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Dear

Friends,

IT IS WITH GREAT PLEASURE THAT WE SHARE OUR 35TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON WITH YOU. In our expanded and totally renovated facility, Dance Place is serving artists and the public better than ever before. We are inspired by the thousands of participants who fill our 8th Street NE campus in our studios, theater, education center and artist housing.

This year-long celebration truly proves that at 35, Dance Place THRIVES! Throughout the season we’ll be sharing robust plans for our future, celebrating our present and honoring highlights of our past. So many people have contributed to Dance Place’s success and are responsible for our organization’s longevity. Adults who attended our programs when they were young are now bringing their children to Dance Place for classes and performances. Artists who began their careers as students or on our stage are now directing schools of dance and their own companies.

We’ve devoted our careers to creating an essential home for dancers to launch and develop their careers. What a joy to present a rich generation of tap in Metro Tap Roots, directed by DC luminaries Baakari Wilder, Lisa Swenton-Eppard and Yvonne Edwards. With our firm roots in contemporary dance, we highlight RebollarDance, Bowen McCauley Dance and Dance Place’s own ReVision dance company. Our national connections run far and wide and we’re pleased to bring back Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, Sean Dorsey Dance and AXIS Dance Company, as well as to welcome the improvisational leadership of Chris Aiken and Angie Hauser. Look for our special DANCE PLACE / REUNION concert in January 2016 with artists from our past and present.

Of course no season at Dance Place would be complete without our African dance anchors, Coyaba Dance Theater, KanKouran West African Dance Company and the many artists that will participate in DanceAfrica, DC 2016.

Our Brookland / Edgewood neighborhood is flourishing along with our free Art on 8th outdoor performance series. Help us kick off our 35th Season on September 12th at our Be In Brookland / Experience Edgewood open house and performance of commissioned works by Dance Metro DC, followed on September 19th by our THRIVE 35 Anniversary Gala.

From Havana, Cuba to Denver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York and DC – join the celebration and be part of the journey as Dance Place THRIVES @ 35! Visit our neighborhood’s new restaurants, artist studios and shops before and after Dance Place performances and classes.

PHOTOS: FROM TOP LEFT TO RIGHT: Carla Perlo in the Adams Morgan studio 1984 by Brian Eggleston; Deborah Riley in “Steel Angel” 1987; Carla at Dance Place 1988 by Paul Trachtman.

BOTTOM FAR LEFT TO RIGHT: Deborah in “Wrinkled Slope” 2001 and “Oasis” 2001 by Philippe Limet Dewez; Carla and Steve Bloom in the Adams Morgan studio 1980.

Thank you for making our mission yours!

Founded in 1980, Dance Place builds a community of artists, audiences and students through high quality performances, commissions, training and educational programs. We are committed to enriching the field of dance locally, nationally and internationally. Our thriving arts

Gracefully yours,

campus serves as an anchor in the development of our Brookland /

COVER PHOTO: CHRIS AIKEN & ANGIE HAUSER

By William Federking

Carla Perlo Founding Director

Deborah Riley Director

Edgewood neighborhood in Washington, DC.

Donate Today BE A PART OF DANCE PLACE’S COMMEMORATIVE 35TH ANNIVERSARY BOOK WITH A DONATION OF $35 OR MORE

BY DECEMBER 31.

Get Involved at Dance Place!

VOLUNTEER: Be a part of our vibrant community!

Usher at performances and see our world-class performance series for free. Or work with our youth as a tutor to help them succeed in school and in life.

S. J. EWING & DANCERS

By Maggie Picard Photography

WORK / STUDY: Take unlimited classes with d professional dancers! !

Join the Dance Place family as a Work / Study student and receive unlimited free classes in exchange for helping out a few hours a week or once a month.

YOUR SUPPORT HELPS US:

INTERNSHIPS: Advance your dance, theater and

DRIVE CREATIVITY

arts administration career!

Dance Place is home for Washington-based and visiting artists.

Your donation supports our broad range of 35th Anniversary Season programming, our resident companies and professional development opportunities for artists.

Dance Place’s internship program provides employment experience that has helped hundreds of individuals launch their professional careers. Internships provide on the job training and housing (or if you live in the DC area, consider the non-housing option), along with access to performances and dance classes.

ENHANCE OUR COMMUNITY

PARTNERSHIPS: Link your organization with Dance

Be a part of the changing Brookland / Edgewood neighborhood!

Support initiatives like the development of an Arts Park adjacent to our building and our free outdoor performance series Art on 8th.

Place on our arts campus or at your facility!

LAUNCH CAREERS From artists on our stage, to administrators behind the scenes and young people after school, Dance Place has helped launch the careers of thousands of young adults and emerging artists. Your ongoing support has led to success stories like Jasmine McLaurin, who started at Dance Place as a dance student and grew to a leadership role in our Energizers Junior Staff and Creative Arts Camp programs. The skills she learned at Dance Place contributed to her success at NYU and beyond as a filmmaker and co-founder of event planning / multimedia management company DC Roots.

Dance Place provides classes and performances in our theater (InReach) and in schools and community centers (OutReach).

Your organization can team up with Dance Place to expand your impact through artistic programming.

LEADERSHIP: Join our Leadership Circles!

Help guide the organization by becoming a member of our Board of Directors or serving on our Advisory Council.

For more information about these opportunities call 202.269.1600 or visit danceplace.org.

