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Events and Meetings
Master Classes and Workshops
Performances
Next Reflex Dance Collective - Monday Night at the National
March 1 at 6pm & 7:30pm
The National Theater
Experience "Eventide," in which dance represents the ocean. Tides lapping gently on a gulf shore are wind-whipped into violent storm waves, which then settle back into moonlit calm. "Frayed" follows five women who struggle for peace in an agitated, chaotic world and support each other in quest of an absent eternity. A new work will also be premiered.
Tickets: Free. For more information go to www.nationaltheatre.org
Local Performance
Dance-A-Day 2010
A year long online performance updated daily at http://danceaday.com
January 1, 2010- December 31, 2010
Local Performance
Bowen McCauley Dance Presents: Taste of 2300
March 2 at 5:30pm - 8:30pm
The Navy League Building
Street: 2300 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA
Join us for a fun and festive happy hour fete'! Up-Close, Special Performance By The Area’s Premier Contemporary Dance Company Bowen McCauley Dance. Delicious Samples From Local Restaurants Including Me Jana, Toscana Grill, Clarendon Ballroom, Java Shack...and more! Wine & Beer Tastings. A Raffle With Exciting Prizes From Local Businesses. Keep Us Dancing! All proceeds benefit Bowen McCauley Dance.
Cost: $25 in advance ($30 at the door) www.bmdc.org
The Suzanne Farrell Ballet
March 3 - 7 at 7:30pm
March 6 & 7 at 1:30
Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater
Two Mixed Repertory Programs. Great ballets should live forever. So believes the creative force behind The Suzanne Farrell Ballet. Through Suzanne Farrell's legacy as principal dancer and muse behind George Balanchine's New York City Ballet and her tireless dedication to his works, much of the master's choreography that earned American ballet respect on the 20th century world stage now attracts new fans in the 21st century. The perpetuation of Balanchine's seminal work is the stated mission of the Company's Balanchine Preservation Initiative. With Farrell's guidance, the Center's own ballet company is the physical manifestation of this pledge.
Tickets: $29.00 - $84.00 For more information click here.
Maryland Youth Ballet Spring Concert
March 3, 4 and 5 at 7:00pm
Takoma Park/Silver Spring Performing Arts Center at Montgomery College
7995 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Maryland Youth Ballet presents its Annual Spring Concert, a program of three works:
Caroline Goes to the Rodeo
An exuberant red, white, and blue frolic of a ballet. Caroline and her friends attend a rodeo and enjoy square dancing, lassos, and encounter an angry bull. With wonderdul, familiar western tunes, a good time is had by all!
Bach Concerto
A new original work by MYB faculty member Christopher Doyle showcases MYB's pre-professional dancers in an abstract expression of Bach's beautiful music.
Les Sylphides
One of the oldest 'romantic' ballets--originally performed in the early 1900's. This was first staged by MYB in 1985 with then student, Julie Kent, now a prima ballerina with American Ballet Theatre. Les Sylphides is considered one of the hallmarks of a classical repertoire and MYB is excited to present it again.
Tickets: $10, available via Box Office at (240) 567-5301, online at www.montgomerycollege.edu/PAC, or in person from MYB at 926 Ellsworth Dr, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Local Performance
UM Department fo Dance MFA Thesis Concert
March 4 & 5 at 8pm
UMD Dance Theater
"Geminuspace; Remnants and Ritual" MFA candidates Diedre Dawkins and Betty Skeen present two evenings of contemporary dance and new ideas.
Tickets: $ 9/ Student, $20/ General For more information click here.
Local Performance
DCypher Dance - DCypher 10.2: Co-Ed
March 5 at 9:30pm (Dance Party starts at 11pm)
Atlas Performing Arts Center
Presented as a part of INTERSECTIONS: A New America Arts Festival at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. DCypher 10.2: Co-Ed, a high-voltage hip-hop performance by a boundary-breaking DC dance ensemble.
DCypher Dance, a hot new hip-hop fusion company that dances to empower community through its own signature style. Experience an intersection of classic hip-hop form and an excitingly new approach. And the beat goes on at an 11pm dance party that will feature “party enhancement” (fantastic dancing and music) by the members of DCypher. Make it a full evening at the Atlas with DCypher Dance. Dance Party follows performance at 11pm.
Tickets: $15. For audiences ages 13 and up. Dance Party is $5. For tickets: www.intersectionsdc.org or 202-399-7993 ext 2.
CHAW Presents Pearsonwidrig Dancetheaters "Unmoored (Love Letters from New Orleans)
March 5 & March 6 at 8pm
The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) presents Pearsonwidrig Dancetheater’s "Unmoored (Love Letters to New Orleans)" "Unmoored (Love Letters to New Orleans)" is Pearsonwidrig Dancetheater’s (PWDT) 80-minute live documentary of dance, spoken word, video and fabulous New Orleans music, performed by PWDT and 12 University of Maryland College Park (UMCP) dance students. Created in New Orleans shortly after Katrina, "Unmoored" premiered at the Kennedy Center and has toured the country since then, inviting relocated and displaced Gulf Coast residents to participate in workshops, video portrait sessions and the performing cast. Under the direction of co-artistic directors and UMCP professors Sara Pearson and Patrik Widrig, and with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and UMCP, the cast will take this “heart-wrenching and wryly humorous” (The Washington Post) work on tour throughout the spring semester, with a dozen performances in New York City, Ithaca, NY and in the Washington, DC area.
Tickets:$10 in advance ; $15 at the door; purchase by calling (202) 547-6839 or by emailing victor@chaw.org.
Egyptian Superstar Randa Kamel Gala Show in DC
March 5 & 6
Holiday Inn Washington Dulles
45425 Holiday Drive, Dulles, VA 20166
Little Egypt and Faten Salama present Randa Kamel in the D.C. Area for two wonderful days of workshops (Saturday and Sunday) and two power packed nights of performances (Friday and Saturday).
