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A Skin Poem for A Cosy House
Oct 10 & 12 | 8pm & 6pm | Latino Cultural Center
Part of the 5th Annual Latindades Theatre Festival
Cara Mía Theatre presents
Escultores del Aire’s Dance Production from Barcelona, Spain
Immerse yourself in the poignant narrative of A Skin Poem for a Cosy House, where creators Mai Rojas and Raffaella Crapio skillfully intertwine the stages of grief with the tender nuances of everyday life. Through dance and mime, this duo portrays the heartache of a breakup, the lingering memories, and the journey towards acceptance and healing. Witness the raw emotions of love and loss brought to life on stage, as past and present converge in a powerful exploration of human resilience and the enduring power of hope.
No words spoken.
Tickets: $16-25
A Skin Poem for A Cosy House
Oct 10 & 12 | 8pm & 6pm | Latino Cultural Center
Part of the 5th Annual Latindades Theatre Festival
Cara Mía Theatre presents
Escultores del Aire’s Dance Production from Barcelona, Spain
Immerse yourself in the poignant narrative of A Skin Poem for a Cosy House, where creators Mai Rojas and Raffaella Crapio skillfully intertwine the stages of grief with the tender nuances of everyday life. Through dance and mime, this duo portrays the heartache of a breakup, the lingering memories, and the journey towards acceptance and healing. Witness the raw emotions of love and loss brought to life on stage, as past and present converge in a powerful exploration of human resilience and the enduring power of hope.
No words spoken.
Tickets: $16-25
mixtamotus: #FILTERING
May 26 & 27 8pm | May 28 6pm & 8pm | Bath House Cultural Center
Enjoy immersive installations, complimentary drinks, and a 20-minute dance show! #Filtering by mixtamotus (mm) is a 50-minute immersive new media performance installation that explores the construction and deconstruction of beauty ideals through the use of dance, interactive media, and music. During this 3-day performance with 4, 50-minute intimate showings, the audience joins mm behind the scenes in the creative process as “makers” and collaborators to create the formal staged work #Filtered. mixtamotus.com/filtering
Tickets: $15
6 O’Clock Dance Theatre: The Season Finale “When Words Fail”
April 30 | 2pm & 8pm | Addison Theatre Center
“From times of love to times of war...sometimes words just aren't enough. It is then our physical bodies must speak.”
6 o’Clock Dance Theatre (6DT) proudly presents its season finale concert, “When Words Fail,” at the Addison Theatre Centre on Saturday, April 30, including a 2:00 PM matinee with special post-show audience talkback, as well as an 8:00 PM performance. Dallas’ elite professional contemporary ballet company will showcase a diverse range of emotional explorations and boasts three premieres from Artistic Director Zach Law Ingram, two premieres from guest choreographers, and two classic works from the company’s signature repertoire. Seating is limited, so grab yours today!!!
Tickets: $17.50 - $50
Seeds 2022
April 15-16 | 8pm | Arts Mission Oak Cliff
Seeds is a dance concert, and the culmination of a 10-week crash course program in self-producing, featuring five new dance works by local artists — Brook-Lynne Clark, Larissa Fong, Lyndsay Knecht + Miguel Espinel, Rai Marise, and McKinley Willis.
Come support local dancemakers!
Learn more about the artists involved and the entirety of the program Seeds here.
Tickets: RSVP to save your seat!
TITAS/UNFILTERED: Compagnie Marie Chouinard
April 8 & 9 | 8pm| Moody Performance Hall
Marie Chouinard’s JÉRÔME BOSCH: LE JARDIN DES DÉLICES (Garden of Earthly Delights) is so stunning it’s shocking. Watching Chouinard’s Garden of Earthly Delights is to step into Bosch’s extraordinary tryptic and viscerally experience this painting as never before. Expertly choreographed, complex yet stunningly unfiltered, this dance work is a masterpiece within a masterpiece. TITAS is honored to present Compagnie Marie Chouinard in their Texas Debut.
Tickets*: $26-76 + fees
*Email us for a discount code!
