WHITE WAVE’s DUMBO Dance Competition: pioneering choreography

WHITE WAVE Dance proudly presents the twenty fourth Anniversary Season of the DUMBO Dance Competition (DDF), an exciting four-day showcase of 45 modern dance corporations from New York and throughout the globe. From 26–29 June 2025, the competition transforms Brooklyn’s Mark O’Donnell Theater right into a hub of up to date dance, that includes over 400 artists in solo, chamber, and full-scale works. With a dedication to pushing the boundaries of dance, DDF brings collectively rising and established choreographers for an immersive celebration of motion and creativity.

Since its inception in 2001, DDF has been an important platform for pioneering choreography, addressing the dance neighborhood’s want for accessible efficiency alternatives. “This can be a competition about alternatives,” says Younger Quickly Kim, Inventive Director of WHITE WAVE Dance. “The DUMBO Dance Competition offers a platform for over 400 performing artists to showcase their work whereas providing New York audiences entry to a unprecedented vary of fantastic and visionary choreography at an reasonably priced worth.” Now a cornerstone of New York’s dance scene, DDF encourages experimentation and originality, having introduced over 3,800 choreographers and 26,500 performers to greater than 92,000 viewers members.

The 2025 competition encompasses a various lineup, together with artists from the USA, France, the UK, Germany, Mexico, the Republic of Congo, and Korea. Notable corporations embrace Bruce McCormick (CA), Obremski/Works (NY), spoken motion (UK), Alison Prepare dinner Beatty Dance, Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble, and WHITE WAVE Younger Quickly Kim Dance Firm, amongst others. This yr, WHITE WAVE will choose two excellent corporations to carry out on the 2026 New Dance Competition in South Korea and the 2026 Detroit Metropolis Dance Competition, providing additional publicity and alternatives.

The competition begins with a vibrant Gala Celebration on Thursday, 26 June at 6:30 PM, honoring two people for his or her vital contributions to WHITE WAVE Dance. The night options performances by 5 dynamic troupes: spoken motion (UK), Obremski/Works (NY), Bruce McCormick (CA), Katia Raj, and WHITE WAVE Younger Quickly Kim Dance Firm. Put up-performance, company can take pleasure in an open bar, meals, music, and a raffle with prizes like gourmand wine baskets and “Dinner for Two” at DUMBO eateries. Gala tickets are $100 or $250 (VIP seating), with proceeds supporting WHITE WAVE’s 2025/26 season.

Based in 1988, WHITE WAVE Younger Quickly Kim Dance Firm strives to encourage via multi-dimensional dance productions that mix trendy and timeless themes. Underneath Younger Quickly Kim’s management, the corporate challenges the boundaries of dance, music, theater, and visible artwork, creating works that increase the artwork type’s prospects. DDF, launched in 2001, displays this mission by offering a New York venue for choreographers to create, rehearse, and current new works at minimal value, fostering a neighborhood of innovation.

Over 4 days, audiences will expertise a wealthy number of up to date dance, from intimate solos to large-scale productions. The 45 corporations, together with Olivares Dance Firm, KAIROS Dance Theater, and Compagnie La Torrefaction, characterize the slicing fringe of Twenty first-century dance. The competition’s worldwide scope and dedication to variety spotlight the vibrancy of the worldwide dance neighborhood, making DDF a must-see occasion for dance lovers.