DC/MD/VA Dance Events
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7:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company (7/8)
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
In honor of Asian American Heritage Month, Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company (DTSBDC) triumphantly returns to Woolly Mammoth with their signature grace in storytelling. Exploring the inner emotional terrain of humanity, the world-renowned Company presents beloved pieces from their 33-year history repertoire with a special emphasis on the Asian American experience. The Company will perform the world premiere of “Drawing in Space” – a dance homage to the inveterate artist, Ruth Asawa.
$30-$55.00
2:00 PM – 3:30 PM
Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company (8/8)
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
In honor of Asian American Heritage Month, Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company (DTSBDC) triumphantly returns to Woolly Mammoth with their signature grace in storytelling. Exploring the inner emotional terrain of humanity, the world-renowned Company presents beloved pieces from their 33-year history repertoire with a special emphasis on the Asian American experience. The Company will perform the world premiere of “Drawing in Space” – a dance homage to the inveterate artist, Ruth Asawa.
$30-$55.00
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Gabriel Mata – Primer Impacto (2/2)
Dance Loft on 14
Primer Impacto is an evening-length dance program created by Gabriel Mata, inspired by their Mexican-American upbringing and the ritual of watching the high impact nightly news on Univision under the same name. The Spanish phrase means “first impact.” The program highlights experiences, people, and cultural influences that have left an indelible mark on Mata’s life. Each work presented in this evening embodies a moment of encounter, rupture, memory, or recognition—an impact that continues to resonate through movement, identity, and storytelling.
$15-$40.00
10:30 AM – 12:45 PM
Heart Beats (1/2)
Capital One Hall
Helping Hearts Through the Arts (HHA) presents “Heart Beats”, an uplifting dance and live music performance that will make your heart beat with joy. Helping Hearts dancers will premiere new works in a variety of dance styles, including contemporary ballet, musical theater, and modern. A special tap number will include local area seniors who have been taking a weekly tap class taught by several HHA dancers. The intimate setting of The Vault gives you the chance to be upfront and close to the artists where you will surely feel the beat of the Minh Vo Jazz Trio, who will be playing between the dances. Show time is 11:30am, Doors open at 10:30am. This event will run approximately one hour 15 minutes.
$52.75-$63.05
10:30 AM – 12:45 PM
Heart Beats (2/2)
Capital One Hall
Helping Hearts Through the Arts (HHA) presents “Heart Beats”, an uplifting dance and live music performance that will make your heart beat with joy. Helping Hearts dancers will premiere new works in a variety of dance styles, including contemporary ballet, musical theater, and modern. A special tap number will include local area seniors who have been taking a weekly tap class taught by several HHA dancers. The intimate setting of The Vault gives you the chance to be upfront and close to the artists where you will surely feel the beat of the Minh Vo Jazz Trio, who will be playing between the dances. Show time is 11:30am, Doors open at 10:30am. This event will run approximately one hour 15 minutes.
$52.75-$63.05
7:00 PM – 9:30 PM
The Washington Ballet – Cinderella (1/4)
The National Theatre
Step into a world of wonder with Sergei Prokofiev’s Cinderella, choreographed by Edwaard Liang, a bold reimagining of a timeless tale. Feel Cinderella’s resilience and hope blossom through breathtaking choreography that blends classic grace with modern expression, all set to Prokofiev’s hauntingly beautiful score. Judanna Lynn’s exquisite costumes create a visually captivating world where elegance meets determination. This spectacular production showcases the full strength of your TWB, with our professional company alongside over 85 talented student dancers.
$58-$150
2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
The Washington Ballet – Cinderella (2/4)
The National Theatre
Step into a world of wonder with Sergei Prokofiev’s Cinderella, choreographed by Edwaard Liang, a bold reimagining of a timeless tale. Feel Cinderella’s resilience and hope blossom through breathtaking choreography that blends classic grace with modern expression, all set to Prokofiev’s hauntingly beautiful score. Judanna Lynn’s exquisite costumes create a visually captivating world where elegance meets determination. This spectacular production showcases the full strength of your TWB, with our professional company alongside over 85 talented student dancers.
$58-$150
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
VTDance/Vincent E. Thomas – GOOD TROUBLE (1/2)
Baltimore Theatre Project
VTDance/Vincent E. Thomas presents Excerpts of GOOD TROUBLE. The dance project GOOD TROUBLE is an artful and ‘necessary’ work to ignite, instigate, investigate, and inspire dialogue and actions to strengthen the soil and soul of America. Join the journey with new excerpts of GOOD TROUBLE.
$15-$25
7:00 PM – 9:00 PM
The Washington Ballet – Cinderella (3/4)
The National Theatre
Step into a world of wonder with Sergei Prokofiev’s Cinderella, choreographed by Edwaard Liang, a bold reimagining of a timeless tale. Feel Cinderella’s resilience and hope blossom through breathtaking choreography that blends classic grace with modern expression, all set to Prokofiev’s hauntingly beautiful score. Judanna Lynn’s exquisite costumes create a visually captivating world where elegance meets determination. This spectacular production showcases the full strength of your TWB, with our professional company alongside over 85 talented student dancers.
$58-$150
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
VTDance/Vincent E. Thomas – GOOD TROUBLE (2/2)
Baltimore Theatre Project
VTDance/Vincent E. Thomas presents Excerpts of GOOD TROUBLE. The dance project GOOD TROUBLE is an artful and ‘necessary’ work to ignite, instigate, investigate, and inspire dialogue and actions to strengthen the soil and soul of America. Join the journey with new excerpts of GOOD TROUBLE.
$15-$25
2:00 PM – 4:30 PM
The Washington Ballet – Cinderella (4/4)
The National Theatre
Step into a world of wonder with Sergei Prokofiev’s Cinderella, choreographed by Edwaard Liang, a bold reimagining of a timeless tale. Feel Cinderella’s resilience and hope blossom through breathtaking choreography that blends classic grace with modern expression, all set to Prokofiev’s hauntingly beautiful score. Judanna Lynn’s exquisite costumes create a visually captivating world where elegance meets determination. This spectacular production showcases the full strength of your TWB, with our professional company alongside over 85 talented student dancers.
$58-$150
4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Kalanidhi Dance – Annual Showcase 2026
Cultural Arts Center, Montgomery College
Every Spring, Kalanidhi presents an “Annual Show” to showcase the talents and achievements of students at all levels. The Annual Show provides an opportunity for students to experience the excitement, pressure and hard work that goes into performing a professional stage show. Students enjoy the chance to perform live on stage so much that it often inspires them to deepen their commitment to dance.
$20
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
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
CityDance Conservatory Spring Concert (1/2)
CityDance Studio Theatre at Strathmore
Ticket availability coming soon.
$TBD
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
CityDance Conservatory Spring Concert (2/2)
CityDance Studio Theatre at Strathmore
Ticket availability coming soon.
$TBD
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Angel Ramirez
Atlas Performing Arts Center
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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+
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
Atlas Performing Arts Center
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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 Anderson 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 Anderson 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
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 – 3:00 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
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
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