"among the best, if not the best,
of the Washington area's choreographers."
Carmel Morgan, Critical Dance
2014-2015 Season
New Dance Festival
James Madison University
September 5 & 6, 2014
CKM&A shares an evening of dance with JMU dance faculty, presenting In The Cold Room, Bruised, and Selling Out, all of which The Washington Post declared to be "direct, transcendent and entrancing."
Velocity DC Dance Festival
Sidney Harman Hall
Washington, DC
October 11, 2014
CKM&A will present Morgan's critically acclaimed duet Bruised, with live electric cello score performed by Wytold in Washington DC's annual festival.
Inconstancy
The Alden Theatre
November 14 & 15, 2014
CKM&A's fourth season at The Alden includes the world premiere of Deprivation by Assistant Director Tiffanie Carson and the world premiere of Morgan's Inconstancy, a look at how the grass is always greener on the other side. Also on the program are audience and critical favorites In the Cold Room, Bruised and Morgan's 2005 solo Rice.
Winter Workshop
American Dance Institute
January 5 - 7, 2015
Join CKM&A for its second annual Winter Workshop with three days of technique classes and repertoire, designed to inspire and challenge serious pre-professional and professional students. The Workshop is a fantastic way to refresh your practice as a working professional, or get back into your body after the holidays.
APAP Showcases
Alvin Ailey Dance Theatre’s Joan Weill Center for Dance
January 10 & 11, 2015
Join CKM&A for their 2015 APAP Showcases. The company will show excerpts of critically acclaimed works" In the Cold Room" and "Bruised," and Christopher's solo "Pohaku" all featuring live music by electric cellist Wytold.
Bruised
The 32nd Annual Choreographer's Showcase
January 24, 2015 at 3 and 8pm
Join the men of CKM&A as Nicholas Brock and
Thomas Moore, Jr. are accompanied by electric cellist Wytold in two performances of the critically acclaimed duet Bruised at The Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.
Dance & Dessert
American Dance Institute
September 28, 2014 at 3PM
October 19, 2014 at 3 PM
March 1, 2015 at 3 PM
April 12, 2015 at 3pm
Curated and hosted by Morgan, this series brings together innovative dance makers and inquisitive audiences. Each event showcases two choreographers who each present a work-in-progress, followed by a critical response process between the choreographer and audience. Sponsored by American Dance Institute and The Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County.
C'est le ton qui fait la chanson
Howard Community College Dance Festival Gala Concert
March 14, 2015 at 7pm
Join CKM&A as they remount this audience and critic favorite, originally commissioned by The Phillips Collection, in this special performance as part of the Howard Community College Dance Festival.
Traveling
Steel Stacks, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
March 15 - 22, 2014
An evening of mixed repertoire and new work previews will conclude a week-long residency at Silo that includes masterclasses at DeSales University and Muhlenberg College.
Summer Intensive
American Dance Institute
May 25 - June 5, 2015
Join CKM&A for two weeks of technique, repertoire, and seminars designed to inspire and challenge serious pre-professional students. The Intensive includes a professional photoshoot and a culminating intensive performance free and open to the public.
Limited Visibility
American Dance Institute
May 29 & 30, 2015
CKM&A concludes the season remounting Morgan's evening length work, Limited Visibility, a suite of dances connected in theme and design, incorporating Morgan's sinuous, athletic movement style and an industrial, sleek design that "makes for a fascinating backdrop against which the dancers laid bare their souls" (Carmel Morgan, Ballet-Dance Magazine). This remount will feature a reworked score by electric cellist Wytold.