Atlas Presents at Intersections Festival 2020 Here For It: An Evening with R. Eric Thomas of “Eric Reads the News” STORY | AUTHOR TALK + BOOK SIGNING

Co-Presented with East City Bookshop

 

FEB 19 | 7:30 PM

East City Bookshop and Atlas Performing Arts Center  present humorist and playwright R. Eric Thomas with his debut book Here for It, a heartfelt and hilarious memoir-in-essays. Event includes a book signing hosted in our lobby by East City Bookshop with the author.  Author talk facilitated by renowned Pop Culture Writer from the Washington Post, Elahe Izadi.  

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Intersections Festival 2020: Youth Scene DC Photo Exhibit

Feb. 19-Mar. 1

Join us for an inside look at the eXposure Media Project DC, a non-profit program featuring the photography of DC Youth. The photo exhibit will be available at varying times throughout the Intersections Festival 2020 in our Kogod Lobby in the Great Hall, from Feb. 19 - March 2, 2020. Please see our calendar for details.

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Atlas Presents at Intersections Festival 2020 Imagination Stage’s Mouse on the Move STORY | FAMILY

Arts for Young Audiences

February 21 - March 1, 2020

Nellie and Amelia are two adventurous mice ready to explore the world beyond their little mouse-hole. They decide to go to the moon since it is cat-free and made entirely of delicious, mouth-watering cheese (so they have heard). In this interactive play, the audience becomes part of the story through multi-sensory activities. Join us as we all try to reach beyond the stars.

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Intersections Festival 2020: James Fernando The Electronically Augmented Piano SOUND | JAZZ

FEB 23 | 7:00 PM

Pianist, composer, and electronic musician James Fernando has been hailed by Textura magazine as having “seemingly effortless command of the piano”, and by author Grady Harp for creating music that “makes the world more beautiful.” Fernando presents an exciting solo program featuring his innovative piano and electronics setup. This performance includes audience participation and a post-show artist talk-back.

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Intersections Festival 2020: Washington & Lee University Singers Considering Matthew Shepard SOUND | CHORAL

FEB 28 | 8:00 PM

Join the Washington and Lee University Singers in the Atlas Performing Arts Center premiere of Craig Hella Johnson’s Considering Matthew Shepard, one of the most meaningful recent works of social justice art. This multimedia fusion oratorio uses the featured choir, soloists, instrumentalists, and narrators to tell the tragic story and aftermath of the kidnapping, torture, and death of Matthew Shepard in Wyoming in 1998. Join us for a post-show discussion, facilitated by Jason Marsden, the Executive Director of the Matthew Shepard Foundation.    

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Intersections Festival 2020: Ta Thoi Utsaav | The Colors of Celebration MOVEMENT | WORLD DANCE

PART OF THE YOUTH SUMMIT

FEB 29 | 1:00 PM

Ta Thoi is a non-profit Indian cultural organization based in Maryland. It is primarily a group of Indian dance enthusiasts and performers, whose main goal is to make dance accessible to everyone, and promote Indian culture to a wider audience while building social awareness. Ta Thoi youth group has performed far and wide and use dance forms to create social awareness.

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Intersections Festival 2020: Misto di Voci Ensemble Mysticism, Music & Celebration SOUND | CLASSICAL

FEB 29 | 3:00 PM

The Misto di Voci  Ensemble explores mysticism and music of the spheres in a multimedia presentation of Alan Hovhaness' Saturn.   Written for soprano, clarinet and piano in cantata form, set to mystical text by the composer, and accompanied by NASA’s images of space, each movement is a unique and ethereal journey. The program concludes with The Klezmer's Wedding; a fusion of classical and klezmer style in a jubilant celebration of life. With post show artist talk-back.    

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Intersections Festival 2020: Washington Improv Theater & Friends Weight of the World | Light as a Feather STORY | MOVEMENT | IMPROVISATION

Feb. 29 | 8:00 PM

Audience members share topics weighing on their minds, and where they find lightness in their lives. Their responses inspire improvisers to create scenes and dialogue as dancers introduce choreography and create movement and patterns. Scenes influence dance and vice versa, as elements from each world cross over into the next. This show includes audience participation and post-show artist talk-back.

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Intersections Festival 2020: Furia Flamenca Ritmos Españoles | Spanish Rhythms MOVEMENT | SOUND | FLAMENCO

MAR 1 | 2:30 PM

In this production Furia Flamenca goes beyond flamenco’s music, song, and dance and explores some of Spain’s many other musical genres, including iconic classical pieces such as “La Boda de Luis Alonso” and “Vida Breve,” and some of Spain’s folk music and dance. The performance will include flamenco guitarists Maestro Torcuato Zamora and Juan L. Romero. Artist Talk-Back after the show. 

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Intersections Festival 2020: Capitol Tap + District Tap Sole Beats: Percussive Dances Spanning the Globe! MOVEMENT | PERCUSSIVE DANCE

MAR 1 | 5:30 PM

Hear and see percussive dances from Ireland, Hungary, Canada, the United States, and more as Capitol Tap, District Tap, and special guests Footworks Percussive Dance Ensemble, share their common percussive beats in this rousing hour using the soles of their feet, and more! This show includes audience participation!

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Intersections Festival 2020: Jayamangala Navagraha – 9 Energies Within & Without MOVEMENT | WORLD DANCE

MAR 1 | 7:00 PM

The nine planets (or nava graha in Sanskrit) are worshipped as deities in Vedic Astrology. In the body, they facilitate the working of individual karma, while in the world, the unraveling of collective karma. Based on the idea that each of us has traits of Navagraha within us, dancers will explore and use the 9 energies to connect the Self with the Universe. With post-show artist talk-back. 

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Mosaic Theater Company Presents: Inherit The Windbag

March 11 – March 29, 2020

In the summer of 1968, liberal Gore Vidal and conservative William F. Buckley met for a series of debates that rocked America and defined the genre of punditry. Now, for one evening only, Vidal and Buckley meet in the Dismal Beyond (also known as the Richard Nixon Library in Yorba Linda, CA) to reprise their infamous debate.

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Atlas Presents Jazz: Jamie Baum & Short Stories

MAR 14 | 8:00 PM

Jamie Baum, known for her award-winning Septet+ that features her global-influenced, increasingly complex and long-form compositions, formed Short Stories to complement and expand her palette. With an emphasis on improvisation, her inspiration came from the short but eloquent, harmonic and motivically-packed compositions by such jazz icons as Wayne Shorter, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk.

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Atlas Presents Jazz: Ghost-Note

March 28, 2020

Headed by Snarky Puppy’s multi-Grammy–winning percussion duo of Robert “Sput” Searight and Nate Werth, Ghost-Note is an explosion of sound with an expansive roster of next-level musicians, representing members of Prince, Snoop Dogg, Erykah Badu, Herbie Hancock, Kendrick Lamar, Marcus Miller, Toto, Justin Timberlake, and more.

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Atlas Presents Silent Film: Girl Shy

April 5, 2020

Featuring silent film era comedian Harold Lloyd, this comedy features a shy  Poor Boy (Harold Lloyd), a tailor’s apprentice who dreams of becoming an author. He falls for a Rich Girl (Jobyna Rolston) and the tale of the budding romance ensues. Presented with live accompaniment by Andrew Earle Simpson.

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Atlas Presents: Imagination Stage’s Paper Dreams

Arts for Young Audiences

April 22 - 26, 2020

In a collaboration with Mons Dansa Dance Company from Barcelona, Spain, we bring to life a dance-based show perfect for ages 1-5 that explores the many facets of creativity. A fun, interactive production that tells the story of two delightful creatures who live inside a wastepaper basket, Paper Dreams asks if our greatest mistakes can turn out to be our greatest ideas.

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