Dance Parade and Festival 2022

Dance Parade New York is the world’s only parade to exclusively celebrate and showcase the diversity of dance. This annual celebration of eclectic dance styles from around the world.

Come and join in the festive fun and joy at the 16th Annual Dance Parade, when they return to the streets with more than 10,000 dancers, live bands, DJs, and over 100 unique styles of dance and culture.

Headlining the event as Grand Marshals are: Heidi Latsky, Artistic Director of Heidi Latsky Dance; Rich Medina, house, hip hop, and Afrobeat DJ; and Eduardo Vilaro, Artistic Director & CEO, Ballet Hispánico.

At 11:45 am the annual event kicks off at 20th and Broadway and brings together dancers from around the city to showcase dance styles in a cross-cultural, rhythm-infused magical display of human movement, art and color. Dance styles reflect the cosmopolitan legacy of the city and the elastic inventiveness of the form, and include African, Asian-Indian, avant garde contemporary, ballet, Indian bhangra, Bolivian Carporalesn, 5Rhythms, breaking, Traditional Chinese, contemporary, hip-hop, Irish, Indonesian, Jamaican Dance Hall, lindy hop, modern, roller disco, salsa, Tahitian and tango.

Parade groups with choreography are invited to perform before their Grand Stand in Astor Plaza before the final stint along Saint Marks Place to Avenue A. DanceFest serves as a Grand Finale to the parade from 3 to 7 pm in Tompkins Square Park which includes curated performances on 3 stages, “Experience Dance Booths,” two teaching areas of various dance styles and a dance party, all free to the Public.