2023 Festival

July 2 event RESCHEDULED for JULY 15!

Celebrate the art of dance with the London Dance Festival. We’ve got something for everyone! See London’s talented dance artists perform on two stages in the great outdoors, plus workshops for all levels, opportunities for the public to perform in our Dance Mob!

Learn a new style in one of our workshops, or learn the Dance Mob moves and join us onstage. This year’s song is “Forest City” by the Latin Roots Band, in partnership with Simple Reflections for Artists.

All events are FREE (but donations are gratefully accepted!)

Download the full programme here

June 30 LDF at Heritage Night Market @ Dundas Place

7-7:30 Brazilian Forro WORKSHOP with deFlow Dance’s Clarissa & Diogo (King & Talbot)
7:30-8pm Dance Mob WORKSHOP with Brandon Clarke (King & Talbot)

8:30-9pm LDF Preview performance (Dundas & Talbot)
Featuring: Forest City Dance Mob Performance, Syncopate Tap Co, BRDRless Dance, Lorena & Erika Pabon, and La Compagnie de Danse

Read more about June 30 here

July 2Community Celebration @ Ivey Park

RESCHEDULED for Saturday, July 15 – 5-7pmmore details here

4-5pm Featuring: Dance Mob WORKSHOP & Performance, Young Company of NLDC, Flamenco del Sur & Los Aires 

5-6pm Featuring: The Ukwehuwe Connection: Smoke Dance WORKSHOP & Hoop Performance, All 4 One Dance Co, Young Company of NLDC, Forest City Hawaiian Dance Co.

6-7pm Featuring: Shivani Joshi, Meghan Byloo + Gwen Logan + Jenna Hills, Young Company of NLDC, Aiyana Ruel, All 4 One Dance Co, Abbey Richens, Larkin Schering, South Dance

7-8pm Rising Moon Bellydance, Belle Pointe Dance & Movement Co, South Dance, BRDRless Dance Bollywood WORKSHOP

PLUS: Live Music by Los Aires Flamenco Ensemble and Light of the East Ensemble, Chalk Art Dance Map, Zen’Za Pizza, Raffle Prizes

Read more about July 2 here

Clockwise from top L: La Compagnie de Danse – Kevin Clements by Sidney Siu; Rising Moon Bellydance by Jason Sunio; The Ukwehuwe Connection – Ty Smoke by Jason Sunio; Forest City Hawaiian Dance – Alison Gauthier by Sandra Dufton; Flamenco del Sur – Patricia Vasconcellos by Jason Sunio; The Ukwehuwe Connection – Jasmine Phillips by Jason Sunio.
Clockwise from top L: Jenna Hills, GwenLogan, Meghan Byloo by Sidney Siu; Abbey Richens by Maxim Bortnowski; Ella Gerber & Larkin Schering by Fred’s Photography; Sophia Hassenstein by Natasha Smith; BRDRless Dance – Jhosep Nagee Medina; Jianna Neufeld by Sophia Hassenstein; Erika y Lorena Pabon by Erik Estrada; Aiyana Ruel – by Ken Greenhorn; Shivani Joshi by Jess Bullock; Tiffany Kriter by E.S. Cheah Photography; Sydnee Badeen by Red Button Photography.
Clockwise from top L: deFlow Dance by Javi – Brazilian Forro; Dance Mob 20022 – ft. Asante by Sidney Siu; Brandon Clarke – Dance Mob 2023; Bollywood by BRDRless Dance; The Ukwehuwe Connection – Ty Smoke, Frazer Sundown, Jasmine Phillips by Jason Sunio; Jasmine Phillips by Jason Sunio.

LDF 23 Artist Photo Credits

Emerging Artists
Clockwise from top L: Jenna Hills, GwenLogan, Meghan Byloo by Sidney Siu; Abbey Richens by Maxim Bortnowski; Ella gerber & Larkin Schering by Fred’s Photography; Sophia Hassenstein by Natasha Smith; BRDRless Dance – Jhosep Nagee Medina; Jianna Neufeld by Sophia Hassenstein; Erika y Lorena Pabon by Erik Estrada; Aiyana Ruel – by Ken Greenhorn; Shivani Joshi by Jess Bullock; Tiffany Kriter by E.S. Cheah Photography; Sydnee Badeen by Red Button Photography.

Spotlight Artists
Clockwise from top L: La Compagnie de Danse – Kevin Clements by Sidney Siu; Rising Moon Bellydance by Jason Sunio; The Ukwehuwe Connection – Ty Smoke by Jason Sunio; Flamenco del Sur – Patricia Vasconcellos by Jason Sunio; Rising Moon Bellydance by Sidney Siu; The Ukwehuwe Connection – Jasmine Phillips by Jason Sunio.

Workshops
Clockwise from top L: deFlow Dance by Javi – Brazilian Forro; Dance Mob 20022 – ft. Asante by Sidney Siu; Brandon Clarke – Dance Mob 2023; Bollywood by BRDRless Dance; The Ukwehuwe Connection – Ty Smoke, Frazer Sundown, Jasmine Phillips by Jason Sunio; Jasmine Phillips by Jason Sunio.

Youth Artists
Clockwise from top L: Young Company of North London Dance Centre – MacKenzie Mercer by Sidey Siu; All 4 One Dance Company; Syncopate Tap Co. by Tiff Kriter; Dance Mob 2022 by Sidney Siu; Belle Pointe Dance & Movement Co. by Sidney Siu; Belle Pointe Dance – Riley DeLuca by Sidney Siu; All 4 One Dance Co.; Belle Pointe Dance by Sidney Siu; Dance Mob 2022 by Sidney Siu; Young Company of NLDC by Jason Sunio.