WASHINGTON, DC DANCE NEWS COVERAGE

The San Francisco Ballet pulled out of planned performances at the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington D.C., marking another major cancellation following President Donald Trump's takeover of the institution's board and operations....

On President’s Day, the First Amendment Troop staged “ResistDance” - a tribute and act of artistic dissent - at the Kennedy Center and Lincoln Memorial. Watch the full performance in this video....

Today’s subject Susan Jaffe is currently living her theatre and dance lives as the Artistic Director of One the country’ finest dance companies American Ballet Theatre (ABT). She assumed the post in December of 2022. ABT is coming to town this week for a weeklong engagement of the Christopher Wh...

DC native Samantha Figgins returns to the district for 11 performances with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater at the Warner Theatre, the first stop on a 20 city US tour. ...

The Martha Graham Dance Company has canceled its scheduled April engagement at the Kennedy Center, removing the stop from its nationwide centennial tour....

Doug Varone and Dancers has canceled its upcoming performances at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts following the institution’s recent renaming to include the name of President Donald Trump....

The DC theatre community and artists across the United States are mourning the loss of  the visionary musical theatre and choreography genius, LaVerne Reed. A student of Maria “Libby” Hill (Apollo Theatre, Nicholas Brothers) Reed began her arts exploration as a young girl, eventually landing at...

Dance/USA revealed the newest 25 recipients of the Dance/USA Fellowships to Artists program, honoring dance and movement-based artists with sustained practices in art for social change....

GALA Hispanic Theatre will present the 21st annual Fuego Flamenco Festival from November 6–22, 2025, showcasing tradition, fusion, and innovation in flamenco. ...

The Kennedy Center’s Local Dance Comissioning Project (LDCP) 2024/2025 awardees Jamison Curcio and Shanice Mason presented a vulnerable, metaphysical dance autobiography in I have a secret to tell you…. ...

There is more news from the Kennedy Center. The D.C. cultural institution just announced the appointment of Stephen Nakagawa as its new Director of Dance Programming. ...

The Kennedy Center has eliminated its dance programming team, prompting resignations and concerns about censorship as more than 50 employees have left under Donald Trump’s leadership....

The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will not appear in the Kennedy Center’s upcoming season, citing a new global opportunity. The announcement follows leadership changes and controversy at the Washington arts institution....

Acosta Danza’s program Cuban Ecléctico ran in the Eisenhower Theater at the Kennedy Center for just three days, but the show deserved much more stage time, both to receive a greater audience and to refine their performance. ...

The Washington Ballet’s ALICE (in wonderland) is a theatrical, whimsical, and approachable translation of Lewis Carroll’s iconic duology, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. ...

What did our critic think of GIGENSIS: THE GENERATION OF THE EARTH at Kennedy Center? In his new work “GIGENSIS: The Generation of the Earth,” Akram Khan interprets a story of familial relations from the ancient Sanskrit epic The Mahabharata. ...