DDT Season Brochure 2016 2017

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D a n c e T h e a t r e Shawn Short, Founder/Producing Artistic Director

2016-2017 Season Brochure

10 Years.

Pushing Boundaries.

Dance Innovation.

Season

Season

2015 2016

2016 2017

Dance Noir: 12x6 Oct 15th - 16th, 2016 WINTERSTEPS Jan 21st-22nd, 2017 Mahagony Strings Feb 25th, 2016 Buscando La Melodia Mar 19th, 2017 Black to Silver April 22nd-23rd, 2017 *12x6 Choreographer Showcase Ailey Citigroup Theatre *Dates Subject to change.

Visit our website for updates.

Dancers Damon Foster and Abigail Matthews in rehearsal.

Dissonance Dance Theatre turns 10 years old! Innovation and professionalism have been the main ingredients in our continued success. We’re excited to present to you another full season of dance artistry, bringing you five exciting productions to the Atlas Performing Arts Center, and the Jack Guidone Theater.

The season offers new classically inspired works like Hope, Shall We Dance, and Allegro Vivace, as well as urban-infused works like Magic, In the Key of Ebony. DDT brings together Black and Latino Jazz greats Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis, Tito Puente, Trombone Shorty and more to celebrate diversity in contemporary ballet that explores a multitude of dance expressions Kareem B. Goodwin and Kamali Hill present new works as selectees of our new choreography program, “New Voices of Dance.” Parisian choreographer Davy Brun sets his work Concursus as a part of the 15 world premieres we will present this season.

As a budding mainstay in

Washington, D.C., Dissonance is providing a home for contemporary exploration of classical ballet and modern dance styles. In addition, we continue to be a space for emerging dance artists locally, nationally and internationally.

Learn more about these exciting programs, our theatrical production season, community events and how you can help us grow in the coming pages.

Hope to see you in the theatre,

Shawn Short, MFA Founder/Producing Artistic Director Principal Choreographer

Dancer Damon Foster being silly for the camera.

CONTENTS

Theatrical Season Pg. 1 New Voices of Dance Pgs. 3-4 10 Year Recap Pg. 8 Guest Choreographers Pg. 9 Meet The Artists Pgs. 10-15 Ngoma Center for Dance Pg. 17 Give to Ngoma/DDT Pg. 21 Stay Connected With Us Pg. 23 Ticket Information Pg. 24

2016-17 Season

Dancers in Torens Johnson’s work, Bedtime Stories

Dance Noir: 12x6

Oct 15th-16th, 2016 Jack Guidone Theater

Shawn Short’s 12x6 is a “fast and furious” contemporary ballet work rooted in the melodrama and the humility of human emotion. 12x6 is inspired by Reginald Rose’s 12 Angry Men and Frigyes Karinthy’s Six Degrees of Separation. 12x6 examines personal connections between strangers, friends, and loved ones.

A work in progress since January 2016, an excerpt of 12x6 first premiered in the INTERSECTIONS Festival in Washington, DC. An additional movement premiered in April 2016. After months of rehearsal, 12x6 will have its worldpremiere in its totality this coming October at the Jack!

Also premiering at Dance Noir: Hope, a classical ballet solo to French song, Vole Mon Ange, and Chopin-inspired pas de duex, Shall We Dance. An evening of exciting dance with articulate bodies that slither, extend, and entice all ages.

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Dancers in Short’s work Stitch.

WINTERSTEPS

Jan 21-22nd, 2017 Jack Guidone Theater

Now in its third year, WINTERSTEPS presents a few firsts: works by Kamali Hill (ATL) and Kareem B. Goodwine (Philly) from Dissonance Dance Theatre’s “New Voices of Dance” choreographer program and first international choreographer Parisian dancemaker Davy Brun.

On the evening program is Short’s duet to the music of Swedish electronic music band Little Dragon (Time Passes), club kid meets “the rapper Trina” in Push; music by DJ Benny Benassi.

Drum & Bass fills the air in Short’s Static, while minimalism becomes the trend in new solo, Autumn.

WINTERSTEPS brings new choreographic artists to D.C.’s dance audience.

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New Voices of Dance Dissonance Dance Theatre’s Emerging Choreographer Program Founded in the Summer of 2016 by Shawn Short, New Voices of Dance (NVD) is a new program that promotes the development of choreographers dedicated to contemporary ballet and modern choreography by providing opportunities to develop their talents.

