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@danceparadenyc
#danceparadenyc
#thecabaretoflife
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"Just keep it up, keep imitating yourself, and, , go grow your own dance
makers. Come on, don't keep trying to filter modern ones through your
so-safe extablishment. We're to be seen undiluted, undistorted, not
absorbed by your hollow world like blood into a sponge."
Photo: Paul B. Goode |
Non Profit Board of Directors:
Valerie Feit (Co-Chair)
Mahayana Landowne (Co-Chair)
Michelle DeBlasi
Jerry Goldman
Nicola Creary
Kevin Farley
David Leventhal
Greg Miller
Philip Ribolow
Erik Bryan Slavin
Steering Commitee:
Greg Miller, Executive Director
David Sanders, Parade Production
Carlye Eckert, Education
John Dalton, Sponsorship
Jamila Holman, Festival Production
DJ McDonald, Curatorial
Mark Schmidt, Curatorial
Hal Lamster, Web
Jacque Cohen, Volunteer Coordination
Rebecca Myles, Media
Doug Kollesar, Finance (CPA)
Natalya Grigoriev, Finance (CPA)
Brian Austin, Creative
Jason Parrish, Creative
Chauncey Dandridge, Social Media
Xi Zhu, China Committee
Honorary Committee:
(Power Team & Grand Marshals)
Maurice Hines
Frankie Bones
Mestre Joao Grande
Rosie Mendez
Garth Fagan
Kwikstep
Rokafella
Carmen de Lavallade
Robert Battle
Mary Verdi-Fletcher
Rekha Malhotra
Savion Glover
Jawolle Willa Jo Zollar
Hex Hector
Jacqulyn Buglisi
Baba Chuck Davis
Louie Vega
Ashley Tuttle
Elisa Monte
Bill Shannon
Trevor Hochman
Peter Zehren
Samir Bitar
Mel Alvarez
Jonathan Peters
Charles Reinhart
“Billy Elliot” (Joseph Harrington)
Kat Wildish
Amy Marshall
Jellybean Benitez
Elizabeth Zimmer
Ellenore Scott
Don Campbell "Campbellock"
Morocco (Carolina Varga Dinicu)
Luis Salgado
Luigi
Kool Herc
Danny Tenaglia
Djoniba Mouflet
Advisory Board:
Jeanne Fleming
David Katz
Teddie Kern
Anil Kumar
Joseph McElroy
Fred Shequine
Tasha Blank
Sponsorship Team:
Greg Miller
John Dalton
Nikki Creary
Phil Ribolow
Parade Production:
Jenny Bossiere (Co Lead)
Celia Kutcher (Co Lead)
Cristin Lafata
Grace Marinao
Jenn Converse
Erik Bryan Slavin
Gabriel Kutik
John Dalton
Dan Rosenstark
Daniel Kahn
Disco Mike Park
Bobby Speakerwire
Wandalynn Miftahi
Cheryl Gant
Phil Ribolow
Mekeshia Brown
Marjorie Liebman
Wandalynn Miftahi
Peter Vassilatos
Ollie Chase
Tim Golding
Jerry Goldman
Akil Davis
Alia Kubicek
Diane Dejesus
Claudia Lazo
Freddy Cosmo
J-Royce Jata
Alia Kubicek
Michael Fry
Rhina Valentin
Sharon Colchamino
Tatianna Bisono
Jamee Schleifer
Beatriz Cardo
Dayana Guerrero
Angelica
Doris Martinez
Michael Witt
Miriam Ross
Festival Production:
Jamila Holman (Chair)
DJ McDonald (Curatorial Chair)
Mark Schmidt (Curatorial Vice-Chair)
Foxy Squire
DJ Sweat
Shiela Jamison
Ben Vazquez
Ameca Holman
Bianca Rodriquez
Mango
Norman
Donnie D'Amato (Emcee, Main)
Shireen Dickson (Emcee, Family)
Educational Outreach
Carlye Eckert (Chair)
Valerie Feit
Caryn Cooper
Shireen Dickson
Leslie Pieters
Jamee Schliefer
Finance:
Leslie Blanchard
Bianca Rodriguez
Natalya Grigoriev
Elizabeth Zaklama
Legal:
Victoria Behr
Carmen Casado
Jerry Goldman
David Leventhal
Paul Llewellyn
Kaye Scholer LLP
Marketing:
Greg Miller
Brian Austin
Jason Parrish
Hal Lamster
Martha Ma
Sarah McGlaughlin
Amanda Alston
Luis Vargas
Media & Promotions Team:
Rebecca Myles
Audrey Ross
Teresa Bigelow
Chauncey Danridge
Michelle Deblassi
Kevin Farley
Shiela Jamison
Special thanks:
·New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio
·NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo
·Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer
·City Council Member Rosie Mendez
·NYC Cultural Affairs Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl, Deputy Commissioner Eddie Torres, Assistant Commissioner Kathleen Hughes and Program Officer Stephanie La Froscia
·Community Boards 2 and 3
