Category Archives: Dance

Gatekeepers at Joe’s Movement Emporium, May 5

Gatekeepers at Joe’s Movement Emporium, May 5

NextLOOK: Meghan Abadoo
Gatekeepers
Friday, May 5, 2017 . 7PM
Presented by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium

A gatekeeper — whether an individual or part of an institution — decides which of a certain commodity, be it raw materials or ideological goods, may enter into a social system. These decisions are made within a complex web of influences, preferences, motives and common values.

With dance-theatre as the container, Gatekeepers seeks to unearth this complex web of influences as it relates to racial identity within structural inequity. Drawing from personal testimony, group storytelling and dialogue, this performance will invite and challenge the everyday gatekeeper to imagine sustainable methods of self-reflection and transformational communal action.

Tickets: Pay what you wish, no tickets required.

Experiencing Space Differently at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Apr 14

Experiencing Space Differently at Joe’s Movement Emporium, Apr 14

NextLOOK: Orange Grove Dance
The One-Mile Radius Project: Experiencing Space Differently
Friday, April 14, 2017 . 7PM
Presented by the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium

Our human imprint and the memory of our movement linger in spaces well after we have migrated through them. The One-Mile Radius Project explores these imprints and the unique spaces within a one-mile radius of Joe’s Movement Emporium. In collaboration with Joe’s, the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission, Brentwood Arts Exchange and their workshop participants, Orange Grove Dance will investigate the personal and uniquely traversed spaces of the community. Dance, film and projection will be used to zoom into and magnify the intimate nooks and crevices of seemingly familiar spaces and, in turn, bring those outside spaces inside the walls of Joe’s.

Founded in 2007 by Colette Krogol and Matthew Reeves, Orange Grove Dance is built on the ideals of integrating dance, art, film and movement with all communities, large and small.

Tickets: Pay what you wish, no tickets required.

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.