Cora Dance Brooklyn/SHCD: Stone Soup Festival

Friday, December 11 - Sunday, December 13: Stone Soup Festival : 30 YEARS KICKOFF @ Cora Dance Brooklyn, 177 Dwight Street, 2R, Brooklyn, NY & locations in Red Hook, Brooklyn PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN Tickets and detailed event Information coming soon! Stone Soup is a metaphor for the power and positivity created by the community coming together to share what they have and create something wonderful. In Cora Dance Brooklyn’s warmly intimate space, this annual festival of works-in-progress by our students, faculty, and professional company offers a 3-day series of short sneak peeks, shows and workshops throughout the weekend. In 2026, Stone Soup introduces “rewind” events as Cora Dance prepares for celebrating its 30th Anniversary in 2027-2028, bringing back work-in-progress showings of milestone works including COMMON DANCES, Down A Small Road, and performances by Cora Youth Company participants in The Crossroads Project. Friday, December 11: 6:30pm EVENT #1: Crossroads Project w/ CDB Cora Youth Company, Nikki + the Noise, and 30 Years of Cora Rewind Event: Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance revival performances of Common Dances Saturday, December 12: 12:30-2:30pm: EVENT #2: Fellowship Initiatives: River/Cora Community Company, location TBD 2:30pm: EVENT #3: Fellowship Initiatives: River/Cora Community Company, location TBD 6:30pm: EVENT #4: River/Cora Community Company Dancers and 30 Years of Cora Rewind Event: the reimagined premeire of SH/CD Apprentice Company in Down A Small Road (1999), Hummel’s first evening-lenth work in NYC. Sunday, December 13: 11am-12:30: EVENT #5: Community Yoga with Nikki Assanti@ CDB Red Hook Older Adults Center 3-5:30pm: EVENT #6: Pre-Tree Open Mic and S’Mores Party 6pm: EVENT #7: Tree Lighting in Coffey Park. CDB Cora Community Company performs River as part of this beloved community celebration!