Dance: Local Dance Resources

The Center for the Arts Concert Hall opened on October 6, 1990, with award-winning composer Marvin Hamlisch serving as host on opening night with a star-studded concert featuring Jean-Pierre Rampal, Robert Klein, and Roberta Peters among others. Since then, the venue has welcomed millions into the Concert Hall for arts experiences from renowned artists across the globe.

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center is creating the NextNOW. We are building the future of the arts by educating, training and presenting the next generation of artists and creative innovators.

Founded in 1980, Dance Place builds a community of artists, audiences, and students through high-quality performances, commissions, training, and educational programs.

The Kennedy Center, located on the banks of the Potomac River near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., opened to the public in September 1971. But its roots date back to 1958, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed bipartisan legislation creating a National Cultural Center. To honor Eisenhower's vision for such a facility, one of the Kennedy Center's theaters is named for him.

Strathmore is a nonprofit multi-disciplinary arts center and presenting organization best known for performances and events at the Music Center at Strathmore. The organization has been presenting accessible, affordable visual and performing arts in the smaller Mansion at Strathmore and all over its 16-acre site since 1981.