WESTFEST is an annual dance festival presented in the historic Westbeth Artists’ Residence building. The festival aims to open the Westbeth building to dance artists and audiences and engage the resident artist population with a broader community of artistic stewards of Westbeth and its legacy. The festival has two distinct programs.  WestFest Top Floor, at the Martha Graham Studio Theater, presents visionary artists in a traditional theater setting.  All Over Westbeth is the site-specific program showing a variety of unconventional and unique approaches to dance and space. 

WESTFEST | TOP FLOOR

April 27-30, 8PM (Thursday-Sunday)

Four shared evenings of dance in the Martha Graham Studio Theater, 55 Bethune, 11th floor. $20 admission.

The starlit Martha Graham Studio at Westbeth offers two performance programs over four nights. All artists will present up to 10 minutes of original dance, in a shared evening format. Estimate run time: 1hr / no intermission

On Thursday April 27 and Saturday April 29, WestFest Top Floor will feature works by Amos Pinhasi, Madison Hicks, B.U.M.P. (Button Universal Movement Project), MMDC/Mari Meade Dance Collective, ChristinaNoel & the Creature, NSquared Dance Company, Carol Nolte/Dance Collective and Amanda Hameline Dance  On Friday April 28, and Sunday May 30, WestFest Top Floor will feature works by Jeff Sykes, Dance Traveler by Young Hoon Oh, Donnell Oakley Makes Dances, Jerica Niehoff, Alethea Pace and Trezon Dancy.  The Friday and Sunday performances will also include Guest Artist David Parker/The Bang Group.

Tickets are $20 for general admission and can be purchased via credit/debit card online at westfestdance.com or with cash at the door.  The Box Office will open at 7:30PM each evening.