The structure of the George Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance’s DanceWorks Fall 2013 concert is absolutely wonderful. The audience is welcomed into the concert with a f…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:00AMThe Dancing Rogues: Who are they and what do they have up their creative sleeves? DC-based choreographers Sylvana Christopher, Hayley Cutler, and Sara Herrera-Kopetchny have teamed up and …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:33AMThe George Washington University’s Department of Theatre and Dance has an engaging and lively production of William Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, running through the weekend. My interest …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:21AMAre you familiar with the sentiment, “Dance like nobody’s watching?” The idea in this phrase is beautiful, but sounds hard to produce, right? Now pair these beautifully int…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:12AMLove in Afghanistan, Charles Randolph-Wright’s exquisitely woven four person drama currently playing in Arena Stage’s Kogod Cradle, centers around two families: Duke (Khris Davis…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:12AMLet’s say you are sitting in a sparse, quaint café minding your own business. All of a sudden, a patron’s cell phone goes off, breaking whatever mood was there to begin with, and this p…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:43AMWhen October rolls in, there is so much to look forward to, like the start of fall, pumpkin flavored libations and treats at Starbucks, and Halloween at the end of the month. This year, you …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:42AMSaburo Teshigawara, Artistic Director of Saburo Teshigawara/KARAS and choreographer of Mirror & Music, is an artist of the highest degree. Mirror & Music, having its North American p…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:04AMAre you a fan of rock concerts, but you don’t have enough leeway in your budget to pay Verizon Center prices to see the big names? FEAR NOT concert enthusiast, because Pitchin’ the …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:00AMIf you are looking for accessible art, deeply rooted in a tradition that dates back to the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, but with unexpected, modern twists and turns, MOVE…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:36PMdog & pony dc promises audiences that A Killing Game is “the most fun they’ll have dying.” I am here to tell you that they’re not lying! This revamped productio…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:14AMAs I entered The Shop at Fort Fringe for We Happy Few Productions’ production of William Shakespeare’s The Tempest, I was intrigued by the ambiance. Prospero watched as the audience …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:00PMAs someone who considers himself more spiritual than religiously affiliated, I was weary about Bill Cain’s How to Write a New Book for the Bible at Round House Theatre. The tears and laugh…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:41PMAmy Herzog’s 4000 Miles at The Studio Theatre opens with an unexpected reunion between Vera, a leftist in her eighties played by Tana Hicken, and her grandson Leo (Grant Harrison), a twen…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:19AMDaniel Burkholder/The PlayGround’s The Chemistry of Lime Trees is an evening of dance theatre the likes of which I have never experienced. From the deep investment of all of the performers…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:22PMThis past December, Dance Metro DC, a community building and sustaining organization centered on dance, awarded five choreographers (Sarah J. Ewing, Laurel Victoria Gray, Sara Pearson, Dr. J…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:26PMCardinal Points by Rebollar Dance is an undertaking that not every choreographer would be willing to experience. Choreographers, for the most point, come into the rehearsal studio with a vis…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:56AMAs the audience filed into the Sprenger Theatre at the Atlas Performing Arts Center at INTERSECTIONS, Helanius J. Wilkins was already nonchalantly performing upstage, facing away from the au…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:05PMMOVEiUS Dance presented Legacy: A Conversation Through Contemporary Ballet, an audience-friendly afternoon of work by multiple choreographers, yesterday as a part of the Atlas INTERSECTIONS…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:46PMOn Thursday night, while waiting for the GWU New Plays Festival’s wild42hold to begin, I was transported to an attention-grabbing site. Thanks to the massive set, covered in graffiti, a la…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:46AMWhen I attend a showcase of multiple artists’ works, I expect that the program will be distributed evenly between those that intrigue, and those that bore. It’s a good evening in the the…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:44AMAs I sat in the intimate DCAC theatre, awaiting 3 by Samuel Beckett, I thought of the following Beckett quote: “Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try Again. Fail again. Fail better.” A…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:26PMRob Bettmann, both artist and arts manager, has compiled a collection of essays, poems, artwork and interviews from the issues of Bourgeon magazines. These essays offer a wonderful, in-depth…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:11AMCollision Course – a.k.a. Pillow Talk, choreographed by Maida Withers and performed by the Maida Withers Dance Construction Company (MWDCC), is a beautifully complex and thought-provok…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:39AMMaida Withers is an artist with extraordinary gifts for dance and choreography. She loves not know and is as interested in the discovery as in the performance. And artist who has reinvented …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:00AMDana Tai Soon Burgess & Company’s 20th Anniversary performance at The Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre is a wonderful celebration of Burgess’ career thus far, and a gentle reminder that…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:04AMIn preparation for his show on September 21st, 22 and 23 at 8 PM at The Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, I interviewed Dana Tai Soon Burgess, the director of DC modern dance company Dana Tai So…
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