News & Announcements

It is with bittersweet emotion that we share that Christopher K. Morgan will be transitioning out of his current position as Dance Place’s Executive Artistic Director to assume a new position as the Director of The Center for Native Arts and Cultures (CNAC) in Portland, Oregon.

We are hiring! Jobs are open in the Dance Place staff in Operations, Production, and Education.

Dance Place is eager to EMBARK on its 41st year, finding our way alongside YOU – our supportive, lively community of artists, audience members, students, families, and neighbors. We enter […]

The weighted, life-altering impact of the COVID-19 pandemic compelled many arts organizations and creative institutions to evaluate their definitions of what is “normal.” Everything we knew – from classes to […]

Dear Dance Place Community, Tomorrow is Juneteenth, the commemoration of the end of slavery in the United States. Historically, Juneteenth was established when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas to […]

Dance Place is excited to share the selected artists for the upcoming Exquisite Frame presentation in July! Curated and hosted by Dance Place AIR Britta Joy Peterson and guest-curator/host Rebecca […]

The DanceAfrica, DC Elders’ Council, Dance Place, and The International Association of Blacks in Dance are pleased to announce and highlight the recipient of the Deal-Davis DanceAfrica, DC Commission, Samantha […]

Dance Place and Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens are thrilled to announce the recipient of a site-specific, movement-based performance commission and presentation to premiere at Hillwood. Congratulations to Krystal Collins/new […]

May 1, 2021 Update: Dance Place has now entered Phase D of our reopening plan.  Dear Dance Place Community, In response to COVID-19, Dance Place ceased all on-site programming on […]

From virtual conversations, to fully reimagined digital performances, to physically distant outdoor experiences, THANK YOU for joining us in our 40th year of performances and events, youth and adult dance […]