Newport Dance Festival (formerly Great Friends Dance Festival) is back this July with eight nights of dance, featuring five visiting dance companies from around the globe!
Newport Dance Festival
July 14 - 21
The Lawn @ St. Michael's Country Day School
180 Rhode Island Avenue, Newport
6:00pm - Doors open & Live Music begins
6:45pm - Choreographer “Talk-Forward” Q&A
7:00pm - Show begins (runs 90 minutes)
Ticket options:
1 Ticket - $30
2 Tickets - $50
Student & Military Ticket - $22
5 Flex Tickets - $100
Children 12 & under - FREE
Purchase tickets at bit.ly/IMCDanceFestTix2019
Picnics, blankets, & lawn chairs are suggested to enjoy world-class dance in a relaxed, community setting.
Each night's show will begin with an Etude, a short piece that is choreographed by one of the festival choreographers during the day, and performed with a group of self-selected festival dancers that same night.
Dancers attending IMC’s pre-professional summer intensive will also perform each night of the festival.
Featured Dance Companies:
Island Moving Company - Newport, RI
Thomas/Ortiz Dance - New Canaan, CT
Breathing Art Company - Bari, Italy
Ballet Dallas - Dallas, TX
Matthew Westerby Company - New York, NY
Trainor Dance - New York, NY
CONTINUUM Contemporary/Ballet - New York, NY
Pieces presented by IMC at the festival will include works by Artistic Director Miki Ohlsen, Associate Artistic Director Danielle Genest, company dancer Glen Lewis and choreographers Rodney Rivera and Colin Connor
Purchase tickets at bit.ly/IMCDanceFestTix2019
A big thank you to Bank Newport for sponsoring Opening Night, Sunday, July 14 & to St. Michael's Country Day School for hosting us!
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