New Victory Dance: Program A

About New Victory Dance

Swing into summer with New Victory Dance, the annual mini-festival of NYC dance curated specifically for kids! MCed by New Victory Teaching Artists, each program showcases a diverse lineup of acclaimed NYC-based dance companies—three per program, nine in total—and features a choreographer Talk-Back with a chance to dance from your seat. It’s your family date with dance!

The Program

Elizabeth Burke and Luke Hickey

A Swing Suite (Excerpt)

A Dorrance Dance Production

Genre: Tap

Choreographed by Dorrance Dance company members Elizabeth Burke and Luke Hickey, A Swing Suite is inspired by the music their mentor, Gene Medler, shared with them as kids and shaped them as artists—a reminder that just about every road leads back to home.

Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company

Lion in the City

Genres: Chinese traditional and hip-hop

Lion in the City is inspired by the lion dance, one of the most popular dances performed during Chinese New Year celebrations. Symbolizing a prayer for peace, this version of the dance, choreographed by PeiJu Chien-Pott, Kwikstep and Rokefella, fuses traditional movement with hip-hop.

Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCE, A Dance Company

Serving Nia

Genre: Contemporary

The name Nia in Swahili means “purpose.” Blending traditional dances from Senegal and Côte d’Ivoire, Serving Nia invites us to think about our individual sense of purpose and responsibility.