Free day-long celebration features fully inclusive
and interactive dance lessons, special performances, and Silent Disco
So You Think You Can Dance All-Star Allison Holker
to lead this year’s National Dance Day routine
Emceed by Adam Shankman and
American Ballet Theatre Gillespie School Faculty
July 28, 2018
1:00 – 8:00 p.m.
Julianne and George Argyros Plaza
Segerstrom Center for the Arts is proud to join The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts as the official sites of this year’s 9th annual National Dance Day (NDD) celebrations on Saturday, July 28. National Dance Day is presented by The Dizzy Feet Foundation (DFF), co-founded by Nigel Lythgoe and Adam Shankman. Segerstrom Center is the exclusive West Coast site and The Kennedy Center is the site of the East Coast celebrations.
Segerstrom Center events will be from 1:00 – 8:00 p.m. on the new Julianne and George Argyros Plaza. The NDD routine will be led by So You Think You Can Dance (SYTYCD) All-Star Allison Holker with special guest emcee Adam Shankman. Fully inclusive and interactive dance lessons in a wide variety of dance styles will be held throughout the day, along with opportunities to learn this year’s official NDD routine.
The day’s celebrations include performances and classes by DEA Youth Dance Program, School of Rock – The Musical, Culture Shock Los Angeles, Viver Brasil, Infinite Flow, Backhausdance and Relámpago del Cielo Grupo Folklórico, along with Segerstrom Center’s Summer at the Center participants, Five Days of Broadway summer camp and American Ballet Theatre William J. Gillespie School. Close out the day dancing under the stars during the Silent Disco dance party in the center of the Plaza. Discount Dance Supply (DDS) will join in on the National Dance Day celebration with fun activities including a photo booth, DDS apparel and pointe shoe fittings, as well as on-site giveaways and raffles!
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