Dance-A-Day 2010
A year long online performance updated daily at http://danceaday.com
January 1, 2010- December 31, 2010
 Local Performance

DanceAfrica, DC 2010
June 5 and 6 at 1 and 6:30pm, outdoor performance
June 5 and 6 at 3pm, family series
June 5 at 8pm and June 6 at 7pm
Dance Place
3225 8th St, NE
Washington, DC 20017
Two blocks from Redline Brookland/CUA stop; Free and convenient parking.
Participating artists in the indoor and outdoor performances include: Griot Baba Chuck Davis, Yacoba Mask Society, Malcolm X Drummers, Coyaba Dance Theater, Sankofa Dance Theater, Tam Tam Manding, Farafina Kan, Ezibu Muntu, Aysha Upchurch life, rhythm, move project, African Heritage Dancers and Drummers, KanKouran West African Dance Company, Lesole's Dance Project, Beat Ya Feet Kings, and Farafina Kan Youth Ensemble.
Outdoor shows, FREE
Family Series Matinee Tickets: $25 day of, $20 in advance, $10 children 17 and under (part of our Family Series – each paying adult may reserve a free ticket for one child 12 & under.)
Evening Performance Tickets: $30 day of show, $25 in advance, $10 children 17 and under.
To purchase tickets, call 202-269-1600 or visit ww.danceplace.org.
 Local Performance

Dance Africa, DC 2010
June 5 and 6, 12noon - sundown
Dance Place
3225 8th St, NE
Washington, DC 20017
23rd annual festival of dance and music of the African Diaspora
For more information, please visit www.danceplace.org
 Local Performance

Saffron Dance presents
June 5 at 5pm and 8pm

Ballet Arts Academy along with Oscar Hawkins Ballet Arts Collective Spring Performance
June 5 at 1pm
College of Southern Maryland Fine Arts Center
8730 Mitchell Road,
PO Box 910
La Plata, MD 20646-0910
Guest Artists Oscar Hawkins and Evgenia Singur of The Ballet Arts Collective, a newly formed company with Artistic Director/Choreographer Oscar Hawkins, are joining the Ballet Arts Academy (School of the Company) in their Spring Performance. This concert will highlight students of the Ballet Arts Acedemy under the teachings of Mr. Hawkins and professional artist Evgenia Singur from the Bolshoi Ballet tradition.
It will explore a modern day look at "The Four Little Swans", the Classic "Dying Swan" (danced by Ms. Singur), two short episode from Oscar's new work "Crash" which toys with the ego of dancers and the purity of their ambitions, as well as new contemporary works danced to such classics as "Summertime" and "Angel Eyes" recorded by the great Ella Fitzgerald a Verve Remix. It will also premiere a new Character work by Evgenia Singur (a graduate of the great Moscow Character Dance School) "Russian Summer". All of the Classical Ballet costumes were generously loaned to the dancers by the Kirov Ballet Academy.
Tickets are $10.00 and are available now by contacting the CSM Box Office at 301-934-7828 or 301-870-3008 ext. 7828
 Local Performance

Introduction to Bharatanatyam
June 6,13,20, and 27 from 11-1pm
Alexandria, VA
Bharatanatyam is a classical dance style from south India and is almost 2000 years old. Dr. Janaki Rangarajan will be conducting the workshop.
This is an excellent opportunity for (1) those who have never taken any Bharatanatyam lessons before, (2) those who want to learn some of the important aspects of Bharatanatyam but who may not be able to commit to learning the art form long term, and (3) those who are thinking about committing to learning Bharatanatyam long term by providing exposure to what it will take to learn the art form.
Please send an e-mail to nrityaniketan@yahoo.com, if you are interested in this workshop and would like to discuss enrollment.
For more information, please visit, www.nrityaniketan.com.
 Local Performance

Female Empowerment Through Conscious Movement w/ Michelle AVA
June 6 3pm to 5pm
Joy of Motion Bethesda
A personal challenging life changing experience served to reinforce Michelle's already deeply rooted understanding that dance and movement is an essential portal to ones higher self and a rich form of personal growth and healing. Conscious Movement allows us to tap into our core energy and informs in how to live life powerfully, totally engaged and with integrity. Utilizing improvisation processes, along with AVAtechnique principles of Authentic Vibrant Awareness and charka energy processes , we tapping into the "E-Motion Reservoir", release old patterns that no longer serve us and bring forth new ones that do. Explore and discover how conscious movement helps us make life choice , becoming totally present and deal positively with survival and recovery from everyday life stresses and/or personal trauma. The result... owning our female power and thriving in life every "step along the way".
No previous experience in dance or related movement arts necessary.
Open to all females, teens through seniors desiring increased happiness and joy! Open to all females, desiring to Be More, DO better, and HAVE it all!
Cost: $30 in advance/$35 at the door
Info: http://avadance.com

Locomotion featuring The Moving Company, Karen Peterson and Dancers, and Dancing Wheels
June 7 at 12pm
Harman Hall
Locomotion features dance companies from Massachusetts, Florida, and Ohio led by three outstanding women who are innovators in the field of integrated dance. The Moving Company, formed by Dawn Lane in 1998 as part of Community Access to the Arts, performs pieces that celebrate and acknowledge dancers with disabilities. They have performed at the Berkshire Theatre Festival, Jacob’s Pillow, and with renowned dancer Marge Champion. Karen Peterson and Dancers celebrate their 20th anniversary creating “mixed-ability” dance. The dancers collaborate, research, and integrate personal movement styles, creating an innovative dance language for choreography. Dancing Wheels, founded by artistic director Mary Verdi-Fletcher in 1980, is the first modern dance company to integrate professional stand-up and sit-down wheelchair dancers. They have performed in the Czech Republic, Belgium, Guatemala, and Poland, as well as in venues across the United States.
Tickets: FREE
Part of the 2010 International VSA Festival
www.vsartsfestival.org
 Local Performance

