WASHINGTON, DC DANCE NEWS COVERAGE

Celebrate National Dance Day 2024 with events across the country, featuring performances, workshops, and community dance activities. Learn how to join. ...

“The Hip Hop Nutcracker” has announced its 2024 tour to more than 25 U.S. cities this fall including stops in Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago, and Washington, D.C. ...

The Hip Hop Nutcracker will launch its 2024 tour with Kurtis Blow and a talented cast, bringing a unique twist to the holiday classic in over 25 U.S. cities this fall, including Atlanta, LA, Chicago, and DC. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

This outstanding festival featured brilliant new or recent work by five choreographers....

What did our critic think of 10,000 DREAMS: A CELEBRATION OF ASIAN CHOREOGRAPHY, PROGRAM B at Kennedy Center?...

New York City Ballet returns to the Kennedy Center with a thrilling production of George Balanchine’s Jewels, through Sunday, June 9....

Step Afrika! celebrates its 30th anniversary with a gala featuring a special performance by Smokie Norful....

What did our critic think of THE WASHINGTON BALLET'S BEYOND BOUNDARIES, AN EVENING CURATED BY ANNABELLE LOPEZ OCHOA at Kennedy Center?...

The visionary eye of Choreographer Alonzo King creates such complex choreographic movement from his gifted ensemble of twelve contemporary ballet dancers, that you will miss a tantalizing moment if you avert your eyes for even a nano-second. Billed as the Alonzo King LINES Ballet: Deep River ---the ...

The Washington Ballet is set to host free performances at CityCenterDC, bringing their captivating performances to the public. Learn more about upcoming events!...

A beautifully asynchronous and turbulent super-organism, Impermanence opened its weekend at the Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theater on April 16th....

The Washington Ballet has unveiled their 2024-25 Season including two pre-season events. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets....

The 2024-25 Kennedy Center Dance season has been revealed! See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets....

This new work featured three episodes in Asian American history....

Experience the power of sisterhood through storytelling and movement in PURPLE: A Ritual in Nine Spells, performed by Sydnie L. Mosley Dances at Dance Place. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

Thursday’s return of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo to the Kennedy Center brought a full house and lots of laughs to the DMV....

What did our critic think of THE WHITE FEATHER, A PERSIAN BALLET at Kennedy Center?...

Today’s subject Peter Anastos has been living his theatre life as one of the co-Founders of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo. The all- male dance troupe has been parodying the classics of ballet for 50 years now. You can see the company in action for three performances only from April fourth th...

What did our critic think of AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE: SWAN LAKE at Kennedy Center?...

The Latinx Dance Educators Alliance will present its inaugural LXDEA Convivencia event, uniting Latinx/e dance educators to shape the future of dance education. ...

The dance school choices for students, I recall, were ballet and jazz tap. Ne’er the twain shall meet, as Kipling said of the east and west. ...

Thursday’s Ailey performance of Program B featured Century, a new work by Amy Hall Garner, her first for the company, 2019’s Ode by former company member Jamar Roberts, and Mr. Ailey’s juggernaut Revelations. ...

Collage Dance Collective will perform at Chrysler Hall, presented by the Virginia Arts Festival. Concluding their touring schedule, the ballet company brings an exciting performance to Norfolk, VA....

Join the Sokolow Theatre/Dance Ensemble for a free performance of 'Anna Sokolow and the Reimagined Roots of Anti-Fascist Dance' at the Library of Congress. ...

Swan Lake comes to 71 cities across the U.S. as part of World Ballet Series....

Dance/USA highlights its Round Two Artist Fellows, featuring a diverse group of artists at the intersection of social and embodied practices. Meet the talented individuals shaping the future of dance and movement-based art for social change....

The New York City based tap ensemble Dorrance Dance roared into Kennedy Center’s Eisenhower Theatre this past weekend with their take on Duke Ellington’s Nutcracker Suite as arranged by Billy Strayhorn. For those of you not familiar with this recording, do yourself a favor and look it up. You have n...