Bates Dance Festival

Bates Dance Festival The Bates Dance Festival, a 6 week summer program offers training, commissioning and performances on
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Bates Dance Festival is an international community of choreographers, dancers, educators and students learning, creating and performing together.

07/31/2026

The BDF Media Team is bringing all the magic that has happened over the past six weeks to life!

Here is a glimpse of Kalli Jones and Ellie Stevenson’s duet at the Final PTP Works in Progress Showing!

PTP is closing out its second week and this group of dancers is bringing the energy! Thank you to 𝗔𝗻𝘁 | Artist for captu...
07/24/2026

PTP is closing out its second week and this group of dancers is bringing the energy! Thank you to 𝗔𝗻𝘁 | Artist for capturing these beautiful moments!

There is still so much to look forward to! Next week, we welcome Dan Safer and Tommy Defrantz, Jesse Factor, Shakia Barron, and all of our week 3 dancers!

07/21/2026

Today, we learned more about our first dance partner: the floor. The PTP students are diving deeper each week into their improvisational tools with Christina Robson!

Christina Robson’s improvisation class is one of the many classes available for drop-ins. Come learn wiggle your body, learn some valuable skills and improvise with Christina Jane Robson

07/13/2026

Laila Williams knows how to bring the energy into any room she is in, but especially in Brandon Allen Juezan ‘s Street Styles class during the Young Dancers Intensive!

We loved kicking off the festival with our Meet The Faculty event and hearing just a little bit about what brought these...
06/30/2026

We loved kicking off the festival with our Meet The Faculty event and hearing just a little bit about what brought these incredible artists to Bates Dance Festival.

Thank you to the extraordinary faculty for sharing your stories, artistry and wisdom with our young dancers. To everyone who joined, we hope these reflections continue to inspire curiosity, connection and bold creative explorations! For those who couldn’t join, swipe through to just get a taste of this one-of-a-kind lineup!

We can’t wait to see what unfolds in the studio these next few weeks!

05/28/2026

Tickets for the 2026 Performance Series officially go on sale June 1st!

From breathtaking world-class talent to groundbreaking new voices, we have curated a lineup for this season that we are incredibly proud of—and we know you’re going to love it. There is nothing quite like the energy of live performance, and we can’t wait to share these unforgettable nights with you.

Mark your calendars for June 1st.
Head to the link in our bio to learn more and get ready for June 1st!

05/16/2026

Part lecture, part ritual, and entirely urgent: For All Your Life is Leslie Cuyjet’s deep dive into the mechanism of life insurance as a tool for examining Black life and death. Cuyjet deconstructs the industry’s origins in the transatlantic slave trade, transforming a business seminar into a visceral investigation of human worth. It is an invitation to witness how we react to loss and a provocation to see the “value” of a life through a lens beyond the economic.

Leslie Cuyjet
For All Your Life
July 24
Schaeffer Theatre

Tickets on sale June 1st
Adult: $40
Student/Senior/Educator: $20
A limited number of $5 tickets will be available to anyone while supplies last!

Link in bio to learn more about Leslie and the rest of the 2026 Performance Series line-up!

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