What an amazing celebration of dance!! According to our tallies, a record 591 people came out to Philadelphia Dance Day this past weekend. That’s a whole lotta dancing feet! Total workshop participation: 1,125 (also a record)!!! We’ve posted some pictures from the daytime workshops here, as well as the evening event and some video clips from throughout the day.
This massive dancestravaganza would not be possible without our team of sponsors, partners and volunteers, so we’d like to thank them again:
Partners
- Ballroom Bliss
- CEG Performing Arts Academy
- Eakins Oval
- Estilo Dance Studio
- Headlong Studios
- Major Moment Studio
- Philadelphia Ethical Society
- Philly Dance Fitness
- Sound Space
- State Street Tribal
Instructors
- Beverly Holskin
- Brittany Almquist
- Chantel Thompson
- Cristina Elena Guzman, assisted by a team of CEG students
- Deborah Hirsch
- Deeksha Seth
- Dyann Paoline
- Gloria Yiming Li
- Jacqui Sadashige
- Kayla Babicki
- Kira Stein
- Marc Longhenry & Genevieve Senechal
- Marsha Fletcher
- Michelle Krichilsky
- Michael Huang & Leilani Chirino
- Mike Andino
- Myrna Dominique
- Natalie Flynn
- Pam Hetherington
- Paula Phillips
- Rebecca Narva
- Ricky Evans
- Roberto Mejia
- Sarah Chung & Damien Lobato
- Sean Thomas Boyt
- Shannan Reese
- Sharon Hughes
- Sherrilyn Billger
- Teena Varghese
- Trina Lyons
- Vonda Pearson
- Yvonne Leung
Sponsors
- HomeAdvisor
- RedFin
- Philly Dance Fitness
- Ballroom Bliss
- Sound Space
- State Street Tribal
- Eating for the Ecosystem
- Merge Dance Studio
- Wake Up Yoga
In addition to these sponsors, instructors and organizations, Philly Dance Fitness staff and a network of dedicated volunteers put countless hours of hard work into running this event. Special thanks to:
- Deborah Hirsch, organizer of Philadelphia Dance Day and president of Philly Dance Fitness
- Kirwei Lo, chairwoman of the inaugural Philadelphia Dance Day Advisory Board
- Anne-Marie Mulgrew, project/education director of NextMove Dance, who assisted with developing new partnerships
- The Philly Dance Fitness marketing team: director Gabby Bill, intern Emily Murphy and assistant Jennifer Schumann, who collaborated on social media outreach, fundraising, graphic design and more
- Program designer Danielle Gray
- Seth Weiner, sound engineer and technical support
- Students and staff who volunteered to do set up, clean up and check-in throughout the day, including:
- Beverly Holskin
- Chuck Havranak
- Gabby Bill
- Kelsey Siano and Sameer
- Kendra Moton
- Nia Hammond
- Roberto Mejia
And, last but of course not least, a huge thank you to everyone who boogied all day long with us! Relive the day by flipping through some photos and videos from the performances on our Facebook page. Please tag and share so we can get even more people dancing next year!
While you’re at it, mark your calendars now for next year’s Dance Day. As usual, it will be the last Saturday of the month, which is July 28, 2018. See you then!
