Dissonance Dance Theatre

Inspired by the Baby Boomer pastime of people-watching and storytelling, DDT Principal Choreographer/Founding Director Shawn Short presents a new work inspired by humorous, playful, and soulful human connection. A full evening work, performed in two works (New Surroundings, Frustrations of the Mind) to the compositions of Black American Composer Florence Price, and South African Cellist Abel Selaocoe, On the Porch intertwines contemporary ballet with percussive sound, theater, and storytelling.

Hailed by Dance Spirit Magazine (NYC) as, “One of the 11 small-but-mighty dance companies outside of LA and NYC”, our award-winning Dissonance Dance Theatre (DDT) is the only nationally-recognized, Black-operated contemporary ballet company between New York City and Atlanta. More specifically, Dissonance Dance Theatre serves as a racially diverse platform that provides emerging and minority dance talent in the region the opportunity to launch their professional careers, consciously confronting the equitable complexities of working with, within, and for the African-American dance community.