Dance in New York: Critics' picks

In this joyful annual powwow, members of Thunderbird American Indian Dancers, founded in 1963, perform traditional songs and dances and tell stories inspired by Native American cultures across the continent. There will be dancing, signing, and Ameircan Indian craft and food stands everyday, plus sunset bonfires on Friday and Saturday.

Lincoln Center's free outdoor festival is one of the best things that New York does in the summer, so don't miss your chance to see major dance and music artists at spaces throughout the complex. On July 28, Paul Taylor Dance Company performs two repertoire favorites, Company B and Airs, at the Damrosch Park Bandshell. On July 29, disabled performers of Heidi Latsky Dance form a "living gallery" around a Henry Moore sculpture in Hearst Plaza. The  Double Dutch Summer Classic National Competition ropes you in at Josie Robertson Plaza on July 30. Bollywood Boulevard: A Journey Through Hindi Cinema celebrates Indian musicals at the Damrosch Park Bandshell on August 3; dancer-choreographers (and sisters) Chloe and Maud Arnold bring their passionate tap-dance artistry to Hearst Plaza on August 4. The 2017 edition of Heritage Sunday in Hearst Plaza on August 6 is devoted to Eastern European and Central Asian folk music and dance; OkayAfrica's Riddim & Beats salutes West African and West Indian carnival culture at the Damrosch Park Bandshell on August 10.