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A dancer performs in "Our Spiritual Journey," in the Dance Institute of Washington's new black box theater.
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Most theater, dance and artistic organizations in the Washington region have spent the past eleven months weathering pandemic-induced financial challenges. Instead of staging performances, arts leaders apply for local and federal government grants. Furloughed staff chase down unemployment checks or search for work in industries that don't rely on in-person events for revenue.
But at the Dance Institute of Washington — a nonprofit dance education organization in Columbia Heights — staffers are experiencing something rather unusual in the arts world right now: excitement.