Looking for something exciting to do this week? Check out VelocityDC’s Dance Picks for 12.24.09 – 12.27.09.
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The Washington Ballet’s The Nutcracker
Time: December 26th at 7pm
December 24th & 27th at 1pm
December 27th at 5:30pm
Location: The Warner Theatre – 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC
Cost: $20.00 and up. Tickets available at livenation.com.
Holiday cheer and history intersect in the lush world of Septime Webre’s The Nutcracker. Starring George Washington as the heroic Nutcracker and England’s King George III as the villainous Rat King, this whimsical delight is quickly becoming one of Washington DC’s newest holiday traditions. Secure your seats now for a taste of this “bonbon of a ‘Nutcracker,’ a bite-size sweet!” (The Washington Post)
Maryland Youth Ballet’s “The Nutcracker”
Time: December 26th & 27th at 1pm & 5pm
Location: The Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center at Montgomery College – 51 Mannakee St, Rockville, MD
Tickets: $20.00 and up. Tickets available at www.montgomerycollege.edu/PAC or call 240.567.5301. For more info, call 301.603.2232.
Maryland Youth Ballet’s celebrates the 20th season of its awarding winning production of “The Nutcracker.” Audiences are charmed by the lustrous performances that include impeccably trained young dancers, beautiful costumes and sumptuous sets.
Form and Movement: Photographs by Philip Trager
Time: July 11, 2009 – January 3, 2010
Location: National Building Museum – 401 F St NW, Washington, DC
Tickets: FREE
This exhibition features large-format black and white photographs selected from Philip Trager’s forty-year career. The exhibition brings together his extraordinary depictions of architecture, from Italian Renaissance villas to views of Paris and New York City streetscapes, with his later explorations of dance and the body. It reveals Trager’s overriding interest – whether picturing a Palladian villa or a dancer seemingly in flight – in illustrating symmetry and geometry, and exploring relationships between shapes, the play of light, and fluidity of form. Trager’s acclaimed work has been widely published and shown in numerous gallery and museum exhibitions.
Form and Movement is the culminating exhibition of the National Building Museum’s 2009 photography series.
