Resident Companies

At Dance Place, a keystone of our curatorial vision is providing support to dancemakers at all stages of their careers and every stage of the creative process from inception to fully produced performance. One way we do this is by serving as home for a number of artists and companies that are creating work in DC. By providing multiple entry points of support for local artists through our Resident Companies and Artists In Residence, Dance Place contributes to a thriving dance ecosystem in DC and beyond.

Resident Companies

Dance Place’s resident dance companies offer modern dance, African dance, and step dance performances and are available for bookings for performances, residencies, and other engagements at theaters, schools, and other performance venues. The companies are based at Dance Place and perform regularly in the DC area and beyond.

Coyaba Dance Theater
Coyaba Dance Theater was founded in 1997 by Founder/Artistic Director Sylvia Soumah and performs traditional and contemporary West African dance and music focusing on the diverse ethnic groups and various humanitarian themes of West African culture.

ReVision dance company
Led by Artistic Director Shannon Quinn, ReVision is a contemporary modern dance company committed to artistic excellence and community building. Through performances, workshops and teaching residencies, ReVision works with diverse populations of professional dancers and novice movers.

DC Casineros
DC Casineros is a Washington, DC-based non-profit organization whose mission is to build communities through the art and culture of Cuban dance. DC Casineros specializes in performing complex, flavorful and energetic choreographies based on Cuban popular and social dances such as Casino, Son, Danzon, Rumba, Comparsa and at times, Afrocuban dances, while using and promoting the most current urban musical sounds from the island. DC Casineros also teaches Casino and Rueda de Casino classes based on the most current methodology of Cuban dance, which emphasizes technique, elegance, musicality and body isolations, while using dynamic moves and interactive exercises.
DC Casineros have performed and taught locally, nationally and internationally, at prestigious and popular venues, conferences and congresses including the Kennedy Center, Smithsonian, Wolf Trap, DC Salsa Congress: San Francisco, New York, Miami and Atlanta Rueda Congresses, Nicaragua Salsa Congress, Benin Salsa Congress in West Africa and Stochkhom Cuban Dance Festival in Sweden. They also travel to Cuba once a year to train, perform and collaborate with the prestigious Rueda All Stars in Santiago, Cuba.

Their teaching methodology and practice is based and modeled after the International Foundation “Casino Para Todos” curriculum. For information about performances, private classes, team-building and school / workplace presentations, please visit: dccasineros.org

Dance Place Youth Performing Company
The Dance Place Youth Performing Company is Dance Place’s resident pre-professional youth dance company for ages 13-19. The company has a multi style focus including Hip Hop, Contemporary, and the African Diaspora. Performing Company Dancers demonstrate an eagerness to learn new dance styles and attend rehearsals, performances and classes. 

For questions, contact Youth Performing Company Artistic Director, Daché Green, dacheg@danceplace.org.