OPENING NIGHT
Thursday, March 11th |
5:30pm - 6:30pm
$99
Bouschet & Ballet- Three-course prix fixe meal tailored for festival attendees prepared by Chef Tig, AND opening exhibit.
Then enjoy seeing the newly built Palm Springs Dance Academy while live Jazz & Latin Jazz Vocalist Leanna Rodgers entertains you. Additionally, meet featured dance photography panelists, Michael Childers, and Geoffrey Moore.
Plus get a private showing of the photography exhibit's six semi-finalists!
The six photography semi-finalists are:
Alex Budin
Los Angeles, California
Gabriel Encinas
Buena Park, California
Todd Fox
Miami, Florida
Lawrence Fung
Tempe, Arizona
Michael Higgins
Paris, France
Jeff Mclean
Lakeside, California
PHOTO EXHIBIT
Friday, March 12th | 6pm, 7pm, 8pm
at the Palm Springs Dance Academy
$10
Join us for a self-guided tour to witness the works of the six semi-finalists:
Alex Budin
Los Angeles, California
Gabriel Encinas
Buena Park, California
Todd Fox
Miami, Florida
Lawrence Fung
Tempe, Arizona
Michael Higgins
Paris, France
Jeff Mclean
Lakeside, California
Plus see dance icons photographed by Michael Childers, photographer of the Hollywood Stars, and Geoffrey Moore with his "5th Position" series featuring dancers of San Francisco Ballet.
DANCE FILM SERIES
Saturday, March 13th | 7pm - 8:00pm
$29
(includes a charcuterie box and a champagne toast)
Join us under the starry sky in front of the San Jacinto Mountain in Downtown Palm Springs as we present these short films that celebrate dance in all forms. You can expect everything from Classical, Broadway, Post-Modern and Cultural… our film series is an enjoyable blend of dynamic dance genres sure to please our audiences.
The ten semi-finalists are:
Charles Scheland
New York, NY
Johanna Sapakie
Las Vegas, NV
Dark Circles Dance Company
Suwon, South Korea
Lineage Dance Company
Pasadena, CA
Seda Aybay
Los Angeles, CA
Edu Hernandez
Montebello, CA
Raw Dance
San Francisco, CA
Katie Nicole Harmon
Schaumburg, IL
Damani Van Rensalier
Jersey City, NJ
Mignolo Dance
Metuchen, NJ
DANCE ART AUCTION
Sunday, March 14th | 11am - 1pm
An opportunity to purchase works of the festival's semi-finalist photographers and other fine art dance-inspired works.
Virtual Festival Experience
Sunday, March 14th | downloadable video released
$20
Can't attend one of our events? Join us virtually with a documentary-style film that features the photography exhibit and international dance film series!
