. >> holly is live at shake peer company's -- shakespeare company's sidney harman hall. >> reporter:nt of this festival is for you to come out and engage the first two years it was sold out evidence it is a great idea the idea is result of a partnership with dance metro dv washington performing arts society and shakespeare theatre company where we are live this morning. he is with edge works, founder and artistic director. first hand how special this will be how is this different than other festivals. >> this is modeled off of fall for dance in new york city. ifs a fast paced event that provide you with many world class artists based in the area, you don't often get to see. >> one thing was they made a point to say this is not a resitele it is cure rated, the acts are chosen, meant to be an experience. >> absolutely. >> explain more what that means. >> you are looking at high quality art over the course of this festival it is not intended to be just an experience in terms of demonstrations of dance but really about crafting the art, really about showing dynamic range and diversity of