Spontaneous. Unpredictable. Joyous. Washington Improv Theater brings three weeks of supremely creative improv programming to Atlas in this special Road Show production.
Based on Michel Houellebecq’s best-selling novel in France, Germany, and Italy, it will engage and provoke your mind and heart.
Meet a section of the symphony orchestra through this engaging, educational and intimate program for young people.
A blistering documentary portrait of the challenges facing Israelis and Palestinians who decide to work together against formidable opposition.
A musical by Stephen Schwartz (Wicked, Pippin) that looks at the working lives of everyday people revealing their hopes and dreams, performed for the first time with nontraditional gender roles.
The Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival is a performing arts festival that presents work that impacts our society, culture, and world by informing, inspiring, educating, and entertaining. INTERSECTIONS is about presenting excellent art that inspires a connected community, engaged artists and audiences alike, and creates a vibrant neighborhood, city, and world. We are interested in unique perspectives and art that connects us to the many facets of our humanity.
GLACIER: A Climate Change Ballet, directed by DC-based climate change policy expert and dance professional Diana Movius.
Part of the Washington Post Free Cafe Concert Series
Ney Mello and Elizabeth Louie will engage the audience in an engaging interactive performance on guitar and piano, where they will improvise music with audience participation and demystify the art of improvisation.
Nigerian vocalist and songwriter TolumiDE compliments soul music with her African heritage exploring themes of life, love and inspiration using bilingual lyrics and dynamic rhythms.
Adventures in Arden, an interactive puppet show based on Shakespeare’s As You Like It, includes live and recorded music and a workshop that encourages imagination. Best for ages 4-10.
Part of the Free Washington Post Cafe Concert Series
People of all ages can stop by to do a kid-friendly craft for our community art installation.
2 Beat Boxing Dads making music and songs the whole family can enjoy! Best for ages 0-8.
Children interact with the performers - singing, playing, dancing, exploring different rhythms, and interact with the use of props, costumes and instruments. Best for ages 1-5.
A collection of contemporary dance works featuring an eclectic mix of ballet, ballroom and modern dance depicting fantastical scenes of romantic, comedic and dreamy characters.
Come and have a unique cultural experience with GDC Artistic Director, Shu-Chen Cuff’s work ‘We, The Moon, The Sun’ - an Asian culturally influenced work combining Chinese Opera movements and modern dance and ‘200 Feet’ inspired by author Jack Canfield\'s teachings.
Grand Saline, Texas, a town east of Dallas, has a history of racism, a history the community doesn’t talk about. This shroud of secrecy ended when one man self-immolated to protest their racism in 2014, shining a spotlight on the town’s dark past. Man on Fire untangles the pieces of this protest and questions the racism in Grand Saline today.
Individuals describe career, racial, gender or ethnic barriers. The sound score incorporates first-person interviews with some new to this country, TASSC clients (Torture Abolition and Survivors Support Coalition), and Americans marginalized by circumstance.
In DEVIATED THEATRE’s original dance opera ‘Beyond’, Luna the Astronaut discovers that getting lost (on Mars) is part of getting found. Photo: Enoch Chan
Enjoy a potpourri of dances with authentic cultural roots, incorporating modern aesthetics, conveying a message that the best values of traditional cultures can blend in today's world with concepts of freedom, equality, and self-actualization.
The Adventures of Prince Achmed (German: Die Abenteuer des Prinzen Achmed) is a 1926 German animated fairytale film by Lotte Reiniger. It is the oldest surviving animated feature film. The silent film will be screened with live, original music by Andrew Earle Simpson.
Each one of us holds a unique story on how we crossed paths with bomba. Join us as we perform Puerto Rican bomba… then write your own story.
Part of the Washington Post Free Cafe Concert Series
Experience a powerful evening of dance by 3 dynamic, local, and visionary artists; Therese Gahl, Truly Bennett, and Marie McNair.
