danceDC Weekend Event Guide 10/22-10/24

Tomorrow is the opening night of Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Company’s Charlie Chan and the Mystery of Love at Dance Place. I’ve only seen the company once before at VelocityDC so am looking forward to seeing them again in their full length production. It will also be the first time I’ve been to Dance Place. Saturday is another day of firsts. I’ll be attending KODACHROME’s dance workshop at Heartbeats Studio in Springfield, Va. This event is four hours of classes for only $5. Teachers include Lauren De Vera of GnC Crew and Andrew Ton of the Baltimore Dance Crews Project. Ailey II will also be performing a few times this weekend – Saturday at BlackRock Center for the Arts and Sunday at Prince George’s Publick Playhouse. Check out the events below and support the local dance community!

Friday, October 22^nd

• 6pm: 2010 Local Dance Commissioning Project Affectations at Millennium Stage/Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
• 8pm: Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Company presents Charlie Chan and the Mystery of Love at Dance Place

Saturday, October 23^rd

• 11am-1pm: Burlesque BEST DANCER Auditions at DC Dance Collective
• 11:05am-11:20am: Silk Road Dance Company at the Race & Festival for World Peace
• 11:25am-11:40am: Rhythmaya at the Race & Festival for World Peace
• 12:05pm-12:20pm: Zezeh Brazil Samba Dance at the Race & Festival for World Peace
• 1pm: Jane Franklin Dance presents The Mouse of Amherst at Theatre On The Run (Arlington)
• 1:05pm-1:20pm: Dance in Time Salsa Dance at the Race & Festival for World Peace
• 2pm-6pm: KODACHROME Season II Workshop II at HeartBeats Studio (Springfield)
• 3pm: Ailey II at BlackRock Center for the Arts Germantown)
• 3:15pm: Liz Lerman Dance Exchange at Arena Stage Homecoming Day
• 7:30pm: Manassas Ballet Theatre presents Anna Karenina at Merchant Hall/Hylton Performing Arts Center (Manassas)
• 7:30pm: Ailey II at BlackRock Center for the Arts (Germantown)
• 8pm: Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Company presents Charlie Chan and the Mystery of Love at Dance Place

Sunday, October 24^th

• 1pm: Jane Franklin Dance presents The Mouse of Amherst at Theatre On The Run (Arlington)
• 3pm: Manassas Ballet Theatre presents Anna Karenina at Merchant Hall/Hylton Performing Arts Center (Manassas)
• 4pm: Ailey II: A Celebration of American Dance at Prince George’s Publick Playhouse (Cheverly)
• 7pm: Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Company presents Charlie Chan and the Mystery of Love at Dance Place