Dances we Dance

Dances we Dance Dances We Dance is a nonprofit dance ensemble led by Francesca Todesco, devoted to keeping the spirit of modern dance alive.

Through performance, teaching, and collaboration, we honor its legacy while sharing its vitality with communities near and far.

06/06/2026

Isadora Duncan Birthday Celebration
Bethesda Fountain Central Park New York
May 26, 2026

Rose Petals & Tanagra Figures excerpts - inside the dance (Isadora Duncan)
Music: Armande de Polignac
Dances We Dance, Dances by Isadora, Moving Visions Dance, Dance Visions NY

©Dances We Dance2026
Francesca Todesco, Artistic Director
www.danceswedance.org

Join our Summer Intensive Duncan workshop this summer at the 92NY Harkness Dance Center, 1395 Lexington Avenue in New Yo...
05/25/2026

Join our Summer Intensive Duncan workshop this summer at the 92NY Harkness Dance Center, 1395 Lexington Avenue in New York City.

JULY 27-31, 2026
MONDAY-FRIDAY 10:30-1:00

Driven by breath and fueled by momentum Duncan’s work unlocks a dynamic range of weight, flow, and expressive power. Led by Catherine Gallant with longtime collaborators Francesca Todesco, Loretta Thomas, and Marie Carstens. Each session will begin with a technique class and include an exploration of selected works created by Duncan over 100 years ago. We hope you will join us as we dive into repertory rich with dramatic possibility and expansive physicality. This workshop invites you to step inside this legacy of modern dance — physically, viscerally, and creatively.

questions?? contact [email protected]

https://www.92ny.org/class/isadora-duncan-summer-workshop

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Our beloved Central Park celebration is postponed to Tuesday May 26 at 9:30 am due to severe weather forecast in New Yor...
05/24/2026

Our beloved Central Park celebration is postponed to Tuesday May 26 at 9:30 am due to severe weather forecast in New York.
Hope for some sunshine on Tuesday morning!

FREE EventMonday May 25, 2026 at 9:30 amISADORA DUNCAN BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONBethesda Fountain - Central Park, NYC
05/18/2026

FREE Event
Monday May 25, 2026 at 9:30 am
ISADORA DUNCAN BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Bethesda Fountain - Central Park, NYC

Join us for a special afternoon of dance inspired by the timeless artistry of Isadora Duncan and the powerful music of P...
05/18/2026

Join us for a special afternoon of dance inspired by the timeless artistry of Isadora Duncan and the powerful music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.

On Sunday, May 24 at 2:30 PM, students participating in a workshop led by Francesca Todesco of Dances we Dance will share excerpts from Duncan’s Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 6 “Pathétique”, as well as other short dances in this informal showing. For many of these dancers, this has been their very first encounter with Duncan’s work — making this sharing not only a performance, but a discovery, a transformation, and a celebration of artistic freedom.

Presented by Dances We Dance

✨ FREE Student Sharing
📍 Bill Young Studio
100 Grand Street, 2nd Floor Walk-Up
SoHo, New York
🗓 Sunday, May 24, 2026
🕝 2:30 PM

Come experience the beauty, emotion, and spirit of Duncan’s movement brought to life by a new generation of dancers.

05/11/2026
05/05/2026

✨ Το Τμήμα Μελέτης Χορού Ι. & Ρ. Ντάνκαν ανοίγει τις πόρτες του το Σάββατο 9 Μαΐου στις 17:30 και σας προσκαλεί να μοιραστείτε μαζί μας το αποτέλεσμα μιας δεκαπενθήμερης καλλιτεχνικής έρευνας και δημιουργικής συνάντησης.

🌍 Τις τελευταίες δύο εβδομάδες, η χορεύτρια και δημιουργός Francesca Todesco, μαζί με την ομάδα της και τον Joe Williams —ειδικό στη μέθοδο Delsarte— συνεργάζονται με σπουδαστές από όλο τον κόσμο και με μαθητές του Κέντρου Ντάνκαν. Μαζί, εξερευνούν τη ζωντανή κληρονομιά του χορού της Ισιδώρας Ντάνκαν και τον διάλογό της με σύγχρονες προσεγγίσεις της κίνησης.

💫 Ως χορεύτρια τέταρτης γενιάς της παράδοσης Duncan και Καλλιτεχνική Διευθύντρια της ομάδας «Dances We Dance», η Francesca συνεχίζει να μεταφέρει αυτό το νήμα στον χρόνο, συνδέοντας την παράδοση με τη σύγχρονη δημιουργία μέσα από τη διεθνή καλλιτεχνική της πορεία.

🤝 Σε αυτή την ανοιχτή παρουσίαση συναντιούνται η ομάδα «Dances We Dance», ο Joe Williams, οι συμμετέχοντες του εντατικού εργαστηρίου και οι σπουδαστές του Τμήματος Μελέτης Χορού Ι. & Ρ. Ντάνκαν — σε έναν κοινό χώρο δράσης και έκφρασης, όπου η πράξη γίνεται συνάντηση και η δημιουργία μια συλλογική εμπειρία. Ο χώρος μεταμορφώνεται σε έναν ζωντανό τόπο ανταλλαγής, όπου καλλιτέχνες και κοινό συναντιούνται μέσα στην εξέλιξη του έργου.

🌿 Ελάτε να ακολουθήσουμε μαζί αυτό το ταξίδι από την έρευνα στην παράσταση — σε μια ζωντανή στιγμή παρουσίας, διαλόγου και κοινής εμπειρίας.

🎟️ Η είσοδος είναι ελεύθερη.

The Isadora and Raymond Duncan Dance Study Department opens its doors to the public on Saturday, May 9th at 5:30 PM, pre...
05/05/2026

The Isadora and Raymond Duncan Dance Study Department opens its doors to the public on Saturday, May 9th at 5:30 PM, presenting the outcome of a two-weeek artistic research and creative residency.

Over the course of these two weeks, dancer and creator Francesca Todesco, together with her team and Delsarte expert Joe Williams, has worked alongside students from around the world, as well as participants from the Duncan Dance Center, exploring the living legacy of Isadora Duncan’s dance and its dialogue with contemporary approaches to movement. 

This open presentation brings everyone in a shared space of performance and process—where action becomes encounter and creation becomes a collective experience.

Within this context, the space is transformed into an open place of exchange, where artists and audience meet within the unfolding of the work itself. 

We invite you to follow this journey from research to performance, in a living moment of presence, dialogue, and shared experience. 

Admission is free.

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