Events
Register now for Spring classes! Series begins: April 2 - ends: June 3rd. Culminating dance recital pageant at Beltane Spring Festival, May 8, 2024. LEARN MORE & REGISTER
One of the best kept secrets in the Hudson Valley. The Beltane Pageant is a performance of myth, magic, and puppetry which fuses the pomp and whimsy of a Renaissance fair with the delights of a springtime picnic gala. Don your best fairy wings and join us! TICKETS: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/4709fb05-2ab5-4f95-86c8-295840bd782d
CaravanKids workshops are two weeks bursting with dance, music, creativity, and adventure. Each day, we go to a new country, meeting with different teachers from around the world. Little ones receive secret missions from fairies, embark on creative projects, and stamp their special passport journal. LEARN MORE & REGISTER
CaravanKids workshops are two weeks bursting with dance, music, creativity, and adventure. Each day, we go to a new country, meeting with different teachers from around the world. Little ones receive secret missions from fairies, embark on creative projects, and stamp their special passport journal. LEARN MORE & REGISTER
SummerDance: Immersion Week is dedicated to the pure joy and community connection created by The Vanaver Caravan’s dance & music program. Whether you are looking to improve your dance technique, relieve stress, or get inspired to choreograph, strum, or sing--Immersion Week provides a full introduction to a myriad of dance and music styles from a stellar group of teachers. LEARN MORE & REGISTER
SummerDance: Performance Week culminates at a public performance at the Rosendale Theatre on the evening of August 9th. All Summer-Dancers take the skills they learned during the previous week and bring their dance to life, choreographed by the SummerDance Faculty. LEARN MORE & REGISTER
Mark your calendars for our culminating performance of SummerDance. The show is directed by Brian T. Lawton and co-created by the dancers and faculty during the last week of SummerDance.
At long last, the Caravan will make our annual winter adventure to the music-filled halls of the Saratoga Dance Flurry! Come join us for dance workshops, social dances, and lively performances all weekend long. TICKETS
WinterDance registration has begun! Sign up now. Classes begin January 8th, 2024, end March 18. Learn more & sign up.
Catch one of our tour performance of Into the Light: December 27th & 28th, 2023. 2:00pm. Presented by the Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, MI. TICKETS (FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
Catch one of our tour performance of Into the Light: December 27th & 28th, 2023. 2:00pm. Presented by the Detroit Institute of the Arts, Detroit, MI. TICKETS (FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC)
Catch one of our tour performance of Into the Light: December 17th, 2023. 3pm. Presented by the Amenia Town Hall, Amenia NY. This event is FREE & open to the public.
Catch one of our tour performance of Into the Light: December 16th, 2023. 11am. Presented by the Smith Center for the Arts in Geneva, NY. TICKETS
Catch our full Dance Institute’s hometown performances on December 9th & 10th at the Rosendale Theatre. Shows at 2pm & 4pm. Tickets & Info.
We will be performing excerpts of our Holiday Spectacular, Into the Light, at the Sinterklaas Festival in Rhinebeck, NY. Join us during one of four shortened 1/2 hour performances on Saturday, at 2pm, 3pm, 4pm. Performance is free & open to the public.
Join The Vanaver Caravan for the inaugural AppleFest, a lively harvest gathering for the whole family! Tickets by donation. Learn more and reserve your spot today 🍎🍂🎻
AGING GRACEFULLY WITH THE FELDENKRAIS METHOD® | ADULT
Wednesdays | Stone Ridge | 5:00-6:00PM | Debra Waner
8 class series begins OCTOBER 4TH - ENDS NOVEMBER 29 (NO CLASS ON NOVEMBER 22)
PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIRED. Learn more & register.
8 class series begins Sept 21, ends Nov 9 | Thursdays | 6:00-7:30pm | Adult | Timna Kligler. This class series will build and develop physical conversations around big juicy moves, improvisational decision-making, and cultivating tenderness and wildness. This is a place to sweat, spiral, fall, make decisions and change our minds, break down 'technique' and then break away from it, and most of all ask questions and more questions. Come prepared to engage with phrase-material, improvisation, and happy sweat. Drop-ins welcome! Some experience in a dance context is strongly encouraged. REGISTER NOW
ONE NIGHT ONLY! On Wed 9.27.23, 6:00-7:30, join us for a special evening of Indian Contemporary Dance with guest artist Vidushi Gupta. Explore an artform of movement inspired by Indian classical Folk dance, infused with modern elements of contemporary dance. Experience the natural rhythm of your body supported by breath, emotions, and energy centers (chakras). SIGN UP NOW.
