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Performances
OTHER LIFE
July 1 - 3 at 8pm
The Source Theater
"Other Life" is a dance-based film, a collaboration between Contradiction Dance & Chop Shop Studios. Please visit our blog for updates & details theotherlife.wordpress.com
Tickets: $15 . To purchase visit The Source Festival.
Going Against the Flow: Improvised Lives
July 1-3 at 8pm
The Source Theatre
This project is a dynamic collaboration of improvised spoken word and movement. Mark Chalfant and Daniel Phoenix Singh are bringing actors and dancers together for this project. Chalfant leads the cutting edge improv group Washington Improv Theater (WIT) and Singh directs the Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company. This project uses themes elicited from the audience to create quick scenes. The moods range from silly to poignant, but the scenes are sure to surprise and invigorate audiences with their sometime seamless, sometime lightning-fast mood and topic changes. The project plays with the notion of everyday life as a series of improvisations, and pushes the actors and dancers to think on their feet (literally and figuratively) as each player tries to support and challenge the others at the same time.
The show is permiering at the Source Festival on July 1, 2 and 3 and will be also featured at the 9:30 club on July 26th as part of Dakshina's Fringe Festival production. Since each show is going to be improvised, you can come to all of them and leave with a completely fresh take on what moves us. Come join the fun.
Tickets: $15 Buy tickets here.
The Letting
July 1- 3 at 8pm
The Source Theater
Chilling and sublime, the new work, The Letting, is muscle and voice, raw, ripe, and true. A creation by choreographer/poet Diana Tokaji, singer/songwriter Annie Johnstone, jazz bassist David Jernigan, drummer Mattias Rucht, and video director Christopher Anderson, this feast of art is an explosion of mediums, all senses ignited in an intimate and purposeful work. Spoken word, song, dance, live music, images. 20 minutes in length.
Tickets: $15. To purchase tickets go to www.sourcedc.org
Deviated Theatre
July 5 at 8pm
July 6 at 7pm
Dance Place
Dance Choreographer Kimmie Dobbs and Theatre Director Enoch Chan make their debut performance for their new company Deviated Theatre and invite you to depart from the norm. A blended Dance-Theatre production, Aspiro is full of storyline, technical dancing and physical acting. The production is based partly on a painting by Enoch, created in 1998, of the three fates, portrayed as sinewy and spectre-ish. In Aspiro, a girl with an umbrella finds herself in the center of a curious underworld where a twisted circus emerges from the darkness, and eventually... the fates come to call.
An artist co-presentation. Photo:Enoch Chan 2007
Tickets: $22 general admission; $17 members, students, teachers (PreK-12), professional artists & seniors; $8 for children 17 & under; click here to purchase.
Paint it Blue
July 5 at 3pm & 8pm
July 6 at 2pm
The Source Theater
Paint it Blue is a new work by Laura Schandelmeier & Stephen Clapp created in collaboration with Jonathan Morris and featuring film footage by Ray Schandelmeier. Invited by the Source Theater Festival to create this new work, “Paint it Blue” looks at surveillance in the 1960’s and asks the question, “Who’s watching us now?” For more information go to www.dancenow.org
Tickets:$15 Click here to purchase tickets.
Paul Taylor Dance Company
July 8 at 8:30pm
Filene Center, Wolf Trap
Back by popular demand for their only DC area performance this season! The San Francisco Chronicle says "Paul Taylor is without question the greatest living American choreographer."
Tickets: $38 in-house, $8 lawn. Click here for tickets.
Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance;Damhsa, A Celebration of Irish Dance and Music
July 8-12 at 10am
Theatre-in-the-Woods, Wolf Trap
Performers between the ages of 5 and 45 will demonstrate the different styles of Irish dance to live musical accompaniment that will have you kicking up your heels!
Tickets: $5 Click here for more information.
The Dinner Party
July 8 at 9pm
Velvet Lounge
In an effort to expand DC’s venues for in-progress, experimental, and new work, the Dinner Party is a series of monthly open showings that take place on Tuesday nights. Tickets: $5
The Paul Taylor Dance Company Modern Dance Class (Intermediate level)
July 8 from 10:30am-noon
Filene Center
Paul Taylor's dances challenge and break assumptions about what modern dance should be. Don't miss your opportunity to learn from one of the best companies of modern dance!
