On Friday, April 5 from 7-9 p.m., Washington, D.C. native iona ROZEAL brown will present Battle of Yestermore in a special FREE performance at the Corcoran Gallery of Art and College of Art + Design.
The piece extends the allegories of the artist’s renowned paintings to her first work of live performance. Originally commissioned for the Performa 2011 festival in New York, battle of yestermore draws from the myth-based genres of Kabuki and Noh theater, as well as hip-hop culture and vogueing, made famous in the Harlem ballroom scene of the 1960s. This will be the debut performance of battle of yestermore in Washington, D.C.
Admission to the performance, timed to coincide with the National Cherry Blossom Festival, is free, and preregistration is encouraged. To register, visit http://battleofyestermore.eventbrite.com/.
As a native Washingtonian, Brown was first introduced to Kabuki theatre by her mother, who took her to performances at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. battle of yestermore features performances by vogueing legends Benny Ninja, along with New York hip hop dancers Monstah Black, Beasty, Lady Beast, Monalisa, Katie, Toko and Uko, while brown performs an original sound score accompanied by live musicians. Featuring costumes and creative kimono adaptations by costume stylist Brent Barkhaus, the performance promises to be a spectacular feast for the senses.
Bowen McCauley Dance (BMD) will return to The John F. Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater on Friday, April 5 and Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. with two world-premiere works, all live musical accompaniment, and two newly commissioned scores. BMD is known for a commitment to live music and collaboration – this special anniversary concert will embrace both as artistic director and choreographer, Lucy Bowen McCauley, brings together world-class artistic partners Alan Paul, Tony Cisek, Martha Mountain, Gaetano DiBacco, The Witkowski Piano Duo, Maryland Youth Ballet, and a host of talented musicians.
In Before the Fall, BMD Music Director, Larry Alan Smith, performs his new piano score that was written to accompany a dance prequel to the tale of Humpty Dumpty. Smith and McCauley present their vision of how Humpty came to be on “The Wall”. The dance will be performed by exceptional students from The Maryland Youth Ballet.
Fire and Air, a theatrical reimagining of the final act of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra features a rare performance by Lucy Bowen McCauley, and is directed by The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Associate Director, Alan Paul. On the selection of this project, Paul offers, “Cleopatra’s death is like none other in Shakespeare’s work. She famously says “I am fire and air; my other elements I give to baser life”. Now if that line doesn’t deserve a dance, I don’t know what does!” Patrick Soluri has been commissioned to create an epic score that propels the dance to its dramatic closure. McCauley and Paul first connected through the Urban Arias where they found a rich partnership. “Lucy and I are on the same wavelength—emotionally, stylistically—there is no other way to put it,” as Paul comments.
Tableau de Province, is a new ensemble five-part dance inspired by the music of French composer Paule Maurice, which will be played by world-class Italian saxophonists Gaetano DiBacco and concert pianist Marguerita Oundjian Smith. DiBacco and Smith will preview the piece with BMD at the Italian Embassy on April 3 at 7pm.
The concert concludes with McCauley’s tribute to the centennial of Stravinsky’s groundbreaking work, Le Sacre du Printemps (Rite of Spring). McCauley’s version of Sacre is set to the lesser known four-hand piano version of the score, which will be played by The Witkowski Piano Duo. BMD honors the milestone with an interpretation The Washington Post called, McCauley’s “strongest work to date…muscular, theatrically arresting.”
The piece has been considered the staple of modern dance — angular and abstract — with a score full of harmonic dissonance and syncopated rhythms. “I want people to relate to the full emotional range of the work and the unfolding of events in a less obvious way,” she says. She adds elements of surprise for those familiar with the 1913 masterpiece. “I’m honored to choreograph to an incredible piece of music that has been a major artistic influence on me for more than half of my life,” McCauley says.
The work features set and costume design by award-winning designer Tony Cisek.
