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 […]
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, […]
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 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 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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Inside the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Entrance to the right of the marquee & Actor’s lobby before H Street Art & Framing and Insomia Cookies.
