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YEs! Dance festival
Presented by K Dance
April 5-6, 2024
The 2024 YES! Dance Festival will feature performances by Li Chiao-Ping Dance (Wisconsin); Theresa Jimmerson Dance (Florida); Madeline Gorman, GRIDLOCK Dance, (Maryland); Mayu Nakaya (New York); Morgan Williams, Water Street Dance (Milwaukee); Megan Mazarick (Pennsylvania); Adrienne Clancy, ClancyWorks Dance Company (Maryland); Eric Rivera (Richmond); and K Dance (Richmond).
As in past years, the festival reflects current trends in contemporary dance and theatre. For more than two decades, K Dance has introduced over 150 choreographers and performers to Richmond audiences. These artists have traveled to Richmond from across the U.S. and abroad to share their contemporary choreography and exquisite dancing. K Dance has hosted many performers from Dance Magazine’s "25 to Watch” list, as well as Fulbright Fellows, MacArthur Fellows, recipients of Princess Grace awards in dance, and choreographers and companies that perform at the Kennedy Center.
Curious intentions
Presented by Starr Foster Dance
April 11-14, 2024
Starr Foster Dance, founded by Artistic Director Starrene Foster, is an award-winning contemporary dance company based in Richmond, Virginia. Known for creating emotionally resonant works, Foster has received numerous awards and recognition for her teaching and choreography and feels strongly about creating work that embraces the human spirit. The SFD dancers have received much praise for their superb technique and the innate sense of connectedness while executing Foster’s unique movement vocabulary. It has been the goal to provide audiences nationally with prolific and engaging productions.
In their quest to make the world richer with art, SFD is dedicated to their mission of collaborating with all types of artists. SFD produces the bi-annual Page to Stage Series, a collaboration with writers, and the Spitting Image Series, a collaboration with photographers. Each of these productions foster the idea of merging interdisciplinary practices and providing opportunities to artists from the community.
For the last 19 years, Starr Foster Dance has produced the highly recognized Annual Mid-Atlantic Choreographers Showcase, producing more than 250 dance artists and companies from around the country. In 2010, SFD established a mentorship program which offers young dancers an opportunity to train in a professional and safe environment.
Each year Starr Foster Dance strives to advance their mission, and is committed to deepen the understanding of dance and the performing arts through artistic excellence, innovative performances, lecture demonstrations, and community outreach. Dedicated to the enrichment of the cultural landscape, Starr Foster Dance thrives to make dance accessible and inclusive for all audiences.
