2024-2025 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
10 MONTH SEASON (2024 -2025)
*IMPORTANT: Dates and times are subject to change
2024
- Sunday, September 8th – Wheat Street Baptist Church, Dance Ministry, Mojah Dance Theatre, 10 AM
- Saturday, September 14th – PAW Orientation and Registration, 2:30 PM
- Monday- Friday, September 16th – 20th – African Dance Workshop Series, Woodward Academy, 9 AM – 2 PM
- Tuesday, September 17th – Southwest Arts Center ( SWAC ) Fall Classes Begin
- Saturday, September 21st – PAW Program Begins, 6 – 8 yrs.1:30 PM – 3:30 PM, 9 – 17 yrs. 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM
- Saturday, September 28th – Arts Clayton /Make It Village, Jonesboro, GA., Creative Movement, 4 – 8 yrs 11:00 AM – 12 PM
- Friday & Saturday, October 25th & 26th – The Oz Production, Axam Dance Theatre Experience, SWAC Main Stage, Friday,9 AM & 11AM & Saturday 12:30 PM
- Saturday, November 2nd – SWAC Fall Classes End, PAW Classes Continue
- African American Expression Fundraiser/ Shades Of Color
- Arts Clayton/ Make It Village/ Jonesboro, GA. ( Same As Above )
- Tuesday, December 3rd – Giving Tuesday Fundraiser
- Saturday, December 14th – Christmas Kwanzaa Parade, 11:45 AM
- Thursday & Friday, December, 26th, 27th, – Set Up and Main Stage Rehearsal For Kwanzaa Celebration, TBD
- Saturday, December 28th – Kwanzaa Festival Celebration, SWAC Atrium and Main Stage, 2 PM – 10 PM
2025
- Monday, January 6th – SWAC Winter Classes Begin
- Sunday, January 12th-Zoom, Annual TDDP Annual General Meeting, 3 PM
- Saturday, February 8th- Undiscovered Chorography 9am-4pm. Sponsored by Dawn Axamzse3 and Jimmy Locust
- Saturday, February 22nd- Black History Month Celebration: “Let Freedom Ring” Mojah Dance Theatre Black Box Performance 7pm-9pm, SWAC
- Sunday, February 23rd- “Let Freedom Ring” at Sadie G. Mays Nursing Home
- Thursday, February 27th- “Let Freedom Ring” at Huey Elementary School, Forest Park, GA
- Saturday, March 1st- Wheat Street Baptist Church- Celebration of Dr. Smith, a new minister installation program
- Saturday, March 22nd – SWAC Spring Classes Begin
- Saturday, March 22nd-Zoom, Annual TDDP Annual General Meeting, 5 PM
- Sunday, March 30th – SWAC Black Box Theatre, Excerpts From The Signature Production, Women Hold Up Half The Sky, A Tribute To The African American Woman In Recognition of March 19,1993, Proclamation from Mayor Maynard Jackson For The Production and Women’s History Month, 5 PM
- Monday, April 14th & April 15th- Ajile guest artist at Woodward Academy presenting Mojah Dance Workshops
- Sunday, April 27th- New Feature- Mojah Drum Talk featuring Ajile, Oginga, Mojah Dancers (for adults only) In Memory of Dorimell Borders Axam, SWAC
- Monday, April 28th – Special Tribute To Philanthropist, Dorimell Borders Axam
- Saturday, May 10th – SWAC and PAW Classes End
- Tuesday, May 13th – Recital Tech Rehearsals Begin on Main Stage, Details TBD
- Saturday, May 17th – SWAC Dance Recital, 2 PM
- Monday – Friday, June 2nd – 6th – Woodward Academy, Dance & Theatre Camp, Grades 1st – 3rd.
- Monday – Friday, June 9th – 13th – Woodward Academy, Hip-Hop/Mojah, Grades 3rd- 6th.
- Saturday, June 14th – Macon, GA., Tatnall Square Park, Juneteenth, 6 PM
- Monday – Friday, June 23rd – 27th, Woodward Academy, Dance Performing Arts & Storytelling, Grades 3rd – 8th.
- Saturday, June 28th – Arts Clayton, /Make It Village, Jonesboro, GA., Creative Movement, 4 – 8 yrs 11:00 AM – 12 PM
- Monday – Saturday, July 14th – 19th – Summer Dance Intensive & Mojah Meetings for Teens/Adults, 6 PM – 9 PM
- Sunday, July 20th – Wren’s Nest: Opening Seminar- Dance of the African Diaspora with a focus on Mojah Dance Technique, Tribute to Katherine Dunham led by Professor Kikora Franklin of Penn State University.
- Monday-Friday July 21st – 25th – Mojah Dance Conference
- Saturday, July 26th – Arts Clayton/Make It Village, Jonesboro, GA., Creative Movement, 4 – 8 yrs 11:00 AM – 12 PM
- August – Preparation for Next Season