International Women’s Day Dance Festival
March 7-9, 2025
Save the date for MashUp’s 9th Annual IWDDF! Participate in 3 full days of performances, classes, discussions, and more as we celebrate and uplift the female identifying and non-binary voices of our dance community as part of the larger global IWD movement.
2025 Festival Schedule
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LA Women in Dance Summit 9am - 2pm The Pickle Factory, Frogtown
9am-11:30am Breakfast bites, Industry Expo, 1-on-1 mentorship sessions with mentors Mackenzie Martin (Soul De Soul, Geometry), Julie McDonald (MSA), Emily Wanserski (Jumpstart LA), and Keynote Speaker Mackenzie Martin
11:30am-12:45pm Class with CoCo Joelle - SIGN UP
12:45-2pm Class with Krystal Matsuyama - SIGN UP
FULL AND HALF DAY SUMMIT TICKETS HERE
IWDDF Kick-off Party 7pm The Pickle Factory, Frogtown
Celebrate the kick of of MashUp’s IWDDF and International Women’s Day with a party filled with community connection and fun!
Enjoy beer from Frogtown Brewery, Wine and snacks, and raffle tickets will be available for purchase.
Help us honor Rosalynde LeBlanc and Azuki Umeda as Exemplary Women in LA Dance, voted on by our amazing dance community.
And enjoy live performances from MashUp and Guests Indigo Dance Company as well as other surprises!
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Choreographers Showcase 3:30pm and 7:30pm Stomping Ground LA
See work from emerging and established choreographers: Hannah Millar, Ashton Titus, Tori Gorny,Jennifer Vieweg, MaryAnn Chavez, Genevieve Carson,Sam Chavez, Kate Myers, and GiGi Todisco
*Both shows are the same lineup
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Open level movement workshop 11am - 12pm The Pickle Factory
Community open level class with Sarah Rodenhouse (Moved LA) - all abilities and levels of movers are welcome to come connect and move in a fun and judgement-free environment! - SIGN UP
Intermediate/Advanced Master Classes 12:15 - 5:30pm The Pickle Factory
12:15pm-1:30pm — Kat Cheng - SIGN UP
1:30pm-2:45pm — Waeli Wang - SIGN UP
3pm-4:15pm — Ariel Scott - SIGN UP
4:15pm-5:30pm — Angel Mammoliti - SIGN UP
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International Dance Film Festival 7pm
Part of MashUp’s IWD events, Celebrate ‘Support Women Artists Now Day’ with us at our International Dance Film Festival Screening Event!
Enjoy the following films:
If I were You by Magort Gelber & Rebecah Goldston
Walk Like a Man by Shelby Green
1,001 Won't Be So Bad by Sasha Serdyukov
Good Luck, Babe! by Elle Wagoner
Primordial Unity by Tiange Zhou
She Wolf by Genevieve Carson and MashUp Contemporary Dance Company
Get Involved
Are you an artist interested in presenting work? LA-based dance organization interested in tabling at the Women in Dance Summit? Business owner interested in sponsorship opportunities? Or dance-lover interested in volunteering? Check out all the ways you can be part of MashUp’s IWD Dance Festival in 2025!
Submit work
Volunteer
Sponsor
Show at the Expo
EXEMPLARY WOMAN IN DANCE AWARD
2024 Awardees MaryAnn Chavez and Monika Felice Smith
Nominate!
Each year at our IWDDF Kick-off Party, MashUp honors two Exemplary Women in our LA Dance industry working in commercial, concert, and/or non-profit sectors. Nominate a Woman in LA Dance Who has Exemplified Inspirational Leadership, Advancing the Dance Field in a Positive Way!
*Nominations for 2025 are closed
Scholarship Opportunity
If you are currently an in-training pre-professional/professional dancer, and looking to attend all of the IWD events, we are giving out a handful of full festival scholarships. We know these events can be costly, but the experiences are invaluable - so we want to make them more accessible to our local dance community members.
IWDDF HISTORY + INFO
Learn more about MashUp’s Annual International Women’s Day Dance Festival
MashUp's International Women's Day Festival is made possible in part by a grant from The City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs and is supported in part by an arts grant from the City of West Hollywood.
MashUp Contemporary Dance Company is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture and by the California Arts Council.