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
Location The Sanctuary
At St. Paul & St. Andrew
Appropriate for All Ages
We are celebrating cultural diversity through dance, music and song! NY International Dance Festival will feature Ukrainian, Polish, Spanish character dance, Flamenco, Mexican, Colombian, Brazilian samba, Irish step dance, West African, Chinese, Indonesian, Indian Bharatanatyam & Odissi, belly dance and much more! Our event will honor 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. There is something for everyone!
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- Ballet Master
Dancers:
Brigid Le Minez
Nicole Fedorov
Tara Kuhl
KJ
Fiorella Armando
Tatyana Popova
Simi
Thansi Thatipamula
Jamy Hsu
Raksana
Andi Redo
Jess Slade
Galopka, a Polish Folk Dance Company
Syzokryli Ukrainian Dance Ensemble
Grupo Folclórico Puerta de Oro de Colombia
Calpulli Mexican Dance Company
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.
