🧡FESTIVAL RECAP 🧡 Looking back on PM #39, Feeling Grateful!

July 11, 2025  |   | General

As we look back on this year’s Performance Mix, we are deeply grateful for our community and incredibly inspired by the PM39 Artists’ talents.

NDA is still living the rush of Performance Mix #39.
Each day brought new celebrations
Keep reading for a recap of the festivities!

Opening Night set the bar high


Works by these awesome artists hit the stage on Thursday night:

Karen Bernard/Johanna Meyer, Lisa Parra, Muyassar Kurdi, Elle Sofe Sara, EgbĂ©sola áșžfĂșnyáșčmĂ­, jay beardsley, Jo Warren

On Friday we Mixed from sunrise to sunset


We greeted the day with a lovely Breakfast Mix – thank you to all the artists who attended and brought along their curiosities (and appetites!) 


Then we moved through a workshop with Lara Kramer, focusing on improvisational forms and presence of mind and body. Thank you to the artists who shared in the process so generously!

Works by these awesome artists hit the stage on Friday night:

Fu Le, PixelTongue, Liony Garcia, Ariana Speight, Andrea Soto + Co., Dolly Sfeir, Joshua Fried, Das Besties/Travis Amiel, Cosimo Pori, Arzu Salman, and Nina Lucia Rodriguez, Nicole Bindler

Saturday, we time-traveled (and then ate cake)…

Works by these awesome artists hit the stage on Friday night:

Lara Kramer Dance, Karen Bernard/Johanna Meyer, Lisa Parra

HUGE thank you to Duane Patisserie for this beautiful cake at our reception!

+ many thanks to Grandaisy Bakery for the snacks, and the Canadian Consulate General NY for the refreshments.

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And Sunday rocked our worlds!

The Artists and community poured out ALL the love for art, and for each other!

We were blown away by every performance and overwhelmed with gratitude seeing friends supporting friends.

We couldn’t have asked for a better close to the Festival!

Works by these awesome artists hit the stage on Sunday:

Lindsey Barlag Thornton, Mitchell Rose, Jo Warren, Isabella Thorpe-Woods & Zhangxinan Wu ćŽćŒ ćżƒćź‰, Joy Norton, Hadi Moussally, Julie Mayo, Justin Cabrillos, Ja’Moon and The Dancing Spirit , Raphael Chatelain & Nicolas Huchard, Nubian NĂ©nĂ© & NYX for A Lady in the House Dance Company, Emily Kyoko Shari, Zara Naber, Makayla Peterson/MonĂ©t Movement Productions: The Collective, Cristina Moya-Palacios, Prostalgia HD/Hunter Petree & Delilah Friedler

With love and gratitude to the NDA and Abrons Arts Center community,

Executive and Artistic Director

Karen Bernard

New Dance Alliance has lost NEA funding. We persevere, more committed to our mission than ever before.

New Dance Alliance’s mission, from the earliest days, has been to support experimental movement-based artists. We have an explicit commitment to equity and inclusion, and our programs center the work of artists from historically marginalized communities–across racial identities and the gender spectrum. We provide space, residencies, performance, and networking opportunities that help artists cultivate relationships, develop their artistry, and open doors to share their work in the US and internationally.

The NEA (National Endowment for the Arts) announced earlier this year its cancellation of funds to hundreds of arts organizations throughout the country, including New Dance Alliance.

This is a blow to the cultural institutions enriching our lives everyday, who rely on any and all funding available to keep operations running.

Help us keep the momentum going. We are preparing for PM40 – our 40 year anniversary!

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PHOTO CREDITS: Photo 1 – Nubian NĂ©nĂ© and NYX (Tyrone Bevans) photographed by Elyse Mertz.  Photo 2 – Johanna Meyer performing Fleeting Glimpse by Karen Bernard, photographed by Elyse Mertz. Photo 3 – Carousel of images, Breakfast Mix 2025 and Movement Workshop. Lara Kramer, Virginie Combet, Alexandra Doyle, Isabella Thorpe-Woods & Zhangxinan Wu ćŽćŒ ćżƒćź‰, Karen Bernard, all pictured among others. Photographs by Natalia Fernandez. Photo 4 – Carousel of images of Saturday Night Special. Lara Kramer in Gorgeous Tongue, Johanna Meyer in Fleeting Glimpse, Lisa Parra in family reunion side two, and guests at our post-show reception. Photos by Elyse Mertz. Photo 5 – Cake by Duane Patisserie. Photo by Elyse Mertz. Photo 6 – NYX (Tyrone Bevans) photographed by Elyse Mertz. Photo 7 – Edu Hernandez performing Pa El Chuco by Andrea Soto + Co. Photo by Elyse Mertz.

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