• Check out the photos from the DTSB&Co fabulous 20th Anniversary Season Kick off party that appeared in Modern Luxury Magazine

     

  • Praise for DTSB&Co's October 2011 performance"... Burgess ... is pretty much the best dancemaker around, and what he's made here is a beautiful allegory about alienation and acceptance." - Rebecca Ritzel, Washington Post

    Read the Washington Post review and the danceviewtimes review

     

  • An interview with Dana about his new work Becoming American and common themes in his art appears in the Arts Desk blog in the Washington City Paper.

     

  • Dana's performance at Dance Place was previewed as an Editors' Pick in the Washington Post's Going Out Guide.

     

  • Dana was interviewed in Express about his new work Becoming American and about life as an artist in DC.

     

  • DTSB&Co was featured in two articles in The Washington Diplomat, one on the company's international travels and the other on Dana's new work Becoming American.

     

  • Dana Tai Soon Burgess and his company are both featured at the I Am Korean American website, an on-going web project that aims to collect brief profiles of Korean Americans.

     

  • Dana Tai Soon Burgess is featured in a portrait project by Korean American photographer Cindy Hwang that is included in the exhibit Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter now on display at the National Portrait Gallery. The exhibit was reviewed recently by the Washington Post.

     

  • DTSB&Co April 2011 performance

    "...the occasional moments of physical unfolding were beautifully in keeping with the graceful calm of the piece"
    Sarah Kaufman, Washington Post

    Read the full review
    See a video excerpt

     

  • DTSB&Co had an amazing tour to Mongolia where Dana and his dancers taught, performed, and choreographed on local dancers. Check out our Mongolian trip blogs: The Chronicle of Higher Education Arts & Academe blog and the DTSB&Co Blog.

     

  • Check out an excerpt from the October 2010 performance of the critically-aclaimed Charlie Chan and the Mystery of Love View the video

    "Burgess ... has long been one of the area's most interesting and individualistic artists, but with this work he deserves to be crowned poet laureate of Washington dance." - excerpt from the review by Sarah Kaufman of the Washington Post
    Read the full review
    Read a related Post article about Dana and the inspirations for this work

     

  • We've added a gallery of photos from the DTSB&Co performance of America's Cloud at the Corcoran Gallery of Art

    View the performance photos by Denny Henry.

     

  • Washington Post's dance critic Sarah Kaufman lists DTSB&Co in the top 10 dance performances of 2010 for the second year in a row.
    Read the Washington Post article

    Look for dancer Miyako Nitadori in the Photo Gallery

     

  • May is Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month and we celebrated with the release of the video project from the 2011 DTSB&Co's Asian American Youth Program. The kids are truly inspiring

     

  • December 5 & 12, 2010
    DTSB&Co enjoyed successful performances of the new work America's Cloud at the Corcoran Gallery. The work was designed to interact with a visual installation by acclaimed contemporary artist Spencer Finch.
    Read the danceviewtimes review

     

  • We've added a gallery of photos from the world premiere of Charlie Chan and the Mystery of Love

    View performance photos by Lawrence Luk

     

  • Charlie Chan and the Mystery of Love premiered at Dance Place October 22 to critical acclaim!

    "Burgess ... has long been one of the area's most interesting and individualistic artists, but with this work he deserves to be crowned poet laureate of Washington dance." - Sarah Kaufman of the Washington Post

    Read full review

     

  • DTSB&Co is the winner of the 10th Annual MetroDC Dance Award for Outstanding Overall Production Small Venue!

     

  • View the publicity photos and press release (pdf) for the premiere of Charlie Chan and the Mystery of Love

     


  • Connie, Kelly and Dana participated in a Washington Area Independent School Dance Education Association (WAISDEA) event at Sandy Spring's High School. Connie and Kelly taught dance and yoga classes and Dana spoke about choreography.

     

  • DTSB&Co is featured in the latest video and on-line magazine produced by The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities

     

  • The premiere of the excellent Stone Soup Films' documentary took place at the Shanghai Nights party on April 29, 2010. Liz Norton and her crew did wonderful job capturing DTSB&Co's artistic inspiration, vision and process.

    Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Co from Stone Soup Films on Vimeo.

    Related clips of Dana, company members, youth group participants and Dana's dogs can be found at the Stone Soup Films web site and blog

     

  • Thank you to all our friends who came out to support the company at the fabulous Shanghai Nights party! Special thanks to the organizers and host Dr. Wayne Hickory. We've added photos to our blog

     

  • Sarah Kaufman of The Washington Post has won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize  for Criticism.  We congratulate Sarah for her informed and thoughtful  reporting that has resulted in this amazing achievement! Read more...

     

  • The New 202: Dana Tai Soon Burgess is featured in a new video created by the DC Commission on the Arts.