Over the Bridge Arts: First Draft Dance
April 1 & 2 | 8pm | Sammons Center for the Arts
Featuring: Beckles Dancing Company, 6 o’clock Dance Theatre, Agora Artists, mixamotus, Claudia Orcasitas, Adam Rech, and Jessica Thomas.
Produced by Over the Bridge Arts
Co-presented by Beckles Dancing Company
Supported by City of Dallas Office of Arts and Culture
Tickets: $10
Dallas Black Dance Theatre: Dancing Beyond Borders
March 26 | 7:30pm | Eisemann Center In-Person or Virtual
Opaque is such a graceful work, DBDT: Encore! dancers appear to glide across the stage. Nycole Ray choreographed the mysterious dance. In Nineteenth, another Ray showpiece, the dancers pay tribute to the heroic saga of women who pursued the right to vote and gained equality. Some Moan For Love, by the late Darryl B. Sneed, is a solo that expresses the sentiment of love in hopes of reciprocation.
Tickets: $30-$45
B. Moore Dance: Beyond the Surface
March 24 & 26 | 7pm | Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts - Turner House
Harmonious, powerful, and compelling — exploring our layers. Join us as we revel in the voice if Dana Harper in collaboration with B. MOORE DANCE.
Simply put, Dana is undoubtedly a force of nature. Dana released her first album, Be Alive, before moving to New York City. During her time in New York Dana graced the stages of The Apollo Theater and Madison Square Garden. Dana's career has taken her all around the world and one of her proudest accomplishments to date is being a Top 20 contestant on season 11 of NBC's hit tv show "The Voice,” as a member of Blake Shelton's Team.
Bridget L. Moore, a native of Dallas, TX is the Artistic Director of B. MOORE DANCE. Moore’s choreographic works provide both cultural and kinesthetic experiences rooted in African-American and global dance aesthetics. She has received choreographic commissions from TITAS, Ailey II, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Urban Bush Women, to name a few. In addition, Moore’s work has been presented at, Jacob’s Pillow, Dee & Charles Wyly Theatre, Winspear Opera House, The Joyce Theater, and Ailey Citigroup Theater, among others.
Doors open at 7:00 p.m. with complimentary hors d'oeuvres, sodas and sparkling water. Wine, white or red, available for a Libation Donation of $15.
Tickets: $25-$50
B. Moore Dance: Beyond the Surface
March 24 & 26 | 7pm | Oak Cliff Society of Fine Arts - Turner House
Harmonious, powerful, and compelling — exploring our layers. Join us as we revel in the voice if Dana Harper in collaboration with B. MOORE DANCE.
Simply put, Dana is undoubtedly a force of nature. Dana released her first album, Be Alive, before moving to New York City. During her time in New York Dana graced the stages of The Apollo Theater and Madison Square Garden. Dana's career has taken her all around the world and one of her proudest accomplishments to date is being a Top 20 contestant on season 11 of NBC's hit tv show "The Voice,” as a member of Blake Shelton's Team.
Bridget L. Moore, a native of Dallas, TX is the Artistic Director of B. MOORE DANCE. Moore’s choreographic works provide both cultural and kinesthetic experiences rooted in African-American and global dance aesthetics. She has received choreographic commissions from TITAS, Ailey II, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company, Urban Bush Women, to name a few. In addition, Moore’s work has been presented at, Jacob’s Pillow, Dee & Charles Wyly Theatre, Winspear Opera House, The Joyce Theater, and Ailey Citigroup Theater, among others.
Doors open at 7:00 p.m. with complimentary hors d'oeuvres, sodas and sparkling water. Wine, white or red, available for a Libation Donation of $15.
Tickets: $25-$50
SMU Dance: Spring Dance Concert
March 23-27 | 8pm | Bob Hope Theatre In-Person or Virtual
The Dance Fabric of Dallas is the Meadows Spring Dance Concert, featuring the work of three local dance artists whose individual work represents the core of the of Dallas dance. The concert opens with a work by Joy Bollinger, artistic director for Bruce Wood Dance, titled A Winter’s Day, which uses music from 60s, 70s, 80s to explore the Vietnam War, cyclical nature of time, cultural shifts and searching for change. It will be followed by a piece by Zack Ingram, founder and artistic director of 6 o'Clock Dance Theatre, titled Journey. The concert concludes with new work by Michelle Gibson, choreographer/arts activist in the dance conservatory at Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, titled Pan…Them…Ic. This experimental piece deals with the global pandemic and focuses on the use of dance and art to heal. For more information, call 214.768.2787.
The Wednesday and Friday performances will be both in-person and livestreamed; to register to watch online, visit https://bit.ly/SMUMeadowsLive.
Tickets: $8-$14
TITAS/UNFILTERED: A.I.M. by Kyle Abraham
March 4 & 5 | 8pm| Moody Performance Hall
Bold, refreshing and completely relevant, An Untitled Love is Kyle Abraham’s newest evening-length work. Music by Grammy Award-winning R&B legend D’Angelo, this highly entertaining and captivating work celebrates culture, family and community. “As part of my extended exploration of personal identity through movement, it feels important for me to dive into a process that explores and celebrates that unity and that love, in all its facets.” -Kyle Abraham Amazing music, amazing dancing, this will be a highlight of the season and an immediate TITAS Favorite.
Tickets*: $56-76 + fees
*Email us for a discount code!
Zion Dance Project: Spirituals
March 4 & 5 | Fri 7:30pm, Sat 1pm & 5:30pm| Arts Mission Oak Cliff
“Spirituals”
The dichotomies of old and new, past and present, heaven and earth come forth in the unveiling of the soul. Psalms and hymns come to life as we reveal the beauty of lifting the veil and embracing the vulnerable process of bringing the whole self before the Lord.
Come and experience this brand new show by ZDP Artistic Director, Vincent Hardy premiering March 2022.
Tickets: $30
Oak Cliff Flamenco Festival: Memorias Flamencas
September 11 | 8pm | Majestic Theatre
If you love flamenco, or you're not sure, yet, this is the show to see. An all-star cast from around the world will take you on the roller coaster ride that only authentic flamenco provides. Presented with top-notch musicians from around the world, the performers will take you from mesmerizing melodies to heavy metal type intensity footwork, captivating rhythms, abrupt breaks that put the audience on the edge of their seats. Rounding out the sexy and sophisticated evening: custom projections by VJ Seye, will help tell the story of each unique piece. Don't miss this unforgettable evening of flamenco at its finest. A true delicacy in DFW.
This concert is the culmination of a week-long festival that includes multiple events.
Please see "Oak Cliff Flamenco Festival" on Facebook for a full festival schedule.
Tickets: $25-50 + Fees
Tejas Dance: kadAcit: Once Upon A Time
September 10-11 | 8pm | Strauss Square | The Elevator Project 2021
Tejas Dance will transport audiences to a far-away mystical land in India, at a time when humans lived in harmony with nature and our lives were intertwined and cohesive.
kadAcit will provide a passage to a world where rules and principles were governed by something much simpler – Love. Tejas Dance will premiere a theatrical dance production, in Bharatanatyam margam format with an exciting brand-new score. Come experience the whimsical journey through inspiring and exciting stories and poetry.
A traditional Bharatanatyam (Indian classical dance form) repertoire is called a Margam. This framework was created in South India in the early 19th century. It is a well-thoughtout plan to approach a dance performance in Bharatanatyam. Margam, literally means a path. The sequence of dances in the Margam are set to facilitate the physical and spiritual journey towards self-discovery.
Tickets: $29.50 + Fees
Bombshell Dance Project: The Great 30
August 12-15 | 6pm | Sammons Park | The Elevator Project 2021
Inspired by the experimental nature of the Elevator Project, the production proposed is an interactive, site-specific, dance performance taking place on a complete tour of the AT&T Performing Arts Center. Using the entirety of the campus as a stage, Bombshell Dance Project will lead audiences on an active tour of the Center, including its outdoor spaces, during which they not only change locations with the performers, but also move with them. In many parts of the show, the audience will be asked to move with the performers through very simple choreographed exercises designed to both get the audience moving and activate their creative minds. The show’s title, The Great 30, refers to 30 movements used throughout the performance, although no memorization will ever be necessary. Throughout the performance, the audience will travel with the performers to each location, sometimes moving and sometimes watching pieces of site-specific dance work created by choreographers Emily Bernet and Taylor Rodman to fit these unique spaces. The choreographers are working to be inclusive of a variety of mobility levels and will collaborate with Center staff to ensure seating, assistance moving between locations, and adherence to all ADA regulations.
Detail Show Info HERE
Tickets: $29.50 + Fees
DASH Ensemble: The Power of Collision
July 24 | 2pm & 4pm| White Theater
“Come be with us for our first ever Texas creation and live in person performance”
Tickets: $35
Bruce Wood Dance: UNITE
June 4 & 5 at 8pm | June 6 at 2pm | Moody Performance Hall | Bruce Wood Dance
BRUCE WOOD DANCE brings original, innovative choreography back to the stage at at Moody Performance Hall in UNITE on Friday + Saturday, June 4 + 5 at 8:00 PM and Sunday, June 6 at 2:00 PM. The performances are limited to 207 seats per show with social distancing. Masks are required. The show runs for 65 minutes without intermission.
Featuring captivating works by Bruce Wood, and world premieres by Omar Román De Jesús and artistic director Joy Bollinger, this program will uplift and intrigue with touching humanity and spectacular imagery.
Tickets: $35, $50, and $100 available beginning May 10 at TicketDFW.com or by phone at 214–871–5000.
Very Good Dance Theatre: TENANTS/TENETS
May 27 -29 | 8pm | Wyly Theatre | The Elevator Project 2021
TENANTS/TENETS is a futurist dance theatre performance that spontaneously generates a fully functioning society in which its community must determine their responsibility to each other, based on their individual identities, in 90 minutes.
Technology (i.e. projections, interactive social media elements, responsive sound cues) will assist in creating the society in which the performance will occur. Throughout the process of creating this work, an interview process will devise the performance which will also create an experiential encounter for the audience, revealing the process behind the performance through engaging the audience in the interview process. This will inform the actions of the performance by both the audience and the performers, while blurring the lines between witness and participant.
Tickets: $29.50 + Fees
Bruce Wood Dance: WOOD/SHOP
May 23 | 4pm | Zoom | Bruce Wood Dance
Join us May 23 for the final program in our series:
WOOD/SHOP—New Works by Company Dancers. This project showcases our dancers’ choreographic talents! Each program takes place on Zoom and features two or three new dance films. FREE!
Tickets: FREE
Dallas Black Dance Theatre: Spring Celebration
May 22-23 | Virtual On-Demand | Dallas Black Dance Theatre
Dallas Black Dance Theatre is an internationally recognized professional dance company that presents contemporary modern dance from the African American experience.
Guest artist Alicia Graf Mack performs a sentimental solo Don’t Stop from a New York City rooftop. The music was composed by Academy award-winning artist Jon Batiste. Dean and Director of Dance at The Juilliard School, Graf Mack was a former principal dancer at both the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Dance Theatre of Harlem during her esteemed career.
Choreographer Claude Alexander III takes you on an emotional journey through the process of forgiveness and unconditional love in his full company work, A Tender Pardon.
Evidence of Souls Not Seen choreographed by Lloyd Whitmore is a beautiful requiem that expresses mourning of the deaths for those we hold close to our hearts.
Tickets: $24-$30
The DASH Academy: Rooted in Love
May 21 | 5pm & 7:15pm | EVENT1013 | The DASH Academy
The DASh Academy 1st annual Spring Dance Concert & Auction.
Tickets: $16-$20
Eastfield Dance: Shift
May 10 -14 | Streaming Online | Eastfield Dance Department
The Eastfield Dance Department presents SHIFT: A Digital Dance Concert, streaming for free May 10-14.
Link to stream will become available on May 10.
SHIFT features performances by dance technique students, a piece by alumna Alondra Puentes, and the work of faculty members Danielle Georgiou, Kiera Amison, and Robert Alvarez. Guest artists include Melissa Sanderson, YeaJean Choi, Martheya Nygaard, Lori Sundeen Soderbergh, and professional companies the Danielle Georgiou Dance Group and Muscle Memory Dance Theatre.
All dances will be filmed following CDC guidelines.
Streaming May 10-14 | Free
For more information contact Danielle Georgiou at dgeorgiou@dcccd.edu.
Tickets: FREE