Slam!
A Festival of Ballets:
Opening Night & June Season 2023

June 22-25

Greenberg Theatre|4200 Wisconsin Avenue, NW Washington DC

Our season forges ahead with two bold world premieres and five other ballets drawn from our ten years in Washington, D.C., presented in two programs of live music featuring works by

6  choreographers | 10 dancers | 11 musicians | 2 Slam poets

World Premieres

Slam!

A newly-commissioned work with slam poets
Drew Anderson and Gayle Danley
and eight dancers performing live together in works by four acclaimed guest choreographers Victor Adebusola, Peter Chu, Gabrielle Lamb, Andile Ndlovu

Weave the Wind

A new work by our award-winning Artistic Director, Diane Coburn Bruning, 
with eight company dancers and a score by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Caroline Shaw

Repertoire Works

Sur

Our tango ballet by Argentinean choreographer Jorge Amarante
 

Arranged

The visually stunning work for three women in white

 

Chant

Returns to build a cathedral of light and sound around the audience
 

Exit Wounds

The powerful, poignant male duet
 

Time Has Come

Two witty and joyous excerpts from the ensemble work featured in our first Washington, D.C. season

Jorge Amarante: Sur choreographer

Program A
Thursday, June 22 at 7:30pm
Friday, June 23 at 7:30pm
Saturday, June 24 at 1pm

Slam!

Sur

Weave the Wind

Exit Wounds

Program B
Saturday, June 24 at 7:30pm
Sunday, June 25 at 7:30pm

Slam!

Arranged

Time Has Come

Chant

Opening night tickets also include a post-performance Summer Solstice Cast Party at Surfside next door to the theater. In the spirit of light, please wear white!

 

Further information: 202.499.2297 or info@chamberdance.org