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Dancers showcase a panoply of moves and genres

Downtown Express photos by Milo Hess

The 31st annual Downtown Dance Festival, the longest-running festival of its kind in the city, featured eight days of performances staged at Battery Park, Dance New Amsterdam and One New York Plaza. Highlights from this year’s festival, which took place in mid-August, include Sri Warisan, a 15-member troupe from Singapore; Philadelphia-based Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers  and 10 New York companies performing modern ballet, fusion and other dance styles. The festival culminated on Fri., Aug. 17 with the Indo-American Arts Council’s special celebration of Indian culture at One New York Plaza.