Repertory & Performance with Next Reflex Dance Collective
Wednesdays, June 9—July 21 from 7:45-9:30pm
Dance Place
All participants must be available for tech and dress rehearsals on Friday, July 23 from 2- 10pm and for performances on Saturday, July 24 at 8pm and Sunday, July 25 at 7pm.  Next Reflex Dance Collective presents Electro Shutdown & The Pea, an experience from within a night club that begins upon arrival. In this wild spectacle of a show, NRDC performers represent an array of club goers and give an inside view to various scenarios found in a night club from the funny and absurd to the romantic and frenetic. The evening closes with a live musical performance by Electro Shutdown and an open dance floor. NRDC was the proud recipient of the 2009 Metro DC Dance Awards' Founders Award for innovation in dance.  
Cost: $91 General, $68 Member, $46 Staff and work/study. Registration Required. For more information emailinfo@nextreflexdc.com. Or call 202-269-1600.

Blue Eyed Soul Dance Company
June 9 at 6pm
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Blue Eyed Soul Dance Company is a pioneer in the development of inclusive dance in the United Kingdom. It embraces “difference” and produces exemplary creative partnerships between people with and without disabilities of all ages. Since its inception in 1994, Blue Eyed Soul has created a distinctive and authentic dance repertoire that has earned it international recognition and acclaim. The company’s work is rooted in the rural communities of Shropshire, England, bringing in artists and nurturing local talent to create performance, video, and site-specific work accessible to a wide spectrum of audiences.
Tickets; Free
Part of the 2010 International VSA Festival
www.vsartsfestival.org
 Local Performance

An Evening of International Dance
June 10 at 7:30pm
Lansburgh Theatre
Portugal’s CIM—Integrated Multidisciplinary Company is a 13-member, mixed-age company, featuring dancers with and without disabilities. Through a sometimes fluid, often fractured narrative, O Aqui explodes the human form as people with different abilities encounter each other to ultimately capture the space of equality. Dramatic and intense, Greece’s Dagipoli Dance Company includes people with physical and intellectual disabilities as well as dancers without disabilities to explore the limits of the human body and imagination as they engage in a game of movement that results in a fusion of bodies, ideas, music encounters, interactions, and role reversals.
Tickets: FREE
Part of the 2010 International VSA Festival
www.vsartsfestival.org
 Local Performance

Diagnosis of a Faun Tamar Rogoff Performance Projects
June 10 at 7:30pm
Kennedy Center Terrace Theater
An innovative new inclusive dance/theater piece commissioned by VSA from Tamar Rogoff Performance Projects, Rogoff draws her choreographic inspiration from Afternoon of a Faun and dancer Gregg Mozgala’s first-hand experience with cerebral palsy to create a creature that inhabits two worlds simultaneously. As Rogoff’s Faun moves through the seemingly disparate spheres of the operating room and the forest in the company of dancers, doctors, humans, and nymphs, the curse of separation between medicine and art is gently lifted. Dancers Emily Pope-Blackman and Lucie Baker, as well as Dr. Don Kollisch, round out this cast.
Tickets: $25
Part of the 2010 International VSA Festival
www.vsartsfestival.org
 Local Performance

Portugal’s CIM—Integrated Multidisciplinary Company
June 10 at 7:30pm
hakespeare Theatre Company, Lansburgh Theatre
Portugal’s CIM—Integrated Multidisciplinary Company is a 13-member, mixed-age company, featuring dancers with and without disabilities. Through a sometimes fluid, often fractured narrative, O Aqui explodes the human form as people with different abilities encounter each other to ultimately capture the space of equality. Dramatic and intense, Greece’s Dagipoli Dance Company includes people with physical and intellectual disabilities as well as dancers without disabilities to explore the limits of the human body and imagination as they engage in a game of movement that results in a fusion of bodies, ideas, music encounters, interactions, and role reversals.
Tickets: Free
Part of the 2010 International VSA Festival
www.vsartsfestival.org
 Local Performance

