Media Advisory: Heidi Latsky Dance to Perform DC Premiere of “ON DISPLAY” at the National Portrait Gallery
Media only: Concetta Duncan (202) 633-9989, duncanc@si.edu
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WHAT: Heidi Latsky Dance Performs DC Premiere of “ON DISPLAY”
WHEN: Sunday, Sept. 23
3–5 p.m.
WHERE: Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery
Robert and Arlene Kogod Courtyard
Eighth and G streets N.W.
WHO: Heidi Latsky Dance
The National Portrait Gallery presents Heidi Latsky Dance, a New York City-based dance company dedicated to redefining beauty and virtuosity through provocative and innovative performance. “ON DISPLAY” features a cast of 20 dancers—ranging in age, race, size, disability and gender—who will create an interactive space where the viewer and the viewed can experience the beauty of difference.
The performance is free and open to the public. It celebrates the Washington, D.C. premiere of this performance installation initially conceived to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
For images or access to the performance, contact Concetta Duncan at duncanc@si.edu.
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National Portrait Gallery
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery tells the multifaceted story of the United States through the individuals who have shaped American culture. Spanning the visual arts, performing arts and new media, the Portrait Gallery portrays poets and presidents, visionaries and villains, actors and activists whose lives tell the nation’s story.
The National Portrait Gallery is located at Eighth and G streets N.W., Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Information: (202) 633-1000. Connect with the museum at npg.si.edu and on Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
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