The Paul Taylor Dance Company will perform at Wolf Trap on Tuesday, July 8 at 8:30 pm
Cost: $15 Participant ; $7 Observer. Participants must be at least 12 years of age.
Registration Deadline: Monday July 7 at noon or when the class is filled. To register please click here.
The Revolutionary: Isadora Duncan's Words, Music, and Dance
July 10 & 24 at 7pm
July 12 at 2:30pm
July 13 at 5:30pm
July 20 at 6pm
July 26 at 1pm
The Harman Center - Forum
Join Word Dance Theater in their multi-media production of the life and times of Isadora Duncan, the great American artist and revolutionary. Using Duncan's own words, actress Sarah Pleydell embodies Isadora. WDT dancers provide brilliant reconstructions of Isadora Duncan's choreography, and Marcia Daft creates a soundscape using the beautiful music that was the thru-line of Duncan's life and work. Don't miss this rare opportunity to experience one of America's greatest geniuses.
Tickets: $15 Call 1 866 811 4111 or visit www.capitalfringe.org.
Eighth Annual Goose Route Dance Festival
July 10-20
The War Memorial Building
Shepherdstown, WV
The Eighth Annual Goose Route Dance Festival flies into Shepherdstown from July 10-20 for a two-week contemporary dance extravaganza. Eight performances, four master classes, four kids’ classes, three family shows, two pre-performance talks, one teacher training institute, and an opportunity to be in a dance film make up the diverse offerings of this much-anticipated annual event. The Festival is bigger and better this year, yet retains its intimate feel by providing numerous ways for people of all ages to experience dance and to interact with dancers. Eight dance companies from New York City, Philadelphia, North Carolina, Colorado, Chicago, Arizona, and West Virginia will share their artistry through performances and classes, representing a wide range of contemporary dance styles.
Unless noted, all events take place at the War Memorial Building, 102 East German Street, Shepherdstown, WV, which is transformed into a black box theater for the Festival. Tickets: $10-15 performances; $10-12 adult/teen master classes. All events for children are free-of-charge. More information is available by calling 304-876-6751 or at www.gooseroute.org.
Hip Hop Theater Festival! Sold out!
July 11 at 8pm
Dance Place
The Hip Hop Theater Festival takes over DC with performances all over the city! This Mason/Rhynes-curated event features DJ 2-Tone Jones, Urban Impact, Aysha Upchurch, Tish Jones, Maia Maiden Works, Boogie Bots and special guests! Don't miss this one-of-a-kind event that captures the variety and spirit of hip hop. After the show, join the artists at Chief Ike's Mambo Room for the after-party! Chief Ike's Mambo Room, 1725, Columbia Road NW at 10pm.
Maida Withers: Fare Well-The End of the World As We Know It!
July 11at 9:30pm
July 12 at 12:30pm
July 19 at 6pm
Harman Center – The Forum
The latest large-scale multimedia performance work of Maida Withers, Washington's most provocative choreographer/dancer. Fare Well, a visual and acoustic portrait of our rapidly changing environment, creates a unique and powerful performance around man's relationship with extreme nature. Music - Steve Hilmy; visuals - Ayo Okunseinde; poems- David McAleavey . Part of this project will be performed June 28 & 29 at the 2008 Utah Arts Festival.
Tickets: $15 Call 866-811-4111 For more information click here. For more information about the Capital Fringe Festival please visit www.capitalfringe.org
Old Lore Theater - The Fiddler Ghost
July 11 at 7:30pm
July 13 at 1pm
July 17 at 9pm
July 18 at 6pm
July 19 at 2pm
July 27 at 7pm
Harman Center in the Forum
A visual presentation of an ancient folktale. the evolution of a people long forgotten. The birth and death of magic from the world in our eyes. Movement, dance, art, music, everything in between and unlike anything you've ever seen. The Fiddler Ghost live on.
Tickets: $15 for more information please click here.