·NYC & Co Foundation
·NYPD Lt Christopher Cheng and Sgt Patrick McGuire
·NYC Department for the Aging
·New York State Council on the Arts
·Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
·NYC Parks & Recreation Director Claudia Pepe, District Supervisor Terese Flores, Deputy Director Venus Melo and Kevin McClain (Citywide)
·NYC Dept of Sanitation Superintendent Thomas Lincoln
·NYC Dept of Transportation Event Coordinators Michael Callery, Ivory Henderson-Robb and G.I.S. / Events Coordinator Shuan Bruney
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Dance Parade
graciously acknowledges
our 2018 Sponsors and Partners:
Want to Sponsor 2018? Contact Executive Director greg@danceparade.org for more information! |
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Dear Friends,
Just five weeks away to New York City's largest dance event. We're thrilled to have a fantastic lineup of Grand Marshals and over 5,000 dancers from 128 dance organizations already signed up who represent over 50 unique forms of dance.
Ready to celebrate this #CabaretOfLife ! |
Meet our 2018 GRAND MARSHALS!
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Four Grand Marshals will kick off the parade and festival with a ribbon cutting ceremony that begins at 12:45pm on Saturday May 19, 2018 at 21st Street and Broadway. This year’s honorees were selected based on their commitment to promoting unity, diversity and humanity in their art and work.
Grand Marshals for this year’s Dance Parade are Bessie Award winning choreographer, Camille A. Brown; the three-time Emmy® Award-winner for her show “Bare Feet”, Mickela Mallozzi; The honorable New York City Council Member, Rafael Espinal, who authored the bill to successfully overturn the prohibition-era cabaret law and legendary DJ and ten year radio host of WBLS 107.5fm, DJ Doc Martin!
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2018 Grand Marshal Camille A. Brown
Choreographer.
Educator. Activist. Camille A. Brown’s award-winning choreography
reclaims the cultural narrative of African American identity. Her bold
work taps into both ancestral stories and contemporary culture to
capture a range of deeply personal experiences. Through dance and
dialogue, Ms. Brown empowers Black bodies to tell their story in their
own language(s).
Photo credit: Whitney Browne
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2018 Grand Marshal Mickela Mallozzi
Mickela Mallozzi is the three-time Emmy® Award-winning Host and Executive Producer of Bare Feet with Mickela Mallozzi,
a travel series highlighting the diversity of dance which airs on
public television stations nationwide, Amazon, and Dance Network. A
professional dancer and trained musician, Mickela decided to start a
journey around the world, taking her camera with her to follow dance in
the lives of everyday people wherever she went. {Read more...} |
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2018 Grand Marshal City Council Member Rafael Espinal
A lifelong resident of Brooklyn, Rafael L. Espinal Jr. is the Council Member for the 37th district, proudly serving the vibrant communities of Bushwick, Brownsville, Cypress Hills, and East New York. Council Member Espinal is Chair of the Council’s Committee on Consumer Affairs and Business Licensing, where he has overseen the implementation of NYC’s successful Paid Sick Leave Law, passed consumer protections for women, seniors, and immigrants, and continues to fight for a more fair and vibrant marketplace in NYC. Council Member Espinal recently made history by passing legislation to repeal the antiquated 1926 cabaret law, which required a license to dance. He also led the nation by creating the United States’ first Office of Nightlife to support nightlife businesses and local communities.
