Arizona Dance Festival 2025
Schedule
Thu, 18 Sep, 2025 at 07:00 pm to Sat, 20 Sep, 2025 at 10:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Tempe Center for the Arts | Tempe, AZ
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DESERT DANCE THEATRE presents26th Annual Arizona Dance Festival 2025
September 18-20, 2025
Thursday & Saturday at 7:00pm-10:00pm
Friday at 6:00pm-10:00pm
Tempe Center for the Arts - Studio, 700 West Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, AZ 85281
$20 Adult, $15 Senior/ Student / Military, $13 Group of 10+ (*Plus service fees)
$25 VIP Preferred Seating (*Plus service fees)
Discounts for Friends of Desert Dance Theatre with Promo Code (*Plus service fees)
Discounts available for multiple day purchases (*Plus service fees)
*Service Fees are $3 per ticket for Online Purchase or $1 per ticket for in-person and phone purchases at the TCA Box Office.
TICKETS: TCA Box Office: 480-350-2822 or
Online: https://purchase.tempecenterforthearts.com/EventAvailability?EventId=32001
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SHOW INFO: http://www.desertdancetheatre.org/arizona-dance-festival-2025.html
Arizona Dance Festival 2025
Desert Dance Theatre will present the 26th Annual Arizona Dance Festival 2025 at Tempe Center for the Arts (TCA) Studio on September 18-20, 2025 at Thursday-Saturday at 7:00pm-10:00pm.
On Friday, September 19th at 6:00pm-6:30pm, special performances with audience participation will occur in the TCA East Breezeway. Featured groups include: Reconnect to Africa (Congolese Dance) and Step’s Junk Funk (Interdisciplinary Dance and Percussion). This portion of the evening is FREE to the PUBLIC.
The Arizona Dance Festival will feature over 40 different dance artists, companies and dance film makers, showcasing an eclectic variety of choreography and dance performances from around the state of Arizona and out of state. This unique setting will give audiences a taste of what is happening in Arizona's dance scene. It is a perfect platform for dance companies to get exposure, promote their work, and to connect with others in the dance community and the general public. Each evening performance will showcase different dance artists including emerging artists as well as professional companies from all genres and styles of dance.
A post-performance “Q & A” will be facilitated by the Arizona Dance Coalition directly after the show. The “Q & A” will allow the audience to engage in lively conversation with the artistic directors and choreographers for insights in the creation of their dance works.
“This project is partially funded by a City of Tempe - Community Arts Grant.”
“This project is supported in part by a grant from the Arizona Commission on the Arts, an agency of the State of Arizona.”
Featured Dance Artists and Companies:
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 - Line-up (Alphabetical Order)
ABCD Bollywood Connect-Dance & Arts Foundation (Chandler, AZ) - Semi-classical Bharatanatyam Fusion
Anandha Ray / Renee Davis / Absoluta (San Francisco Bay Area, CA) - Modern
Erika Alexxandrya and Maddie Coury (Chandler/Mesa, AZ) - Contemporary
Desert Dance Theatre/Step’s Junk Funk (Tempe/Mesa, AZ) - Interdisciplinary Modern & Percussion
HAG Dance Company (Queen Creek, AZ) - Contemporary
Human Nature (Flagstaff, AZ) - Modern
Jazz Spectrum Dance Company (Lake Forest, CA) - Classical Jaz
NicoleOlson|MovementChaos (Phoenix, AZ) - Modern
Sanskaar Nritya Dance Academy (Chandler, AZ) - Bharatanatyam from India
Sedona Dance Project (Sedona, AZ) - Modern
Scottsdale Community College / Instinct Dancecorps (Scottsdale, AZ) - Contemporary
Shane O'Hara * Solo Dance (Williamsburg, VA) - Modern
Sharqia Dance Theater (Phoenix, AZ) - Middle Eastern
Wight Noise Dance Company (Peoria, AZ) - Modern
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 - Line-up (Alphabetical Order)
AnthroArts Collective (Phoenix, AZ) - Contemporary
Archana Alagiri (Chandler, AZ) - Bharatanatyam from India
Astarte Belly Dance Troupe (Gilbert, AZ) - Belly Dance
Bodies Contemporary Company (Mesa, AZ) - Contemporary
Chaos Theory Dance (Tucson, AZ) - Modern
Desert Dance Theatre (Tempe, AZ) - Modern
Grace Crain and Koby Slavin - Collaboration - Modern Dance & Bass Clarinet
Hoorvash Dance Company (Paradise Valley, AZ) - Classical and Modern Persian
Jenefer Miller /J.A.M. And Company (Phoenix, AZ) - Tap Dance
Lenora Noire (Phoenix, AZ) - Belly Dance
Ollin Yoliztli Dance Academy (Phoenix, AZ) - Mexican Folklorico
Osiris Dance Ensemble (Waddell, AZ) - Belly Dance
Paradise Valley Community College Dance Program (Phoenix, AZ) - Modern
Shahrzad Mazoury, Raha Yaghoubi, Navid Mohammadpour (Mesa, AZ) - Iranian Dance & Music
Shanaleigh Mejia / Reconnecting to Africa (Tempe, AZ) - African/Congolese
Step’s Junk Funk (Mesa, AZ) - Interdisciplinary Modern & Percussion
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 - Line-up (Alphabetical Order)
Alexa King (Chandler, AZ) - Fusion Belly Dance
AlignDance Theatre (Scottsdale, AZ) - Fusion - Jazz Dance with Classical Piano
Caitlin Rose & Company (Tempe, AZ) - Classical Jazz
CaZo Dance Theatre (Mesa, AZ) - Modern
Chaos Theory Dance (Tucson, AZ) - Modern
ClasscalFusionDance (Peoria, AZ) - Contemporary
Desert Dance Theatre (Tempe, AZ) - Modern
Dimensions Dance Alliance (Glendale, AZ) - Contemporary
520 Dance Company (Tucson, AZ) - Contemporary
Hoorvash Dance Company (Paradise Valley, AZ) - Classical and Modern Persian
KDC Performing Arts (Tempe, AZ) - Fusion of Bharatanatyam and Kathak
MAC & Company (Chandler, AZ) - Aerial, Modern
Movement Source Dance Company (Phoenix, AZ) - Modern
Nevada Repertory Dance Theater (Las Vegas, NV) - Modern
Pooja Raghunath (Tempe, AZ) - Kuchipudi from India
Shahrazad Dance Company (Phoenix, AZ) - Belly Dance
Sonali Chatterjee and Sudha Tonduru (Phoenix, AZ) - Fusion of Odissi and Bharatnatyam
Valkyrie Yao (New York, NY) - Multidisciplinary
Need more info? Go to http://www.desertdancetheatre.org/.
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Where is it happening?
Tempe Center for the Arts, Tempe Town Lake West Dam, 710 W Rio Salado Pkwy, Tempe, AZ 85281, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