NVD’s goal is to increase the number of working choreographers, that are currently emerging (not aspiring) choreographers working in their cities of artistic employment.

Selected choreographers are directed , guided, and mentored

by Shawn Short and their work is set with the Dissonance company of dancers. Selected choreographers also receive an honorarium and travel stipend, along with a HD-quality mp4 of their produced work with Dissonance for their professional reels.

Guest choreographer Johnnie Mercer working with dancers.

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2017 NVD Choreographers

Kamali Hill

Kareem B. Goodwine

Hailing from the nation’s capital, Emerging Artist Kamali Hill began her professional career with Dissonance Dance Theater in Washington, D.C., while earning her B.F.A. in Dance and Choreography at Virginia Commonwealth University. Upon graduating she was given the opportunity by Artistic Director Shawn Short to present a new work at the end of the company’s season. It was during the creative process of Vulnerable Confinement where Kamali decided that she wanted to establish herself as a choreographer in the dance community. Since then she was presented and premiered several new works in Washington, DC, Maryland, Virginia, Philadelphia. In 2014, she relocated to Atlanta, Georgia and has had the opportunity to create and work with Fuerta Dance Company, the Young Choreographers Showcase, Fieldworks at CORE, Alan Kimara Dixon, Room To Move, Corian Ellisor, Dance Canvas, MAD Festival ,T. Lang Dance and Otis Sallid. Later this summer, she is set to premiere a new collaborative work with Lauren Banks and Sharon Carelock at Skwhirlhaus in Atlanta, GA. Kamali is extremely grateful for the opportunities God has given her and is excited about the journey ahead.

Kareem B. Goodwin, a native of Philadelphia, PA began his dance training at the Point Breeze Performing Arts Center in 1998, under Charon Mapp, Wayne St. David, Anthony Burrell and Faye Snow.

He attended The University of the Arts studying Jazz Dance with an emphasis in Choreography.

Kareem was awarded the 2011 Choreography prize from the University of the Arts School of Dance for his two works Lovin’ U In & Out of Time and Fragmented Ideas. Kareem is a NAACP ACT-SO Local and Regional Gold Medalist, as well as a National Finalist. As a performing artist, he has worked with Christopher L. Huggins, Louis Johnson, Ronen Koresh, Gary W. Jeter II, Zane Booker and Arthur Mitchell. Kareem performed with Eleone Connection, the Pre-Professional Company of Eleone Dance Theatre. In 2014, Mr. Goodwin produced and presented his first evening work entitled MOMENTS. Kareem has choreographed for local dance companies throughout the Pennsylvania Tri-State Area. He is the Rehearsal Director of Grace Dance Theater 2 and Principal Dancer for Grace Dance Theater.

Images courtesy of the artists.

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Mahagony Strings

Feb 25th, 2017 Lang Theater

An evening of sultry soul-stirring music with sophisticated dance, Mahogany Strings features DMV’s award-winning contemporary ballet Dissonance Dance Theatre with music by YoYo Ma and hip-hop classical duo, Black Violin.

Featuring Short’s Khachaturian ballet Allegro Vivace, Shall We Dance, Magic and In the Key of Ebony both to the sounds of Black Violin.

Dancers Shannon Evans and William Wilson.

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(c) Sergey Apasov

Dancer Taurean Barber in Pose

Buscando La Melodia

Mar 19th, 2017 Jack Guidone Theater

Buscando La Melodia (Looking for the Melody) combines classical ballet and Afro-modern dance with the music of Black and Latino jazz musicians, past and present (Dizzy Gillespie, Miles Davis. Tito Puente, Trombone Shorty and more).

Buscando La Melodia (Looking for the melody) presents a perspective of contemporary ballet that explores the multitude of dance expressions through a multi-cultural lens.

New works include Tanga, Jump, On My Mind, Blood Rhythm, Rascals, Mi Familia, Looking Glass, and About That Bass.

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Black To Silver: A Black LGBT Experience

STILL April 22nd-23rd, 2017 Jack Guidone Theater

5th Year Anniversary!

Stories have power. Black to Silver turns five years old, and we wish to celebrate the stories of Black LGBT elders as they speak of love, relationships and community.

