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**