The booking DANCE FESTIVAL is the brain-child of Producer Jodi Kaplan, born with the intention of creating a cultural exchange between performing artists and international communities. The Festival occurs annually in Edinburgh during The Fringe and at different locations around the globe, continually bridging dance artists and audiences worldwide. Through both performances and educational outreach, the festival offers underserved dance companies the opportunity to expand their visibility to a global scale.

PURPOSE:

The purposes of the booking DANCE FESTIVALS are:

Showcase Dance Artists
Selected companies benefit through advantageous international press coverage and potential future touring in regions of Booking DANCE FESTIVALS. Festivals are timed in coordination with large-scale events such as the Olympics and existing arts festivals to position artists for optimum visibility and access to international press and presenters.

Cultural Exchange
Helping artists help themselves and helping artists help each other.

Booking DANCE FESTIVALS select USA artists to perform with top local artists in an effort to foster cultural exchange and additional visibility for selected companies.

Political / Economic
Bridging political gaps through cultural connections.

Booking DANCE FESTIVALS in Beijing 2008 and Africa 2011 aim to bring USA dance companies to countries and areas of the world that otherwise would never be able to afford to bring selected artists. Many big name dance companies get governmental support to tour to third-world countries (mostly non-American), but other noteworthy highly recognized dance artists from the USA have not yet had the opportunity to perform in the countries. Culturally, the third world is distanced from USA dance.  

Olympic Scale:
Olympic booking DANCE FESTIVALS are a celebration of the movement of the human body. Dancers are athletes. It is important to position the art of dance as a backdrop to the Olympics, complementing the competition with culture. This offers selected artists the unique opportunity to increase international exposure exponentially. Beijing 2008 and London 2012.

FESTIVALS

CURRENT:
booking DANCE FESTIVAL edinburgh 2010
Click Here for Information on this upcoming dance “festival within a festival” at the Edinburgh Fringe 2010. Featuring top North American companies with special guest Scottish dance artists on each program in an international platform.

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UPCOMING:
booking DANCE FESTIVAL edinburgh 2011
Information coming on this upcoming dance “festival within a festival” at the Edinburgh Fringe 2011. Featuring top North American companies with special guest Scottish dance artists on each program in an international platform.

booking DANCE FESTIVAL africa 2011
Click Here for Information on this upcoming festival to be held in Cape Town, South Africa 2011.

booking DANCE FESTIVAL edinburgh 2012
Information coming on this upcoming dance “festival within a festival” at the Edinburgh Fringe 2012. Coinciding with the London Olympics and featuring top North American companies with special guest Scottish and UK dance artists on each program in an international platform.

RECENT:
booking DANCE FESTIVAL edinburgh 2009
Click Here for Information on this upcoming dance “festival within a festival” at the Edinburgh Fringe. Featuring top North American companies with special guest Scottish dance artists on each program in an international platform.

booking DANCE FESTIVAL Beijing 2008
Click Here for Information on this first festival, coinciding with the 2008 Summer Olympics

Festival’s Press Kit coming soon!

Festival Contacts
Jodi Kaplan - Founder/Producer JodiKaplan@bookingdance.com
Leslie Scott - International Project Manager LeslieScott@bookingdance.com
Lynsey Cullen – Scotland Associate Producer LynseyCullen@bookingdance.com
Kari Hansbarger – Designer / Assoc Producer design@bookingdance.com