Thank you and goodbye?  As 2023 comes to an end, we at Dance on the Lawn want to send a massive thank you to our amazing community. Being able to be your neighbor dance festival for 10 YEARS (!) has been such an honor.  Here is a thank you note from our Charmaine and here is our final recap video: https://vimeo.com/872720692?share=copy Wishing everyone a very happy New Year? Find our archive!: https://montclairlibrary.org/dance-on-the-lawn/ (https://montclairlibrary.org/dance-on-the-lawn ..read more

Thank you for taking a final bow and celebrating NJ with us.​ One of our greatest joys has been continuing to support NJ artists through the years. Thank you for sticking with us through the rain, shine, pandemics, and location changes! These last 10 years have been a wonderful reminder of all NJ has to offer, we are forever grateful. Love, Your Friendly Neighborhood Dance Festival ..read more

We want to thank these amazing professionals and companies who have been with us on this journey. They are incredible and we thanks them for keeping dance alive in NJ and for performing with us! Alborada Spanish Dance Theatre, Carolyn Dorfman Dance, Freespace Dance, Inimois Dance, Jason Samuels Smith, Maurice Chestnut, Maxine Steinman and Dancers, MeenMoves, Mignolo Dance, Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company   Photo Credit: Tony Turner (except Jason Samuels Smith’s photo)  ..read more

As we enter our 10th and final year with our "Celebrating New Jersey" program, we wanted to take a moment to highlight the young performers who have been with us throughout the years. We thank and celebrate the following three schools (and every other institution furthering the field of dance education) for expanding the minds of young artists, for keeping dance alive in NJ, and, of course, for performing with us! ​Check out our newest newsletter for more information: Link ..read more

DOTL is adding even more goodness to our final lineup and are so excited to announce that Jason Samuels Smith will be joining us in September! Jason is an award winning tap dancer, choreographer, teacher, and humanitarian.  Photo curtsy of artist ..read more

?TENTH AND FINAL YEAR! ?  One decade of DOTL and we are so excited to bring you our final save the date. We are so grateful for all who have been a part of this journey with us as we brought the magic of dance to our NJ audience over the years.  A message from our founder: “We have been fortunate to have had such a long and good run. As a dancer, teacher, writer and producer, my work has always been in New York City. However, I grew up and still live in New Jersey, and always hoped I could somehow bring the two together. Our mission was accomplished! For our final DOTL Festival we a ..read more

Wishing you all a happy holidays. Thank you all for the support you have given us in 2022, and we can't wait for what 2023 has to offer ..read more

Dance on the Lawn 2022 is right around the corner! We cannot wait to see everyone next week, September 10th at 3pm to celebrate dance. Please check out our most recent newsletter for more exciting news.  Click Here ..read more

CLICK HERE TO READ OUR NEWSLETTER GARDEN DANCE #2 Photo: Tony Turner Photo: Christopher Duggan Photography Our second summer fundraiser - Garden Dance - will be held on Thursday August 18th.  It will be another great night of celebrating and supporting free dance! MeenMoves (DOTL 2018) will be performing so we can't wait to see you all there! "Garden Dance" #2 - August 18th Hosts - Nina Cooke John & Andre John with DOTL (2018) performers ​Sameena Mitta/MeenMoves RSVP to "Garden Dances" - info@danceonthelawn.org (Location will be sent with confirmation of reservat ..read more

CLICK HERE TO READ OUR NEWSLETTER Photo by Tony Turner Photo by Tony Turner Our first summer fundraiser - Garden Dance #1, was such a success!  A huge thank you to all DOTL friends, including our wonderful hosts, Diane and Kyle Anglin, and our performers, The Foreman Brothers.  ​ If you missed the first Garden Dance, there is another opportunity to support free dance on August 18th for Garden Dance #2. Hosts - Nina Cooke John & Andre John  with DOTL (2018) performers Sameena Mitta/MeenMoves! RSVP at info@danceonthelawn.org! Can't wait to see you th ..read more