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:20250309T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20251102T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20260308T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20261101T050000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250118T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250119T160000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161659 CREATED:20240902T123657Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250110T154313Z UID:40524-1737226800-1737302400@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:KanKouran West African Dance Company DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/kankouran-west-african-dance/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/KanKouran-West-African-Dance-Company-BY-Lawrence-Greene.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250121 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250126 DTSTAMP:20260405T161659 CREATED:20241030T172333Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250110T154409Z UID:41053-1737417600-1737849599@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Technical Residency: Brinae Ali featuring The Baltimore Jazz Collective & Wendel Patrick DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/technical-residency-brinae/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/Brinae-Ali_BY-Wendel-Patrick.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250208T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250208T220000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161659 CREATED:20241030T171145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250123T185209Z UID:41038-1739044800-1739052000@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:BlackLight Summit DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/blacklight-summit-2/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/afterGLOW_BY-Photos-by-Sekou-Luke-Designed-by-MX-Oops-featuring-Jason-Rodriguez-stefa-marin-alarcon-and-Trggered.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250228T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250228T210000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161659 CREATED:20241107T170817Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250220T144716Z UID:41089-1740769200-1740776400@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Amelia Estrada & Gabriel Mata DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/amelia-gabriel/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Amelia-Estrada-Gabriel-Mata_BY-Jackie-Han-@jackiexphoto-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250314T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250315T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161659 CREATED:20241107T173219Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250306T195350Z UID:41098-1741978800-1742065200@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Nejla Yatkin DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/nejla-yatkin/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Nejla-Yatkin_BY-Enki-Andrews-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250321T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250322T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161659 CREATED:20241115T190434Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250318T134412Z UID:41171-1742583600-1742670000@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Claire Alrich DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/claire-alrich/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Claire-Alrich_BY-Marisa-Rasum-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250404T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250406T180000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161659 CREATED:20250107T154838Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250220T143255Z UID:41450-1743793200-1743962400@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Orange Grove Dance: A&I DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/orange-grove-ai/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/OGD_BY-Matt-Reeves.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250503T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250504T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161659 CREATED:20250116T185115Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250410T164733Z UID:41627-1746298800-1746385200@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:New Releases Choreographers Showcase DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/new-releases/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/unnamed.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250517 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250519 DTSTAMP:20260405T161659 CREATED:20250122T152102Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250327T205415Z UID:41711-1747440000-1747612799@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Spring Youth Showcase DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\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-2025/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/SYS-by-David-Dowlings-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250526 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250531 DTSTAMP:20260405T161659 CREATED:20250424T161019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250516T211356Z UID:42912-1748217600-1748649599@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Christopher K. Morgan + Malashock Dance Residency & Masterclass DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/christopher-k-morgan/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/The-Dulling-Effect.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250602T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250607T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161659 CREATED:20250328T052225Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250424T191357Z UID:42826-1748890800-1749322800@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Coyaba's Village Celebration DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/coyaba-village-celebration/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/unnamed.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250613T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250614T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161659 CREATED:20241122T175027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250519T152106Z UID:41227-1749841200-1749927600@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Compañía Medusa DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/compania-medusa/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Compania-Medus_BY-Ale-Carmona-Photography.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250711T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250712T190000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161659 CREATED:20241122T181259Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250625T234232Z UID:41246-1752260400-1752346800@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Heart Stück Bernie DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/heart-stuck-bernie-2/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/HSB_BY-C.-Stanley-Photography.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250725T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250725T220000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161659 CREATED:20250708T040042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250720T221730Z UID:43169-1753470000-1753480800@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Backseat Boogie - A 90s Burlesque Cabaret Show DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/backseat-boogie-a-90s-burlesque-cabaret-show/ LOCATION:DC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Backseat-Boogie-updated.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250807 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250809 DTSTAMP:20260405T161700 CREATED:20250218T230056Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250721T165559Z UID:36083-1754524800-1754697599@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Energizers Creative Arts Summer Camp Show DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/energizers-creative-arts-camp-show-25/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Summer-Camp-by-David-Dowlings.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250807 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250809 DTSTAMP:20260405T161700 CREATED:20250616T190046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251128T191743Z UID:43232-1754524800-1754697599@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:2025-2026 Season: Home is Coming DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/home-is-coming/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Banner-4.