2019 - 2020 Season!
CANCELLED: Agora Dance and Sound Impact at The National Gallery of Art
Due to the spread of COVID-19, our performance of Backstage at the Opera scheduled for Sunday, March 15 at the National Gallery of Art has been cancelled. In view of the increasing health risks associated with public gatherings, the National Gallery has canceled all public events that anticipate more than 150 people in attendance through mid-May.
Backstage at the Opera
Sunday March 15th, 2020 at 3:30 pm, National Gallery of Art West Building, West Garden Court
FREE PERFORMANCE
In conjunction with the exhibit, Degas at the Opera, this production uses a contemporary approach to tell the story of the evenings when Impressionist artist, Edgar Degas attended the opera and how they impacted the artist and the Parisian community in the 1870s and 1880s.
Edgar Degas, The Curtain, c. 1880, pastel over charcoal and monotype on laid paper mounted on board, sheet: 29 x 33.3 cm (11 7/16 x 13 1/8 in.), National Gallery of Art, Washington, Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon