
Festival Schedule & Performances
Friday, August 1 @ 7 pm
The Acadia Dance Festival returns to Bar Harbor, ME - featuring performances by the acclaimed Nimbus Dance with musicians from the Bar Harbor Music Festival.
Nimbus Dance performs: Samuel Pott’s "Dark Water," a visually immersive meditation on water, the oceans, and human vulnerability created in partnership with composer Qasim Naqvi, with sets by Guggenheim Fellow, visual artist Nicola López; "The After Party" by Dawn Marie Bazemore, a vibrant tribute to jazz legends Nina Simone and Nancy Wilson; and live musicians from the Bar Harbor Music Festival join for "Memo" a poignant dance performed alongside youth participants from the Acadia Dance Festival Summer Intensive and Camp Beech Cliff.
At the 1932 Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor
Tickets: $35 adult; $15 youth (21 and under)
Saturday, August 2 @ 11 am
(Family Matinee) A relaxed and engaging program for young audiences, featuring Nimbus company dancers and local youth from Camp Beech Cliff and the Acadia Dance Festival Intensive.
At the 1932 Criterion Theatre, 35 Cottage Street, Bar Harbor
Tickets: General Admission $15
Check out reviews from past Acadia Dance Festivals:
2024 festival collaboration with Bar Harbor Music Festival in the Mount Desert Islander
2022 festival from the Mount Desert Islander