Source Festival
June 21- July 12
The Source
1835 15th Street NW, Washington DC
The Cultural Development Corporation (CuDC) will present the Source Festival (formerly Washington Theatre Festival), reviving a lively three-week festival showcasing playwrights, actors and directors and encouraging the creation and presentation of new work. The festival will feature ten-minute plays, a 24-hour performance-building experience, one-act plays and a range of interdisciplinary work involving theater, dance, film, spoken word poetry, music and burlesque.
Interdiscipliary Mash-ups are the pairing together of artists from at least two different disciplines each with the goal of creating, in under three month’s time, a new interdisciplinary performance piece 15 to 30 minutes long.
Dance artists participating in the Source Festival this year include: Daniel Phoenix Singh/Dakshina Dance; Diana Tokaji; kelly Mayfield;Leslie Felbain and Juanita Rockwell; Stephen Clapp and Laura Schandelmeier
For more information and performance times please click here.
Colombian Celebration 2008 "It's Folklore in a Carnaval of Feelings"
July 12 from 3-10pm
Gunston Art Theater One
You will be transported to Colombia, South America through it's folclore and food. Besides savoring colombian food, you will see a performance that manages to unite all the beauty, happiness, variety, and splendor of Colombian folklore through its music, dance, and traditional costumes. It begins with an allegory to the races which were fused with the coming of the European conquistadores to the new world; the indigenous that inhabited its ground; and the negro, who were brought as slaves from Africa to work the mines. Then you will be transported to the different regions of Colombia showcasing its dances and music representing these races. Selling of Colombian Food starts at 4pm, Performances start at 6pm. Performances by EL TAYRONA (Colombian Folklore Dance Ensemble); Musical Groups "Familia Hoyos" (Andean Music); "ARCO IRIS" (Tropical Music)
Tickets: $12 Children under 12 Free! Free Parking! For more information: (202) 623-7548; (703) 824-9123
Free South Asian Dance Workshops!!!
July 12 from 1:30pm—3:30pm
Sitar Arts Center
July 26 from 1:30pm —3pm & July 27 from 4pm —5:30 pm
Flashpoint Studio
The South Asian Performing Arts Network and Institute ("The SAPAN Institute") will be holding FOUR (4) FREE dance workshops this Summer. Don't miss out on this opportunity to get a sneak peek into the unique classes that we will be offering this Fall. All are welcome - No experence is necessary!
For all ages, men and women, boys and girls. Space is limited, so RSVP today at sapaninfo@sapanarts.org to reserve your spot! Please check our website - www.sapanarts.org - for any changes before attending.
Cost: Free
Activate A Dream" Walk-A-Thon - Dream in Color
July 12 from 9:00 – 10:00 AM
Annandale High School
The Dream in Color Foundation, Inc. (DICF) has been organized to facilitate performing arts educational programs that strive to diversify both the participation in and appreciation of the Performing Arts. Its goal is to provide affordable, geographically accessible arts programs to surrounding communities that help level the learning field for socio-economically disadvantaged families in Fairfax County, Virginia and surrounding areas.
“Activate A Dream” is an appeal with the specific purpose of raising funds for the 2008/2009 Scholarship Fund. We are a place for dreamers and we want to make this a reality for the many students that want to be involved in our dance and music programs that need financial assistance.
There have always been families in need of assistance to provide opportunities for their children, however with the economy as it is, families that could afford artistic programs for their children in the past, are finding themselves in need of support as well. We are looking for partners, such as you, to meet our very realistic goal of $10,000 to support the program needs of our students for this upcoming arts education season. We provide top quality instruction in ballet, tap, lyrical, modern/contemporary, musical theatre, jazz, and hip hop within our dance program, as well as private instruction in piano, violin, viola, guitar, flute, saxophone, clarinet, trumpet and voice within our music program.
We are asking for a small contribution in the range of $25 to $250 as an individual donor or $500 or more as a sponsor or corporate supporter. This past year, with minimal donor support, we have yet to turn anyone away due to their financial restraints, but we need your help to continue to grow and expand the number of families we can serve. Please help us make a difference in our community. Your contribution is 100% tax-deductible. Online contributions can be made at https://www.dreamincolordance.org/donation.php or checks made out to DICF can be mailed to:Dream in Color Foundation: 7373 McWhorter Place,Annandale, VA 22003
If you are interested in participating as a "Walker" please call 703-642-1711 or email kjames@dreamincolordance.org to get your participation packet.
Destination Dance Exchange: All Abilities Movment Intensive - Beyond the Studio Walls
July 13-17
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
Who: Dance Facilitators interesed in working within diverse communities to develop innovative dances at specific sites.
What: Participants work alongside Dance Exchange choreographers, dancers and those new to movement at sites such as senior residences, health care facilities and community centers. Using Dance Exchange tools and techniques , students learn the particular opportunities and creative challenges of adapting all abilities to specific sites.
Cost: $400 to register call Kimberly Quick at 301-270-6700 ext 24 or visit the Dance Exchange website.
Catherine Dawson/First Mate Flip
July 13 & 16 at 6pm
July 17 at 9pm
July 18 at 7:30pm
July 19 at 2pm
July 20 at 5:30pm
Baldacchino-AKA Fort Fringe
607 NY Ave , NW
Washington DC
A twist on the traditional burlesque cabaret show, Just Add Glitter draws from a plethora of different forms of art to bring the audience beyond the glitter and beyond the curtain into the world of the burlesque show.
For tickets and more information about the Capital Fringe Festival visit www.capitalfringe.org
Lesole's Dance Project-Stomp South Africa
July 15-July 19 at 10am
Theatre-in-the-Woods, Wolftrap
Get ready for an exciting introduction to traditional, tribal, and modern dance from South Africa! Watch as miners communicate through Gumboots, warriors celebrate with Ndlamu, and Johannesburg residents socialize using Pantsula. With lots of audience participation throughout the show, Lesole’s Dance Project is sure to bring everyone to their feet.
Tickets: $5 Click here for more information.
Dance Performance Group
July 17 & 26 at 7pm
July 20 at 2pm
Harman Center Forum
PLATYPUS DREAMS offers two divergent takes on the world. First, a zany look at MUSICALS!!! through the eyes of a trio of dance clowns. the 4 dancers and 2 musicians journey into a place of ritual and stillness. Watch the performers negotiate the jump from one virtual reality to another.
Tickets: $15 For more information visit www.nancyhavlikdance.org. For more information about the Capital Fringe Festival go to www.capitalfringe.com
Destination Dance Exchange: Crafting Dances - Dance Exchange Immersion
July 18-27
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
Who: Professional and pre-professional dance artists age 20+
What: Participants experience a week of dancing and the creation of new work alongside core artists from Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and choreographers participating in the New Tools/Your Dance track. Activities include technique classes, movement making, choreography crafting and practice in leadership and followership, all adding up to a comprehensive experience of the tools, techniques and philosophy of Liz Lerman Dance Exchange.
Cost: $600; To register, call Kimberly Quick at 301-270-6700 ext. 24 or visit the Dance Exchange website.
Destination Dance Exchange: Crafting Dances - New Tools/Your Dance
July 18-27
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
Who: Choreographers. Registration limited. Application required
What: A select group of choreographers will have the opportunity to combine personal vision with Dance Exchange tools to create new work that will be performed both in site-specific and stage settings. Participants will receive one-on-one mentorship, get an intensive experience in collaboration, develop their personal voices, and create a new work for public performance at the Capital Fringe Festival.
Cost: $600; To register, call Kimberly Quick at 301-270-6700 ext. 24 or visit the Dance Exchange website.