Black to Silver presents STILL, a multi-disciplinary and intergenerational work featuring stories from local LGBT seniors and performers as they rally their voices to speak their truth about living, working...Surviving through the AIDS epidemic, personal challenges and creating community in Washington, DC. STILL features guest performances by DC artists and favorites

by Dissonance Dance Theatre.

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The 10th Anniversary Anniversary Anniversary

Making Tomorrow’s Opportunities Today With D.C. dance companies closing and minimal opportunities for aspiring dancers becoming a reality in the early 2000’s, Dissonance Dance Theatre was launch by Founder Shawn Short.

Since its humble beginnings during the 2nd Annual Capital Fringe Festival, Dissonance Dance Theatre has provided opportunity for 71 emerging dance professionals since inception; making its NYC debut in 2010.

Celebrating 10 Years of Dance Through strong leadership, professionalism, and artistic innovation, Dissonance Dance Theatre has persevered.

As a company still young, DDT continues to learn new things...excited by new prospects and projects.

Images: Left Column: Director Shawn Short receiving gift from dancers (2009).

Nikki Jackson in tech (2011). Damon Foster in performance (2013).

Right Column: Caitlin Cooley in Short’s Caught (2013). William Wilson and Momo Sakai in rehearsal (2015). Company in Short’s Love.Life.

Death (2015). Company in Short’s Rubber (2007).

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Guest Choreographers

Davy Brun Brun is formerly with the Opera Ballet of Lyon and the Grand Theatre of Geneva, He’s worked with contemporary choreographers like Mats Ek, Trisha Brown, George Balanchine, Jiri Kylian, William Forsythe, Maguy Marin, Mathilde Monnier and many others. His desire to create came to him as a necessity to regurgitate all these experiences and these experiences to understand what characterizes me today and what I built. What to do with all this? What have I kept from ballet, contemporary dance? An aesthetic, a movement, a thought.

His choreographic research footprint of these multiple meetings, aims to build a dance that allows him the ability to use all the wealth of different forms of dance that his experiences allow him to discover. This return movement is expressed in the construction of his work; body memory used to write dances. Davy’s choreographic work focuses on a thought, dancing, writing, emotions vector.

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Torens Johnson Torens Johnson is a native of Smithfield, VA. Mr. Johnson began dancing while attending the Governors’ Magnet School of the Performing Arts. After high school Mr. Johnson went on to study at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Center.

Continuing on with the Ailey organization Mr. Johnson performed with Ailey II and teaches with AileyCamp. Mr. Johnson has performed with Stephanie Powell DansEnsemble, Edgeworks Dance Theater and Tony Powell Music & Movement. Currently Mr. Johnson is the Director of Dance at Paseo Academy of the Fine & Performing Arts.

Alvin Mayes Alvin Mayes has been on the dance faculty of the University of Maryland since 1978. He has created more than 200 works for faculty, student dancers, actors, and athletes. His work has been presented at the Port Sisters City Festival in Nagoya, Japan, V Festival de la Cultura de Origen Caribeño in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba in 1985, Festival Internacional de Danza Contemporánea de San Luis Potosí, Mexico and avant-garde steirischer herbst festival in Graz, Austria. His work has also been celebrated at the American College Dance Festivals in New York, Detroit, Baltimore and Dallas. He has created a number of dances for the Maryland Youth Ballet: Eireann Kente; Tahquamenon Falls, which received the 2009 Metro/DC Dance Award for Best Youth Group; his three works Tahquamenon Falls, Celestial Orbits and Thin Ice were selected for Dance Bethesda.

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2016-2017 Dancerss William Wilson, Rehearsal Associate/Company Dancer William joined Dissonance in 2013. Born and raised in Denver, CO, William started dancing at the age of 10 doing local talent shows and dance competitions. As William grew, his passion for dance grew and he, along with several friends started a dance team that performed around the Denver Metro area. At the age of 16, William started training in Ballet, Modern, West-African, and contemporary at Cleo Parker Robinson Dance (Cleo’s). He is currently a Junior Philosophy major at Howard University. William hopes to use his creativity, artistry, intellect, and desire to aid Ngoma’s mission in working in underprivileged communities with social and welfare disparities.

