Category Archives: Dance

for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf at the Clarice, Feb 21-28

for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf at the Clarice, Feb 21-28

The University of Maryland and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center present:
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf
by Ntozake Shange
directed by Ama Law and Fatima Quander

February 21–28, 2025
Fri, Feb 21, 2025 . 7:30PM
Sat, Feb 22, 2025 . 7:30PM
Sun, Feb 23, 2025 . 2:00PM
Wed, Feb 26, 2025 . 7:30PM: Includes an audio description.
Thu, Feb 27, 2025 . 7:30PM: Includes ASL interpretation.
Fri, Feb 28, 2025 . 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

Ntozake Shange’s highly influential 1976 choreopoem for colored girls… might well be the most performed and important piece of theater created expressly by and for Black women in the history of the United States. The work has been adapted for both film and television and can boast a Tony-nominated Broadway revival as recently as 2022. UMD School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies faculty members Ama Law and Fatima Quander direct a loving rendition of Shange’s masterpiece that proves its timelessness.

Tickets: $25 Public, $10 Students, click here.

Our Voices, Our Culture by Thomas Pullen, Feb 12

Our Voices, Our Culture by Thomas Pullen, Feb 12

Thomas Pullen K-8 Creative and Performing Arts Academy presents
Our Voices, Our Culture
Director: Kristen Jackson-Jones
Co-Director: Harmony Porter

Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 7pm

Presented by: Thomas Pullen K-8 Arts School in Landover.

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts

Thomas G. Pullen Arts Academy Dance Department presents a Black History Month dance performance, “Our Voices, Our Culture.”

Tickets $10 Adult, $5 Students and Seniors. For more information, click here.

Nutella, A Nutcracker Story at the Bowie CPA, Feb 9

Nutella, A Nutcracker Story at the Bowie CPA, Feb 9

Star Makers Acadamy of Dance presents:
Nutella, A Nutcracker Story

Sunday, February 9, 2025, at 11am

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Join Star Makers Academy of Dance for NUTELLA, A NUTCRACKER STORY!

Tickets: $27. Click here.

Deepe Darknesse at the Clarice, Feb 6 & 7

Deepe Darknesse at the Clarice, Feb 6 & 7

The University of Maryland and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center present:Deepe Darknesse
February 6 & 7, 2025 • 8PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

With maximalist movement, oddball humor, and unrelenting theatricality, Deepe Darknesse (pronounced dee-pee dark-ness-ay) is a physical theater performance combining dance, theater and experimentation that will leave you breathless

Tickets: $30 Public, $10 Students, click here.

Experimental Performance Series at the Clarice, Feb 1

Experimental Performance Series at the Clarice, Feb 1

The University of Maryland and the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center present:
Experimental Performance Series #3
Saturday, February 1, 2025 • 2PM & 7:30PM

Venue: Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

The Experimental Performance Series is a collection of self produced works from undergraduate and graduate students in theatre and dance, ranging from production of established works to brand new plays and choreography.

This performance will feature an excerpt of an original theatre piece written and directed by Miele Murray and a dance performance co-created by Christina Collins and daniel miramontes.

Socabane and Vestorin (Concept Scene) by Miele Murray

A foolhardy prince (Raymond Zajic) and a headstrong princess (Miele Murray), must grapple with their shared longings for frivolity and freedom and the irrevocable duty they owe to their respective countries. Excerpted from work-in-progress, written and designed by Miele Murray.

Approximate run time: Scene (19 minutes), Artistic Presentation (10 minutes)

echoes by Daniel Miramontes and Christina Collins

In this dance performance, 3rd year dance MFA co-creators Christina Collins and daniel miramontes explore themes of friendship and resilience by combining elements of strength, agility, softness and vulnerability through movement.

Approximate run time: 15 mins.

Tickets: free, tickets required, click here.