BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Dance Place - ECPv6.10.2//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Dance Place X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.danceplace.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Dance Place REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Halifax BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20190310T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20191103T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20200308T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20201101T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20210314T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20211107T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20220313T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20221106T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20230312T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20231105T050000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231216 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231218 DTSTAMP:20260521T062621 CREATED:20230809T180014Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231215T222109Z UID:36053-1702684800-1702857599@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:In the Spirit of Kwanzaa: Every Girl Has a Story *SOLD OUT* DESCRIPTION:Image Description: A man with a tattoo on his arm tilts his head back in a dramatic\, low-light setting featuring a single overhead light source.  Photo Credit: Elyse Mertz \n \n \n \n Brendan Drake/Ceremonials \n \n \n \n July 10 & 11 at 7pm \n \n \n \n Choreographer and Interdisciplinary artist Brendan Drake makes their Dance Place Debut with Ceremonials\, presented by DC Dance Network and co-presented with Dance Place. Please note that this performance is for an 18+ audience and community members.  Drawing inspiration from Catholic iconography and Gay Porn\, Ceremonials is an hour-long performance work exploring the not-so-subtle similarities between Christianity and eroticism. The work connects 14th-century Christian mystic Julian of Norwich’s text Revelations of Divine Love with images of contemporary queer smut to consider how sorrow and ecstasy are such strange but familiar bedfellows. Ceremonials is a utopic fever dream that lives somewhere between passion play and an elegiac orgy. A bacchanalian parade of images\, complete with fallen angels\, messianic delusions\, beautiful boyx drenched in holy water\, and Mother Mary herself. It is a raucous meditation on pleasure\, pain\, and surrender as well as a call for hope\, despite the horrors. Sorrow is the content\, ecstasy is the form. Brendan DrakeWebsiteInstagram DC Dance NetworkWebsiteInstagram \n \n \n \n This work was commissioned in part by the 2026 DC Dance Network Choreographer Commission. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PIURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Want to explore Brendan’s work fully? 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URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/coyaba-dance-theater-kwanzaa-celebration/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/kwanzaa-br.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20231118T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20231118T220000 DTSTAMP:20260521T062621 CREATED:20230814T140045Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231102T151612Z UID:36041-1700337600-1700344800@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Quilan Arnold\, Lauren DeVera\, and Malcolm Shute DESCRIPTION:Image Description: A man with a tattoo on his arm tilts his head back in a dramatic\, low-light setting featuring a single overhead light source.  Photo Credit: Elyse Mertz \n \n \n \n Brendan Drake/Ceremonials \n \n \n \n July 10 & 11 at 7pm \n \n \n \n Choreographer and Interdisciplinary artist Brendan Drake makes their Dance Place Debut with Ceremonials\, presented by DC Dance Network and co-presented with Dance Place. Please note that this performance is for an 18+ audience and community members.  Drawing inspiration from Catholic iconography and Gay Porn\, Ceremonials is an hour-long performance work exploring the not-so-subtle similarities between Christianity and eroticism. The work connects 14th-century Christian mystic Julian of Norwich’s text Revelations of Divine Love with images of contemporary queer smut to consider how sorrow and ecstasy are such strange but familiar bedfellows. Ceremonials is a utopic fever dream that lives somewhere between passion play and an elegiac orgy. A bacchanalian parade of images\, complete with fallen angels\, messianic delusions\, beautiful boyx drenched in holy water\, and Mother Mary herself. It is a raucous meditation on pleasure\, pain\, and surrender as well as a call for hope\, despite the horrors. Sorrow is the content\, ecstasy is the form. Brendan DrakeWebsiteInstagram DC Dance NetworkWebsiteInstagram \n \n \n \n This work was commissioned in part by the 2026 DC Dance Network Choreographer Commission. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PIURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Want to explore Brendan’s work fully? 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URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/open-call/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/nov-18-br-banner-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20231104T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20231104T180000 DTSTAMP:20260521T062621 CREATED:20231002T144035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231030T160451Z UID:37800-1699113600-1699120800@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Dance Place Community Conversation DESCRIPTION:Image Description: A man with a tattoo on his arm tilts his head back in a dramatic\, low-light setting featuring a single overhead light source.  Photo Credit: Elyse Mertz \n \n \n \n Brendan Drake/Ceremonials \n \n \n \n July 10 & 11 at 7pm \n \n \n \n Choreographer and Interdisciplinary artist Brendan Drake makes their Dance Place Debut with Ceremonials\, presented by DC Dance Network and co-presented with Dance Place. Please note that this performance is for an 18+ audience and community members.  Drawing inspiration from Catholic iconography and Gay Porn\, Ceremonials is an hour-long performance work exploring the not-so-subtle similarities between Christianity and eroticism. The work connects 14th-century Christian mystic Julian of Norwich’s text Revelations of Divine Love with images of contemporary queer smut to consider how sorrow and ecstasy are such strange but familiar bedfellows. Ceremonials is a utopic fever dream that lives somewhere between passion play and an elegiac orgy. A bacchanalian parade of images\, complete with fallen angels\, messianic delusions\, beautiful boyx drenched in holy water\, and Mother Mary herself. It is a raucous meditation on pleasure\, pain\, and surrender as well as a call for hope\, despite the horrors. Sorrow is the content\, ecstasy is the form. Brendan DrakeWebsiteInstagram DC Dance NetworkWebsiteInstagram \n \n \n \n This work was commissioned in part by the 2026 DC Dance Network Choreographer Commission. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PIURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Want to explore Brendan’s work fully? 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URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/community-conversation/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/unnamed-4.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20231014T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20231014T220000 DTSTAMP:20260521T062621 CREATED:20230901T120052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20231004T174121Z UID:36049-1697313600-1697320800@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Gilded Lily Burlesque: Return to Glamour DESCRIPTION:Image Description: A man with a tattoo on his arm tilts his head back in a dramatic\, low-light setting featuring a single overhead light source.  Photo Credit: Elyse Mertz \n \n \n \n Brendan Drake/Ceremonials \n \n \n \n July 10 & 11 at 7pm \n \n \n \n Choreographer and Interdisciplinary artist Brendan Drake makes their Dance Place Debut with Ceremonials\, presented by DC Dance Network and co-presented with Dance Place. Please note that this performance is for an 18+ audience and community members.  Drawing inspiration from Catholic iconography and Gay Porn\, Ceremonials is an hour-long performance work exploring the not-so-subtle similarities between Christianity and eroticism. The work connects 14th-century Christian mystic Julian of Norwich’s text Revelations of Divine Love with images of contemporary queer smut to consider how sorrow and ecstasy are such strange but familiar bedfellows. Ceremonials is a utopic fever dream that lives somewhere between passion play and an elegiac orgy. A bacchanalian parade of images\, complete with fallen angels\, messianic delusions\, beautiful boyx drenched in holy water\, and Mother Mary herself. It is a raucous meditation on pleasure\, pain\, and surrender as well as a call for hope\, despite the horrors. Sorrow is the content\, ecstasy is the form. Brendan DrakeWebsiteInstagram DC Dance NetworkWebsiteInstagram \n \n \n \n This work was commissioned in part by the 2026 DC Dance Network Choreographer Commission. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PIURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Want to explore Brendan’s work fully? Click below to register for their Contemporary Technique Lab. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n WORKSHOP REGISTRATION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/gilded-lily-burlesque/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/guilded-lily-br.