Join us for free concerts of dance and live and recorded music at the Rose Garden at Lake Harriet on Saturday, July 13 & 14 at 7 pm. Bring a lawn chair or blanket and some snacks or a picnic dinner and settle in to experience a diverse evening of art in the outdoors. The 11th annual Dances at the Lakes Festival presented by the Christopher Watson Dance Company (CWDC) will showcase dance works created and performed by professional artists and young dancers from a variety of Minnesota communities:

Alanna Morris—Choreographer

Anda Flamenco— Kristina de Sacramento, Artistic Director

Ballareteatro Performing Arts Center, Minneapolis—Ann Williams, Director

Christopher Watson Dance Company, Minneapolis—Christopher Watson, Artistic Director

Eclectic Edge Ensemble, Minneapolis—Karis Sloss Artistic Director

Unspeakable Dance, Minneapolis —Non Edwards, Artistic Director

West African Drum and Dance, Minneapolis—Kenna Cottman, Artistic Director

Kayla Schiltgen, Minneapolis—Choreographer

Kinetic Evolutions, Minneapolis—Sarah LaRose-Holland Artistic Director

Prairie School of Dance, Eden Prairie— Sarah Linner Quie, Executive Director

Ray Terrill Dance Group, St. Paul—Ray Terrill, Artistic Director

Young Dance, Minneapolis—Gretchen Pick, Artistic Director

Youth Dance Ensemble, Burnsville—Dixie Rairamo, Artistic Director

This activity is made possible, in part, by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund as appropriated by the Minnesota Legislature with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.

Additional funding was provided by generous individual donors to the Christopher Watson Dance Company