ksk04 Posted June 2, 2023 Share Posted June 2, 2023 Hot off the email: Hubbard Street Dance ChicagoSeptember 29 - October 1, 2023 The Music Center's Ahmanson Theatre For 46 years, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago has been one of the most original forces in contemporary dance, bringing artists, art and audiences together to enrich, engage, educate and change lives through the experience of dance. The company will perform a program of mixed repertory including Coltrane’s Favorite Things, choreographed by Lar Lubovitch. The work is inspired by and danced to John Coltrane’s 1963 “Live in Copenhagen” interpretation of Richard Rodgers’ “My Favorite Things” from The Sound of Music. The Rite of Spring & common ground[s]February 9-11, 2024 The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Pina Bausch’s The Rite of Spring has flourished to become one of the 20th century’s most significant and important works in dance. Faithful to Stravinsky’s visceral score, Bausch’s monumental choreography is given a thrilling new life by a specially assembled company of 34 dancers from 14 African countries. Rite is paired with a new work, common ground[s], created, performed and inspired by the lives of two remarkable women who have each juggled roles as choreographers, professors and grandmothers: Germaine Acogny and Malou Airaudo. Their tender choreographic response to Rite reflects their shared histories, emotional experiences and common ground. Alvin Ailey American Dance TheaterMarch 20-24, 2024The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion The thrilling return of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater is the start of a multi-year Music Center residency! America's most popular modern dance company will expand on its choreographic tradition, adding new choreographers to the company’s repertory with world premieres and beloved classics that illustrate the breadth of Alvin Ailey’s rich catalog, including his signature work Revelations. The Joffrey Ballet's Anna KareninaJune 21-23, 2024 The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion The Joffrey Ballet brings the company's blockbuster, Anna Karenina, which won the 2019 “Oscars of Dance” Benois de la Danse International Prize for Best Choreography. A breathtaking cinematic production with stunning costume design and captivating choreography, this famed psychological drama—set to an original composition—makes its debut at The Music Center’s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. Ballet Hispánico's Doña PerónJuly 12-14, 2024 The Music Center's Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Ballet Hispánico, the largest Latinx cultural organization in the United States and one of America’s cultural treasures, brings Doña Perón, an explosive portrait of Eva “Evita” Perón, one of the most recognizable and controversial women in Argentinian history. Colombian- Belgian choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa explores these diverging legacies and more in her evening-length work for Ballet Hispánico, and reclaims the narrative of the iconic Latina figure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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