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2018 Grand Marshal DJ Doc Martin
Spinning records for appreciative admirers for years has been just one of the many blessin gs in life and music career of our “Resident Mixologist,” DJ Doc Martin. Born and raised in Connecticut and deejaying since high school, Doc simultaneously held it down for many year working various clubs, and gaining a strong following behind the microphone as an announcer for both a college (WRTC-Hartford) and a commercial (WNHC-New Haven) radio station.
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You can SEE the Parade or you can EXPERIENCE the Parade!
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Participate in the 12th Annual Dance Parade and Festival May 19th 2018! Last year we repealed the Cabaret Law. This year we celebrate "The Cabaret of Life!"
Over 10,000 dancers will be dancing on Broadway to over 80 styles of dance in the New York City's largest dance event. Bring your Classical Indian, African, EDM Viking Ship, Korean K-hop, Melbourne-Shuffle, Tango or Texas Two-Step--This is a participatory dance event like never before! Individuals as well as groups need to register--and with our nifty new website, it's easy!
(Want a float? Need sound or help with logistics? Come to our Parade Group Coordinators meeting April 17th 6:15pm at 265 West 37th Street, Suite 206) |
One of the best things in life is volunteering to make a difference -- And bringing dance to the streets, hearts and minds of New York City with a band of lolligagging movers and shakers is a funtastic way to do it -- Register to Volunteer here!
All volunteers are requested to attend one of two all hands meetings:
- Sunday May 6th 2-3:30pm near City Hall
- Saturday May 12th 2-3:30pm (location TBD)
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SUPPORT our Mission and get PERKS!
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Our Mission is to promote dance as an expressive and unifying art form by
showcasing all forms of dance, educating the general public about the
opportunities to experience dance, and celebrating diversity of dance in
New York City by sponsoring a yearly city-wide dance parade and dance
festival.
Dance Parade really needs your support and
any help you can give us is appreciated. At Dance Parade, we
are grateful for every tax deductible donation no matter how
small.
Here's how to donate:
· Make check payable to “Dance Parade” and mail to 789 Westminster Road, 1st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11230
· Pay by credit card (PayPal account not needed) HERE.
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Photo Credit: LRMaria Guarriello Artists: Shot of Skotch (Scottish Highlander Dance)
We dance.
We dance for cultural equity.
We represent all dances, including yours. Our 80+ unique dance
styles are the world’s largest display of cultural diversity. We keep
historical dances alive, like Armenian Folk dancing and Bolivian
Caporales, and showcase new dance forms like Litefeet, Waacking and
Brazillian Zouk. We unite cultures and generations, introducing
teenagers to tango, clubbers to square-dancing, and seniors to hip-hop.
We dance for emotional and physical health.
Dance expresses identity – yours, mine, and ours together. Dancing
rejuvenates our bodies and minds, motivates us, and we share
joy. Dancers master new skills, personal and interpersonal, developing
self-esteem and community pride. We put creativity in motion, with
performances, classes, costumes, parade floats, and our Dance Police
(NYDP) — who playfully ticket “bystanders” for not dancing.
We dance to educate and empower.
We send certified teaching artists to schools and community
centers. Participants discover they can communicate vital feelings and
ideas by dancing, and gain insight into other cultures. We
support emerging dance groups by reaching broad audiences and document
their artistry, which they use for fundraising and promotion.
We dance for freedom and peace.
Our root is social justice. Our rhythm is unity. In
the 1800’s, ballroom dancing was deemed devil’s work. In the 1920’s, New
York City enacted the Cabaret Law to stem interracial dancing in Harlem
Jazz Clubs. Nazi Germany banned “anarchistic” Swing Dancing in the
1930’s. Even recently, in 2006, a New York State Supreme Court ruled
that, unlike other forms of art, social dance was not a constitutionally
protected form of expression. We stand for all dancers, including you.
We dance.
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Our Charitable work to ENGAGE COMMUNITY
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2018 Dance Programs:
We employ Teaching Artists at our programs in all five boroughs of New York City. Each program ended with participation in the May 20th 2017 Parade and Festival.
Ageless Action:
Serving older Americans through the joy and movement of dance.
Community Kinect:
Using
dance to instill a lifelong enthusiasm for physical fitness.
Cultural Residencies: Multi-week residencies focusing on culturally specific dance forms.
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Artists: House Coalition Float; Photo by Richard Renda
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