The festival featured 13 dance groups from local professional and pre-professional companies, as well as area private and public schools. These groups performed in a variety of dance styles including ballet, jazz, hip-hop, and modern. The groups included:

Academy of Notre Dame

Brandywine Ballet Theatre

Chester County Ballet Company

Chester County Jazz Ensemble

Chester Valley Dance Ensemble

Chester Valley Dance Production

Crane Performing Arts School

DM Dance Machine of West Chester Dance Works

Harrison Starlight Tap Company

Immaculata University Dance Company

Longwood Dance Company

Opus 1 Contemporary

Oxford Center for Dance

Sponsors for the Festival were the Immaculata University Dance Company, directed by Jessica Birkmire and Barbara Gallagher, M.Ed., assistant professor of human movement science, and the Immaculata Student Government Association.

The festival will feature more than a dozen dance groups, such as the Brandywine Ballet Company, the Chester County Jazz Ensemble, the Longwood Dance Company, and other groups from local professional and pre-professional companies, as well as area private and public schools.  The dancers will perform in a variety of styles including ballet, jazz, hip-hop, and modern. 

The festival will be hosted by Immaculata University’s Dance Company, whose faculty adviser is Barb Gallagher.  Tickets are $10 at the door.  For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact 610-647-4400, ext. 3737.

Immaculata University is a residential, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher education, located on the Main Line between Malvern and Exton, 20 miles west of Philadelphia.