Events Calendar

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Saturday, April 21

Dance in the Circle

Sunday, April 22

DC Lindy Hop Exchange: Intro lindy lessons by Jeff Booth and Kelly Pavao

  • Location: Dupont Circle, Washington DC
  • Time: 1PM to 4PM
  • Admission: free!
  • More info at DCLX.net

Hand Dance Workshop

  • Hand dance lessons w/ Karen Burton
  • Location: Dance Bethesda
    8227 Woodmont Ave #2B, Bethesda, MD 20814
  • Time: 5PM to 7PM
  • Admission: $10 - all proceeds go to benefit Soul Society!

Underground Soul Solution with Sam "the man" Burns

Monday, April 23

BAD ASSS CINEMA with Sam "the man" Burns

  • Admission: free - all ages
  • Location: Blackbyrd
    2005 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
  • Time: 9PM to 2AM
  • Films:

Tuesday, April 24

The Jam Cellar Lindy Hop Class & Dance

  • Admission: free for the class, $6 for the dance
  • Location: Josephine Butler Parks Center
    2437 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20009
  • Time: 8:30pm to 11:30pm
  • A free 30 minute introductory lesson which will teach you the six count basic swing step in closed and open positions and a couple of simple turns to get you started. If you enjoy the lesson, the dance is just $6. No partner necessary and no previous dance experience necessary, either!
  • Details available at TheJamCellar.com

Wednesday, April 25

Tap and Percussion Jam

  • Location: Knock on Wood
    6925 Willow St NW
    Suite 101
    Washington, DC 20012
  • Time: 6:30pm to 9:30pm
  • Knock on Wood, Urban Artistry, Capitol Tap, Good Foot Dance Company and Coyaba Dance Theater celebrate the intersections and commonalities between American, African, and urban percussive traditions. Entry level tap workshop starts at 6:30, followed by a brief tap history discussion at 7:15pm. The jam, open to dancers of all kinds and hosted by Baakari Wilder of Capitol Tap and Russell "Ironman" Campbell of Urban Artistry, is from 7:30 to 9:30pm.

Thursday, April 26

Classes with Urban Artistry

  • Admission: $10/workshop - all ages
  • Location: Dance Bethesda
    8227 Woodmont Ave #2B, Bethesda, MD 20814
  • B-boy & B-girl: 6PM
  • Popping & Strutting: 7PM
  • House Dance: 8PM

Tru Skool Classics Classics: The Art of Emceein'

Friday, April 27

Press Conference and Artist Roundtable

  • Location: Goethe Institute, Washington, DC
  • Time: 12PM to 2PM
  • Moderator: Michael Lipin, journalist, and Dance in the Circle
  • Facebook event page

DMC DC Qualifier

Red Fridays

  • Illest Ingredient 1 vs. 1 All Styles Competition
  • Prize: $200
  • Location: U Street Music Hall
    1115A U St NW, Washington, DC 20009
  • Time: 10PM to 2AM
  • Facebook event page
  • Judges:
    • Olyuwatoyin Sogunro - Assassins Crew, DC
    • Rashaad Pearson - Assassins Crew, DC
    • Russell Campbell - CAB CRU, DC

Saturday, April 28

Main Event

  • Admission: $20 - all ages
  • Location: U Street Music Hall
    1115A U St NW, Washington, DC 20009
  • Time: 12PM to 10PM
  • Buy tickets online
  • Facebook event page
  • Freestyle Session Capital Qualifier:
    • 3 vs. 3 b-boy/b-girl competition
    • Prize: Travel expenses covered to Los Angeles, CA for Freestyle Session
    • Judges:
      • Vortex - Natural Elements Crew, Virginia
      • SCOTTY76 - Southside Rockers/Assassins Crew, Stuttgart, Germany
      • TBD
  • Book of Styles:
    • 1 vs. 1 popping competition
    • Prize: $500
    • Judges:
      • Burst Rock - Funny Bones Crew, Los Angeles
      • Special FX - Out of Control, Copenhagen, Denmark
      • Damon Frost - Stockholm, Sweden
  • The Abyss
    • 1 vs. 1 house dance competition
    • Prize: $500
    • Judges:
      • Hideki - Japan/NYC
      • Sydney - Louisiana/NYC
      • BRAVO - NYC
      • Junious "House" Brickhouse - Assassins Crew, Virginia/Germany/DC

Sunday, April 29

Flow

  • Admission: free - all ages
  • Location: Garfield Park (2nd St and Virginia Ave SE)
  • Time: 11:00am to 8:00pm
  • Flow is the final event for both Urban Artistry's International Soul Society Festival and Eighty Eight's Forward Festival. It's everything you would ever want in an adult playground, bringing together cutting edge programming centered on live performances, art exhibitions, and workshops, including graffiti, parcours, djs, skateboarding, music, dancing and more. Through this creative culture, Urban Artistry and Eighty Eight aim to unite artists, attendees, and the greater D.C. community in cultivating a caring, conscious society interested in pro-actively pushing things forward.
  • Movement:
    • Parkour by American Parkour and Primal Fitness
    • Aerial dance by Ascension Dance Troupe
    • Dance by Urban Artistry
  • Visual Art:
    • 5x5
    • Albus Cavus
    • Light Up
    • Eric B
    • Scotty76
  • Music:

Official ISSF 2012 Closing Party

  • Hosted by: Underground Soul Solution with Sam "the man" Burns
  • Admission: free
  • Location: Eighteenth Street Lounge
    1212 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20036
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