The Palm Springs International Dance Festival presents GALA | Professional Performance

This is it! The “Gala” professional performance! Two opportunities to witness the beauty, power and passion of Nickerson-Rossi Dance during the Palm Springs International Dance Festival. Since 2013, NRD has dominated dance production in the Coachella Valley and our exceptional and eclectic 2020 line up promises to entertain the most unforgiving of dance connoisseurs! Love surprises? Our evening performance will keep you on the edge of your seat! Join us post evening Gala performance for bubbly and a catered reception in the Meyerman Sculpture Gardens. We welcome the entire audience to mingle with our professional talents! The Choreographers Mark Esposito Mr. Esposito has worked with the best of Broadway’s creative masters such as Bob Fosse (“Chicago”), Jerome Robbins (“West Side Story”), Agnes DeMille (“Oklahoma!”), Michael Bennett (“A Chorus Line”) and Rob Marshall (“Into the Woods”). Roberto Amaral Mr. Amaral brings the emotionally expressive and powerful Spanish Flamenco to our stage. His work includes live musicians to give the raw authentic culture of classical Spanish dance! Johanna Sapake We are ECSTATIC to welcome Johanna Sapake, Jennifer Lopez’s Personal Pole Choreographer for her critically acclaimed new movie, “Hustlers”! Our evening performance promises to be wild, new and stretch the limits of dance as we know it! Michael Nickerson-Rossi The Creator/Director of this spectacular Festival is presenting his critically acclaimed and crowd favorite, “Cause and Effect”. He will also be presenting three works from the following handpicked prominent choreographers: “Jon Lehrer Dance Company”, NY, NY “Francisco Gella Dance Works”, Santa Fe, N.M. Resident Artist Robert Dekkers, San Francisco, “Post: Ballet” NRD will entertain and delight you with their long running, Palm Springs International Dance Festival! It will be a whirlwind tour of eclectic, powerful and poignant dance! www.nickersonrossidance.com