FRIDAY NIGHT SHOW
Doors open 7pm, Show starts 7:30pm
Performances by a variety of dancers from across the U.S. including: Lotus Niraja, Shems, Lucy, Latifa, Shahrzad, Kostana, Katrina, Faten Salama's Student Ensemble, plus many more!
Tickets: $20 before February 25, $25/door
SATURDAY NIGHT SHOW
Doors open 8pm, Dinner at 8:30pm, Show starts at 10pm
Saturday Show features Arabic singer Amr Kamal and exciting performance by Randa Kamel with live music!
Tickets: $75 before February 25, $100/door - includes dinner and show
Tickets & Info for both shows at: http://www.littleegypt.com/randa.htm
24th Annual Jazz & Tap Dance Festival
March 6 at 8pm
March 7 at 4pm
Northern Virginia Community College/Annandale Campus Cultural Center
8333 Little River Turnpike, Annandale, VA 22003
(At Beltway at Exit 52-A)
The annual Jazz & Tap Dance Festival showcases area dance companies and features the artistic achievements of the dancers with the exciting new creations of their choreographers. Come and celebrate the vitality and breadth of jazz, tap, and hip-hop dance at this unique Washington event. The Jazz & Tap Dance Festival is produced annually by Dancin’ Unlimited, a professional jazz dance company who have been producing and performing in shows in the Washington DC metropolitan area since 1973. Dance companies participating in this year’s festival include:
• Center Stage Dance Company of Fairfax VA
• Dancin’ Unlimited Jazz Dance of Fairfax VA
• Encore Performers of Chantilly VA
• Future Shock DC of Washington DC
• Impulse Dance of Fairfax VA
• MetroTap of Fairfax VA
• Mighty Shock DC of Washington DC
• ARA Tap of Rockville MD
Tickets: $18/Advance, www.jatdf.org or 1-800-595-4TIX; $20/Door (No credit cards please)
Info: 703-543-6926 or festival@dujdc.org
Local Performance
Tiffany Mills Company
March 6 at 8pm
March 7 at 7pm
Dance Place
Inspired by our memories, true or false, Dance Place presents Tiffany Mills Company's evening length performance of Tomorrow's Legs. Mills returns to Dance Place as part of the Contemporary Voices series after she last brought her company in 2001.
We remember a father's surprising retort, a missing dog, and a lost brother. These memories are triggered by a freshly squeezed orange, a tiny relic in the attic, and seven stitches above the eye. Choreographer Tiffany Mills, experimental theater artist Peter Petralia, editing advisor Kay Cummings, and performers Jeffrey Duval, Luke Gutgsell, Whitney Tucker, and Petra van Noort, mix words and movement to excavate the past. Visceral partnering, delicate gestures, straight-up storytelling and a touch of foolery combine as we dig into the crevices of our mind. Memory, with all its richness and failings, is our connective tissue.
Tickets: $22 General Admission; $17 Members, Seniors, Students, Teachers and Artists; $8 Children (17 and under). Go to www.danceplace.org for more information.
Intersecting Dance: Percussive Dance Across Cultures with JOMDC Faculty
March 6 from 2:30pm - 4pm
Joy of Motion Dance Center – Atlas
How do the different percussive dance forms intersect? Where are they similar, and where do they depart? How did the forms come to be? Join JOMDC faculty, Heidi Schultz ,Shannon Dunne,and Estela Velez in this cultural journey of Flamenco, Rhythm Tap, and Old Irish Style (Sean Nos) in this exciting, interactive workshop. All levels are welcome. Percussive Dance shoes such as tap, flamenco and/or hard-soled shoes suggested. No sneakers. For ages 15 and up.
Cost: $20 For more information go to intersectionsdc.org. To Register: http://clients.mindbodyonline.com/ws.asp?studioid=4077&stype=-28&sTG=24&sLoc=2&sDate=2/20/2010 *Intersection Festival EasyPass Holders receive a 10% discount if registering in person at the Atlas.
Excerpts from Revolutionary! Isadora Duncan
March 6 at 8pm
March 7 at 7pm
Jack Guidone Theater
Word Dance Theater excited to present a 10 minute excerpt from their extremely well-received production, “Revolutionary! Isadora Duncan” to District Dance Share's exciting showcase of cutting edge dance in Washington D.C.
Tickets: $25/General admission. For more information go to www.joyofmotion.org
Local Performance
Master Theatre Dance Classes taught by Master Teacher from NYC: Jeff Shade
March 6
10-11:30 Beg/Adv. Beg Theatre Dance for Teens
11:30-12 Q and A with Jeff
12:30-2:30 Int/Adv Theatre Dance for Teens
2:30-3 Q and A with Jeff
March 7
10-12:30pm Int/Adv. Theatre Dance for ADULTS
1-3:30pm Teacher Seminar "How to Build Self-Esteem Through Dance"
Georgetown Day School
400 Davenport St., NW, Washington, DC 20016
Jeff Shade (www.jeffshadedance.com) will teach Master Theatre Dance Classes for Teens and Adults.
Cost: $20/All Dance classes are . $50/Teacher Seminar. To register email Maria Watson at mwatson@gds.org.
District Dance Share 2010
March 6 at 8pm
March 7 at 7pm
The Jack Guidone Theater
This exciting contemporary dance event is returning to the Jack Guidone Theater for its second year. A vehicle for collaboration, expression and performance, DDS brings fellow artists together to share and present new work. 2010's submission and adjudication process has resulted in the congregation of an array of artists along the east coast (from New York City to Raleigh!), from different backgrounds and levels of exposure. DDS 2010 will present work by Annex Dance Company, Code f.a.d. Company, Tzveta Kassabova, pro ekoh dance, Kara Priddy, rva dance collective, UpRooted Dance, Word Dance Theater and Dawn Young. For details, visit http://proekohdance.com/district_dance_share
Tickets: $20 for General Admission, $15 for Students; For advanced ticket sales go to http://joyofmotion.org/concerts_jack_guidone.php Cash Only at the Door
Local Performance
Egyptian Superstar Randa Kamel & Master Instructor Faten Salama
March 6 & 7
Holiday Inn Washington Dulles
45425 Holiday Drive, Dulles VA 20166
Saturday Workshops:
Techniques for dancing with a live band w/ Faten Salama, 10am–12pm
$60 before Feb 25, $75/door
Oriental Choreography w/ Randa Kamel, 1pm-4pm
$100 before Feb 25, $125/door
Sunday Workshops:
Techniques for dancing with a live band w/ Faten Salama, 11am-1pm
$60 before Feb 25, $75/door
Oriental Choreography w/ Randa Kamel, 2pm-5pm
$100 before Feb 25, $125/door
Info: 972-840-8450, events@littleegypt.com, www.littleegypt.com
Open House at BalletNova Center for Dance!
