Upcoming Dance

The BodyCartography Project Dance
Choreographers' Evening
Curated by BodyCartography Project
November 28, 7:00 pm, November 28, 9:30 pm
McGuire Theater

“A cornucopia of Twin Cities dance . . . [a] smorgasbord of emerging and mature talent from across the dance spectrum.” —MinnPost

For almost 40 years, Choreographers’ Evening has served as the major gathering for...  read more »
Bruno Beltrão/Grupo de Rua de Niteroi Dance (U.S. Debut Tour)
Bruno Beltrão/Grupo de Rua de Niteroi
H3
Thursday, February 11, 2010   8:00 pm
McGuire Theater
Friday, February 12, 2010, 8:00 pm, Saturday, February 13, 2010, 8:00 pm
McGuire Theater

“Brazilian choreographer Bruno Beltrão . . . is set to inflict seismic shock waves upon the hip-hop world.” —Ballet World

Bruno Beltrão became an international sensation with choreography fusing hip-hop and
contemporary dance. His...  read more »
Akram Khan/National Ballet of China <span class="wac_title">bahok</span> Dance (Midwest Debut)
Akram Khan Company
bahok
Wednesday, March 3, 2010   8:00 pm
Northrop Auditorium

“Khan’s distinctive choreography, which leaps and whirls, thrills and surprises as it shifts across styles and continents and echoes the origins of dancers.” —The Herald (Glasgow)

British choreographer Akram Khan does something unique and...  read more »
Morgan Thorson/Low, <span class="wac_title">Heaven</span> Dance/Music (Walker Commission)
Morgan Thorson/Low
Heaven
Thursday, March 4, 2010   8:00 pm
McGuire Theater
Friday, March 5, 2010, 8:00 pm, Saturday, March 6, 2010, 8:00 pm
McGuire Theater

“Morgan Thorson has a mix-master mind, from which postmodern movement and the detritus of everyday life spin out as hilarious vignettes.” —New York Notebook

Both borrowing from and subverting religious rituals, Minneapolis’ Morgan Thorson, a...  read more »
Saburo Teshigawara/Company KARAS, <span class="wac_title">Miroku</span> Dance
Saburo Teshigawara/KARAS
Miroku
Thursday, April 22, 2010, 8:00 pm, Friday, April 23, 2010, 8:00 pm, Saturday, April 24, 2010, 8:00 pm
McGuire Theater

“A magnificent epic of the human spirit.” —Asahi

One of the great international artists working in dance today, Saburo Teshigawara erases the body and reaches for the dance of the soul. In a rare U.S. visit, he presents his newest solo, a work of...  read more »
John Jasperse Company, <span class="wac_title">Truth, Revised Histories, Wishful Thinking, and Flat Out Lies</span> Dance (Walker Commission)
John Jasperse Company
Truth, Revised Histories, Wishful Thinking, and Flat Out Lies
Thursday, May 20, 2010   8:00 pm
McGuire Theater
Friday, May 21, 2010, 8:00 pm, Saturday, May 22, 2010, 8:00 pm
McGuire Theater

“Entertaining. Lush. Funny. Jasperse seems here to have tapped into his inner vaudevillian. [The work] exerts its charms from the moment the lights go up.” —New York Times

One of America’s most astute and influential innovators trains his keen...  read more »