Sylvana Christopher | SylviDances

I am midway through the 9 month Icons Choreography Program with Vlad Angelov. This fall we have studied the history of choreography up to Contemporary Dance-Theater. Vlad has challenged our cohort to be provocateurs, problem solvers and authors of our own stories. We whipped up phrases weekly to explore construction and deconstruction tasks. Through the […]

Mathew Patrick Heggem, creator and founder of LeftSide Labs, without haste proposed a new work on SylviDances for his upcoming gig at RAW Artists at The Filmore Concert Stage October 24th 2019. Maggie and I jumped at the chance to line up a gig. This was our first performance since Maggie’s February hip replacement and […]

We presented “Quick Change” at the November 2, 2019 Brookland Monroe St. Arts Walk Farmer’s Market. SylviDances first performed at the Farmers Market with Taariq Muhammad, Grace Cannon and John Lee on guitar back in the spring of 2019. This iteration John Lee graciously agreed to play guitar again for the event drawing listeners to […]

Hello Community, We would love to encourage you to participate in our 2020 presentation of 5×5! We are looking at places in Southeast or Southwest DC if you have leads on spaces or venues. We will be actively looking for choreographers desiring to make and share work with the community in our uniquely paired down […]

ANC Commissioner Ra Amin has invited me to dance this coming Saturday Oct 5 between 4-6pm at JACS an artsy enclave for jazz music. I’d love to see you this fast approaching Saturday Wine and Beer Tasting at Alice’s Jazz and Cultural Society from 4-6pm. I will share a dance performance and get those looking […]