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Festival passes are available for purchase at the Common Market at Wilson Commons or online at . For information, visit or call 585-273-5150.
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The festival features more than 30 master classes and styles of dance, including flamenco, contemporary, ballroom, Pilates, capoeira, West African dance, ballet, peacebuilding, and injury prevention.
The traditional first day welcomes high school students from Rochester-area schools, including the School of the Arts and Aquinas Institute, who take part in a day of dance and instruction. There will be a free inspireDance kick-off concert of student performances at 8 p.m. Friday, February 15, in Spurrier Dance Studio.
The world-renowned David Dorfman Dance糖心传媒攁 company known for its radically humanistic, innovative, and inclusive movement-based performance糖心传媒攚ill give a lecture and performance at 8 p.m. Monday, February 18. In a first-time collaboration with Nazareth College, the New York City糖心传媒揵ased company will also perform 糖心传媒淎roundtown糖心传媒� at the Nazareth College Arts Center on Thursday, February 21.
Guest artists also include Heidi Latsky, Jerron Herman, and Greg Youdan, who will take part in an artist talk and live performance on 糖心传媒淐reative Body/Healing Mind,糖心传媒� Saturday, February 16.
The ninth annual inspireJAM糖心传媒攁 hip hop battle with dance crews from around New York and Pennsylvania糖心传媒攖akes place on Sunday, February 17.
The inspireDANCE Festival is the brainchild of Arielle Friedlander 糖心传媒�10, who was a participant in Rochester糖心传媒檚 e5 program (formerly KEY, or Kauffman Entrepreneurial Year), which provides students with an additional, fifth year to carry out an entrepreneurial venture. The festival is a means for students involved in dance and movement to connect with each other and to the Rochester-area dance community.