Master Class Mania In June 2010
June 10, 17 & 24
Water’s Landing Community Center
20000 Father Hurley Boulevard
Germantown, MD 20874
Danz-N-Motion presents "Master Class Mania"
June 10: Choreographer: Derrick Butler from the “Capitol Movement”
5:00-6:30pm Ages 8-12 “Beginner/Intermediate”
6:45-8:15pm Ages13-up “Intermediate/Advanced”
Derrick Butler is trained in Ballet, Jazz, Lyrical, Contemporary, tap and Hip Hop. He dances competitively and has won numerous awards such as 1st place at ADA Nationals. In addition he has been awarded numerous Scholarships. He travels to LA, California and Las Vegas to study his craft. He continues to study under choreographers such as Michelle Combs Smith, Baakari Wilder, Roberta Stiehm, Lucetta Furr and Tim Roberts to name a few.
June 17: Choreographer: Gary Beauford from “Culture Shock”
5:30-7:00pm Ages 12 & up
Level: Only Intermediate/Advanced class offered
Gary Beauford is Choreographer/Captain of Culture Shock DC; he was a dancer & toured with Sean Kingston w/ Jaicko. has trained under and continues to train with Tanisha Scott, Hollywood, Luam, Marty Kudelka, Patrick Chen, Tony Czar, Lyle Beniga, JoJo Diggs, Laura Edwards, Jaquel Knight, Sean Bankhead, Dave Scott, Napoleon & Tabitha Dumo, Jamal Sims, Rhapsody, Lisette Bustamante, Dmoe, Nick Moran and many more. He teaches in many different states and travels and tours the world teaching all different levels at workshops, conventions and performing.
June 24: Choreographer: Christian Henderson from “Savage Dance”
5:00-6:30pm Ages 8-12 “Beginner/Intermediate”
6:45-8:15pm Ages 13-up “Intermediate/Advanced”
Christian Henderson trained in wide range of dance styles such as ballet, modern, lyrical, contemporary, tap, hip hop, and break dancing. Christian travels as a member of the Company team at SDC, and has preformed top awarded solos, trios, and group numbers in various competitions. Christian was recently invited to compete in the LA finals of the national Hollywood Vibe MSA scholarship program, and eagerly awaits a chance to perform at this venue. He teaches classes at Savage and throughout schools in Maryland.
Cost: $20.00 for each 1 ½ hour class
Payments are accepted at the door on the day of classes. Space is limited!
Cash Only. All fees are non-refundable. Each class is limited to 40 students.
Contact: Lauren (240) 744-2385 or danzstar39@hotmail.com

The Loving Project: E-Race
June 11-13 and June 18-20
Joe's Movement Emporium
3309 Bunker Hill Road
Mount Rainier, MD 20712
June 16
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Millennium Stage
2700 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20566
THE LOVING PROJECT: E-RACE is a dynamic dance theater performance that enlivens imagination and challenges assumptions. The Loving Project: E-Race reflects Schandelmeier & Clapp's responses to the intersections between racism and the highly charged debate around same sex marriage. The work also features a virtual environment created by installation artist Lorne Covington in which the music and movement effect the projected visuals. The work is a dance/theater/music performance that explores interracial marriages and nontraditional partnerships through historical and present-day perspective
Tickets: June 11-13 and 18-20, $10-$15. Please call 202.549.7150 for more information.
June 16 - Free
 Local Performance

Dynamo Day of Dance with VSA Guatemala and Wild Zappers
June 11 at 10:15am and 11:30am
Smithsonian Institution Discovery Theater
Bringing together youth from across the globe, Dynamo Day of Dance features VSA Guatemala’s Youth Dance Company and Maryland’s Wild Zappers blending traditional flamenco with the contemporary Jazz/Funk/Hip Hop of the United States. The Wild Zappers, an all-deaf dance company founded by Fred Beam, perform on the bill with the all-deaf female dancers from Central America, blending musical and cultural traditions for Washington audiences.
Tickets: $5 for children/youth, $6 for adults
Part of the 2010 International VSA Festival
www.vsartsfestival.org
 Local Performance

Sleeping Beauty
June 12 at 5pm
The Slayton House
10400 Cross Fox Lane
Columbia, MD 21044
L'Etoile/The Russian Ballet Academy of Maryland Presents "The Sleeping Beauty"
Ballet in II acts, short version. Principal dancer from Pittsburg Ballet Mr. Nurlan Abougaliev will perform role of Prince Desire.
Tickets go on sale April 1st.
For more information 443-393-1197 (studio) or www.etoileballet.com.

Soiree
June 12 at 8pm and 10pm
Jack Guidone Theater 
5207 Wisconsin Ave. N.W. Washington, DC 20015
UpRooted Dance and friends present Soiree, an evening of dance based on abstracted themes from the 1920's.  Join UpRooted Dance, pro ekoh dance, Alice Howes, and Emily Crews of Footworks Dance as they join forces to creatively entice you with dance from Ragtime to Early Modern Dance and everything in between.  Feast your eyes on visual marvels of this new dance work in the fashion of Busby Berkley and DADA art.  Don't miss out on this unique dance performance, where you are invited to sit cabaret style in the Jack Guidone Theater with beverages provided by local bootleggers!
There will be two performances:
8pm- Prohibitionist's and Puritans
10pm- Troublemakers and Lushes
Tickets: $20 (with a free beverage included!)
Purchase your tickets online at: http://joyofmotion.tix.com/Event.asp?Event=245040
Info:  Keira Hart-Mendoza, keirahart@hotmail.com or  www.uprooteddance.com
 Local Performance

AXIS Dance Company
June 11 at 8pm
June 12 at 4pm
The Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St NE
Prepare to leave all your preconceptions at the door. AXIS Dance Company, one of the world’s most acclaimed and innovative ensembles of performers with and without disabilities, will forever change the way you think about dance and the possibilities of the human body. The program includes Light Shelter, a daring new work by choreographer David Dorfman that mixes virtuosity with humanity, and Vessel, created by award-winning dancemaker Alex Ketley, which deals with bodies as the home of memory. A Room With No View by Sonya Delwaide and the beauty that was mine, through the middle, without stopping by Joe Goode complete the program.
Tickets: $22 General Admission; $17 Members, Seniors, Students, Teachers and Artists; $8 Children (17 and under)
To purchase tickets visit www.atlasarts.org or call (202) 399-7993