March 6 from 2pm to 5pm
BalletNova
3443 Carlin Springs Road
Falls Church, VA
The BalletNova Center for Dance (formerly Arlington Center for Dance/Center Dance Company) is holding an Open House.
All classes are "open door" so visitors may observe dance students in class. Plus guests can take free "mini-classes", get a free neck/back massage, have a tour of the studio, and enjoy some kids crafts.
CHILDREN's FREE CLASSES*
2:00 - 2:15 Creative Movement - 3-4yr olds
2:15 - 2:45 Pre Ballet - 5-6 year olds
2:45 - 3:15 Basic Ballet I - 7 - 10 yr olds
3:15 - 3:45 Youth Beginner Jazz/Hip Hop - 10-14 yr olds
3:45 - 4:15 Basic Tap - 6- 9 yr olds
4:15 - 5:00 Kids Yoga
ADULT’s FREE CLASSES*
2:00 - 2:30 Feldenkrais™
2:00 - 2:30 Basic Modern
2:30 - 3:00 Basic Ballet I
3:00 - 3:30 Capoiera
3:30 - 4:00 Basic Hip Hop
4:00 - 4:30 Floor Barre
4:30 - 5:00 Pilates Mat - Basic intro
4:30 - 5:00 Basic Jazz
For a full schedule, email info@BalletNova.org, or call 703-778-3008. Or visit the website at www.BalletNova.org.
2nd Annual Love2Dance Teen Showcase
March 7at 4pm
Publick Playhouse
The top dancers from area schools and studios bring the latest moves and grooves to entertain you with a high-energy performance.
Tickets: $10/person, $5/person seniors & students. Call 301-277-1710
Local Performance
“After the Intersection, Where Do I Go?”- Interactive Artist/Audience Exchanges led by Peter DiMuro of Dance/Metro DC
March 7 at 4pm
Atlas Performing Arts Center
Presented as a part of INTERSECTIONS: A New America Arts Festival at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. INTERSECTIONS invites festival artists and audiences (both new-to-the-arts and avid fans) to gather on the festival closing day. Now that we’ve connected, crossed, collided and collaborated, how do we extend the experience of the festival – helping us to see down the road through an “intersections” lens? How do you adopt, adapt, honor, relish, celebrate and, ultimately bring to practice, the best aspects of cultural exchanges? We’ll delve into some of the best interactions that occurred in creating and experiencing the Intersections Festival, as well as learn from some of our best mistakes. Join us as the journey continues.
Cost: Free. For more info: www.intersectionsdc.org or 202-399-7993 ext 2
Project Dance: Café Concert Performance
March 7 from 1:30pm– 2:30pm
Atlas Performing Arts Center, Kogod Lobby
Presented as a part of INTERSECTIONS: A New America Arts Festival at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Artists from four liturgical dance companies bring the hope and joy of the universal language of dance to surprising spaces within the Arlene and Robert Kogod Lobby.
Enjoy an inspiring prelude to your Sunday matinee with a unique performance from dancers from Project Dance/DC Team. Project Dance was founded by Cheryl Cutlip in New York City after 9/11 with a mission to bring a message of hope and healing to the city through the universal language of dance. The vision has grown, and Project Dance now serves dancers worldwide through classes, performances and events, including a major 2011 Washington, DC event. This unique Café Concert includes dancers Clarissa Stroud, Masters Movement Dance Company; Richelle Dickerson, Worship Explosion Dance Company; Ronya-Lee Anderson, Dancing by the Power Ministries and Angella Foster, alight dance theater.
Tickets: Free. For more info: www.intersectionsdc.org or 202-399-7993 ext 2
The Joy of Motion Dance Center Youth Companies: Dance Discovery
March 7 at 5pm
Atlas Performing Arts Center
Presented as a part of INTERSECTIONS: A New America Arts Festival at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Dance Discovery, a kaleidoscope of dance styles from DC’s award-winning dance center’s youth companies that tackle “intersections” in life and art.
Bring the young dancer in your life to a stylistically rich, thematically charged world premier dance performance. The award-winning Joy of Motion Dance Center’s Youth ensembles dance their way through the intersection with pieces created for the festival, inspired by themes of crossing, connecting, colliding and collaborating. Jazz, modern, hip hop, African and Middle Eastern dance will be presented by Joy of Motions’ dynamic young dancers. Honored with the Mayor's Art Award for Excellence in Service to the Arts and the Mayor’s Art Award for Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education, Joy of Motion Dance Center offers this lively performance to celebrate that dance is for everyone!
Tickets: $15 For audiences ages 6 and up. For tickets: www.intersectionsdc.org or 202-399-7993 ext 2
Monday Night at the National Theatre: Life, Rhythm Move Project
March 8 at 6pm & 7:30pm
The National Theatre/Helen Hayes Gallery
1321 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC
(Federal Triangle and Metro Center Metro stations)
Aysha Upchurch/Life, Rhythm, Move Project performs back-to-back shows showcasing work from their 2009-2010 season. Special guest performers include Georgetown Visitation Dance Company and Jonathan Tucker.
Cost: Free;Tickets Required! Tickets are distributed one half-hour prior to performance, on a first-come-first-served policy. One ticket only to each person in line. Seating is limited.
