Dom's Digest!
February 2026
Readers Note:
Welcome to the February 2026 edition of Dom’s Digest. I’ve got a very special announcement to share this month (but keep it in the family for now 👀), plus a few upcoming performances and projects where you can catch me and the work out in the world.
As always, thank you for being here!
-Dom
The Remember Balloons Live! coming to Akron (June. 20th!)
Okay, yall.
This is not just another announcement.
This is me stepping back on stage.
The Remember Balloons Live! is coming home to Akron June 20th @ 6:30 at EJ Thomas Hall.
Juneteenth weekend. Father’s Day weekend. And for the first time in three years, I will be dancing in a major work.
Three years.
Some of you know what that means. What it means to come back to something you love after a difficult road. But now… I’m coming back.
This isn’t the touring version.
This isn’t the school matinee.
This is the full vision.
One night.
876 seats.
20 live musicians playing the score in real time.
Full projections. Full design. Full cast.
And me, on that stage again.
It’s called Live! because everything happens in the room with you. The music is live. The movement is live. The memory is live. And if it isn’t big enough, it’s a show we’ve evolved from 50mins to 90mins!
And yes, PBS Western Reserve will be recording it for broadcast. After that, it will be submitted to the national PBS network for consideration for national broadcast!
Which means this isn’t just a performance.
It’s a moment.
It’s a statement.
It’s a chance to show the country what we built.
But here is where I am really going to need to count on all of you:
none of that works if the house isn’t full.
We need 876 people in that room. The energy will matter for us as performs and for it to really translate through film.
This is also the first time I’m producing and selling tickets to my own show which feels like a different kind of vulnerability!
The Block (you!) will get exclusive presale access late March / early April before tickets go public. My hope is that you all take up as many tickets to the show as available so by the time we go public there is less than 50% left!
If you’ve ever supported me… this is the one.
If you’ve ever said “next time”…this is the time.
If you’ve never seen me dance… this is the one.
Come to Akron for Juneteenth, and stay for TRB Live!
Bring your dad to TRB Live!, and then stay for Father’s Day.
Let’s fill that room.
Let’s sell it out.
Let’s make it national.
-Dom
The Shows
The Most Spectacular Lamentable Trail of Miz Martha Washington
Philadelphia, PA
March 17-April 5, 2026. Back in Philly, I’ve been developing a new play at the Wilma Theater by Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright James Ijamesthat imagines the final days of Martha Washington.
In a structure inspired by A Christmas Carol, the enslaved people of Martha and George Washington take her on a theatrical reckoning — guiding her through her past, her privilege, and the human cost of the world she helped sustain. It’s sharp, funny, unsettling, and deeply imaginative, flipping the lens of American mythology by centering the voices we were never taught to center. Instead of treating the Founding era as sacred and untouchable, the play asks who gets remembered, who gets forgiven, and who gets to tell the story
Dance Cleveland Presents: A Conversation with Yue Yin & Dominic Moore-Dunson
Akron, OH
March. 28th, 2026 (3-5pm). I’m excited about this one — Dance Cleveland Presents: A Conversation with Yue Yin & Dominic Moore-Dunson. Dance Cleveland is bringing in incredible choreographer Yue Yin, whose work blends Chinese folk dance traditions with contemporary movement in a way that feels both rooted and completely of-the-moment. As part of the evening, she’ll perform a solo, and I’ll be performing a solo from Black by Nature.
Then we’ll sit down together for a conversation about heritage, identity, and how our cultural lineages shape the dances we make today. It’s going to be thoughtful, layered, and a really cool exchange.
I’ll pass along the ticket link next month when it’s live! Just mark you calendars for now.
The Recommendations
Dom’s Digest Recommendation #1:
If you’re looking for something fun but a little off-center in the Marvel universe, I’m really enjoying Wonder Man.
It leans into Hollywood satire while still giving you that superhero spectacle, which makes it feel fresh compared to the usual save-the-world formula. There’s something smart about the way it plays with fame, ego, and performance…honestly, it feels like Marvel poking at itself a little. It’s stylish, self-aware, and not afraid to be weird in the best way.
Definitely worth the watch.
Can’t wait to see the Remember Balloons live!