EASY WAYS TO GIVE: 1. Visit danceplace.org/donate 2. Call us at 202.269.1601 3. Mail your gift to us at Dance Place 3225 8th St NE Washington, DC 20017 JASMINE MCLAURIN (FAR RIGHT) AND HER COMPANY DC ROOTS

September

October

Be In Brookland / Experience Edgewood Thursday, September 10 at 6:30pm Free live music performance by Cheick Hamala Diabate and open artist studios on the Arts Walk at Monroe Street Market (716 Monroe St NE).

Friday, September 11 at 6:30pm Free interactive dance with the DC Casineros on the plaza outside of Busboys & Poets Brookland (625 Monroe St NE), followed by $12 Cuban Dance Social at the Edgewood Arts Center (3415 8th St NE).

Saturday, September 12 from 9:30am to 3:30pm Get the Dance Place experience for free! Sample dance classes for children and adults, enjoy pop up art bursts at the Arts Walk at Monroe Street Market, and get creative with a full day of outdoor activities on the future Arts Park (outside Dance Place). * Dance Place Resident Company Visit danceplace.org for full event schedule.

^Company in Residence at Dance Place, 2014-2015

REBOLLARDANCE Saturday, October 3 at 8pm Sunday, October 4 at 7pm An evening-length premiere celebrating women from diverse cultural traditions, socio-cultural standpoints and dance genres, Sacred Profane is a multi-company collaboration between Artistic Director Erica Rebollar and other feminist, DC-based choreographers.

Using technology, personal accounts and global human rights issues as a source for movement, RebollarDance creates a provocative canvas of performative bodies and stories in motion. RebollarDance received a Dance Place Space Grant in support of the creation of this work.

DC CASINEROS & ERNESTO “GATO” GATELL Y SU BANDA Saturday, October 10 at 8pm Sunday, October 11 at 7pm

BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE

by Jeff Malet

DC Casineros opens the evening with a series of modern dance and Cuban popular

f Family Series Performance: 1 free ticket for a child 12 & under with paying danceadult. pieces in tribute to “The Cuban Guitarist,” the late Ernesto Tamayo. Following the

DANCE METRO DC’S 2015 CHOREOGRAPHER’S c Artist Co-Presentation COMMISSIONING SHOWCASE Saturday, September 12 at 8pm Sunday, September 13 at 7pm

Selected by an independent panel of dance professionals, Dance Metro DC’s 2015 Choreographer’s Commissioning recipients reveal the fruits of their participation in this debut program. Adrienne Clancy & ClancyWorks Dance Company features uniquely architectural partnering and socially charged choreography in Dream Catchers. CRADLE,

by Hayley Cutler & darlingdance company, is a sarcastic yet personal exorcism of the pop-culture demons saying women can “have it all.” Snake Telegram, Sarah Beth Oppenheim & Heart Stück Bernie’s quirky, luscious operetta, is both a mystery and surprise that arcs from coil to cry.

THRIVE 35!

Dance Place’s 35th Anniversary Gala Saturday, September 19 from 7 - 10pm Launch Dance Place into our 35th Season with a gala celebration featuring a silent auction, art bursts and a dance party! Individual Tickets $150; Individual Sponsorship $400; Corporate Sponsorships $1,980 - $20,000.

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By Rachel Shane c Artist Artist Co-Presentation Co-Presentation

performances, Ernesto “Gato” Gatell and his 8-member band perform Son, Mambo and Guaracha music to get the audience up and dancing with Yudisleidy Valdes and members of DC Casineros dance company.

ALIGHT DANCE THEATER Saturday, October 17 at 8pm Sunday, October 18 at 7pm Featuring two world premieres, Sacred Geographies by Artistic Director Angella Foster and Dixie Fried by Resident Choreographer Wayles Haynes, alight dance theater contemplates our sacred spaces and our sense of home in an evening of visually electric modern dance and live music from Harp 46. Plus, in celebration of NASA’s 25th Anniversary of the Hubble launch, the reprise of Stargazing explores the cosmos, their mythical origins and ultimate demise.

BOWEN MCCAULEY DANCE Saturday, October 24 at 8pm Sunday, October 25 at 7pm For 20 years, Bowen McCauley Dance has energized audiences with vibrant choreography – a fusion of contemporary and classical techniques set to a sweeping range of musical styles. Showcasing Founding Artistic Director Lucy Bowen McCauley’s vision, this award-winning company presents its 20th Anniversary Season, featuring spirited dancers, live music and their work with outreach programs for diverse communities.

ALIGHT DANCE THEATER

By Brian Allard

November

December

METRO TAP ROOTS

CHRIS AIKEN & ANGIE HAUSER (FROM NORTHAMPTON, MA)

November 6 – 8

Saturday, December 5 at 8pm Sunday, December 6 at 4pm

Metro Tap Roots is a celebration of the DC metropolitan area’s rich history of tap dancing. A weekend of classes, live jazz music and panel discussions led by native Washingtonians Baakari Wilder, Yvonne Edwards and Lisa Swenton-Eppard culminates in concert performances by local tap artists and musicians. Visit danceplace.org for full schedule of events. Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Internationally recognized artists Chris Aiken and Angie Hauser are known for their skill in crafting the dynamic and unpredictable compositional possibilities found in performance improvisation. Since 2003 they’ve been creating performance projects together that blend articulate physicality with musicality and engage the poetic imagination of the audience.