Info: 202-783-3372 or www.liferhythmmove.org
Local Performance
Azerbaijan Night at the University of Maryland
March 10 from 7pm to 8:30pm
Critique Hall
Plant Sciences Building, University of Maryland
College Park, MD
Come and join us at the first ever Azerbaijan Night at the University of Maryland, College Park. This event will include Azerbaijani national dances performed by Silk Road Dance Company,
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Local Performance
All Celebration Of Saints!
March 12 from 7:30-11pm
DuShor Dance Studios
7800 Wisconsin Ave, 2nd floor
Bethesda, MD 20814
Dinner, Dancing, Open Bar, Professional Show
We are a Ballroom Dancing Studio specializing in 43 different styles of partner dancing! Anything you can do with a partner, we can teach.... Well Almost Everything!
For more information, http://www.dushor.com or 301.656.7434
Tickets: $45 per person, $80 per couple. You do not have to bring a partner to attend!
Local Performance
EDGEWORKS Dance Theater
March 13 at 8pm
March 14 at 7pm
Dance Place
Led by founder and award-winning choreographer Helanius J. Wilkins, EDGEWORKS Dance Theater (EDT), DC’s premier all-male contemporary company of predominantly Black men, celebrates its 9th anniversary season with a return to Dance Place. The company performs an evening of new and signature works including In Progress: Traveling (2009) and a sneak peek from Trigger (premiere fall 2010) – EDT’s newest work that raise questions about race, class, and how economic conditions affects one’s choices.
Dance Place, 3225 8th Street NE, Washington DC 20017; Two blocks from Redline Brookland/CUA stop; Free and convenient parking.
Tickets: $22 General Admission; $17 Members, Seniors, Students, Teachers and Artists; $8 Children (17 and under) To purchase tickets visit http://www.danceplace.org/Performances.aspx?Sc=228
Local Performance
Joy of Motion Dance Center Presents: Classical Repertory Dance Theatre
March 13 at 8pm
Lang Theatre, The Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002
The Classical Repertory Dance Theatre presents excerpts from Marius Petipa's La Bayadere and La Paquita in their debut performance. Other choreography by: Ilsa Bush, Miya Hisaka, Diana Movius, Eduardo Rogel. Special guest performance by:El Teatro de Danza Contemporanea de El Salvador.
Tickets: $25 General admission . Post performance reception - all invited!
Tommy Parlon Dance Projects&Nicole Lamm, Soprano, & Jesse Crites, Guitarist
March 13 at 7pm
The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) is presenting Tommy Parlon Dance Projects and Nicole Lamm, Soprano, and Jesse Crites, Guitarist, in a concert of new dance works and Spanish songs for voice and guitar. Tommy Parlon will be joined by his long time dance partners Julia Smith and Pamela England and will showcase his own choreography as well as the choreography of Pamela England, and Alvin Mayes. Nicole Lamm and Jesse Crites will present Spanish songs including: Siete Canciones Populares by Manuel de Falla and several Seguidillas by Fernando Sor.
The concert immediately follows a reception and gallery opening for "Seascapes" an exhibit of mixed media arts by members of the Capitol Hill Art League, a program of CHAW. The mixed media show is juried by Trudi Van Dyke, who teaches at George Mason University and curates exhibitions nationally and internationally.
Tickets: $10 Suggested contribution at the door. Admission to the "Seascapes" reception and opening is free. CHAW is located at 545 7th Street SE, two blocks south of the Eastern Market metro. For more information, contact CHAW at 202-547-6839 or visit www.chaw.org.
Joy of Motion Dance Center Presents: Classical Repertory Dance Theatre
March 13 at 8:00pm
Lang Theatre/The Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002
The Classical Repertory Dance Theatre presents excerpts from Marius Petipa's La Bayadere and La Paquita in their debut performance.
Other choreography by:
Ilsa Bush, Miya Hisaka, Diana Movius, Eduardo Rogel,
Special guest performance by El Teatro de Danza Contemporanea de El Salvador
Post performance reception - all invited!
Tickets: $25 General admission
Info: www.joyofmotion.org
Local Performance
CityDance in Concert: Catalyst
March 13 at 8p and March 14 at 4p
Lansburgh Theatre - Harman Center for the Arts
450 7th St. NW, Washington, DC
CityDance's 2009 U.S. season finale, Catalyst, features a special guest appearance by Grammy nominee Christylez Bacon, an encore of Paul Taylor's Last Look (as seen at the VelocityDC Dance Festival), the Washington, DC premiere of Paul Taylor's Images, and preview of +1/-1 by Choreographer-in-Residence Christopher K. Morgan.
Don't miss your last chance to see CityDance in DC this season before the company takes off on its five-week tour of the Middle East in April. Buy your tickets now!
Tickets: $35 - 55, $100 VIP. Tickets and info available online at http://citydance.net/catalyst.cfm.
Local Performance
MYTE presents Something To Dance About with special guest Jason Janas
March 13 at 3pm and 7:30pm
Warehouse Theater
1021 7Th Street, Washington, D.C. 20001
The Metropolitan Youth Tap Ensemble presents Something To Dance About, a Tap and Jazz Dance Benefit Concert for Haiti Relief. MYTE's honorary guest is Jason Janas, recognized for his show stopping tap performances and award winning choreography. MYTE will share the stage with MetroTap and jazz dancers from iMpulse and the c.p.f.a. Dance Ensemble.
Tickets: $13 /online and $15/door.
Info: metroyouthtap@gmail.com or www.metroyouthtap.org.
Bowen McCauley Dance joins symphony onstage
March 14 at 3pm
Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall & Arts Center
NOVA Community College, Alexandria campus
3001 N. Beauregard St.
Alexandria, VA 22311
The program by the Alexandria Symphony Orchestra will feature dancers from Bowen McCauley Dance. The new twist is that Maestro Kim Allen Kluge has invited BMD Artistic Director, Lucy Bowen McCauley, to choreograph his own remarkable composition called Haiku Suite: Three Nature Poems for Sakahachi and Orchestra. This will be a world premiere of both the music and the dance. "I am honored to be collaborating with Kim Kluge again on a very imaginative and challenging piece of work", said Artistic Director Lucy Bowen McCauley.
