Dancers work through a routine Friday morning at Bates College in Lewiston during a Modern Dance class. It was one of the classes offered during the three-week Young Dancers Workshop, kicking off the Bates Dance Festival. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Participants in the three-week Young Dancers Workshop perform a routine Friday at Bates College in Lewiston. The Modern Dance class is one of several offered at the Bates Dance Festival kicks off. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Terrence Karn plays drums Friday morning during the Modern Dance Class at Bates College in Lewiston. A number of classes will be held during the three-week Young Dancers Workshop, kicking off the Bates Dance Festival. Karn has been playing at the festival for the past 23 years. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Street Styles Dance instructors Nneka Onyima, left, and Ama Law, right, lead dancers Friday morning during a Young Dancers Workshop at the Bates Dance Festival. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Courtney Jones, front, leads a Modern Dance class on Friday morning at Bates College in Lewiston. It is part of the Young Dancers Workshop, kicking off the first week of the Bates Dance Festival. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Street Styles Dance instructors Nneka Onyima, front left, and Ama Law, back left, are reflected in a mirror Friday morning at the Plavin Dance Studio in Merrill Gymnasium at Bates College in Lewiston. The class for 14- to 18-year-olds is part of the Young Dancers Workshop at the Bates Dance Festival. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

A poster displayed Friday at the Bates Dance Festival lists names of people dancers listen to. The festival kicked off its first week with a Young Dancers Workshop at the Lewiston campus. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Dancers in the Street Styles class glide across the floor Friday morning during the Young Dancers Workshop, kicking off the first week of the Bates Dance Festival at Bates College in Lewiston. Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal

Dancers give each other high-fives Friday morning at the end of their Street Styles class at Bates College in Lewiston. The Bates Dance Festival kicked off with the Young Dancers Workshop.  Russ Dillingham/Sun Journal