Momo Sakai, Choreographer Assistant/Company Dancer Momo Joined Dissonance in 2015. She is a Boulder, Colorado native who trained and graduated from the Colorado Conservatory of Dance, formerly known as Ballet Nouveau Colorado, where she performed soloist rolls in several ballets including The Nutcracker, Les Sylphides, and Prince Igor. During her time at CCD, she has also performed several works by Julia Wilkinson Manley, Dawn Fay, Garrett Ammon, Dominic Walsh, Tina Bohnstedt, Mary Margaret Holt, Maree ReMalia, Mark Foehringer, Patrick Mueller, and Sarah Tallman.

Allison Eguchi, Company Dancer Allison Eguchi joined Dissonance in 2016. She is originally from Huntington Beach, California, where she began her dance training at Huntington Academy of Dance. In the summer of 2011, she was ranked second nationally and awarded a scholarship to attend the Cecchetti International Ballet Competition in Manchester, United Kingdom. Allison spent 5 years in Ballet Etudes, a nonprofit youth ballet company, where she performed roles such as Clara and the Sugar Plum Fairy in the Nutcracker. Allison is a graduate of the University of South Carolina with a degree in Dance Performance and Choreography. At USC, she had the pleasure of training under Thaddeus Davis, Tanya Wideman-Davis, and Stacey Calvert, performing original works and also Balanchine works such as Serenade, and working with guest artists such as Maurya Kerr and Arturo Fernandez of Alonzo King Lines Ballet.

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Shannon Evans, Company Member Shannon joined Dissonance in 2014. She graduated from The University of Akron as a B.F.A. dance major in the Spring of 2014. She has worked and performed with the STREB company, DancEvert Company, Avant-Scene Danse, and Neos Dance Theatre. She originally started her training under Judy Williams Henry at Movement Laboratory, in which she toured and performed in Italy, New Orleans, and the United Nations. She also trained with the Salzburg International Ballet Academy under Jania Batista, Fernando Coelho, and Peter Breur. In 2008, Shannon was selected to attend the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Arts and performed works by Jorge Laico, Billy Hartung, and David Pressan.

Christine Motta, Apprentice Christine Motta joined Dissonance in 2016. She is a Chapel Hill, NC native who began her training at Triangle Youth Ballet. While studying, Christine performed lead and supporting roles in works including The Nutcracker, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, and Dracula to name a few.

Christine also attended UNC School of the Arts in Winston-Salem, NC, where she graduated with a concentration in Ballet in 2012, performing works by Ethan Steifel and Larry Keigwin. Christine graduated from University of South Carolina Columbia in May 2016 studying Dance Performance, Spanish, and Pre-Physical Therapy studies. While at USC, Christine had the pleasure of performing in George Balanchine’s Serenade, Stars and Stripes, Walspurgisnacht, and Western Symphony, and Donizetti Variations under the direction of Stacey Calvert, as well as pieces choreographed by Thaddeus Davis, Tanya Wideman-Davis, Paul Taylor, Shaun Boyle, Amanda Miller, Stephanie Wilkins.

Jessica Potts, Apprentice Jessica joined Dissonance in 2015. Dancing since the 8th grade, Jessica recently graduated from Howard University with a B.F.A in dance. She is from West Palm Beach Florida.

She has danced at the Presidential Inaugural ball as well as the Terrace Theatre at the Kennedy Center and performed in the Oman Project in conjunction with the Smithsonian Museum of African Art. Jessica Potts plans to continue her education at George Mason University and dance professionally in D.C. so that she can one day own a non-profit arts foundation to train pre-professional youth in the performing art of dance.

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Alice Wells, Company Dancer Alice Wells joined Dissonance in 2016. She hails from Morgantown, WV, where she began her dance training at Morgantown Dance Studio. Alice then attended Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre School, and later continued her studies at BalletMet and the Atlanta Ballet. Upon graduation from Atlanta Ballet’s Conservatory, Alice danced with the Louisville Ballet as a trainee for two seasons. During her time at the Louisville Ballet, Alice was privileged to dance many corps de ballet roles in ballets such as Giselle, The Brown-Forman Nutcracker, Suite en Blanc, Square Dance, Coppelia, and Western Symphony, as well as a soloist role in Paquita.

