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SUMMARY:DC Dance Festival
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/dc-dance-festival-45/
LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260424T160000
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DTSTAMP:20260520T204512
CREATED:20260401T161057Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260409T162447Z
UID:45333-1777046400-1777240800@www.danceplace.org
SUMMARY:LIMINAL Dance Film Festival
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/liminal-dance-film-festival-2/
LOCATION:DC
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260508
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260510
DTSTAMP:20260520T204512
CREATED:20250714T183621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260423T180224Z
UID:43449-1778198400-1778371199@www.danceplace.org
SUMMARY:New Releases
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/new-releases-45/
LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260516
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260518
DTSTAMP:20260520T204512
CREATED:20250714T183944Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260504T210423Z
UID:43456-1778889600-1779062399@www.danceplace.org
SUMMARY:Spring Youth Showcase
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/spring-youth-showcase-45/
LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260601
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260608
DTSTAMP:20260520T204512
CREATED:20250715T183746Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260515T193124Z
UID:43542-1780272000-1780876799@www.danceplace.org
SUMMARY:DanceAfrica DC/Coyaba Village Celebration
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-africa-dc-45/
LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260620
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260622
DTSTAMP:20260520T204512
CREATED:20250714T191441Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260108T173522Z
UID:43466-1781913600-1782086399@www.danceplace.org
SUMMARY:Ronya-Lee Anderson and The Light Factory
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/ronya-lee-anderson-45/
LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260626T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260628T170000
DTSTAMP:20260520T204512
CREATED:20260406T153424Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260518T141100Z
UID:45372-1782460800-1782666000@www.danceplace.org
SUMMARY:chitra.MOVES
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/chitra-moves-3/
LOCATION:DC
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260710
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260712
DTSTAMP:20260520T204513
CREATED:20260511T171244Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260513T194652Z
UID:45634-1783641600-1783814399@www.danceplace.org
SUMMARY:Ceremonials
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/ceremonials/
LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260814
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260816
DTSTAMP:20260520T204513
CREATED:20250714T191902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250716T191345Z
UID:43473-1786665600-1786838399@www.danceplace.org
SUMMARY:Energizers Creative Arts Summer Camp
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/energizers-summer-camp-45/
LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260815
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260817
DTSTAMP:20260520T204513
CREATED:20250714T181453Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260302T195827Z
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SUMMARY:Energizers Sneaker Ball
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/energizers-sneaker-ball-45/
LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States
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