Mass Dance Event Unites Schools, Community at Chesterfield Festival

The dance scene in 2025 is vibrant and diverse, featuring both community participation events and high-profile artistic revivals. Chesterfield's Queen’s Park will host Everybody Dance, a mass group dance event with choreography created alongside local children, designed to be inclusive and accessible to all ages and abilities, with professional dancers guiding participants. Globally, the dance calendar includes notable revivals such as Paul Roberts' Quadrophenia, the National Ballet of Japan's British debut with Giselle, and Matthew Bourne's atmospheric works like The Midnight Bell and The Red Shoes, alongside new ambitious projects like Scottish Ballet’s Mary, Queen of Scots. In New York City Ballet, Alexei Ratmansky has innovatively paired Balanchine’s 1951 choreography with his own restaging in “Paquita,” pushing dancers to honor classical traditions while modernizing the form. Additionally, Florentina Holzinger’s feminist and bold performance “Tanz” at N.Y.U. Skirball, featuring 83-year-old Beatrice Cordua, challenged ballet’s conventions with humor and audacity. These events collectively showcase the dance world’s rich blend of tradition, innovation, and community engagement in 2025.