Mason/Rhynes Productions

Mason/Rhynes Productions (M/RP) supports emerging and established artists and arts organizations by providing arts events and performance opportunities that reach diverse audiences both locally and nationally.

The Expressions Series combines emerging and established artists of color, primarily African-American, in all genres of the performing arts.

Previous artists have included:
Erykah Badu
The Last Poets
Urban Bush Women

Local artists have included:
Toni Blackman
EDGEWORKS Dance Theater
Nejla Yatkin
Holly Bass
Psalmayene 24

To be considered as a part of the Expressions Series, contact us.

Expressions Series: Late Night lets artists take risks, let loose and have fun!
	Dancers, poets, actors, musicians and performance artists, showcase their talents with cutting edge performances at Joy of Motion's Atlas studio. Shows start at 11pm; you must be 18 or older to attend. Check our EVENTS page for upcoming performances.

Want to be a Late Night artist? Contact us.

M/RP produces

Current productions include:

• NO BOUNDARIES: Dancing the Visions of Contemporary Black Choreographers is a solo project featuring the work of several of the nation’s leading contemporary African American choreographers: Bebe Miller, Donald McKayle, David Roussève, Reggie Wilson, Andrea Woods, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar

• Whose Body Is This: Scars and Healing received a 2007 Millennium Stage Local Dance Commissioning Project Grant from John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. View the performance here.

• A Declaration of (In)Dependence: The Story of Sally Hemings

• Women, Sex, and Desire: Sometimes You Feel Like a Ho, Sometimes You Don’t is a multi-media investigation on how women navigate sex, desire, choice, and perception. Dance, personal stories and video imagery combine to tackle powerful personal and political issues under discussion nationwide. Women, Sex, and Desire challenges our cultural programming, examines our belief systems, and reflects the struggle, humor, and pleasure we encounter as sexual beings, in an effort to empower ourselves and inform our sexual choices, whatever they may be.

For more information visit gmasonprojects.com.

metro Dc dance awards
	Founded by Cheles Rhynes in 2001, the Metro DC Dance Awards (MDCDA) and Metro DC Dances are 2 events that showcase and recognize excellence among DC area artists. Dance/MetroDC, a branch office of Dance/USA, became the lead organization for MDCDA in 2006.

To learn more about the process and how to be nominated visit mdcda.org.

metro Dc danceS
	MRP is the lead producer of the Metro DC Dances, along with National Park Services/Carter Barron Amphitheatre. Metro DC Dances showcases and recognize excellence among DC area artists.