Daniel Artis, Junior Apprentice Daniel joined Dissonance in 2012. Hailing from the Washington D.C. area, Daniels is a graduate of the Ngoma Center for Dance’s Dawn: A Black Men’s Initiative Program in 2012, Daniel has received scholarship to Dance Theatre of Harlem’s summer Intensive in 2012 and 2013. He has trained with faculty from CityDance Center at Strathmore and Dance Institute of Washington.

Phillip Fobbs, Junior Apprentice Phillip joined Dissonance in 2016. A native of the Washington, D.C. area, he began his training Dance Dimensions dance studio, where he studied Hip-Hop, Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Modern and Contemporary. He relocated to Lithia, FL in 2014, and continued training under Victoria’s School of Dance mainly focusing on ballet, contemporary and jazz. Phillip was a member of Dance Dimensions’s Professional Dance Company from 2010 to 2013.

He’s performed throughout the DC area, specifically at the NBC Health Expo. Phillip has competed in the New York City Dance Alliance competition. He has received many dance awards and scholarships. Phillip is a 2013 graduate of Bowie High School. He is delighted to further his artistic journey with Dissonance Dance Theatre.

Moyston Henry Jr. , Junior Apprentice Moyston joined Dissonance in 2011. He began his dance training at Happy Feet Dance Studio in Rockville, Maryland. He has studied dance with Pat Thomas, Kim Bears-Bailey, Assane Konte, Tarwah Merchant, Torens Johnson, Sandra Atkinson, Miya Hisaka, Ryan Tuerk, Maurice Johnson and Shawn Short. In addition, Randy has performed with The Finest Youth performance troupe.

Henry has landed original cast roles in Ryan Tuerk’s Scars On My Memory, and Shawn Short’s Burn, Four Divided by Four, Reflect, First Time, Zero, Breeze, and Turbulence. Moyston holds an AA degree from Montgomery Community College.

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Felix Rucker, Jr., Junior Apprentice Felix Andre Rucker Jr. joined Dissonance in 2016. Felix began his dance training in Pembroke, NC at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, where he was a member of various dance ensembles. He finished his Bachelors in Fine Arts degree in Dance at East Carolina University. He is a former member of The Lost Colony in Manteo, NC.

Brooke Senger, Junior Apprentice Brooke joined Dissonance in 2016. She grew up in Cary, IL where she began dancing at the Judith Svalander School of Ballet. She graduated in May of 2016 with a B.S. in Dance-Arts Administration from Butler University where she studied under Marek Cholewa, Larry Attaway, Michelle Jarvis, Stephan Laurent, Susan McGuire, Cynthia Pratt, Derek Reid, Laura Byram, and Rosanna Ruffo. There, she performed lead roles as the Spanish Princess in Swan Lake and the Lead Angel in The Nutcracker, and Lesley Telford’s original work “Anamnesis.” In 2014, she toured Europe performing with the Butler Ballet. She has also trained with the Paul Taylor Dance Company, Joffrey Ballet School, Kaatsbaan International Dance Center, Elements Contemporary Ballet, River North Dance Chicago and the American Dance Fesitval.

Caitlin Cooley, Guest Artist Caitlin Cooley began her dance training in Lawrenceville, Georgia at Chambers Preforming Arts and was selected for the Georgia Governor’s Honors Program for Dance in 2003. She received her BFA for Dance Performance in 2008 from Shenandoah Conservatory and Pilates Mat Certification through the Pilates Method Alliance in 2006. Caitlin has performed with Cie Ekileibre, Momentum Dance Theater, and Dissonance Dance Theatre under Artistic Director, Shawn Short for 5 seasons, becoming a soloist and choreographer’s assistant. Her performance of Short’s solo Caught was chosen as Editors Choice winner for Pointe Magazine’s January 2013 Video of the Month contest, and appeared in the April/May 2013 issue.

Along with dancing professionally she taught at Adagio Ballet in Arlington, Virginia for 4 years specializing in early years (ages 2.5-6) and Vaganova Ballet Technique to ages 6-18.She relocated to Norfolk, VA in July 2014 and joined Todd Rosenlieb Dance and Virginia Ballet Theatre. Sense joining the company she has performed as a soloist for both companies, including VBT’s Paquita, and in TRD’s restaging of Erick Hawkins 1989 New Moon.

Caitlin will be starting her third season with Todd Rosenlieb Dance and Virginia Ballet Theater.

