Put your feet together for United We Dance!
Saturday, October 17th • Miller Park • 11 am to 9 pm
Dance through Chattanooga’s history for America’s 250th!
See the Entire United We Dance Program Below!
Your Guide To United We Dance
Saturday, October 17th in Miller Park 11am to 9pm
11am to 12:30pm - 🌟 Legacy in Motion: Art to Empower
💃 Saturday, in the Park - Come Down, Get Down and Dance United! 🕺
Get your dancing shoes ready for an amazing lineup that celebrates the cultural impact of our Chattanooga community with a day of dancing. All ages and abilities welcome. Dancing partner not required!
A tribute to seven Black women who own and direct local preschools, celebrating their impact on Chattanooga’s children and families. Enjoy intergenerational performances of ballet, modern, hip hop, and capoeira.
12:30pm to 1pm - 🤸 Capoeira & Hip Hop - 1500s-1800s
1:00pm - 👗 Common Threads Fashion Show
Join us as we celebrate our youngest and brightest UpCycle fashion designers from our fall break program. Led by fashion designer and multi media artist, Shanna Forestall, youth ages
13 to 22 will showcase their concepts and ideas they have brought to life over the past week.
1:05pm | 🎩 1700s Begin It Like Bridgerton
2:00pm | 🪕 1800s: From Our Hills
3:30pm | 🚂 1840–1900s: On the Railway
5:00pm | 🎷 1920–1980: Blues to Boogie on the Big 9
6:00pm | 💃 1990s: Rhythm of the Night
7:00pm | 🇺🇸 1976–2020: American Dancefloor
Presented by Art to Empower, Capoeira is an Afro Brazilian martial art that combines dance, music, acrobatics and martial moves. Hip-hop, rooted in Black and Latino communities and bringing generations together through rhythm, movement, and self-expression.
English Country Dancing with the Chattanooga Vintage Dancers. Made popular by Bridgerton, this style came to America with early settlers as a way to meet partners in high society. Powdered wigs and attire welcome!
Appalachian Contra Dancing with Contra Nooga. As British formality faded, our Appalachian roots blended with African Buck Dancing. Everyone dances with everyone! Contra Nooga will be providing a buck dancing board for demonstrations at their booth.
When Irish workers came to build the railroad alongside Chattanooga’s Black community, they brought Celtic music and dance with them. Wendy Carson and the Chattanooga Vintage Dancers lead the Irish Washerwoman, followed by an open Irish Céilí (say “kay-lee”) hosted by Chattanooga Celtic Connection, with live music from the Chattanooga Irish Trad Session Players. Hannah and Emily of the Southern Irish Dance School will also share their steps! ☘️
Slide and step with Yolanda Cox and Soul Aerobic Line Dancing as we honor two Chattanooga legends: blues icon Bessie Smith and funk drummer Clyde Stubblefield. They are guaranteed to get you grooving.
Colombian dance champion Andres Echeverry gets us moving to Latin salsa, celebrating the Latin community whose hard work helped revitalize downtown.
Open dance floor! We’re celebrating America’s 250th with hits from Neil Diamond and Cyndi Lauper to Dolly Parton and Usher. 🎶
Special Thanks to our Funders, Partners and Donors like you who keep our cultural events free and fun for everyone! Consider supporting our programs today. Your support is appreciated.
United We Dance is made possible by:
Leslie M. Westbrook
