On Saturday, April 18 at 8pm and Sunday, April 19 at 7pm, Dance Place presents We Wait In The Darkness, a new solo by Native American contemporary choreographer Rosy Simas. The piece explores how ancestry, homeland and culture are stored…
Between the East coast and the West lies a world of difference and similarity, exemplified by two companies who come together on Saturday, April 11 at 8pm and Sunday, April 12 at 7pm. Washington DC favorite, Karen Reedy Dance, shares…
In a one-night-only event, Colorado-based Cynthia Oliver/COCo Dance Theatre presents her provocative dance theater work BOOM! at Dance Place on Saturday, April 4 at 8pm. The evening-length work will build upon Artistic Director Cynthia Oliver’s investigation of slippages in everyday…
In a double bill of DMV stalwarts and old favorites, local artist Adriane Fang pairs up with Gesel Mason Performance Projects of Colorado to deliver a unique palette of artistic visions in contrast and collaboration. This collage of work at…
Choreographer Zoe Scofield and video artist Juniper Shuey are the creative team behind zoe | juniper, a company acclaimed for its “visual wizardry” and “brilliant dance” (Seattle Times). In a performance that reinvents itself in each iteration, Dance Place transforms,…
How do external expectations change the way we present ourselves? How and why do we take on these roles? These and many other questions are excavated on Saturday, March 14 at 8pm and Saturday, March 15 at 7pm by the…
Dance Place welcomes three companies straight from Cuba to our DC stage, featuring contemporary dance from Malpaso Dance Company, ballroom dance from Rueda All-Stars and contemporary jazz music from Yissy Garcia. Malpaso Dance Company (from Cuba)Sunday, March 1 at 7pmAudiences…
From South Africa to Washington, DC, ReVision dance company works with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) to express their raw emotions and experiences through dance. Leaving behind stereotypes, the audience joins ReVision in celebrating the strengths and abilities…
