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Bring your own picnic and come enjoy live dance, music, and visual art at the Sweet Virginia Bee Farm. Helping Hearts Dance premieres a new work at this picturesque location situated on a 1000 acre lake with a Civil War-era farmhouse and barn. This family friendly event includes visual art, a maypole dance with young […]
Making a Mess is a dance installation that subverts common expectations around concert dance in order to question the systems “fine art” exists within. The dancers will work with physical materials that are often not allowed in traditional dance spaces, such as paint, fruit, and mud, as well as subject material that is often viewed […]
The Hollow: New Beginnings is an evening of live music and dance on May 1st, 2022 that brings together local artists and community members to share in the effervescent experience of live performance in an intimate and accessible setting. The evening will feature original choreography by three DC-based movement artists, original music by a DC-based […]
*Explore movement and performance in a creative project Forty+ Projects explore movement and performance technique within a creative premise. Get invaluable health benefits from exercise including improved strength, physical function. Forty+ meets weekly, in-person at 3700 S Four Mile Run Drive. Each project celebrates the collective creativity of people past the age of 40 and […]
The Dance Loft on 14 youth spring concert is a cumulation of what the students have been working out through the winter/spring term. Along with the students from Dance Loft on 14 youth classes, our community dancers will be showcased as well. The show will take place on May 7th and 8th from 2:00 pm-3:30 […]
Join Artist in Residence Tariq Darrell O’Meally for a one night invitation to his Performance Lab. There will be a small gathering to share thoughts and have conversations about the Performance Lab.
The Dance Loft on 14 youth spring concert is a cumulation of what the students have been working out through the winter/spring term. Along with the students from Dance Loft on 14 youth classes, our community dancers will be showcased as well. The show will take place on May 7th and 8th from 2:00 pm-3:30 […]
*Explore movement and performance in a creative project Forty+ Projects explore movement and performance technique within a creative premise. Get invaluable health benefits from exercise including improved strength, physical function. Forty+ meets weekly, in-person at 3700 S Four Mile Run Drive. Each project celebrates the collective creativity of people past the age of 40 and […]
This spring, join Maryland Youth Ballet for one of the world’s most famous ballets – Swan Lake. MYB will present Act II where Odette and her dozens of swans, all dressed in white tutus, seemingly dance as one to Tchaikovsky’s classic score. Also presenting, Coronation of a Dragonfly Queen choreographed by MYB’s founder and presented […]
This spring, join Maryland Youth Ballet for one of the world’s most famous ballets – Swan Lake. MYB will present Act II where Odette and her dozens of swans, all dressed in white tutus, seemingly dance as one to Tchaikovsky’s classic score. Also presenting, Coronation of a Dragonfly Queen choreographed by MYB’s founder and presented […]
This spring, join Maryland Youth Ballet for one of the world’s most famous ballets – Swan Lake. MYB will present Act II where Odette and her dozens of swans, all dressed in white tutus, seemingly dance as one to Tchaikovsky’s classic score. Also presenting, Coronation of a Dragonfly Queen choreographed by MYB’s founder and presented […]
*Explore movement and performance in a creative project Forty+ Projects explore movement and performance technique within a creative premise. Get invaluable health benefits from exercise including improved strength, physical function. Forty+ meets weekly, in-person at 3700 S Four Mile Run Drive. Each project celebrates the collective creativity of people past the age of 40 and […]
ABA dancers perform the wedding act from the ballet Paquita in the second act original contemporary and character choreographies
Ballet Embody, Maryland’s professional contemporary ballet company premieres their new ballet, Weekend at Marley Manor : A Murder Mystery Ballet at The Carroll Community College theater Saturday May 21st at 7pm and Sunday May 22nd at 2pm. Performances will feature professional artists and pre-professional students dancing in a 1920s era “whodunnit” style story, set to […]
Ballet Embody, Maryland’s professional contemporary ballet company premieres their new ballet, Weekend at Marley Manor : A Murder Mystery Ballet at The Carroll Community College theater Saturday May 21st at 7pm and Sunday May 22nd at 2pm. Performances will feature professional artists and pre-professional students dancing in a 1920s era “whodunnit” style story, set to […]
*Explore movement and performance in a creative project Forty+ Projects explore movement and performance technique within a creative premise. Get invaluable health benefits from exercise including improved strength, physical function. Forty+ meets weekly, in-person at 3700 S Four Mile Run Drive. Each project celebrates the collective creativity of people past the age of 40 and […]
Join us for a week of dance, music, and tradition during our 34th annual DanceAfrica, DC festival; Together Again: Celebrating Life, Love, Unity, and Hope! Celebrate the spirit of the African Diaspora with master classes, oral histories, and both virtual and in-person performances. Hosted by Griot Mama Sylvia Soumah, DanceAfrica, DC 2022 is guaranteed to […]
Only You, the pop song originally recorded by The Platters conjures up thoughts of romance. The familiar melody and lyrics have become a shared cultural reference over the years, it is a song that can be sung, if not out loud, with some part of it in mind, a humming ear worm in your brain. […]