Learn, Dance, Watch with TDP in D.C.

The Telephone Dance Project's next stop on the tour Washington D.C. and we want you to dance with us!

Friday, March 28th 

Improvisation Workshop with TDP 
at Dance Place 
3/28 at 6:30pm-8:30pm
$20 general/$15 students and seniors
Register HERE.
We'll explore some of the ideas we use to create our long-distance works.  Workshop participants will also get a chance to try out some of the movement we'll be using for Saturday's Site-Specific Dance Exploration at the National Portrait Gallery.

Saturday, March 29th

Self-Guided Tour of Dancing the Dream and 
Open Rehearsal of the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company
at the Smithsonian Institution's National Portrait Gallery 
3/29 at 11:00am-3:00pm
FREE
Join us any time between 11 and 3pm to take in the National Portrait Gallery's special exhibition honoring American dance throughout the 20th century as well as a glimpse into the preparations for Dana Tai Soon Burgess's newest work to be premiered in the spring.

Kogod Courtyard, National Portrait Gallery

Site-Specific Dance Experience with TDP
National Portrait Gallery's Kogod Courtyard 
3/29 at 3:00-4:00pm
FREE - let us know you're coming HERE
We'll take inspiration from what we've just seen, and some of TDP's methods of improvisation to create a work of art on the spot.  Join in the fun or watch as we lead a series of dances that you can be a part of by giving just a few simple directions.  Look, listen, and move your way into a deeper understanding of the art that exists all around you.


Salon-Style Performance with TDP and Guests
Brookland Artspace at 3305 8th St. NE 
3/29 at 7:30pm-8:30pm 
Invite with any donation
Put on your evening look, enjoy a glass of wine (donations encouraged), see the art provided by Catholic University Art Students and watch performances by TDP, Mountain Empire and more guest artists.  Performances will happen in an informal setting with dialogue encouraged.

You must be on the invite list to enter, but that's easy!  Simply  join our Facebook Event, or contact send your name to Katie at kcsopoci@comcast.net.

We can't wait to see you!

Postcards for the DC Show

Getting media in the mail is my favorite, and the postcards are in! That must mean we're getting closer to show time! 

Join us on March 28th at 6:30 pm for a fabulous Workshop at Dance Place, on March 29th at 3pm for a Site-Specific Dance Experience at the National Portrait Gallery, and then at 7:30pm for a Salon-Style Show at Brookland Artspace Lofts. 

Much exploration and discovery will be had.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Telephone Dance Project’s D.C. Tour Includes a Weekend Full of Dance

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

TDP members Katie Drake, Barbara Tait, Eliza Larson, Rachel Rugh

Telephone Dance Project’s D.C. Tour Includes a Weekend Full of Dance

Washington D.C. - February 13th, 2014 - Telephone Dance Project (TDP), a long-distance dance collaboration, brings their unique site-specific improvisational performances to D.C. in a weekend full of dance. TDP will host an Improvisation Workshop at Dance Place, a Site-Specific Dance Exploration at the National Portrait Gallery, and a Salon-Style Show at Brookland Artspace from March 28-29th, 2014.

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