DC/MD/VA Dance Events
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7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
Amber Lucia Chabus
The Yellow Room
Audience sizes are extremely small. Joining the wait list does not guarantee attendance. You will receive confirmation within 48 hours of request. Doors Open: 7pm, show starts 8pm. Address delivered upon RSVP.
$10.00
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
BalletNova – La Fille Mal Gardée and other works (1/2)
Kenmore Middle School
Delight in the pastoral charm and playful romance of La Fille Mal Gardée, revel in the sparkling virtuosity and grand spectacle of Paquita, and be swept away by the timeless passion of the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet. From lighthearted comedy to breathtaking technique and dramatic intensity, this captivating program celebrates the beauty, elegance, and emotional power of ballet. Q&A with Artistic Director Matthew Powell immediately following the Sunday performance.
$30-$38
1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
BalletNova – La Fille Mal Gardée and other works (2/2)
Kenmore Middle School
Delight in the pastoral charm and playful romance of La Fille Mal Gardée, revel in the sparkling virtuosity and grand spectacle of Paquita, and be swept away by the timeless passion of the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet. From lighthearted comedy to breathtaking technique and dramatic intensity, this captivating program celebrates the beauty, elegance, and emotional power of ballet. Q&A with Artistic Director Matthew Powell immediately following the Sunday performance.
$30-$38
Various Times
DanceAfrica DC 2026 (Ongoing June 1st-7th)
Dance Place
Coyaba Dance Theatre and Dance Place present to you the 38th annual DanceAfrica DC 2026 festival! Prepare to experience the heart and soul of Africa right here in DC. This year’s theme is ‘Past, Present, Future’. As a community, we will reflect on the past, find joy in the present, and celebrate our hope for the future! The enriching master classes, invigorating, indoor and outdoor performances, and vibrant African marketplace are sure to energize you!
$Varies
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
CityDance Conservatory Spring Concert (1/2)
Shakespeare Theatre Company – Klein Theatre
CityDance invites you to the 2026 Annual Conservatory Concert! Students will perform a variety of classical ballet and contemporary repertoire by renowned guest artists, in-house choreographers, and Conservatory faculty. The performance includes a special guest appearance from Nasrullah Abdul-Rahman of the Cincinnati Ballet and Vladimir Tapkharov of the Washington Ballet.
$59-$81
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
The Dance Institute of Washington – The DIW Experience (1/2)
Atlas Performing Arts Center – Lang Theatre
The DIW Experience (spring concert) is a culminating event showcasing the talents of our pre-professional dancers. This production offers a glimpse into the rigorous training and educational endeavors undertaken by our dancers, as they demonstrate their proficiency through meticulously curated works derived from their technique classes. With a focus on precision, artistry, and dedication, this event underscores our commitment to nurturing emerging talent within the dance industry. Show 1. Plié II – Tendu III Performance: 1 hour and 15 min (no intermission)
$41
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
CityDance Conservatory Spring Concert (2/2)
Shakespeare Theatre Company – Klein Theatre
CityDance invites you to the 2026 Annual Conservatory Concert! Students will perform a variety of classical ballet and contemporary repertoire by renowned guest artists, in-house choreographers, and Conservatory faculty. The performance includes a special guest appearance from Nasrullah Abdul-Rahman of the Cincinnati Ballet and Vladimir Tapkharov of the Washington Ballet.
$59-$81
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
The Dance Institute of Washington – The DIW Experience (2/2)
Venue: Atlas Performing Arts Center – Lang Theatre
The DIW Experience (spring concert) is a culminating event showcasing the talents of our pre-professional dancers. This production offers a glimpse into the rigorous training and educational endeavors undertaken by our dancers, as they demonstrate their proficiency through meticulously curated works derived from their technique classes. With a focus on precision, artistry, and dedication, this event underscores our commitment to nurturing emerging talent within the dance industry. Show 2, Relevé I – Upper Division II Performance: 2 hours (includes 15-minute intermission)
$41
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Moveius Contemporary Ballet- Flourish (1/2)
Dance Loft on 14
Moveius Ballet closes its milestone season with Flourish—a dynamic finale that celebrates the company’s evolution and the vibrant community that shapes its future. This program features bold world premieres and audience favorites, including new commissions from local choreographers of color whose voices are helping to define the next era of contemporary ballet in D.C. Join us in honoring 10 years of creativity, resilience, and transformation—and step into a new chapter of movement, innovation, and impact.
