all photos: Franz Mahr
To celebrate the opening days of The Phillips Collection’s fall exhibition Degas’s Dancers at the Barre: Point and Counterpoint and The Washington Ballet’s season opener, The Great Gatsby, the two institutions partnered up in Dupont Circle for a unique weekend dance event featuring Dancers from The Washington Ballet, The Washington School of Ballet, and friends, family, and community dancers, dancing to the music of:
- “Happy Feet”–Milton Ager and Jack Yellen (Dance adapted from The Washington Ballet’s The Great Gatsby)
- (Disco Remix): “Le Freak”–Chic, “Shout”–Michael Jackson, “The Last Dance”–Donna Summer
- “Working Day and Night”–Michael Jackson
- “Charleston”–James P. Johnson and Cecil Mack (Dance adapted from The Washington Ballet’s The Great Gatsby)
- “The Can-Can”
Franz was around to capture the magic, but if you missed it, don't miss Phillips After 5 tomorrow night which will feature another Washington Ballet/Phillips collaboration.
Previously in BYT year in art:
- 5/21: PHOTOS: Artomatic 2012 Opening
- 5/15: PHOTOS: Leo Villareal Opening @ Conner Contemporary
- 5/2: Art + Taste of Catalonia Arrive @ National Gallery of Art Courtesy of Joan Miró & Jose Andres
- 3/20: PHOTOS: Janet Biggs + Wilmer Wilson IV @ Conner Contemporary
- 2/28: PHOTOS: Warhol! Opening @ The Fridge
- 2/27: Report: Frida Kahlo:Her Photos Opens @ Artisphere
- 11/14: PHOTOS: Arts@1830 Grand Opening Reception
- 11/14: PHOTOS: BYT's YOUNG @ HEART @ FOTOWEEK Central
- 11/10: PHOTOS: Caitlin Teal Price Photography Opening
- 11/8: PHOTOS: #DCResidence + Birds of A Pleather + The Icebox @ #DCWeek
God loves a cheerful giver.
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