Season at-a-Glance

August
Aug 01 - Aug 02 Gravity Optional
The company explores the serious (and not so serious!) aspects of human interaction
Aug 08 - Aug 09 Kim Gibilisco Dances
DC premiere of RELATIONSHIPS
Aug 13 - Aug 14 Summer Camp Show
Grand finale to our arts intensive Summer Camp
Aug 22 - Aug 23 Choreographers Collaboration Project
dance4spaces is CCP's premiere concert in D.C. and showcases dances inspired by various locations and venues.
Aug 29 - Aug 30 Dance DC Festival
DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities present the 6th Annual Dance DC Festival. D.C.'s Premiere International Dance & Music Festival, August 28-30, 2009.
September
Sep 19 - Sep 20 Universes
Live From the Edge showcases the ensemble's special brand of fusion theater in a "best of" event.
Sep 26 - Sep 27 Tehreema Mitha Dance Company
Classical Indian dance juxtaposed with contemporary movement.
October
Oct 03 - Oct 04 Nejla Yatkin/NY2Dance
Wallstories reflects on the removal of the Berlin Wall in its broadest sense.
Oct 09 - Oct 11 Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Co.
Island is a multi-media dance that tells the story of Asian immigrants entering America.
Oct 17 - Oct 18 El Teatro de Danza de Contemporanea de El Salvador
A powerful reflection on Central American issues through passionate contemporary dance.
Oct 24 - Oct 25 Laura Schandelmeier & Stephen Clapp
A dynamic interactive dance theater performance exploring interracial marriages and non-traditional partnerships.
Oct 30 Surprise Party!
In support of the NEXTgeneration programs at Dance Place!
November
Nov 07 - Nov 08 Aysha Upchurch: Life, Rhythm, Move Project
Award-winning DC-based ensemble, combines hip hop, dance and spoken word.
Nov 13 - Nov 15 Illstyle & Peace Productions
From Philadelphia, Illstyle & Peace fuses hip-hop with other styles of dance.
Nov 21 - Nov 22 The Greatest Hip Hop Cover Story Ever Told
A live multi-media journey through the life of Hip Hop from an MCs perspective.
December
Dec 05 - Dec 06 Carla & Company with the Dance Place Step Team
Carla Perlo shares the magic of Dance Place as dancers turn the studio into a theater.
Dec 12 - Dec 13 Lesole's Dance Project
Performance explores the life of the kids in the streets and mixes African rituals with step styles.
Dec 20 - Dec 28 Kwanzaa Celebration
Dance Place resident company Coyaba Dance Theater celebrates Kwanzaa with students of all ages!
Dec 28 - Dec 29 Kwanzaa Celebration
Dance Place resident company Coyaba Dance Theater celebrates Kwanzaa with students of all ages!
January
Jan 02 - Jan 03 Deez Nutz
An all male spin to the Vagina Monologues.
Jan 08 - Jan 10 El Teatro de Danza Contemporanea de El Salvador
This performance has been canceled. We hope to see TDC in future Dance Place seasons.
Jan 09 Tappers With Attitude
Family-friendly concerts with innovation and classic styling.
Jan 16 - Jan 17 KanKouran West African Dance Company
KanKouran honors Martin Luther King Jr with a performance featuring astounding strength and athleticism.
Jan 23 - Jan 24 LEVYdance
An interactive performance experience investigating surveillance, separation, access and intimacy.
Jan 30 - Jan 31 Winter Heat
Warm up with a hot performance of hip hop, step, West African, and contemporary dance by Coyaba, StepAfrika! and Gesel Mason.
February
Feb 06 - Feb 07 CrossCurrents Dance Company
Performance includes modern dance collaborative projects and guest choreographers.
Feb 13 Valentine's Day Dance Party
Regretfully, the party is canceled due to snow conditions.
Feb 20 - Feb 21 Jason and Friends
The Mountain touches on socioeconomic issues and environmental preservation.
Feb 27 - Feb 28 Cynthia Oliver/COCo Dance Theater
A dance theatre project on the nature of calypso as an agent of Afro-Anglo Caribbean identity.
March
Mar 06 - Mar 07 Tiffany Mills Company
Tomorrow's Legs is inspired by memories, with their richness and failings.
Mar 13 - Mar 14 EDGEWORKS Dance Theater
DC's predominantly African-American all-male contemporary company's presents sneak peek from Trigger.
Mar 20 - Mar 21 Youth Festival
Showcasing the next generation of artistic excellence.
Mar 27 - Mar 28 Lionel Popkin
Set around an enormous elephant costume, There Is An Elephant In This Dance is a look at constraints, discipline and freedom.
April
Apr 02 - Apr 03 Sharon Mansur and Naoko Maeshiba
An evening of visually rich, physically charged performances.
Apr 10 - Apr 11 Contra-Tiempo
An LA-based fusion of salsa, Afro-Cuban, West African, hip hop, and dance theater create an invigorating blend of physically intense and politically astute performance.
Apr 17 - Apr 18 Deborah Riley Dance Projects
A commentary on world hunger, the food industry, nutrition and "eatertainment."
Apr 24 - Apr 25 olive Dance Theatre
Swift Solos is a series of vignettes based on the legacy of break dance innovator Ken Swift.
May
May 01 - May 02 Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh Dance Company
The company returns from a tour of India to present an evening of dance featuring Bharata Natyam, modern dance and fusion works.
May 08 Step Festival
A step dance festival for the whole family showcasing the step talent in DC, with performances by the Dance Place Step Team and other special guests.
May 14 Coyaba's Intergenerational Showcase
Coyaba Dance Theater is joined by its students of all ages for this uplifting, intergenerational concert at THEARC in Southeast DC.
May 15 - May 16 Ko-Ryo Dance Theater
Sometimes time and events, things undone or unsaid, or our consciousness of our own lives passes without notice. Series: Episodes depicts choreographer Sunhwa Chung's life after coming to the U.S. from Korea.
May 16 Kids on the Move Recital
Showcasing the talent of our youth student classes in ballet, tap, hip hop and more.
May 22 - May 23 Reggie Glass and Yao Glover
Double Barrel blends spoken word, music and dance in a performance work expanding on traditional hip hop culture and movement.
June
Jun 11 - Jun 12 Axis Dance Company
This acclaimed and innovative ensemble of performers with and without disabilities will change the way you think about dance and the possibilities of the body.
Jun 26 - Jun 27 Word Dance Theater
Freedom. Beauty. Death. Revolution. Witness Isadora Duncan's ideas through authentic reconstructions of her most famous dances.
July
Jul 10 Hip Hop Theater Festival
This festival of theater, dance, spoken word and live music is a sampling of new creative works from a diversity of cultures and points of view.
Jul 17 - Jul 18 Shange Productions
A blend of West African dance with ballet which speaks through the movement on topics such as Hurricane Katrina, sisterhood, slavery and women warriors.
Jul 24 - Jul 25 Next Reflex Dance Collective
The stage is transformed into a night club in this wild spectacle of a show.
Jul 31 - Aug 01 New Releases Choreographers Showcase
A showcase of the best new works submitted by established and emerging choreographers.
August
Aug 07 - Aug 08 Sharna Fabiano Tango Company
An exploration of the transformative power of human connection found in the intimacy and longing inherent to tango.

 

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