Crashing Home- A WEERD SISTERS Production
July 18 at 10:30pm
July 19 at 8pm
July 20 & 27 at 12noon
July 25 at 6:30pm
July 26 at 3pm
Harman Center - The Forum
Voted "Pick of the Fringe" by audiences in 2007, WEERD SISTERS brings back choreographer/poet Diana Tokaji and singer/songwriter Annie Johnstone in collaboration with David Jernigan (bass), Mattias Rucht (drums), Chinwe Enu (soprano), Margaret Riddle (dance), Christopher Andersen (film) and crickets (cricketing). It is a feast of words, dance, live music, song, and images. Expect chilling beauty - voice and muscle: raw, ripe, funny and true. "There really should be a new word for what they do." (Takoma Voice)
Tickets: $15. For tickets and more information about the Capital Fringe Festival visit www.capitalfringe.org
New Releases Choreographers Showcase
July 19 at 8pm
July 20 at 7pm
Dance Place
Dance Place’s annual adjudicated showcase of new works by established and emerging cHeld at “the hub of DC dance activity” (Washington Post), the annual New Releases Choreographers Showcase presents a weekend of innovative new works by emerging and established choreographers from throughout the region. More than 30 choreographers auditioned to be included in the Showcase, with the final participants selected by local dance artists Stephen Clapp and Laura Schandelmeier. Featuring a mix of Indian, Flamenco and modern dance, the selected choreographers for the 2008 Showcase are Nicole Klett, Sarah Levitt, Erin Malley, Vijay Palaparty, Nellie Rainwater, Estela Velez, Kim L. Williams-Bell, Stephanie Yezek and Vladimir Angelov whose work will be performed by the students of the Dance Place Repertory and Performance Class. Participating in the Showcase is a sought after opportunity for dancers to present their work to area audiences. Williams-Bell, Stephanie Yezek and the Dance Place Repertory and Performance Class in a new work by Vladimir Angelov
Tickets: $22 general admission; $17 members, students, teachers (PreK-12), professional artists & seniors; $8 for children 17 & under; click here to purchase.
Tappening - Against the Grain
July 19 at 8pm
July 20 at 4pm
Atlas Performing Arts Center
Join Tappening as they scuff, scrape, smack, slap and stomp their way through high-engergy rhythm tap pieces to electronica, hip-hop, regae, jazz and punk. Bring the noise, cuz we've got the funk!
Tickets: $22 General admission, $15 Children/Seniors. Click here to purchase tickets.
El Teatro de Danza Contemporanea de El Salvador-Classical and Contemporary Dance Performance
July 19 at 8pm
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
This diverse and exhilarating program of classical ballet, contemporary and indigenous works presents members of the Company and advanced students from TDC’s Summer Classical Workshop. The Workshop students present excerpts of La Bayadere and La Paquita, Marius Petipa's two grand ballets, created in the l850’s, to the luscious music of Leon Minkus. This performance is a culmination of an eight-week intensive workshop with advanced classical dancers who have worked with Miya Hisaka over the past year, selected for this special performance. TDC will also be presenting excerpts of two new contemporary works - a perfect Fall preview for their upcoming 2008-2009 Season! This ambitious and breathtaking performance is one not to be missed!
Ticket: $20/General Admission to purchase tickets call 301/405-2787 or visit www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu
2 Great Jump Rhythm Jazz Project Master Classes
July 19
Knock On Wood Tap Studio
Jump Rhythm Technique is a unique pedagogy that helps transform dancing bodies and singing voices into vibrantly clear percussion instruments. Dancer Magazine credits Siegenfeld with "inventing the first genuine jazz technique in forty years," and Dance Teacher magazine placed him on its 20th Century Timeline o f Choreographers and Innovators for "develop[ing] the Jump Rhythm Technique and found[ing] Jump Rhythm Jazz Project."
Jump Rhythm Jazz Tap Technique
10:00 - 11:15 am
Ages 11 and up; adults welcome!
Advanced beginner/intermediate tap skills needed
Jump Rhythm Jazz Technique
1:00 - 2:15 pm
Ages 11 and up; adults welcome!
No jazz or tap skills necessary
Plus FREE to all! Brown Bag Lunch Bunch from 11:30 am - 1:00 pm. Bring your own sack lunch, meet the artists, join in a fun question & answer period. Also enjoy a screening of the Emmy-winning documentary, "Jump Rhythm Jazz Project: Getting There."
Cost: $35 per workshop. Register at www.tapperswithattitude.org
Kista Tucker Dance 3-Day Intensive Workshop
July 18-20
Arlington Dance Theater
Kista Tucker is teaching a 3-Day Intensive Workshop which will include Modern Dance Technique (Int & Adv Levels), Laban Movement Analysis/Bartenieff Fundamentals, Choreography and Issues in Dance/Art/Society. Space is limited so register early.
