NY InterNational Dance Festival
The Center at West Park Presents
NY interNational Dance Festival
As a part of the Evolution Festival
Saturday, September 20, 2025 @ 7:30PM
Manhattan Movement & Arts Center
248 West 60th Street, New York, NY 10025
Appropriate for All Ages
We are celebrating cultural diversity through dance, music and song! NY International Dance Festival will feature Ukrainian, Polish, Georgian, Hungarian, Spanish character dance, Flamenco, Mexican, Colombian, Brazilian samba, Argentine Tango, West African, Chinese, Indian Bharatanatyam & Odissi, Bollywood, belly dance and much more! Our event will highlight Hispanic Heritage month with exceptional performances. Professional dancers will perform folk, national and character dance pieces representing various cultures from around the world and many of the artists are choreographers of their original pieces.
An article about NY International Dance Festival's March 2025 performance was featured in Dance Informa: Read More Here
Brigid Le Minez- Artistic Director
Quimen Sanchez- Dance Master
Nicole Mandy- Dance Master
Dancers:
Brigid Le Minez
Cooper Everson
Nicole Fedorov
Fiorella Armando
Tatyana Popova
Alejandra Villela
Jonathan Hare
Yuka Kawazu
Anton Domansky
Anastasia Barsukova
Tamara Jones
Samskara Group
Arisa Tanihata
Thansi Thatipamula
Jamy Hsu
Sira
Brighton Ballet
American Liberty Ballet
Song and Dance Ensemble Galopka
Georgian dance ensemble “Elva”
About the Lead Artists
Artistic Director of NY International Dance Festival, Brigid Le Minez (née O’Leary), is originally from New York and has been immersed in the world of dance since a young age. She studied Irish step dance as a child, followed by ballet at Elfriede Merman’s Manhattan Ballet School, Joffrey Ballet School, Staten Island Ballet, and American Ballet Theatre’s summer program. As a teenager, she was introduced to character dance and it married Ms. Le Minez’s early interest in traditional folk dance and her ballet training. She has danced professionally with Staten Island Ballet Company, Victoria Ballet Theater, International American Ballet and American Liberty Ballet.
With an unwavering commitment to diversity and inclusion, Brigid Le Minez founded the New York International Dance Festival. This project stems from her determination to cultivate talent and facilitate creative exchange.
Ms. Le Minez has had the honor of bringing the NY International Dance Festival to perform at Le Mandapa theater in Paris, France and we participate in other local dance festivals and events. NYIDF is a proud member of le Conseil International de la Danse-UNESCO and has non-profit status through The Field, NYC.
The CWP Evolution Festival is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