The Saturday, April 6 concert will be followed by a Soiree event at The Rooftop Terrace Restaurant where guests will enjoy a post-performance reception with the artists including DJ and dancing. The event is a benefit to support BMD arts and education programs.
Saturday, April 6, 11:00 AM – 9:00 PM, Drink the District Wine Festival at The Yards Park, 10 Water St. SE. Food trucks, lawn games and live music on the main stage. $39
Take an unlimited tasting journey through more than 100 wines from around the world, dive into DC’s most delicious food trucks, and enjoy awesome lawn games and live music on the main stage at this spring’s Drink the District wine festival. With this offer, you can snag tickets to either session of the festival, plus a commemorative tasting glass.
- $39 ($50 value) for one general admission ticket to session one or two
- $45 ($65 value) for one VIP ticket with one-hour early admission to session one
Saturday, April 6, 3:00 – 5:00 PM, International Pillow Fight Day atWashington Monument, Constitution Ave & 15th St. Free,
About Dancers’Night:
What do professional dancers, crews, troupes, fitness instructors, aerobics buffs, dance enthusiasts and most youth have in common? We have no place to express our love of dance, to be exuberant, just for the fun of it, with enough space to move and to music that speaks the universal language of movement. This, fellow dancers, is why People of the Beat created Dancers’Night; this night’s for you.
Dancers’Night was conceived by dancers who wanted to move, in the company of passionate dancers of all ages, in a huge space, dressed in sweat pants, if that’s how they’re comfortable or stilettos if that’s what they prefer, to dance music and hip-hop through rock and rock-and-roll to latin and country; if it’s perfect for dancing, it makes the playlist. The six-hour event, at Bender Arena (American University) on 6 April 2013, is spiced up by dance instructors, crews, schools and companies who dance as part of the crowd to energize all. A unique feature of Dancers’Night is its community aspect. All attendees, whether professional or amateur, are inducted into one of the five tribes of the People of the Beat. Tickets for the DC event are now on sale at peopleofthebeat.simpletix.
Bowen McCauley Dance (BMD) will return to The John F. Kennedy Center’s Terrace Theater on Friday, April 5 and Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. with two world-premiere works, all live musical accompaniment, and two newly commissioned scores. BMD is known for a commitment to live music and collaboration – this special anniversary concert will embrace both as artistic director and choreographer, Lucy Bowen McCauley, brings together world-class artistic partners Alan Paul, Tony Cisek, Martha Mountain, Gaetano DiBacco, The Witkowski Piano Duo, Maryland Youth Ballet, and a host of talented musicians.
In Before the Fall, BMD Music Director, Larry Alan Smith, performs his new piano score that was written to accompany a dance prequel to the tale of Humpty Dumpty. Smith and McCauley present their vision of how Humpty came to be on “The Wall”. The dance will be performed by exceptional students from The Maryland Youth Ballet.
Fire and Air, a theatrical reimagining of the final act of Shakespeare’s Antony and Cleopatra features a rare performance by Lucy Bowen McCauley, and is directed by The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Associate Director, Alan Paul. On the selection of this project, Paul offers, “Cleopatra’s death is like none other in Shakespeare’s work. She famously says “I am fire and air; my other elements I give to baser life”. Now if that line doesn’t deserve a dance, I don’t know what does!” Patrick Soluri has been commissioned to create an epic score that propels the dance to its dramatic closure. McCauley and Paul first connected through the Urban Arias where they found a rich partnership. “Lucy and I are on the same wavelength—emotionally, stylistically—there is no other way to put it,” as Paul comments.
Tableau de Province, is a new ensemble five-part dance inspired by the music of French composer Paule Maurice, which will be played by world-class Italian saxophonists Gaetano DiBacco and concert pianist Marguerita Oundjian Smith. DiBacco and Smith will preview the piece with BMD at the Italian Embassy on April 3 at 7pm.
