Lula Washington Dance Theatre to Perform at NJPAC in February

New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC) presents Lula Washington Dance Theatre on Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 7:30 PM in the Victoria Theater. Get your tickets now at NJPAC.org or 888.GO.NJPAC (888.466.5722)

Lula Washington Dance Theatre, created in 1980 by Washington and her husband, Erwin, has become one of the most admired African-American contemporary dance ensembles in the West.

The company's repertoire is augmented with dances by choreographers such as Donald McKayle, Katherine Dunham, Donald Byrd, Christopher Huggins and Tamica Washington-Miller.* Scheduled for NJPAC are:

Reign (Rennie Harris, choreographer)

Love Is ... (Christopher Huggins, choreographer)

Dances for McCoy (excerpts; music by McCoy Tyner, choreography by Lula Washington)

Random Thoughts (excerpts; music by Terence Blanchard, choreography by Lula Washington)

We Wore the Mask (with live jazz drumming by Marcus L. Miller, choreography by Lula Washington)

*Program is subject to change.

This performance is dedicated to the memory of Newark's beloved historian, Dr. Clement Alexander Price of Rutgers University-Newark.

Co-presented by NJPAC and the Institute on Ethnicity, Culture, and the Modern Experience at Rutgers University-Newark.

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