Category Archives: Dance

Flint, Another Side of You and Akwantuo: The Journey at Clarice Smith, Apr 6 & 8

Flint, Another Side of You and Akwantuo: The Journey at Clarice Smith, Apr 6 & 8

Second Season:
Flint by LaTefia Bradley
Another Side of You by Allen Chunhui Xing
Akwantuo: The Journey by Mustapha Braimah
April 6 & April 8, 2017

Thu, Apr 6, 2017 . 7:30PM
Sat, Apr 8, 2017 . 2:00PM
Sat, Apr 8, 2017 . 7:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Dance Theatre, General Admission

Flint
By LaTefia Bradley

Flint is a dance work that addresses the Flint Water Crises. This liberating and thought-provoking choreography combines visual art and dance, and shows images of the people of Flint, Michigan in order to draw attention to a problem that is not only happening in Flint, but all around the United States.

Another Side of You
by Allen Chunhui Xing

Another Side of You explores the inner struggles that many face conforming to society expectations.

Akwantuo: The Journey
by Mustapha Braimah

Akwantuo: The Journey is a piece about immigrants and their experiences living in the United States, exploring what it means to acquire a visa and make the journey across national and cultural borders. The struggles, difficulties, frustrations and the wait will all be magnified. The piece combines traditional African, contemporary and Ghanaian dance theater to elaborate this difficult subject.

This performance will take place in the Dance Theatre and the Grand Pavilion. Please note that non-traditional audience seating may be used for this event.

Free, tickets are required. Get tickets here.

My First Swan Lake at Clarice Smith, Apr 1 at 3pm

My First Swan Lake at Clarice Smith, Apr 1 at 3pm

My First Swan Lake
Saturday, April 1, 2017 . 3 PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Dance Theatre, Reserved Seating.

Join us for a family-friendly performance of My First Swan Lake, perfect for children ages 3-12. The performance will be one hour long and include a meet and greet with our dancers and a ballet craft.

Tickets: General Public: $20, Children age 3 and under: Free. (Please note: All audience members must have a ticket to enter the theatre.) Get tickets here.

Tags: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, University of Maryland, College Park Maryland, My First Swan Lake, Ballet, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Ballet Theatre presents Excalibur at the Bowie CPA, Mar 19

Ballet Theatre presents Excalibur at the Bowie CPA, Mar 19

Ballet Theatre of Maryland presents
Excalibur
Music by Maggie Sansone
Performed by Maggie Sansone and the Ballet Theatre of Maryland

Sunday, March 19, 2017 2:00 PM

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Wizardry, magic, sword-fights, warrior knights and princesses, the forces of dark versus the forces of light, romance, and betrayal are all part of the Excalibur tapestry. This powerful retelling of King Arthur’s legend from the Sword and the Stone through the creation of the Knights of the Round Table through the downfall of Camelot will mesmerize you. If you like Harry Potter, you will like Excalibur!

MAGGIE SANSONE WILL BE PLAYING EXCALIBUR LIVE to her award-winning period and original music.

Threshold at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Feb 10

Threshold at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Feb 10

NextLOOK: Happenstance Theater
Threshold
Friday, February 10, 2017. 7PM
Presented by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium

Happenstance Theater is in residency at Joe’s Movement Emporium: February 6-10, 2017

Using spatial dynamics, movement and physical theatre, text, live sound, theatrical clown and improvisational play, Threshold explores moments of transition, from the simplicity of entering and exiting a space, to the profound transition from innocence to experience.

Happenstance Theater engages the audience by bringing curiosity and delight to the idea of crossing over into unknown spaces: the moving, meeting, leaping, partnering, parting, aging and dying that require us to cross the threshold.

Tickets: Pay what you wish, no tickets required.

The Weeping Philosophers at Clarice Smith, Jan 27-28

The Weeping Philosophers at Clarice Smith, Jan 27-28

Second Season: The Weeping Philosophers
An evening of new work by Mark Costello and Kelly Colburn
My Life Has Been Like Water by Mark Costello
untitled homage to my twenties in new york city by Kelly Colburn
January 27 & 28, 2017

Fri, Jan 27, 2017 . 7:30PM
Sat, Jan 28, 2017 . 2:00PM
Sat, Jan 28, 2017 . 7:00PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center. Dance Theatre, general admission.

My Life Has Been Like Water By Mark Costello

This multimedia project uses a live video loop that explores time as an architectural object; something to be controlled, built, expanded and repeated. Time as if it is poured like water: endless, flowing,emotional, momentous, pure.

untitled homage to my twenties in new york city By Kelly Colburn

A wild and nostalgic investigation of what it means to give up the thing you love most, this performance seeks to uncover what makes New York City exciting and enticing to the natives and the dreamers. Part documentary, part mockumentary, part dance, part theater, part film — this love letter explores the exhilaration, freedom, fear and regret of actively witnessing the death of your youth.

Tickets: Free, tickets required. Get tickets here. Tickets will be available to reserve starting at 12:00 Noon on Monday, January 23, 2017.