CLARICE SMITH
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
University of Maryland
College Park, Md.
301-405-ARTS
www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu
· Margaret
Jenkins Dance Company - A Slipping Glimpse -- Dancers from
India's Tanusree Shankar Dance Company join American dancers from
Jenkins' company in this thought-provoking, physically rigorous
exploration of rituals. In a departure from the norm, A Slipping
Glimpse will begin in the grassy amphitheater beyond the center's
courtyard. After 10 minutes, the dancers will lead everyone into the
Kay Theatre, where the performance will resume when people take their
seats (9/20-22)
· Liz Lerman Dance Exchange: The Farthest Earth
From Thee -- In honor of National Disabilities Awareness Month,
Lerman, Peter DiMuro and members of the Dance Exchange cast offer
lively, animated excerpts from The Farthest Earth From Thee, a
project featuring company and guest dancers, with and without
disabilities, who come together to transform Shakespeare's Sonnet
44 into explosive, rolling, careening movement (10/1)
· Sophiline
Cheam Shapiro - Pamina Devi: A Cambodian Magic Flute -- In
re-imagining Mozart's fantastical opera, Cheam Shapiro transforms the
exoticism of 18th century Vienna to the mystical splendors of
Cambodia's Angkor. Thirty-two classical dancers, musicians and
singers -- resplendent in shimmering costumes and evoking the divine
-- chart Pamina Devi's arduous path toward justice, tolerance and
love, mirroring Cambodia's contemporary struggle to reconcile its
ancient past with its tormented recent history (10/25-26)
· Take
Five: Edisa Weeks and Delirious Repertory -- Dancers test the
boundaries of closeness between strangers, and invite the audience to
intimately gaze at the unfolding movement. Set to the simmering
romanticism of Mantovani and His Orchestra, the choreography has a
contemporary edge that reveals the awkward, bumpy moments that
inevitably emerge when people get close (11/13)
· Maryland Dance
Ensemble with Dianne McIntyre -- McIntyre revives and
restages Helen Tamiris' historic How Long, Brethren? (1937),
with student dancers. Tamiris, principal choreographer for the WPA
Federal Theatre Project from 1937-39, often reflected social and
political issues in her works, including the African-American
experience as depicted through the despair of Southern blacks in
Brethren, underscored by Lawrence Gellert's Negro Songs of
Protest, sung by chorus (11/30-12/1)
· Roxane Butterfly's
Worldbeats -- Butterfly's dancers tap out the rhythms of
Morocco, Algeria and Spain, all to the hip beat of New York jazz
tinged with flavors of the Mediterranean (11/29-12/2)
Dakshina/Daniel
Phoenix Singh Dance Co.
The
Lincoln Theatre
1215 U St. NW
www.dakshina.org
· Festival of Indian
Arts -- Malavika Sarukkai presents Kala-Time
(10/26)
· Anita Ratnam presents an evening of mixed repertoire,
including About Her... (10/27)
· Hari Krishnan, along
with his Toronto-based company, inDANCE, brings a wide range of
risk-taking, groundbreaking works (10/28)
· Daniel Phoenix Singh
premieres a new work titled The Wanderer's Story, merging
Bharata Natayam and modern dance styles (10/28)
 Philadanco |
DANCE PLACE
3225 Eighth St. NE
202-269-1600
www.danceplace.org
· 27th Anniversary
Benefit Concert and Party -- An opening performance and party
celebrating 27 years of presenting dance companies, training artists
and providing educational opportunities for the community (9/15)
·
projectMULTIpolarity: Francesca Jandasek Acayan and Dancers
-- Performing Ellesmere, a multi-media work showcasing
Jandasek's creative movement style (9/22-23)
· DishiBem
Traditional Contemporary Dance Group -- The mission of
DishiBem is to create works of artistic expression that rage against
the norm and consistently ask the question, ''why not?'' (10/13-14)
·
El Teatro de Danza Contemporanea de El Salvador -- The
first professional dance company established in El Salvador to
perform a diverse repertoire of classical, contemporary and
indigenous works (10/20-21)
· Arts United of Washington --
