Ihsan Rustem News

The Eli and Edythe Broad Stage in Santa Monica presents Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal (BJM) performing its original work Leonard Cohen's Dance Me, a dance performance about the famed poet-singer-songwriter that evokes the grand cycles of existence in five seasons, as described in Cohen's deeply reflective work. Dance Me has two performances at The Broad Stage on Friday and Saturday, February 14 and 15 at 7:30pm.

a??a??a??a??a??a??a??The Annenberg Center and NextMove Dance present Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal in Dance Me / Music of Leonard Cohen, September 26-28, paying homage to famed poet/singer/songwriter, Leonard Cohen. Visit AnnenbergCenter.org for tickets.

The Annenberg Center and NextMove Dance announce the 2019-20 dance season at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts at the University of Pennsylvania. The special retrospective season will celebrate the tradition of bringing the best in dance to Philadelphia while also looking to the future of the art form. Highlights include companies that have frequently graced the Annenberg Center stage, including MOMIX, Pilobolus, and Les Ballets Jazz de Montreal, and a celebration of the life's work of dance icon Paul Taylor in a tribute to some of his greatest masterpieces.

The Alberta Ballet is performing BJM'S DANCE ME, featuring the work of Leonard Cohen, in Calgary from September 20 to September 22. 

The Alberta Ballet is performing BJM'S DANCE ME, featuring the work of Leonard Cohen, in Calgary from September 20 to September 22. 

BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! Festival, now in its 40th season, presents Les Ballet Jazz de Montreal: Leonard Cohen's Dance Me, a sweeping homage to Leonard Cohen's songs. Originally commissioned before Leonard Cohen's death and with his blessing, Dance Me 'is a grandly executed hodgepodge of performance art that pushes the entertainment value of contemporary dance closer to the level of a rock concert or big-budget musical' (Ottawa Citizen). Choreographed by Andonis Foniadakis, Annabelle Lopez Ochoa, and Ihsan Rustem, the work debuted in Canada to great acclaim last year and the full piece will have its American premiere in this free performance at the Prospect Park Bandshell (Prospect Park West & 9th Street).

La compagnie BJM fera vibrer la sc ne du Th tre Maisonneuve de la Place des Arts pour une repr sentation suppl mentaire du spectacle Dance Me / Leonard Cohen, le samedi 9 d cembre 15h. Cette repr sentation s'ajoute celles d j programm es du 5 au 9 d cembre, par Danse Danse en Premi re Mondiale.

Known for its "cutting-edge contemporary work" (Jason Vondersmith, The Portland Tribune), NW Dance Project makes its Jacob's Pillow debut, June 28-July 2 in the Doris Duke Theatre. Based in Portland, Oregon and led by former Royal Winnipeg Ballet principal dancer Sarah Slipper, the company is composed of a cast of classically-trained, versatile contemporary dancers. The program includes works by a range of accomplished choreographers and rising talents: Post-Traumatic-Monster by Felix Landerer, choreographer in residence for Scapino Ballet in the Netherlands; At Some Hour You Return by former Nederlands Dans Theater dancer Ji?i Pokorný; Le Fil Rouge by 2011 Sadler's Wells Global Dance Contest winner and NW Dance Project resident choreographer Ihsan Rustem; and MemoryHouse by Artistic Director Sarah Slipper.

The 2017 Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival 2017, the first programmed exclusively by new Director Pamela Tatge, is full of exciting programming featuring world premieres, commissions, site-specific work, international artists, live music, and Pillow-exclusive engagements, all to celebrate a momentous 85th Anniversary Season. Running June 21-August 27, Festival 2017 includes more than 200 free events, performances, exhibits, and talks, as well as many new offerings and initiatives launched under Tatge's leadership. In keeping with the Jacob's Pillow mission to engage and educate the community through the depth and breadth of dance, the genres and styles presented as part of the 85th Anniversary Season are far-reaching and inclusive, encompassing modern, contemporary, ballet, hip-hop, improvisation, flex, tap dance, step, Brazilian social dance, dance theater, traditional Native American, Bharatanatyam, musical theater dance, classical Cambodian, Latin ballroom, capoeira, and traditional Korean movement styles.

Following the critical acclaim and record-breaking attendance of Festival 2016, Jacob's Pillow Dance announces its 85th Anniversary Season of exciting programming featuring world premieres, commissions, site-specific work, international artists, live music, and Pillow-exclusive engagements.

UtahPresents brings bold and innovative contemporary dance company Northwest Dance Project to the University of Utah.  Performing an all-original repertoire from a select roster of accomplished choreographers as well as the most promising new talents, Northwest Dance Project has fostered the creation and premiere of over 175 original contemporary dance works to date. Northwest Dance Project will perform at Marriott Center for Dance tonight, January 22 at 7:30 PM.

UtahPresents brings bold and innovative contemporary dance company Northwest Dance Project to the University of Utah.  Performing an all-original repertoire from a select roster of accomplished choreographers as well as the most promising new talents, Northwest Dance Project has fostered the creation and premiere of over 175 original contemporary dance works to date. Northwest Dance Project will perform at Marriott Center for Dance on Friday, January 22 at 7:30 PM.

The Joyce Theater Foundation, Inc. (Linda Shelton, Executive Director) is pleased to announce the eight companies selected for its first annual American Dance Platform, a showcase made possible by a grant from The Harkness Foundation for Dance and dedicated to the memory of Theodore S. Bartwink.

The innovative, contemporary, and risk-taking dance company, Northwest Dance Project, takes the Smothers stage at Pepperdine University tonight, April 18 at 8 p.m.

The innovative, contemporary, and risk-taking dance company, Northwest Dance Project, takes the Smothers stage at Pepperdine University on Saturday, April 18 at 8 p.m.

CHICAGO – Hubbard Street Dance Chicago and Artistic Director Glenn Edgerton are excited to release single tickets to the renowned contemporary company's 2014–15 season performances in Chicago, on August 25, 2014 at 10am. All remaining seats to the company's performances at the Harris Theater for Music and Dance and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago's Edlis Neeson Theater will be available online at hubbardstreetdance.com or by phone to the Hubbard Street Ticket Office at 312-850-9744. (Season 37 subscriptions, which include tickets to all four 2014–15 season engagements, went on sale May 1, 2014 and remain available by phone or online at hubbardstreetdance.com/subscribe.) Season 37 single tickets start at just $25; the performance schedule is as follows: