Edgeworks Dance Theatre April 29, 2006

In honor of National Dance Week and their 5th anniversary, American Dance Institute will host a performance by EDGEWORKS Dance Theater (EDT), DC?s premier contemporary all-male company of predominantly black men.

EDT?s program will include an encore presentation of Founder and Artistic Director Helanius J. Wilkins? newest works, Melting The Edges and A Love Crisis, which they performed at their anniversary celebration this past March. The program will also feature special guest Ursula Payne, award-winning choreographer and performer based in Pennsylvania, and member of This Woman?s Work Collective, a group recently recognized as one of Dance Magazine?s ?Top 25 to Watch.?

Also joining Artistic Director and Choreographer Helanius J. Wilkins will be dancers Hunter Carter, Reginald Cole, Anthony Rollins-Mullens, and Vincent Thomas; special guest Teena Custer; and students from Slippery Rock University?s Department of Dance in Slippery Rock, PA. Tickets are $20 general admission, $15 seniors/children under 17 and $10 for DancePass holders. For tickets, please call 301.984.3003.

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