Washington D.C.
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New York City Ballet: Emeralds
Photo © Paul Kolnik |
The Kennedy Center
4/2 – 4/6, New York City Ballet:
Jewels at the Opera House
Tickets:
$25-$95
“Boasting "an impressive new generation of dancers" (The
New York Times), the company performs Balanchine's dazzling full-length Jewels,
plus a program of works by Christopher Wheeldon, Justin Peck, and Alexei
Ratmansky.”
Atlas Performing Arts Center
4/5 - 4/6, Camille A. Brown and
Dancers
Tickets:
$20-$35.50
“Camille A. Brown has sought to defy the
boundaries between dance and theatre. Brown has been commissioned by the
Ailey Company, Ballet Memphis, and the August Wilson Dance Ensemble, among
others. Storytelling through dance and engaging social issues that persist
among past and present, Camille A. Brown & Dancers present Mr. Tol E.
RAncE, a piece inspired by the Spike Lee film, Bamboozled (2002)
that explores the sustained racial archetypes of black performers while
celebrating their tenacity and perseverance.”
Dance Place
4/5 at 8pm, Companhia Urbaba de
Danca, Edgewood Arts Center
Tickets: $8-$22
“Founded in Brazil in 2004 by
dancer Tiago Sousa and choreographer and Artistic Director Sonia Destri Lie,
Companhia Urbana de Dança is an ensemble of street performers working to foster
the human experience through dance. Destri’s boldly original mix of
contemporary Brazilian dance and hip-hop infuses both forms with new rigor,
meditative one moment, explosive the next.”
The Kennedy Center
4/6, 8pm One Mic: Breaking Form:
global urban contemporary dance at the Eisenhower Theater
Tickets: $19-$50
“Hosted by Jonzi D, this showcase of hip-hop dance features Project Soul (South Korea), Sébastien Ramirez and Honji Wang
(France), and Companhia Urbana
(Brazil).
Joy of Motion
4/12 – 4/13, Dissonance Dance
presents Black To Silver, The Jack Guidone Theater
Tickets: $18
“Black to Silver: A Black LGBT
(now in its 2nd year), is a multidisciplinary arts production that examines and
explores interpersonal relationships, identity and love within the
African-American LGBT community.”
The Kennedy Center
4/15 – 4/20, American Ballet
Theatre: Mixed Bill: Don Quixote and Works by Fokine, Ashton and Gomes, at
the Opera House
Tickets: $25-$109
“ABT offers a feast of
choreographic fireworks with its spirited staging of Don Quixote--praised
for its "glorious passages of choreography" (The New York Times)--plus
works by Michel Fokine, Sir Frederick Ashton, and Marcelo Gomes.”
The Washington Ballet
4/16 - 4/27, Peter Pan, The
Kennedy Center, Eisenhower Theater
Tickets: $25-$125
“Take a high-flying adventure to Neverland with the The Washington Ballet's
NEW Production of Septime Webre's dazzling Peter Pan. A swashbuckling coming of age tale
that pits Peter and the Lost Boys against Captain Hook and his outrageous band
of pirates, this whimsical adventure is told through vibrant dance. Peter Pan is a story about
growing up that never seems to grow old.”
Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company
4/19, 1pm and 2:30pm, Premier of
new work, The National Portrait Gallery, 1st Fl
Tickets: Free
“Choreographer Dana Tai Soon
Burgess,Dancing the Dream artist-in-residence, has created a second
site-specific work in response to the exhibition.”
The Washington Ballet
4/23 – 4/25, Tour-De-Fource:
Balanchine!, The Kennedy Center, Eisenhower Theater
Tickets: $35-$12
“Only three performances! The brilliant next chapter of Tour-de-Force, a
gala-style program of provocative and engaging, showstopping classical and
contemporary ballets including Swan
Lake, Flames of Paris, D-Construction and more. George Balanchine's
Theme and Variations, the
evening's centerpiece, evokes the great period in classical dance when Russian
ballet flourished with the aid of Tchaikovsky's music. Only available to
subscribers, Tour-de-Force is
a season highlight not to be missed.
Washington Performing Arts
Society
4/25 – 4/26 at 8pm, MOMIX
Botanica, GWU Lisner Auditorium
Tickets: $28-$48
“With an eclectic score ranging from
birdsong to Vivaldi, Botanica shows off the endlessly renewable energy
of the superb MOMIX performers, with costumes, projections, and custom-made
props and puppetry adding an extra dose of fantasy to the elixir. This is dance
at its most organic and inventive. The seasons will never be the same. Co-presented
with GW Lisner Auditorium and CityDance”
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Joy of Motion
4/26 – 4/27, Tappenstance In
Concert!, The Jack Guidone Theater
Tickets: $12-$15
“Join JOMDC's resident adult tap
company Tappenstance for
our annual rollicking tap concert that'll have you keeping the beat in
your seat! From 80's icons the Go-Go's to 00's R&B sensation Blu Cantrell,
from North African Samba to Jackson 5 disco, you'll travel the world of music
through the soles of our feet. Be sure to bring your tap shoes and show off
your rhythms during intermission in our improv circle.
MARYLAND
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Cirque Ziva
Photo Credit: Amitava Sarkar |
Strathmore
4/9 at 8pm, Cirque Ziva, The Music Center at Strathmore
Tickets: $26-$47
“Eye-popping fast-pace fun for the whole family!
“Breathtaking! Cathedrals of contortionists in backbend rise before your eyes,
body by body. Human obstacles, which tumblers flip over, widen in person-size
increments. The thrill is escalation. These acrobats from China…keep topping
themselves” (The New York
Times). Catch the show before it debuts in New York City!.”
The Clarice Smith Center for the Performing
Arts
4/12 - 4/13, Shared Graduate Dance
Concert, Dance Theatre
Tickets: Free
“This concert features
provocative choreography by Master of Fine Arts students in dance, focusing on
new works in development. As the first opportunity for them to put material
onstage and see what develops, it often contains the seeds of movement ideas
that will be featured in their MFA Thesis programs — an unguarded exploration
of their talents and interests.”
Dance Exchange
4/17 from 7-9pm, Showing and Critical
Response Process feedback session w/ guest artist-in-residence Jessie
Laurita-Spanglet, Dance Exchange in Takoma Park, MD
Tickets: Free
“This season, Dance Exchange
brings the Critical Response Process HOME, offering our three Guest
Artists-in-Residence the opportunity to share their dance-making with the
DC-area community and to receive valuable feedback to shape and fine-tune their
artistic products.”… “Facilitated by Dance Exchange staff and artists, these
evenings will not only give audiences a chance to learn about these Guest
Artists, but also the opportunity to see CRP in action.”
VIRGINIA
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Moscow Festival Ballet, Swan Lake
Photo: Larissa Pedenchuk |
George Mason University4/5 – 4/6, Moscow Festival Ballet, Concert
Hall
Tickets: $28-$56 “This masterful corps of dancers presents a delightful afternoon
featuring the most exquisite jewels of the ballet canon. This remarkable
collection of ballet selections includes the highlights from The Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, and Don Quixote; Fokine’s
poignant "Dying Swan" set to music by Saint-Saens; Petipa's most
loved gems from Paquita; and much more. This outstanding company from Moscow
was founded in 1989 by legendary Bolshoi Ballet principal dancer Sergei
Radchenko, who brought leading dancers from across Russia together to forge a
new company dedicated to staging new productions of timeless classics in the
grand tradition of Russian ballet. ‘The dancers of the Moscow Festival Ballet
spoke to the soul through the body.’ (Post
and Courier)”