$10-$40
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Angel Ramirez
Atlas Performing Arts Center
Use our DISCOUNT CODE “DITD” for a 10% discount!
During his Atlas Arts Lab Residency, Ramirez plans to develop Vamos a bailar?, an evening-length contemporary dance work that blends contemporary technique with salsa, bachata, and Latin social dance to explore nightlife as a site of resilience, healing, and collective joy for Latinx and immigrant communities. The residency will support his goal of expanding a large, collaborative cast, deepening interdisciplinary partnerships with visual and dramaturgical collaborators, and advancing a community-centered creative process that uplifts Latinx and queer narratives while strengthening meaningful connections between artists and audiences.
$29.75
Use “DITD” for a 10% discount!
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Akhmedova Ballet Academy – Voices of Spring
Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College
“A Magical Night at the Ball” and “The 12 Rooms – The Architecture of the Human Spirit”. ABA’s annual Spring Show is a highlight of the Montgomery County arts calendar. Expect a stunning journey through imaginative worlds brought to life by passionate young dancers. Original Choreography by Artistic Director, Jacqueline Akhmedova. Original Choreography by Jessica Novakovich. Doors open at 6pm.
$23.18+
4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Moveius Contemporary Ballet- Flourish (2/2)
Dance Loft on 14
Moveius Ballet closes its milestone season with Flourish—a dynamic finale that celebrates the company’s evolution and the vibrant community that shapes its future. This program features bold world premieres and audience favorites, including new commissions from local choreographers of color whose voices are helping to define the next era of contemporary ballet in D.C. Join us in honoring 10 years of creativity, resilience, and transformation—and step into a new chapter of movement, innovation, and impact.
$10-$40
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Amrita Lahiri – Nritya Vistar
F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre
Kalanidhi Dance presents Amrita Lahiri Nritya Vistar – an evening that celebrates the wide expanse of Kuchipudi and its limitless potential as an art form. Drawing on timeless classical frameworks of the Kuchipudi style, the four pieces on the program evoke universal themes of love, connectedness, friendship, resilience, and above all, joy.
$35-$150
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Kyoko Fujimoto – Poisoned Apple?
Atlas Performing Arts Center
Use our DISCOUNT CODE “DITD” for a 10% discount!
Kyoko Fujimoto is a Washington, DC–based choreographer whose work is shaped by a rare fusion of classical ballet, contemporary dance, and scientific inquiry. Trained in ballet and musical theater in Japan, Boston, and New York City, Fujimoto also holds a B.A. in Physics from Boston University and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, an interdisciplinary foundation that informs her playful, intellectually curious choreography. Her work often explores unexpected subjects ranging from video games to medical imaging and has been praised for its humor and depth.
$29.75
Use “DITD” for a 10% discount!
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Ronya-Lee and the Light Factory (1/2)
Dance Place
Flight! 1.0 is an evening-length dance work that investigates marronage as a method of placemaking and explores the life and legacy of Queen Nanny: a great warrior and healer who led the Windward Jamaican maroons in fighting off the British army. Original live music and text combine with inventive movement melding West African, ballet, Afro-Caribbean, and modern dance reflective of mixed-race maroon communities. The work invites witnesses into active meditation on collective world-building.
$TBD
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Ronya-Lee and the Light Factory (2/2)
Dance Place
Flight! 1.0 is an evening-length dance work that investigates marronage as a method of placemaking and explores the life and legacy of Queen Nanny: a great warrior and healer who led the Windward Jamaican maroons in fighting off the British army. Original live music and text combine with inventive movement melding West African, ballet, Afro-Caribbean, and modern dance reflective of mixed-race maroon communities. The work invites witnesses into active meditation on collective world-building.