Vivaldi: Spring from The Four Seasons, with Allison Bailey, violin
Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde, with Elizabeth Bishop, mezzo and Ta’u Pupu’a, tenor
Kluge: Haiku Suite: Three Nature Poems for Sakahachi and Orchestra with Bowen McCauley Dance
Tickets: $5 youth, $20-$80 students and adults. Call 703-548-0885 or visit www.alexsym.org for tickets.
Local Performance
WAM! Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
March 14 at 3pm
March 18 at 8pm
Atlas Performing Arts Center / Lang Theatre
1333 H St. NE, Washington DC 20002
The amazing young stars of the Washington Ballet's Studio Co. and In Series' opera singers guide you through Mozart’s life from childhood humor to romance, sorrow, and musical eternity. Music from The Marriage of Figaro, Abduction From The Seraglio, Magic Flute and more! Choreography by Septime Webre, David Palmer and Jared Nelson, from a storyline developed by David Palmer and based on Mozart’s letters. Music Direction by pianists Carlos César Rodríguez and Carla Hübner.
*Special reception for DancePass holders on Sunday, March 18 after the show! Get your DancePass today at DanceMetroDC.org!
Tickets: In Series Box Office 202-204-7764 or www.inseries.org
GA: $38, SR: $34, STU: $19
Local Performance
Kinetics Dance Theatre,Hawaiian Dance Workshop and Performance
March 14 from 1-3pm
Kinetics Dance Theatre
3280 Pine Orchard Lane
Ellicott City, MD 21042
Aloha! Join Kinetics Dance Theatre for an exciting afternoon filled with Hawaiian dance and song! Come enjoy hula as the Hawaiians do -- as a sacred tradition of music, poetry and dance, an ancient art that reflects the life and history of the islands and its people.
Please join us for a Hawaiian hula workshop that will explore a 150-year evolution of the dance, from its ancient traditions to the modernized style of today’s islanders. The afternoon begins with an arts and craft activity at 1:00 followed by a performance at 1:30 by Mika Cox and dancers. At 2:00, everyone is invited to join Mika in a participatory hula workshop culminating in a performance of their own! This is an all ages workshop. Mahalo!
Tickets: $12 Pre-Paid registration 1st child/ $10 for every additional child
$15 At the door 1st child/$12 for every additional child
All adults are FREE with a paying child!!!
All ages welcome!
Payments must accompany all pre-registration. No credit cards accepted. Checks should be made payable to Kinetics Dance Theatre.
To register please call 410-480-1686. www.kineticsdance.org
Local Performance
Central Asian Dance Technique: All Levels, with Olimdjon Beknazarov
March 16 from 6:30 - 8:30pm
Born 2 Dance Studio
245 Maple Ave. West, Vienna, Virginia 22180
Workshop participants will be introduced to the basics of the Central Asian dance style shared mostly among Uzbek and Turkmen dances.
The technique taught includes back bends, wrist circles, hand undulations and shifting arm patterns, which create intricate spatial designs. Spins and turns, ranging from simple to complex, are also characteristic of the style.
About Central Asian Dance: Set at the heart of the Great Silk Road, Central Asia is crossed by an ancient network of caravan routes that linked China with the Mediterranean. The dances of the region reflect the rich legacy of many cultures, both indigenous and foreign. Through commerce and conquest, Iranian, Turkish, Indian, Arabic, Chinese and Mongolian elements have entered dance styles of the region. Central Asian dance primarily focuses on the upper torso; the hands, arms and face are especially expressive. Women's dances are flirtatious and feminine, while the men have an active, exciting style using leaps, spins, and martial posture.
Cost: $29 before Tuesday, March 16, 2010 or $35 thereafter. Register online at www.born2dancestudio.com For more information go to www.nomaddancers.com
The Dinner Party: An Evening of Experimental Dance, Music and Performance Art
March 16 at 8pm
The Fridge
Rear Alley
516 8th St SE (Across the street from Matchbox)
Washington, DC 20003
This is your last chance to see a Dinner Party at The Fridge! The evening will feature experimental music, video, dance and performance art including a guest artist from Philly!
On the menu:Jane Jerardi, Ted Zook, Kali Colton, Hon-Cheong Chan, Louie Rozier, andRob Bettmann.
Tickets: $5
For more information or to join the dinner party mailing list, email dinnerpartyinfo@gmail.com.
Local Performance
Motion Expressions Concert
March 16 from 10-11am
Atlas Performing Arts Center
The Motion Expressions Concert is an interactive performance showcasing
multiple dance styles with JOMDC’s professional dance companies.
This year’s theme is the heART of hip hop showcasing tap, West African
dance, Sean Nos, and hip hop. Motion Expressions Concert enhances what
JOMDC outreach schools are learning by providing a well rounded dance
experience. For more information and to RSVP 5, please contact Quynn Johnson at
outreach@joyofmotion.org
Local Performance
Lecture: "Dancing Identity: Jewish, American, and Otherwise"
March 16 at 4 pm
American University Campus / Ward Building, Room 1
4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016
Lecture by renowned choreographer Liz Lerman: "Dancing Identity: Jewish, American, and Otherwise". Dessert Reception to follow.
Jane Franklin - Happenings at the Harman
March 17 at Noon
Harman Center for the Arts
Choreographer Jane Franklin returns to Happenings at the Harman
Tickets: Free
Local Performance
Jane Franklin Dance - Free Performance
March 17 at 12pm
Happenings at the Harman
Harman Center for the Arts
610 F Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20004
Jane Franklin Dance crosses disciplines in partnership with music, media, visual artists and community participants. Named The Best Dance Company in The Washington City Paper "Best of DC 2008", Jane Franklin Dance has earned recognition in the Washington DC metro area by promoting active participation in dance by people of all ages and by creating unique collaborations that are performed in a variety of locations.
