Speaking with their feet: How Percussion Discussion preserves and disseminates tap for all ages
Tap dancers speak with their soles. And the rhythms they parcel out in scintillating syncopations reflect the heart and soul of a people. While...
Radical Accessibility: Open Circle Theatre tears down barriers for performers and audiences with disabilities
The metaphor of an open circle exemplifies a meaningful ideal for building community. Within a circle, everyone — no matter age, race, national origin,...
Chasing Away Darkness
Humans have been observing the longest night for millennia. From the wondrous ancient astronomical observatory at Stonehenge to reports of wild parties of the...
Theater for Babies … and Those Who Love Them
There’s nothing simplistic nor babyish about creating theater for young audiences, even very young audiences. Just ask Rockville teaching artist, director, movement deviser and...
Silver Spring’s Got the Blues
“Blues is the first form of American music,” declared Daryl Davis, renowned blues pianist. “And when I say American music, I’m talking about music...
Dancing Across Borders: Devi Dance Theatre Balances Ancient and Modern With India’s Kuchipudi Dance
The Kuchipudi classical Indian dance form is filled with gestural flourishes and flat-footed rhythmic components that serve as the driving force in this elegant...
Perisphere Theater Is a Little Theater Tackling Big Issues
When Perisphere Theater puts on a show, it looks back to the past as a way to wrestle with the present and consider the...
Cracking the Holiday Tradition With ‘The Nutcracker’
Local Ballet Center Puts Its Students Center Stage
Well before August, when Christmas decorations show up at Costco, ballet school directors around the county are...
National Philharmonic: A Musical Crown Jewel in Montgomery County
Five years ago, one of Montgomery County’s crown jewels — the National Philharmonic — found itself in dire straits. Started in 1983 by Maestro...
Olney Theatre Center Celebrates Its Past, Present and Future
With its founding 86 years ago, Olney Theatre Center is the grande dame of regional theater companies in the county and the greater Washington-Baltimore...