Kalanidhi Dance Company at Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival (recap!)

Photos from Kalanidhi Dance Company's "Bhoomi" at Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival! “Bhoomi", which means “earth” in Sanskrit is framed by exploring humanity’s connection to the five natural elements – space, air, fire, water, and earth. Kalanidhi Dance is an internationally recognized D.C. area dance school and company that advances the Indian classical dance style of Kuchipudi in the U.S. arts landscape. This show took place March 15, 2025 at 8pm.

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March 31, 2025

What’s Up With Those Chairs? Company | E at Atlas INTERSECTIONS by Ashayla Byrd

A sculpture of grey office chairs sits piled at the center of the Sprenger Theater; the curtains are wide open. Their arrangement, though intentional, looks haphazard and disheveled. The stark, white spotlight shining down on them creates an eerie feeling, at least for me. The pile is flanked by two handheld, industrial lights. I enter this experience feeling intrigued. Given the job market and the political sphere, the sight of more than two desk chairs in any locality just skeeves me out. I know that I am about to witness Company | E, but what’s the deal with these chairs?

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March 24, 2025

Ronnique Antoinette & The Ramdance Movement at Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival (recap!)

Photos from Ronnique Antoinette & The Ramdance Movement's "Love Tales" at Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival! “Love Tales” is a collection of vignettes celebrating the journey of love, self-discovery, and relationships. This production highlights the richness of self-love, relationship love, and the beauty of culture, family, and community.

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March 14, 2025

The Breeze and The Sunbeam: How Two Friends Made Halo-Halo by Ashayla Byrd

Jadyn is a gentle breeze that compels blades of grass to sway, nudging crisp dewdrops down from the blades’ tips toward thirsty soil. We interned together at Dance Place in northeast DC before I went full-time. A Dickinson College alum, they were probably one of the only people I knew that could tastefully rock a mullet. A calm, soothing spirit, they handled Dance Place’s constantly energetic kids like an expert kitten-wrangler.

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March 5, 2025

Aerial Ignition at Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival (recap!)

Photos from Aerial Ignition at Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival! “Aerial Ignition (“AI”) is a newly formed aerial and dance performing arts company. Led by Sydney Ignacio, a renown aerialist and former award-winning ballet and contemporary dancer, AI aims to bring together some of the region’s best aerial performers to create a venue for authentic, collective story-telling centered around current social themes. When not on stage, the individual performers of AI are notable names in the aerial performing arts community in the greater DC and Baltimore regions! Click the photo to enlarge!

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March 16, 2024

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)...

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