Admission: FREE
For more information please visit www.janefranklin.com or www.shakespearetheatre.org/index2.aspx.
Local Performance
Luna Negra Dance Theater with Turtle Island Quartet and Paquita D'Rivera: "Danzon"
March 19 at 8pm
The Music Center At Strathmore
Hot, hot, hot! This Strathmore co-commissioned event joins the towering talents of Cuban composer/saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera, the always entertaining jazz/classical innovators of the Turtle Island Quartet, and the sensual, sizzling Luna Negra Dance Theater in a beguiling new work based on the national dance of Cuba, the danzón. Order your tickets now to guarantee your seats for this headline-making premiere!
Tickets: $27-$67 For more information click here.
Grandmother Project by VT Dance
March 19&20 at 8pm
March 21 at 3pm
Baltimore Theatre Project
45 West Preston Street
Vincent Thomas and his company perform this multi-media, multi-generational work about the special relationship of children, young and old, and grandmothers.
Admission: $20,$15 for seniors & artists, $10 for students.
For more information 410-752-8558
Central Asian Dance Workshops with Olimdjon Beknazarov
Beginning/Intermediate Uzbek Dance Workshop
Friday, March 19 from 8-10pm
Joy of Motion Dance Center Bethesda
Participants will be introduced to the basics of the Uzbek style, including variations from Ferghana Valley and Bukhara. Wrist circles, hand undulations and shifting arm patterns around the body and above the head are used to ornament the music and express emotional themes. Spins and turns, ranging from simple to complex, are also characteristic of the style. A highly refined classical court dance, Uzbek dance also influenced North Indian Kathak dance during the reign of the Mughals, who originally hailed from the Ferghana Valley.
Uighur and Afghani Workshop
Saturday, March 20 from 5:30-7:30pm
Joy of Motion Dance Center Bethesda
Uighur dancing is highly stylized, using sliding head and neck movements, dramatic sweeping arm gestures, and delicate accents of the hand and wrist. Steps are energetic and include numerous spins and dramatic bends of the waist. Afghani women’s dance is flirtatious and feminine. Men have a more active style with head rolls and dramatic martial gestures. This charming tradition, once performed at teahouses, weddings and parties, was almost completely lost in the home country since the rise of Taliban rule. It is making a comeback through the contributions of Afghan expatriates and dance scholars like Olimdjon. He will teach traveling steps, arm movements, turns, as well as characteristic shoulder and head movements.
Cost: $30 in advance per workshop, $35 at the door.
For more information and to register, please visit: www.joyofmotion.org
Local Performance
Friday Night Dance Social
March 19 from 7:30-9:30pm
Two Left Feet Dance Studio
217 Market St West
Kentlands, Gaithersburg, MD 20878
Open Dancing in American Social Ballroom Dance
We play a variety of Music so everyone can enjoy the dance social, from Swing to Salsa from Tango to Waltz. All levels are welcome from complete novice to those who have been dancing a while. All of our instructors are present to talk, to dance with & ask questions. If you have been to our dance social it is a great opportunity to meet our instructors, other people who enjoy dancing & get to know more about our studio.
Cost: $15/person
For more information 240-632-2345 or http://twoleftfeetdance.com/dancesocials.html
Danzón!
March 19 at 8pm
The Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane, North Bethesda, MD 20852
This Strathmore co-commissioned event joins the towering talents of composer/saxophonist Paquito D’Rivera, the jazz/classical innovators of Turtle Island Quartet, and the sizzling Luna Negra Dance Theater in a beguiling new work based on the national dance of Cuba, the danzón.
*Listen and Learn. Free post-concert discussion with members of Turtle Island Quartet and Luna Negra Dance Theater, led by Strathmore President & CEO Eliot Pfanstiehl.
Tickets: $27–$67, online at www.strathmore.org, by phone at (301) 581-5100, or in person at Strathmore Ticket Office
Groups of 15 or more (301) 581-5199
Complimentary Parking; no fees for ticket purchases.
The Fifth Annual Capitol Movement Project
March 20 at 8pm
Lincoln Theatre
Part of CMI's mission is to create opportunities for DC area dancers and artists to train, dance, and perform with top choreographers in the field at prominent venues. By recruiting celebrity choreographers to the District of Columbia, we give underprivileged and undervalued dancers a chance to work with the industry's elite. Thanks to our sponsors, we also offer scholarships to these aspiring professionals to study locally and abroad, as well as creating professional performance experience to boost their resumes through our annual gala, "The Capitol Movement Project." Without these options, many local dancers would not be able to afford and/or participate in this type of dance experience. Furthermore, proceeds raised from our annual concert help pay for monetary and program scholarships, as well as our youth outreach programs.
Tickets: Visit www.capitolmovement.org for information and tickets
Local Performance
8th Annual World Dance Showcase
March 20 at 7:30pm
Publick Playhouse
Celebrate traditional dance cultures from all parts of the world. Enjoy a dazzling galaxy of accomplished performers from our diverse community, proudly performing their artistic heritage.
Tickets: Tickets: $12/person, $10/person seniors & students. Call 301-277-1710.
Local Performance
The Capital Boogie
March 20 from 9-11pm
The Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
7117 Maple Ave, Takoma Park, MD
The Capital Boogie is a monthly community dance event for people of all ages. It is no alcohol, no drugs, no shoes dance party. It occurs on the third Saturday of each month.
Cost: $10 Suggested contribution. , All proceeds benefit a different local charity each month. No one is turned away for lack of funds. Snacks and drinks are provided. For more information contact Benjamin at BenBech@gmail.com.
Alice's Wonderland
March 20 at 1pm & 5pm
Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center
Montgomery College, 51 Mannakee Street, Rockville, MD 20850
Metropolitan Ballet Theatre presents Alice’s Wonderland choreography by Suzanne Erlon. This fun ballet will take audiences of all ages on Alice’s fantasy through Wonderland meeting characters like the White Rabbit and Mad-Hatter along the way. The performances will also feature company members in a selection of new dance pieces by choreographers Wayland Anderson, Vanessa Carmichael-Elder and Amy Neal.
Tickets: $17-$22. Call 240-567-5301 or Visit www.montgomerycollege.edu/pac. For more information call 301-762-1757 or Visit www.mbtdance.org
Let Us Rise In Love
March 20 from 4-6pm
Not What You Think (NWYT), an a cappella ensemble affiliated with the Lesbian & Gay Chorus of Washington, D.C. (LGCW), will offer "Let Us Rise In Love", a concert of music and dance at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW), 545 7th Street SE. In addition to selections from NWYT’s repertoire of songs of social justice and humor, the concert features 3 dance selections: "Braiding 2009" , "Rain 2010", and "Arabesque 2010" by award-winning choreographer and NWYT member Alvin Mayes. Dancers performing in the program include: Miriam Levitan Cramer, Ella Nathlie Lane, Jill Cramer Lane, Aaron Jackson, Julia Smith, and Tommy Parlon. The concert is part of Winter City Weekends sponsored by Barracks Row Main Street. For a complete listing of events for the weekend of March 19-21, visit www.baracksrow.org.
Tickets: $10 at the door and includes light hors d’oeuvres.
For more information about "Let Us Rise In Love", check www.nwyt.org or call 202-547-4102.
Local Performance
Youth Festival
March 20 at 8pm
March 21 at 4pm*
Dance Place, 3225 8th Street NE, Washington DC 20017; Two blocks from Redline Brookland/CUA stop; Free and convenient parking.
Showcasing the next generation of artistic excellence, the festival features the best and brightest youth from the DC metro area in performances of various dance styles.
Performers Include:The Dance Place Step Team, Coyaba Academy, Baltimore Dance Tech, Momentum Dance Theater, Joy Of Motion Dance Center Youth Dance Ensemble Senior Company and Junior Company, Towson University Children's Dance Division, Maryland Youth Ballet
Tickets: $15 General Admission; $10 Children (17 and under)
*Family Series performance: The Sunday 4pm show is part of our Family Series. Each paying adult may reserve a free ticket for one child 12 and under.
To purchase tickets visit http://www.danceplace.org/Performances.aspx?Sc= 249
Local Performance
Joy of Motion Dance Center Presents: Urban Impact
March 20 at 8pm (with a Dance Party fundraiser to follow, $5 at the door)
March 21 at 7pm
The Jack Guidone Theater / JOMDC Friendship Heights
5207 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20015
Come enjoy Joy of Motion Dance Center's teen hip hop company Urban Impact as they take you through their Urban adventures! From high-energy, fun medleys to contemporary hip hop theatre, Urban life is a must-see for the entire family!
Tickets: $15/ General admission, $12/Senior Citizens & Children under 12
Info: www.joyofmotion.org
Local Performance
LDP Gumboots Workshop
March 20, 2010 from 2pm to 4pm
(Bake Sale and Yard Sale Begins at 10am)
3802 34th Street Mt. Rainier, MD
(the old Joe's Movement Emporium)
Lesole's Dance Project is having a GUMBOOTS Workshop - and we want YOU to join us!!!
Our workshops have been very successful and we have had so many new and old participants join us for our past 2 workshops. If you missed out - we invite you to take part in our success! Don't be afraid if you don't have Gumboots! You can use ours or bring your rainboots!!!
Cost: $20/person or $15/person for groups of 5 or more OR if you have attended a Workshop previously in 2010!
Info: Contact Valerie at dancewithkhatiti@gmail.com to reserve your spot TODAY!!
**All funds raised during this event will benefit the cause for our 2nd annual 2010 International Edu-dance program in South Africa**
Nomad Dancers present Norouz Around the World
March 21 from 4-6pm
Bishop Ireton HS Auditorium
201 Cambridge Road, Alexandria, VA
New Day, New Season, New Year, Norouz! Nomad Dancers present a festival of dance traditions to celebrate Persian New Year, Norouz Around the World.The Nomad Dancers will join with Kardelen Turkish Dance Ensemble, Raqs Jameel, Skyline Showstoppers, and special guest artists Olimdjon Beknazarov and Simone Verduin to celebrate the beginning of the Persian New Year and the first day of Spring with a dazzling array of traditional dances from Central Asia, Iran, and the Turkic World.
Tickets: $15 for general; , $12 for children 12 and under. Go to www.nomaddancers.com for more information.
NEVRUZ: Celebrate Turkish New Year
March 21 at 1:30pm & 3:30pm
National Museum of Women in the Arts
Silk Road Dance Company share Turkic dance traditions in celebration of Nevruz, the New Year observed at the Spring Equinox. Performances are followed by dance instruction for audience members.
Tickets: Free.
Local Performance
Kinetics Dance Theatre, Trash Suite!
March 21 at 1:30pm and 3pm
Howard County Center for the Arts
8510 High Ridge Road
Ellicott City, MD 21043
Enjoy an afternoon with Kinetics Dance Theatre discovering ways to create art from found objects! For more than 40 years, the world has been emphasizing support of Earth Day and its ideas. In order to have a green planet, we need to be sensitive to renew, reuse, recycle and recover.
Tickets: $5.
For ticket reservations and more information call 410-480-1686. www.kineticsdance.org
Local Performance
Kathy Harty Gray Dance Theatre In Concert
March 22 at 7:30pm
Tyler Auditorium, Northern VA Community College
3001 N. Beauregard St.
Alexandria, VA
KHGDT presents Le Jardin Suspendu to the organ music of Jehan Alain, Baroque Excursions to music by Johan Sebastian Bach, and a preview of the Age of Denishawn which looks at the work of modern dance pioneers Ruth St. Denis and Ted Shawn in the early 20th century. It is set to a new score by local composer Bill Barner.
Admission: FREE, parking: $1/hour
For more information 703-413-3811 or www.khgdt.org.
Local Performance
Gesel Mason: Women, Sex & Desire: Sometimes You Feel Like a Ho', Sometimes You Don't
March 25-27 at 8pm
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Through dance, personal stories and video images, Mason tackles powerful personal and political issues. Women, Sex, and Desire challenges pre-programmed cultural assumptions, examines our belief systems and reflects the struggle, humor and pleasure we encounter as sexual beings — whatever our erotic choices may be. By combining real stories, real people, pop culture, humor and a diverse movement vocabulary ranging from post-modern to hip-hop to pole dancing, Women, Sex, and Desire is at once entertaining, insightful, honest, risky and risqué.
Tickets: $37 General; $9 Student. Contains nudity, adult themes and language. To purchase tickets click here. Not recommended for children under 18. Co-commissioned by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Join us after each performance for a post-performance Talk Back with the artists.
Local Performance
ColorStruck: With the Skin I’m In!
March 25 at 11:30(schools, senior citizens, & city officials) and 7pm
March 26 at 7pm
The Arc Theater
1901 Mississippi Ave, SE
Washington, DC 20020
Southern Ave Metro Station - Green Line
Northeast Performing Arts Group invites you to attend our Annual Black Awareness Dance Musical
is a thought provoking dance musical wrapped in the effervescence and energy of the electrifying Northeast Performing Arts Group. How are today’s youth challenged by decades of lack of knowledge? Come experience an educational expression of history, human behavior, images of color and change. See how today’s youth overcome the destructive forces of color bias and create hope for embracing humanity. This musical embraces the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. challenge to accept people based on the content of their character and NOT by the color of their skin. This musical is told through the eyes of children though dance. Come to be entertained, educated, and uplifted by performers ranging from ages 3 thru 25 years of age.
Tickets: March 25, 11:30 show - $7, groups of 15 or more must RSVP by March 20
7pm shows - $20 per person, $25 at the door.
For more information or to reserve tickets, please call 202-388-1274 or visit www.nepag.net.
Dirty Dancing: B'more Style
March 26, 27 and 28 at 8pm
The Annex Theater
419 E. Oliver Stret
Baltimore, MD
Local dance organization celebrates Motown and gettin’ down with new rendition of a dance classic.
Effervescent Collective, a dance collaborative rooted in Charles Village, looks for alternate ways to understand everyday rituals and popular culture while connecting dancers with dance-making opportunities in Baltimore City. A high-spirited and hilarious re-creation of Dirty Dancing that included local musicians, actors, and visual artists fit right into the organization’s profile.
The original plot is left more or less intact, satirizing the archetypal dance film plot also found in Flashdance, Center Stage, and Step Up of dancing-as-good vs dancing-as-evil, establishment vs anti-establishment, romance that transcends class boundaries and the requisite musical montage of training, sweating, and leg warmers. Reserving tickets ahead of time is recommended but tickets will be available at the door if the show does not sell out. To reserve tickets and for more information http://www.effervescentcollective.org.
The Peabody Dance Spring Showcase
March 27 at 7:30pm
March 28 at 3pm
Friedberg Hall, The Peabody Institute
Presenting new works choreographed by Meredith Rainey, Katherine Morris and Carol Bartlett, with notable guests, including dancers from the Pennsylvania Ballet, and senior Peabody Dance students. The works use music by Beethoven and John Adams, and Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata will be performed live by Peabody Dance pianist Mark Williams for one of the pieces.
Peabody Dance is exceedingly proud of its nine-year association with the Pennsylvania Ballet, developed through Barbara Weisberger, Peabody Dance Artistic Advisor and the founder of the PA Ballet.
Tickets: $14 Adults; $7 Students/Seniors/Groups. Can be purchased by calling the Peabody Box Office at 410-234-4800. Visit www.peabody.jhu.edu/danceshowcase for more information.
Lionel Popkin
March 27 at 8pm
March 28 at 7pm
Dance Place
The elephant is a rich and contradictory image that choreographer Lionel Popkin puts front and center in There Is An Elephant In This Dance. Set around a human-size elephant costume, Popkin refers to both the obvious and the unspoken—from religious iconography to personal cultural heritage to the arrival of parenthood. The work is an evening-length dance in which choreographer/performer Lionel Popkin is interrupted by and entwined with his own group of dancers as well as local DC dance artists. The piece features original music by Obie and Bessie winning composer/cellist/vocalist Robert Een.
Popkin’s dances are characterized by his blend of humor, subtle sensuality, precision, sly wit, and raw physical power that The Village Voice says, “yields first to the senses” and then to “intimate adventures”. His work comes from a deeply sensory and unabashed kinesthetic curiosity that places vibrant individuals within an imagistic or abstract landscape.
Mary Buckley, George Washington University Professor and former Board Member of Dance Place, will dance the elephant part.
Tickets: $22 General Admission; $17 Members, Seniors, Students, Teachers and Artists; $8 Children (17 and under) To purchase tickets visit http://www.danceplace.org/Performances.aspx?Sc=229
Revolutionary! Isadora Duncan
March 30 at 5:30pm
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Freedom. Beauty. Death. Revolution. Isadora Duncan, founder of Modern Dance, lived them and transformed them through her powerful art. Witness this stunning dance/theater production of Duncan's life story. See brilliant, authentic reconstructions of Duncan's most famous dances. "Revolutionary! Isadora Duncan, is an absolute wonder to behold!...Go, see, fly!" July 2009 DC Theater Scene
Tickets: Free.
Local Performance
Revolutionary! - TAKE 5 Series
March 30 at 5:30pm
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at Maryland
Join Word Dance Theater in their multimedia 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, while WDT dancers Valerie Durham, Cynthia Word and Ingrid Zimmer perform Duncan's original choreography, using the evocative musical masterpieces that were the thru-line of her life and work.
Tickets: Free
Furia Flamenca - Happenings at the Harman
March 31 at Noon
Harman Center for the Arts
Furia Flamenco debuts at Happenings.
Tickets: Free
Local Performance