New York Sword Dance Festival

Sat Feb 18, 2023 - Sun Feb 19, 2023
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Repeating every days through February 19, 2023.
Various times
Age: All ages
Price: Free
Location:
Various locations including Brooklyn Waldorf School
11 Jefferson Avenue, Brooklyn, NY, 11238
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Half Moon Sword presents this 37th annual festival with free, family-friendly performances of this traditional dance form with modern twists by nine performing groups from around the northeast.

The festival features both mystical, stately longsword and vigorous rapper sword dancing, with live music on fiddle, accordion, and other instruments. In both types of sword dance, the dancers are linked in a ring by the “swords” they hold in their hands while they work as a team to weave intricate figures and patterns without breaking the circle.

The dances take place at libraries, schools, churches and other venues around Manhattan and Brooklyn. See website for schedule.

This is the first weekend of performances since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

** Activity dates/times are subject to change. Please click through to the activity website to verify.