Tarrytown Dancers To Perform In Macy's Parade

TARRYTOWN, NY — If you are going to watch the annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade — either in person in Manhattan or on television — Tarrytown residents might just recognize some people taking part in the spectacle. A group of dance professionals from the Fred Astaire Dance Studio of Tarrytown will be dancing their way from the Upper West Side to the iconic store on 34th Street Thursday.

Vitalii Kaliuzhnyi, Artem Belmeha, Anna Shevchenko and Alex Rondol will join other Fred Astaire Dance Studio pros from around the nation to perform a few quick steps as they walk, and then perform a routine in front of Macy's Herald Square.

“This is a tremendous honor for our dancers and our studio,” Sasha Bylim, owner of the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Tarrytown, said. “Fred Astaire Dance Studios began in New York City more than 70 years ago, so being invited to be a part of the biggest parade in the world in the city where it all started is incredible.”

According to a spokesman, the group will be in the middle of the parade and should be on television around 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 22.

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Photo caption: From left, Artem Belmeha, Anna Shevchenko, Olga Bylim, Sasha Bylim, Talia Barrington and Vitalii Kaliuzhnyi. Photo credit: Courtesy of Fred Astaire Dance Studio.