Join us for a week of dance, music, and tradition during our 37th annual DanceAfrica DC festival.

Beauty Happens is an hour long work which explores a spectrum of intimacy and resilience through sight, touch, sound, and relentless physicality.

Ghost Bride features extraordinary scenic, lighting, sound, costuming and projection to depict the overpowering spell and eternal pain of unwanted destiny.

Hōmō • Dentïtes'' , inspired by the term Homo rooting from a Latin word meaning man, or human.

The inaugural Latinx/e Movement Festival in DC will bring five movement artists throughout the nation and locally to share in open to the public performances.

Photo by Justin Williams, a young student on stage under purple and pink lights poses in a lunge with one arm bent in front of her face, her hand in a fist. She is wearing jeans and a galaxy/space t-shirt. Aug 8 & Aug 9The Energizers Creative Arts Summer Camp is a 6-week all day summer […]

In its second year, Dance Place will support Donald Lee's series of location-based work, Anti-Spectacular, centering on disability aesthetics. By accessing movements in inaccessible spaces, the artist transforms barriers into a powerful language of movement. Join us for a film screening, movement installation, and a community discussion with the artist.

Dance Place’s Dance & Disability Residency strives to support the growth and vision of artists who identify as disabled. This collaborative partnership aims to increase Dance Place’s capacity for accessibility practices while creating an environment of research and growth for the artists.
In its second year, Dance Place will support Donald Lee’s work Element of Danger / Donald / untitled specific-specific performance. A public film screening and site-specifc performance/movement installation will accumulate at the end of the week inviting community members to engage in dialogue with the artist about their process, research, and experience at Dance Place.

Through Dance Place’s Creative Residency Program, join Hoptown, the newest immersive and intergenerational dance work by MK Abadoo/MKArts. Hoptown is inspired by the near parallel lives of Hopkinsville "Hoptown," Kentucky natives: bell hooks and Regina Bowden, MK's mother. The performance surrounds audiences in Sistering, a blueprint of fortified tenderness designed by southern black women, girls and gender expansive folks.

Dance Place’s Family Spooky Disco is a celebration of dance, costumes and families. This intergenerational dance party is for both the young and the young at heart. This event will feature a live DJ, snacks, and party games. Get your costume on and get spooky with us!