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27th YES! Dance Festival
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27th YES! Dance Festival
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.
Guests:
DM “25 to Watch”
Emiko Nakagawa (New York City)
Rebecca Margolick (Vancouver BC)
Organi City – Jonathan Pattiwael (Texas)
SarAika Movement Collective – Sara Pizzi (New York City)
Megan Mazarick (Philadelphia PA)
Eric Rivera (Richmond)
K Dance (Richmond)
JUNE 5th at 7:30pm
JUNE 6th at 2:00pm
June 6th at 7:30pm
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2025/26 Resident Companies
STARR FOSTER DANCE: SHOUTING DISTANCE
STARR FOSTER DANCE is excited to announce the premiere of SHOUTING DISTANCE, along with the debut of TRUTH and the return of NOT A DREAM. SHOUTING DISTANCE explores the lives of our neighbors- and their neighbors. This new dance-theater work is presented in vignettes, featuring Richmond actor John Mincks as the emcee. This new work will include the full company, along with five guest dance artists from Richmond. Also on the program is the premiere of TRUTH, a new quartet that delves into the balance between truth and deception. In celebration of the upcoming PAGE TO STAGE IV in December 2026, Artistic Director Starrene Foster is bringing back NOT A DREAM, which was inspired by an excerpt from a memoir written by Caitlin McGill.
CASTING:
SHOUTING DISTANCE: Sarah Carrington, Roya Baker-Vahdani, Shannon Comerford, Madison Ernstes, Molly Huey (Thursday, Friday, Sunday) Sophia Smith (Saturday), with guests Haley Carney, Alessandra Carter, Danielle Cecile, Molly Goecker, Cassidy Kinney
TRUTH: Sarah Carrington, Roya Baker-Vahdani (Saturday), Shannon Comerford, Madison Ernstes, Molly Huey (Thursday, Friday, Sunday)
NOT A DREAM: Madison Ernstes
5 PERFORMANCES
Thursday April 9th 7:30PM
(Post-Performance Q&A with the artists)
Friday April 10th 7:30PM
(Champagne Night with the artists Post-Performance)
Saturday April 11th 3PM
(Pay-What-You-Can Option available)
Saturday April 11th 6PM
(Pay-What-You-Can option available/Post-Performance Q&A with the artists)
Sunday April 12th 3PM