$TBD
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
In Flight Theater – ROUND TIME (1/5)
Baltimore Theatre Project
Round Time is a striking and soulful aerial performance born of the urgent present from aerialist, Mara Neimanis (Air Heart, Naomi’s Flight, Swing). With performance partner Morgan Mincer, Neimanis creates a duet for two generations of airborne women, bearing aloft audio testimonies from community voices of women of many ages. Together, Neimanis and Mincer explore old cycles and new dynamics, as generations of women, 30 years apart, lift one another-fly one another!-in troubled times. Pure visual poetry to make your heart sing.
$15-$25
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
chitra.MOVES– Village Stories (1/3)
Dance Place
Village Stories is an evolving dance work exploring how we activate our tapestries of care in times of turbulence and transformation. This iteration deepens the piece through ongoing story circles and community narratives, weaving lived experiences into choreography that reflects what feels most urgent now—guiding how we navigate uncertainty, build connection, and cultivate belonging. This show day only includes a performance + VIP Benefit for chitra.MOVES, including a private reception to learn more about the work.
$13-$104
8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
RIVERDANCE – The New Generation (1/5)
Wolf Trap – Filene Center
Experience the global cultural sensation, Riverdance, with the next generation of Irish and international talent. This special anniversary tour rejuvenates the much-loved original show with new and mesmerizing choreography, a Grammy Award-winning soundtrack, and completely reimagined lighting and projections. Immerse yourself in the extraordinary energy and passion of the ensemble’s world-class dancers, musicians, and singers who blend their traditional skills with a contemporary edge. Fresh, exciting, and with all the magic of the original, this is Riverdance better than ever before!
$51+
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
In Flight Theater – ROUND TIME (2/5)
Baltimore Theatre Project
Round Time is a striking and soulful aerial performance born of the urgent present from aerialist, Mara Neimanis (Air Heart, Naomi’s Flight, Swing). With performance partner Morgan Mincer, Neimanis creates a duet for two generations of airborne women, bearing aloft audio testimonies from community voices of women of many ages. Together, Neimanis and Mincer explore old cycles and new dynamics, as generations of women, 30 years apart, lift one another-fly one another!-in troubled times. Pure visual poetry to make your heart sing.
$15-$25
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
RIVERDANCE – The New Generation (2/5)
Wolf Trap – Filene Center
Experience the global cultural sensation, Riverdance, with the next generation of Irish and international talent. This special anniversary tour rejuvenates the much-loved original show with new and mesmerizing choreography, a Grammy Award-winning soundtrack, and completely reimagined lighting and projections. Immerse yourself in the extraordinary energy and passion of the ensemble’s world-class dancers, musicians, and singers who blend their traditional skills with a contemporary edge. Fresh, exciting, and with all the magic of the original, this is Riverdance better than ever before!
$51+
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
In Flight Theater – ROUND TIME (3/5)
Baltimore Theatre Project
Round Time is a striking and soulful aerial performance born of the urgent present from aerialist, Mara Neimanis (Air Heart, Naomi’s Flight, Swing). With performance partner Morgan Mincer, Neimanis creates a duet for two generations of airborne women, bearing aloft audio testimonies from community voices of women of many ages. Together, Neimanis and Mincer explore old cycles and new dynamics, as generations of women, 30 years apart, lift one another-fly one another!-in troubled times. Pure visual poetry to make your heart sing.
$15-$25
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
chitra.MOVES– Village Stories (2/3)
Dance Place
Village Stories is an evolving dance work exploring how we activate our tapestries of care in times of turbulence and transformation. This iteration deepens the piece through ongoing story circles and community narratives, weaving lived experiences into choreography that reflects what feels most urgent now—guiding how we navigate uncertainty, build connection, and cultivate belonging.
$13-$50
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
In Flight Theater – ROUND TIME (4/5)
Baltimore Theatre Project
Round Time is a striking and soulful aerial performance born of the urgent present from aerialist, Mara Neimanis (Air Heart, Naomi’s Flight, Swing). With performance partner Morgan Mincer, Neimanis creates a duet for two generations of airborne women, bearing aloft audio testimonies from community voices of women of many ages. Together, Neimanis and Mincer explore old cycles and new dynamics, as generations of women, 30 years apart, lift one another-fly one another!-in troubled times. Pure visual poetry to make your heart sing.
