LULA WASHINGTON DANCE THEATRE

Lula Washington founded her eponymous dance company, the Lula Washington Dance Theatre (LWDT), in 1980 with her husband Erwin Washington to provide a creative outlet for minority dance artists in the inner city. Today, Lula and her company are revered across the United States and around the world; the company has danced in more than 150 cities in the United States, as well as in Germany, Spain, Kosovo, Mexico, Canada, China, and Russia.

LWDT’s founding mission is to build a world-class modern contemporary dance company that brings African American history and culture to audiences worldwide. LWDT’s education mission is to maintain a school in the inner city where young people can learn the art of dance, launch careers in dance, and where dance is used to motivate, educate, inspire, challenge, and enrich the lives of young people so they can become successful, productive, and competitive citizens.

Sunset Cultural Center is proud to have these performers participate in our Classroom Connections program, bringing our featured Sunset Presents performers into local schools and bringing local students to the Sunset Center for a matinee performance, perhaps for the first time! Click here to learn more about Classroom Connections.