Making Moves Dance Collective presents..."Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough"
June 12 at 12pm and 4pm
Wise High School - Upper Marlboro, Maryland
The multi-award winning Making Moves Dance Collective, located in New Carrollton, Maryland is proud to present our fourth annual recital - "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough".
Tickets: $12.50/adults, $10.00/children 12 and under in advance. *Ticket prices go up by $2.50 at the door*
Multi Show Ticket Prices: 1 adult ticket to both shows - $20.00 ($5.00 savings); 1 children's ticket to both shows $15.00 ($5.00 savings). **Multi-show discount is only available if tickets are purchased in advance**
For more information please visit us online at www.makingmovesdc.com; contact us via email at makingmovesdc@aol.com or by telephone 301-577-4772
 Local Performance

Dance Performance Group presents Recent Sightings - through the ether
June 12 at 8pm
Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint
916 G St., NW, Washington, DC 20001
Written & Directed by Nancy Havlik in collaboration with the performers.
Featuring dancers Beth Cooper, Darrell Duane, Shaun English, Ken Manheimer, Annetta Dexter Sawyer, Micah Trapp & musicians Daniel Barbiero and Steve Hilmy
Dance/theater with an unexpected twist, addresses the human condition — “Who’s in charge?” “What’s going on?” Are we finished yet?” Five dancers and two musicians will transform the theater space into a world of doubt and hope. Dance Performance Group will look at that sacred cow of modern dance "loneliness and yearning" and find a new take on the whole thing.
Tickets: $15
Info: (301) 652-3427 or www.flashpointdc.org
 Local Performance

Dock Side Dance
June 13 at 5pm (Rain Date Sunday June 20 at 5pm)
Campbell Park Stage at the City Docks
Annapolis, MD 21401
DragonFly Dance Experiment presents the second annual Dock Side Dance at the Campbell Park Stage on the City Docks of downtown Annapolis. Please join us for this amazing, FREE event as we present new works by Artistic Director Megan Morse Jans, Artistic Contributor Stephanie Yezek as well as Manhattan based choreographer Becky Radway.
Cost: Free Event!
Bring your lawn chairs, seating will be limited.
Info: www.dragonflydance.com.

Shoo Shoo Amin: Forgotten Treasure of the 80's by Joy of Motion Dance Center
June 13 from 3pm - 5pm
Joy of Motion Dance Center Bethesda
7315 Wisconsin Ave.
Bethesda, MD
Join us for this one of a kind BELLY DANCING workshop and learn some good moves with Yasmin!
Twenty years ago Shoo Shoo Amin was one of the best dancers in Cairo. She was a mesmerizing performer with many intricate signature moves. She was innovative, while remaining close to her roots. Her timing was perfect, her stage presence engaging and she played finger cymbals like a pro. She made everything look easy, even while she layered two or three movements together. But looks can be deceiving. And layered or not, her hips were always quick and sharp. Many dancers of her era excelled at these fast hip movements. Research into the origin of belly dance indicates that they were a carry over from its primitive roots. By studying dancers like Shoo Shoo, modern performers can experience the dance as it was before tribal fusion, the Belly Dance Superstars, AmCab, Vintage Orientale or Reda Troup Folklore. All dance evolves with time, nevertheless it is important to study previous masters. Join Yasmin for a review of Shoo Shoo Amin’s signature moves and the techniques she use d to obtain them.
Level: Advanced Beginning and above. Knowledge of shimmies is a prerequisite for this workshop.
Registration: $30 in advance/$35 at the door, for more information please visit www.joyofmotion.org
 Local Performance

Mayzsoul Dance Company Workshop
June 13th from 1pm-4pm (ages 7 to Adults)
Cuppett Performing Arts Center
135 Park St. SE, Vienna, VA 22180
Choose from 3 classes: Acro, Tap, DanceTeam/Jazz, HipHop/Music Video, Contemporary/Modern, 1 hour Princess/Prince Dance Class 2pm-3pm only (3-6 year olds)
This workshop is open to all ages, with or without dance experience!!!
Classes will be divided based on age and level
Cost: $55 if registered by Monday, June 7th / $60 anytime after June 7th, You may take individual classes at a rate of $20 per class
Please have registrations returned to Mayzsoul/Cuppett’s - Attn: Jenn Kubilus by June 7th with check or cash and signed liability form. All checks must be payable to: MAYZSOUL INC.
Walk-ins the day of the workshop will be accepted. Please email jennabee2613@yahoo.com for forms. If you have any questions about this workshop, Mayzsoul or Cuppett’s Dance studio in general please contact Jenn Kubilus- cell (908) 432-9860 or jennabee2613@yahoo.com - subject: Mayzsoul Workshop.

