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Bates Dance Festival

@BatesDanceFest

Nationally recognized contemporary dance festival, based at Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, USA.

 Lewiston, Maine
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Joined April 2009
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The Dance Edit@dance_edit8 Jul 2024
Aretha Aoki and Ryan MacDonald talk about their piece "IzumonookunI," inspired by Izumo no Okuni, the female founder of #kabuki, and starring their 7-year-old daughter. It runs July 12 and 14 at the @BatesDanceFest. @sunjournal sunjournal.com/2024/07/08/to…
Topsham couple’s Bates Dance Festival performance is inspired by kabuki, punk rock and their...

Topsham couple’s Bates Dance Festival performance is inspired by kabuki, punk rock and their...

See Aretha Aoki and Ryan MacDonald's 'IzumonookunI' in Lewiston this week.

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Bates College@BatesCollege17 Jul 2024
The @BatesDanceFest gets a shout-out from the @BostonGlobe as one of eight "enticing" dance events to see this summer. See the Globe's full list ⬇️ And get your 🎟️ at batesdancefestival (dot) org bostonglobe.com/2024/07/12/a…
Eight enticing dance events to enjoy before fall - The Boston Globe

Eight enticing dance events to enjoy before fall - The Boston Globe

From Jacob's Pillow to Provincetown.

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Dance Magazine@Dance_Magazine1 Mar 2024
"A mesmerizing dancer and an intellectual force in the field, Steve Paxton asked basic but foundational questions—about movement, performance, and hierarchies of all kinds." —Wendy Perron Remembering Paxton and his legacy: dancemagazine.com/steve-paxt… #inmemoriam #stevepaxton
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Wendy Perron
@wperrondancemag21 Jan 2024
We've lost a great dancer, buoyant choreographer, refreshing teacher, and a humane person ready to help fellow strugglers. So many of us just LOVED him.
Kenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp CBE, FRSA (@KennethTharp) profile pictureKenneth Olumuyiwa Tharp CBE, FRSA@KennethTharp21 Jan 2024
Very sad to hear the (unofficial) news that American choreographer Dan Wagoner has passed. 🌷 Dan danced with Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham & esp Paul Taylor; ran his own company in the US, and was also Artistic Director of London Contemporary Dance Theatre from 1988-1991.
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NEFA@NEFA_Boston10 Nov 2023
With New England States Touring (NEST) support @BatesDanceFest presented Barbie Diewald and @ShakiaJB1, photo by JHsu Media. Apply for NEST 1 and 2 support by December 1: nefa.org/NEST
In a basketball gymnasium, a crowd watches as a white woman with brown hair and a Black woman with her hair pulled up lean against each other.

ALT In a basketball gymnasium, a crowd watches as a white woman with brown hair and a Black woman with her hair pulled up lean against each other.

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Josephine Cameron@josephinewrites25 Jul 2023
If you ever have a chance to see @TashaBarnes_VA and @crmcbridemusic in The Jazz Continuum...GO!!! The energy and joy in the room at the @BatesDanceFest this weekend was overwhelming. Phenomenal show! pressherald.com/?p=7148423
‘The Jazz Continuum’ celebrates a century of Black American dance

‘The Jazz Continuum’ celebrates a century of Black American dance

LaTasha Barnes is the creator and artistic director of the work, which will be performed at the Bates Dance Festival this month.

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UT Theatre and Dance@uttad22 Jul 2023
#UTTADfaculty member Gesel Mason has received a summer residency with @BatesDanceFest. Mason, along with #UTTADstudent Yunina Barbour-Payne, alum Love Muwwakkil and others, will use this time to workshop her project YES, AND. Read more: batesdancefestival.org/artis…
Choreographer, dancer and faculty member Gesel Mason stands in a light blue dress and black boots during research for her project YES, AND

ALT Choreographer, dancer and faculty member Gesel Mason stands in a light blue dress and black boots during research for her project YES, AND

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Maine Tourism Office@visitmaine11 Jul 2023
It's @BatesDanceFest time! Find transformative indoor and outdoor performances at the link. 💃🕺 #MaineThing batesdancefestival.org/perfo…
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Bates College@BatesCollege10 Jul 2023
One alumna’s debut novel is making a national splash, another alumna writes about billion-year-old rocks that are a hop, skip, and a jump away in Penobscot Bay, and the internationally renowned @BatesDanceFest gets a shout out from @WBUR: bates.edu/news/2023/06/28/ba…
Bates in the News: June 29, 2023

Bates in the News: June 29, 2023

An alumna's debut novel is making a national splash, The Bates Dance Festival is here, and some billion-year-old rocks are a hop, skip, and a jump away in Penobscot Bay.

