2021 DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL

Celebrating 20th Anniversary DUMBO DANCE FESTIVAL

The 2021 VDDF: A FOUR-DAY SPECTACULAR

PRESENTING 60 COMPANIES FROM NEW YORK & AROUND THE WORLD

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WHITE WAVE Dance is proud to celebrate our 20th Anniversary season of the DUMBO Dance Festival VITURALLY!

WHITE WAVE scours the globe in search of today's most innovative dancemakers, both emerging and established, and brings them VIRTUALLY together for one extended weekend, all the while paying extra attention to the new, emerging, and experimental. Dance lovers will experience a veritable cornucopia of the best of contemporary dance. 2021 VDDF attracts the very best by providing artists access to our global audiences to experience, first-hand, the incomparable vitality of the NY & around-the-world Dance scene.

2021 VDDF features 60 contemporary dance troupes combining over 350 artists who will present solo, chamber, and full-scale works. Dancers from across the United States, and internationally, from Mexico, Hungary, China, and Korea will join the New York’s active dance community to offer the full range of new directions in Dance in the 21st century.

Our 2021 VDDF GALA Opening heralds the most anticipated four-day festival of contemporary dance in the greater New York City region. The GALA will feature several very highly-regarded troupes: Jennifer Muller/The Works, three of the most eclectic companies from South Korea: DAEGU CITY DANCE COMPANY, collective A|Jinyeob Cha & Theatre Mucheon|Ara Kim, and host, WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company, will round out the program.

“This is a festival about opportunities,” says Young Soon Kim, Artistic Director and founder of White Wave Dance. “The DUMBO Dance Festival, (now VIRTUAL) provides an opportunity for over 350 performing artists to showcase their work. Further, it offers New York and global audiences the chance to experience one of the most diverse displays of leading-edge choreography and excellence at an affordable price.”

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RAD | Renay Aumiller Dances, NC

Jessica Michal / Moves, NJ

Yu.S.Artistry, NY

UB Theater and Dance, NY

Olivia Passarelli, NY

Napolitano Dance, NJ

Can Wang, PA

DAEGU CITY DANCE COMPANY, S. Korea

Program 1, June 11 7PM

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TalCual Dance Projects, NY

Sean Howe Dance, OH

Marlene Skog Dance, WI

Meta Dance/Youngeun Kwak,

S. Korea

New Breed Dance, CO

Valerie Green/Dance Entropy, NY

BIODANCE, NY

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre, NY

Program 5, June 12 6PM

RAD | Renay Aumiller Dances, NC

Jessica Michal / Moves, NJ

Yu.S.Artistry, NY

UB Theater and Dance, NY

Olivia Passarelli, NY

Napolitano Dance, NJ

Can Wang, PA

DAEGU CITY DANCE COMPANY, South Korea

Kids Can Dance

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Alison Cook Beatty Dance, NY

JANOS FELEDI-FELEDI PROJECT, HUNGARY

Won KIM, S. Korea

Sam Lobel, NY

East by North Dance Theatre, NY

sk|dancers, IN

collective A/Jinyeob Cha, S. Korea

Obremski/Works, NY

Program 2, June 11. 9PM

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Dance Theatre Of New Jersey, NJ

Company | E, DC

Forza Dance Company, NY

Inclined Dance Project, NY

Meta Dance/Sungok Choi, S. Korea

Stephanie Avila, NY

SEOP DANCE COMPANY/Yongchul Kim, S. Korea

WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company, NY

Program 6, June 12 8PM

Alison Cook Beatty Dance, NY

JANOS FELEDI-FELEDI PROJECT, HUNGARY

Anthony Alterio, NY

SEOP DANCE COMPANY/ Youngchul Kim, S.Korea

Inclined Dance Project, NY

Alex Mitchell Choreography, NY

Sam Lobel, NY

DAEGU CITY DANCE COMPANY, S.Korea

Friend Friendly Program

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Alessandra Corona Performing Works, NY

Dual Rivet, NY

Obremski/Works, NY

Autumn Eckman, AZ

L Squared Dance Theatre, CA

Kit Modus, GA

Anthony Alterio, NY

TheCo (Tec Dance Company), Mexico

Program 3, June 12. 2PM

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CrossMove Lab, NY

Amos Pinhasi, NY

TheCo (Tec Dance Company), Mexico

Erika Gilmor, NY

Dance/Tharin, NY

Spark Movement Collective, NJ

Guidong Zhou, NY

Dancing Wheels Company, Ohio

Program 7, June 13 4PM

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Elizabeth Shea Dance, IN

Soluq Dance Theater, NY

SO YOUNG PARK, NJ

Meta Dance/Jeonga Hong, S. Korea

Alex Mitchell Choreography, NY

shawnbibledanceco., NY

Meg Kirchhoff, NY

Theatre Mucheon/Ara Kim, S.Korea

Program 4, June 12 4PM

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LeeTaeSang Project, S. Korea

Company | E, DC

Dance Theatre Of New Jersey, NJ

Alex Mitchell Choreography, NY

Meta Dance/Youngeun Kwak,

S. Korea

collective A/Jinyeob Cha, S. Korea

Amanda Selwyn Dance Theatre, NY

WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company, NY

Program 8, June 13 6PM

Thanks to our Sponsors

WHITE WAVE’s programs are supported, in part, by public funds from The New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, Fund for the City of New York, The New York Community Trust’s NYC COVID-19 Response and Impact Fund, Dance/NYC's Coronavirus Dance Relief Fund, Howard Gilman Foundation, Harkness Foundation for Dance, JOHN RYAN COMPANY, and Individual Supporters.