As The Richmond Dance Festival enters its fifth year, organizer and dance artist Jess Burgess took a quick break from her preparations to sit down with RVA Mag and highlight some of the best national and local artists performing in this year’s edition of the annual...
RVA Mag First Fridays Picks January 2018
From the Terracotta Army: Legacy of the First Emperor of China making its way to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts this fall, to Pueblo artist Virgil Ortiz' figurative ceramic works retelling the story of his ancestors’ rebellion against Spanish colonizers in 1680 in...
CLAVES UNIDOS Production ‘Ancestral Memories : It Takes A Language’ Puts Community on Stage
For the 2017 Dogtown Presenter’s Series, local African-Caribbean community collective CLAVES UNIDOS took over Dogtown Dance Theatre to present to the Richmond public, “Ancestral Memories: It Takes A Language” over the weekend. This performance featured various styles...
‘Eternal Forest’ comes to life at Dogtown Dance Theatre this week
Electric Nomad Dance Studio will perform its annual theatrical belly dance performance, “Eternal Forest,” at Dogtown Dance Theatre this weekend. Owned and directed by Twila Jane Sikorsky, Electric Nomad is a hive of dancers, artists, parents, and activists who support...
Ground Zero Dance & FDANCE Bring Talent And Edgy Humor To Richmond Dance Festival
I don't know too much about modern dance. I know it exists, I support the idea of it happening here in RVA, but before last weekend, I had never seen any of it in person. Therefore, taking a trip south of the James to Manchester's Dogtown Dance Theatre last Friday for...
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