Committed to developing dance as an important art form, White Wave scours the globe in search of the most innovative of today's dance makers, both emerging and established, and brings them to Brooklyn for one extended weekend. For four nights and three days, dance lovers experience a veritable cornucopia of the best of contemporary dance. DUMBO Dance Festival is committed to advancing the best of dance by providing on-stage and behind-the-scenes opportunities for 50 dance troupes from across America and around the globe, allowing audiences to experience, first-hand, the incomparable vitality of the New York dance scene.
The 2024 DUMBO Dance Festival features 50 contemporary dance troupes combining over 400 artists who will present solo, chamber and full-scale works. Dancers from across the United States and internationally from Switzerland, Colombia, Mexico, Taiwan, Japan and Korea will join the New York’s active dance community to offer the full range of new directions in dance in the 21st century.