12th Annual Lake Tahoe Dance Festival: July 23-26
Dancing days are here again as the 12th Annual Lake Tahoe Dance Festival comes to Kings Beach. This 4-day festival, presented by the Lake Tahoe Dance Collective, has become a summertime staple here in North Tahoe. So grab a blanket, pack a picnic, and get your tickets to the Lake Tahoe Dance Festival, held against the breathtaking backdrop of Big Blue.
The dance festival kicks off July 23 with an opening night gala at 5:30 p.m. at William B. Layton Park in Tahoe City, where artists from New York City Ballet, Broadway, LA Dance Project, Boston Ballet, and more will grace the stage.
Tickets for the opening night gala are $75 and include hors d’oeuvres created by celebrated chef Alex Tolger; an open wine, beer, and kombucha bar, and a silent auction. Seating will be provided for this performance — no picnic blanket necessary!
Wednesday, July 24, and Thursday, July 25, are the festival’s featured Tahoe City Community Nights. On Wednesday, bring your friends, a picnic, and your love of this iconic event to Tahoe City’s William B. Layton Park.
Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. Performance starts at 6 p.m. The following evening, the festival has its first-ever community night in Kings Beach, where guests are also invited to bring their picnics and blankets to the North Tahoe Events Center. The performance begins at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door. The grand finale of the festival is the Closing Night Benefit on Friday, July 26.
This special evening will be hosted at a private residence in Incline Village, the location of which will be disclosed to ticketholders 48 hours prior to the event.
The annual Closing Night Benefit, helps Lake Tahoe Dance Collective present its year-round programs, educational outreach, and school of dance. Tickets are $125 and include hors d’oeuvres by chef Tolger, and an open wine, beer, and kombucha bar. Seating will be provided for the performance.
The Lake Tahoe Dance Festival was started in 2013 by longtime friends Christin Hanna and Constantine Baecher, as they sought to present the finest professional dance and dance instruction in North Lake Tahoe.
As the festival enters its second decade, Lake Tahoe Dance continues to commission new works and present rarely seen classics alongside fan favorites danced by the highest caliber artists.
Some of the performances to be featured at the 2024 Lake Tahoe Dance Festival include an excerpt of Erick Hawkins Dance Company’s Greek Dreams Nymph Solo, fi rst performed at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York in 1973, with dancer Kristina Berger wearing the original costume on loan from the Library of Congress.
There will also be a new commission from Daniel Baudendistel and Valerie Madonia, performed by Ethan Price and Kate Loxtercamp; an excerpt of
Susan Stroman’s Contact, performed by Stephen Hanna Ashley Fitzgerald, an excerpt of William Foresyth’s Blake Works, performed by Lia Cirio and Paul Craig, Needle & Thread (working title), a new commission choreographed and performed by Daphne Fernberger, and a new commission from Maxfield Haines and Dwight Rhoden that explores identity and selfhood.
Info: laketahoedancecollective.org/laketahoedancefestival
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