For information about workshops and performance opportunities for local dancers visit danceplace.org. Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

JANE FRANKLIN DANCE

FIELDWORK FOR MIXED DISCIPLINES SHOWING

Saturday, November 14 at 8pm Sunday, November 15 at 4pm In To Talk of Many Things, Jane Franklin Dance draws inspiration from the witty and macabre nonsense poetry of Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There. Taking in the poems Jabberwocky, The Walrus and the Carpenter and Carroll’s plethora of invented words, the pieces conjure a dream-like, topsy-turvy world of words, music, movement and visual art.

Wednesday, December 9 at 7pm

BAAKARI WILDER OF METRO TAP ROOTS © Enoch Chan 2014

DEVI DANCE THEATER, SOMAPA THAI DANCE COMPANY & SANTI BUDAYA INDONESIAN PERFORMING ARTS Saturday, November 21 at 8pm Sunday, November 22 at 4pm Sita Gentle Warrior weaves dance, acting and martial arts to articulate the voices of women silenced by tradition. The threads of gender, history and psychology come together to explore the rare perspective of the heroine Sita, who has been epitomized as the ideal woman. In a collaboration between three DC area companies, the piece sets a powerful, compassionate Sita at the hub of the storyline for the Ramayana, countering limiting notions of time, space and prejudice.

JANE FRANKLIN DANCE

By Paul Gillis Photography

SOMAPA THAI DANCE COMPANY Photo courtesy of the company

This works-in-progress showing for all artistic disciplines and points of view is the culmination of the Fieldwork artist workshop, a forum for artists to share developing works and exchange feedback, peer to peer. A signature program of The Field, Fieldwork has provided objective, non-directional feedback across the United States and Europe for more than 25 years. * Dance Place Resident Company

KWANZAA CELEBRATION Saturday, December 12 at 8pm Sunday, December 13 at 4pm

* Dance Place Resident Company ^Company in Residence at Dance Place, 2014-2015

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Welcome the holiday season with Dance Place’s annual f Family Series Performance: 1 free ticket for a child 12 & under w Artist Co-Presentation Kwanzaa Celebration! Gather family and cfriends to join Coyaba Academy, Coyaba Dance Theater andc special Artist Co-Presentation guests to celebrate the seven principles of Kwanzaa.

COYABA DANCE THEATER

By Ayanah George

January THE DC CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATRE / EL TEATRO DE DANZA CONTEMPORANEA

* Dance Place Resident Company

February

^Company in Residence at Dance Place, 2014-2015

CONTRA-TIEMPO

By Tyrone Domingo

f Family Series Performance: 1 free ticket for a child 12 & under with paying adult.

URBAN ARTISTRY INC.

c Artist Co-Presentation

Saturday, January 9 at 8pm Sunday, January 10 at 4pm

Saturday, February 6 at 8pm Sunday, February 7 at 4pm

Manuscripts Found in Light: A Warrior’s Guide encourages us to live out our dreams, to embrace the uncertainty of life and to rise to our own unique destiny. This two-hour urban dance theater show curated by Urban Artistry Inc. consists of personal KANKOURAN WEST AFRICAN DANCE COMPANY ^Company in Residence at Dance Place, 2014-2015 statements through the Saturday, January 16 at 8pm eyes of featured artists Sunday, January 17 at 4pm f Family Series Performance: 1 free ticket for a child 12 & under with payingfrom adult.worldwide urban dance communities. Funded in part KanKouran tells the story of Sundiata, a prince of Mali, imbued with the spirits of the buffalo, by the National Endowment for Artist Co-Presentation panther and lion. A rival queen thwartsc his pre-destined ascent to the throne and he is driven the Arts. into exile. Overcoming years of hardship, Sundiata comes back to defeat the evil invader and As one of DC’s first multicultural repertory dance companies, DCCDT celebrates 30 years of the city’s rich cultural heritage in this performance. Reflecting the vision of Founder / Artistic Director Miya Hisaka Silva, the company’s repertory presents the power, passion and poetry of Latin America and diverse ethnic dance in America. Performance includes guest choreographers Kevin Iega Jeff, Lloyd Whitmore, Adrain Bolton, Francisco Castillo and Felipe Oyarzun. Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. * Dance Place Resident Company

reclaim the throne. SUNDIATA is a powerful tale of courage and determination told through West African dance and drumming. Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

TZVETA KASSABOVA (FROM MIDDLEBURY, VT)

CONTRA-TIEMPO (FROM LOS ANGELES, CA) Saturday, February 13 at 8pm Sunday, February 14 at 4pm

Saturday, January 23 at 8pm Sunday, January 24 at 4pm Tzveta Kassabova, named ‘25 to Watch’ in 2012 by Dance Magazine and a recipient of five Metro DC Dance Awards, returns to Dance Place with a dynamic program of critically acclaimed works. The evening will feature the premiere of a new collaboration with Shua Group, performed by the Middlebury Dance Company, exploring abandonment, void and decay.

DANCE PLACE / REUNION IN LOVING MEMORY OF JAN VAN DYKE (1941 - 2015) Saturday, January 30 at 8pm Sunday, January 31 at 4pm A very special weekend featuring prominent dancers important to Dance Place’s beginnings. Includes a master class and Talk & Chew discussion with Cathy Paine and evening concerts featuring live performance and video of choreography by Jan Van Dyke, Cathy Paine, Deborah Riley, Carla Perlo, Lesa McLaughlin, Jefferson James, Alvin Mayes, Eric Hampton and Helen Hayes. The evening concert is followed by a Q&A with the choreographers and a Meet-the-Artist reception. Truly a celebration not to be missed!

