CityDance Ensemble Performs Latitude for 2 Nights Only

The performing arts, especially dance, continues to prosper in our city. The talent just keeps getting better and better and so does the choreography as well as the shows.  An example is this month’s VelocityDC Dance Festival, the first of its kind which was held at Sidney Harman Hall October 2nd-3rd.

You can witness some of our own home grown talent on Thursday October 29th & Friday October 30th at the Kennedy Center as CityDance Ensemble takes the stage with Latitude.  Viewed as Washington’s best kept secret, the troupe has received rave reviews from the New York Times and The Washington Post.

Fresh from their world tour, Latitude brings choreographers from around the world to the DC stage for an evening of world-class contemporary dance.   Pairing dances from up-and-coming international choreographers with works by leading choreographers from the US, Latitude reveals that the origins and intersects of art are only a matter of degree.

Tickets are available through the Kennedy Center box office (www.kennedy-center.org).  Check out their website for additional information on CityDance Ensemble (www.citydance.net)

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Goldstar’s Weekly Events Summary

is up and available. One event in particular to point out is this weekend’s VelocityDC Dance Festival brought to us by the Washington Performing Arts Society.  It’s a weekend of world-class dance at Sidney Harman Hall and will feature:  Ron K. Brown and Evidence, The Washington Ballet, CityDance Ensemble, EDGEWORKS, Gesel Mason, Nejla Yatkin, Edwin Aparicio, Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and Willi Dorner.

You can get a great discount with a Goldstar membership!

Here’s all the information on the Dance Festival: http://www.velocitydc.org/ Don’t miss it…

Dancing in the Streets

The VelocityDC Dance Festival leaped its way into guests’ hearts at the Launch party held at the Beacon Hotel. The collaborative effort brought together folks from the Washington Ballet (Artistic Director Septime Webre, of course), DanceMetroDC, The Shakespeare Theatre, Washington Performing Arts Society, and the CityDance Ensemble. Dancers, supporters, donors, admirers, and all those who “get” what this inaugural fall event will offer the city, mixed and mingled with each other, getting excited for what’s to come.

Held at Sidney Harman Hall on October 2-3, for only $15 per ticket, this one of a kind dance festival will bring world class performances, dancers, and movement to Washington.

VelocityDC Dance Festival Launched, but now it’s time to step it up …

Learn all about VelocityDC Dance Festival here at www.velocitydc.org.  You can follow them on Twitter, Join the Facebook Group and of course, get on the email list.

Check out the video footage from the Launch Party here:  WATCH VIDEO

Photos from the Launch Party:

Tonight’s Great Events

Tonight (Wednesday), don’t forget about two great events:

VelocityDC Dance Festival Launch Party at the Beacon Hotel from 5pm-9pm $50 suggested donation, as well as the the live performance featuring Marcus Johnson and Ski Johnson at the Ritz Carlton Georgetown from 7pm-9pm, sponsored by Makers Mark, Tarara Winery and the American Cancer Society. 

Details on VelocityDC Dance Festival Launch Party

Details on Marcus Johnson and Ski Johnson Concert

Don’t Miss VelocityDC’s Rooftop Launch Party

Don’t forget about next Wednesday’s VelocityDC Dance Festival Launch Party atop the Beacon Hotel from 5pm-9pm.  Guests will not only be privy to stunning views of our nation’s capital, but also the mixing and mingling with all those who are playing an integral part in the fall’s inaugural two day VelocityDC Dance Festival.  You can support the “who’s who” of our local dance arts entities like Washington Performing Art Society, Shakepeare Theatre Company, The Washington Ballet, CityDance Ensemble and Dance/Metro DC.

VENUE: The Sky Bar on the roof of the Beacon Hotel at 17th and Rhode Island Avenue
DATE:Wednesday, June 17 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
DRINK/EAT: Featured cocktails (50% of cash bar receipts benefit velocityDC dance festival)
Complimentary hors d’oeuvres courtesy of Capital Hotels & Suites
DONATE: Suggested $50 tax-deductible donation
RSVP: By June 15 to velocitydc@wpas.org

VelocityDC Dance Festival Launches!

Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten your seat belts because VelocityDC will be hitting the stage of Sidney Harman Hall in October 2009.  VelocityDC is a new kind of dance festival for our city, one which celebrates all forms of movement and the many dance organizations of our nation’s capital.

Created to be similar to NYC’s “Fall for Dance” celebration, VelocityDC will incorporate TEN world-class dance companies as well as soloists from here and across the country for two nights of music and extraordinary athletic artistry.  Tickets to the main stage are a mere $15, a bargain for what you will witness.  Those tickets will also include free admission to the Harman Center bars and lounge, free showcases and street events.

Who’s in it: Washington Performing Arts Society, The Washington Ballet, CityDance Ensemble, Dance/MetroDC, Harman Center for the Arts and Dance Place.

October is far, far away, but VelocityDC is ready to get you energized and pumped for the experience by hosting an Official Launch Party at the Beacon Hotel’s Sky Bar on Wednesday, June 17th from 5pm-midnight.

Mix and mingle with the event’s artists, producers, directors, folks who work behind the scene, as well as in the forefront

Enjoy a gorgeous night atop one of DC’s exquisite rooftops

50% of the cash bar will go to benefit VelocityDC

Complimentary hors d’eouvres from 5pm-7pm, courtesy of Capital Hotels & Suites

Music by DJ Ian Knight from Philadelphia

Suggested $50 donation (tax-deductible)

www.velocitydc.org

Wednesday, June 17th 5pm

Beacon Hotel’s Sky Bar, 17th & Rhode Island Ave, NW

PLEASE RSVP to velocitydc@wpas.org

Official invite can be downloaded: http://www.velocitydc.org/d/velocitydc.pdf

**VelocityDC is a Highlighted Partner of Pamela’s Punch**