New York’s Battery Dance Company Performed July 6 at Silesian Dance Festival in Bytom

Battery Dance Company performs “Shell Games” (see more photos)

The Battery Dance Company performed two works by company choreographer Jonathan Hollander to the delight of a packed house at the Silesian Dance Theater on the second last night of the 14th annual modern dance festival in Bytom.  There were many American performers and choreographers appearing on stage and offering workshops during the festival which ran June 24 through July 7.  The U.S. Embassy in Warsaw and the U.S. Consulate General in Krakow provided financial support for the Battery Dance Company’s appearance at the festival. 

Other American performers included: Gesel Mason; Joe Alter and Friends; Kristina Isabelle Dance; HighJinks & Eoin O’Brien; Grimaldi Circus; David Dorfman Dance Alonzo King’s Lines Ballet; Palissimo; Dusan Tynek Dance Theatre; and Johannes Wieland Company.  Among Americans offering classes and workshops were: Susan Lambert (Tango), Noibis Licea (Latino/Cuban), Matthew Westerby (Laban & Release), Kristina Isabelle & Ion O’Brian (Street, circus art, Theatre/ Dance Mix), Trajal Harrel (critical choreography), and Tai Zhang (Chinese classical dance).  The festival began in 1993 as a project by Silesian Dance Theater director Jacek Łumiński and American (former performer and current art manager) Catherine Peila.