JEFFERSON JAMES’ CONTEMPORARY DANCE THEATER IN “PARK DANCE” CHOREOGRAPHED BY JAN VAN DYKE

By Sandy Underwood

Agua Furiosa, CONTRA-TIEMPO’s newest work, challenges audiences to confront harsh realities of race in our country. Inspired by Shakespeare’s The Tempest and Oya, the Afro-Cuban deity of wind and storms, Artistic Director and choreographer Ana Maria Alvarez harnesses her unique urban-Latin movement approach to create a visually stunning and thought-provoking evening of dance performance. Agua Furiosa merges call and response, the dancers’ own experiences and fierce physicality with the work of sound designer d. sabela grimes, vocalist Pyeng Threadgill, lighting designer Masha Tsimring and director Michael Garces. Funded in part by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, National Performance Network and the National Endowment for the Arts. Co-presented with Gala Hispanic Theatre.

REVISION DANCE COMPANY Saturday, February 20 at 8pm Sunday, February 21 at 4pm ReVision Artistic Director Shannon Quinn joins forces with artists Ben Levine and Natty Mncube for an evening inspired by the company’s dedication to community engagement. The work mixes athletic and innovative dance choreography from Quinn and Mncube with scenic, lighting and multimedia design from Levine.

Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

ALAN M. KRIEGSMAN CREATIVE RESIDENCY MARCH 21 – 27 AND APRIL 4 – 10 Created by Sali Ann Kriegsman and Dance Place, the residency invites established choreographers from across the US to engage in the research and development stage of creating new work. The residency culminates in an informal showing of the newly developed work-in-progress.

REVISION DANCE COMPANY

By Jack Gordon

March

CLEO PARKER ROBINSON DANCE ENSEMBLE

By Kevin Yatarola

April

NEJLA YATKIN

By Lois Greenfield

SEAN DORSEY DANCE (FROM SAN FRANCISCO, CA)

RENNIE HARRIS GRASS ROOTS PROJECT (FROM DENVER, CO)

Saturday, April 2 at 8pm Sunday, April 3 at 7pm

Saturday, March 5 at 8pm Sunday, March 6 at 7pm

THE MISSING GENERATION reckons with losing part of a generation of gay and transgender people to AIDS in the 1980s and 1990s. This powerful work features full-throttle dance by a multi-generational ensemble, luscious partnering, intimate storytelling and theater. Based on interviews with survivors of the early AIDS epidemic, award-winning transgender choreographer Sean Dorsey created the work over a two-year period, doing archival research and hosting Community Residencies in six cities across the US. THE MISSING GENERATION is a new work co-commissioned by Dance Place. Funded in part by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Performance Network Creation Fund and Performance Residency Program. * Dance Place Resident Company

Unveiling the third street-dance theater company by Rennie Harris, Grass Roots Project takes on social and political issues inspired by the culture and style of the West Coast. The company reclaims the universality of hip-hop narratives through a community focus and a diverse ensemble of dancers from all genres, ages and backgrounds.

CLEO PARKER ROBINSON DANCE ENSEMBLE (FROM DENVER, CO)

DANCE PLACE YOUTH FESTIVAL ^Company in Residence at Dance Place, 2014-2015

Saturday, March 12 at 8pm Sunday, March 13 at 7pm Celebrating its 45th Anniversary Season, the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble is an international, cross-cultural, dance-arts and educational institution rooted in African American traditions. The company is guided by a vision of dance as the universal language of movement, transforming the world into a sanctuary that transcends boundaries of culture, class and age.

New work co-commissioned by Dance Place. Funded in part by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Performance Network Creation Fund and Performance Residency Program.

CHRISTOPHER K. MORGAN & ARTISTS Saturday, March 19 at 8pm Sunday, March 20 at 7pm In Pohaku, Christopher K. Morgan explores his own internal struggle as a mixed-race individual in conjunction with universal themes of loss and identity, told through the lens of Hawaii’s native people. With hula and contemporary dance as well as Hawaiian-made music, costumes and projection, the solo integrates traditional and modern practices in a seamless storytelling and movement experience. The program includes other

repertoire performed by Morgan’s company. “[D]irect, transcendent and entrancing.”

(Sarah Kaufman, The Washington

Post). Pohaku is a new work

co-commissioned by Dance Place.

Funded in part by the New England

Foundation for the Arts’ National

Dance Project, the National

Endowment for the Arts and

the National Performance

Network Creation Fund

and Performance Residency Program.

SEAN DORSEY DANCE

By Lydia Daniller

Saturday, April 9 at 8pm Sunday, April 10 at 7pm

f Family Series Performance: 1 free ticket for a child 12 & under with pay

Featuring both pre-professional and professional youth companies from the c ArtistFestival Co-Presentation DMV area, the 2016 Dance Place Youth focuses on the theme No Bullying.

For audition information, visit danceplace.org.

JODY OBERFELDER PROJECTS (FROM NEW YORK CITY, NY) Saturday, April 16 at 8pm Sunday, April 17 at 7pm The Brain Piece examines the overlap between the objectivity of science and the subjectivity of art to explore how the mind actually works when perceiving the world. Dance, music, sound, set and film is informed by research and consultation with noted neuroscientists to consider how we connect to and interact with the world, make connections and form new memories.

LAKOU MIZIK (FROM PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI) Saturday, April 23 at 8pm African, French, Caribbean and American influences collide in Haiti like nowhere else in the world and LAKOU MIZIK draws inspiration from all of them. A collective of Haitian musicians, including master vodou drummer Sanba Zao and young stars Steeve Valcourt and Jonas Attis, LAKOU MIZIK creates deeply danceable grooves that feel strangely familiar and yet intensely new. The musicians draw on Haiti’s deep well of creative strength to shine a positive light on this tragically misrepresented country. Made possible through The Performing Americas Program, a partnership between the National Performance Network (NPN) and the Network of Cultural Promoters of Latin America and the Caribbean (La RED).

