Looking for something exciting to do this week? Check out VelocityDC’s Dance Picks for 03.01.10 – 03.07.10.
NOTE: * indicates that these local dance companies/performances are eligible to be nominated for the 2010 Metro DC Dance Awards. Click here to nominate or visit dancemetrodc.org. Nominations are accepted after performances have taken place.
Next Reflex Dance Collective – Monday Night at the National
Time: March 1 at 6pm & 7:30pm
Location: The National Theater – 1321 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
Tickets: FREE. More info available online at nationaltheatre.org
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.
Dance-A-Day 2010
Time: January 1, 2010- December 31, 2010
A year long online performance updated daily at danceaday.com.
The Suzanne Farrell Ballet
Time: March 3 – 7 at 7:30pm and March 6 & 7 at 1:30
Location: Kennedy Center, Eisenhower Theater – 2700 F St. NW, Washington, DC
Tickets: $29.00 – $84.00. Tickets available online at kennedy-center.org or by phone at 800.444-.324 or 202.467.4600.
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.
Maryland Youth Ballet Spring Concert
Time: March 3, 4 and 5 at 7:00pm
Location: Takoma Park/Silver Spring Performing Arts Center at Montgomery College – 7995 Georgia Ave, Silver Spring, MD
Tickets: $10.00 Tickets available via the box office at 240.567.5301, online at montgomerycollege.edu/PAC, or in person from MYB at 926 Ellsworth Dr, Silver Spring, MD
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 wonderful, 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.
UM Department of Dance MFA Thesis Concert
Time: March 4 & 5 at 8pm
Location: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center – University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Tickets: $ 9/ Student, $20/ General. Tickets available online at claricesmithcenter.umd.edu.
“Geminuspace; Remnants and Ritual” MFA candidates Diedre Dawkins and Betty Skeen present two evenings of contemporary dance and new ideas.
DCypher Dance – DCypher 10.2: Co-Ed
Time: March 5 at 9:30pm, Dance Party starts at 11pm
Location: Atlas Performing Arts Center – 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC
Tickets: $15. For audiences ages 13 and up, the dance party is $5. Tickets available online at intersectionsdc.org or by phone at 202.399.7993, ext 2.
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.
CHAW Presents Pearsonwidrig Dancetheaters “Unmoored (Love Letters from New Orleans)
Time: March 5 – 6 at 8pm
Location: The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop – 545 7th Street SW, Washington, DC
Tickets: $10 in advance or $15 at the door. Tickets available by phone at 202.547.6839 or by emailing victor@chaw.org.
The Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) presents Pearson Widrig Dance Theater’s “Unmoored (Love Letters to New Orleans)” “Unmoored (Love Letters to New Orleans)” is Pearson Widrig Dance Theater’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.
Little Egypt & Faten Salama present Egyptian Superstar Randa Kamel
Time: March 5 at 7pm (participant show) and March 6 at 8pm (Randa performs)
Location: Holiday Inn Washington Dulles - 45425 Holiday Drive, Dulles, VA
Tickets: 3/5 show – $20 before February 25, $25/door. 3/6 show – $75 before February 25, $100/door- includes dinner and show. Info and tickets available online at littleegypt.com
March 5th Show – Doors open 7pm, Show starts 7:30 pm
Friday night is a participant show featuring 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, & more!
March 6th DINNER Show – Doors open 8pm, Dinner at 8:30pm, Performance at 10pm
Dynamic show featuring Egyptian superstar Randa Kamel and Amr Kamal (singer) with live band. Open dancing following the show!
Tiffany Mills Company
Time: March 6 at 8pm and March 7 at 7pm
Location: Dance Place – 3225 8th St. NE, Washington, DC
Tickets: $22 general admission; $17 members, seniors, students, teachers and artists; $8 children (17 and under). Tickets and info available online at danceplace.org.
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.
Excerpts from Revolutionary! Isadora Duncan
Time: March 6 at 8pm and March 7 at 7pm
Location: The Jack Guidone Theater at Joy of Motion, Friendship Heights – 5207 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC
Tickets: $25, general admission. Tickets and info available online at joyofmotion.org
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.
District Dance Share 2010
Time: March 6 at 8pm and March 7 at 7pm
Location: The Jack Guidone Theater at Joy of Motion, Friendship Heights – 5207 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC
Tickets: $20 for general admission, $15 for students. Advanced ticket sales available online at joyofmotion.org. Cash only at the door.
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 proekohdance.com.
2nd Annual Love2Dance Teen Showcase
Time: March 7 at 4pm
Location: Publick Playhouse – 5445 Landover Road, Cheverly, MD
Tickets: $10 general admission, $5 seniors & students. Tickets available by phone at 301.277.1710.
The top dancers from area schools and studios bring the latest moves and grooves to entertain you with a high-energy performance.
Project Dance: Café Concert Performance
Time: March 7 at 1:30pm
Location: Atlas Performing Arts Center, Kogod Lobby – 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC
Tickets: FREE. More info available online at intersectionsdc.org or 202-399-7993 ext 2.
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.
The Joy of Motion Dance Center Youth Companies: Dance Discovery
Time: March 7 at 5pm
Location: Atlas Performing Arts Center – 1333 H Street NE, Washington, DC
Tickets: $15. Tickets and info available online at intersectionsdc.org or 202-399-7993 ext 2.
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. For audiences ages 6 and up.
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!