Cost: Single Class: $25, Single Day: $70 and Entire Workshop: $175. To register and for more information contact Jennie Wills or by phone at 703-303-5659.
Furia Flamenca at Artscape
July 20 at 1:30pm
Lyric Opera House
Furia Flamenca performs as part of Artscape, a free public arts festival in Baltimore, MD. Furia Flamenca's style is unique in that it combines flamencos gypsy heritage with modern flamenco choreography to create an elegant balance of motion and energy making their performances absolutely enthralling and totally entertaining.
Tickets: Free
Curious Works/Curious Audiences- Led by Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
July 21 at 6pm
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Room A-9
Does the prospect of a Fringe Festival performance make you flush with excitement or break out in a cold sweat? As you prepare for your Fringe experience, join Liz Lerman Dance Exchange for this informal seminar. Explore discovery, opinion, questioning and curiosity on both sides of the footlights.
Fringe Training Factory supports the development of emerging artists and companies in the Washington, DC area. It is both a forum for learning and a playground for artists to explore their craft in a creative, supportive and instructive setting. All workshops are open to Fringe artists and the general public. Tickets are available for purchase at www.capitalfringe.org or at the door.
Cost: $10 admission
Fringe Festival Event - Solo Performers Roundtable
July 21 at 8pm
Fort Fringe
607 New York Ave NW
Led by Slash Coleman, Laura Zam and John Hefner
Come together with other artists for a no-holds-barred conversation about solo performance. Topics will range from the writing process and developing new work to production challenges and audience outreach. Last year’s roundtable was a huge hit!
Fringe Training Factory supports the development of emerging artists and companies in the Washington, DC area. It is both a forum for learning and a playground for artists to explore their craft in a creative, supportive and instructive setting. All roundtables are open to Fringe artists and the general public. Admission is first come first served. For more information go to www.capitalfringe.org.
Cost: Free
Latin Ballet of Virginia-Fiesta del Sol
July 22-July 26 at 11:15am
Theatre-in-the-Woods, Wolftrap
We’re having a fiesta in the woods!
From the expressive beauty of the tango and passionate fury of the flamenco, to the earthen power of modern dance, the Latin Ballet of Virginia uses dance its many forms to weave the tales and traditions of Hispanic culture. Watch as this highly celebrated ensemble brings the culture and history of Spain and Latin America to passionate life through the joy of dance.
Tickets: $5 Click here for more information.
Tehreema Mitha Dance Company: South Asian American Dance
July 23 & 25 at 8:30pm
July 24 at 9pm
July 26 & 27 at 5pm
Harman Center - The Forum
Tehreema Mitha Dance Company is a pioneer in the field of innovative dance an dmusic. the company presents dances in its signature manner, in all three styles: Classical, Classical-Contemporary and Contemporary. The dancing is precise and athletic, running the gamut of emotions from humorous to heart wrenching and always colorful.
For more information visit www.tmdancecompany.org. For more information about the Capital Fringe Festival visit www.capitalfringe.org
Tickets: $15
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange/ Muscle and Motar
July 25 at 6:30
July 26 at 2pm & 4pm
National Building Museum
Muscle and Motar:Animating Architecture Liz Lerman Dance Exchange! extending its 30 year exploration of site-specific work this summer in collaboration with the National Building Museum by coordinating a diverse group of dancers to create dancework inspired by the Museum’s architecture. Emerging choreographers selected by audition to participate in Dance Exchange’s Crafting Dances Summer Institute will “move mortar” as they flex muscles, explore architectural structure, and create spirited movement with professional dancers and community members. Ideas and movements will be enriched by both the historical research and the physical collaboration of people of mixed ages, of mixed abilities, and with mixed reactions to architectural features. Those who dance and those who witness the works as they are in progress and as they culminate in final stage performances on July 25th and 26th will never think of the National Building Museum, or dance, in quite the same way again. No more does an audience merely see a dance go by; they will inhabit the arches, soar to the ceilings, and circle the pillars – if only in their imaginations. All will be surprised by how a building can move! These performances will be presented as a part of the 3rd Annual Capital Fringe Festival, July 10-27, 2008.
