Event Night at the National Museum of Women in the Arts!
After long watching for the re-opening of NMWA and waiting to attend an evening event, it finally happened! Thanks to my good friend, I finally got to see a dolled up NMWA! Thanks Sylvana!
Reclaiming Us by Lauren DeVera and The Lion’s Den
“Reclaiming Us” is a short dance film made in 2023. It was filmed and edited by David Dowling (Dancing in the District) and was directed & choreographed by Lauren DeVera (The Lion’s Den). Featured dancers are Analynne Escobar Vish Gunda Jocelyn Hartman Ivan Honrado Tim Huynh Christy Maresco Alexis Nacman Jorge Sanjines Tam Phan-Nguyen and...
More on that later.. – Motion X Dance Company at Atlas, Intersections by Ashayla Byrd
Small world! I say it often as a dance artist. It is virtually impossible to familiarize myself with every player in the vast expanse of the American dance field, and yet, I always know someone who knows someone (who knows someone that knows the teacher or sibling of the person in question)...
Dongpo : Life in Poems at the Kennedy Center by David Dowling
Dongpo : Life in Poems by Shen Wei Sunday, March 10, 2024 1:30p.m. The Kennedy Center Opera House by David Dowling In 16th century Spain there lived a nun, known today as St. Teresa of Ávila. Among the things we remember her for include her accomplishment as the first of only four women to have been...
Dissonance Dance Theatre at Atlas Intersections (recap!)
Photos of Dissonance Dance Theatre at Atlas Theatre's Intersections festival.
In This Case, Seeing Is Believing.. Grupo Corpo at the Kennedy Center by Ashayla Byrd
Sometimes it’s just better to go in blind. For me, there’s a certain beauty that comes with walking into a dance experience with little to no preconceived notions or expectations for what I’m about to witness. I know–from the fundamental practice of reading my program before the show–that Grupo Corpo is a formidable Brazilian dance company sure to fuse worlds of movement I’ve met in varying degrees: Brazilian, modern, ballet, and contemporary dance...