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:20260308T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20261101T050000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0300 TZNAME:ADT DTSTART:20270314T060000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0300 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:AST DTSTART:20271107T050000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260710 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260712 DTSTAMP:20260730T163109 CREATED:20260511T171244Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260605T170400Z UID:45634-1783641600-1783814399@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Ceremonials DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/ceremonials/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Eff.-Collective_-Photo-Credit-David-Dowling-2-2.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260730T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260730T170000 DTSTAMP:20260730T163110 CREATED:20260730T173708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T174228Z UID:46252-1785398400-1785430800@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Season 2026-2027: The Power of Us DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/2026-2027-the-power-of-us/ LOCATION:DC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260814 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260816 DTSTAMP:20260730T163110 CREATED:20250714T191902Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T170155Z UID:43473-1786665600-1786838399@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Energizers Creative Arts Summer Camp DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/energizers-summer-camp-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/Summer-Camp_Photo-Credit_-David-Dowling-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260815 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260817 DTSTAMP:20260730T163110 CREATED:20250714T181453Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260715T185822Z UID:43418-1786752000-1786924799@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Energizers Sneaker Ball DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/energizers-sneaker-ball-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/Sneakerball_Photo-Credit-Jonathan-Hsu-3.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260911 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260914 DTSTAMP:20260730T163110 CREATED:20260730T163012Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T171821Z UID:46020-1789084800-1789343999@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:The International Nerdlesque Festival DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/the-international-nerdlesque-festival/ LOCATION:DC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/DPAD-International-Nerdlesque-Festival.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260923 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260927 DTSTAMP:20260730T163110 CREATED:20260730T163004Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T171947Z UID:45996-1790121600-1790467199@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:The Embassy of Sweden DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/the-embassy-of-sweden/ LOCATION:DC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Embassy-of-Sweden.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20260927T080000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20260927T170000 DTSTAMP:20260730T163110 CREATED:20260730T163035Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T180243Z UID:46033-1790496000-1790528400@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Dance Place AFTER DARK: Metro Cab Pop-Up DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/dance-place-after-dark-metro-cab-pop-up/ LOCATION:DC END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20261009T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20261011T160000 DTSTAMP:20260730T163110 CREATED:20260730T163049Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T173123Z UID:46047-1791568800-1791734400@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:The Latinx Movement Festival DC DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/latinx-movement-festival-dc/ LOCATION:DC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/3rd-Annual-Latinx-Movement-Festival_Photo-Credit_-David-Dowling.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20261017T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20261017T210000 DTSTAMP:20260730T163110 CREATED:20260730T163010Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T173312Z UID:46069-1792263600-1792270800@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:In Flight Theater DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/in-flight-theater/ LOCATION:DC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/In-Flight-Theater.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20261024T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20261024T140000 DTSTAMP:20260730T163110 CREATED:20260730T163002Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T180324Z UID:46073-1792839600-1792850400@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Family Spooky Disco DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/family-spooky-disco/ LOCATION:DC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Family-Spooky-Disco.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20261030T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20261031T010000 DTSTAMP:20260730T163110 CREATED:20260730T163529Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T180409Z UID:36063-1793386800-1793408400@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:DC Cuban Social DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/dc-casineros-cuban-social/ LOCATION:Edgewood Arts Center\, 3415 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/DC-Cuban-Socials-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261204 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261207 DTSTAMP:20260730T163110 CREATED:20200730T163121Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T180459Z UID:43833-1796342400-1796601599@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:NOËL DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/noel/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/NOEL_Photo-Credit_-Courtesy-of-the-artist.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261212 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20261214 DTSTAMP:20260730T163110 CREATED:20260730T163527Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T163323Z UID:43843-1797033600-1797206399@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Kwanzaa Celebration DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/kwanzaa-celebration-2/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Coyaba-Dance-Theater_-Photo-Credit_-David-Dowling.