Presenting The Scenic Route, inspired by Jack Kerouac's On
the Road, in which live rock, jazz and folk music by songwriters
from across the country drives the show (10/27-28)
· PHILADANCO
-- For 37 years, the Philadelphia Dance Company has traveled the
world, performing before sold-out audiences of diverse people of all
ages, creed, ethnicity and cultural traditions (11/3, at the Atlas
Performing Arts Center)
· Carla & Co. --
Known for its high energy performances and dedication to bringing the
arts to people of all ages and cultural backgrounds, the troupe
performs with guest artist Gesel Mason (11/17-18)
· Farafina Kan
-- Performing The Sound of Africa Unplugged, an electrifying
display featuring music and dance of West Africa's Mandique people
(12/8-9)
· Kwanzaa Celebration -- Coyaba Dance
Theater performs in celebration of Kwanzaa (12/15, at the Atlas PAC)
· Tappers With Attitude -- Sensational syncopations
guaranteed (12/15-16)
· LEVYdance -- The world premiere
of Bone lines, a collaboration between Artistic Director
Benjamin Levy, composer Keeril Makan, French couture designer Colleen
Quen and industrial designer Rick Lee, with recorded music by Kronos
Quartet (1/5-1/6/08)
· Tim Miller -- Miller's Us ricochets
between the frequently naked performance artist's love affair since
childhood with Broadway musicals, to an exploration of gay marriage,
exile and the injustices lesbian and gay people face in the U.S.
(2/29-3/2/08)
· Dakshina/Daniel Phoenix Singh & Company
-- Premiering two works in celebration of Asian Pacific Islander
Month (5/10-5/11/08)
GEORGE MASON
UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR THE ARTS
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, Va.
703-993-ARTS
www.gmu.edu/cfa
· Martha Graham Dance
Co. -- Scheduled pieces include Errand into the Maze,
Lamentation and Appalachian Spring (10/26)
· Georgian
State Dance Co. -- Fierce, gymnastic male warriors
demonstrate their impressive acrobatic skills in dramatic war dances
while exquisitely costumed women glide on imperceptible footsteps
across the stage (11/17-18)
· Mark Morris Dance Group --
Dido and Aeneas, a full-length piece including a chamber
orchestra, chorus and vocal soloists (2/15-2/16/08)
· Bill T.
Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company -- Chapel/Chapter (3/22/08)
JOY OF MOTION
Jack Guidone Theatre
5207 Wisconsin Ave. NW
202-362-3042
www.joyofmotion.org
· Groovement: A Hip
Hop Collaborative -- Performances by
DCypher Dance, Emoni
Fela, Life, Rhythm, Move Project,
Ramon Siewert and Spex
(9/22-23)
· Artefacts Dance Company (10/6)
· Joy of
Motion Dance Center's 31st Anniversary Concert -- Featuring Joy
of Motion resident companies, arts partners and faculty (10/21, Atlas
Performing Arts Center)
· In Concert: Joy of Motion Dance Center
Youth Dance Ensemble and Companies (11/10-11, Harold and Sylvia
Greenberg Theatre)
· Dance Project: A Choreography Showcase
(12/1)
· Fall Performance Class Showcase (12/15)
 Suzanne Farrell Ballet |
JOHN F. KENNEDY
CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
2700 F St. NW
202-467-4600
www.kennedy-center.org
· Dana Tai Soon
Burgess & Co. -- A mixed repertory program featuring excerpts
from signature Burgess works, as well as the world premiere of his
Chino Latino, a work based on the intersection of
Asian-American and Latin-American communities throughout the Americas
(10/12-13, Terrace Theater)
· Bowen McCauley Dance Theater
-- Known for dramatic choreography set to eclectic live music,
Bowen McCauley Dance returns to kick off its 12th season with a full
program -- including two world premieres -- accompanied by well-known
musical artists Jeffery Watson, Yvonne Caruthers, Lina Bahn, Gregory
Hudson, Gran Wilson, and the HB Woodlawn Singers (10/27-28, Terrace
Theater)
· Palladium Nights: Ballet Hispanico -- The
troupe joins forces with the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo
O'Farrill to celebrate the music and dance of the golden age of Latin
Jazz (11/5, Concert Hall)
· Tania Pérez-Salas Compañia
de Danza -- Known widely in Mexico and Europe for
