From A dancer performs in Our Spiritual Journey, in the Dance Institute of Washington s new black box theater. Courtesy of the Dance Institute of Washington/
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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.