National Dance Day 2020
The Northeast Performing Arts Group has been selected to present a jazz workshop at National Dance Day 2020! The NEPAG offers a lively jazz class taught by Arrington James Lassiter. The award-winning, culturally-based arts and education program develops and fosters the creative talents of youth living in the Northeast/Southeast corridors of Washington, D.C. through performing and visual arts.
On Saturday, September 19, tune in for FREE online workshops and interactive activities from dance organizations in our own backyard, representing all 8 wards in D.C.! These resilient organizations have offered classes and virtual programs throughout COVID-19 to keep us healthy and moving—and now YOU can move with them, too!
Presented in partnership with the The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, American Dance Movement, and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) National Dance Day celebrates the joy of dance and movement for its 11th exciting year.
https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/dance/2020-2021/national-dance-day/
On Saturday, September 19, tune in for FREE online workshops and interactive activities from dance organizations in our own backyard, representing all 8 wards in D.C.! These resilient organizations have offered classes and virtual programs throughout COVID-19 to keep us healthy and moving—and now YOU can move with them, too!
Presented in partnership with the The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, American Dance Movement, and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) National Dance Day celebrates the joy of dance and movement for its 11th exciting year.
https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/dance/2020-2021/national-dance-day/
SUPPORT the youth of the Northeast Performing Arts Group
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Northeast Performing Arts Group
The Northeast Performing Arts Group (NEPAG) is an award-winning, culturally-based arts and education program whose mission is “To develop and foster the creative talents of youth in the Northeast/Southeast corridors of Washington, D.C. through performing and visual arts, as an alternative to street life and to teach the invaluable lessons of discipline, commitment and team motivation”. NEPAG has trained over 7,000 youth and helped more than 400 enroll in college.
In 1979, the late Rita Jackson founded the NEPAG, envisioning a place to advance the development of District youth through the performing arts and offer constructive alternatives to the negative influences of their communities. Targeting Ward 7 youth living in River Terrace, Kenilworth, Marshall Heights, Benning Terrace and Lincoln Heights/Richardson Dwellings communities, the studio initially offered dance, drama and vocal classes. Recognizing the need for holistic approaches to combat escalating dropout rates, violence and drug use and other self-destructive behavior, NEPAG expanded programming to include academic support services and life skills training and planning. It established the N.E. Outreach Youth Center, and, today, 41 years later, the center and arts studio have evolved into a safe haven where young people, ages 3 - 18, can prepare for life while exploring the arts after school, weekends and during the 9-week Summer Performing Arts Camp. The NEPAG is currently under the executive direction of Carrington Lassiter.
In 1979, the late Rita Jackson founded the NEPAG, envisioning a place to advance the development of District youth through the performing arts and offer constructive alternatives to the negative influences of their communities. Targeting Ward 7 youth living in River Terrace, Kenilworth, Marshall Heights, Benning Terrace and Lincoln Heights/Richardson Dwellings communities, the studio initially offered dance, drama and vocal classes. Recognizing the need for holistic approaches to combat escalating dropout rates, violence and drug use and other self-destructive behavior, NEPAG expanded programming to include academic support services and life skills training and planning. It established the N.E. Outreach Youth Center, and, today, 41 years later, the center and arts studio have evolved into a safe haven where young people, ages 3 - 18, can prepare for life while exploring the arts after school, weekends and during the 9-week Summer Performing Arts Camp. The NEPAG is currently under the executive direction of Carrington Lassiter.
Celebrating African American Women & Dance
Black girls including youth from the Northeast Performing Arts Group danced at the White House on Monday, February 8, 2016, performing and participating in master classes -- in the White House -- with Judith Jamison (Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater), Fatima Robinson, Virginia Johnson (Dance Theater of Harlem) and Debbie Allen while Michelle Obama celebrated their contributions at the White House.
Students from the Northeast Performing Arts Group worked with Debbie Allen and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Click the video below to see performances of African Dunham Piece choreographed by Debbie Allen and "I've Been Buked" and "Cry" with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.
Students from the Northeast Performing Arts Group worked with Debbie Allen and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater. Click the video below to see performances of African Dunham Piece choreographed by Debbie Allen and "I've Been Buked" and "Cry" with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.