Lula Washington Dance Theatre

About Lula Washington Dance Theatre

The Lula Washington Contemporary Dance Foundation is a 501(c)3 tax exempt non-profit organization founded in 1980 by Lula and Erwin Washington to provide a creative outlet for minority dance artists in South Los Angeles. The founding mission is to build a world class contemporary modern dance company that travels worldwide with contemporary modern dance works that reflect African-American history and culture. Our education mission is to create a school in the inner city where young people can learn the art of dance, launch careers in dance, and where dance is used to motivate, educate, inspire, challenge and enrich the lives of young people so they can become successful, productive and competitive citizens. Read more »

Upcoming Performances

Lula Washington Tours Russia — Again

The Lula Washington Dance Theatre (LWDT) returns to Russia Nov. 30 for a 3-week 13-city concert tour. In 2010 the company danced in 18 Russian cities and made fans all across the country. LWDT is holding a Russia preview showing Sat. Nov. 17 at 7:30 pm and Sunday, Nov. 18 at 3pm at the LWDT Studio, 3773 Crenshaw Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90016. Attendees will get to meet and talk with the dancers. Here is the tour schedule in Russia.

11/30 – Arrive in Moscow
12/02 – Yakutsk
12/04 – Ryazan
12/05 – Ulyanovsk
12/08 – Kurgan
12/09 – Tyumen
12/10 – Omsk
12/11 – Tomsk
12/12 – Kemerovo
12/14 – Barnaul
12/15 – Novokuznetsk
12/16 – Prokopievsk
12/18 – Surgut
12/19 – Noyabrsk
12/23 – Departure Moscow
12/23 – Arrive Los Angeles

LWDT gets 9-city Mid-Atlantic Tour

Lula Washington Dance Theatre (LWDT) will tour to a host of east coast communities in Spring 2013 thanks to funding from the Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation. Each Mid-Atlantic tour engagement will include public concerts, educational performances and community outreach. The Company also has other tour dates in the Spring, including the remainder of our James Irvine Foundation California engagements, and return trips to the South. Our Spring 2013 tour is as follows:

Jan. 18 – 19 – Old Town Temecula Theatre, Temecula, CA
Jan. 21 – 26 – Galvin Fine Arts Center & St. Ambrose College, Davenport, IA
Jan. 27 – 29 – Orpheum Theatre, Memphis, TN
Jan. 30 – 31 – Grand Prairie Center, Stuttgart, AR
Feb. 11-13 – Live at Rose Lehrman, Harrisburg Community College, Harrisburg, PA.
Feb. 15-16 – Montgomery County Community College, Blue Bell, PA.
Feb. 19 – Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA.
Feb. 20 – Butler County Comm. College, Butler, PA.
Feb. 22-24 – Allentown Symphony, Allentown, PA.
Feb. 26-27 – Freeman Stage at Bayside, Selbyville, DE.
March 1-2 – Reading Area Community College, Reading, PA.
March 5-6 – Frostburg State University, Frostburg, MD.
March 7-8 -Blackrock Center for the Arts, Germantown, MD.
March 14 – 15 – California State University, Chico, Chico, CA
April 9 – Gallo Center, Modesto, CA
April 13 – L.A. Dance Festival
Aug. 10 – Ford Amphitheater (shared show with Complexions)
Nov. 15 – McCallum Theater, Palm Desert