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SUMMARY:Voices of Now Festival
DESCRIPTION:Join in on Saturday\, May 10 at Arena Stage for the 2025 Voices of Now Festival\, a full day of original theater\, hands-on creativity\, and powerful conversations—all created and led by youth from across the DC region. \nThis free day-long building-wide event—spanning 11:30 AM to 8:30 PM—will be a dynamic celebration of art\, action\, and self-expression. Experience powerful performances featuring student ensembles from local schools\, military-connected youth organizations\, and loss and healing-focused organizations.\n\n\nLEARN MORE\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWHAT TO EXPECT AT THE FESTIVAL: \nENSEMBLE PERFORMANCES \nOriginal works from seven Voices of Now ensembles—each one deeply personal\, beautifully devised—followed by a live talkback. The festival is free and open to the public\, but seating for the performances is limited—reserve your performance tickets here. \nART\, ACTIVISM\, AND EXPRESSION \n\nMini-Zine Lab with DC Zinefest\nNext Gen Expo featuring local arts organizations\nCollective Reflections interactive stations for festival goers to add their voice to a growing art piece\n\nPANELS & WORKSHOPS\nEngage in dialogue with experts and teens on advocacy\, wellness\, and the power of storytelling to create change. \nCLOSING CELEBRATION \nPoetry\, refreshments\, community connection\, and a joyful send-off to a day you won’t forget.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWHAT IS VOICES OF NOW? \n\nVoices of Now (VON) is Arena Stage’s acclaimed devised theater program that amplifies the voices of middle and high school artists. In collaboration with professional teaching artists\, these young performers create original autobiographical plays that explore the issues shaping their lives today. The result? Urgent\, moving\, and joyful performances that invite audiences to see the world through a new lens.
URL:https://kstreetmagazine.com/event/voices-of-now-festival/
LOCATION:Arena Stage\, 1101 6th St SW\, Washington\, DC\, 20024
CATEGORIES:Arts/Theatre
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SUMMARY:Jane Franklin Dance: Farewell Athenaeum
DESCRIPTION:Jane Franklin Dance and Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association at the Athenaeum Present Farewell Athenaeum \nFeaturing: Jane Franklin Dance:\nPhilip Baraoidan\, Michala Conroy\, Kelsey Rohr\, Amy Scaringe\, Kevin White with Simone Nasry\, Jameel Salahuddin\, Kate Walker.\nReunion performers: Reunion performers: Cait McAfee\, Sandra Atkinson\, Stefanie Quinones Bass\, Emily Crews\, Andie deVaulx\, Katie Tuebner Dick\, Wayles Stapor Haynes\, Brianne Barrow Little\,\nNellie Rainwater\, Roxann Morgan Rowley\, Erika Surma \nChoreography: Ryan Carlough\, Michala Conroy\, Emily Crews\,  Jane Franklin\, Kelsey Rohr\, Kevin White \nLocation:\nThe Athenaeum\, home to Northern Virginia Fine Arts Association\n201 Prince Street\, Alexandria VA 22314 \nPerformance Date/Time: Thursday May 29\, 2025 @ 7:00 pm \nTickets: $23 thru May 27 (a ticket purchase supports JFD & NVFAA)\n$25 starting May 28\, $28 at the door \n\nJane Franklin Dance: Farewell Athenaeum\nJane Franklin Dance presents a farewell performance at the Athenaeum\, Alexandria. Celebrate 28 years of artistic creativity with works by Jane Franklin\, a Forty+ Project premier by Emily Crews\, dances in response to visual art by Elsabe Johnson Dixon and Sharon Fishel\, and a reunion piece featuring former JFD company members.  The evening concludes with a celebratory reception. \n\n\nExperience the real\, personal journeys of the people and ecosystems in our midst in Barrier (2017) excerpts\, by Jane Franklin.  Stories by a fisherman hobbyist\, a bird watcher\, a Park Naturalist\, and a home gardener are layered with movement and sound that translate across familiar observation and memory. \n\n\n\n\nRyan Carlough’s Together is a new work for 4 dancers to The Wilhelm Scream by English musician James Blake. \n\n\nForty+ Project\, an ongoing program of Jane Franklin Dance\, celebrates the collective creativity of people past the age of 40.  For this performance JFD is happy to present movement choreographed by Emily Crews\, Dance and Events Program Director at Glen Echo Park. \n\n\nSilkworm is a premier work that highlights the artistic process and materials of the exhibiting artists\, Elsabe Dixon and Sharon Fishel.  The artist’s statements flow with music and sound to guide a design by Jane Franklin with movement choreographed by Michala Conroy\, Kelsey Rohr\, and Kevin White.
URL:https://kstreetmagazine.com/event/jane-franklin-dance-farewell-athenaeum/
LOCATION:Athenaeum\, 201 Prince Street\, Alexandria\, VA\, 22314
CATEGORIES:Arts/Theatre
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