Events & Performances

Lula Washington Dance Theatre hosts events and
performs throughout the year. Check here to see
what’s happening in dance at LWDT!

2023 Kwanzaa Celebrations

UMOJA CIRCLE
Thursday December 28  |  6 pm

Fundraising Event Special Performance
For Info: booking.lwdt@gmail.com

CONCERTS
Friday December 29  |  7:30 pm
Saturday December 30  |  7:30 pm

Tickets On Sale:
www.brownpapertickets.com/event/6166168

Lula Washington Dance Theatre – Indoor Theater
3773 Crenshaw Blvd., LA CA 90016
Free street parking
Phone: 323- 292-5852

Ongelle Johnson in new work, “Master Plan” by Lula Washington.
Kozue Kasahara in Kwanzaa 2022.
Kaitwan Jackson performs for 2022 Kwanzaa celebration.
Danny Guerrero with Ongelle Johnson, Quron Clarks, and Kozue Kasahara in Juneteenth concert.

2023 Performances

Juneteenth Celebration | June 17-19

“Dances on Crenshaw” | June 24

“The Global Village” | August

Western Artists Alliance Showcase | September

LWDT Dance All Day Festival | October 21

Open House – New Works Previews | November

Kwanzaa Celebration | December

Recent Performances

Lula Washington Dance Theatre – Dances For Your Soul

Saturday April 29, 2023  |  7 pm
Sunday April 30, 2023  |  3 pm

Lula Washington Dance Theatre – Indoor Theater
3773 Crenshaw Blvd., LA CA 90016

Black History Month Shows!

“The Turning Of The Soul” (Change)
Live Modern Dance Concert

Friday February 17-19, 2023
Friday February 24-26, 2023

Lula Washington Dance Theatre – Indoor Theater
3773 Crenshaw Blvd., LA CA 90016

IABD Founders & Invited Guests Concert

Saturday January 28, 2023 | 7:30 pm

Lula Washington Dance Theatre makes a festival appearance alongside other premiere black dance companies who helped build the International Association of Blacks In Dance.

Jane Mallett Theatre
Inside the Toronto Center for the Arts
27 Front Street E, Toronto, Canada M5E-184

Kwanzaa 2022!

December 28 – 30, 2022

Lula Washington Dance Theatre – Indoor Theater
3773 Crenshaw Blvd., LA CA 90016

DAY OF DANCE

Saturday December 17, 2022
San Bernardino Valley College

Guest teacher Lula Washington

Produced by Maura Townsend
San Bernardino Valley College
701 S. Mt. Vernon Avenue,
San Bernardino CA 92410

LWDT’s 40th Anniversary
Retrospective Dance Concert

Friday, Oct 22, 2021
Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

Special guests Jamal Story and Kylie Shea will perform
a duet choreographed by Lula Washington!

Etta (James) At Last

An evening of live music and dance based on the life and songs of Etta James

October 13 & 14, 2021
Huntington Botanical Gardens

October 17, 2021
Skirball Cultural Center, Taper Court

The House That Nat (King Cole) Built

Led by Muse/ique Artistic Director Rachael Worby
Choreography by Lula Washington & Tamica Washington-Miller

September 22 & 23, 2021
Huntington Botanical Gardens

September 26, 2021
Skirball Cultural Center, Taper Court

Urban Gospel Celebration

Sunday, August 29, 2021 at LWDT

The event features the Lula Washington Dance Theatre, our Youth Dance Ensemble, live music, and a host of local gospel singers singers and Pastor Dr. Anthony McFarland, founding pastor of Abundant Harvest LIFT.

Alonzo King LINES Ballet

Sunday July 18, 2021 at LWDT

The Sunday evening performance BY LINES BALLET (from San Francisco) will be live-streamed FREE for the public at musiccenter.org.