Apr 27 | 6pm | Winspear Opera House

Jaw-dropping and Awe Inspiring, Command Performance always delivers one of the most exciting performances of the year. Dynamic and unforgettable, this is world-class dance! Artists from leading companies light up the stage with spectacular, surprising jaw-dropping performances. It is the pyrotechnics of dance—the most exciting, innovative and beautiful works being performed today. Command Performance also features TITAS/DANCE UNBOUND commissioned works created specifically for this gala performance; works by some of the world’s leading choreographers such as Twyla Tharp, Dwight Rhoden, Jessica Lang, Mia Michaels, Sonya Tayeh, Bridget L. Moore and WANG Yuanyuan. Truly, a not-to-be-missed event!

Apr 27 | 2pm | Plano Courtyard Theater

From choreographers and dancers, to grant writers, designers, and photographers, the community we call home has given their all to reshape the field of dance by merging artists with multidimensional backgrounds and careers. With your support, we have established a contemporary dance company that not only performs at an elite level, but also gives artists the flexibility to simultaneously pursue full-time jobs in their career of choice. And now it’s time we celebrate! Join us April 27 - 28 for Love, Sweat and Tears, a show celebrating a decade of 6 o’Clock Dance.

April 27 | 10am | Sammons Center for the Arts

Dance Playground is a donation-based contemporary dance workshop series co-taught by Martheya Nygaard and Reyna Mondragon the Artistic Directors of mixtamotus. In these eight, 90-minute sessions at the Sammons Center for the Arts participants will explore contemporary dance techniques, challenge one’s movement patterns, and engage with the rhythms that exist in and outside of the body. 

 Each workshop begins with a more traditional stretch and strengthening warm-up before exploring the unfamiliar. Dance Playground guides participants through a movement experience that challenges movers to expand their awareness and appreciation for the beauty of dance and share new possibilities of how to generate movement. Participants are invited to think outside of the box. Recommended participants are adults 18+ with previous movement experience. 

April 26 | 8pm | Bath House Cultural Center

The one experience that every human being has in common – other than birth – is aging. “Younger Than Dirt” is a new collaborative dance theatre production from Over the Bridge Arts which aims to re-examine common cultural attitudes and assumptions toward different stages of life, from dating to mating, through growing up to growing older all through an artistic lens of humor and poignancy.

Featuring: Charlotte Crawford, Tamitha Curiel, Danielle Georgiou, Tina Mullone, Priscilla Rice, Sara Romersberger, Kena Sosa, and Lori Sundeen Soderbergh.

Apr 20 | 7:30pm | Moody Performance Hall

Glimpse into the future of dance with our Encore company! Featuring innovative choreography and performances by some of the most talented emerging artists in the field, our internationally recognized company members embody the next generation of artistic greatness.

April 20 | 1pm | Dallas Museum of Art

Immerse yourself in a movement-based performance by Bombshell Dance Project inspired by the exhibitions The Impressionist Revolution from Monet to Matisse and From Munch to Kirchner: The Heins Collection of Modern and Expressionist Art. 

Apr 19 | 7:30pm | Moody Performance Hall

Glimpse into the future of dance with our Encore company! Featuring innovative choreography and performances by some of the most talented emerging artists in the field, our internationally recognized company members embody the next generation of artistic greatness.

Apr 13 | 8pm | Moody Performance Hall

Established in Jerusalem over 27 years ago by Noa Wertheim and Adi Sha’al, Vertigo Dance Company presents outstanding contemporary dance promoting artistic creation with a strong sense of social, environmental, and community awareness, Vertigo has become synonymous with rare kind of ecological awareness. Their choreographic works, a blend of modern dance and classical ballet continues to captivate audiences around the globe. Making their Dallas Debut, their new work, Makom, meaning “place” in Hebrew, describes a real or imaginary location. It can also be a spiritual refuge, a home, wherever. Vertigo’s Makom promises to be a Season Favorite.

Apr 13 | 8pm | Arts Mission Oak Cliff

Seeds is a dance concert, and the culmination of a 12-week crash course program in self-producing, premiering eight new dance works by local artists!

*The concert on Friday, April 12th will be followed by a 20 min Q&A with the artists.

Come support local dancemakers:

Carrie Ruth Trumbo

Deepta Seshadri

Elliott Trahan

Gabriel Scampini

Jennifer Mabus

Katie Burks

Mya Evans

Néstor Leonardo Pérez

April 13 | 8pm | Kalita Humphreys Theater

Pegasus Contemporary Ballet, in collaboration with the Writer’s Garret, presents Words For A Resonant Space. This inspiring and unique production combines dance and poetry with imagination and insight into the human experience. Featuring Dallas-based poet Lisa Huffaker alongside the dancers of Pegasus Contemporary Ballet, this production will highlight the parallel power of language and movement, artfully crafted into poignant, refreshing, and entertaining vignettes. Choreography by Artistic Director Diana Crowder and script by The Writer's Garret Executive Director, Aaron Glover. Join us at the historic Kalita Humphreys Theater April 12-13.

