WASHINGTON — Performers and former employees gathered on the steps of the Kennedy Center on Saturday, staging a dance-based protest they say was meant to call attention to politically motivated firings and changes in arts programming .

The demonstration was organized by Hands Off the Arts, a group criticizing recent staffing and leadership changes at the Kennedy Center. The organization claims the Trump administration has politicized the historic arts institution and interfered with the types of performances being programmed.

Video from the protest shows organizers leading choreography while chanting messages like, “Stand up against government interference of art in our cultural institutions.”

Mallory Miller, a former employee who says she lost her job in August, helped organize the e

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