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Artistic Leadership/Administrators Damon Foster, Company Administrator Damon assists with DDT’s company management, community affairs and external communications. He is an avid Writer/Editor for Ngoma Reader Magazine. Damon performed with Dissonance Dance Theatre from 2012-2016. Originally from Arlington, TX, His dance journey began at age 18, his freshman year at the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville where he majored in journalism with dance as a minor. His dance studies continued at University of Texas-Arlington. He performed 11 seasons with Mahogany Dance Theatre of Texas (Dallas), directed by Vann J. Gilbert. In March 2011 Damon joined HappyNia Dance Theatre, directed by Ailey veteran Dereque Whiturs. In addition, Damon was also a two year Friends of Tyme Dancer (’11, ’12) for the Mary Kay Cosmetics Seminar. He continues to share his passion for movement, music, and literacy, teaching in local afterschool programs and studios.

Chris Holland, Lighting Designer/Technical Director Chris Holland as been working with DDT since 2010. Other companies he has designed for include The Clarice at the University of Maryland, Intersections Festival at Atlas Performing Arts Center, DC Source Festival, Doorway Arts Ensemble, Pinkyswear Productions, Moveius Contemporary Ballet, Taurus Broadhurst Dance, and assisted for the Houston Ballet. Chris is also a resident artist for Landless Theatre in Frederick, and is a Production Manager for Charm City Fringe.

He earned his MFA from Purdue University, and his BFA from the University of Kentucky. Upcoming projects include shows with Maryland Ensemble Theatre in Frederick, and Iron Crow Theatre in Baltimore. You can see more of his work at www.hollandlighting.com Shawn Short, Founder/Director/Principal Choreographer Shawn is the founder, producing artistic director and principal choreographer of Dissonance Dance Theatre (DDT). In addition to his role as producing artistic director and principal choreographer of DDT, Shawn is the Founder and Director of Ngoma Center for Dance (Ngoma). For Shawn, Ngoma is central to the life and development of Dissonance Dance Theatre. Just as he expects the finest dancing and most meticulous attention to detail from his dancers, he demands the highest standards for training at Ngoma.

Under Mr. Short, Dissonance has evolved from a project based entity into an exciting dance entertainment venture in the Washington, D.C. area. As a choreographer, teacher, and coach, Short has fostered a love of the classical and contemporary ballet lexicon that has become the bedrock of the Company’s training.

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The dancers are energized and inspired by this rigorous training and continue to rise to new heights with each passing year. Through Ngoma’s programs, dance artists have grace stages locally, nationally and internationally. Furthermore, many students have gained scholarships in NYC institutions, acceptance into college/ university dance programs.

Growing up in the Washington, DC area. Shawn has studied with nationally and internationally acclaimed artists including faculty and dancers from Alvin Ailey American Dance Center, Lines Ballet, Washington Ballet, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Dance Institute of Washington, Dance Alloy, Philadanco, Towson University, Baltimore and Duke Ellington School of Performing Arts.

As a student of ballet pedagogy, Shawn studied with John White, Margarita De Saa and the Washington School of Ballet Director Kee Juan Han. Shawn is a Pointe Magazine’s Video of the Month Editors’ Choice award recipient for his contemporary ballet work, Caught in 2013. A 2014 Princess Grace Award (NYC) in Choreography nominee, Shawn holds a BFA in Musical Theatre with a minor in Theatre Management from Howard University and a MFA in Dance at University Of Wisconsin-Milwaukee with a focus on dance history, arts administration and somatic.

Shawn is a fiscally sponsored artist through the New York Foundation for the Arts. Shawn has choreographed for The Dance Institute of Washington, The Washington Ballet School of Ballet @ THEARC. His has presented his works at the Capital Fringe Festival, Greater Washington Urban League National Conference, Southeastern University, Artists’ Bloc 12X6 Series, Harke Theatre, Jack Guidone Theatre Space, Atlas Performing Arts Center, THEARC Theatre, Joe’s Movement Emporium, DC Parks and Recreation, Sidney Harman Hall, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, PBS Broadcasting, VelocityDC, and Brooklyn Arts Exchange and Fox 5 television.

His performance credits include work with K2 Dance, Adrian Bolton Dance, El Tearto de Danza Contemporeanea El Salvador, and Bolton/ Smith. He has also served as a guest artist with Dance Alloy in Pennsylvania.

