CANTATA

CRISTIAN LAVERDE KÖNIG, former principal dancer of the Milwaukee Ballet, will appear as a guest artist in the role of the Snow King, in Ballet Arts' production of The Nutcracker on December 9, 10 & 11, 2022.   The performances will take place at the Carl Perkins Civic Center in Jackson, Tennessee.              ...

Shobana Jeyasingh Dance presents Clorinda Agonistes - Clorinda the Warrior, a new work in two acts set to Monteverdi's Il combattimento and a commissioned score by Kareem Roustom, played live on stage with tenor Ed Lyon....

Choreographer Shobana Jeyasingh's latest work is an inventive hybrid of opera, dance and video projections inspired by Monteverdi's ground-breaking 1624 operatic cantata, Il combattimento di Clorinda e Tancredi. In two acts, it is a bold new telling of a story which explores violence, resilience and revelation across cultures and times....