Jazzdanz/dc
June 15 at 6pm
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Founded in 1997 by Artistic Director Douglas Yeuell, this resident company of Joy of Motion Dance Center is dedicated to creating dynamic and innovative jazz dances that explore all that is jazz in movement and sound.
In conjunction with Ballet Across America II and Dance/USA.
Free performance
 Local Performance

Step Afrika! Access Granted: Home Performance Series 2010
June 16, 18 & 19 at 8pm
June 20 at 7:30pm
Lansburgh Theatre/Harman Center for the Arts
450 7th St, NW
Washington, DC
Witness Step Afrika!, the world’s internationally renowned authority on the art of stepping, transform the stage into a powerful percussive instrument.
Heralded as “a virtuosic performance” by Washington Post Pulitzer-Winner Sarah Kaufman and “One of twenty exciting performers and groups well worth a trip to the theater!” by Washingtonian Magazine, each artist in Step Afrika! functions as a one-person band without instruments, creating a veritable wall of sound through the syncopated interplay of hands, feet, and voice. In its biggest production of the year, Step Afrika! will present ground-breaking choreography featuring ten world-class dancers, a classical violinist, and club DJ RBI.
Purchase your tickets today and earn a 20% discount using promotional code 7837 (excluding the VIP reception). For more information, check out Step Afrika! at www.stepafrika.org or simply call the Box Office today: 202.547.1122, option 1. Tickets start at $29.50.
V.I.P. Tickets are also available for Saturday, June 19th, at 8 pm. The $100 ticket price includes a pre-performance wine and cheese with the company, reserved VIP performance seating and an exclusive, post-performance rooftop dessert reception.
 Local Performance

DANCE Yes We Can!
June 17 at 8pm
The Lansburgh Theatre
450 7th Street NW
Washington, DC 20004-2207
For one night only, see 10 Metro DC dance companies share the stage in DANCE: Yes We Can!  Includes The Washington Ballet, CityDance Ensemble, Urban Artistry, Karen Reedy Dance, Janaki Rangarajan, Gesel Mason Performance Projects, Coyaba Dance Theatre, Bowen McCauley Dance, Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh and Step Afrika!, with a dance film by Cross Roads Dance featured in the lobby. 
Tickets:  $25, Lansburgh Theatre box office, (202) 547-1122 or www.shakespearetheatre.org.

 Local Performance

Lesole's Dance Project
June 17 at 6pm
The Kennedy Center Millennium Stage
Founded by Lesole Z. Maine in 2003, the group creates and performs works that highlight the unique qualities of contemporary modern and Afro-Fusion dance, and provides educational programs on traditional South African dances. In conjunction with Ballet Across America II and Dance/USA.
Free Performance
 Local Performance

DEVIATED THEATRE presents Excerpts of Aspiro & Sway
June 18th, 2010 at 6pm
Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center
'Aspiro— step into curiosity'
'Aspiro— step into curiosity' is the first original theatrical production written by Kimmie and Enoch Chan, which initially premiered in July 2008. The evening-length work was inspired by a 1998 painting that Enoch rendered of the Three Mythological Fates from Greek and Roman mythology. In Chan's version, they appear darker and wraith-like with sinewy bodies reproduced on carefully hand-painted unitards. The Fates traditionally spin, weave, and cut the lifelines of human souls, and in Chan's rendition the process is more visceral--the first Fate actually births the thread and the third Fate cuts it with her teeth.
`Sway’
"Sway" is set in a purgatorial nightclub, described by Director Enoch Chan as "a cabaret of lost souls,” where the regulars are caught in a temporal suspension between heaven and hell. The shadows of the dimly lit club evoke regrets of times gone by, while a few sprinkled spotlights from overhead ignite the prospect of forgiveness. The club-goers are all thrust into and out of moments of deep recollection and reflection, as if the club atmosphere were tearing open old wounds, and as if God himself were pointing them all toward repentance.
In conjunction with Ballet Across America II and Dance/USA.
Free performance
Info: www.deviatedtheatre.org, or contact kimmie@deviatedtheatre.org
 Local Performance

CityDance 2010 Children & Youth Concert
June 19at 1:00pm
Music Center at Strathmore
Conservatory/Select and school dancers from CityDance Center at Strathmore will showcase the techniques they have mastered throughout the year, as well as share their artistry and talents. Based on themes extracted from The Little Prince, the dancers weave their way through the story using a variety of genres from Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Afro-fusion, Hip hop to Bollywood. The program features diverse music of the world from Ludwig Minkus to Pink Floyd. A few select musicians from Maryland Classic Youth Orchestra will accompany Conservatory dancers in an Astor Piazzolla piece. CityDance’s 2010 Children & Youth Concert is a dance production not to be missed!
Tickets: $18 (adults 15+), $10 (children ages 2-14), $1 (babies & infants)
Tickets are available at the Strathmore Box Office
Phone: (301) 581-5100
Online: http://www.strathmore.org/eventstickets/calendar/view.asp?id=5627
In-person: The Strathmore Box Office is located on the 3rd floor across from the main entrance of CityDance Center
 Local Performance

Bhakti Manjari
June 19 at 6pm
Millennium Stage
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
Bhakti Manjari is a full-length dance production featuring nine locally trained dancers from the Nrityanjali Performance Troupe of Gaithersburg, Md. Nrityanjali is an established arts institution renowned for presenting solo and group dance performances, workshops, lecture demonstrations, and Bharatanatyam training in the Washington metropolitan area. Artistic Director Meena Telikicherla joins her students in performing this new choreography.
Bhakti Manjari is in the classical Indian dance form, Bharatanatyam, and explores the four major stages of ‘bhakti’ or divine devotion, relying on the subtle nuances of group choreography to accent the larger theme of relationships. Composer and choreographer N. Srikanth links to commonly known Krishna stories, whereby each form of ‘bhakti’ corresponds to a specific episode in the charismatic avatar’s life. Though Bharatanatyam is typically performed as a solo item depicting a specific story, Bhakti Manjari combines group choreography in a performance that is unlike any of its kind.
Music and lyrics, both from contemporary recordings, have been selected by Srikanth for this production. Choreography, direction, costume design by N. Srikanth. Music by Ragunathan. Lyrics by Appadurai.
Tickets: Free, for more information visit www.kennedy-center.com
 Local Performance

