Organizers and performers — one of them sporting some “fashionable” footwear — from the upcoming eighth annual DanceParade tapped and twirled their way around City Hall’s plaza on Monday to highlight the upcoming hoofing hootenanny. This year’s grand marshals are Robert Battle, choreographer and artist director of the Alvin Ailey American DanceTheater, and DJ Rekha, a pioneer of bhangra music in America. Also kicking it in this year’s parade will be a stilt-walking band from Bond Street Theatre, plus a group of 30 at-risk youth from The Door — at risk, that is, of having a great time once the parade steps off from Broadway and 21st St. on Sat., May 16, at 1 p.m.