He has been commissioned by Catholic University of America’s Benjamin T. Rome School of Music to choreograph Mother’s Blood (2008), VF Dance Theater for their Kennedy Center of the Performing Arts to choreograph Genotype Called Love for their Terrace Theatre production of Futurology (2012).

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Summer DanceLab Jun 19th - July 15th, 2017

University of Maryland Dance Department Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center

For curious, athletic & talented contemporary dancers. Classes in contemporary ballet, jazz, acting, conditioning, modern (Horton) & more from world-class faculty at University of Maryland’s Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center dance studios.

Auditions start December 2016 - April 2017 www.Ngoma-Center-For-Dance.org / www.ddtdc.org

Washington, D.C.’s dance magazine The Ngoma Reader (NR) is a bi-monthly online publication that gives literary voice to dance artists of Washington, D.C. NR speaks through three core components: Community (D.C. Dance Directory), Awareness (Shows, Events, Projects, Season Announcements), Celebration (History, Spotlights). www.ngomareader.org www.ngoma-center-for-dance.org 17.

Ngoma Center for Dance Ngoma Center for Dance’s artistic work is done with great care and effectiveness. With our professional dance company, Dissonance Dance Theatre’s five-production theatrical season, management of D.C’s only bi-monthly dance magazine featuring DC dance artists and activities, and our programs built on mentorship and development, Ngoma is impacting lives and achieving stated goals while serving more than 1,500 residents annually.

Ngoma Center for Dance (N-Go-mah) is a 501(c)3 arts organization whose mission is to provide a conduit between multicultural dance artists and their enthusiasts, across generations and social classes, with a deeper understanding of the art of dance through intense community integration, inspirational performance, competitive training, and artist development.

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Keep Her Focused on Dance Tuition: $500 Ngoma Saturday Program Financial Assistance Available www.ngoma-center-for-dance.org/saturday-program

Ngoma's Saturday program provides extensive training to beginning/ advance beginning dancers 9 to 16 years old. Classes are facilitated in the world-class Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center on University of Maryland's campus. The goal of the program is to oer dance training with a body conditioning component to strengthen aspiring dancers. Dance training will be slow and gradual with a parent observation culminating fall/spring term (app (approx.

13 weeks). For more information, call 202-540-8338 or contact Fran (Registrar) @ registrar.ddtngoma@gmail.com for more details!

Training for Aspiring Young Dancers

www.ngoma-center-for-dance.org/sunday-program

Ngoma Sunday Program

Tuition: $400 Financial Assistance Available

Sunday program provides dancers with technique class in classical and contemporary ballet and master classes with guest choreographers. Since its beginnings, dancers have received scholarships to nationally-ranked schools, college dance programs and dance company apprenticeships. Program dancers may have the opportunity to perform in selected per performances depending on availability and ability.

Selected dancers have the opportunity to perform at community engagements, artistic events and Dissonance Dance Theatre productions. Dancers are provided scholarships for Ngoma Center for Dance drop-in classes and workshops. Dance training will be slow and gradual with a parent observation culminating fall/spring term (approx. 13 weeks).

For more information, call 202-540-8338 or contact Fran (Registrar) @ registrar.ddtngoma@gmail.com for more details!

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YOUR GIFTS MAKES HAPPEN AT WE CELEBRATE EXCELLENCE

WE CELEBRATE COMMUNITY

Ngoma Center for Dance believes in creating quality programs that build community, create jobs and enhance the arts industry of the Washington, D.C. area and beyond.

Ngoma Center for Dance is building community from “East of The River” to across the Potomac, and into welcoming Prince George’s County, MD. Since our inception in 2012, we have impacted the lives of over 4,000 patrons/ students/arts enthusiasts through dance training, workshops, publishing

WE TRAIN DANCERS Since Dissonance Dance Theatre’s start in 2007, we have alum dancing in Complexions, Garth Fagan, Virginia Ballet Theatre, Philadanco Dance Company, Adieum Dance, and Deeply Rooted Dance.

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and archiving local stories in our magazine, increasing opportunites for dancers 18 to 26 years old; particulary in Ward 7 DC.

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IT ALL NGOMA

THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU

The NGOMA Circle Starting this fall, we are launching our “The Ngoma Circle” (TNC) Program.

