Contact
For tickets and event information, please visit the Shakespeare Theatre Company website at www.shakespearetheatre.org, or call the box office toll-free (877) 487-8849. For other inquiries, please contact us at velocitydc@gmail.com
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About VelocityDC
The VelocityDC Dance Festival is a new annual event produced by a consortium of leading arts organizations in the Washington, DC region, including the Washington Performing Arts Society, the Shakespeare Theatre Company and Dance/MetroDC with major artistic partners The Washington Ballet and CityDance Ensemble and project partners Shugoll Research and Accolade Arts.
Modeled after the successful “Fall for Dance” festival in New York City, VelocityDC features world-class dance companies and artists presented in a fast-paced gala format, with dramatically reduced ticket prices. VelocityDC represents an exciting new direction in Dance presentation and dance audience development for the city, and marks the first such large-scale collaboration amongst DC dance leaders.
VelocityDC has been made possible through the generous support of the Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation, the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation, and members of the VelocityDC Founders Circle. Capitol Hotels & Suites is the official hotel of VelocityDC.
Washington Performing Arts Society
For more than 40 years Washington Performing Arts Society (WPAS) has created profound opportunities for learning and cultural exchange by connecting the community to artists, in both education and performance. WPAS presents over 60 public performances each year across the DC metropolitan region with a presenting history that includes the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Merce Cunningham, Martha Graham, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Piloblous and many dozens of others.
Recognized as a leading national presenter of Classical, Jazz, Dance, Gospel and World Music, WPAS invites all to share lifelong opportunities to deepen their cultural knowledge, enrich their lives, and expand their understanding of the world through the universal language of the performing arts. www.wpas.org
Shakespeare Theatre Company
Since its founding in 1985, Shakespeare Theatre Company has endeavored to be the nation’s leading force in the presentation and preservation of classic theatre. Our core mission is to present classic theatre in an accessible, skillful, imaginative, American style that honors playwrights’ language and intentions while viewing their plays through a 21st-century lens. With the formation of the Harman Center for the Arts—which includes the new Sidney Harman Hall and the existing Lansburgh Theatre—Shakespeare Theatre Company is a national destination theatre offering a broad range of works to audiences in the greater-Washington area and across the nation.
The Harman Center for the Arts provides state-of-the-art, affordable, midsized venues to outstanding local, national and international performing arts companies. The Harman Center for the Arts encourages synergy among sister arts organizations and stimulates an ongoing artistic dialogue that embraces all of the performing arts, while affording Shakespeare Theatre Company the opportunity to expand its education and accessibility programs and engage diverse audiences in the arts. www.shakespearetheatre.org
Dance/MetroDC
Dance/MetroDC is a nonprofit branch office of Dance/USA, the national service organization for professional dance; providing resources, promotion, and collaborative opportunities for the dance community in the metropolitan DC area.
Dance/MetroDC was established in response to a sustained need for leadership and centralized services to strengthen professional dance in the DC metropolitan area. Project activities have focused on advocacy, professional development and information resources. Envisioned as a resource for dancers, choreographers, teachers and others, Dance/MetroDC is strategically positioned to be both proactive and reactive, balancing institutional structure and flexibility to gather and disseminate vital information, convene individuals and groups around key issues, facilitate networking, and stimulate grassroots political activity. Long-term goals include creating an environment for dance in the DC metropolitan area that is stable, inclusive and broadly accessible both within and beyond the dance field. www.dancemetrodc.org
Shugoll Research
Named a “Top 100 Market Research Firm” by Advertising Age Magaizine, Bethesda-based Shugoll Research provides qualitative and quantitative marketing research, as well as research facilities and data collection services, to some of the world’s leading organizations. www.shugollresearch.com
Accolade Arts
A DC-based strategic consultancy, Accolade has conducted social-media and project management services to the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, the University of Pennsylvania, and other major clients. www.accoladearts.net
