There are few people I know personally who could effectively pull off creating not one, but two professional dance pieces about a very specific animal while making it funny, tasteful, and only a little bit weird. The interesting thing is, both of these pieces could not be more different from each other.

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 living room. Sometimes, a dance can actually be a “Choose Your Own Adventure” type of journey for both audience and performer, where music and lighting are decided in the moment, and props are made backstage in a makeshift scene shop.