Enjoy an evening with Coyaba Dance Theater on the Lunar Lawn at Hillwood. Coyaba presents “It Takes A Village,” a performance highlighting traditional and contemporary West African dance and music focusing on the diverse ethnic groups and various humanitarian themes of West Africa.
Dancers from Coyaba mid-performance

Coyaba is dedicated to promoting identity, community and connection through music, song and dance. This performance will feature Coyaba Youth Academy ranging from age 4 to 18 years of age, their community repertoire class, and their amazing senior “Moving Wisdom” class aged 65 years and up. This intergenerational show will truly put a smile on your face, joy in your soul, and movement in your hips!

Since 2021, Hillwood has explored and expanded its programming in the world of dance. Marjorie Post was a lover of dance, both in her personal life and as a patron of the performing arts. This connection between Post, Hillwood, and dance inspires programs that give a platform to movement artists from the Washington, D.C. area. Following a movement piece inspired by 2021’s Rich Soil exhibition co-commissioned with Dance Place and performances by SOLE Defined and Gesel Mason, to an ongoing partnership with the Dance Institute of Washington, this performance by Coyaba marks the third summer of dance programming in Hillwood’s gardens.