CityDance Ensemble is available for a variety of bookings, including evening-length repertory concerts and highly-tailored shows for organizations looking to meet specific performance needs. CityDance also offers combined performance and teaching residencies, dance-on-camera concerts, and lecture-demonstrations that combine work for children and adults.

Repertory Concerts
CityDance Ensemble presents evening-length concerts of dances from the current repertory featuring choreographers such as Paul Taylor, Jiri Kylian (available February 2011), Doug Varone, Larry Keigwin, Kate Weare, Christopher K. Morgan, Sophie Maslow and other exceptional artists. Repertory is also available from CityDance’s global warming project.

Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Books
CityDance’s original family production of Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Books, created with funding from the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities, is an enchanting 60-minute dance and music concert for the young and young at heart.

Dance-on-Camera
CityDance FilmWORKS presents dance-on-camera screenings and workshops from its own repertory, as well as the international dance film community.

Education Programs
CityDance Ensemble offers a variety of education programs as a supplement to repertory concerts. Education offerings include residency programs, lecture demonstrations, and master classes taught by dancers, filmmakers, and choreographers. CityDance also tours programs from its Early Arts outreach program, including its signature Dancing on One Planet concert and a tailored educational program of Jungle Books.

Bookings Contact
Julie Ana Dobo | Company and Production Manager
CityDance Ensemble, Inc.
1111 16th Street NW, Suite 300
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202.347.3909
Email: julie@citydance.net

Download the CityDance Ensemble press kit [PDF file].

2010-2011 Touring Repertory Programs

CityDance Ensemble performs concerts brimming with artistically excellent, diverse repertory that makes the company uniquely appealing to experienced dance enthusiasts and newcomers alike. A company that has been praised for having both a “sense of humor” (The Gazette) and “astonishingly eloquent” choreography (The Washington Post), CityDance delivers performances that are warmly embraced by audiences ranging from Sarajevo to Philadelphia to Kearney, Nebraska.

CityDance Ensemble builds its concerts around three signature series:

The NEXT Series commissions new dances every season from emerging choreographers ready for the world stage, forging new works that are innovative, challenging, and exciting.

The Legacy Series returns historic dance masterpieces to the repertory in commitment to celebrating the art form’s distinguished past while staging works that remain relevant today.

The Originals Series commissions original scores by leading composers from across the musical spectrum, creating new works that range in style from classical to contemporary.

2010-2011 Concert Repertory
Last Look (1985) by Paul Taylor
Images (1990) by Paul Taylor
Road to the Stamping Ground (1985) by Jiri Kylian
Mattress Suite (2004) by Larry Keigwin
Thirst (2009) by Christopher K. Morgan
Scarcity (2010) by Christopher K. Morgan
Eclipse (1999) by Doug Varone
Folksay (1942) by Sophie Maslow (an NEA American Masterpiece)
Harmonica Breakdown (1938) by Jane Dudley (underwritten by the NEA)
Scorched (2008) by Kate Weare
Drop Down (2006) by Kate Weare
Falling (2008) by Paul Gordon Emerson
Han (2006/2007) by Paul Gordon Emerson
Nocturne Monologue (2003) by Jason Hartley
War (2008) by Austin McCormick
Ties That Bind (2002) by Christopher K. Morgan

2010-2011 Concert Repertory: Global Warming Project
Scarcity (2010) by Christopher K. Morgan
On a Train Heading South (2005) by Brenda Way
Thirst (2009) by Christopher K. Morgan
Water (2010) by Paul Gordon Emerson
The Mountain (2009) by Jason Garcia Ignacio
Revolution of the Butterflies (2008) by Isabel Croxatto

2010-2011 Touring Repertory: Family Concerts
Rudyard Kipling’s Jungle Books
Dancing on One Planet

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