Hoboken DanceFest

7.22-8.5.2025

Founded in 2024, Hoboken DanceFest is New Jersey’s premier platform for contemporary dance and performance. Presented by the City of Hoboken and produced by Hoboken Dance Academy and Ken Pilates, this annual public event is free of charge and dedicated to expanding access to the performing arts while fostering a new generation of artists and audiences.

Each summer, the festival transforms Hoboken’s ResilienCity Park—the largest resiliency park in the state—into a stage for movement and innovation. The park, which was built to mitigate the growing risk of rainfall flooding in Hoboken, provides a powerful, environmentally conscious backdrop for the festival’s programming.

This year’s theme, Resilience, shapes performances and workshops as reflections on both personal and collective endurance. Through boundary-pushing choreography and site-specific works, Hoboken Dance Festival invites audiences to explore what it means to adapt, recover, and thrive.
HOBOKEN DANCEFEST 2025
Tuesdays:
July 22, July 29, August 5


Northwest ResilienCity Park

Produced by Ken Pilates (Aurélie Garcia, Kennyth Montes de Oca, Matthew Cunningham, Shelsie Fernandez), Hoboken Dance Academy (Sarah Weber Gallo), & Hoboken Cultural Affairs (Cristin Cricco-Powell)

PROGRAM

July 22 – 7PM

Fish Can Walk
Cade Flores, Dani Ciaramitaro & Angela Acosta

Choreography by Caroline Voultepsis
SHOW
Caroline Voultepsis (she/her) is a performer and choreographer based in NYC. Her work, The Boardroom, has been featured by Spark Theater Festival, Open Rhythmic, Borne Dance Company, and Estia Creative Collective. In addition to her work as a choreographer she has performed works by David Parsons, Paul Taylor, Yin Yue, Shany Dagan, and José Limón.

The piece is about miraculously thriving in unexpected environments.
Transcendent Waves
Sydney Marsh

Choreography by Sydney Marsh
SHOW
Sydney Marsh is a NJ/NYC based dancer and choreographer with a BFA in dance from Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts. Sydney’s choreography received the prestigious Margery J. Turner Award, as well as induction into the American College Dance Association adjudication. Sydney has trained at Earl Mosley’s Institute of the Arts, Bates Dance Festival, and the Centre National de la Danse in Paris and Lyon, France. Sydney continued her studies overseas to work with Flockworks at Orsolina28 Art Foundation in Italy.

Alongside performing in works by Florian Lochner and Alice Klock, Sydney has worked with renowned artists such as Gerald Casel, Kun-Yang Lin, John Evans, and Earl Mosley. Her solo work Transcendent Waves fosters social connectedness between the audience and performer by mimicking a festival-like environment that synchronizes bodies and music. This dynamic relationship enhances emotional empathy and social cohesion to create a transformative collective experience.Caroline Voultepsis (she/her) is a performer and choreographer based in NYC.

Her work, The Boardroom, has been featured by Spark Theater Festival, Open Rhythmic, Borne Dance Company, and Estia Creative Collective. In addition to her work as a choreographer she has performed works by David Parsons, Paul Taylor, Yin Yue, Shany Dagan, and José Limón.

Transcendent Waves fosters social connectedness between the audience and performer by mimicking a festival-like environment that synchronizes bodies and music. This dynamic relationship enhances emotional empathy and social cohesion to create a transformative collective experience with a fun and thrilling performance.
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Willa & Mae O’Connor

Choreography by Willa & Mae O'Connor
$2.90
Rebecca Gomez, Camryn Douglas, Gabriella Smith, Desire Lamar, Jessica C De Peiza Archilli, & Chelsie Moore

Choreography by Denaisha Clarke
Rock Bottom, Foot Forward
Lara Friedman-Kats & Matthew Petrucelli

Choreography by Lara Kats
growing apart together
Anna Travis & Gabriel Sharp

Choreography by Ailey MacDavid
DJ Dancealot

Music by Peter Romani

July 29 - 7PM

GRIDlock
Morgan Holden

Choreography by Morgan Holden
your thoughts in a state of impatience [personified]
Piper Dye, Amanda Molina, Colin Heininger & Adianna Valentine

Choreography by Colin Heininger
i know better now
Extensions Dance Project

Choreography by Heather Downey
Mudwound
SHADOWSWELL

Choreography by Eilish Henderson
learn/unlearn
Asha Yates & Destiny Nguyen

Choreography by Lindsey Garnhart
Spirito Riempito Vita (excerpt)
Ballaro Dance

Choreography by Marisa Ballaro
DJ Dancealot

Music by Peter Romani

August 5 - 7PM

Terminus
Nirva Pathak, Mae O'Connor, Brogan Donston, Franny Murray, Matt Gal, Olivia Williams, Willa O'Connor

Choreography by Willa O'Connor
untitled
Shehnaaz Dance Academy

Choreography by Shehnaaz Dance Academy
Mi Andalucía
Aurélie Garcia & Mathilde Guerrero

Choreography by Aurélie Garcia & Mathilde Guerrero
susurrus
Lawton Dance Collective

Choreography by Julia Lawton
orbiting
Sarah Rose

Choreography by Sarah Rose
Recenter and Release
Gabrielle Marino

Choreography by Gabrielle Marino
In the Moonlight
Mayu Nakaya Dance Company

Choreography by Mayu Nakaya
Strings of Wisdom
Temple of Fine Arts

Choreography by Sneha Subramaniam
Lamban
Kofago Taraji

Choreography by Kevin McEwen
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