Seein’ the DMV: Dance Theatre of Harlem/Firebird and Bazaar Meat-092626
Although I spent my birthday month of September in the DMV, I managed to get around fairly often. This past week focused on music, beginning with attending the Met’s Live in HD 20th anniversary broadcast on Saturday the 19th. The following Saturday, I invited my eldest sister, Debra, to join me for the Dance Theatre of Harlem (DTH) performance at Washington’s National Theatre. The September 26th matinee was one of three performances scheduled for DTH in D.C. on their 2026-27 tour schedule. The program opened with Return, featuring songs by R&B masters James Brown and Aretha Franklin, followed by Donizetti Variations, a ballet set to composer Gaetano Donizetti’s opera, Don Sebastian. DTH’s featured work was the 1982 reimagined Caribbean setting of the ballet, Firebird, with an orchestral score by Igor Stravinsky, choreography by John Taras, and sets and costumes by Geoffrey Holder. It was a stunning performance. I captured the…