LIVE! on Wilson Plaza
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
12:00 - 1:30
FREE! and open to the Public
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW at the
Ronald Reagan International Trade Center

Celebrating LIVE!'s 10th anniversary, CityDance returns to a favorite
venue for outdoor performing with a sneak peak of its upcoming Fall
tour to Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus.

The HARMAN CENTER CELEBRATES: ARTS ON FOOT!

CATALYST: CityDance Ensemble on Tour
RUSSIA | KAZAKHSTAN | BELARUS
Monday September 13 - Sunday, October 2, 2010

For three extraordinary weeks CityDance takes to the road as a Cultural
Ambassador to Moscow, the Russian Capital and one of the world's great cities of dance, the distant lands and great cities of Kazakstan, Astana and Almaty, and the elegant cities of Minsk and Grodno in Belarus. Supported by the United States Department of State, "Catalyst" recalls CityDance's concert celebration in Washington last March as it brings to the stage the singular "Power Passion Purpose" for which the company is known.

With the CityDance premiere of Paul Taylor's "Esplanade" as its signature the concert features Kate Weare's "Scorched," Vladimir Angelov's "Suitcase," Ludovic Jolivet's "Roger & Lucie," Christopher K. Morgan's "+1/-1" and Artistic Director Paul Gordon Emerson's "Falling" and "Entangled."

VELOCITY DC
Thursday, October 7, 2010 • 8pm | Friday, October 8 • 8pm
Saturday, October 9 • 4pm & 8pm
Tickets: $15 all seats | Call the box office at 202.547.1122
Harman Center for the Arts | 610 F Street, NW | Washington, DC

Founding artistic partner CityDance and the Washington Ballet join a collection of DC's finest dance artists for the second annual VelocityDC dance festival. Presented by the Harman Center for the Arts, WPAS and DanceMetroDC Velocity is the signature celebration of Washington area dance for the season. Last year CityDance offered its premiere of Paul Taylor's "Last Look." This season the company returns with Christopher K. Morgan's "+1/-1." Don't miss CityDance's return to Velocity.

ESPLANADE
And other dances | CityDance in Concert
Saturday, November 6, 2010 • 8pm. BUY TICKETS
Sunday, November 7, 2010 • 7pm. BUY TICKETS
CityDance Center at Strathmore | Studio 405
Tickets: $25

Don't miss CityDance in its only US fall evening-length engagement. Returning home to the newly enhanced CityDance Black Box, Studio 405, CityDance celebrates an exceptional fall with its DC premiere of "Esplande," Paul Taylor's masterpiece. The evening also celebrates the return to the stage of Kate Weare's extraordinary "Drop Down," and a suite of dances to celebrate "Washington's preeminent modern dance company" and the winner of the 2009 Washington, DC Mayor's Arts Award for Artistic Excellence.

An evening in language and movement with the International Writers Program
of the University of Iowa and US Department of State
Friday, November 12, 2010 • 7pm
CityDance Center at Strathmore | Studio 405
TICKETS: FREE PERFORMANCE
Reservations Requested

CityDance Ensemble enters the second year of an exciting and thought-provoking partnership with the international Writers Program at the University of Iowa. A collection of many of the finest writers from around the world, the IWP brings together writers from, among others, China, Iran, New Zealand, The UK and the Palestinian Territories.

Earth is an informal evening of collaboration, sponsored by the US Department of State, the IWP and CityDance Ensemble, sharing the talents of the dancers and choreographers of CityDance and the writers of the IWP. Year-two centers on the theme of EARTH, and what it means to each of these artists in 2010 and beyond.

Its an elegant, informal evening of the languages of the mind and the body in CityDance's elegant Studio 405.
The evening is free, but reservations are requested.

Jungle Books
The family classic returns to a whole new Zoo!
Saturday, December 4, 2010 • 11am
Montgomery College Performing Arts Center
Takoma Park/Silver Spring
Silver Spring, Maryland
Tickets: $7 General Admission | $6 for Montgomery College faculty and students
PURCHASE ONLINE

ITS A JUNGLE IN THERE! CityDance's family favorite returns to the concert hall stage in a whole new light. Its the timeless tale of Mowgli, Shere Khan, Kaa and all the madcap creatures of the Seeone Hills in Rudyard Kipling's timeless tale.

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ON THE ROAD: Naples
December 2- 6, 2010

CityDance Artistic Director Paul Gordon Emerson, Rehearsal Director and Choreographer-in-Residence Christopher K. Morgan and dancer Kathryn Pilkington, at the invitation of the US Department of State and imPERFECT Dancers of Naples, Italy, took to the road for a week to teach, train and collaborate in Naples.

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ON THE ROAD: Algeria
December 19 - 24, 2010

At the invitation of the Ministry of Culture of Algieria and the US Department of State CityDance performed at the Second Annual Contemporary Dance Festival of Algiers, and spent a week with the art and artists of the festival.

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BORN TO RUN!
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Maryland Hall
Annapolis, Maryland

Don't miss the return of CityDance's suite celebrating the music of Bruce Springsteen at Maryland Hall in Annapolis, Maryland.

 

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NEXT! 2011
Friday - Sunday
February 25 - 27, 2011
Performing Arts Center at Montgomery College
Takoma Park/Silver Spring, MD

CityDance's celebrated NEXT series moves to Montgomery College's stunning new performing arts center with premieres by NEXT Commission winners Loni Landon and Greg Dolbashian and choreography by Christopher K. Morgan and Paul Gordon Emerson.

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