Apr 12 | 8pm | Moody Performance Hall

Established in Jerusalem over 27 years ago by Noa Wertheim and Adi Sha’al, Vertigo Dance Company presents outstanding contemporary dance promoting artistic creation with a strong sense of social, environmental, and community awareness, Vertigo has become synonymous with rare kind of ecological awareness. Their choreographic works, a blend of modern dance and classical ballet continues to captivate audiences around the globe. Making their Dallas Debut, their new work, Makom, meaning “place” in Hebrew, describes a real or imaginary location. It can also be a spiritual refuge, a home, wherever. Vertigo’s Makom promises to be a Season Favorite.

Apr 12 | 8pm | Arts Mission Oak Cliff

Seeds is a dance concert, and the culmination of a 12-week crash course program in self-producing, premiering eight new dance works by local artists!

*The concert on Friday, April 12th will be followed by a 20 min Q&A with the artists.

Come support local dancemakers:

Carrie Ruth Trumbo

Deepta Seshadri

Elliott Trahan

Gabriel Scampini

Jennifer Mabus

Katie Burks

Mya Evans

Néstor Leonardo Pérez

April 12 | 8pm | Kalita Humphreys Theater

Pegasus Contemporary Ballet, in collaboration with the Writer’s Garret, presents Words For A Resonant Space. This inspiring and unique production combines dance and poetry with imagination and insight into the human experience. Featuring Dallas-based poet Lisa Huffaker alongside the dancers of Pegasus Contemporary Ballet, this production will highlight the parallel power of language and movement, artfully crafted into poignant, refreshing, and entertaining vignettes. Choreography by Artistic Director Diana Crowder and script by The Writer's Garret Executive Director, Aaron Glover. Join us at the historic Kalita Humphreys Theater April 12-13.

April 6 | 8pm | Sammons Center for the Arts

Featuring new works by:

Beckles Dancing Company, Mixtamotus, Alondra Puentes, Annalise Boydston/Sarah Tran, Alexandra Light, Sarah Matzke, Tina Mullone and Lori Sundeen Soderbergh.

Supported by Moody Fund for the Arts and The Halperin Foundation.

Co-presented by Over the Bridge Arts and Beckles Dancing Company.

Apr 6 | 7pm | Moody Performance Hall

Bruce Wood Dance’s 14th Anniversary Performance & Gala features the world-renowned Nine Sinatra Songs by choreographer Twyla Tharp and Anything Goes by late founder Bruce Wood. The show also spotlights one of Broadway’s hottest stars, NaTasha Yvette Williams, directly from her starring role in the Tony award-winning smash hit, Some Like It Hot. This one-night-only celebratory performance takes place on April 6, 2024, at 7:00 PM at Moody Performance Hall.

Apr 6 | 7pm | Cox Playhouse

North Star Dance Project presents our fourth annual showcase featuring work choreographed and performed by our 12 company dancers. These works invite the audience to connect through the shared experience of being a human in a world that just keeps on turning.

Single ticket prices are $18 presale and $20 after March 14th

Apr 6 | 3pm | Cox Playhouse

North Star Dance Project presents our fourth annual showcase featuring work choreographed and performed by our 12 company dancers. These works invite the audience to connect through the shared experience of being a human in a world that just keeps on turning.

Single ticket prices are $18 presale and $20 after March 14th

April 5 | 8pm | Sammons Center for the Arts

Featuring new works by:

Beckles Dancing Company, Mixtamotus, Alondra Puentes, Annalise Boydston/Sarah Tran, Alexandra Light, Sarah Matzke, Tina Mullone and Lori Sundeen Soderbergh.

Supported by Moody Fund for the Arts and The Halperin Foundation.

Co-presented by Over the Bridge Arts and Beckles Dancing Company.

March 29 | 8pm | Winspear Opera House

Jazz dance is quintessentially American, and Giordano Dance Chicago is America’s original jazz dance company. Celebrating 60 years of commitment to and expansion of jazz dance. GDC has toured worldwide. Powerful, passionate and elegant, GDC occupies a singular position within the local, national, and international dance communities. Jazz dance owes so much to this exciting company. TITAS is thrilled to welcome Giordano Dance Chicago, in their Dallas Debut.

March 24 | 3pm | Irving Arts Center, Carpenter Theater

In celebration of our 25th anniversary, Natyanjali Kuchipudi Dance School presents Kalyana Srinivasam, an opulent Kuchipudi dance drama (Indian Classical Dance theater production).
Hand-pounded fresh turmeric. Fragrant strands of freshly bloomed flowers. The atmosphere is brimming with celebration, in anticipation of the wedding of the Divine couple, Princess Padmavati and Lord Srinivasa. Originally choreographed in the 1980s by the late Padma Shree Dr. Sobha Naidu, and thoughtfully reimagined and directed by Smt. Srilatha Suri, the artistic director of Natyanjali , Kalyana Srinivsam is a masterpiece of dance, theater, and music, woven seamlessly like an impeccable tapestry.
Adhering to authentic Kuchipudi style, using exquisite costumes and incorporating hand-painted props, we bring the history of the Lord of the Seven Hills to life.
This highly anticipated production, with a carefully selected cast of talented students and alumni of Natyanjali (including Smt. Pranamya Suri, Kum. Samhita Bandaru) is sure to be an unforgettable experience of celebration, festivity and devotion.

