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Events: Dissonance Premieres First Story Ballet in Dance Noir
October 7, 2014

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 […]

Events: Dissonance Dance Theatre presents Black to Silver
April 3, 2014

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 […]

Events: Glade Dance Collective presents Wavelengths, March 15 & 16
March 12, 2014

Glade Dance Collective Celebrates Fifth Year with Solo Concert from the Glade Dance Collective  In Glade Dance Collective’s fifth year, we present our first full evening of exclusively Glade works, […]

Speaking the Human Language: Dissonance Dance Theatre Goes Beyond Pretty Shapes
November 8, 2013

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 […]

LoBrace DanceWorks Presents “Encounters” at Joy of Motion Dance Center's Dance Project
November 6, 2013

By Michelle LoBrace The story behind, “Encounters” began with three different inspirations: Music, breaking social norms, and real life experience. The Television The music for this work really spoke to […]

Fierce Collabo Presents DNA at The Jack Guidone Theater: September 21 – 22
August 21, 2013

Fierce Collabo is a newly started dance company located in the DC Metro area. They were the recipient of Joy of Motion Dance Center’s Dance Project audience favorite award in […]

Here Comes Dissonance Dance Theatre
April 5, 2013

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 […]

In The Underwater Kingdom: A Different Kind of Arabic Choreography
March 13, 2013

By Laurel Victoria Gray My Arabic dance choreography for this session’s Studio to Stage Showcase takes inspiration from the ocean, portraying an Underwater Kingdom described in an Arabian Nights story. […]

Press Release: Youth Choreographers Explore Mature Themes at Joy of Motion Dance Center’s Youth Dance Project
January 18, 2013

Joy of Motion Dance Center’s annual Youth Dance Project engages young artists throughout the DC area, providing a platform to present new dance works of all styles. This year’s showcase […]

Student Stories: Pulsating Collectively Through Dance
January 7, 2013

By Chris Richardson For as long as I can remember I have been infatuated with Michael Jackson down to ruining my good socks and shoes for church and school sliding […]

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