Malden Dance, Art Fair Kicks Off Summer Festivals

MALDEN, MA — City Hall Plaza will be transformed into an outdoor movie theater on June 5 and 12 for the Malden Dance Mile, a series of free dance films on the big screen.

The films, created during National Choreography Month Boston, feature the work of 27 local choreographers. Attendees should bring a chair or blanket to sit on to watch the performances, which are free. An art fair will be held on the plaza at 5 p.m., and the films will begin screening at 8 p.m.

National Choreography Month (NACHMO) Boston is a program where choreographers create new dance pieces during January every year and perform them at the end of the month. Since there were no live performances this past year, the choreographers created dance films instead.

Choreographers include Lacey Sasso, Brett Michael Bell, Sarah Craver, Amy Foley & OnStage Dance Company, Lila Ruth Klaus, Jessica Roseman, Jennifer Binversie, Zara Williams-Nicholas, Meena Chen, Marissa Chura, Brenna Banister, Alexandria Nunweiler & Alive Dance Collective, Ruth Benson Levin, Lynn Modell, Natalie Schiera, Elizabeth Powers, Nicole Harris, Anne Goldberg-Baldwin, Cassandre Charles, karen Krolak, Christopher Croucher, Collective Moments, Janice Zhai, Sarah Feinberg, Rachel Roccoberton, Madison Florence and Azeb Freitas.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Malden Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass. Cultural Council, a state agency and the Mass. Cultural Council’s Project and Festivals grants.

The June 5th performance will be the prelude to a series of Summer Festivals in Malden Center throughout the months of June, July and August. More information is available about the dance films and about the Summer Festivals.

Free parking for the dance films and the Summer Festivals is available at the CBD Garage, 170 Centre St. and the Jackson Street Garage, 7 Jackson St.