NEWS & REVIEWS
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God Is a Woman. Argue with Your Father. TEXTURES Dance Theatre at Atlas INTERSECTIONS by Ashayla Byrd
I suppose the “He” in question would be God. As a preacher’s kid, I was raised to believe that I was made in the image of God. Though I’m not religious anymore, that now leads me to believe that God is a queer, Black woman. I can get down with that.
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Some Silks, Straps, a Hoop, a Trapeze, and a 12-Foot Spiral Walk Into a Theater…
After seeing Aerial Ignition’s performance, ETHEReality, at the 2026 INTERSECTIONS Festival hosted by the Atlas Performing Arts Center, my curiosity about the aerial arts has skyrocketed! The program notes, “Each performer from Aerial Ignition draws from lived experience to share stories of being ‘othered,’ silenced, or separated, ultimately finding voice, movement, and freedom in the…
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Chez Joey at Arena Stage by Audrey Brown
Any modern-written show that includes a full-blown Golden Age dream ballet is a winner in my book. Such was the fact in Chez Joey, currently playing at Arena Stage in Washington, which deems itself a “revisal” of the 1940 musical Pal Joey.
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Making Magic and Taking Chances with Emily Ames by Luisa Lynch
Kicking off a dance-filled weekend at a salon-style dance show right off of Rock Creek Park is a great way to remember that dance often takes many forms – and lots of those forms don’t take place on proscenium stages with set music to specific choreography. Sometimes, a dance show takes place in a townhouse…
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Darby, Fujimoto, and Umami Playground Dance Inc.: Urban Steps at Atlas INTERSECTIONS by Ashayla Byrd
A mixed-bill performance featuring works by Chandini Darby, Kyoko Fujimoto, and Umami Playground Dance, Inc., the evening celebrates “diverse dance forms and the real-world connections that shape us as artists.” With an emphasis on the unique perspectives of the artists, storytelling, reflection, and belonging, I look forward to the expressions of each artist’s connections to…
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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at Warner Theatre by Ashayla Byrd
The haunting, soulful sounds of tenor and baritone voices harmonize together, entreating God for rest and relief. Draped in varying blue hues and swatches of denim, the dancers of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre (AAADT) swirl beneath the dim lighting of the Warner Theatre stage.
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We’re HOSTING at Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival 2026!
Dancing in the District is proud to announce we will be hosting the following artist talkbacks at Atlas Performing Arts Center’s INTERSECTIONS Festival!
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Chamber Dance Project at Arena Stage
But let’s step back a bit to a week before the show. It’s 2pm at the BalletNova Center for Dance in Falls Church, Virginia. We’re at an open rehearsal and privy to one of my favorite pastimes; the process! Observing how the sausage is made not only helps with context and appreciation, but it’s also…
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The Holiday Show 2025 by The GMCW at Lincoln Theatre by Audrey Brown
Arriving to the Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington’s Holiday Show 2025, performed at the Lincoln Theatre on U Street, I was greeted by two enormous, buzzing lines wrapped around the building. Was I in the right place? Was I mistaking the line for some highly-anticipated A-list singer-songwriter who forced fans to camp around the block…
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You Didn’t Boycott The Kennedy Center, Now Trump Has His Name On It.
I wrote an article in February about boycotting the Kennedy Center, and despite what I would call a solid case, you decided on a Diet Boycott with Lemon. -so Trump has renamed the Kennedy Center, placing his name first as “The Donald J. Trump and John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts”. Now…
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Lie Low by Solas Nua at Atlas by Audrey Brown
Written by Ciara Elizabeth Smyth and debuted at the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2022, Lie Low makes its overseas debut on a Washington, D.C. stage, supported by Solas Nua, an organization dedicated to uplifting modern Irish voices in the nation’s capital.
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Ceilidh at M&T Bank Exchange by Audrey Brown
I’ve been greeted at the doors of Cabaret at the for-now-renamed, even on Google Maps, Kit Kat Club, formerly the August Wilson Theatre, with a shot of alcohol and ushered through a beaded curtain into what transforms the entire performance space into a Weimar-era cabaret.