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March 2013

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...

February 2013

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...

January 2013

Jan 23, 2013
Kelsey Colcord Spitalny
Before Zeb and Haniya headed back to Pakistan after their Center Stage tour, one of the musicians remarked, "Music is the sound of emotions, it doesn't lie, it connects straight to the heart, it...