Past Events

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. 

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!

Behind The Mask Beneath The Surface, a captivating evening of dynamic visions of dance and artistry from 4 local DC/MD/VA female artists and choreographers, Truly Bennett, Kyoko Fujimoto, Rebecca Lallande, and Marie McNair.  With post-show artist talk-back.

Audiences will enjoy a night of powerful and diverse movement as we revisit crowd-favorite pieces from years past as well as brand new and innovative works from some of today's most sought-after artists in the industry. Artist Talk-Back after the show.

A unique performance featuring Therese and Elizabeth Gahl’s choreographic collaboration, “Nocturne”, with DC and Paris-based artists crossing international borders and dance styles. With post-show artist talk-back.

Blues to Broadway, Contemporary to tap, fresh, rhythmic, and electric. Artist Talk-Back after the show.

Enter our village as we share short stories that are a part of the full scope of the black experience. Stay for the post-show discussion.

Join us and discover how shocking news twists and turns in this new work ‘Breaking News’ by GDC Artistic Director, Shu-Chen Cuff and enjoy a unique cultural experience with ‘We, The Moon, The Sun’ – an Asian culturally influenced work combining Chinese Opera movements and modern dance.

Diaspora explores the connectivity of human feeling, its celebration and subtleties, while transcending from various music genres of soca, blues, samba, soul, and Afro-beat. Artist Talk-Back after the show.

The word and connotation of “eyesore”, an unpleasant sight in a public place, spins in “EyeSoar” as audio, video and movement highlight the people and organizations that make up an industrial neighborhood. With post-show artist talk-back.

A lavish and memorable journey in dance to the heart of Central Asia and the splendorous court of Tamerlane’s queen, celebrating many Eastern cultures. With post-show artist talk-back.

In a new evening-length performance pairing contemporary dance with multimedia, "The Fate of Choice," beautifully and provocatively explores the world through opposing landscapes: Free Will vs. Determinism. “Do we truly have free will or are our lives pre-determined?” With a post-show artist talk-back.

Jess Hoversen explores the human condition presented in Ernest Hemingway's works. 'The Light of Slow Descent' uses an all female cast to express the main themes of perseverance and defeat in 'Old Man and the Sea'. Mariah Lopez's 'Indelible' explores the duality created by social norms that force victims of assault to bare the burden of responsibility.

This is where/I Begin… is a solo dance exposing the plight of a DACA recipient/Dreamer and the relationship of living in the U.S.A. This performance includes audience participation and a post-show artist talk-back.

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.

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.

See Dissonance Dance Theatre as they work through Technical Dress Rehearsal! This is a special behind-the-scene experience you don't want to miss!

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 show features flamenco dance, music, and song alongside Indian Kathak and Mexican Folkloriko, bringing together three world and percussive dances for an evening of Flamenco y Más (more).

“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.

Experience a powerful evening of dance by 3 dynamic, local, and visionary artists; Therese Gahl, Truly Bennett, and Marie McNair.

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.

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

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.

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.

GLACIER: A Climate Change Ballet, directed by DC-based climate change policy expert and dance professional Diana Movius.