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Article: Dance Place gala tonight; Success built on partnerships.(ARTS & CULTURE)(DANCE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- September 17, 2005
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Byline: Jean Battey Lewis, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
When Carla Perlo founded Dance Place in 1980, the city had a fractured dance scene: Talented people left for more fertile ground (read New York City); those who stayed often turned to local universities to sustain themselves.
Twenty-five years later, Washington is a mecca for young choreographers and dancers.
It would be hard to overestimate the role Dance Place has played in this transformation. Tonight, its Brookland black-box theater will rock with a gala celebration. Both senior artists, whose years of work helped shape the current scene, and younger artists attracted by their accomplishments ...