NEJLA YASEMIN YATKIN DANCE / NY2DANCE (FROM CHICAGO, IL) Saturday, April 30 at 8pm Sunday, May 1 at 7pm What Dreams May Come is an evening-length multi-media dance solo, choreographed and performed by Nejla Yatkin. The dance narrative explores oppression, freedom, identity and anonymity, incorporating contemporary movement with traditional Turkish dance elements and video projection body mapping designed by video artist Enki Andrews. The performance is the culmination of Yatkin’s Dancing Around the World collaborative year-long international tour. For information about workshops and performance opportunities for local dancers visit danceplace.org. Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. Co-presented with Reston CenterStage.

CHRISTOPHER K. MORGAN & ARTISTS

By Sareen Hairabedian

July / August

May / June FIELDWORK FOR MIXED DISCIPLINES SHOWING

CAPITAL FRINGE FESTIVAL

Wednesday, May 4 at 7pm

Join the Fringe this summer with 129 productions filling up over twenty venues in the Northeast areas of H Street, Trinidad and Brookland / Edgewood.

Tickets will go on sale June 20, 2016 – check capitalfringe.org for more information.

KITCHEN SINK FEST

By Ben Levine

July 7 – 24

MALPASO DANCE COMPANY This works-in-progress showing for all artistic

By Roberto Leon disciplines and points of view is the culmination of the Fieldwork artist workshop, a forum for artists to share developing works and exchange feedback, peer to peer. A signature program of The Field, Fieldwork has provided objective, non-directional feedback across the United States and Europe for more than 25 years.

AXIS DANCE COMPANY (FROM OAKLAND, CA) Saturday, May 14 at 8pm Sunday, May 15 at 7pm

KITCHEN SINK FEST Saturday, July 30 at 8pm Sunday, July 31 at 7pm The Kitchen Sink Fest is a mega-collaborative movement-based performance project with theater technology and design at its core. The evening’s 50 fast-paced, one-minute pieces, juxtaposed with 10 meditative installation works, emerge from collaborations between producer Ben Levine and DC’s most daring dance-makers, including Erica Rebollar, Tia Nina, Sarah Beth Oppenheim, Sharon Mansur and Hayley Cutler.

AXIS is one of the world’s most acclaimed and innovative ensembles of performers with and without disabilities. The company presents Marc Brew’s Divide, a trio that draws inspiration from visual artist Carl Andre’s minimalist designs. Plus a new dance theater work by Joe Goode, to go again, that brings to light issues facing our nation’s veterans and addresses their resilience following severe life changes. Funded in part by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National * Dance Place Resident Company S. J. EWING & DANCERS Dance Project, the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. ^Company in Residence at Dance Place, 2014-2015

DANCE PLACE’S NEXTGENERATION SHOWCASE

Saturday, August 6 at 8pm Sunday, August 7 at 7pm

f Family Series Performance: 1 free ticket for a child 12 & under with paying adult.

Melding technology with the physical experience of human movement, Analog is an interactive Sunday, May 15 at 4pm performance of dance and computer-generated projections, co-existing in a visually stunning c Artist Co-Presentation event. The project depicts common ground between the digital and corporeal worlds we inhabit At the Hartke Theatre, Catholic University of America (3801 Harewood Rd NE) in a tangible and accessible way, revealing how we creatively expand and customize our daily Showcasing the talent of Dance Place’s Kids on the Move students in African, ballet, tap, lives in conjunction with technological advances. hip-hop and more.

MALPASO DANCE COMPANY (FROM HAVANA, CUBA) Saturday, May 21 at 8pm Sunday, May 22 at 7pm Based in Havana, Cuba, Malpaso Dance Company is committed to bringing Cuban contemporary dance into the 21st century by collaborating with top international choreographers and nurturing new voices in Cuban choreography. The concert DC premieres

by Artistic Director * Dancefeatures Place Resident Company Osnel Delgado, as well as Why You Follow by Ronald K. Brown and Bad Winter by Trey McIntyre.

Supported in part by Busboys & Poets. ^Company in Residence at Dance Place, 2014-2015

DANCEAFRICA, DC 2016

ENERGIZERS CREATIVE ARTS CAMP CONCERT Thursday, August 11 at 7pm Friday, August 12 at 7pm The culmination of 7 weeks of summer fun, this concert showcases the talent of our * Dance Place Resident Company Energizers Creative Arts Camp students in dance, music and more.

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c Artist Co-Presentation The 29th annual festival celebrating the dance and music of the African Diaspora! Featuring outstanding African dance companies from the DC metropolitan area, a master class series and African Marketplace, this festival is guaranteed to inspire, invigorate, educate and entertain.

Master Classes: May 31 – June 5 Performances and African Marketplace: June 4 - 5

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Tickets

cc Artist Artist Co-Presentation Co-Presentation PURCHASE TICKETS AT DANCEPLACE.ORG OR CALL 202.269.1600

Ticket prices range from $10-35, including discounts for College Students, Seniors (55+), Artists and Members of Dance Place. Take advantage of reduced Advance Sale pricing when you book online at danceplace.org!

*Check danceplace.org in spring 2016 for festival schedule and to purchase tickets.

