Headquarters: DC-Ward 5
Where They Operate: DC-Citywide; DC-Ward 5; MD-Montgomery County; MD-Prince George's County; VA-Arlington County; VA-Fairfax County; Brookland/Edgewood
Age Groups Served: Youth; Adolescence; Teenagers; Young Adult; Adult; Grades K-12; All
Ethnic Groups Served: African American, 87%; Asian American, 2%; Caucasian, 3%; Latino/Hispanic, 5%; Multicultural, 2%; Other, 1%
Population(s) Served: All; Low- to Moderate-Income; Students
Schools They Work In: ALTA PCS; Baileys Elementary; Barrie School; Best Friends Foundation; Browne Jr. High School; Buxton School ; Claremont Immersion School; DC Preparatory Academy: Lower School; DC Preparatory Academy: Upper School; Ferebee-Hope Elementary School; Fillmore Arts Ctr.; Friendly HS; Friends Public Charter School: Chamberlin Campus; Greenspring Retirment Community; Groveton Senior Center; Hollin Hall Senior Center workshop; Hope Community Public Charter School ; James Lee Community Center workshop; Jefferson High School; Johnson Jr. High School; Kenilworth Elementary School; Luke C. Moore Academy; Lynbrook Elementary; Maya Angelou PCS: Evans campus; Maya Angelou PCS: Shaw campus; Meridian PCS (AFES); Minor ES; Mount Zion Baptist Church; Noyes Elementary School; Pathways; Post Permancy ; Potomac Lighthouse PCS; Raymond ES (AFES); Rock Creek Academy; Seed Public Charter School; Shaed Elem; Simon ES (AFES); Smothers ES (AFES); South County Teen Center; South Lake Elementary ; Stone Ridge Elementary School; Thurgood Marshall ELC; Tree of Life School; Tuckahoe Elementary; Turning the Page School; University Park Elementary; Wakefield High School; WEDJ; Wheaton Woods Elementary; Woodrige Elementary
Combined Federal Campaign Number: 70833
United Way Agency Number: 8607
Awards, Citations, Honors:
MILESTONES:
2011-Received the DC Mayor's Arts Award for "Outstanding Contribution to Arts Education" in recognition of our extensive programs for youth and selected as one of 12 national grant recipients by Leveraging Investments in Creativity, funded by the Ford Foundation
2010-Awarded our first grant from the US Commission of Fine Arts
2006-Founding Director Carla Perlo receives DanceMetro DC's Alan Kriegsman Award for lifetime achievement and service to the DC Metropolitan area
2003- Founding Director Carla Perlo receives the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington's Outstanding Founders Award
2002-Director Deborah Riley receives the Pola Nirenska Award for Distinguished Artistic Leadership
2001- Began partnership with the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to present emerging DC companies in the Local Dance Commissioning Project
1997- Founding Director Carla Perlo named "Washingtonian of the Year" by Washingtonian Magazine
1994- Created our Energizers out-of-school time programs to respond to the needs of local youth with creative education programs, dance classes and first time job training
1990-1994-Served as national coordinator for DanceAfrica, America, bringing African dance and culture to festivals throughout the U.S.
1988 Received the DC Mayor's Arts Award for Excellence in Service to the Arts
1985- Selected as a founding partner in the creation of the National Performance Network
1981-Received first NEA (National Education Association) grant and began performing series
1980- Opened The Dance Place at 2424 18th Street, Northwest, in the heart of Adams Morgan
1978- 1980 - Incorporation of DC Wheel Productions and presentation of educational performing arts programs in schools throughout the Greater DC Metropolitan area