Tappers With Attitude: The Percussion Discussion
June 19 at 8pm
June 20 at 3pm
Atlas Performing Arts Center
1333 H St, NE.
Please join us for TWA's FINAL FULL-LENGTH DANCE CONCERTS!
TWA richly deserves its reputation for fearless innovation and classic stylings. After 19 seasons, many awards and accolades, the ensemble is now presenting its final family-friendly concerts.
There will be something for everyone – classic tap set to traditional jazz, Latin-flavored pieces, highstyle a cappella work, exuberant contemporary material, and more.
We’re going out with a bang, and hope you will join us for what promises to
be our most exciting performances ever!
Tickets: $10-$22
For more information, visit http://atlasarts.tix.com/Schedule.asp?ActCode=46908
 Local Performance

Joy of Motion Dance Center Presents: Studio to Stage
June 19 at 8pm
June 20 at 7pm
The Jack Guidone Theater at JOMDC Friendship Heights
Kick off the summer and enjoy a fun-filled weekend with our Adult Performance Class students as they burn the dance floor with the freshest moves! Featuring Afro-modern, tap music video, spice raqs, jazz and hip hop/pop fusion. You will not want to miss this performance!
$15 General admission, advanced purchase
$20 General admission, at the door
$12 Seniors and Children under 12
To purchase tickets, please visit www.joyofmotion.org
 Local Performance

4th Annual SA Freedom of Expression & Juneteenth/Youth Day
June 19, 2010 at 7pm
3802 34th Street Mt. Rainier, MD 20712
"The Spirit of Humanity and Togetherness"
Lesole's Dance Project will celebrate Juneteenth with an evening of Traditional South African Dances. This celebration will include Lesole's Dance Projects' unique version of Afro-fusion style of dance - "Setso Sa Rona" (Our Culture) is a dynamically driven work that fuses contemporary modern dance with a traditional Sotho dance, while exploring the male initiation process. LDP's Artistic Director, Lesole Z. Maine and guest choreographer Esperanto Bean will join together to present an evening of eclectic dance styles at Ubuntu Nankama Studio: 3802 34th Street Mt. Rainier, MD. 20712.
Ubuntu Nankama Studio is home to LDP's classes and rehearsal space and their 1st Annual Juneteenth Celebration; three years later the company returns home to reflect on the past and move successfully into the future. The audience will be encouraged to jive during Pantsula, move to the beat of the drum during Indlamu, and explore the vibrant rhythmic qualities of Gumboots.
Esperanto Bean and his company, Dimensions of Funk Jr. will jam the stage in a mixture of urban hip-hop fused with a dynamic spice of break-dance and pop-n-lock. Dimensions of Funk, Jr. performs traditional hip-hop forms such as popping, locking, breaking, house dancing, punking and other popular hip-hop styles, which they study and practice in the context of learning the culture and origin of these dance forms. Through their performances, Dimensions of Funk Jr. is able to inspire other youth in the community to view and practice hip-hop as a positive, creative way to understand one another and to express themselves. Bean's work is exhilarating, action-packed and is sure to bring the audience to their feet!
Tickets: $20 (General Admission) $15 (children under 12 and seniors) 
Purchase at: http://ldpjuneteenth0619.eventbrite.com, or through mail by check or money order (PO Box 10132 Silver Spring, MD 20914)**
Info: 240 744 6693 
 Local Performance

