Please join us for a day of Festivities inside, outside, and under the loggia of the renovated MLK Library.
At 10 am (and again at 1:45 pm), be on hand to see the launch of LIBRARY REIMAGINED: A Tour in Dance
brought to you by the time and talent of MLK Library Friends, and performed and choreographed by glorious ballerina Alexandra Hutchinson (pictured), who grew up in DC, and her brilliant dance partner Derek Brockington. See comments below by Chair Monte Monash in her report to the Library Trustees on September 22, 2021.
Ballerina Alexandra Hutchinson dancing in the roof garden of the renovated MLK Library. September 2021
TheDCLine.org has written an article titled Ballet dancers showcase recently renovated Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in new video .
Shout-Out to MLK Library Friends
by Monte Monash, Chair, Board of Library Trustees
In celebration of the newly-modernized Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, DC native Alexandra Hutchinson and her ballet partner Derek Brockington, both of the esteemed dance troupe, the Dance Theatre of Harlem, choreographed a story of what a magical place a library can be, especially to a young ballerina. Commissioned by the MLK Library Friends (led by Friends President Robin Diener), Alexandra and Derek perform throughout the District’s central library to the music of composer William Grant Still (1895-1978), the first African American to have a symphony performed by a professional orchestra in the United States. Alexandra grew up in Southwest Washington D.C. and frequented both MLK Library and the Southwest location.
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