Battery Dance Festival

Dance takes over Lower Manhattan once again for the 45th annual Battery Dance Festival, where companies and choreographers from around the world turn Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park into one giant stage. The annual summer celebration brings free performances to the Battery, offering a chance to see everything from contemporary and experimental work to dance rooted in global traditions, all with the Statue of Liberty and New York Harbor as a backdrop. It’s the kind of cultural event that makes you feel sophisticated for simply showing up. Every performance begins at 7pm, just in time for magic hour.