The Center Will Not Hold is an innovative Dorrance Dance Production and collaboration by Bessie Award-winning choreographer and breakdancer Ephrat “Bounce” Asherie and MacArthur “Genius” Grant awardee Michelle Dorrance, “one of the most imaginative tap choreographers working today” (The New Yorker). In its Center for the Arts debut, the evening-length work features 11 performers and original music composed by Donovan Dorrance with live percussion by world-class drummer and percussionist John Angeles. The piece is deeply rooted in one or many street, club, and vernacular dances: house, breaking, hip hop, tap dance, Chicago footwork, Detroit jit, litefeet, Memphis jookin, and body percussion. This performance is appropriate for all ages. This performance will be audio-described.
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Fairfax Symphony Orchestra with Yo-Yo Ma (12/6/25-12/6/25)
American Festival Pops Orchestra - Holiday Pops: Songs of the Season (12/13/25-12/13/25)
Vienna Boys Choir: Christmas in Vienna (12/14/25-12/14/25)
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (1/23/26-1/23/26)
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Poetic Tone Pictures (1/25/26-1/25/26)
Curious George: The Golden Meatball (1/31/26-1/31/26)
Mark Morris Dance Group and Music Ensemble: Dances to American Music (2/7/26-2/7/26)
Virginia Opera: Intelligence (2/14/26-2/14/26)
Virginia Opera: Intelligence (2/15/26-2/15/26)
Les Ballets Africains: The National Dance Company of the Republic of Guinea (2/20/26-2/20/26)
Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra with Vaughn Wiester: The Music of Stan Kenton (2/28/26-2/28/26)
Mnozil Brass (3/1/26-3/1/26)
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel Mozart and Friends—Beethoven, Haydn, and Clementi (3/15/26-3/15/26)
Danú: Traditional Music of Ireland (3/20/26-3/20/26)
Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens (3/22/26-3/22/26)
Peppa Pig – My First Concert (4/11/26-4/11/26)
The Magic of Rob Lake (4/19/26-4/19/26)
Center for the Arts at George Mason University is at 4373 Mason Pond Drive Fairfax, VA 22030-4444, Fairfax, VA.
Chanticleer: A Chanticleer Christmas (11/29/25-11/29/25)
Virginia Opera: Cinderella (11/23/25-11/23/25)
Mariza (11/16/25-11/16/25)
Mason Artist-in-Residence: La Santa Cecilia (11/15/25-11/15/25)
360 ALLSTARS (11/8/25-11/8/25)
Mason Artist-in-Residence: Limón Dance Company (11/1/25-11/1/25)
Hubbard Street Dance Chicago (10/25/25-10/25/25)
Laurie Berkner Band (10/18/25-10/18/25)
Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: Chopin—The Romantic (10/12/25-10/12/25)
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Virginia National Ballet presents The Nutcracker
Capital One Hall (12/19 - 12/19) | |
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Mnozil Brass
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (3/1 - 3/1) | |
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American Roots Series: Nicole Zuraitis
Hylton Performing Arts Venue (3/7 - 3/7) | |
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Borromeo String Quartet & Verona Quartet
Kaufman Theater, Chrysler Museum of Art (4/13 - 4/13) | |
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Washington National Opera Orchestra Featuring the Cafritz Young Artists
Hylton Performing Arts Venue (3/1 - 3/1) | |
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It Must Be Christmas - An Acoustic Evening with Chris Young
Capital One Hall (12/17 - 12/17) | |
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Jim Jefferies: Son of a Carpenter Tour
Capital One Hall (6/27 - 6/27) | |
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