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270118 DTSTAMP:20260730T163110 CREATED:20260730T164417Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T180647Z UID:46278-1800057600-1800230399@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Coyaba Academy & KanKouran Youth Ensemble DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/coyaba-academy-kankouran-youth-ensemble/ LOCATION:DC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Coyaba-KanKouran-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270220 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270222 DTSTAMP:20260730T163110 CREATED:20260730T163433Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T173949Z UID:46113-1803081600-1803254399@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Javier Padilla & The Movement Playground and ThimS Dance Company DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/javier-padilla-thims-dance-company/ LOCATION:DC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Javier-ThimS.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20270430T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20270430T230000 DTSTAMP:20260730T163110 CREATED:20260730T163011Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T162951Z UID:40553-1809111600-1809126000@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:DC Casineros DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/dc-casineros/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/DC-Cuban-Socials-1-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270507 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270509 DTSTAMP:20260730T163110 CREATED:20260730T051515Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T180748Z UID:41627-1809648000-1809820799@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:New Releases Choreographers Showcase DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/new-releases/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270515 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270517 DTSTAMP:20260730T163110 CREATED:20250714T183944Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T174623Z UID:43456-1810339200-1810511999@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Spring Youth Showcase DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/spring-youth-showcase-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/Spring-Youth-Showcase_Photo-Credit_-David-Dowling.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270522 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270524 DTSTAMP:20260730T163110 CREATED:20260729T204551Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T165023Z UID:46151-1810944000-1811116799@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:DC Dance Network DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/dc-dance-network/ LOCATION:DC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/DCDN-Logo-COLORS_Black-Lime.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270626 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20270628 DTSTAMP:20260730T163110 CREATED:20260730T165803Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T180944Z UID:46285-1813968000-1814140799@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Amber Lucia Chabus & Miss Grace David DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/amber-lucia-chabus-miss-grace-david/ LOCATION:DC ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.danceplace.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Amber-Miss-Grace.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20270812T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20270813T190000 DTSTAMP:20260730T163110 CREATED:20260730T163059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T162904Z UID:30690-1818097200-1818183600@www.danceplace.org SUMMARY:Energizers Creative Arts Summer Camp Showcase DESCRIPTION:Photo by Tucker Mitchell\, Image description: An artist is wearing a red and white checkered skirt and red and white spotted balloons on their upper body. Their hands are in the air\, wearing gloves. They are wearing black face paint with their mouth open\, and their hair seems to be pulled in upward directions. \n \n \n \n March 9 at 7:30pm & March 10 at 4pm \n \n \n \n 3 RITES: Life\, Liberty\, Happiness by DELIRIOUS Dances / Edisa Weeks is a trilogy featuring three interactive performance rituals that integrate dance\, live music\, text\, visual installations\, community discussions and shared meals to humorously and poignantly interrogate why life\, liberty and happiness were included as unalienable rights in the United States Declaration of Independence. 3 RITES explores what the right to life\, liberty\, and happiness means today\, who has access to these rights\, and how they manifest in the body. The Liberty rite begins with an installation of roots made out of paper and twine that hang from the ceiling to floor. The audience moves through the maze of roots to eventually meet the Liberty character (Weeks)\, whose hair is braided to resemble the Statue of Liberty’s crown. Each spoke of the hair crown is connected via tie-lines and pulleys to specific objects\, (Bible\, black dick\, blonde wig\, gun\, lightbulb\, sneakers\, watermelon) that represent the Black experience in America. In this rite\, Weeks alternates between black face\, white face\, storytelling and visceral dance to dig into the pathologizing of African-Americans and the foundations of Liberty in America. This performance contains mature themes and potentially triggering content about psychological and sexual violence. Not appropriate for children under the age of 13. We invite you to join a town-hall style conversation with Restorative Justice Facilitator Nicole Lavonne Smith-Johnson after the performance in the theater to provide a moment of communal digestion. What is resonating with you after experiencing the Liberty rite? What are ways to enact change in your communities? Learn more about the facilitator. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PURCHASE TICKETS\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n This presentation is generously supported by: \n \n \n \n 3 RITES is produced by Marýa Wethers\, and commissioned and presented by 651 ARTS\, with co-commissioners Billie Holiday Theater\, Kelly Strayhorn Theater\, Mount Tremper Arts\, and National Performance Network. This engagement of Edisa Weeks / DELIRIOUS Dances is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts. This presentation was 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. URL:https://www.danceplace.org/performances/energizers-camp-showcase/ LOCATION:Dance Place\, 3225 8th Street NE\, Washington\, DC\, 20017\, United States END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR