at Historic Catskill Point into a modern-day dance venue.
Over the event’s six years, Hudson Valley Dance Festival has raised $764,724. The money helps Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS provide grants to AIDS and family service organizations nationwide, including 12 based in the Hudson Valley.
Just added to performance roster are:
NBC’s World of Dance performers Denys Drozdyuk and Antonina Skobina sharing a fiery and magnetic paso doble they choreographed together. In addition to the pair winning ballroom dance competitions throughout the world, Drozyduk is a past winner of So You Think You Can Dance Canada.
New York City Ballet soloist and choreographer Peter Walker sharing a world premiere trio performed by New York City Ballet soloist Daniel Applebaum, Pacific Northwest Ballet corps de ballet member Christopher D’Ariano and himself. An accomplished choreographer, Walker has created two works for New York City Ballet.
Program highlights:
Acclaimed all-male repertory company 10 Hairy Legs presenting an excerpt from Cruise Control by Larry Keigwin, the award-winning artistic director of KEIGWIN + COMPANY. 10 Hairy Legs was featured this year at a sneak peek event for Hudson Valley Dance Festival supporters at Catskill’s LUMBERYARD Center for Film and Performing Arts.
Gallim Dance sharing a piece by groundbreaking choreographer Andrea Miller, who was named the 2017-2018 artist in residence at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