For more information about the Capital Fringe Festival please visit www.capitalfringe.org
Tickets: Free
Black Expressions Dance: On the Rise!!!
Jul 26 at 8pm
Jul 27 at 7pm
Dance Place
Mason/Rhynes Prductions presents Black Expressions Dance: On the Rise!!! The Black Expressions Series, a partnership between Mason/Rhynes Productions and the Historic Lincoln Theatre began in January 2004 to rave reviews and a full house. The series includes unique performances focusing on dance, music, and film, and spoken word, each of which feature the next generation of artists of color. This performance features the local talent of Reginald Cole, Whitney V. Hunter and Samantha Speis.
Co-presented with Mason/Rhynes Productions.
Tickets: $22 general admission; $17 members, students, teachers (PreK-12), professional artists & seniors; $8 for children 17 & under; click here to purchase.
Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh & Company
July 26 at 8pm
9:30 Club
Songs of My Life, a modern - dance cabaret, transforms 9:30 Club with vignettes that deal with clubland scenarios-flirting, friendship, and heartbreak, interspersed with Soul Train-style breaks in which audience and cast members alike get to groove together. Followed by Going Against the Flow, a collaborative performance with Washington Improv Theater. Finish out the night with a fun dance party.
For tickets visit www.dakshina.com. For more information about the Capital Fringe Festival visit www.capitalfringe.com
Blk Ex: Fringe! "ECLIPSE - 24Hrs of Blackness!" Mason/Rhynes Productions, Inc.
July 26 at 2pm, 4pm, 6pm, 8pm
July 27 at 1pm, 3pm, 5pm, 7pm
Dance Place
This weekend highlights the work of prominent black artits from the DC area and around the country , including NYC-based dance company INSPIRIT, Minneapolis-based Maia Maiden Works , Shange Dance From Baltimore, choreogrpahers Troy Powell , Quynn Johson, Reggie Glass, and singer Tamara Wellons. Each day will kick off with master classes: Whitney Hunter and Troy Powell on Saturday and Christal Brown of INSPIRIT on Sunday. The performances begin each at noon and continnue all day long, culminating in "Black Expressions: On the Rise!!!" a shared evening concert showcasing the work of three up-and-coming artists: Whitney Hunter, Reggie Cole and Samantha Speis. In between performances, grab a bite to eat and check out the unique wares of vendors set up outside of Dance Place.
Tickets: $15 for Fringe Festival Performances. For more information click here.
Momentum Dance Theatre Pops Up Indoors!
July 26 at 7:30pm
Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
For its third Capitol Fringe collaboration, Momentum presents an indoor version of its popular outdoor Pop Up Dances. See Momentum's take on jazz dance, hip hop, house, klezmer and modern dance with its usual high energy, quirky point of view and individuality. Monologues, dialogues and all other manner of theater may present themselves as well.
For more information go to www.momentumdancetheatre.com. For more information about the Fringe visit www.capfringe.org
Tickets: $15 Adult $10 Children and Youth. To purchase click here or 202.785.0035
Sudha Bhagwat, Classical Indian Dance - Happenings at the Harman
July 29 at noon
Forum of Sidney Harman Hall
The Washington Performing Arts Society will present a showcase of classical Indian dance.
Cost: Free. Seating is based on availability and is on a first-come, first-served basis.
Noche Flamenca
July 29 at 8:30pm
Filene Center, Wolf Trap
One of Spain’s most successful companies of flamenco dancers, singers, and guitarists, Noche Flamenca celebrates the fiery passion and sensuality of this complex and mysterious art form with a world premiere commissioned by Wolf Trap. It is nothing less than “a soul-stirring tour-de-force of theater,” exclaims The New York Times.
Tickets: $38 in-house, $8 lawn. Click here for tickets.
Maryland Youth Ballet-Caroline Goes to the Ballet
July 29- August 2 at 10am
Theatre-in-the-Woods, Wolftrap
The talented young dancers of the Maryland Youth Ballet present the story of Caroline and her friends, who go on a class field trip to see the ballet. Join the fun and share in Caroline’s most unexpected performance with the ballet troupe! This is a great opportunity to introduce young children to the excitement of ballet.
Tickets: $5 Click here for more information.