Atlas Performing Arts Center

The Atlas Performing Arts Center is a multiple space performing arts facility located on H Street in the Near Northeast neighborhood of Washington, DC. Housed in a renovated Art Decomovie house, the facility is home to several arts organizations.^[2][3][4]

The Atlas Movie Theater was built in 1938 by the Kogod-Burka movie chain, one of four movie houses on the then-bustling commercial corridor. The riots of 1968 devastated the area and many businesses and residents abandoned H Street for the suburbs. The area became neglected with many empty buildings. The Atlas closed for good in 1976. The H Street Community Development Corporation purchased the theater in 1985, and renovated the Art Moderne facade in 1989.

In 2001 The Atlas Performing Arts Center purchased the building from the H Street Community Development Corporation. In 2002, the Sprenger-Lang Foundation donated $450,000 of the $1.2 million asking price. The building was renovated for $22 million,^[5] beginning in 2004.^[6][7] The structure was completely gutted and three adjacent buildings were combined under one roof to house the current Arts Center. The Atlas Performing Arts Center opened in March 2005.^[8]

The nearly 60,000 square feet (5,600 m²) facility boasts one 260 seat proscenium theatre, one large flexible seat black box theatre and two smaller Lab Theatres. There are three dance studios, managed by Joy of Motion Dance Center. On the lower level there is a scene shop, seven dressing rooms, one green room and office space for the Atlas and its Resident Arts Partners. Jarrod Bennett has been the organization's Executive Director since 2024.

• Capital City Symphony: Orquesta comunitaria con sede en Washington, DC ^{[ 9 ]} La orquesta fue fundada en 1967 por Louis Fantasia ^{[ 10 ]} como la Orquesta Sinfónica de Georgetown. En 2006, la orquesta se trasladó de Georgetown al Atlas. El nombre actual del grupo se adoptó al mismo tiempo. Es uno de los socios artísticos fundadores del Atlas Performing Arts Center. ^{[ 11 ] [ 12 ]} Victoria Gau, directora asociada de la Filarmónica Nacional, ha estado sirviendo como Directora y Directora Artística desde 2011. ^{[ 13 ] [ 14 ]} Entre los directores anteriores se encuentran Louis Fantasia, Daniel Hornstein y John Welsh. CCS acompaña regularmente ^{[ 15 ]} a jóvenes intérpretes talentosos de la Escuela de Música Levine y del Concurso de Piano Novik.
• Centro de Danza Joy of Motion
• Ciudad en paz
• Compañía de Teatro Mosaic de DC
• Visionarios de las Artes Creativas (VOCA)

En el invierno de 2010, el Atlas organizó su primer festival de arte , Intersections . Bajo la dirección artística de Mary Hall Surface , el objetivo del festival era reunir a artistas de diferentes disciplinas, edades y orígenes culturales bajo un mismo techo para celebrar y explorar áreas que permitieran establecer nuevas conexiones y abrir nuevos caminos.

Más de 5000 personas acudieron al Atlas durante los tres fines de semana del festival, muchas de las cuales eran nuevas para el Atlas y para H Street. El Atlas planea organizar Intersections anualmente. ^{[ 16 ]}

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