Harris Theater Announces Their November 2011 Events

This November, the Harris Theater for Music and Dance will feature iconic artists and eclectic performances by some of the finest musicians and dancers in Chicago and the nation.

Complete program information for the month of November at the Harris Theater is as follows:

Chicago Sinfonietta
DÍA DE LOS MUERTOS

Tuesday, November 1, 2011 at 7:30 pm

Tickets: $26 - $50

Enjoy a stirring selection of Latin American orchestral works in this Day of the Dead holiday celebration. From profound contemplation to joyous exuberance, the concert will touch on all facets of the human experience when honoring the departed. Maestro Hector Guzman leads the orchestra and special guests Denis Azabagic, guitar; and Eugenia Moliner, flute; with music from Márquez, Montoya, Rodrigo, and others.

José Pablo Moncoya Tierra de Temporal

Joaquín Rodrigo Concierto de Aranjuez

Arturo Márquez Danzón No. 3

Silvestre Revueltas Janitzio

Blas Galindo Sones de Mariachi

River North Dance Chicago

River North Fall Engagement

Friday, November 4, 2011 at 8:00 pm

Saturday, November 5, 2011 at 8:00 pm

Tickets: $30 - $75

Called "hotter than hot..." by the Chicago Sun-Times, RNDC presents a Company Premiere of SUPER STRAIGHT is coming down, a fiercely physical work by renowned choreographer Daniel Ezralow. Artistic Director Frank Chaves also reprises two acclaimed and popular works including his celebrated tribute to MiLes Davis, Simply Miles Simply Us; and Al Sur Del Sur, the stunning suite of Argentine Tangos by Latin stars Sabrina and Ruben Veliz.

Old Town School of Folk Music

Cigala & Tango

Sunday, November 6, 2011 at 7:00 pm
Tickets: $45 - $65

Diego El Cigala, contemporary Flamenco's most compelling voice, presents Cigala & Tango, a musical testimony to his concert at the legendary Teatro Gran Rex in Buenos Aires where musicians from both sides of the Atlantic joined together for a special evening celebrating Flamenco and Tango.

Vienna Symphony Orchestra* with the Eroica Trio*

Monday, November 7, 2011 at 7:30 pm

Tickets: $20 - $45

Eroica Trio

Erika Nickrenz, piano
Susie Park, violin
Sara Sant'Ambrogio, cello
Fabio Luisi*, conductor

*Harris Theater debut

Heralded for "the freshest, most daring, drop-dead gorgeous playing you're likely to encounter any time soon" (Fanfare Magazine), the Grammy-nominated Eroica Trio, will kick off the 2011-2012 Hear the Music series with an electrifying performance of Beethoven's beloved "Triple Concerto," Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C Major, Op. 56. "Few can rival the sonic beauty of the Vienna Symphony Orchestra," (Chicago Tribune) who will join Eroica Trio in making their Harris Theater debut. The VSO will also perform one of the most popular works in the repertoire today-Brahms' magnificent Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73-led by Fabio Luisi, the orchestra's Principal Conductor, who is also Principal Guest Conductor of New York's famed Metropolitan Opera. Don't miss this blockbuster program!

Beethoven "Triple Concerto"

Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C Major, Op. 56

Brahms Symphony No. 2 in D Major, Op. 73

Eat to the Beat: A Lunchtime Performance
New Millennium Orchestra

Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 12:00 pm

Single tickets: $5 / Lunch Pass $20

Program TBD

Puerto Rican Arts Alliance 13th Annual Cuatro Festival
Saturday, November 12, 2011 at 7:00 pm

Tickets: $25 - $75

The Puerto Rican Arts Alliance is proud to announce the 13th Annual Cuatro Festival celebration. This year's theme, The Soul of the Cuatro/El Alma del Cuatro, conveys the essence of a culture that captures and expresses the enchantment of an island full of celebrations through the sound of its Cuatro instrument. Featured in this performance are some of the finest Cuatro players from the Midwest and Puerto Rico.

Music of the Baroque

Kraemer Conducts Bach
Monday, November 14, 2011 at 7:30 pm

Tickets: $30 - $75

Baroque specialist Nicholas Kraemer leads a richly varied program of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, including the second and third orchestral suites, and the ravishing double violin concerto. British soprano Julia Doyle makes her Chicago début in the joyful "Wedding" cantata, BWV 202.

