Telephone Dance Project hits Washington DC in March

The Telephone Dance Project's next stop on the tour Washington D.C. and we want you to dance with us!

Friday, March 28th 

Improvisation Workshop with TDP 
at Dance Place 
3/28 at 6:30pm-8:30pm
$20 general/$15 students and seniors
Register HERE.
We'll explore some of the ideas we use to create our long-distance works.  Workshop participants will also get a chance to try out some of the movement we'll be using for Saturday's Site-Specific Dance Exploration at the National Portrait Gallery.

Saturday, March 29th

Self-Guided Tour of Dancing the Dream and 
Open Rehearsal of the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company
at the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery 
3/29 at 11:00am-3:00pm
FREE
Join us any time between 11 and 3pm to take in the National Portrait Gallery's special exhibition honoring American dance throughout the 20th century as well as a glimpse into the preparations for Dana Tai Soon Burgess's newest work to be premiered in the spring.

Site-Specific Dance Experience with TDP
National Portrait Gallery's Kogod Courtyard 
3/29 at 3:00-4:00pm
FREE - let us know you're coming HERE
We'll take inspiration from what we've just seen, and some of TDP's methods of improvisation to create a work of art on the spot.  Join in the fun or watch as we lead a series of dances that you can be a part of by giving just a few simple directions.  Look, listen, and move your way into a deeper understanding of the art that exists all around you.


Salon-Style Performance with TDP and Guests
Brookland Artspace at 3305 8th St. NE 
3/29 at 7:30pm-8:30pm 
Invite with any donation
Put on your evening look, enjoy a glass of wine (donations encouraged), see the art provided by Catholic University Art Students and watch performances by TDP, Mountain Empire and more guest artists.  Performances will happen in an informal setting with dialogue encouraged.

You must be on the invite list to enter, but that's easy!  Simply donate below to ourIndiegogo campaign, contact us personally, or join our Facebook Event.

We can't wait to see you!


Thanks for making this all happen through your generous donations.  Consider sharing or donating the price of a ticket for someone who otherwise could not right here:

My first dance-making experience in D.C.

Trying to break into a new scene is always hard and beyond that, scary as heck.  All of those little doubts in the back of your head start cropping up and you have to squash them like the dancing diva you are because you didn't work like a dog and succeed over these past many years for nothing, right?

So with that, I am so nervous and excited to venture out into D.C. proper for my next project with the Telephone Dance Project.  I am forever grateful to these ladies for pulling me in to this collaboration made up of dancers who are trying to make it in new cities.  They have given me an outlet for creativity, an excuse to make something, a way to make it that doesn't exist in it's own "Katie" bubble, and camaraderie.  Because a big part of our project is to host the created dances in our own cities, they've collectively forced me to pull a show out of my butt.

Well, here it is, and I'm getting pretty excited about how it's all going to shake out.  It's going to be one part teaching/learning, one part experiencing/practicing, and one part showing/reveling.  And true to the spirit of broke-ass dancer-ness, it's nearly all free or pay-what-you-can.

But here's the kicker:  if you're a dancer, and you come, you can say you've danced at the NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY as a guest dancer for TDP!  Is that worth a Megabus ticket or what?

Read all about the details here: TelephoneDanceProject.blogspot.com
and I do hope you'll join me!

Barbara, Eliza, Rachel, and Katie make up TDP