Blog Archive by Year

Mar 15, 2013
Kelsey Colcord Spitalny
BélO, Haiti's socially conscious groove innovator, came to the U.S. with Center Stage in late October 2012. Although he had performed in the states before, this was BélO's first time to small American...
Mar 05, 2013
Kelsey Colcord Spitalny
I believe that there is a possibility for us in this world to each mutually understand one another, because the arts, especially dance, makes us all honest and grants us an inner conscience.- Ery...
Mar 01, 2013
Kelsey Colcord Spitalny
Flying from Pétion-Ville, Haiti, to Washington, DC in October of 2012, Compagnie de Danse Jean-René Delsoin began the journey of their Center Stage Tour. This company of five dancers and three...
Feb 19, 2013
Kelsey Colcord Spitalny
In Mid-September 2012, Ti-Coca & Wanga-Nègès arrived in Washington, D.C. from Port-Au-Prince, Haiti. This group of internationally renowned troubadours lit up every festival, school, and jam session...
Feb 01, 2013
Kelsey Colcord Spitalny
Papermoon Puppet Theatre is a group of young artists and performers using puppetry to speak about contemporary issues, specifically the tumultous 1960's in Indonesia, with their piece, Mwathirika...