'We're celebrating life, we're celebrating how far we've come,' Ariel Palitz, executive director of NYC's Office of Nightlife, said before the 16th annual Dance Parade began. 'We love to socialize, we love to party, it's part of our DNA.' More photos:
Covid had sent the cultural celebration into the virtual realm the prior two years. But on Saturday afternoon, dance troupes and party people from all over the city came out in force for the first time in the pandemic era.NYC's Office of Nightlife
As Palitz pointed out, Dance Parade started in 2006 as a protest against the city's "antiquated cabaret laws," which were repealed in 2017.
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