Photo album: Bates Dance Festival kicks off

Shakia Barron, left, leads a Street Styles workshop Wednesday morning at Pettigrew Hall at Bates College in Lewiston. Dancers follow her lead where the intensive workshop is like a workout. The annual Bates Dance Festival features classes for all ages and levels of dancers with many performances open to the public, including a free concert on the quad Thursday at 6 p.m. in the middle of the Bates campus. For more information, visit the dance website at batesdancefestival.org. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Dancers react to another’s movement Wednesday morning during a Street Styles workshop at Pettigrew Hall during the Bates Dance Festival at Bates College in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Bates Dance Festival Director Shoshona Currier jumped into the Street Styles workshop about half way through when the group circled up and did “ab work.” The class is labeled “intensive” and is much like a gym workout. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Dancers streak across the floor during a Street Styles workshop Wednesday morning at Pettigrew Hall at Bates College in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Dancers streak across the floor during a Street Styles workshop Wednesday morning at Pettigrew Hall at Bates College in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A pair of decorated sandals a dancer switched out for sneakers during Wednesday morning’s workshop at Pettigrew Hall at Bates College in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Shakia Barron, foreground, leads a Street Styles workshop Wednesday morning at Pettigrew Hall at Bates College in Lewiston. Dancers follow her lead where the “intensive” workshop is like a workout. The annual Bates Dance Festival features classes for all ages and levels of dancers with many performances open to the public, including a free concert on the quad Thursday at 6 p.m. in the middle of the Bates campus. For more information, visit the dance website at batesdancefestival.org. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

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