CityDance proudly presents this year's Conservatory holiday showcase and brings the magic to the CityDance Studio Theater at Strathmore! The young talents of CityDance Conservatory and Young Training Program enchant audiences with their annual winter showcase in an exciting program across multiple genres, from Classical Ballet and Modern to Afro-Pop, Sri Lankan, and beyond! Professional […]

Learning Skills In Each Technique Class Children explore emotional intention as it is manifested through music and physical movement. Themes include: Leadership and Following, Join and Retreat, Transition, Alone and Together, Nature as Teacher, Myth Based Dances and Improvisation. All dancers are welcome; individual needs will be accommodated and we invite questions and conversation. Class […]

Most dances contain certain organizing devices. We will explore these devices through discussion, improvisation and our own creative voices in choreography. We will use these devices as structures for our expressiveness. “I never taught my students any steps. I never taught myself technique. I told them to appeal to their spirit…Art is nothing else.” Isadora […]

Seasonally-themed youth dance classes that explore the human experience within the natural world. Students explore how the motions of water, wind, and trees inspire the natural movements of the human body while they learn to honor the dance within themselves and each other. All sessions dance the rejuvenating and flowing cycles of mother earth and […]

Seasonally-themed youth dance classes that explore the human experience within the natural world. Students explore how the motions of water, wind, and trees inspire the natural movements of the human body while they learn to honor the dance within themselves and each other. All sessions dance the rejuvenating and flowing cycles of mother earth and […]

Classes are designed to find or re-gain the joy of movement and to deepen in our movement practice. The Duncan technique is accessible and very effective in helping us to integrate life into our dance and dance into our life. It is an excellent dance foundation that will complement all dance styles. Students learn the […]

Maida Withers Dance Construction Company presents experimental immersive visual and audio installation in the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, Flagg Building Galleries, with collaborator, Robin Bell, guerilla projection designer, and Steve Hilmy, electronic composer/musician. Still and moving images from comprehensive dance company archives, bring the past to the future through technology.

Maida Withers Dance Construction Company presents experimental immersive visual and audio installation in the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, Flagg Building Galleries, with collaborator, Robin Bell, guerilla projection designer, and Steve Hilmy, electronic composer/musician. Still and moving images from comprehensive dance company archives, bring the past to the future through technology.

In this series you will learn basic vocabulary steps and their connection to rhythm and timing with Baakari Wilder

Based on the work of physicist and Judo teacher Moshe Feldenkrais, Awareness Through Movement classes use slow, mindful movement patterns to achieve powerful effects in terms of strength and flexibility. Each lesson explores an essential principle on which human action is built, making lessons accessible and rich to those of all backgrounds. Basic guidelines: – […]

In this series you will expand on tap vocabulary while increasing understanding of musicality through composition with Baakari Wilder

Maida Withers Dance Construction Company presents experimental immersive visual and audio installation in the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, Flagg Building Galleries, with collaborator, Robin Bell, guerilla projection designer, and Steve Hilmy, electronic composer/musician. Still and moving images from comprehensive dance company archives, bring the past to the future through technology.

Join us in person at The Clarice! Please note that this performance will not be livestreamed. The Experimental Performance Series presents new work by students in the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. More details coming soon.

Maida Withers Dance Construction Company presents experimental immersive visual and audio installation in the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design, Flagg Building Galleries, with collaborator, Robin Bell, guerilla projection designer, and Steve Hilmy, electronic composer/musician. Still and moving images from comprehensive dance company archives, bring the past to the future through technology.

Join us in person at The Clarice! Please note that this performance will not be livestreamed. The Experimental Performance Series presents new work by students in the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. More details coming soon.

This class will lead you through a sound and movement journey. Sara will lead the movement portion with warm ups, guided improvisations and collective movement sequences while Mel carefully crafts a live soundscape with: 7 Crystal alchemy singing Bowls, a Himalayan singing bowl, a flow chime, and seed rattles. After the movement portion, you will […]

Join us in the Dance Loft Theater for our annual Nutcracker production with The School at Dance Loft on 14 Show Dates: Saturday, December 10 at 6 pm Sunday, December 11 at 1 pm

Join us in the Dance Loft Theater for our annual Nutcracker production with The School at Dance Loft on 14 Show Dates: Saturday, December 10 at 6 pm Sunday, December 11 at 1 pm

Join us in person at The Clarice! Please note that this performance will not be livestreamed. The Experimental Performance Series presents new work by students in the UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies. More details coming soon.

Premier and recent works by five choreographers Jane Franklin Dance returns to Theatre on the Run with More Than I Should exploring themes of vulnerability, balance and control, progression, self-awareness and passion. Jane Franklin’s Stratum contrasts the desire to not-be-seen with the opposite urge to become larger than life. Spanish guitar by Manuel Granada, “Romance […]

CityDance proudly presents this year's Conservatory holiday showcase and brings the magic to the CityDance Studio Theater at Strathmore! The young talents of CityDance Conservatory and Young Training Program enchant audiences with their annual winter showcase in an exciting program across multiple genres, from Classical Ballet and Modern to Afro-Pop, Sri Lankan, and beyond! Professional […]