A Plot that Leaps and Turns by: Dissonance Dance Theatre Vampires, zombies, tutus, and pointe shoes…Dissonance Dance Theatre founder Shawn Short has a flare for the dramatic. And in his […]
Movement and Words unite in a message of Love…Dissonance Dance Theatre celebrates the D.C. Black LGBT Community from Dissonance Dance Theatre Dissonance Dance Theatre concludes its seventh season with Black […]
By Damon Foster “I didn’t feel anything!” yells choreographer Shawn Short, while giving notes to a dancer in a recent rehearsal. Turning to the rest of the company, he further […]
By Taurean Maray Barber The first time I saw the Broadway musical “A Chorus Line,” I knew I wanted to be a professional dancer. I wanted to be Richie! That […]
By Shawn Short, Founder/Producing Director, Dissonance Dance Theatre Dissonance Dance Theatre consists of eight members and four apprentices with a second company (DDT II), comprised of six dancers. With ballet at […]
Inside the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Entrance to the right of the marquee & Actor’s lobby before H Street Art & Framing and Insomia Cookies.
