Let your life dance for a moment – Join us for the WHITE WAVE Gala magic …

Cordially invite you to the...2016 WHITE WAVE GALA

to celebrate the 16th ANNUAL DUMBO DANCE FESTIVA

On Thursday September 29 2016, WHITE WAVE Dance celebrates the 16th Anniversary season of the DUMBO Dance Festival (DDF) with a Gala Opening that heralds the most anticipated four-day festival of contemporary dance in New York. Committed to the future expressions of dance, WHITE WAVE scours the world seeking the most risk-taking emerging and renowned dance makers of our time and brings them to Brooklyn for one weekend.

For four nights and three days, lovers of dance will experience an Instagram of the here and now of contemporary dance. The DUMBO Dance festival is committed to the future expressions of dance by providing performance opportunities for 70 dance troupes from across America and the globe.

“This is a festival about opportunities,” says Young Soon Kim, Artistic Director of WHITE WAVE Dance “The DUMBO Dance Festival provides an opportunity for over 300 performing artists to showcase their work. Further, it offers New York audiences the chance to participate in one of the most diverse displays of leading-edge choreography and excellence at no cost.”

Again this year, WHITE WAVE’s annual DDF will be presented in association with Gelsey Kirkland ArtsCenter and the festival will take place in their the state-of-the-art, 333-seat theater.

The Gala evening features performances by the host company, WHITE WAVE Young Soon Kim Dance Company, and joining them will be the New York premieres of works by Oniin Dance Company (Italy), RH+ (Renata Skobo + Hyun Kim) (South Korea/Poland), as well as renown Buglisi Dance Theatre, Carolyn Dorfman Dance and two rising choreographers, Daniel Ching and of bones||hollye bynum (New York).

After the performances mingle with the cast of international dancers and choreographers for a cocktail of creative dance + creative party + creative canapés.

VIP cocktails are served at Gelsey Kirkland ArtsCenter from 6:00 - 6:45pm.

7 PM Opening Night Performance

followed by

8:30 PM Cocktails + Canapes + Dance Party with LIVE MUSIC by Bossa Nova Beatnik

Please watch our last year’s Gala video presentation

https://vimeo.com/138778430

Tickets start at $100.

All funds raised will directly assist WHITE WAVE's mission to present performance and educational opportunities for the next generation of choreographers and dancers.

WHITE WAVE is a 501(c) (3) non-profit organization. All contributions are tax-deductible to the fullest extent of the law.