extravagant, sensual theatrics and their director's talent for
visually arresting movement and ideas, this troupe is unparalleled in
the world of Mexican contemporary dance (1/18-1/19/08, Terrace
Theater)
· The Suzanne Farrell Ballet -- With her intimate
knowledge of George Balanchine's canon, Suzanne Farrell carries forth
his legacy through the Kennedy Center's own ballet company. This
engagement showcases her teaching gifts through a partnership with
Cincinnati Ballet. Scheduled are Bugaku, Chaconne and
Meditation (11/20-25, Opera House)
· American Ballet
Theatre: The Nutcracker -- ABT Artistic Director Kevin McKenzie's
dazzling interpretation of the holiday favorite (12/18-23, Opera
House)
· Kirov Ballet: La Bayadère -- The 1941
three-act Soviet version of Marius Petipa's classic (1/22-1/27/08,
Opera House)
· American Ballet Theatre: The Sleeping Beauty --
A new interpretation of the magical fairy tale featuring
Tchaikovsky's score. The production is staged by Kevin McKenzie and
Gelsey Kirkland, and features sets and costumes by the Tony
Award--winning team of Tony Walton and Willa Kim (1/29-2/3/08, Opera
House)
· New National Theatre Ballet, Tokyo -- Includes
the full-evening Raymonda, Marius Petipa's last great work,
not seen at the Kennedy Center in more than 20 years (2/15-2/17/08,
Opera House)
· Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater --
Revelations will be featured in the company's week of mixed
programs, which promises other audience favorites and new dances by
today's most inventive choreographers (2/19-2/24/08, Opera House)
·
New York City Ballet -- The company brings two of its
signature mixed-repertory programs reflecting its musical
inspirations and celebrated history, including influential works by
former Ballet Master in Chief Jerome Robbins, to mark 10 years since
his passing (2/27-3/2/08, Opera House)
· Shen Wei Dance Arts
-- In Connect Transfer, this resident company of the Kennedy
Center realizes his painterly vision as a literal product of the
dance. Seated in the upper levels of the Concert Hall, the audience
watches a work of art come to life right before its eyes as 12
dancers perform ''live action painting'' using multiple colors of
paint on a trapezoid-shaped white canvas. The changing interactions
result in a different creation each evening (3/21-3/22/08)
STRATHMORE MUSIC
CENTER
5301 Tuckerman Lane
Bethesda, Md.
301-581-5100
www.strathmore.org
· Tango Buenos Aires
-- The performance focuses on the four venues of the Tango from
''The Street'' to ''The Ballroom'' to ''The City'' and, finally, to
''The Theater'' (10/26)
· Moiseyev Dance Company --
This world-renowned company of 80 dancers brings passion and fire
to its mission of preserving the folk dances of Russia (1/10-1/11/08)
THE WASHINGTON
BALLET
202-362-3606
www.washingtonballet.org
· Where the Wild
Things Are -- A collaboration between Maurice Sendak and Septime
Webre (11/2-4, Warner Theatre)
· The Nutcracker -- Webre's
take on the classic (12/6-12/23, Warner Theatre)
· Genius!
-- Works by Mark Morris, Twyla Tharpe and Christopher Wheeldon
(1/30-2/3/08, Harman Center for the Arts)
WASHINGTON
PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY
202-833-9800
www.wpas.org
· Shaolin
Warriors -- An exciting display of remarkable skill, stunning
movement and spectacular kung fu (11/9, GWU Lisner Auditorium)
·
Winter Heat -- Coyaba Dance Theatre, Step Afrika! and
Washington Reflections Dance Co. combine forces for two unforgettable
evenings (11/30-12/1, at the Lansburgh)
· Jungle Books --
CityDance Ensemble bring Kipling's classic tales to life (12/8-16)
·
AEROS -- A full-throttle evening of entertainment that
combines the artistry and beauty of dance with the power and
gravity-defying feats of world champion gymnastics. Created by
choreographers David Parsons, Moses Pendleton and Daniel Ezralow
(2/8-2/9/08, Warner Theatre)
· Merce Cunningham Dance Company
-- In his newest work, eyeSpace, iPods programmed with Mikel
Rouse's original score, International Cloud Atlas, will be
distributed to all audience members (3/27-3/29/08, Harman Hall)
