News & Politics The “MAGA Former Dancer” Named to a Top Job at the Kennedy Center Inherits a Troubled Program Stephen Nakagawa got his job after he complained about “radical leftist ideologies in ballet." He's been greeted by depleted staff and slow ticket sales for dance performances. Kennedy Center, Ric Grenell, Stephen Nakagawa, Washington BalletSeptember 3, 2025
News & Politics Politics and Ballet? Catching Up With the Washington Ballet’s New Artistic Director. Edwaard Liang talks about his new gig. Capital Comment, Washington BalletFebruary 7, 2024
News & Politics The Black Ballet Celeb Taking On Racism in Dance With a raft of Instagram followers and a modeling contract, the Washington Ballet’s Nardia Boodoo is as close as it gets to a pop celeb in the rarefied world of ballet. Now she’s trying to make that world more fair. Ballet, Black Lives Matter, Washington BalletJune 21, 2021
Things to Do 17 Things to Do Around DC This October The performances, exhibits, and other events worth your time this month. Brett Kavanaugh, Brightest Young Things, Christine Blasey Ford, DAR Constitution HallSeptember 26, 2019
Things to Do Things to Do in DC This Week (April 1-3): Sixth & I’s 15th Anniversary and Lots of Theater and Dance Embassy chef challenge, Signature Theatre, Sixth & I, Studio TheatreApril 1, 2019
Things to Do 18 Things To Do Around DC This October An art fair for millennials, Rupi Kaur, "Beetlejuice" the musical, and more. Kali Uchis, Kennedy Center, National Building Museum, National Museum of African ArtOctober 3, 2018
Things to Do The Washington Ballet’s Nutcracker Guest Stars Include Ryan Zimmerman, the Racing Presidents, and Tony Kornheiser The Nutcracker, Tony Kornheiser, Washington Ballet, Washington NationalsDecember 12, 2017
Things to Do Things To Do in DC This Week (April 24-26): The Science of Beer, I.M. Pei’s 100th Birthday, and a Modern Macbeth Beer, Books, Dance, FilmApril 24, 2017
Things to Do Septime Webre Is Back With Halcyon Stage Halcyon Stage, Septime Webre, Washington BalletApril 4, 2017
News & Politics Julie Kent Has New York-Sized Ambitions for the Washington Ballet Julie Kent, Washington BalletMarch 3, 2017
Politics and Ballet? Catching Up With the Washington Ballet’s New Artistic Director.