Winner will choose between two of Kennedy Center's spring performances. Scottish Ballet, who is bringing The Crucible East Coast Premiere (May 24-28, 2023). This is a work that received much buzz at the 2019 Edinburgh International Festival.

Or the winner may choose Red Sky Performance (March 2-4, 2023), an indigenous dance company from Canada. They are bringing Miigis: Underwater Panther, which is about the journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. Red Sky will be making its debut here at the Kennedy Center.

SCOTTISH BALLET: The Crucible
May 24-28, 2023

After stunning audiences in its Kennedy Center debut with its “impressive” (The Washington Post) production of A Streetcar Named Desire, Scotland’s national dance company returns. The Crucible is Scottish Ballet’s next exciting synthesis of its signature style—bold, future-forward, and adventurous yet rooted in classical technique—with another time-honored drama you wouldn’t necessarily expect on the ballet stage.

The Crucible had its world premiere in August 2019 at the famed Edinburgh International Festival, and Washington audiences will enjoy the production’s east coast premiere as Arthur Miller’s classic play about the Salem witch trials celebrates its 70th anniversary. Helen Pickett’s powerful choreography and Peter Salem’s haunting score unleash the emotional force of Miller’s masterpiece, specifically chosen for the more intimate Eisenhower Theater to maximize the unique atmospheric and visceral aspects of the production. You’ll be on the edge of your seat as a tight-knit society unravels into chaos, asking yourself: when everything is at stake, what price are you prepared to pay for the truth?

Red Sky Performance: Miigis: Underwater Panther
March 2-4, 2022

Led by Artistic Director Sandra Laronde of the Teme-Augama Anishinaabe (People of the Deep Water), Red Sky Performance is at the forefront of Indigenous performance in Canada and worldwide. Since its creation in 2000, the company delivers explosive original work that expands and elevates the ecology of contemporary Indigenous arts and culture.

For its exciting Kennedy Center debut, Red Sky Performance brings a work from its Miigis saga revealing the power of nature and Indigenous prophecy through contemporary Indigenous dance, theatrical innovation, and a fusion of athleticism, music, and film. Miigis: Underwater Panther is about the journey from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes. Audience members will explore catalysts for movement, water trade routes, Anishinaabe archetypes, and mysterious beings on the journey from salt to fresh water.