Collaboration and Process: Doug Varone at MECA 
On Friday, July 15 a few dozen people hugged, chatted, and greeted each other warmly as they milled around the Lunder Gallery at Maine College of Art (MECA) in Portland.…
Chava LanskyJuly 20, 2016
Final Words from Emerging Choreographer Ali Kenner Brodsky
Over the past three weeks, BDF Emerging Choreographer Ali Kenner Brodsky has been fully immersed in our community: working with her company, taking class, teaching master classes, performing, and more.…
Chava LanskyJuly 15, 2016
Interview with Tristan Koepke, Co-Director of the Young Dancers Workshop
As the three week long Young Dancers Workshop winds to an end I sat down with Tristan Koepke, Co-Director and modern technique faculty member of the Workshop and longtime BDF…
Chava LanskyJuly 15, 2016
Did you miss DanceNOW? Read about it here!
On Saturday, July 9, the 34th season of the Bates Dance Festival opened in Bates’ Schaeffer Theatre with DanceNOW, advertised as featuring “fresh voices from a new generation of contemporary…
Chava LanskyJuly 14, 2016
Ali Kenner Brodsky: Process and Progress
Last week we got the chance to see the beginning of emerging choreographer Ali Kenner Brodsky's work on her quintet titled PARt. Here she shares in her words the progress she's…
Chava LanskyJuly 5, 2016
Young Dancers Workshop: Week 1 Reflections
Today the students in the Young Dancers Workshop dove into their second full week of dancing. At the end of their first week we chatted with a few dancers over…
Chava LanskyJuly 4, 2016
Introducing BDF Emerging Choreographer: Ali Kenner Brodsky
Each summer the Bates Dance Festival selects artists to come to BDF as part of the Emerging Choreographers Program. Started in 1993, the program was initiated to provide gifted US-based…
Chava LanskyJune 29, 2016
BDF Summer Events Details 
Visit our press page to read about all of BDF's upcoming 2016 performances. And visit our performance pages for more info on all of this summer's activities. We look forward…
lauraMay 24, 2016
2016 Spring Newsletter, Volume 19
SEASON PREVIEW The Festival kicks off its 2016 Performance Series on July 9 with DanceNOW featuring fresh voices from a new generation of distinctive dance makers including Dante Brown/Warehouse Dance,…
lauraApril 4, 2016
2015 Fall Newsletter, Volume 19
IN THE WORKS BDF is once again teaming up with New York City-based Gibney Dance to host BDF+Gibney Connect, a three-day intensive taking place January 5-7, 2016 at Gibney Dance,…
lauraOctober 8, 2015