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250908 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250915 DTSTAMP:20260405T161700 CREATED:20250715T222407Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250825T150757Z UID:43590-1757289600-1757894399@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Spirit Week: A 5-Day Homecoming Celebration DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/spirit-week-homecoming-45/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Spirit-Week-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20250910T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20250910T170000 DTSTAMP:20260405T161700 CREATED:20250910T190040Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250930T175131Z UID:44190-1757491200-1757523600@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Dance Place AFTER DARK: Spookshow Spectacular DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/dance-place-after-dark-spookshow-spectacular/ LOCATION:DC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251003 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251005 DTSTAMP:20260405T161700 CREATED:20250715T162940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250915T153918Z UID:43498-1759449600-1759622399@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Lionel Popkin DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/lionel-popkin-45/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Lionel-Popkin_angel-origgi-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251025 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251026 DTSTAMP:20260405T161700 CREATED:20250715T164637Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250904T192512Z UID:43509-1761350400-1761436799@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Family Spooky Disco DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/family-spooky-disco-45/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Family-Spooky-Disco-photo-credit_-David-Dowling-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251031 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251102 DTSTAMP:20260405T161700 CREATED:20250714T194658Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250716T193154Z UID:43482-1761868800-1762041599@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Dance Place AFTER DARK DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/after-dark-45/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/AFTER-DARK-Graphic.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251101 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251103 DTSTAMP:20260405T161700 CREATED:20250714T173354Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251017T193113Z UID:43385-1761955200-1762127999@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Dance Place Family Reunion DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/carla-creative-family-reunion-45/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Carla-Creative-Inc-Dance-Place-Family-Reunion_Photo-Courtesy-of-the-Artist-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251114 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251116 DTSTAMP:20260405T161700 CREATED:20250716T213747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251113T140420Z UID:43907-1763078400-1763251199@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:The Creative Space DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/the-creative-space-45/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/The-Creative-Space_Logo-provided-by-the-Artist-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251121 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251123 DTSTAMP:20260405T161700 CREATED:20250714T175217Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251120T210711Z UID:43395-1763683200-1763855999@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Kimberly Bartosik/daela DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/kimberly-bartosik-daela-45/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Kimberly-Bartosik_daela_Photo-Credit_Olivia-Moon-Photography-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251205 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251207 DTSTAMP:20260405T161700 CREATED:20250715T224046Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251125T171634Z UID:43597-1764892800-1765065599@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Ananya Dance Theatre DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/anaya-dance-theatre-45/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Ananya-Dance-Theatre_Graphic-by-Galen-Higgins.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251215 DTSTAMP:20260405T161700 CREATED:20250716T202921Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251119T215806Z UID:43833-1765497600-1765756799@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:NOËL DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/noel-45/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/NOEL_Photo-Credit_-Courtesy-of-the-artist.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251215 DTSTAMP:20260405T161700 CREATED:20251021T133212Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260130T160539Z UID:44345-1765497600-1765756799@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Bambi Loves You! DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/bambi-45/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/bambi-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251213 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251215 DTSTAMP:20260405T161700 CREATED:20250716T203727Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250915T163332Z UID:43843-1765584000-1765756799@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Kwanzaa Celebration DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/kwanzaa-celebration-45/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Coyaba-Dance-Theater_-Photo-Credit_-David-Dowling.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260117 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260119 DTSTAMP:20260405T161700 CREATED:20250714T180710Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251218T185259Z UID:43410-1768608000-1768780799@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:KanKouran West African Dance Company DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/kanouran-west-african-dance-45/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/KanKouran-West-African-Dance-Company_Photo-Credit_-David-Dowling-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260206 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260208 DTSTAMP:20260405T161700 CREATED:20250714T182008Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260130T160642Z UID:43425-1770336000-1770508799@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:BIGKID DANCE DESCRIPTION:Image Description: This promotional image for “Ananya Dance Theatre” and “Dance Place’s 45th Season” features a dynamic collage of nine dancers in various expressive poses\, seemingly mid-movement. They wear colorful\, flowing costumes and have diverse appearances. A large\, golden “45” with sparkling accents is overlaid on the right side. The top text reads “Ananya Dance Theatre” in gold. Vertical white text “HOME IS COMING” borders both sides\, and “CELEBRATE DANCE PLACE’S 45TH SEASON” is at the bottom in white. Photo Credit/Original Graphic: Galen Higgins \n \n \n \n Ananya Dance Theatre \n \n \n \n December 5 & 6 at 7pm \n \n \n \n SWAPNŌ JHNĀP: DREAM JUMPING faces the ongoing chaos and escalating destruction of our Common Life by bringing connectivity and liberation out of the dream world and into reality. As the dancers travel through portals that cross time cycles and spacescapes\, they integrate vital medicine and patchwork a methodology of dreaming that literally brings the desired world closer. We discover wisdom and connectivities inside the depths of oceanic grief\, in the shared rhythms of a dance club\, in the hatching of mythical creatures\, in the rubble of war-torn landscapes\, and inside quantum entanglements of movement and breath. Dancing together opens portals to the future\, drawing on the feminist spiritual practice of quantum jumping. 5 journeys\, 5 portals\, and 5 medicines birth the miracle of a deeply connected universe. Conceived and choreographed by Ananya Chatterjea\, featuring the work of composer Greg Schutte\, stage director k.t. shorb\, dramaturg Dr. Nia Witherspoon (INYOSI Sebenzekhaya)\, scenic designer Mina Kinukawa\, costume designer Annie Cady\, filmmaker Darren Johnson and lighting designer Kevin Jones. Ananya Dance Theatre ensemble: Mariadela Belle Alvarez\, Noelle Awadallah\, Lizzette Chapa\, Ananya Chatterjea\, Kealoha Ferreira\, Davente Gilreath\, Juliet Irving\, Vy Nguyen (not performing)\, Heaven Sha’Rae (not performing). Ananya Dance Theatre’s work is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a Minnesota State Arts Board Operating Support grant\, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the arts and cultural heritage fund and generous individual donors.  Swapnō Jhnāp: Dream Jumping is made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project\, with lead funding from the Doris Duke Foundation and The Mellon Foundation. 2025 General Operating Support was made possible by the New England Foundation for the Arts’ National Dance Project with funding from the Doris Duke Foundation. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS HERE\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Thank you to our 2025-2026 Season Supporters! URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/big-kid-dance-45/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/BIGKID-DANCE-Photo-Credit_-Matthew-Caserta.png END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR