Performances 2015-2016

TWYLA THARP 50TH ANNIVERSARY TOUR

September 18 – 19, 2015 Winspear Opera House

“She is an American original. From Deuce Coupe to Push Comes to Shove, from Once More Frank to Hair and The Catherine Wheel, from nine Sinatra songs and Movin’ Out to Americans We, the breathtaking In The Upper Room and beyond, Twyla Tharp has changed the face of American dance. With disarming brashness, she has been clear about her life’s work. ‘Modern dance is not less,’ she has said, ‘modern dance is more.’”  Kennedy Center Honors 2008

Vibrant, radiant and genius barely begin to describe a Tharp Dance experience. A legendary dance artist, Twyla Tharp is one of the most important dancer/ choreographers of our time. The program will feature two new works to music by J.S Bach, John Zorn, and the jazz of Henry Butler and Steve Burnstein. TITAS Presents with the AT&T Performing Arts Center and four national powerhouse presenters have partnered to commission Tharp’s new works celebrating five decades of groundbreaking dance-making. And this rare world premiere by a seminal artist is taking place here in Dallas. A bold TITAS season led by the bold and remarkable Twyla Tharp: definitely a MUSTSEE!

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KYLE ABRAHAM

8:00PM Friday, October 29-30, 2015  Dallas City Performance Hall

“Avant-garde aesthetic, an original and politically minded downtown sensibility that doesn’t distinguish between genres, but freely draws on a vocabulary that is as much Merce and Martha as it is Eadweard Muybridge and Michael Jackson.”

Rebecca Bengal, Vogue

Infectious Music and Magnetic Dancers— that’s Abraham.In.Motion. Urban funk meets modern dance. MacArthur “Genius” Award recipient Kyle Abraham has forged a meteoric rise to stardom for his unique and compelling choreography. His dancers move with truth, earthiness and an elegance that is unique to Abraham’s choreographic genius. Absolutely accessible and immediately sophisticated defines this dance experience. A must-see world premiere performance with live music and phenomenal dancers.

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AKRAM KHAN COMPANY

Saturday, November 6-7, 2015 Dallas City Performance Hall

A true choreographer— someone who asks what it is to be human and provides the answers in dance.

Sarah Frater, London Evening Standard

Akram Khan is one of the most acclaimed choreographers of his generation working today. British born and of Bangladeshi decent, Khan is celebrated internationally for stunningly crafted works that demand the audience’s attention. His work takes you to new and unexpected places through human themes and exploration. Thoughtful, provocative and surprising, Kaash is a stunning collaboration with famed artist Anish Kapoor and composer Nitin Sawhney. This is a masterwork of artistic collaboration.

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BODYTRAFFIC

8:00 PM  January 22, 2016 Winspear Opera House

[Bodytraffic] has surged to the forefront of the los angeles dance scene, pairing sophisticated choreographers, often Europeans, with top-rung dancers.

Los Angeles Times

Named one of Dance Magazine’s 25 to Watch, in just three short years BODYTRAFFIC has skyrocketed to international acclaim. Virtuosic, stylized, confident, with a diverse repertoire of some of the world’s most sought- after choreographers, this company has taken its place on the international touring scene. Choreographers include Hofesh Shechter, Sidra Bell, Andrea Miller, Richard Siegal and Stijn Celis, BODYTRAFFIC is now touring the world to rave reviews. Their debut performance in Dallas will be surprising, refreshing and unforgettable.

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CLOUD GATE DANCE THEATER OF TAIWAN

8:00PM Friday, February 5, 2016 | Winspear Opera House

When you’re talking about Cloud Gate, magic is not too strong a word.

Time Out

Together with the Crow Collection of Asian Art, we present a visually stunning and thought-provoking dance, Rice, by the internationally celebrated choreographer, Lin Hwai-min. The formidable Cloud Gate dancers, trained in Qi Gong and internal martial arts, enact a human drama parallel to the life cycle of rice. The inspiration for Rice came from the landscape and story of Chihshang in the East Rift Valley of Taiwan. A cinematographer spent two years on location capturing the cultivation of rice: flooding, sprouting, harvesting and burning. Choreographer Lin Hwai-min has created exuberant yet powerful movements woven through Soil, Sunlight, Wind, Water and Fire, telling the story of the land. Visually stunning, with awe-inspiring choreography, Cloud Gate is a remarkable and unforgettable performance experience.

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BALLETBOYZ

8:00PM Saturday, February 13, 2016 | Winspear Opera House

A paradox of muscular impact and weightless flight.

The Guardian

A company of men, BalletBoyz® has quickly established itself as one of the most original and innovative forces in modern dance: revolutionizing traditional programming and collaborating with a wide range of cutting-edge talents. Technical, athletic and stunning artistry has quickly made BalletBoyz® an international sensation. Founders Michael Nunn and William Trevitt have been hailed as pioneers for making dance accessible and reaching a wider audience through their celebrated stage and television work. We enthusiastically welcome them to Dallas.

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MR. AND MME. Rêve

March 18 – 19, 2016  | Dallas City Performance Hall

Everything we dream is realizable.

Euge?ne Ionesco

A new genre of performance, Mr. and Mrs. Dream is a groundbreaking three dimensional dreamlike world unlike any performance experience TITAS Presents has ever brought to Dallas. Based on the writings of the absurdist playwright Eugene Ionesco, the duo dancers use themes from his plays to create a fantastical, visually baffling piece of modern dance where all the elements are morphing before your eyes via 3D technology. Virtual reality backgrounds, ranging from a claustrophobic home, to breathtaking mountain landscapes that move through the seasons. This is all accompanied by a fitting musical score, arranged by Laurent Garnier. Unlike anything in our season, Mr. & Mme. Rêve will be the talk of the season.

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Cie Hervé Koubi

March 25 – 26, 2016  | Dallas City Performance Hall

Powerful, graceful, surprising and fiercely masculine, Cie Hervé Koubi is immensely moving and beautiful.

Charles Santos

Bold, masculine and exciting barely begin to describe Hervé KOUBI. Drawing from his Algerian roots, Hervé KOUBI’s work What the Day Owes To The Night, combines capoeira, martial arts, urban and contemporary dance. Powerful and breathtaking imagery, this group of 12 male Algerian and West African dancers defying gravity. Fed by Orientalist paintings and the stone filigree of Islamic architecture, KOUBI traces his own path made of entanglements: a complex weave.

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KIDD PIVOT

April 21 – 22, 2016 | Dallas City Performance Hall

Text, sound, light and movement intertwine as magically and swiftly as in a fever dream. Shadows and illusions abound… Brilliantly abandoned.

Seattle Times

Integrating movement, original music, text, and rich visual design, Kidd Pivot’s performance work is assembled with recklessness, risk and rigour. Their newest work, Betroffenheit, co-produced with Electric Company Theatre and created by internationally renowned Canadian choreographer Crystal Pite and director Jonathan Young, is an innovative, boundary-stretching hybrid of theatre and dance. Kidd Pivot has a unique choreographic language fusing classical elements with the complexity and freedom of structured improvisation, marked by a strong theatrical sensibility and a keen sense of wit and invention. The company brings their newly premiered production to Dallas for their debut performance in Texas.

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COMPLEXIONS CONTEMPORARY BALLET COMPANY

8:00PM Saturday, May 21, 2016 | Winspear Opera House

[Desmond Richardson] one of the great modern dancers of our time, and Rhoden is one of the most sought-out choreographers of the day.

New York Times

Overflowing with virtuosity, technique and cutting-edge choreography, Complexions is the future of contemporary ballet. Embracing diversity with 16 dancers of different ethnic and dance backgrounds, this company is pure dance, pure excitement. Founded by two former stars with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dwight Rhoden and Desmond Richardson, the performance will feature new works and stunning, complex and rich choreography.

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