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This year is the first in recent memory that dancers of The Washington Ballet won’t be performing The Nutcracker live. Many professional dancers had their first real stage experience in The Nutcracker. For professional company members and…

It’s been said that Alvin Ailey’s Revelations is the most-watched dance piece on the planet. The 36-minute, one-act choreography has been a centerpiece of that extraordinary company’s repertory for decades. Similarly, The Nutcracker, with…

DC theaters may soon be struggling with the economic impact of the new coronavirus as theatergoers choose to stay at home or are forced to do so.  In San Francisco, municipal officials ordered a 14-day halt to performances and other…

Sitting in the rotunda of the Corcoran School of the Arts & Design’s renovated Flagg Building across from the White House hours before the highly anticipated opening of artist Robin Bell’s exhibition Open, Corcoran director and curator…

Forty years after her death, DC artist Alma Thomas is becoming a museum idol, one of a hyper-select group of artists around whom institutions are building their permanent collections. Artwork by the trailblazing African-American…

Watching The Washington Ballet perform is an opportunity to enjoy the simple pleasure of the human body as it interacts with narrative and music. If you like good music and have ever enjoyed the sport of people-watching, you’re sure to…

What are the boundaries for collective ownership, and which residents own what “rights” to their communities? A new exhibit at the Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum dives into these complex questions, exploring real-life stories of…