Charenee’s current album, Offering: The Music of Gil Scott-Heron and Brian Jackson, is a powerful re-interpretation of the poet’s musical library. Jazz Wise Magazine has called the album “an emotional engagement with the material that renders every word believable.” Wade gives ample evidence on this remarkable recording to why she is one of the most exciting, distinctive and bold musical talents on the rise today.
“WHO LET THE DOGS OUT,” by Swedish Choreographer Lidia Wos is a provocative look as social order and disorder. "ALMA" by Israeli choreographer Rachel Erdos is a metaphor for knowledge and desire.
Join Project Locréa for a unique sound experience from musical traditions around the world.
Songs function as tiny stories: told from the perspective of a fictional character, with feelings or events that often change from the beginning to the end of the song.
Part of the free Washington Post Cafe Concert Series
In Dress Up Day: The Musical, a spunky first-grader and her classmates explore their individuality in order to find the perfect costume for their school dress up day. Best for ages 4-10.
Take your family on an interactive journey through Duke Ellington’s DC! From U Street and the Howard Theatre to Anacostia — Kids groove along with singers and a live jazz trio to discover how a local hero influenced the Harlem Renaissance, helped shape the cultural history of D.C., and became an international star.
“Instastory” explores how youth discover identity and purpose in a society obsessed with "likes" and "followers". During this full length showcase, students will share personal stories of struggle and triumph which reveal that the most defining "like" is the one they give themselves.
VAMP Youth theatre will be a collaboration with the Department of Youth Rehabilitation Service and Figure 8 to create an original theater piece.
A performance by City at Peace members inspired by the group\'s mission to use performing arts to explore conflict resolution, personal storytelling, empathy, understanding and leadership.
This devised Hip-Hop theatre piece features original rap, poetry and drama from the Griot Girls of FRESHH Inc.
An evening showcase celebrating the best of youth performance in the DMV, hosted by Atlas' City at Peace program.
Ancient Rhythms Dance Company presents a rich offering of gypsy lore, expressed through dance and music that conveys the proud resilience of the Roma people.
The showcases flamenco dance, music and song alongside Indian Kathak and Mexican Folkloriko. Bringing together three World and percussive dances for and evening of Flamenco y Más (more).
Fluid is an evening work inspired by physical theater, Afro-modern dance, presented through contemporary ballet. Fluid is performed to the music of Ezio Bosso and is centered around a cast of strangers, examining human emotion through the life trials of trust, lost, betrayal and love.
This is a poetic journey on how poets and song writers have been in the forefront, describing the world around them.
Part of the Washington Post Free Cafe Concert Series
Utilizing various mediums that play with the ear, tap dance is heard through leather-soled shoes, metal taps, bare feet, body music, and sand dancing in this exploration of the art as percussion.
A dynamic, talent-filled, 2-act production with a unique storyline that looks at Berry Gordy, Motown mogul, as he contemplates selling Motown to MCA in 1988.
Capital City Symphony continues its tradition of presenting outstanding young classical solo artists through the Great Masters, Young Stars Series.
A musical ode to the beauty of our planet and beyond, featurigb a multi-media presentation of Gustav Holst’s famous orchestral work, The Planets, featuring video projections from NASA.
Artspace Activation installation is presented in partnership with Cultural DC. Linny Giffin's, The Immersive Quilt, will be on display throughout the festival. Artist Statement: “Quilting has long been a tradition of recycling remnants and creating something new that's both practical and beautiful. Since the beginning of time, humans have been inventing and creating artfully out of necessity and because we are naturally creative beings. That sense of exploration in craft that has been passed down from generation to generation is such a beautiful example of the intersection of art and reality. I wanted to create work inspired by the craft of quilting in such a way that transforms a space so that people could feel physically immersed in art.” Giffin is a multidisciplinary artist known for creating large scale installation art, textiles, larger than life weavings and soft sculptures. Her feminine, eclectic aesthetic reflects her intuitive, open minded nature. She loves connecting with new clients and helping tell their story visually. She was featured as a woman to watch in Washingtonian Magazine’s Most Powerful Women in Washington in 2017 and co-founded The Lemon Collective, a hub for DC's creative and curious in 2015. linnyinc.com