The concert concludes with McCauley’s tribute to the centennial of Stravinsky’s groundbreaking work, Le Sacre du Printemps (Rite of Spring). McCauley’s version of Sacre is set to the lesser known four-hand piano version of the score, which will be played by The Witkowski Piano Duo. BMD honors the milestone with an interpretation The Washington Post called, McCauley’s “strongest work to date…muscular, theatrically arresting.”
The piece has been considered the staple of modern dance — angular and abstract — with a score full of harmonic dissonance and syncopated rhythms. “I want people to relate to the full emotional range of the work and the unfolding of events in a less obvious way,” she says. She adds elements of surprise for those familiar with the 1913 masterpiece. “I’m honored to choreograph to an incredible piece of music that has been a major artistic influence on me for more than half of my life,” McCauley says.
The work features set and costume design by award-winning designer Tony Cisek.
The Saturday, April 6 concert will be followed by a Soiree event at The Rooftop Terrace Restaurant where guests will enjoy a post-performance reception with the artists including DJ and dancing. The event is a benefit to support BMD arts and education programs.
BrightestYoungThings.com & The Hamilton Present:
The DC Emerging Artists Super Sampler
Vol 1
BYT decided to get a bunch of their favorite local acts to play a few of their best songs at one big massive chaotic show where the stage manager will have a stroke. Sort of like a non-sucky battle of the bands where everybody wins. Get your local love fest on with (in no particular order):
Beyond Modern
Shark Week
Reesa Renee
Uno Hype
Black Hills
Ra The MC
The Static
Kid Named Breezy
Track
Drop Electric
Incwell
DJ Steven Faith
Limited quantity early bird tickets on sale now at:
http://dcsampler.eventbrite.
Please join RaiseDC at Bourbon (Adams Morgan) on Saturday, April 6th at 9PM to benefit Earth Conservation Corps (ECC)! TICKETS: http://ecc.splashthat.com/ ($15 advance)
9:00pm til 2:00am, Sat Apr 6 @ Bourbon–Adams Morgan, 2321 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
Please join RaiseDC at Bourbon (Adams Morgan) on Saturday, April 6th at 9PM to benefit Earth Conservation Corps (ECC)! TICKETS: http://ecc.splashthat.com/ ($15 advance) Can’t make it but still want to help? Donate here: http://www.razoo.com/story/Ecc ECC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit youth development and environmental service organization located on the heavily polluted Anacostia River in Southeast Washington, DC—one of our nations most disadvantaged communities. Their mission is to empower our endangered youth to reclaim the Anacostia River, their communities, and their lives by linking the effort to save the Anacostia River with the engagement of our disenfranchised youth in education, job training, and volunteer-recruitment activities. Both, in a sense, are in a daily fight to restore themselves — whether from discarded trash and raw sewage or from the impact of living in high-poverty and dangerous urban neighborhoods. For more information, please visit: http://www.ecc1.org/ecchome/home.html $15 advance // $20 door All proceeds to Earth Conservation Corps // Featuring Chris Burns (Lost Society, U St Music Hall resident DJ) and Bishop D (Lucky Dub, Step Brothers): https://soundcloud.com/chrisburns // Photographer Brody Rose http://brodyrose.com/ // Drink Specials // Streaming HD Film // Uber Voucher Cards ($20 for first time users) IMPORTANT NOTE: The event is private from 9 – 11PM. We encourage ticket-holders to arrive between those hours to ensure attendance! We also highly encourage tickets in advance; our last event sold out. Thank you in advance for helping those in our city less fortunate than ourselves.
price $15 – $20
contact raiseyourcity@gmail.com
The 2013 Opera Ball will be hosted by the Ambassador of Italy to the United States Claudio Bisogniero and his wife Laura Denise Bisogniero at their official residence Villa Firenze. Opera Ball will be held on Saturday, April 6, 2013 and is a highlight of the city’s cultural, philanthropic, and social season.