Merce Cunningham Dance Company
The Legacy Tour -final Chicago performances before the company disbands
Co-presented with The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago
Friday, November 18, 2011 at 8:00 pm - Program A
Squaregame (1976)
Quartet (1982)
Antic Meet (1958)
Saturday, November 19, 2011 at 8:00 pm - Program B
Roaratorio (1983)
Tickets: $25 - $65

In partnership with The Dance Center of Columbia College Chicago, the Harris Theater for Music and Dance is proud to co-present this return and final Chicago engagement of the Merce Cunningham Dance Company on their Legacy Tour, only six weeks before the company disbands on December 31, 2011. Showcasing several seminal works by Cunningham, these performances are sure to be a testament to the choreographer's enduring genius and a celebration of his artistic achievement. Program A includes Squaregame, which was the first commission for MCDC Music Director Takehisa Kosugi and features décor by Mark Lancaster; Quartet, which despites its title, is a work for five dancers set to David Tudor's live electronic composition Sextet for Seven, with décor by Mark Lancaster; and Antic Meet, structured like a series of vaudeville scenes set to a John Cage score with décor by Robert Rauschenberg. Program B features Roaratorio, an evening-length large-scale work set to Cage's complex 1979 composition, Roaratorio, an Irish Circus on Finnegans Wake, consisting of music, text and sounds from places featured in Joyce's novel.

The Legacy Tour is a celebration of Cunningham's lifetime of artistic achievement and a testament to the choreographer's enduring genius. Launched in February 2010, the two-year, 40 city world-wide tour offers audiences a final opportunity to see Cunningham's choreography performed by the company he personally trained. The Tour will showcase 18 seminal works from throughout Cunningham's career-including the revival of seven dances from past Company repertory-and will highlight the collaborations with artistic innovators such John Cage, Jasper Johns, Radiohead, and Robert Rauschenberg that characterized Cunningham's creative life. The Tour will culminate with a New Year's Eve performance in New York City-MCDC's home since it was founded in 1953-on December 31, 2011, with tickets priced at $10. As outlined in the Legacy Plan, the Company will disband following this final performance.

Chicago Human Rhythm Project

Global Rhythms 7
Saturday, November 26, 2011 at 8:00 pm

Sunday, November 27, 2011 at 7:00 pm

Tickets: $15 - $55

Chicago Human Rhythm concludes its 21st year with Global Rhythms 7, two nights of spectacular percussive dance representing the best of our global community. Step Afrika!, the first professional company in the world dedicated to the tradition of stepping, returns to Chicago for a third year to thrill audiences with their explosive interpretations of this American art form. They will be joined by the irrepressible Ensemble Espanol Spanish Dance Theater, the premier Spanish dance company in the United States and the spectacularly colorful Mexican Folkloric Dance Company, demonstrating the long and rich history of Mexico.

* * * All programs, prices and dates are subject to change. * * *

Opened in 2003, the Harris Theater's mission is to partner and collaborate with an array of Chicago's emerging and mid-sized performing arts organizations to help them build the resources and infrastructure necessary to achieve artistic growth and long-term organizational sustainability. The Harris Theater for Music and Dance was the first multi-use performing arts venue to be built in the Chicago downtown area since 1929 and today the Theater continues to host the most diverse offerings of any venue in Chicago, featuring the city's world-renowned music and dance institutions and the Harris Theater Presents series of acclaimed national and International Artists and ensembles. To learn more about the season at the Harris Theater, visit www.harristheaterchicago.org or call the box office at 312-334-7777 to request a brochure.
For additional information about the Harris Theater for Music and Dance, Chicago's state-of-the art 1,470 seat performance venue, please visit www.harristheaterchicago.org.

For further information regarding any of the performances or high-res images please contact Jennifer Bauer, Harris Theater for Music and Dance at 312.334.2459 or jbauer@harristheaterchicago.org.

The Harris Theater is pleased to announce that UBS is serving as the 2011-2012 Season Sponsor.

United Airlines is the official airline of the Harris Theater's 2011-2012 Season.

Support for Harris Theater programming is provided by the Irving Harris Foundation Presenting Fund, established in 2006 to bring to Chicago artists or ensembles of the highest caliber which would normally not be seen here in order to complement the works of the Theater's resident companies and build audiences for the Theater.

All performances are on The Elizabeth Morse Genius Stage.

The Harris Theater is partially supported by a CityArts grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

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