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230920T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230920T220000 DTSTAMP:20260521T062621 CREATED:20230811T000028Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230817T151413Z UID:36038-1695240000-1695247200@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:haus of bambi: Haus Coming DESCRIPTION:Image Description: A man with a tattoo on his arm tilts his head back in a dramatic\, low-light setting featuring a single overhead light source.  Photo Credit: Elyse Mertz \n \n \n \n Brendan Drake/Ceremonials \n \n \n \n July 10 & 11 at 7pm \n \n \n \n Choreographer and Interdisciplinary artist Brendan Drake makes their Dance Place Debut with Ceremonials\, presented by DC Dance Network and co-presented with Dance Place. Please note that this performance is for an 18+ audience and community members.  Drawing inspiration from Catholic iconography and Gay Porn\, Ceremonials is an hour-long performance work exploring the not-so-subtle similarities between Christianity and eroticism. The work connects 14th-century Christian mystic Julian of Norwich’s text Revelations of Divine Love with images of contemporary queer smut to consider how sorrow and ecstasy are such strange but familiar bedfellows. Ceremonials is a utopic fever dream that lives somewhere between passion play and an elegiac orgy. A bacchanalian parade of images\, complete with fallen angels\, messianic delusions\, beautiful boyx drenched in holy water\, and Mother Mary herself. It is a raucous meditation on pleasure\, pain\, and surrender as well as a call for hope\, despite the horrors. Sorrow is the content\, ecstasy is the form. Brendan DrakeWebsiteInstagram DC Dance NetworkWebsiteInstagram \n \n \n \n This work was commissioned in part by the 2026 DC Dance Network Choreographer Commission. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PIURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Want to explore Brendan’s work fully? 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URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/haus-awards/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/haus-awards-br.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230909 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230911 DTSTAMP:20260521T062621 CREATED:20230810T191647Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230908T170522Z UID:36035-1694217600-1694390399@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:District Choreographer's Dance Festival (DCDF) DESCRIPTION:Image Description: A man with a tattoo on his arm tilts his head back in a dramatic\, low-light setting featuring a single overhead light source.  Photo Credit: Elyse Mertz \n \n \n \n Brendan Drake/Ceremonials \n \n \n \n July 10 & 11 at 7pm \n \n \n \n Choreographer and Interdisciplinary artist Brendan Drake makes their Dance Place Debut with Ceremonials\, presented by DC Dance Network and co-presented with Dance Place. Please note that this performance is for an 18+ audience and community members.  Drawing inspiration from Catholic iconography and Gay Porn\, Ceremonials is an hour-long performance work exploring the not-so-subtle similarities between Christianity and eroticism. The work connects 14th-century Christian mystic Julian of Norwich’s text Revelations of Divine Love with images of contemporary queer smut to consider how sorrow and ecstasy are such strange but familiar bedfellows. Ceremonials is a utopic fever dream that lives somewhere between passion play and an elegiac orgy. A bacchanalian parade of images\, complete with fallen angels\, messianic delusions\, beautiful boyx drenched in holy water\, and Mother Mary herself. It is a raucous meditation on pleasure\, pain\, and surrender as well as a call for hope\, despite the horrors. Sorrow is the content\, ecstasy is the form. Brendan DrakeWebsiteInstagram DC Dance NetworkWebsiteInstagram \n \n \n \n This work was commissioned in part by the 2026 DC Dance Network Choreographer Commission. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PIURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Want to explore Brendan’s work fully? Click below to register for their Contemporary Technique Lab. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n WORKSHOP REGISTRATION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/district-choreographers-dance-festival/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/DCDF-banner-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20191005T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20191005T220000 DTSTAMP:20260521T062621 CREATED:20190630T000000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200904T213503Z UID:20206-1570305600-1570312800@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:slowdanger DESCRIPTION:Image Description: A man with a tattoo on his arm tilts his head back in a dramatic\, low-light setting featuring a single overhead light source.  Photo Credit: Elyse Mertz \n \n \n \n Brendan Drake/Ceremonials \n \n \n \n July 10 & 11 at 7pm \n \n \n \n Choreographer and Interdisciplinary artist Brendan Drake makes their Dance Place Debut with Ceremonials\, presented by DC Dance Network and co-presented with Dance Place. Please note that this performance is for an 18+ audience and community members.  