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The third video in the series profiles Turnout Community Cultural Partner Karesia Batan, Queensboro Dance Festival Founding Executive Director. Established in 2014, The Queensboro Dance Festival was created out of a need for a more accessible, unified sense of community among Queens performers. Utilizing the Turnout NYC stage in Jackson Heights, QDF symbolizes the vibrancy and diversity of the borough. Queensboro Dance Festival artists who performed at Travers Park with Turnout NYC in Jackson Heights featured in this video include: Kingdom Dance Company, sarAika, Barbara Mahler, Gotham Dance Theater, Kinding Sindaw, Belamovado, Manhatitlan, Chieh & Yoyo, Umami Playground, Kim Clarke and Friends, and Terraza 7 Big Band