Organizing with Artists for Change Institutes at DX
As part of our Organizing with Artists for Change (OAC) initiative, Dance Exchange’s OAC: Institutes embrace process and performance, dialogue and dancemaking, and the role of artists as changemakers.
Both our Winter and Summer Institutes support reflection and response to important issues and opportunities of our time and build the capacities and connections for artists to ignite inquiry and inspire change in their own communities.
2026 Dance On
Creative Aging Institute
January 16-18, 2026
at Dance Exchange
Experience the power and potential of intergenerational artmaking during Dance Exchange’s 2026 Creative Aging Winter Institute. Check back soon for more information and registration.
2026 OAC
Climate Institute
July 23-26, 2026
at Workspace for Choreographers | Sperryville, VA
At a time when many climate justice advocates are looking for meaningful ways to act, the Dance Exchange Climate Institute offers a space for collective practice, imagination, and renewal. The 2026 Organizing Artists for Change (OAC) Climate Institute is a four-day immersive gathering exploring how dance, movement, embodied experience, and creativity can support the climate movement by energizing action, building climate community, and opening space to imagine and practice life-giving futures.
Interested in bringing an Institute experience to your organization, academic institution, or community?
Email stephenc@danceexchange.org or call 301-270-6700 x5.
Photos on this page by Ben Carver and Liz Jelsomine.