2018/2019 TITAS Season Announced at AT&T Performing Arts Center

TITAS Presents, in association with the nonprofit AT&T Performing Arts Center, announces the 2018/2019 TITAS Presents season featuring five Dallas debuts. This exciting and diverse array of artists range from the

The TITAS Presents season is another stunning collection of the world's most diverse, captivating and ground-breaking dance companies.

Diverse|Captivating|Groundbreaking:

What makes TITAS Presents essential are these three words: Diverse, Captivating and Ground-breaking. Dance is such a special art form. Athletic, difficult, luscious, inspiring and awe-inspiring. For more than 35 years, TITAS Presents has presented the coolest, the most innovative, and the most remarkable dance artists touring the world today.

The 2018/2019 season won't disappoint. Creative, theatrical, gymnastic and breathtaking imagery makes this a very special set of international companies. Funny, stunning, inspiring and exciting, TITAS Presents proudly presents a season of ten extraordinary dance companies from the United States and China, four of which are making the debut appearances in Dallas.

2018/2019 TITAS PRESENTS SEASON

Camille A. Brown & Dancers (Debut)

8 p.m. Friday/Saturday

August 24/25, 2018 (2 shows)

Moody Performance Hall

The choreographer of Broadway's Once on This Island and NBC's Jesus Christ Superstar, Camille A. Brown's choreography is rich, textured and soulful. It is unabashed truth, honest and personal. In Black Girl: Linguistic Play you can't help but see yourself in the work, the story, your story. It is a peeled back, memory-filled exploration of "playing" and its role in shaping who we are and what is culture. Embodying a strong sense of storytelling, the company uses theatricality and the aesthetics of Modern, Hip Hop, African, Ballet, and Tap, to tell stories that connect history with contemporary culture. Camille A. Brown leads her dancers through excavations of ancestral stories, both timeless and traditional. A must see experience, grab your best friend and experience a performance that speaks to your soul.

Diavolo

8 p.m. Friday/Saturday

September 14/15, 2018 (2 shows)

Moody Performance Hall

If Sir Isaac Newton and Leonardo da Vinci had met and dared each other, DIAVOLO | Architecture in Motion would have been the byproduct. This audacious and innovative company, led by an equally audacious Artistic Director Jacques Heim, returns to Dallas with Voyage, an evening of excerpts that demonstrate the trajectory of DIAVOLO. Coming off their tremendous success on America's Got Talent, DIAVOLO's large interactive sets and stunning athletics are always a TITAS Presents favorite. This highly anticipated return engagement is sure to sell out.

Stephen Petronio Company (Debut)

8 p.m. Friday/Saturday

October 19/20, 2018 (2 shows)

Moody Performance Hall

Acclaimed by audiences and critics alike, Stephen Petronio is widely regarded as one of the leading dance-makers of his generation. Music, visual arts and fashion collide in a dazzling scene for the senses. Petronio has worked with some of the most provocative composers, visual artists and fashion designers in the world-including Rufus Wainwright, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Michael Nyman and Cindy Sherman. Stephen Petronio Company has performed in 26 countries and had 35 New York City engagements, including an impressive 23 seasons at The Joyce Theater. With an evening that pushes visual and technical boundaries, the spellbinding choreography and distinctive style blurs the lines between performance and art. TITAS Presents welcomes Stephen Petronio Company back to Dallas.

Aspen Santa Fe Ballet

An Evening with Pianist Joyce Yang
8 p.m. Friday/Saturday

October 26/27, 2018 (2 shows)

Moody Performance Hall

Bold vision, intriguing collaborations and a distinctive repertoire has created a jewel of a dance company. Aspen Santa Fe Ballet's dazzling collaboration with acclaimed pianist Joyce Yang spawned the development of an entire program performed to live accompaniment. This curated evening features Ji?í Kylián's poetic Return to a Strange Land (danced en pointe), Nicolo Fonte's exhilarating Where We Left Off, and a new commission, Half/Cut/Split, by Boston Ballet's choreographer-in-residence, Jorma Elo. With open arms, we welcome them back to Dallas and to TITAS Presents.

Complexions Contemporary Ballet

8 p.m. Friday/Saturday

November 9/10, 2018

Moody Performance Hall

The agile and diverse dancers of Complexions Contemporary Ballet remind us how dance connects us with the world. Hence, TITAS Presents and Dallas have a long history with this remarkable company. We welcome Complexions back to Dallas with an evening of inventive, intriguing choreography, stunning dancers and Rhoden's new hot and raw finale tribute to David Bowie, Star Dust. This bold, gender bending, spectacular extravaganza has been thrilling audiences across the globe, and Dallas is next!

Dorrance Dance (Debut)

8 p.m. Friday

February 1, 2019

Winspear Opera House

Founded in 2011 by Artistic Director, 2015 MacArthur Fellow and 2018 Capezio Dance Award recipient, Michelle Dorrance, Dorrance Dance is an award-winning tap dance company based out of New York City. the company's work aims to honor tap dance's uniquely American history in a new, dynamic, and compelling context; not by stripping the form of its tradition, but by pushing it - rhythmically, technically, and conceptually. the company's inaugural performance garnered a Bessie Award for "blasting open our notions of tap." TITAS Presents is thrilled to present the company's Dallas debut.

China's Beijing Dance Theater

8 p.m. Friday

February 8, 2019

Winspear Opera House

Beijing Dance Theater, with its stunning dancers and as one of China's most distinguished dance companies, makes its Dallas Debut this year with TITAS Presents. In 2006, FENG Xiogang invited WANG Yuanyuan to work on his film The Banquet, based on Shakespeare's Hamlet. This inspired WANG to create a ballet telling the story of Hamlet through the eyes of the melancholy prince, who struggles with power, family, revenge and love. Stunningly choreographed, brilliant sets and dancers, and music written by world-renowned composer Tan Dun, this remarkable full evening ballet will leave audiences awe-struck. We are honored to have them here in Dallas for their Texas debut.

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