SEASON SIX PACK — SAVE 50% Save 50% when you purchase 6 tickets by September 25 with the code 6PACK. Mix and match – any show in our diverse season, any combination of tickets.

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NEW RELEASES CHOREOGRAPHERS SHOWCASE Saturday, June 18 at 8pm Dance Place’s annually curated showcase features some of the best new works by established and emerging choreographers. Performance includes 2015 Dance Place New Releases Commission recipient Chelsea Brown. For audition information visit danceplace.org.

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GROUPS SAVE BIG! CLANCYWORKS DANCE COMPANY Photo courtesy of the company

Groups of 10 or more save 20%. Call the Box Office Manager at 202.269.1600 to order group tickets.

FREE TICKETS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD RESIDENTS Four free tickets are available for Sunday performances to residents of Brookland, Edgewood and other Ward 5 communities.

Call 202.269.1600 to reserve these tickets.

First come, first served!

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THE MORRIS & GWENDOLYN CAFRITZ FOUNDATION THEATER

By Peter Cunningham

WE’VE GOT IT, IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES!

FREE • FUN • FOR ALL AGES FALL, SPRING AND SUMMER IN BROOKLAND / EDGEWOOD!

Dance Place has a variety of spaces available to rent for dance rehearsals, informal performances, parties, weddings and special events.

Enjoy free music, dance and crafts on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays!

THE MORRIS & GWENDOLYN CAFRITZ FOUNDATION THEATER AT DANCE PLACE

THURSDAYS: LIVE MUSIC AT 6:30PM ON THE ARTS WALK AT MONROE STREET MARKET (716 Monroe St NE)

(3225 8th St NE)

Hear great music including Latin grooves from the Duende Quartet, jazz from Freddie Dunn Quartet and many others.

35 ft x 35 ft stage space accommodates up to 200 guests for performances, parties, weddings and other events. Seats 144 in traditional performance setup. Equipped with a marley floor, theatrical lighting, professional sound system, projector, WiFi and more.

Access to bathrooms and dressing room space.

FRIDAYS: DANCE EVENTS AT 6:30PM IN FRONT OF BUSBOYS & POETS BROOKLAND (625 Monroe St NE)

EDGEWOOD ARTS CENTER

Watch inspiring performances and be ready to get up on your feet. Dance with Coyaba Dance Theater, DC Casineros and more to learn something new each week.

(3415 8th St NE) 3000 sq ft space accommodates up to 275 guests for informal performances, rehearsals, parties, weddings and other events.

Equipped with sprung wood floor, sound system, projector / screen, WiFi and access to bathrooms and kitchenette space.

BROOKLAND ARTSPACE LOFTS STUDIO

SATURDAYS: GET CREATIVE

(3305 8th St NE) The Studio is available to Dance Place affiliate artists and Brookland Artspace Lofts residents.

25 ft x 35 ft space ideal for rehearsals, arts education activities and more. Equipped with a marley floor and access to bathrooms.

DANCE PLACE RE-OPENING GALA 2014

By Jack Gordon

HYMAN M. PERLO STUDIO AT DANCE PLACE

FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER AT DANCE PLACE (3225 8th St NE) Learn about the natural world with hands-on gardening experience at 11:15am, led by Carla Perlo.

FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER ON THE ARTS WALK AT MONROE STREET MARKET (716 Monroe St NE)

(3225 8th St NE) 29 ft x 23 ft space provides bright and airy room for rehearsals, meetings and other events. Equipped with a marley floor, video monitor, WiFi and access to bathrooms and dressing room space.

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Enjoy arts & crafts workshops from 12pm – 1pm each week, led by Carla Perlo and Andrea Petty.

DRESSING ROOM

By Peter Cunningham

Art on 8th is supported by the Kresge Foundation and the District of Columbia’s City Fund. Free Live Music on Thursdays is presented by Dance Place in partnership with Monroe Street Market and maDCap with support from the Bozzuto Group. Free Dance Events on Fridays and GET CREATIVE are presented by Dance Place.

ART ON 8TH

By Niesha Zeigler

NEXTgeneration Youth Programs

ENERGIZERS AFTERSCHOOL CLUB

By Serena Huang

BRING YOUR CHILD TO THE NEXT LEVEL IN OUR ENERGIZERS PROGRAM!

GET YOUR CHILD INVOLVED TODAY! NEXTgeneration Youth Programs help young people realize the creative possibilities in their lives with dance instruction, academic enrichment, life skills and job training.

Dance Place’s youth programs are integrated into every aspect of our organization as a theater, school and community center.

OUR INTENSIVE SELF-DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS SERVE HUNDREDS OF LOCAL YOUTH FROM KINDERGARTEN THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL. THE ENERGIZERS PROGRAM CONSISTS OF: • Energizers Afterschool Club: Meeting weekdays after school for ages 7 – 12.

You can get involved in any of our youth programs by visiting danceplace.org or calling our NEXTgeneration Youth Programs Director at 202.269.1600.

• Energizers Junior Staff Program: Focusing on job readiness, leadership skills and arts enrichment for teens 13 – 19.

GET YOUR CHILD, STUDENTS OR ORGANIZATION MOVING!

• Energizers Creative Arts Camp: A fun-filled, seven-week summer program for campers ages 5 – 12 and Junior Staff ages 13 – 19, complete with arts, academic enrichment, field trips and an end of camp performance.

On-site Kids on the Move and Coyaba Academy dance classes for ages 18 months to teen and off-site OutReach Classes in Ballet, Tap, Hip-Hop, Step, West African, Tumbling and more.

