Special offer for Diplomats of Dance!

We have secured a block of tickets for the Diplomats of Dance Society for opening night of Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company’s “Potraits” at the Kennedy Center. Great opportunity to see these unique dance works, each created during Burgess’ historic residency at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, performed on a proscenium stage! 

A captured moment from “I Am Vertical”, inspired by the Sylvia Plath: One Life exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. Photo by Jeff Malet. 

The dances, I am Vertical, After 1001 Nights, and Confluence exemplify Burgess's sublime choreography which poetically delves into the emotional terrain of our shared humanity. Burgess has been called "not only a Washington prize but a national treasure" by the Washington Post Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Sarah Kaufman.

Please email us at dancediplomats@gmail.com ASAP to secure yours! 

Don't Miss: Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company Presents "Portraits" at Kennedy Center June 15th and 16th, 7:30pm

The first-ever resident dance company at the Smithsonian presents three new dances created at the National Portrait Gallery during Burgess's residency as the Smithsonian Institution's first official choreographer. The dances, I am Vertical, After 1001 Nights, and Confluence exemplify Burgess's sublime choreography which poetically delves into the emotional terrain of our shared humanity. Burgess has been called "not only a Washington prize but a national treasure" by the Washington Post Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Sarah Kaufman.

Click here to purchase tickets now through the Kennedy Center website.

Photo by Jeff Watts

Ellen Kwatnsoski: Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company — 25 Years of Delighting Audiences in Washington and Around the World

The company rehearsing. Photo courtesy of EllenKwatnoski.com.

Take the time to read author Ellen Kwatnoski's recent blog about her impressions of Dana’s artistic process and direction, plus recent work as the Smithsonian's first-ever choreographer-in-residence, creating works inspired by National Portrait Gallery exhibitions on subjects like poet Sylvia Plath, as DTSBDC company members rehearse for their upcoming June 15-16 performance at the Kennedy Center:

Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company — 25 Years of Delighting Audiences in Washington and Around the World