Online ticket sales close 4 hours before performance time.
Remaining tickets can be purchased at the Box Office starting 1 hour before performance time.
May 28 – June 2*
Download the full festival schedule!
The 26th annual festival celebrating the dance and music of the African Diaspora with special guests Umkhathi Theatre Works from Zimbabwe. Featuring some of the best African dance companies in the DC metropolitan area, this festival is guaranteed to inspire, invigorate, educate and entertain.
Umkhathi Theatre Works is a multi-disciplinary performing arts ensemble based in the high-density suburb of Njube in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe. The ensemble has twenty full-time members and since establishment in 1997 has grown to be one of the top performing acts in Zimbabwe, providing dazzling productions for audiences of all ages.
MASTER CLASSES: MAY 28 – JUNE 2
View the DanceAfrica, DC 2013 master class schedule here. Drop in for $15 or use your 10ClassPass. Register online today to reserve your spot in class!
OUTDOOR MARKETPLACE & FREE PERFORMANCES: JUNE 2-3
Visit our African Marketplace from noon to sunset with arts and crafts, food and more!
*All vendor spots are full. Dance Place is not accepting additional vendor applications.
Enjoy free performances and get in on the action with:
Saturday, June 1
12:00-12:15pm: Dance Place Step Team
12:30-1:15pm: People, Objects, Play
1:30-2:00pm: Ethiodankira
3:30-4:15pm: Balloon Art & Stilt-Walking
6:30-7:00pm: DC Casineros
7:00-7:30pm: Greater Little Zion Church Choir
Sunday, June 2:
12:00-12:15pm: Dance Place Step Team
12:30-1:15pm: Hula Hooping
1:30-2:00pm: Tam Tam Mandigue
3:30-4:15pm: Balloon Art & Stilt-Walking
6:30-7:00pm: Line Dancing with Lorenzo Evans
7:00-7:30pm: Greater Little Zion Church Choir
INDOOR PERFORMANCES
Saturday, June 1
2pm – Ezibu Muntu & Umkhathi Theatre Works
5pm – Coyaba Dance Theater’s Village Celebration
8pm – Coyaba Dance Theater & Umkhathi Theatre Works
Sunday, June 2
2pm- KanKouran West African Dance Company & Umkhathi Theatre Works
5pm – Coyaba Dance Theater’s Village Celebration
8pm- Farafina Kan & Umkhathi Theater Works
Tickets:
2pm Matinee Performances
$20 Advance Sales (ends midnight on Sunday, May 26)
$25 General Admission
$10 Children (17 & under)
5pm Village Celebration
$5 General Admission
Family Series – Free for children 12 & under
8pm Evening
$25 Advance Sales (ends midnight on Sunday, May 26)
$30 General Admission
$10 Children (17 & under)
Dance Place’s programs are supported by The National Capital Arts and Cultural Affairs program administered by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts. This project is supported in part by awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, and the many foundations, corporations, government agencies and individuals that support Dance Place/NEXTgeneration Youth Programs. Co-presented with the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Sponsored by Giant Food and The Washington Informer.
