Dance Loft on 14
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Check out some highlights from Dance Loft’s most recent media coverage!
Smithsonian News Desk : National Portrait Gallery Names Diana Movius Its Next Choreographer-in-Residence
Washington City Paper: Diana Movius Uses Dance to Inspire New Climate Activists
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Maryland Theatre Guide: Dance Review: ‘Gabriel Mata: Artist Portfolio Showcase’ at Dance Loft on 14
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Washington Business Journal: A dance studio near Petworth wants to redevelop its home into a majority-affordable project - and stay put on the ground floor
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DC Urban Turf: 101 Apartments and a New Dance Loft Proposed to Redevelop 14th Street Studio Site
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Petworth News: New proposed development at current Dance Loft on 14th Street brings more housing options
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Dance View Times: Seven Hypotheses - Dance Icons’ Thesis Concert
Choreography by Rachael Alexandra, Alicia E. Diaz de Leon, Jess Hoversen, Naomi Lang, Mariah Lopez Solonick, Paul Lytle and Mecca Mayers. Music by single composers served the first two dance works on the program. Each of the five following pieces of choreography used several composers, from three to six. [read more…]
The Washington Post: ‘Glacier’ tackles climate change through a theatrical ballet production
How do you get people interested in climate change? Diana Movius figured ballet could do the trick. The D.C. policy analyst has spoken about climate change at summits around the world. But with a background in dance that includes running 14th Street studio Dance Loft on 14 and helming her own local dance company, she realized she could address the topic through alternate avenues. [read more…]
Dance Informa: New Dance Loft on 14 Executive Director Stephen Clapp is Rethinking the Role of a Community Dance Center
Change is underway in our nation’s capitol, and Stephen Clapp is making (some of) it happen. Late last year, the choreographer/ dancer/administrator/cultural strategist stepped down as Executive Director of Dance Metro DC and stepped up as the new Executive Director of Dance Loft on 14. [read more…]
Dance Informa: Choreographing on Big Ideas with Diana Movius of Moveius Contemporary Ballet
There are some things out there in the world that affect us all – the wider economy, climate and weather, large-scale shifts in social mores. Works of dance on these ideas have the potential to appeal to broad audiences – because any viewer has some sort of entry point, can relate in some way. [read more…]
The Washington Post: ‘I could immediately imagine people dancing and leaping’
The listing described a former taekwondo studio on an empty floor above a furniture store. Diana Movius was intrigued. As a choreographer weary of the constant hunt for rehearsal space, she had an eye out for bargain real estate. She wanted to build a dance laboratory, where art could be made on artists’ terms. [read more…]