A Journey Through the Golden Age of Hip Hop with Alana Hill
June 22 - August 24 (Tuesdays from 8:30 - 10pm)
Joy of Motion Dance Center Friendship Heights
5207 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Beginning Hip Hop and above
What do Run-DMC, Big Daddy Kane, LL Cool J, Salt n Pepa, and Tribe Called Quest all have in common? They were all part of The Golden Age, Hip Hop's second era, which Rolling Stone describes as a time “when it seemed that every new single reinvented the genre”. This nostalgic performance class will have you reminiscing the good old days of Hip Hop, when dancing was about expressing ones creativity and having a great time. So come "Shake Your Thing" while you "Show & Prove" what was on your "Booming System" when you were "Buggin' Out" on "The Ave". Baggy jeans, big chunk jewelry, and Kangol hats are all welcomed!
All students are required to attend every class, be prompt and participate on a regular basis in order to perform. Students must purchase their own costuming according to teacher guidelines. All efforts will be made to keep costuming expenses affordable.
Studio to Stage classes will culminate in a showcase performance for friends, family and the community on Saturday, August 28 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, August 29 at 7 p.m. $15.00 General Admission (advanced purchase), $20 General Admission (at the door), $12.00 (Seniors/children 12 & under).
Registration: $190 for 10 weeks
For more information please visit www.joyofmotion.org
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Bollywood Performance Class with Laurel Victoria Gray
June 22 - August 24 (Tuesdays from 7:30-8:30pm)
Joy of Motion Dance Center Bethesda
7315 Wisconsin Ave., Ste. 180E
All levels welcome
The term ''Bollywood'' refers to India's enormous film industry that is located in Bombay (now known as ''Mumbai.'') Bollywood movies, like the old American musical comedies, feature big production numbers with lots of dancing, singing, melodrama and romance. Dancing is an important and beloved part of Bollywood films. Although Bollywood choreographies originally drew from classical Indian dance and folk forms, belly dance and jazz elements have recently entered the mix. This Bollywood choreography will be perfect for hot summer nights with sensuous moves, sassy hips and flirtatious elements. Don't miss this chance to live out your Bollywood Fantasy!
All students are required to attend every class, be prompt and participate on a regular basis in order to perform. Students must purchase their own costuming according to teacher guidelines. All efforts will be made to keep costuming expenses affordable.
Studio to Stage classes will culminate in a showcase performance for friends, family and the community on Saturday, August 28 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, August 29 at 7 p.m. $15.00 General Admission (advanced purchase), $20 General Admission (at the door), $12.00 (Seniors/children 12 & under).
Registration: $180 for 10 weeks
For more information please call (301) 986-0016 or visit our website at www.joyofmotion.org
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Benefit Concert for Haiti
June 23 at 8pm
Northern Virginia Community College
Tyler Building Auditorium
3001 N. Beauregard St
Alexandria, VA 22311
Kathy Harty Gray Dance Theatre presents a benefit dance concert for the Lynn Williams Rouzier Institute de Dance in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The program features "In the Spirit of Kathrine Dunham" about this dancer and her contributions to Haiti, and other company works. Company member Molly Moore, who was in Haiti at the time of the earthquake, will speak about her experience.
No tickets required. All donations will go to the Institute de Dance.
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Veiled Delights with Artemis
June 23 - August 25 (Wednesdays from 8:30 - 9:30pm)
Joy of Motion Dance Center Bethesda
7315 Wisconsin Ave., Ste. 180E
All levels welcome
This performance class will offer a lovely group veil dance that can easily be adapted for a solo performance. The music is from a brand new, hot off the presses CD in the elegant tradition of classical Oriental dance. Participants must bring a circular veil (this is a half circle or a rectangular veil with the bottom two corners rounded) and there is a $12 fee for the Cd (which contains lots of music, not just the veil song).
All students are required to attend every class, be prompt and participate on a regular basis in order to perform. Students must purchase their own costuming according to teacher guidelines. All efforts will be made to keep costuming expenses affordable.
Studio to Stage classes will culminate in a showcase performance for friends, family and the community on Saturday, August 28 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, August 29 at 7 p.m. $15.00 General Admission (advanced purchase), $20 General Admission (at the door), $12.00 (Seniors/children 12 & under).
Registration: $180 for 10 weeks
For more information please call (301) 986-0016 or visit our website at www.joyofmotion.org
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Momentum Dance Theatre
June 24 & 26 at 8pm
Stuart Hobson Middle School
410 E St. NE
Washington, DC (near Union Station Metro)


In Concert: 
New works, repertory and a cool dancing, singing cabaret with Live Music by the Rob Orwin Trio!




Tickets: $20 General, $15 Students with ID, Seniors, Professional Performing Artists, DCPS Teachers.

