Dissonance Dance Theatre Becomes Atlas PAC’s Newest Resident Arts Partner
Image: Atlas PAC’s Executive Director Doug Yeuell with DDT’s Founding Director Shawn Short
June 26, 2024 – Washington, DC
Dissonance Dance Theatre becomes Atlas Pac’s newest Resident Artist After 16 Years
Contact:
Shawn Short, Director
202-540-8338
sshort@ngcfddt.org
Dissonance Dance Theatre (DDT) returns to the Washington, DC, arts scene and makes a splash as Atlas Performing Arts Center’s latest Resident Arts Partner. DDT returned to studios in 2023 after the COVID-19 Pandemic. A mainstay at Atlas PAC since 2007, DDT will present four productions annually at the H Street theatre complex at 1333 Hst NE. Tickets go on sale July 1st, 2024 at www.atlasarts.org
Dissonance Dance Theatre (founded in 2007) is the professional dance company of the DC organization Ngoma Center for Dance (founded in 2012). Dissonance Dance Theatre is a contemporary ballet company with a repertoire of classical ballet, modern jazz, and folkloric dance.
Image: Dissonance Dance Theatre in Shawn Short’s Habibi
“We are excited about our new partnership with Atlas and look forward to extending our artistic reach within the District. Atlas’s support of DDT allows us to grow tremendously with its box office, production, and marketing support. Atlas has been home to DDT for more than 16 years. We are glad to call it officially home.”
– Shawn Short, Founding Director/Principal Choreographer
Hailed by Dance Spirit Magazine (NYC) as, “One of the 11 small-but-mighty dance companies outside of LA and NYC”, our award-winning Dissonance Dance Theatre (DDT) is the only nationally-recognized, Black-operated contemporary ballet company between New York City and Atlanta. More specifically, Dissonance Dance Theatre serves as a racially diverse platform that provides emerging and minority dance talent in the region the opportunity to launch their professional careers, consciously confronting the equitable complexities of working with, within, and for the African-American dance community. Serving 600 patrons (and 18 artists) annually, DDT has impacted the lives of many DC region dance artists. DDT alumni have transitioned to national and international theatrical tours, notable TV and film work, UniverSoul Circus, Nexflix theatrical productions, and acclaimed companies domestic and abroad (Garth Fagan Dance, Dorfman Dance, Phoenix Dance Theatre, Philadanco, Virginia Ballet Theater, America’s Got Talent, and more).
Image: DDT’s Heather Mari in pose
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Ngoma Center for Dance is the home of Dissonance Dance Theatre (founded in 2007) and its award-winning programs based in the Washington, DC area. DDT is named “one of the 11 small-but-mighty dance companies outside of LA and NYC” by Dance Spirit Magazine. Evoking emotional experiences in the audiences we touch, is the only East Coast, nationally recognized, Black-managed contemporary ballet company between NYC and ATL. For more information, visit www.ngcfddt.org