Participants in the TNC will receive discounts on shows and classes, private viewings of new works in studio, and online access to interviews and previews.

All the above for $50 a year!

For more information, visit our website:

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You Can Inspire MORE! Ways to Give: ONLINE: www.ddtdc.org/donate PHONE (General Inquiry) 202-540-8338 MAIL P.O. Box 2377 Washington, DC 20013 EMAIL info@ddtdc.com FAX

WE ARE GROWING WITH YOUR CONTINUED HELP

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With an ambitious upcoming season, an increase in the number dancers, more dance programming for the general public and goals for more and more community development projects Ngoma wants to help reach your dance training goals, and enjoy great dance entertainment.

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Get Connected Be Informed Stay in the loop and keep up to date with Ngoma/ DDT Information.

Follow US Twitter: @dissonancedance @ngomadc Facebook: @DDTNgoma Instagram: @Ngoma_ddtdc

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Season & Tickets Dissonance Dance Theatre hopes you will join us for a world of dance that awaits you as part of our season. DDT is pleased to announce its 2016-2017 Season presenting another exciting line-up of programs. Group sales are encouraged to purchase online where they will see discount in cart balance.

Production Ticket Prices: Dance Noir

$15, $18 Online/$25 Door Admission

Wintersteps

$15, $18 Online/$25 Door Admission

Mahagony Strings

$22, $30 General Admission

Buscando La Melodia

$15, $18 Online/$25 Door Admission

Black To Silver

$15, $18 Online/$25 Door Admission

Ways to Order Tickets: Due to multiple venues, please observe the “ticket purchase dates� next to season productions.

Purchase tickets by phone For our Atlas production Magahony Strings, tickets can be purchased at the Atlas Performing Arts Theatre by calling 202.399.7993, Monday through Friday, 10am to 4pm.

There are no phone ticket sales for Dance Noir, Wintersteps, Buscando La Melodia and Black To Silver performances.

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Purchase tickets in person: Tickets for all performances are available for purchase starting one hour prior to performances.

Purchase tickets online Online ticket sales for Atlas performances are at Atlas Performing Arts Center, tickets can be purchased four hours before show time.

Online tickets sales for Dance Noir, Wintersteps, Buscando La Melodia and Black To Silver performances can be purchased for Joy of Motion’s Jack Guidone Theatre the day prior by 7pm.

Theatre Venues: Atlas Performing Arts Center 1333 Hst NE, Washington, DC 20002 www.intersectionsdc.org Joy of Motion Dance Center, The Jack Guidone Theater 5207 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20015 www.joyofmotion.tix.com Clarice Smith Center for the Performing Arts 3800 The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-1625

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Board of Directors Corey McDougle MBA, Chair/Interim Tresurer Tyler Lewis, Vice Chair Shawn Short MFA, President Josie Hoover D.D., Secretary Tisa Huff Dissonance Dance Theatre is a Washington, D.C.-based professional dance company founded in 2007 by Shawn Short. Since its inception, Dissonance Dance Theatre has performed for local and national audiences on the east coast and in the midwest states. Starting as a project of dear friends, Dissonance has grown to house artists from across the U.S. and beyond. A contemporary ballet that blends “classic” modern styles such as Horton, Graham, Limon with nuances of classical ballet, Dissonance is becoming known for its theatrical presence and exceptional artistry. Evoking emotional experiences in the audiences we touch, Dissonance’s cutting-edge repertoire features works that are socially and visually appealing to audiences while remaining true to its mission; challenging audience’s assumptions about the human experience through dance.

Ngoma Center for Dance (N-Go-mah) is a 501(c)3 arts organization whose mission is to provide a conduit between multicultural dance artists and their enthusiasts across generations and social classes with a deeper understanding of the art of dance through intense community integration, inspirational performance, competitive training, and artist development.

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Funded in part by:

Dissonance Dance Theatre is a program of Ngoma Center for Dance. Ngoma Center for Dance is a registered non-profit of Washington, D.C. The information contained in this brochure is correct at the time of printing. Dissonance Dance Theatre reserves the right to make alterations where necessary without prior notice.

Above: Damon Foster in Assadata Dafora’s Ostrich Dance mounted by Shawn Short. Front: Shanon Evans in photoshoot. Photos by Shawn Short.