DTSBDC's residency at National Portrait Gallery highlighted in Washington Post

By Sarah L. Kaufman
May 17, 2016

The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has chosen Washington choreographer and company director Dana Tai Soon Burgess as its first choreographer-in-residence.

Over the next three years, Burgess, 48, will create new works inspired by museum exhibitions and will participate in public discussions about dance and art. Also, the Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company will premiere the new dances in the museum’s Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard.

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Now in its 31st season, DTSBDC creates and performs modern dance works that explore the idea of intersectional identities - the flowing together of diverse perspectives, histories, and traditions that result in shared audience understanding.

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