Drawing inspiration from Catholic iconography and Gay Porn\, Ceremonials is an hour-long performance work exploring the not-so-subtle similarities between Christianity and eroticism. The work connects 14th-century Christian mystic Julian of Norwich’s text Revelations of Divine Love with images of contemporary queer smut to consider how sorrow and ecstasy are such strange but familiar bedfellows. Ceremonials is a utopic fever dream that lives somewhere between passion play and an elegiac orgy. A bacchanalian parade of images\, complete with fallen angels\, messianic delusions\, beautiful boyx drenched in holy water\, and Mother Mary herself. It is a raucous meditation on pleasure\, pain\, and surrender as well as a call for hope\, despite the horrors. Sorrow is the content\, ecstasy is the form. Brendan DrakeWebsiteInstagram DC Dance NetworkWebsiteInstagram \n \n \n \n This work was commissioned in part by the 2026 DC Dance Network Choreographer Commission. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PIURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Want to explore Brendan’s work fully? 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URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/slowdanger/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/header_slowdanger_David-McCandless.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190926T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190926T193000 DTSTAMP:20260521T062621 CREATED:20190413T011404Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200904T213503Z UID:19958-1569522600-1569526200@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Art on 8th: Project ChArma DESCRIPTION:Image Description: A man with a tattoo on his arm tilts his head back in a dramatic\, low-light setting featuring a single overhead light source.  Photo Credit: Elyse Mertz \n \n \n \n Brendan Drake/Ceremonials \n \n \n \n July 10 & 11 at 7pm \n \n \n \n Choreographer and Interdisciplinary artist Brendan Drake makes their Dance Place Debut with Ceremonials\, presented by DC Dance Network and co-presented with Dance Place. Please note that this performance is for an 18+ audience and community members.  Drawing inspiration from Catholic iconography and Gay Porn\, Ceremonials is an hour-long performance work exploring the not-so-subtle similarities between Christianity and eroticism. The work connects 14th-century Christian mystic Julian of Norwich’s text Revelations of Divine Love with images of contemporary queer smut to consider how sorrow and ecstasy are such strange but familiar bedfellows. Ceremonials is a utopic fever dream that lives somewhere between passion play and an elegiac orgy. A bacchanalian parade of images\, complete with fallen angels\, messianic delusions\, beautiful boyx drenched in holy water\, and Mother Mary herself. It is a raucous meditation on pleasure\, pain\, and surrender as well as a call for hope\, despite the horrors. Sorrow is the content\, ecstasy is the form. Brendan DrakeWebsiteInstagram DC Dance NetworkWebsiteInstagram \n \n \n \n This work was commissioned in part by the 2026 DC Dance Network Choreographer Commission. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PIURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Want to explore Brendan’s work fully? Click below to register for their Contemporary Technique Lab. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n WORKSHOP REGISTRATION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/art-on-8th-project-charma/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/AO8-H_project-charma.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190921T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190921T200000 DTSTAMP:20260521T062621 CREATED:20190630T000030Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200904T213503Z UID:21135-1569096000-1569096000@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Dance Box Theater DESCRIPTION:Image Description: A man with a tattoo on his arm tilts his head back in a dramatic\, low-light setting featuring a single overhead light source.  Photo Credit: Elyse Mertz \n \n \n \n Brendan Drake/Ceremonials \n \n \n \n July 10 & 11 at 7pm \n \n \n \n Choreographer and Interdisciplinary artist Brendan Drake makes their Dance Place Debut with Ceremonials\, presented by DC Dance Network and co-presented with Dance Place. Please note that this performance is for an 18+ audience and community members.  Drawing inspiration from Catholic iconography and Gay Porn\, Ceremonials is an hour-long performance work exploring the not-so-subtle similarities between Christianity and eroticism. The work connects 14th-century Christian mystic Julian of Norwich’s text Revelations of Divine Love with images of contemporary queer smut to consider how sorrow and ecstasy are such strange but familiar bedfellows. Ceremonials is a utopic fever dream that lives somewhere between passion play and an elegiac orgy. A bacchanalian parade of images\, complete with fallen angels\, messianic delusions\, beautiful boyx drenched in holy water\, and Mother Mary herself. It is a raucous meditation on pleasure\, pain\, and surrender as well as a call for hope\, despite the horrors. Sorrow is the content\, ecstasy is the form. Brendan DrakeWebsiteInstagram DC Dance NetworkWebsiteInstagram \n \n \n \n This work was commissioned in part by the 2026 DC Dance Network Choreographer Commission. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PIURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Want to explore Brendan’s work fully? Click below to register for their Contemporary Technique Lab. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n WORKSHOP REGISTRATION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/dance-box-theater/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/header_Dance-Box-Theater_RC-Schandelmeier.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190919T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190919T200000 DTSTAMP:20260521T062621 CREATED:20190415T182449Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200904T213503Z UID:19991-1568912400-1568923200@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Art on 8th: Laurin Talese and a Novel Idea DESCRIPTION:Image Description: A man with a tattoo on his arm tilts his head back in a dramatic\, low-light setting featuring a single overhead light source.  Photo Credit: Elyse Mertz \n \n \n \n Brendan Drake/Ceremonials \n \n \n \n July 10 & 11 at 7pm \n \n \n \n Choreographer and Interdisciplinary artist Brendan Drake makes their Dance Place Debut with Ceremonials\, presented by DC Dance Network and co-presented with Dance Place. Please note that this performance is for an 18+ audience and community members.  Drawing inspiration from Catholic iconography and Gay Porn\, Ceremonials is an hour-long performance work exploring the not-so-subtle similarities between Christianity and eroticism. The work connects 14th-century Christian mystic Julian of Norwich’s text Revelations of Divine Love with images of contemporary queer smut to consider how sorrow and ecstasy are such strange but familiar bedfellows. Ceremonials is a utopic fever dream that lives somewhere between passion play and an elegiac orgy. A bacchanalian parade of images\, complete with fallen angels\, messianic delusions\, beautiful boyx drenched in holy water\, and Mother Mary herself. It is a raucous meditation on pleasure\, pain\, and surrender as well as a call for hope\, despite the horrors. Sorrow is the content\, ecstasy is the form. Brendan DrakeWebsiteInstagram DC Dance NetworkWebsiteInstagram \n \n \n \n This work was commissioned in part by the 2026 DC Dance Network Choreographer Commission. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PIURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Want to explore Brendan’s work fully? Click below to register for their Contemporary Technique Lab. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n WORKSHOP REGISTRATION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/art-on-8th-laurin-talese-and-a-novel-idea/ LOCATION:Arts Walk at Monroe Street Market\, 716 Monroe St NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Ao8-H_laurin.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190914T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190914T220000 DTSTAMP:20260521T062621 CREATED:20190630T000003Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200904T213503Z UID:20197-1568491200-1568498400@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:d. Sabela grimes DESCRIPTION:Image Description: A man with a tattoo on his arm tilts his head back in a dramatic\, low-light setting featuring a single overhead light source.  Photo Credit: Elyse Mertz \n \n \n \n Brendan Drake/Ceremonials \n \n \n \n July 10 & 11 at 7pm \n \n \n \n Choreographer and Interdisciplinary artist Brendan Drake makes their Dance Place Debut with Ceremonials\, presented by DC Dance Network and co-presented with Dance Place. Please note that this performance is for an 18+ audience and community members.  Drawing inspiration from Catholic iconography and Gay Porn\, Ceremonials is an hour-long performance work exploring the not-so-subtle similarities between Christianity and eroticism. The work connects 14th-century Christian mystic Julian of Norwich’s text Revelations of Divine Love with images of contemporary queer smut to consider how sorrow and ecstasy are such strange but familiar bedfellows. Ceremonials is a utopic fever dream that lives somewhere between passion play and an elegiac orgy. A bacchanalian parade of images\, complete with fallen angels\, messianic delusions\, beautiful boyx drenched in holy water\, and Mother Mary herself. It is a raucous meditation on pleasure\, pain\, and surrender as well as a call for hope\, despite the horrors. Sorrow is the content\, ecstasy is the form. Brendan DrakeWebsiteInstagram DC Dance NetworkWebsiteInstagram \n \n \n \n This work was commissioned in part by the 2026 DC Dance Network Choreographer Commission. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PIURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Want to explore Brendan’s work fully? Click below to register for their Contemporary Technique Lab. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n WORKSHOP REGISTRATION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/d-sabela-grimes/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/header_d.-sabela-grimes_Gema-Galiana.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190912T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190912T193000 DTSTAMP:20260521T062621 CREATED:20190415T185852Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200904T213503Z UID:20008-1568313000-1568316600@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Art on 8th: d. sabela grimes DESCRIPTION:Image Description: A man with a tattoo on his arm tilts his head back in a dramatic\, low-light setting featuring a single overhead light source.  Photo Credit: Elyse Mertz \n \n \n \n Brendan Drake/Ceremonials \n \n \n \n July 10 & 11 at 7pm \n \n \n \n Choreographer and Interdisciplinary artist Brendan Drake makes their Dance Place Debut with Ceremonials\, presented by DC Dance Network and co-presented with Dance Place. Please note that this performance is for an 18+ audience and community members.  Drawing inspiration from Catholic iconography and Gay Porn\, Ceremonials is an hour-long performance work exploring the not-so-subtle similarities between Christianity and eroticism. The work connects 14th-century Christian mystic Julian of Norwich’s text Revelations of Divine Love with images of contemporary queer smut to consider how sorrow and ecstasy are such strange but familiar bedfellows. Ceremonials is a utopic fever dream that lives somewhere between passion play and an elegiac orgy. A bacchanalian parade of images\, complete with fallen angels\, messianic delusions\, beautiful boyx drenched in holy water\, and Mother Mary herself. It is a raucous meditation on pleasure\, pain\, and surrender as well as a call for hope\, despite the horrors. Sorrow is the content\, ecstasy is the form. Brendan DrakeWebsiteInstagram DC Dance NetworkWebsiteInstagram \n \n \n \n This work was commissioned in part by the 2026 DC Dance Network Choreographer Commission. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PIURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Want to explore Brendan’s work fully? Click below to register for their Contemporary Technique Lab. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n WORKSHOP REGISTRATION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/art-on-8th-d-sabela-grimes/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/Ao8-H_sabela.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20190908T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20190908T210000 DTSTAMP:20260521T062621 CREATED:20190630T000015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200904T213503Z UID:21010-1567969200-1567976400@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Ben Levine / Extreme Lengths DESCRIPTION:Image Description: A man with a tattoo on his arm tilts his head back in a dramatic\, low-light setting featuring a single overhead light source.  Photo Credit: Elyse Mertz \n \n \n \n Brendan Drake/Ceremonials \n \n \n \n July 10 & 11 at 7pm \n \n \n \n Choreographer and Interdisciplinary artist Brendan Drake makes their Dance Place Debut with Ceremonials\, presented by DC Dance Network and co-presented with Dance Place. Please note that this performance is for an 18+ audience and community members.  Drawing inspiration from Catholic iconography and Gay Porn\, Ceremonials is an hour-long performance work exploring the not-so-subtle similarities between Christianity and eroticism. The work connects 14th-century Christian mystic Julian of Norwich’s text Revelations of Divine Love with images of contemporary queer smut to consider how sorrow and ecstasy are such strange but familiar bedfellows. Ceremonials is a utopic fever dream that lives somewhere between passion play and an elegiac orgy. A bacchanalian parade of images\, complete with fallen angels\, messianic delusions\, beautiful boyx drenched in holy water\, and Mother Mary herself. It is a raucous meditation on pleasure\, pain\, and surrender as well as a call for hope\, despite the horrors. Sorrow is the content\, ecstasy is the form. Brendan DrakeWebsiteInstagram DC Dance NetworkWebsiteInstagram \n \n \n \n This work was commissioned in part by the 2026 DC Dance Network Choreographer Commission. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PIURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Want to explore Brendan’s work fully? Click below to register for their Contemporary Technique Lab. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n WORKSHOP REGISTRATION\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/ben-levine-extreme-lengths/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/header_1_BenLevine_photobyJonathanHsu-1.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR