8:30-9:00pm Two-Step Lesson | 9:00pm - 11:30 Social Dance

**We are moving indoors to the back room of the ballroom due to wind and rain!**

We are thrilled to partner with multi-instrumentalist and organizer Alex Lacquement to bring the lively Honky Tonk event he has cultivated in Baltimore to our own Bumper Car Pavilion! Join us for a free dance lesson in Two Step followed by an evening of dancing to live music with Rusty Sal. No prior experience needed and you don't need to bring a partner.

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We are moving indoors to the Back Room of the Ballroom due to the wind and rain!

We are thrilled to partner with multi-instrumentalist and organizer Alex Lacquement to bring the lively Honky Tonk event he has cultivated in Baltimore to our own Bumper Car Pavilion! Join us for a free dance lesson in Two Step followed by an evening of dancing to live music with Rusty Sal. No prior experience needed and you don't need to bring a partner.

Learn More & Purchase Tickets>>  Park Map >>

Can't decide whether to Country Two-Step or Contra dance tonight? You can do both! Buy a ticket to the Honky Tonk Two-Step Dance and enter the Contra dance for only $5! Ask for details at the check-in desk.

An ultra-challenging urban dance weekend featuring mind bending figures, non-gendered calling, and phenomenal music. Two days of workshops, dancing, community, fun and food in the fabulous open air, covered Bumper Car Pavilion and throughout Glen Echo Park.

Callers: Lisa Greenleaf and River Rainbowface. Live Dance: Free Raisins (Audrey Jaber, Amy Engelsberg, Jeff Kaufman) and Bowrider (Kelsey Wells, Alex Sturbaum, Brian Lindsay).

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See event site for admission prices and registration.

UpRooted Dance presents "Untethered & Unseen: The Mysterious Life of Hilma af Klint," at Glen Echo Park from May 2-4, 2024. In this experiential and participatory performance, audiences will be guided through tableau moments from Swedish Artist Hilma af Klint's (1862-1944) life as a spiritual medium and powerhouse female artist and founder of the abstract art movement. Her story, largely unknown and untold, is still unfolding today. Hilma af Klint was a pioneer – a female force in a male dominated modern art world, paving the way for many other abstract artists including Kandinsky, Malevich, and Mondrian. 

Audiences will be immersed in dance and interdisciplinary storytelling with choreography by Keira Hart-Mendoza and dancers; original musical composition and performance by Robin Ghertner; and video by Nitsan Scharf and Chandler Bramstedt.

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UpRooted Dance presents "Untethered & Unseen: The Mysterious Life of Hilma af Klint," at Glen Echo Park from May 2-4, 2024. In this experiential and participatory performance, audiences will be guided through tableau moments from Swedish Artist Hilma af Klint's (1862-1944) life as a spiritual medium and powerhouse female artist and founder of the abstract art movement. Her story, largely unknown and untold, is still unfolding today. Hilma af Klint was a pioneer – a female force in a male dominated modern art world, paving the way for many other abstract artists including Kandinsky, Malevich, and Mondrian. 

Audiences will be immersed in dance and interdisciplinary storytelling with choreography by Keira Hart-Mendoza and dancers; original musical composition and performance by Robin Ghertner; and video by Nitsan Scharf and Chandler Bramstedt.

Learn More & Purchase Tickets >> | Park Map >>

UpRooted Dance presents "Untethered & Unseen: The Mysterious Life of Hilma af Klint," at Glen Echo Park from May 2-4, 2024. In this experiential and participatory performance, audiences will be guided through tableau moments from Swedish Artist Hilma af Klint's (1862-1944) life as a spiritual medium and powerhouse female artist and founder of the abstract art movement. Her story, largely unknown and untold, is still unfolding today. Hilma af Klint was a pioneer – a female force in a male dominated modern art world, paving the way for many other abstract artists including Kandinsky, Malevich, and Mondrian. 

Audiences will be immersed in dance and interdisciplinary storytelling with choreography by Keira Hart-Mendoza and dancers; original musical composition and performance by Robin Ghertner; and video by Nitsan Scharf and Chandler Bramstedt.

Learn More & Purchase Tickets >>| Park Map >>

Join us for the unveiling of Uprooted. This event is outdoors and will take place in front of the installation, with a reception to follow. Light refreshments will be provided.

Uprooted, a sculptural installation by environmental artist Stephanie Garon, considers humanity's interruption of nature through the visual metaphors of lines. Comprised of steel and English ivy, an invasive plant species sourced at Glen Echo Park, the artwork references the historical, cultural, and scientific lines of the land. Dividing lines define edges: the people that claim access to the land, the invasive species crowding the native environment, and the geological location of Glen Echo Park on a plateau of Piscataway and Anacostan land. Uprooted suggests a degradation of the ecological balance over time.

The Outdoor Marketplace will be held from 11am to 4pm throughout the Park, outside several of our resident artists' studios.

Presented by the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture, this outdoor sale features the work of Glen Echo Park resident artists and local guest artists, as well as one or more live demonstrations from artists in a wide range of artistic media. 

In the case of rain or inclement weather, some elements will be moved indoors, but Outdoor Marketplace will continue regardless of the weather conditions!

The Outdoor Marketplace will be held from 11am to 4pm throughout the Park, outside several of our resident artists' studios.

Presented by the Glen Echo Park Partnership for Arts and Culture, this outdoor sale features the work of Glen Echo Park resident artists and local guest artists, as well as one or more live demonstrations from artists in a wide range of artistic media. 

In the case of rain or inclement weather, some elements will be moved indoors, but Outdoor Marketplace will continue regardless of the weather conditions!

Every First Friday, from May through August from 6pm to 8pm, the Glen Echo Park Partnership hosts open studios and artist demonstrations in the Park's many visual arts studios and galleries. Each month features different activities, including hands-on art projects and/or artist demonstrations.

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