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Nat'l Endow f/t Arts@NEAarts4 Jul 2023
On our nation’s birthday we are mindful of the integral role of arts & culture in our democracy. As @NEAArts Chair Jackson has said, “The experience of art is a precondition for the priorities we want to accomplish as a nation of opportunity.” Have a happy & artful #4thofJuly.
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Bates College@BatesCollege29 Jun 2023
Bates responds to Supreme Court's ruling on race-conscious college admissions. Please see below for our full statement:

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LKN@lauraknicoll29 Jun 2023
looking good covergirl @BatesDanceFest
Sun Journal 🗞 (@sunjournal) profile pictureSun Journal 🗞@sunjournal29 Jun 2023
Today's Sun Journal front page, Thursday, June 29, 2023 sunjournal.com sunjournal.com/ePaper
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LKN@lauraknicoll28 Jun 2023
.⁦@BatesDanceFest⁩ is happening!! 💪🏾💪🏼💪🏾💪🏼 sunjournal.com/2023/06/28/ph…
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Bates College@BatesCollege24 Jun 2023
DownEast Magazine jotted down 101 reasons to love summer in Maine. Coming in at #63? The internationally renowned @BatesDanceFest which the @MagazineofMaine says, "Makes the whole campus a stage." See the full list: downeast.com/travel-outdoors…
101 Reasons to Love Summer in Maine

101 Reasons to Love Summer in Maine

The traditions, adventures, and events that make summer in the Pine Tree State unforgettable.

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Bates College@BatesCollege12 Jun 2023
Media coverage of Commencement, a professor’s expertise in ritual firewalking, and Bates folks working to save local journalism; plus, shout outs to @BatesDanceFest from the @PressHerald, Down East @MagazineofMaine, and The Boston Globe. #BatesInTheNews bates.edu/news/2023/06/09/ba…
Bates in the News: June 9, 2023

Bates in the News: June 9, 2023

The news media covers Bates Commencement, a professor's expertise in the ritual practice of firewalking, and alumni trying to save local journalism.

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Waterville Creates@WTVLCreates26 Feb 2023
March 15–22 is Cultural Heritage Week in Maine, and we’re partnering with Cultural Alliance of Maine to launch an inaugural, annual celebration of our state’s libraries, arts organizations, historical societies, artists, storytellers, + more! culturalmaine.org/join
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Bates College@BatesCollege30 Jan 2023
Congrats to the @BatesDanceFest on earning a $40K grant from @NEAarts! The festival helps to “provide equitable opportunities for arts participation...and contribute to the health of our communities and our economy,” said NEA Chair Maria Rosario Jackson. bates.edu/news/2023/01/27/ba…
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NEFA@NEFA_Boston4 Nov 2022
This Monday night, @BatesDanceFest and @BatesCollege present @AnanyaDance with National Dance Project support: eventbrite.com/e/ananya-danc…
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Bates College@BatesCollege13 Jul 2022
Members of Fist and Heel Performance Group dance with @batesdancefest students and faculty as well as community members from all around Maine in a devised performance using dances from the company’s Shaker-inspired work, “POWER,” choreographed by Reggie Wilson. (📷: PGJ)
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Nat'l Endow f/t Arts@NEAarts11 Jan 2022
We are pleased to announce more than $33 million in recommended awards for projects in the categories of Grants for Arts Projects, Challenge America, Literature Fellowships in creative writing and literary translation, and arts research projects. go.usa.gov/xt2ty
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ALT A steel pan troupe performs

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