Constance Milstein de La Haye St. Hilaire will be the Chair of this year’s Opera Ball. Ms. Milstein is a longtime patron of Washington National Opera and is a member of its board of trustees. She is also a member of the Kennedy Center International Committee on the Arts, among her many other charitable endeavors.
Natalia Cobo de Bulgheroni of Argentina will serve as International Chair. Adrienne Arsht, who chaired last year’s Opera Ball, will serve as Honorary Chair.
“As we mark the beginning of the Year of Italian Culture and the 200th anniversary of the birth of Giuseppe Verdi, we are very proud to host the 2013 Opera Ball,” said Claudio Bisogniero, the Ambassador of Italy to the United States. “Opera is a vital part of Italy’s national identity, and we are happy to celebrate this beautiful part of our culture with our close friends at Washington National Opera.”
As in previous years, the elegant black-tie event will include intimate dinners hosted by many ambassadors at their embassies throughout the city. Following these private dinners, guests will gather at Villa Firenze for a festive evening of dancing, dessert, and music. Guests can look
forward to a special toast to Giuseppe Verdi’s 200th birthday and to performances of popular arias from Italian operas by members of WNO’s Domingo-Cafritz Young Artist Program.
Opera Ball is WNO’s largest fundraiser and one of Washington’s most anticipated events of the year. One hundred percent of the proceeds from the Opera Ball support the Opera’s awardwinning artistic, educational, and outreach programs. Recent Opera Balls have been hosted at the
embassies of the United Arab Emirates (2012), the People’s Republic of China (2011), the Russian Federation (2010), Germany (2009), and France (2008). Italy last hosted the Opera Ball in 2006.
Local award-winning chefs and mixologists have joined forces with Share Our Strength’s Taste of the Nation® to host the capital’s preeminent culinary extravaganza and raise the crucial funds needed to help end childhood hunger in America. This year’s 25thanniversary event will showcase the No Kid Hungry® Campaign, Share Our Strength’s efforts to fight against hunger and poverty. More than 70 of the city’s finest chefs, restaurants, mixologists and wine bars will come together to create a culinary night to remember.
Tickets are available at 1-877-26-TASTE or TasteOfTheNa
One hundred percent of ticket proceeds from Taste of the Nation will go to Share Our Strength’s efforts to end childhood hunger in America thanks to generous support from national sponsors American Express, Sysco, Food Network, ONEHope Wines, Cavit Collection Wines and S. Pellegrino Sparkling Natural Mineral Water. Local sponsors include Beyer Subaru.
An esteemed Chef Council comprised of Victor Albisu (Del Campo), Scott Drewno (The Source), Mike Isabella (Graffiato), Nick Stefanelli (Bibiana) and Bryan Voltaggio (Range) will lead the D.C. culinary community in raising funds to end childhood hunger in America. Sommelier Chair Nadine Brown of Charlie Palmer Steak and Mixologist Chair GinaChersevani of Buffalo and Bergen have also joined the benefit to help raise the critical funds necessary to connect children with the nutritious food they need to lead healthy, active lives.
Taste of the Nation Washington DC promotes awareness of the critical issue of childhood hunger and Share Our Strength’s solutions to it. More than 16 million children in America struggle with hunger. Since 1988, Taste of the Nation has raised more than $86 million for organizations in the United States, Canada and abroad, including more than $1.8 million in Washington, DC. Local beneficiaries are Capital Area Food Bank, DC Hunger Solutions and Mary’s Center. Additionally, funds raised through Taste of the Nation have helped support the Partnership to End Childhood Hunger in the Nation’s Capital, the first of 11 state- and city-based partnerships to end childhood hunger across the country.
“Ending poverty is complex but feeding a child is not,” said Bill Shore, Founder and CEO of Share Our Strength. “With all the participants in Taste of the Nation sharing their strengths, we are able to create more resources to help children in the nation’s capital and across our America get the nutritious food they need to live healthy, active lives.”
