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Dance Loft on 14

Dance Loft on 14 is a Washington DC arts venue, featuring affordable dance classes and performances. So we are undertaking something extraordinary.
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Since 2015 Dance Loft has made our home in a former 1920’s art-deco movie theater in uptown 14th Street NW. This building has been a place for the arts for nearly 100 years, and its unique beauty has been part of why we knew this was the place to put down roots. After nearly a century of deferred maintenance, however, our building’s structural needs are escalating fast — faster than we could ever

address or afford. At the same time, DC faces a crisis of affordable housing, particularly for multigenerational families. Dance Loft on 14 has started the process of creating a new home for our artists and for many of our neighbors. Over the course of the last year, we were able to purchase our building, and are now working to create a new mixed-use building with world-class arts and dance spaces on the ground floor and deeply affordable housing, including much-needed 3-bedroom apartments, above. Our new “Green Arts Campus” will have net-zero carbon emissions, and help achieve the city’s ambitious goals for art space, deeply affordable housing, and climate neutrality. We have chosen acclaimed green building and affordable housing experts Heleos Development as our partner for our project. See more details about the project danceloft14.org.

08/29/2026

“I think at a fundamental level I just believed, and continue to believe, that art space is important. Creative people need creative space.”

In this last installment of our 10th Anniversary Video Series, we look at what lies ahead for Dance Loft’s space. The redevelopment of our crumbling building is an important part of expanding as an arts organization and creative hub within DC.

We’ve diligently worked to fulfill our mission to create a space that’s supported artists, a studio that’s seen the evolution of hundreds of students, & an organization that served its community to the best of its ability for the past 10 years. Now, looking to the future, we dream about the next decade and what endless possibilities may be in store for us.

So, when the time comes, we hope you’ll “Move With Us.”

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08/23/2026

“There’s such a large community here at Dance Loft, and several times a year we have programs that bring it all together.”

In Part 4 of our 10th Anniversary Video Series, we step into Dance Loft’s Black Box theater: a space that presents artists, community, & life! In the past 10 years, Dance Loft + Moveius Ballet’s productions have impacted over 22,000 audience members. Whether it’s a Moveius Contemporary Ballet performance, a Dance Loft Presents! show, a community event, or a theater production, there’s always something happening that allows you to experience something new.

Follow along as a new clip is posted each Saturday

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08/19/2026

Adult & Youth Classes Now LIVE!

Go sign up for your favorite class, and while you’re at it, maybe try a new one ;) From Youth Pre-Ballet & Creative Movement classes to Adult Ballet & Contemporary courses (plus monthly workshops), Dance Loft has a class for you! Sign up today and get your first class FREE!

To learn more about Youth Classes, click here: danceloft14.org/classes/youthprogram

To learn more about Adult Classes, click here: danceloft14.org/classes/adultclass2627

08/16/2026

“We had a strong desire to serve both the local community, the public schools, and our neighbors right outside of our door.”

In Part 3 of our 10th Anniversary Video Series, Diana discusses our commitment to Dance Education. For eight years, Dance Loft’s team has brought free bilingual creative movement classes to Ward 4 elementary schools, and under the direction of Etta Hulcher & Kami McCracken, our Dance Education programming has grown immensely in just the past year. This year we reached over 250 students in field trip performances alone; we expanded Dance Loft to a new location at Ft. Totten in a partnership with Explore! Art Place DC, and increased the number of programs within schools and within Dance Loft itself, furthering our goal of serving our community of Ward 4–and beyond!

Follow along as a new clip is posted each Saturday

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08/13/2026

This season, Dance Loft + Moveius Ballet is on the move. We open our 11th Season with Prelude: A Season of Migration, pairing Diana Movius's Seasons of Resilience and Apocrita with two works by the legendary Roudolf Kharatian. From there, the season celebrates the communities that make our organization vibrant— a South Asian Dance Festival, A Nutcracker Dream, Amor a la Inmigración, a two-month Dance Loft Presents! Festival, an Earth Day program at Glen Echo Park, and ending the season with Encore: Director's Cut, a June finale built entirely around Moveius Ballet's own choreographic voices.

Wherever you find us this year, we hope you'll MOVE WITH US.

UPDATE: Prelude: Season of Migration will now be performed at Dance Loft Theater

08/11/2026

Free Trial Class with Alvaro Palau!

This is a free trial class for Advanced Youth Dancers (ages 15–22) in the DMV. Come see what a class with DC legend Alvaro Palau is like, and experience the caliber of training that's shaping Dance Loft's Advanced program. Expect a rigorous, technique-focused class that challenges dancers to refine their artistry and push their limits, all in the supportive studio community Dance Loft is known for.

Date: Tuesday, August 18
Time: 2:30–4:00 PM
Who: Advanced Youth Dancers, ages 15–22
Cost: Free! Space is limited, so reserve your spot today!

Registration link: https://app.amilia.com/store/en/danceloft14/api/Activity/Detail?activityId=kX6NOdQ

08/09/2026

“Moveius Contemporary Ballet is poised to become a national force of creativity.”

In Part 2 of our 10th Anniversary Video Series, we continue with Dance Loft’s company in residence, Moveius Contemporary Ballet. In 2015, the company started to gravitate towards choreographic visions created by Diana Movius, using longer and more challenging works that sparked its evolution, growing in both talent and size. Today, Moveius continues to present works that push boundaries, bringing in new choreographers to create original works that speak to current events and the times that we now live in.

Follow along as a new clip is posted each Saturday

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08/02/2026

“Right out of the gate, Dance Loft became a space that was sparking NEW art.”

In this 10th Anniversary Video Series, Founder and Artistic Director Diana Movius dives into the different components that make up Dance Loft + Moveius Ballet as a whole. In Part 1: Dance Loft on 14, she expands on the establishment of Dance Loft. Dance Loft was created as a space for DC artists in response to a lack of rehearsal & performance space in the DC area, and it couldn’t have been better received. Diana created a place that could be a home to both seasoned & emerging artists, a place that now sparks new art each week.

Follow along as a new clip is posted each Saturday

Video: Shannon Braine Videography

Address

4618 14th Street NW
Washington D.C., DC
20011

Opening Hours

Monday	11am - 10pm
Tuesday	11am - 10pm
Wednesday	11am - 10pm
Thursday	11am - 10pm
Friday	12pm - 8:30pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	10am - 4:30pm

Telephone

+12026213670

Website

http://danceloft14.org/

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