This event is in partnership with Echoes of India 501 (c)(3) and Vishnu Global 501 (c)(3).

March 23 | 7:30pm | Strauss Square

Through an evening-length production in Bharatanatyam, one of the classical Indian dance forms, you will leave in a trance-like state from the combination of untethered stomps, intricate expressions, and enchanting stories. With lively spatial patterns and precarious holds, lengthy stillness in stressful bends, and eruptive explosive movements, the dancers present a new way of storytelling. Using a dramatic collection of narratives and athletic movements, Tejas Dance brings you this visually stunning tribute to Indian culture, community, and humanity.

March 23 | 7:30pm | The Eisemann Center

DBDT: Encore! transcends borders and boundaries in a stunning display of contemporary modern dance. Prepare to embark on a journey that explores the intersection of grace, athleticism, and artistry.

March 22 | 7:30pm | Strauss Square

Through an evening-length production in Bharatanatyam, one of the classical Indian dance forms, you will leave in a trance-like state from the combination of untethered stomps, intricate expressions, and enchanting stories. With lively spatial patterns and precarious holds, lengthy stillness in stressful bends, and eruptive explosive movements, the dancers present a new way of storytelling. Using a dramatic collection of narratives and athletic movements, Tejas Dance brings you this visually stunning tribute to Indian culture, community, and humanity.

March 21 | 7pm | Winspear Opera House

“Giselle” is a classical ballet that tells the story of a peasant girl who falls in love with a nobleman disguised as a commoner. Tragically, the girl dies of a broken heart when she discovers the truth about her lover’s identity. The ballet is known for its stunning choreography and beautiful music, and is a true masterpiece of the ballet repertoire. We are honored to have the prime dancers from the National Opera and Ballet of Ukraine bring this timeless classic to life on stage. Their talent and artistry are unmatched, and we know that audiences will be swept away by their breathtaking performances. This performance of “Giselle” promises to be a night of unforgettable beauty and artistry. Don’t miss your chance to see these world-class dancers in action. Mark your calendars for the performance and join us for a magical evening of ballet.

March 16 | 8pm | Moody Performance Hall

Always a TITAS Favorite, Parsons Dance always delivers! Known for its energized, athletic, and joyous style, Parsons Dance is internationally renowned for creating and performing contemporary American dance. Their bold works and distinctive style have solidified them as one of the world’s leading dance companies. Works, like Caught, one of the world’s most famous solos, exemplify this company’s innovation and huge audience appeal. Parsons Dance is always a favorite that is sure to thrill audiences with their amazing energy and stunning dancers.

March 16 | 6:30pm | W.E. Scott Theater

DBDT: Encore! transcends borders and boundaries in a stunning display of contemporary modern dance. Prepare to embark on a journey that explores the intersection of grace, athleticism, and artistry.

March 15 | 8pm | Moody Performance Hall

Always a TITAS Favorite, Parsons Dance always delivers! Known for its energized, athletic, and joyous style, Parsons Dance is internationally renowned for creating and performing contemporary American dance. Their bold works and distinctive style have solidified them as one of the world’s leading dance companies. Works, like Caught, one of the world’s most famous solos, exemplify this company’s innovation and huge audience appeal. Parsons Dance is always a favorite that is sure to thrill audiences with their amazing energy and stunning dancers.

Feb 18 | 2pm | Moody Performance Hall

For the Valentine’s season, Avant Chamber Ballet presents an evening of live orchestra and ballet masterpieces telling tales of romance and enchantment, true love and sacrifice. This triple bill features George Balanchine’s Walpurgisnacht Ballet, Swan Lake Act 2 and Paul Mejia’s Romeo & Juliet.

Feb 17 | 7pm | Moody Performance Hall

For the Valentine’s season, Avant Chamber Ballet presents an evening of live orchestra and ballet masterpieces telling tales of romance and enchantment, true love and sacrifice. This triple bill features George Balanchine’s Walpurgisnacht Ballet, Swan Lake Act 2 and Paul Mejia’s Romeo & Juliet.

Feb 11 | 2pm | Bruce Wood Dance Gallery

Our acclaimed WOOD/SHOP—New Works by Company Dancers returns to the Bruce Wood Dance Gallery!

The 2024 WOOD/SHOP features new creations by Bruce Wood Dance company members: Jaime Borkan, Alex Brown, Kevyn Butler, Sofia Downing-Ortega, Domingo Estrada, Weaver Rhodes, Mia Rosin, Megan Storey, Elliott Trahan, Cole Vernon, and Seth York. Bruce Wood Dance Gallery, 101–103 Howell St., Dallas, TX 75207.

Limited seating—only 80 seats per show.

Doors open one hour before each performance. Refreshments will be served.