View the on-site schedule and sign up at danceplace.org!

SHARE THE JOY OF LIVE PERFORMANCE WITH YOUR FAMILY OR SCHOOL! Join us in the Cafritz Foundation Theater for inspiring InReach Performances on select weekday mornings (tickets only $2) or Family Series Performances throughout the season (with free tickets for children 12 and under).

ENERGIZERS JUNIOR STAFF MEMBER BRIAN AND DIRECTOR DONNA

By Denaise Seal

Off-site our Resident Companies introduce thousands of people to the art of dance through interactive OutReach Performances: Coyaba Dance Theater (West African dance); Dance Place Step Team (youth steppers); POP (intergenerational performers utilizing recycled objects); and ReVision dance company (modern dance).

NEXTGENERATION SHOWCASE 2015

By Stan Barouh

ENERGIZERS AFTERSCHOOL CLUB

By Serena Huang

Adult Dance Classes

MODERN DANCE CLASS

By Maggie Picard Photography

MASTER CLASSES AND TALK & CHEW EVENTS FULL SCHEDULE AT DANCEPLACE.ORG

BEGIN NOW – YOU CAN DROP IN ANYTIME TO OUR ADULT DANCE CLASSES! From beginners to advanced professionals, everyone is welcome at Dance Place.

Join our classes to express yourself, meet new friends and feel rejuvenated. Classes run year-round, featuring: • West African • Hip-Hop • Modern • Jazz

• Salsa • Afro-Cuban • Balance Harmony • and more!

Sign up for a class online at danceplace.org for only $15 or save by purchasing a flexible ClassPass at discounted rates!

Experience class with professional touring artists followed by lunch and an intimate discussion with company directors, members and choreographers.

CLANCYWORKS SUMMER INSTITUTE JUNE 6 - 10, 2016 Join ClancyWorks Director Adrienne Clancy and special guest teachers for an intensive week of technique classes, partnering, repertoire and composition workshops. Registration information will be available in January 2016 at clancyworks.org.

CUBAN DANCE SOCIALS WITH DC CASINEROS 8PM RUEDA DE CASINO CLASS (ALL LEVELS) 8:30PM-MIDNIGHT OPEN DANCING

CLASS LOCATIONS: All classes are held on 8th St NE, easily accessible from the Brookland/CUA Metro Station (Red Line).

DANCE PLACE: CAFRITZ FOUNDATION THEATER & HYMAN M. PERLO STUDIO 3225 8th St NE

Dance to the sounds of Son, Songo, Timba, Guaguanco, Salsa, Cha Cha Cha, Guaracha and Rumba. Featuring special guest DJs and performers at each event.

Visit danceplace.org to purchase tickets.

Cuban Dance Socials take place on these Fridays:

September 11 October 30 December 18 February 26 April 15 June 10

BROOKLAND ARTSPACE LOFTS STUDIO (NEXT DOOR TO DANCE PLACE) 3305 8th St NE EDGEWOOD ARTS CENTER (CORNER OF 8TH ST & MONROE ST NE) 3415 8th St NE

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*Looking for a class at your organization or location? We offer OutReach Classes for adults and youth! Contact our NEXTgeneration Youth Programs Director at 202.269.1600 to schedule a class.

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I DON’T EVEN LIVE NEAR DC

I have a long commute to attend a class here. And I still do. Why? Because it’s awesome. I LOVE this place. Worth WAY more than you paid for and the instructors are open to all levels and the students are just as friendly and supportive.”

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– DANCE PLACE ADULT CLASS STUDENT AFRICAN DANCE CLASS © Enoch Chan 2013

Series Funders

Thank You

The following presentations are supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts: AXIS Dance Company, Christopher K. Morgan & Artists, Chris Aiken & Angie Hauser, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, CONTRA-TIEMPO, Coyaba Dance Theater, DANCE PLACE / REUNION, KanKouran West African Dance Company, Metro Tap Roots, Nejla Yasemin Yatkin / NY2Dance, Rennie Harris Grass Roots Project, ReVision dance company, Sean Dorsey Dance and Urban Artistry Inc.

Dance Place appreciates the generous support of the following government agencies, foundations,

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Ed & Susan Apple

The presentations of Sean Dorsey Dance, CONTRA-TIEMPO, Christopher K. Morgan & Artists, Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble and AXIS Dance Company were made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, with additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Abramson Family Foundation

Electronic Theater Controls

National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures

Allan & Sheri Rivlin

Elizabeth & Bill Fogarty

National Endowment for the Arts

Alloy Family Foundation

National Performance Network

Anne McGuirk

Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Foundation

Artspace Projects, Inc.

First Peoples Fund

BET

Ford Foundation

New England Foundation for the Arts

Bill Hillegeist

George Preston Marshall Foundation

Norman Fields

Graham Holdings

Office of the State Superintendent for Education

This engagement of AXIS Dance Company is made possible through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The presentation of LAKOU MIZIK is made possible through The Performing Americas Program, a partnership between the National Performance Network (NPN) and the Network of Cultural Promoters of Latin America and the Caribbean (La RED) and is designed to increase artistic exchange in the Western Hemisphere. The Performing Americas Program is supported by NPN with funding provided by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Robert Sterling Clark Foundation. For further information, visit the NPN website at www.npnweb.org.

Dance Place is a NPN Partner of the National Performance Network (NPN). Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, CONTRA-TIEMPO, Sean Dorsey Dance and Christopher K. Morgan & Artists are made possible in part by support from the NPN Performance Residency Program. Major contributors of NPN include the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Ford Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts (a federal agency), the MetLife Foundation and the Nathan Cummings Foundation.

