The Pasadena Dance Festival (started in 2007) is an award winning,  dance festival that highlights the greater Pasadena/Los Angeles dance community, featuring top teachers and inspiring performers. This annual event features an array of dance classes, workshops, seminars and performances bringing the community together by providing the experience of dance for people of all ages, all ethnicities and all circumstances.

The Festival includes a full day of classes and workshops for all ages and abilities, a student matinee performance featuring local youth companies and the Pasadena Dance Festival Concert featuring some of the finest and most exciting professional dance companies of the region. In 2010, PDF received the Lester Horton Dance Award for Outstanding Production of a Festival or Series.   The festival is coordinated by Lineage Dance's associate director and dancer, Caterina Mercante. 

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