Northrop Announces 2013-14 Season

Northrop at the University of Minnesota announces its 2013-14 Northrop MOVES Season, featuring a U.S. Premiere, two world-renowned classic ballet companies, four evening-length works, four international companies, the return of three Minnesota favorites, and four Saturday night performances. The new season reflects Northrop's 95-year tradition of presenting world-class artists, as well as a dedication to work that is fresh and new, and brimming with today's most innovative ideas.

The season launches with beloved contemporary company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, performing Swedish choreographer Mats Ek's Casi-Casa. The first Women of Substance event kicks off with the physically explosive piece Blush from Andrea Miller's Gallim Dance. After wowing Minnesotan audiences with Snow White, Ballet Preljocaj returns with the U.S. premiere of And then, one thousand years of peace. The MN debut of Shanghai Ballet brings to life the storybook ballet The Butterfly Lovers, complete with the company's trademark precise classical movement. The second and final Women of Substance performance from Kate Weare Company showcases excerpts from a brand new work, Dark Lark, as well as the visually austere and flirtatious Garden. Wayne McGregor | Random Dance returns with FAR, exploring the Age of Enlightenment's ideas of the mind-body relationship through cognitive science and movement. An intrinsic part of the country's national heritage, the MN debut of Royal New Zealand Ballet includes a sampling of this classically trained ballet company's repertoire. In a copresentation with Walker Art Center, the season closes with Trisha Brown Dance Company, whose uncontested legacy as a pioneer of postmodern dance is celebrated with this farewell tour of works made for the stage, seen one last time in their original context.

While the revitalization of the historic Northrop continues, Northrop will continue to present performances in the State and Orpheum Theatres in downtown Minneapolis, The O'Shaughnessy at St. Catherine University, and Walker Art Center. This is the last Northrop MOVES season presenting at venues throughout the Twin Cities, as Northrop takes the final steps in the journey back home for the Grand Reopening of Northrop in April 2014. The Northrop Grand Reopening Gala is April 4, 2014! A full schedule of Grand Reopening events throughout April and early May 2014 will be announced in fall 2013.