$15-$25
8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
RIVERDANCE – The New Generation (3/5)
Wolf Trap – Filene Center
Experience the global cultural sensation, Riverdance, with the next generation of Irish and international talent. This special anniversary tour rejuvenates the much-loved original show with new and mesmerizing choreography, a Grammy Award-winning soundtrack, and completely reimagined lighting and projections. Immerse yourself in the extraordinary energy and passion of the ensemble’s world-class dancers, musicians, and singers who blend their traditional skills with a contemporary edge. Fresh, exciting, and with all the magic of the original, this is Riverdance better than ever before!
$51+
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
In Flight Theater – ROUND TIME (5/5)
Baltimore Theatre Project
Round Time is a striking and soulful aerial performance born of the urgent present from aerialist, Mara Neimanis (Air Heart, Naomi’s Flight, Swing). With performance partner Morgan Mincer, Neimanis creates a duet for two generations of airborne women, bearing aloft audio testimonies from community voices of women of many ages. Together, Neimanis and Mincer explore old cycles and new dynamics, as generations of women, 30 years apart, lift one another-fly one another!-in troubled times. Pure visual poetry to make your heart sing.
$15-$25
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
RIVERDANCE – The New Generation (4/5)
Wolf Trap – Filene Center
Experience the global cultural sensation, Riverdance, with the next generation of Irish and international talent. This special anniversary tour rejuvenates the much-loved original show with new and mesmerizing choreography, a Grammy Award-winning soundtrack, and completely reimagined lighting and projections. Immerse yourself in the extraordinary energy and passion of the ensemble’s world-class dancers, musicians, and singers who blend their traditional skills with a contemporary edge. Fresh, exciting, and with all the magic of the original, this is Riverdance better than ever before!
$51+
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
chitra.MOVES– Village Stories (3/3)
Dance Place
Village Stories is an evolving dance work exploring how we activate our tapestries of care in times of turbulence and transformation. This iteration deepens the piece through ongoing story circles and community narratives, weaving lived experiences into choreography that reflects what feels most urgent now—guiding how we navigate uncertainty, build connection, and cultivate belonging.
$13-$50
8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
RIVERDANCE – The New Generation (5/5)
Wolf Trap – Filene Center
Experience the global cultural sensation, Riverdance, with the next generation of Irish and international talent. This special anniversary tour rejuvenates the much-loved original show with new and mesmerizing choreography, a Grammy Award-winning soundtrack, and completely reimagined lighting and projections. Immerse yourself in the extraordinary energy and passion of the ensemble’s world-class dancers, musicians, and singers who blend their traditional skills with a contemporary edge. Fresh, exciting, and with all the magic of the original, this is Riverdance better than ever before!
$51+
7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Music From The Sole – I Didn’t Come to Stay
George Mason University Center for the Arts, Concert Hall
Music From The Sole is a tap dance and live music company that blurs the line between concert dance and music performance, and celebrates tap’s roots in the African diaspora. Led by Brazilian tap dancer and choreographer Leonardo Sandoval and composer and bassist Gregory Richardson, their work draws from Afro-Brazilian, jazz, soul, house, rock, and Afro-Cuban styles. This performance is appropriate for all ages.
$38-$60
7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Dissonance Dance Theatre – Through the Dark,
The Light Beckons (1/2)
Publick Playhouse
Five new works for the 20th Anniversary Season opener, honoring the African American contemporary modern tradition. Featuring original choreography by Shawn Short and guest choreographers performing in the styles of Horton, and Afro-modern.
$TBD
3:00 PM – 4:30 PM
Dissonance Dance Theatre – Through the Dark,
The Light Beckons (2/2)
Publick Playhouse
Five new works for the 20th Anniversary Season opener, honoring the African American contemporary modern tradition. Featuring original choreography by Shawn Short and guest choreographers performing in the styles of Horton, and Afro-modern.
$TBD