We have ALL NEW class offerings this season, for ages 2-adult. Please familiarize yourself with the new schedule, class times, ages, and locations. LEARN MORE & REGISTER
Adirondack Folk Festival, Schroon Lake, NY, Sunday August 13, 2023 @ 3:30 PM. Join us for Woody & Pete’s World of Dance & Music: a diverse program drawn from our favorite American & world-infused dance & music repertoire which includes many of the songs of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie.
Opus 40: Youthscape is an interactive site-specific performance created in collaboration with The Vanaver Caravan Dance Company’s artists and . . . LEARN MORE
SummerDance: Performance Week culminates outdoors at a public outdoor performance at Opus 40. All SummerDancers take the skills they learned during the previous week and bring their dance to life at Opus 40 with a site specific piece choreographed by Livia Vanaver and guest artist, Marina Lopez.
Wednesday - Friday of this week will be held at Opus 40 in Saugerties to rehearse the site specific choreography of the space. Exact rehearsal times & details TBD. Opus 40 Performance will take place on the evening of Friday August 11th
Join Company dancer and summer faculty member, Anna Librada Georges, at the Hudson Valley Flamenco Festival. (Drop in to her series at SummerDance, and maybe you will get to perform!). See schedule & get tickets
That’s right! We are offering classes for adults this summer. Anyone, aged 18+, may drop in to a dance class during our SummerDance Intensive at MaMA—or sign up a whole series. LEARN MORE & SIGN UP NOW
SummerDance: Immersion Week is dedicated to the pure joy and community connection created by The Vanaver Caravan’s dance & music program. Whether you are looking to improve your dance technique, relieve stress, or get inspired to choreograph, strum, or sing--Immersion Week provides a full introduction to a myriad of dance and music styles from a stellar group of teachers. Students will Afro-Caribbean Soca, Swing Dance, Percussive, Flamenco, Modern Dance, Meditation, theatre, and more! The week ends with a well-deserved icecream dance party.
CaravanKids workshops are two weeks bursting with creativity, exploration, and adventure. Each day, we go to a new country, meeting with different teachers from around the world. Little ones will receive magical mystery packages—filled with secret missions, clues, creative projects, and a special passport journal.
What happens when Tom Chapin, Guy Davis, Professor Louie & Miss Marie, Walt Michael & Co., Brenda Bufalino & Michael Sansonia, and The Vanaver Caravan come together? An incredible evening of music, song, dance, and a dynamic, heartfelt festival not to be missed!
One of the best kept secrets in the Hudson Valley. The Beltane Pageant is a performance of myth, magic, and puppetry which fuses the pomp and whimsy of a Renaissance fair with the delights of a springtime picnic gala. Don your best fairy wings and join us! TICKETS & INFO
Join us on Earth Day as we honor communities around the globe that envision and work towards a more beautiful, whole, and healthy world. This event celebrates the Caravan's ongoing cultural exchange and school enrichment programming in Auroville, India. Auroville is a community innovator in solar energy, reforestation, mudbrick building, sustainable farming, probiotics, water purification, village action, handicrafts and design—a global community in the heart of Tamil Nadu, India, in search of a more conscious lifestyle. Live music, dance, light refreshments and more! TICKETS HERE
Register now for Spring classes! Series begins: March 14 - ends: May 18
Culminating dance recital pageant at Beltane Spring Festival, May 20, 2023
Register now for Winter classes. Series runs from Jan 10-Mar 9th.
You may still join the Waitlist (Click "Get Tickets" then "Join Waitlist"). If a ticket frees up, you'll be the first to know!
You may also watch the livestream at 4pm. The link will be posted HERE on Saturday @ 3:30PM
We will be performing excerpts of our Holiday Spectacular, Into the Light, at the Sinterklaas Festival in Rhinebeck, NY. Join us during one of four shortened 1/2 hour performances on Saturday, at 2pm, 3pm, 4pm.
Performance is free & open to the public.
Come home to your Caravan and join all the generations of The Vanaver Caravan community as we gather for an evening of good food, good drink, good music, and dancing merriment. Journey back through the decades to experience the highlights, recreations of the best dances, the most wonderful adventures, and good friends who have brought The Vanaver Caravan to life for half a century.
Classes begin the week of Sept 12, End Dec 16. Classes on Tuesdays and Wednesdays are held at MaMA in Stone Ridge. Thursday classes are at Mountain Laurel Waldorf School. All dancers are invited to participate in Into the Light performances in December. REGISTER NOW.
