Counting down the days to Summer Dance Forever 2018, we’ve compiled a list for you to prepare for the upcoming festival. We are more than excited to welcome you next week, for our most exciting and extensive edition to this date!

Eager to join the Summer Dance Forever team? We are looking for a select group of volunteers who want to help giving the audience instructions at the Dance of the City Warriors multimedia installation. You need to be available from 13 until 19 August, for four hours a day. 

Get inspired and stay inspired! At Summer Dance Forever 2018, we like to examine several hot topics with you, accompanied by some of the greatest experts in the field. Fine-tune your knowledge and find answers to your questions at our free seminars, plus you can learn more about the Senegalese dancing community and its driving forces at our documentary screening.

Nobody less than Lloyd Marengo, Emmanuelle Lê Phan (Tentacle Tribe) and Ousmane Sy aka Babson (Paradox-Sal, Wanted Posse, Serial Stepperz) will be the judges at Hip Hop Games Holland 2018. Hip Hop Games Holland 2018 takes place on Tuesday 14 August at Paradiso, and is open for visitors. And, also a quick heads up: you have until 1 August to sign up your crew to join the competition.

Excitement is reaching its climax, in a few weeks our annual celebration starts!

Did you already download our mobile festival app? It will help you moving around at Summer Dance Forever 2018. The app is available for iOS and Android, it is free, it works offline and will be updated regularly.

Ready to expand your theatre knowledge? This year we are pleased to present to you our very first workshop course focused on hiphop theatre, hosted by Tentacle Tribe. The course takes three days, and is given during our regular workshop days on 20, 21 and 22 August at the Academy for Theatre and Dance.

In just four weeks, we are right in the middle of our Summer Dance Forever 2018 celebration! We cannot wait to welcome you in Amsterdam from 14 until 22 August, and are thrilled to kick off our most extensive festival program to this date. Since anticipation is half the fun, here’s the official festival trailer:

On Saturday 18 August, we bring a homage to the original NY block parties with the annual Roller Skate Jam at Vondelpark Openluchttheater, so get your roll on… and get ready to jam with us! With the finest disco and house tunes by dj Rob Manga.

One month left before Summer Dance Forever 2018, and we have an exciting theatre program in store for you this year. Internationally acclaimed choreographers and companies like Black Sheep, Tentacle Tribe, YZ, Iron Skulls and Paradox-sal present their latest pieces at key cultural venues in Amsterdam city centre.

Since music is at the very heart of our festival, we are more than excited to launch our new Soundcloud channel with this exclusive mix by the outstanding Selectors Assemble.