Bates Dance Festival features family-friendly events, dance lessons and concerts

Bates Dance Festival to mark 40th anniversary with array of performances

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Bates Dance Festival opens with free concert and lessons

The festival begins with a hip-hop weekend, starting Thursday on the college's quad.

VIDEO: Bates Dance Festival kicks off with a weekend of hip-hop

Hip-hop weekend will begin the series of mainstage performances, and features The Reminders and MaMa2 with DJ Man-O-Wax on July 12 and 14.