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CityDance's global steps

Thursday, Oct. 29, 2009

Looking at its travels the past year, it's easy to think of CityDance Ensemble as a small-

DANCE: Miraculous 'Quixote'

Players amaze in lavish, ambitious production

Friday, Oct. 16, 2009

The Washington Ballet has taken a giant leap forward with its lavishly staged and vibrantly danced "Don Quixote," a demanding, multifaceted work playing at the Kennedy Center's Eisenhower Theater through Sunday.

Dance scene gains Velocity

Season opens with eclectic and dazzling showcase

Friday, Oct. 2, 2009

The fall dance season begins Friday with Velocity DC, a strong new program highlighting the richness and scope of the Washington dance scene.

DANCE: Webre 'tackles' goals for ballet

Friday, Aug. 14, 2009

Septime Webre goes for programs that end in explanation points, drawing audiences looking for the Next Big Thing. But there's something deceptive about this picture: It obscures the serious way he has been molding the Washington Ballet.

Dance sways to Wolf Trap

Riverdance, ballets perform at only national park for arts

Friday, June 26, 2009

The very word "summerdance" has a beckoning sound. Wherever you find it — at the Fringe Festival in downtown Washington, an antidote to steamy city streets, or on a drive to the lush greenery of Wolf Trap Farm Park for the Performing Arts - an air of laid-back pleasure is part of the picture.

BATTEY LEWIS: Royal performance

Fresher approach by troupe

Thursday, June 25, 2009

England's Royal Ballet opened a week's engagement at the Kennedy Center on Tuesday with an electrifying jolt, the most interesting ballet program seen here this year.

BATTEY LEWIS: 'Corsaire's' grand sway

Ballet delivers exciting steps despite creaky tale

Thursday, June 18, 2009

Bolshoi means "big" in Russian, and the Bolshoi Ballet, dancing here this week, rightly claims to be the biggest ballet company in the world. The group is devoting its one-week run at the

DANCE: Strong start for 10-day festival

Monday, April 27, 2009

Dance Is the Answer is the catchy title of a concerted effort from a wide-ranging field covering everything from ballet to hip-hop to belly dancing to broadcast the delights of this liveliest of art forms.

DANCE: 'Peter Pan' flying high

Kennedy Center hosts Webre's festive ballet

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

It sounds like another Peter Pan is already on his way. Maybe we all have some Peter Pan in us - not wanting to grow up, chasing after adventures. Septime Webre, artistic director of the Washington Ballet, has done something about his inner Peter Pan.