Ballet Folklórico de México
Saturday, October 6 at 8 pm
Sunday, October 7 at 4 pm
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The award-winning national dance company of Mexico performs spectacular folk dances in a visual feast of color, music, and movement. The world’s preeminent folkloric ballet company, Ballet Folklórico de México’s classically trained dancers perform choreography rooted in Mexican culture. The company is renowned for its extravagant costumes and lavish sets, and is considered a “must-see” for visitors of Mexico City. “Passionate…impeccable…and unequaled point of entry to the riches of a fabulous culture!” (Los Angeles Times $44, 36, $22
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Martha Graham
Dance Company
Friday, Oct. 26 at 8 pm
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“One of the great companies of the world” (The New York Times) celebrates 80 years of groundbreaking contemporary dance. Its founder, the legendary dancer and choreographer Martha Graham, had a transformational impact on dance, revolutionizing theories of movement and using unorthodox techniques to communicate emotional and spiritual themes, redefining the role of design in modern dance. Today, the company’s extraordinary dancers perform Graham’s stunning repertory, keeping her singular genius alive and vibrant. This performance features many of her signature pieces, including Errand into the Maze, Lamentation, and Appalachian Spring. Each piece features the original music, lighting, set design, and costuming that helped make these the classics they are. Discover “one of the seven wonders of the artistic universe.” (Washington Post)
$40, $32, $20
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Georgian State Dance Company
Saturday, November 17 at 8 pm
Sunday, November 18 at 4 pm
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The Georgian State Dance Company storms the stage with equal parts enthusiasm and virtuosity in a non-stop kaleidoscope of whirling, leaping, spinning, and gliding bodies, leaving audiences and critics awestruck. “Quite astonishing,” reported The Dallas Morning News. “Remarkable,” declared The New York Times. This renowned company performs regional, court, and social dances reflecting various aspects of Georgian life. Fierce gymnastic male warriors demonstrate their impressive acrobatic skills in dramatic war dances while exquisitely costumed women glide on imperceptible footsteps across the stage. And then, performing at break-neck speeds, the men spin high in mid-air, compete in elaborate swordplay, dance completely unsupported on toes alone, and defy gravity by balancing on one another’s shoulders.
$46, $38, $23
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Full-Length Evening Work
Mark Morris Dance Group
Dido and Aeneas
music by Henry Purcell
Fri., Feb. 15 at 8 pm
Sat., Feb. 16 at 8 pm
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For the first time, Mark Morris presents a full-length piece at the Center for the Arts. Purcell’s opera, Dido and Aeneas relates the tragic love story of Virgil’s Aeneid. In this extraordinary event Morris conducts a chamber orchestra, chorus, and vocal soloists in keeping with his renowned commitment to the integration of dance and live music. Morris first staged this piece in 1989 at Brussels’ Theatre de la Monnaie and this monumental work highlights the Group’s incredible talent for drama, and Morris’s magnificent ability to create beautiful movement. It was praised for “the richness of the choreography, the beauty of the music, the expressive technique of the dancers, and the flawless synergy of the three.” (Criticaldance.com)
$50, $42, $25
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Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company
Chapel/Chapter
Saturday, Mar. 22 at 8 pm
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This award-winning, Harlem-based company is recognized as one of the most innovative and powerful forces in the modern dance world. Choreographer and dancer Bill T. Jones has an unmistakable style, often combining video, text, and autobiographical material with dance. Forming the company in 1982 Jones, with his late partner Arnie Zane, gained recognition as “new wave” choreographers whose large-scale, abstract collaborations were visually and spatially energized by contemporary sets, costumes, and body paintings. In a recent review of this multicultural company, The Washington Post raved: “They all share a velvety propulsion, razor-sharp technique and a stage presence that’s close to majesty.”
$44, $36, $22

Funded in part by the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, with lead funding from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Additional funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, The Ford Foundation, and JP Morgan Chase.
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St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre
Carmen and
Swan Lake
Fri., April 11 at 8 pm
Sat., April 12 at 8 pm
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Founded in 1966 as the first Theatre of Ballet in Russia, St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre is led by international ballet laureate Yuri Petukhov, who continues to build its extensive repertoire of classical and modern ballet. The company presents two different ballets on consecutive evenings: Carmen and Swan Lake. Created by Petukhov and set to the unforgettable Georges Bizet score, Carmen is the passionate, sensual story of the seductive gypsy who tempts the handsome soldier Don José, much to the dismay of his betrothed. With choreography, costumes and scenery evoking the romance of Old Seville, this is sure to please ballet lovers of all ages. Swan Lake is one of the great fantasies, and was inspired by the ancient German legend of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer’s curse. With its melodramatic plot twists, Petipa’s classic choreography and, of course, the unforgettable Tchaikovsky score, Swan Lake continues to earn the adoration of those who love great ballet in the grand Russian tradition.
$54, $46, $27
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Diavolo
Fri., May 2 at 8 pm
Sat., May 3 at 8 pm
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This innovative dance company was acclaimed by the Los Angeles Times for its “unstinting energy and the ability to dance on any surface, whether horizontal, vertical, tilted or tubular.” Diavolo is composed of dancers, gymnasts and actors who collaborate with artistic director and founder Jacques Helm to create pieces that offer an almost cinematic experience. Utilizing oversized structures or surrealistic sets of commonplace items, performers leap, fly, and twirl to convey powerful narratives that are clever metaphors for the absurdities of life. In Trajectoire, the ensemble takes a visceral and emotional journey on a great abstract galleon; and in Tete au Carre, a huge cube structure is used to explore the concept of teamwork. “Playfulness with props and physicality that elicits cheers from the audience,” writes The New York Times.
$44, $36, $22
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