57 stories by "Rick Westerkamp"
You know those moments in life that seem to transport you to another state of being, and feel like an out-of-body experience? How about those moments when it feels like the world is moving i…
 Walking into the Dance Theatre at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center, I was excited to attend Pleated, Stephanie Miracle's MFA Thesis Concert. My excitement stemmed from my in…
The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center hosted the 31st Annual Choreographers' Showcase this past weekend. The program welcomed seven modern dance works, which were all adjudicated by Sidra…
On Monday nights for the past two years, the DC/MD/VA area's artists and arts enthusiasts alike have been packing the Black Fox Lounge in DuPont Circle, eager to take in that week's set list…
At the top of the show, Maurice Hines said, "DC is fierce!" After experiencing Maurice Hines is Tappin' Thru Life tonight at Arena Stage, I must say that it is Hines himself that is fierce! …
The structure of the George Washington University Department of Theatre and Dance's DanceWorks Fall 2013 concert is absolutely wonderful. The audience is welcomed into the concert with a fac…
 The Dancing Rogues: Who are they and what do they have up their creative sleeves? DC-based choreographers Sylvana Christopher, Hayley Cutler, and Sara Herrera-Kopetchny have teamed up an…
The George Washington University's Department of Theatre and Dance has an engaging and lively production of William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, running through the weekend. My interest in t…
Are you familiar with the sentiment, “Dance like nobody’s watching?” The idea in this phrase is beautiful, but sounds hard to produce, right? Now pair these beautifully int…
Love in Afghanistan, Charles Randolph-Wright’s exquisitely woven four person drama currently playing in Arena Stage’s Kogod Cradle, centers around two families: Duke (Khris Davis…
Let's say you are sitting in a sparse, quaint café minding your own business. All of a sudden, a patron's cell phone goes off, breaking whatever mood was there to begin with, and this phone…
When October rolls in, there is so much to look forward to, like the start of fall, pumpkin flavored libations and treats at Starbucks, and Halloween at the end of the month. This year, you …
Saburo Teshigawara, Artistic Director of Saburo Teshigawara/KARAS and choreographer of Mirror & Music, is an artist of the highest degree. Mirror & Music, having its North American p…
Are you a fan of rock concerts, but you don’t have enough leeway in your budget to pay Verizon Center prices to see the big names? FEAR NOT concert enthusiast, because Pitchin' the …
If you are looking for accessible art, deeply rooted in a tradition that dates back to the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th century, but with unexpected, modern twists and turns, MO…
dog & pony dc promises audiences that A Killing Game is “the most fun they’ll have dying.” I am here to tell you that they’re not lying! This revamped produ…
As I entered The Shop at Fort Fringe for We Happy Few Productions’ production of William Shakespeare's The Tempest, I was intrigued by the ambiance. Prospero watched as the audience fi…
As someone who considers himself more spiritual than religiously affiliated, I was weary about Bill Cain's How to Write a New Book for the Bible at Round House Theatre. The tears and laughte…
Amy Herzog's 4000 Miles at The Studio Theatre opens with an unexpected reunion between Vera, a leftist in her eighties played by Tana Hicken, and her grandson Leo (Grant Harrison), a twen…
Daniel Burkholder/The PlayGround's The Chemistry of Lime Trees is an evening of dance theatre the likes of which I have never experienced. From the deep investment of all of the performers, …
This past December, Dance Metro DC, a community building and sustaining organization centered on dance, awarded five choreographers (Sarah J. Ewing, Laurel Victoria Gray, Sara Pearson, Dr. J…
Cardinal Points by Rebollar Dance is an undertaking that not every choreographer would be willing to experience. Choreographers, for the most point, come into the rehearsal studio with a vis…
As the audience filed into the Sprenger Theatre at the Atlas Performing Arts Center at INTERSECTIONS, Helanius J. Wilkins was already nonchalantly performing upstage, facing away from the au…
MOVEiUS Dance presented Legacy: A Conversation Through Contemporary Ballet, an audience-friendly afternoon of work by multiple choreographers, yesterday as a part of the Atlas INTERSECTIO…
On Thursday night, while waiting for the GWU New Plays Festival's wild42hold to begin, I was transported to an attention-grabbing site. Thanks to the massive set, covered in graffiti, a la B…