For more information: www.npnweb.org.

Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by Dance Place in partnership with Kelly Strayhorn Theater and NPN.

corporations and the many individuals who have supported our Capital Campaign and 2014 - 2015 season general support at $5,000 or above (as of July 2015).

Bognet Construction Busboys & Poets Carla Perlo & Richard Pilkinton Carol & Willis Bradwell

Howard and Geraldine Polinger Family Foundation

Office of Planning / ArtPlace

Philip L. Graham Fund Prince Charitable Trusts

Charles Engelhard Foundation

INTEC aec / Architects and Engineers

Cindy Hallberlin & Joel Kanter

Jane Daniels

Reston CenterStage

Ciracom

Jannes Waples Gibson

Rich Bernardi & Joyce Wilker

City Fund

Jared & Rachel Paul

Robert Ades

Coleman Family Charities

Jim Epstein

Schneiders of Capitol Hill

Corina Higginson Trust

Jim Stiegman & Susie Ryan

Share Fund

Dallas Morse Coors Foundation

Joseph and Joan Cullman Foundation for the Arts, Inc.

Shubert Foundation

Juan Carlos Rincones & Tom Pheasant

The George Preston Marshall Foundation

Karen Brooks Hopkins

The Menkiti Group / Horning Brothers

Carol Grave

Damien Agostinelli & Janice Marks Daniel Hitchcock DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

Sean Dorsey Dance is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by Bates Dance Festival in partnership with Dance Place, Queer Cultural Center, 7 Stages, The Theater Offensive and NPN.

DC Department of Housing and Community Development

Christopher K. Morgan & Artists is a National Performance Network (NPN) Creation Fund Project co-commissioned by Maui Arts & Cultural Center in partnership with Dance Place and NPN.

DC Office of the State Superintendent for Education

DC Department of Small and Local Business Development

DC Trust for Youth Deanna & Mark Francl Deborah Riley & Mary Beth Flournoy Denise Rollins Deputy Mayor’s Office for Planning and Economic Development Dimick Foundation

AXIS DANCE COMPANY

By David DeSilva

Hattie M. Strong Foundation

Nestlé

Kathy & Gerald Freshley Klein Hornig Kresge Foundation Leveraging Investments in Creativity

Reggie Van Lee

Stephen & Jeanette Bruce

US Commission of Fine Arts / National Capital Arts & Cultural Affairs Program USM FOUNDATION

Local Initiatives Support Corporation

Vincent Hurteau & Steven Henry

Lois England / The England Family

Wendy Shapiro & Charles Ferris

MARPAT Foundation

Yolanda Cole

Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation Morris and Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Nancy Peery Marriott Foundation

URBAN ARTISTRY INC.

By Diyanna Burton

Walter A. Bloedorn Foundation William & Brigid Brakefield

For a complete list of donors, visit danceplace.org/donate.

31 – 5: DanceAfrica, DC 2016 18: New Releases Choreographers Showcase

JUNE

4: Fieldwork Showing 14 – 15: AXIS Dance Company (from Oakland, CA) 15: Dance Place’s NEXTgeneration Showcase (at CUA Hartke Theatre) 21 – 22: Malpaso Dance Company (from Havana, Cuba)

MAY

2 – 3: Sean Dorsey Dance (from San Francisco, CA) 9 – 10: Dance Place Youth Festival 16 – 17: Jody Oberfelder Projects (from New York City, NY)) 1 23: LAKOU MIZIK (from Port-au-Prince, Haiti) 30 – 1: Nejla Yasemin Yatkin Dance / NY2Dance (from Chicago, IL)

APRIL

5 – 6: Rennie Harris Grass Roots Project (from Denver, CO) 12 – 13: Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble (from Denver, CO) 19 – 20: Christopher K. Morgan & Artists

DANCE PLACE EXTERIOR IMAGE / By Hai Do

9 – 10: The DC Contemporary Dance Theatre / El Teatro de Danza Contemporanea 16 – 17: KanKouran West African Dance Company 23 – 24: Tzveta Kassabova (from Middlebury, VT) 30 – 31: DANCE PLACE / REUNION

JANUARY

5 – 6: Chris Aiken & Angie Hauser (from Northampton, MA) 9: Fieldwork Showing 12 – 13: Kwanzaa Celebration

DECEMBER

6 – 8: Metro Tap Roots 14 – 15: Jane Franklin Dance 21 – 22: Devi Dance Theater, Somapa Thai Dance Company & Santi Budaya Indonesian Performing Arts

NOVEMBER

3 – 4: RebollarDance 10 – 11: DC Casineros & Ernesto “Gato” Gatell y su Banda 17 – 18: alight dance theater 24 – 25: Bowen McCauley Dance

MARCH

6 – 7: Urban Artistry Inc. 13 – 14: CONTRA-TIEMPO (from Los Angeles, CA) 20 – 21: ReVision dance company

10 – 12: Be in Brookland / Experience Edgewood 12 – 13: Dance Metro DC’s 2015 Choreographer’s Commissioning Showcase 19: Thrive 35! Dance Place’s 35th Anniversary Gala

OCTOBER

FEBRUARY

SEPTEMBER

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6 – 7: S. J. Ewing & Dancers 11 – 12: Energizers Creative Arts Camp Concert

7 – 24: Capital Fringe Festival 30 – 31: Kitchen Sink Fest

For tickets & more info: 202.269.1600 or danceplace.org

AUGUST

JULY

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