Human Landscape Dance will perform Mid Flight at the 43rd Annual Choreographers' Showcase: 7pm Saturday November 14, 2026, at the Prince George's Publick Playhouse. Sylvana Christopher and Malcolm Shute are dragonflies skimming low over a pond.
About Human Landscape Dance
Human Landscape Dance is a contemporary dance company based in Washington DC. Our work explores original movement in the context of human struggles. We show the transformation of relationships over time through the medium of touch.
Upcoming Performances
Publick Playhouse
5445 Landover Road
Hyattsville, Maryland 20784
Recent Performances
Attune Dance Festival DC
Dance Institute of Washington
3400 14th Street NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20010
Attune: DC ⇄ Kyoto is a dance showcase featuring artists in the US and Japan. The work is an eclectic mix of contemporary and traditional styles. As an add on to the showcases, you are invited to take part in workshops brought to you from Japan and the United States. These include a zazen meditation practice, an introduction to the traditional dance form nihon buyo, and a contact improvisation experience.
Pittsburgh Fringe Festival
Attack Theatre
212 45th Street
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15201
Pittsburgh’s own Dana Movement Ensemble, along with the Claytor Company, DanceLink, and Human Landscape Dance, all acclaimed dance companies based in PA and the DMV area, will present their work during the Pittsburgh Fringe Festival as part of Crossing Paths Movement Collective. This will be a powerful evening of dance movement-based performance art. The concert will take place on March 27 and 28, at 7:00 PM at Attack Theatre, 212 45th Street in Lawrenceville.
Crossing Boundaries: Dances of Transition
Glen Echo Park
7300 MacArthur Boulevard
Glen Echo, Maryland 20812
Crossing Boundaries: Dances of Transition is a contemporary dance showcase featuring work by Sylvana Christopher/Sylvidances, Stacey Yvonne Claytor/Clay Co, Kyoko Fujimoto, Keira Hart/Uprooted Dance, and Malcolm Shute/Human Landscape Dance. It takes place 8pm on Friday July 25, and 2pm and 7:30pm on Saturday July 26 in the Glen Echo Ballroom Backroom. Use this link to buy tickets: www.buytickets.at/crossdance.
Attune Dance Class and Performance
Shinpukuji Temple
Shimokubo-1
Kameoka, Kyoto 621-0028
Attune brings together artists from Japan and The United States: featuring Heidi S. Durning, Daya Tomiko, Kumiko Nonaka, Kyoko Fujimoto, Sarah Carlson, Stacey Yvonne Claytor, and Malcolm Shute. The event begins with a 3-hour workshop in contact improvisation for adults from 10:00-13:00, and culminates in a live dance performance from 14:00-16:00. Those who attend the improvisation workshop are invited to perform at 2pm. Attune takes place on Sunday June 22, 2025, at the Shinpukuji Temple in Kameoka City 真福寺 亀岡市, Shimokubo-1 Sogabecho Nishijo, Kameoka, Kyoto 621-0028.
Baltimore Dance Project
Proscenium Theatre, Performing Arts and Humanities Building
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, Maryland 21250
At 8pm on Friday, February 7th and Saturday, February 8th, Human Landscape Dance will perform with the Baltimore Dance Project at the Proscenium Theatre, Performing Arts and Humanities Building (PAHB), University of Maryland, Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD. We will share "It's Complicated" and "Fiddleheads", featuring Katie Sopoci Drake, Alexander Short and Malcolm Shute.
Philadelphia Fringe Festival: Tears in the Waves
CHI Movement Arts Center
1316 S 9th Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19147
Part of the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, Tears in the Waves, a contemporary dance showcase, premieres at 7pm on Saturday September 21 at CHI Movement Arts Center, 1316 S 9th St. Tears in the Waves presents new dances by Mijkalena Smith (Philadelphia), Jessica Warchal-King/JCWK Dance Lab (Reading), Karen Fox/Bella Deluxe Entertainment (Bethlehem), and Malcolm Shute/Human Landscape Dance (Washington DC). The show is family friendly. Our work explores opposing forces, such as social systems, nature, or grief, and how those forces tear us apart, but sometimes reveal hidden strengths.
DC Summer Dance Showcase
Captol Hill Arts Workshop
545 7th Street SE
Washington, District of Columbia 20003
DC Summer Dance Showcase features contemporary dances by artists from the DC area, Pittsburgh, and Williamsburg. The diverse program will offer large group and solo work, premieres and old favorites. Our program includes the following artists/companies: Aura CuriAtlas, Covenant Babatunde, Claytor Company, DANA Movement Ensemble, Human Landscape Dance, SylviDances, Chelsea Thaler, and Totema Dance. Tickets are sliding scale $30-$20. Seating is limited, so please purchase tickets early.
Partings: Dances of Letting Go
DCJCC
1529 16th Street, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20036
Premiering in the 2024 Capital Fringe, Partings: Dances of Letting Go is a dance showcase presenting work by Giselle Ruzany and Malcolm Shute/Human Landscape Dance of Washington DC, Stacey Yvonne Claytor/Claytor Company of Fairfax VA, and Joan Gavaler/Aura CuriAtlas of Williamsburg VA. The event takes place Friday July 12 at 7pm and Sunday July 14 at 8:50pm in Cafritz Hall of the DCJCC, 1529 16th St NW. Tickets $15: www.bit.ly/fringedance
Attune Dance Class and Performance
Shimokubo-1
On Sunday June 23, Malcolm Shute will teach a contact improvisation workshop for adults with or without dance experience from 10:00-13:00. Contact improvisation is a dance style in which students partner together, leaning against one another, and providing mutual support. Students should be 18 or older. The Contact Improvisation workshop costs 1000 yen. Participants in the contact improvisation workshop may also dance in the Attune performance from 14:00-16:00.
Ten Tiny Dances
Steel Stacks
101 Founders Way
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015
Human Landscape Dance will premiere "Ashes Like Falling Snow," performed by Susan Donham and Malcolm Shute, in the Ten Tiny Dances concert: 6pm Saturday Dec 16 at Steel Stacks, Palette and Pour, ArtsQuest Center, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem PA,
These Beating Hearts
Dance Place
3225 8th Street NE
Washington, District of Columbia 20017
These Beating Hearts: Dances for our Ancestors presents contemporary dances by Quilan Arnold, Lauren DeVera, and Malcolm Shute. Each artist has a debt to our ancestors to reflect on.
These Beating Hearts: Dances for our Ancestors will be performed one night only: Saturday November 18 at 7pm in Dance Place, 3225 8th St NE. For tickets, go to bit.ly/danceplace.
In Loving Memory: An Evening of Eclectic Acts
The Ice House
56 River Street
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18018
Human Landscape Dance will perform "Shadowing" and "Underwater" at In Loving Memory: An Evening of Eclectic Acts on Saturday Nov 4 at 7pm in the Ice House, 56 River Street Bethlehem, PA 18018. Dancers, musicians, poets, and clowns share the beauty in death, grieving, remembrance, and the love between living and dead.
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