Category Archives: Dance

Nootana presents Looking Glass at Joe’s Movement Emporium, May 21

Nootana presents Looking Glass at Joe’s Movement Emporium, May 21

Nootana presents Looking Glass

Nootana presents their 4th annual spring showcase, and original dance drama, “Looking Glass,” on May 21, 2016, at Joe’s Movement Emporium.

Location: Joe’s Movement Emporium

PARENTAL GUIDANCE: Dramatic scenes presented. Show may not be appropriate for children.

In this captivating tale of a beautiful queen transforming herself and her kingdom from an environment of love, beauty, friendship, and compassion to the embodiment of vengeance, mystery, drama, and disintegration, Nootana continues to present the DC Metropolitan area with innovative renditions and perspectives of live Indian classical music and dance, incorporating perspectives and styles from all over the world.

As a dedicated, respectful, and talented group of artists, Nootana brings the Washington DC Metropolitan area its premier Indian Classical Music and Dance Ensemble, under the direction and vision of Rishi Das. Sanskrit for “Innovation,” Nootana is the first DC based ensemble performing these two traditional art forms together live, tastefully juxtaposing innovation and tradition but continuing to reinforce the roots of this historic tradition, in our unique multidisciplinary environment.

Limited VIP tickets are available for front row seats with refreshments included for $50. Advanced tickets $20, door tickets are $25, student/senior $15 and children $10. Buy tickets here.

Tags: Joe’s Movement Emporium, Mount Rainier Maryland, Nootana, Dance, Looking Glass

Alice in Wonderland by Ballet Theatre of Maryland at the Bowie CPA, Apr 23

Alice in Wonderland by Ballet Theatre of Maryland at the Bowie CPA, Apr 23

The Ballet Theatre of Maryland presents: Alice in Wonderland
Saturday, April 23, 2016, 7pm

Location: Bowie Center for the Performing Arts.

Journey with Alice to Wonderland where you will enter a “Caucus Race,” laugh at the antics of TweedleDee and TweedleDum, attend the zany Mad Hatter’s Tea Party, Paint the Roses Red, Play Croquet with the Queen of Hearts and her Jabberwocky Raven, meet the mysterious Cheshire Cat, and rescue the Mad Hatter from the Red Queen when he goes on trial for stealing her tarts.

Lewis Carroll’s “classic” tale is transformed as the Ballet Theatre of Maryland meshes dance, theater and music together to bring all of these whimsical characters to life through the power of dance.

For subscription or single tickets to the BCPA shows, please visit the BTM website: http://www.balletmaryland.org or call 410-263-8289.

Tom in the Machine and My Devil Dance at Clarice Smith, Jan 29-30

Tom in the Machine and My Devil Dance at Clarice Smith, Jan 29-30

Tom in the Machine and My Devil Dance

Fri, Jan 29, 2016 . 7:30PM
Sat, Jan 30, 2016 . 3:00PM
Sat, Jan 30, 2016 . 7:00PM

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

Tom in the Machine
by Matthew Reeves

Tom in the Machine, a new dance-theatre show, parallels the allegory of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath to modern day challenges felt inside the American workforce. What are the great social divides of today? How do we represent the Haves and the Have-Nots? What is majestic still about the American spirit and what stirs our human dignity? When is it the powerful versus the powerless?

My Devil Dance
Choreographed and performed by Sudesh Mantillake

Colonizers labeled ritual dance of Sri Lanka as “devil dance”. Subsequently, it was commodified and brought to Europe as part of “colonial exhibition”. Colonial exhibitions exposed Sri Lankan dancers as exotic creatures along with animals brought from different parts of the world. This piece tries to capture some oppressions that Sri Lankans and other colonized nations had gone through. The piece proposes “mindfulness” for co-existence of humans, while acknowledging personal and cultural histories of oppressive events in the past.

Connect the Dots presents The Nutcracker at College Park Arts Exchange, Dec 13 at 3pm and 4pm

Connect the Dots presents The Nutcracker at College Park Arts Exchange, Dec 13 at 3pm and 4pm

Connect the Dots presents the Nutcracker
December 13, 2015 at 3:00pm and 4:00pm

College Park Arts Exchange
Old Parish House, 4711 Knox Road, College Park MD

Nutcracker Ballet with Connect the Dots Dance at the Old Parish House.

Enjoy watching ballet dancers performing to this beautiful and familiar music in a casual setting.

Free Autism Friendly performance featuring dances from “The Nutcracker” from 3 – 4 pm, followed by a performance for general audiences from 4 – 5 pm.

The Nutcracker at Clarice Smith, Dec 12

The Nutcracker at Clarice Smith, Dec 12

The Nutcracker
A Holiday Ballet
Saturday, December 12, 2015. 3PM & 7PM

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

Ballet Company M is proud to present a rendition of the classic holiday ballet, The Nutcracker.

With the help of her Nutcracker, the audience will travel with Clara from her mother’s holiday party, through a beautiful snow storm and into the magical Land of Sweets.

Free, tickets required. Get tickets here.