2023 Dance On Festival Schedule
This year, you can join the Dance On Festival In-Person or Online.
We’re offering two Festival tracks to make it possible for older adults, artists, caregivers, and creative aging leaders to join us, no matter where they are or how they prefer to participate.
In-Person Festival Schedule
Friday, May 19, 2023
6:00pm EST | In-Person Festival Performance
This kickoff performance celebrates aging and intergenerational exchange on stage. The evening features performances from KanKouran West African Dance Company, Quicksilver, Verbal Gymnastics, and Dance Exchange.
Audience members may purchase a ticket to the Festival Performance separately or in combination with registration for the Saturday In-Person Track. The performance will not be recorded.
Saturday, May 20, 2023
12:00 - 1:15pm EST
MOVE with Fyness Mason & Maggie Waller
Join artists from Rennie Harris Puremovement, a professional street dance theater company, to celebrate aging through street dance.
1:15 - 1:45pm EST
Break
1:45 - 3:00pm EST
MAKE with John Johnson & Verbal Gymnastics
Experience Playback Theatre, an interactive, improvisational art form that gives the microphone to the people and honors the “storyteller” by retelling audience members’ stories through movement, dance, and acting. Playback Theatre evokes empathy, builds bridges, and can be used in a variety of settings, such as exploring conflict resolution, team building, and adapting to organizational change.
3:00 - 4:00pm EST
Break
4:00 - 5:30pm EST (Online)
GATHER with Creative Aging Artists and Leaders
Hear stories, discoveries, and perspectives on the past, present, and future of creative aging from Playback Theatre artist Gregory Ford; songwriter, dancer, and theater artist Nobuko Miyamoto; and Dance Exchange Executive Artistic Director Cassie Meador in a panel conversation hosted by Dance Exchange Partnering Artist Chisao Hata. The Gather session will be livestreamed via Zoom for everyone.
In-Person Festival participants can view the livestream from Dance Exchange or from their own home.
Online Festival Schedule
Saturday, May 20, 2023
11:30am - 12:00pm EST | Online Festival Kick Off
Join older adults, artists, caregivers, and creative aging leaders across the country to kick off the 2023 Dance On Festival’s online programming. Hosted by Dance Exchange Associate Director of Programs Amanda Newman and Partnering Artist Chisao Hata.
12:00 - 1:15pm EST
MOVE with Dance & Bmore
Join CJay Philip and a member of Dance & Bmore’s Elder Ensemble to get your body moving with a celebratory movement class that draws on practices Dance & Bmore uses to engage movers of all ages.
1:15 - 1:45pm EST
Break
1:45 - 3:00pm EST
MAKE with Nobuko Miyamoto
Experience music, dance, stories, and video from FandangObon, an Eco-Arts Festival building cross-cultural solidarity through participatory music and dance from Latinx, Asian, African and Muslim traditions.
3:00 - 4:00pm EST
Break
4:00 - 5:30pm EST (Online)
GATHER with Creative Aging Artists and Leaders
Hear stories, discoveries, and perspectives on the past, present, and future of creative aging from Playback Theatre artist Gregory Ford; songwriter, dancer, and theater artist Nobuko Miyamoto; and Dance Exchange Executive Artistic Director Cassie Meador in a panel conversation hosted by Dance Exchange Partnering Artist Chisao Hata. The Gather session will be livestreamed via Zoom for everyone.
In-Person Festival participants can view the livestream from Dance Exchange or from their own home.
Thank you to our Festival Team
Many thanks to the Dance Exchange staff, artists, board members, and collaborators who have the Dance On Festival possible. Meet the Dance On Festival Team.
Thank you to our Festival Sponsors
Land Acknowledgement
Dance Exchange respectfully acknowledges that our building and much of our local programming is located on the occupied ancestral lands of the Nacotchtank (Anacostan) People and the Piscataway People whose presence, leadership, and care has stewarded this land throughout the generations.