www.momentumdancetheatre.com 
202.785.0035
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Jazz Dance Performance Class with Vincent Williams
June 25 - August 27 (Fridays from 8pm - 9:30pm)
Joy of Motion Dance Center Friendship Heights
5207 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
All levels of Jazz
Welcome to the Broadway style of Jazz! Do you have what it takes to be a star? Kicks, turns, jumps, layouts, and stage presence will all be covered through this exploration of musical theater and dance. The only thing missing is you!
All students are required to attend every class, be prompt and participate on a regular basis in order to perform. Students must purchase their own costuming according to teacher guidelines. All efforts will be made to keep costuming expenses affordable.
Studio to Stage classes will culminate in a showcase performance for friends, family and the community on Saturday, August 28 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, August 29 at 7 p.m. $15.00 General Admission (advanced purchase), $20 General Admission (at the door), $12.00 (Seniors/children 12 & under).
Registration: $190 for 10 weeks
For more information please call (202) 362-3042 or visit our website at www.joyofmotion.org
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Black Experience Dance Troupe, Instruments of Praise: 2010 Summer Intensive
June 21st to 25th. (10am-2pm Monday through Thursday, 10am-3pm Friday)
Come join Black Experience Dance Troupe, Instruments of Praise for our 2010 Summer Intensive!
Refuge of Hope Disciple Center
#10 P Street N.E. Washington D.C. 20002
Intensive will include classes in the following dance genres- Ballet, Tap, Jazz, African Dance and Modern/Contemporary. Wednesday is Movie and Popcorn day and on Friday there will be a dance and choreorgraphy open forum
in addition to a Field Trip.
Please Contact Dr. Judy Parker-Farmer at (301) 535-3368 or at judyfarmer8@aol.com for more information.
Cost: $100.00 for the week
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Revolutionary! Isadora Duncan
June 26 at 8pm
June 27 at 7pm
Dance Place
3225 8th Street, NE
Washington, DC 20017
Join Word Dance Theater in their multi-media production of the life and times of Isadora Duncan, the great American artist, philosopher and political activist.
WDT dancers provide brilliant and authentic reconstructions of Isadora Duncan's choreography. In this production, the events of Duncan's life are woven together with eleven of her dances which run the gamut from joy to love to patriotism to mourning and to communism. Ranging from the lyric flow of Water Study to the grounded power of Revolutionary Etude you will understand why Duncan is considered the founder of Modern Dance and one of the greatest artists of the modern epoch. Don't miss this rare opportunity to experience the life and work of one of America's greatest geniuses.
Tickets: $22 general;$17 Members, Seniors, Students, Teachers, Artists; $8 Children (17 and under). To purchase tickets go to http://www.danceplace.org/Performances.aspx?Sc=222
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Black Experience Dance Troupe, Instruments of Praise: 34th Annual Dance Recital
June 26 from 3pm to 6pm
Where Gallaudet University
Andrew Foster Auditorium
800 Florida Avenue, N.E.
Washington D.C. 20002
You're invited to come celebrate with us 34 years of praise through the arts. Featuring performances in Ballet, Tap, African dance, Jazz and Modern/Contemporary.
Cost: FREE!!! (Monetary Donations are appreciated and will be accepted at the performance)
Please contact Dr. Judy Parker-Farmer at (301)535-3368 or at judyfarmer8@aol.com for more information.
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The Chemistry of Art: An Inside Look at four Extraordinary Collaboration
June 22 and 24 at 8pm
June 26 at 4pm
1835 14th Street, NW
Washington DC
The Chemistry of Art: An Inside Look at four Extraordinary Collaboration
Jane Franklin, Matt Ripa, and Brad Linde,  movement, text, music and the process of natural selection  regarding being laid -- off "A Great (er) Depression"
Tickets $15, call 202-204-7800
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Wild Meadows Improvisation Intensive
June 27 - July 3
Wild Meadows Farm , PA
Join members of SPAN: Spontaneous Performing Artists Network, a national group of improvising artists, June 27-July 3, 2010 for an intensive exploration of improvisation through somatic modalities, Contact Improvisation, site-specific exploration and performance.
Located at Wild Meadows Farm in Schellsburg, PA, and surrounded by 200 acres of secluded mountain ranges and fertile valleys near the Allegheny Mountains, the intensive will provide ample opportunities to nurture, expand and challenge your improvisation practice.
Activities will include classes in: Contact Improvisation, improvisational performance, developing site specific approaches, the Bartenieff Fundamentals, Six Viewpoints and Authentic Movement.
Facilitators: Nicole Bindler (Philadelphia); Cyrus Khambatta (Seattle); Sharon Mansur (Washington, DC)
Cost: For more information  please contact us: register@PHFFFT.org or www.phffft.org/wmeadows.htm

Deviated Theatre presents "Sway" (in full)
June 27th at 8:00pm
Whaley Auditorium, Bishop Ireton H.S.
201 Cambridge Rd, Alexandria, VA 22314
"Sway" is set in a purgatorial nightclub, described by Director Enoch Chan as "a cabaret of lost souls,” where the regulars are caught in a temporal suspension between heaven and hell. The shadows of the dimly lit club evoke regrets of times gone by, while a few sprinkled spotlights from overhead ignite the prospect of forgiveness. The club-goers are all thrust into and out of moments of deep recollection and reflection, as if the club atmosphere were tearing open old wounds, and as if God himself were pointing them all toward repentance.
One woman in an orange petticoat stands apart from the rest, and is our window into the purgatorial experience. She recognizes someone from her past among the club-goers, recalling the emotional highs her sweetest memory. She banks up the courage to approach this man in the club, only to find that he isn't actually there. Instead she is left with the throes of pain from destruction she caused in her past. The club scene blurs with her inner emotional experience, mingling past with present, until the two are inseparable, and the 'clubbers' ride with her along this journey of self-awareness.
They swerve between affection and sadness with matching movement- chests opening and closing, arms reaching and retracting, bodies diving wide and then binding – until the woman realizes that there is more to this dim little club.
Tickets:$20 ea, or 2 for $30 !! Can be purchased at the door, or online at www.deviatedtheatre.org/events.asp.
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The Arts: Here, Now and Tomorrow
July 28 from 7-9pm
Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
Join us for an interactive forum about arts-related issues with the candidates running for Prince George's County Executive.  A Meet and Greet with the candidates will follow the Q & A panel discussion.
Cost: Free. RSVP to Juliana Njoku at njoku06@yahoo.com or 301-277-1402.

The Dinner Party
June 29 at 8pm

Building J at GWU
2131 G Street NW, Rear Entrance 
Washington, DC
The Dinner Party: An Evening of Experimental Dance, Music and Performance Art
Tuesday
The Dinner Party is an ongoing monthly alternative venue for experimental dance, music and performance art. This performance will feature artists who participated in a 10-week artist workshop. Following the performance, there will be a feedback session between the artists and the audience. 

Tickets: $5
 For more information or to join the dinner party mailing list, email dinnerpartyinfo@gmail.com or visit www.ilanaspace.com.
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Furia Flamenca - Happenings at the Harman
June 30 at Noon
Harman Center for the Arts
Furia Flamenco concludes the third season of Happenings at the Harman
Tickets: Free
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Artefacts Dance
Artefacts Dance uncovers women's art and iconography, ancient to the present through modern dance theatre performance. The company's works reveal a mysterious feminine voice and vision. Artefacts sources artistic icons within its performance, interdisciplinary collaboration, and educational programming. Artefacts Dance is a Washington, DC-based organization which utilizes dance to enhance understanding of women's rich cultural legacy through the creative vehicle of contemporary dance. Photo by P.J. Acayan.
www.artefactsdance.org