CMDance presents the 2023 Denver Jazz Festival, running three nights from Friday, September 15 to Sunday, September 17 at The Studio Loft at Ellie Caulkins Opera House at 980 14th St., Denver, CO 80204.

This one-of-a-kind vintage festival focuses primarily on vintage jazz and blues of the 1920s, 1930s & 1940s. The venue features a spacious dance floor, and there are workshops, classes and lectures available from internationally renowned instructors during the daytime hours through our sister events Lindy on the Rocks & Hot Night Fusion Weekend.

TICKETS

Individual Night Tickets for Friday, Saturday, and Sunday will also be available!

This year features NeoDance Stories Immersive Show on Sunday, September 17 at 6 p.m., showcasing Argentine Tango, Zouk, Bachata, Bolero Ariel Performance, Chunking, and more. Featuring flutist Nestor Torres and original music for Tango and Latin Fusion. This is a one-time showing of all original music by Nestor Torres accompanied by Tango and Latin Dance Fusion.

NeoDance is the creation of choreographer, dancer, and Holocaust survivor Alfred Friedman and critically acclaimed Latin Grammy winner Nestor Torres.

Featured dancers:
Umut Mete Saka
Vanessa Stephan

NeoDance tells the story of the relationship between talent and passion, overcoming life’s greatest challenges, seizing opportunities and taking them to the next level. It is also a story about creating an impressive body of original work by following the path of dreams fanned by a true love of music and dance.

Alfred Friedman better known in dancing circles as Mr. Dance, has been an acclaimed dancer, choreographer and dance instructor for over 50 years. His notoriety, which is rooted in his versatility and multi-dimensional approach as a dancer, inspired him to fuse Tango and Nuevo Tango with different dance and music genres, to create NeoDance, an alchemy of steps and moves with music artistically crafted to bring out creativity from within the dancer.

Nestor Torres is a Grammy-nominated and Latin Grammy-winning artist who has released 18 critically acclaimed albums with his innovative blend of jazz, classical, and Latin music, punctuated by lyrical improvisation and rhythmic beats.

More information on NeoDance

See a full list of music and events on CMDance.org

Thursday Night Unofficial Pre-Event Party at the Mercury Cafe featuring swing and blues with live music by Ken Saydak & Gordon Webster! (not included in event passes)

Friday Night:
Intro to Lindy Hop Swing Dance Lesson w/Lark Mervine
Social Dance to Eyal Vilner and His Hot 5
Contests and performances during band breaks!

Saturday Night:
Jitterbug Lesson w/Leea Kuronen & Ceth Stifel
Interactive Workshop w/Eyal
Social Dance to The Eyal Vilner Big Band
Contests and performances during band breaks!

Sunday Evening:
Immersive Show by NeoDance Stories:
Prepare for an interactive dance theater like you’ve never experienced. Showcasing some Argentine Tango, Zouk, Bachata, Bolero Ariel Performance, Chunking, and more. Featuring flutist Nestor Torres and original music for Tango and Latin Fusion.

Sunday Night:
Social dance to Ian Hutchison’s Colorado Band featuring Sweet B
Contests and performances during band breaks!